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International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Volume 23, Issue 13

2022 July-1 - 612 articles

Cover Story: Extensive angiogenesis is a characteristic feature in the synovial tissue of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) from a very early stage of the disease onward and constitutes a crucial event for the development of the proliferative synovium. Angiogenesis is an interesting target for the development of new therapeutic approaches as well as disease monitoring strategies in RA. To this end, nuclear imaging modalities represent valuable non-invasive tools that can selectively target molecular markers of angiogenesis and accurately and quantitatively track molecular changes in multiple joints simultaneously. This systematic review summarizes the imaging markers used for single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and/or positron emission tomography (PET) approaches, targeting pathways and mediators involved in synovial neo-angiogenesis in RA. View this paper
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Articles (612)

  • Review
  • Open Access
44 Citations
8,391 Views
23 Pages

LncRNA-Mediated Adipogenesis in Different Adipocytes

  • Peiwen Zhang,
  • Shuang Wu,
  • Yuxu He,
  • Xinrong Li,
  • Yan Zhu,
  • Xutao Lin,
  • Lei Chen,
  • Ye Zhao,
  • Lili Niu and
  • Linyuan Shen
  • + 3 authors

Long-chain noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are RNAs that do not code for proteins, widely present in eukaryotes. They regulate gene expression at multiple levels through different mechanisms at epigenetic, transcription, translation, and the maturation of m...

  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
11,477 Views
13 Pages

The Biochemical Assessment of Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain Disorders

  • Nadia Turton,
  • Neve Cufflin,
  • Mollie Dewsbury,
  • Olivia Fitzpatrick,
  • Rahida Islam,
  • Lowidka Linares Watler,
  • Cara McPartland,
  • Sophie Whitelaw,
  • Caitlin Connor and
  • Iain P. Hargreaves
  • + 4 authors

Mitochondrial respiratory chain (MRC) disorders are a complex group of diseases whose diagnosis requires a multidisciplinary approach in which the biochemical investigations play an important role. Initial investigations include metabolite analysis i...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,411 Views
17 Pages

We evaluated the presence of tight junction (TJ) remnants in the stratum corneum (SC) of in vitro reconstructed human epidermis and human skin explants subjected or not to an aggressive topical treatment with beta-lipohydroxy salicylic acid (LSA) for...

  • Review
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29 Citations
8,656 Views
13 Pages

The crucial roles of dermatan sulfate (DS) have been demonstrated in tissue development of the cutis, blood vessels, and bone through construction of the extracellular matrix and cell signaling. Although DS classically exerts physiological functions...

  • Review
  • Open Access
15 Citations
7,479 Views
20 Pages

Probing the Skin–Brain Axis: New Vistas Using Mouse Models

  • Aliće Weiglein,
  • Evelyn Gaffal and
  • Anne Albrecht

Inflammatory diseases of the skin, including atopic dermatitis and psoriasis, have gained increasing attention with rising incidences in developed countries over the past decades. While bodily properties, such as immunological responses of the skin,...

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  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,521 Views
12 Pages

Regulation of VEGFA, KRAS, and NFE2L2 Oncogenes by MicroRNAs in Head and Neck Cancer

  • Caroline Izak Cuzziol,
  • Ludimila Leite Marzochi,
  • Vitória Scavacini Possebon,
  • Rosa Sayoko Kawasaki-Oyama,
  • Marlon Fraga Mattos,
  • Vilson Serafim Junior,
  • Letícia Antunes Muniz Ferreira,
  • Érika Cristina Pavarino,
  • Márcia Maria Urbanin Castanhole-Nunes and
  • Eny Maria Goloni-Bertollo

Mutations and alterations in the expression of VEGFA, KRAS, and NFE2L2 oncogenes play a key role in cancer initiation and progression. These genes are enrolled not only in cell proliferation control, but also in angiogenesis, drug resistance, metasta...

  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
8,500 Views
17 Pages

Staphylococcus aureus Infection-Related Glomerulonephritis with Dominant IgA Deposition

  • Mamiko Takayasu,
  • Kouichi Hirayama,
  • Homare Shimohata,
  • Masaki Kobayashi and
  • Akio Koyama

Since 1995, when we reported the case of a patient with glomerulonephritis with IgA deposition that occurred after a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection, many reports of MRSA infection-associated glomerulonephritis have accum...

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  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,921 Views
26 Pages

The extensive application of herbicides in crop cultivation has indisputably led to the emergence of weed populations characterized by multiple herbicide resistance (MHR). This phenomenon is associated with the enhanced metabolism and detoxifying abi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
40 Citations
6,999 Views
27 Pages

Approximately 5–10% of all breast cancer (BC) cases are caused by germline pathogenic variants (GPVs) in various cancer predisposition genes (CPGs). The most common contributors to hereditary BC are BRCA1 and BRCA2, which are associated with he...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,729 Views
14 Pages

The reliable and cost-effective production of high-performance film electrodes for hydrogen evolution reactions remains a challenge for the laser surface modification community. In this study, prior to a thermal imidization reaction, a small number o...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,225 Views
11 Pages

Soybean Meal-Dependent Acute Intestinal Inflammation Delays Osteogenesis in Zebrafish Larvae

  • Marta Carnovali,
  • Giuseppe Banfi,
  • Giovanni Porta and
  • Massimo Mariotti

Foods are known to be modulators of inflammation and skeletal development. The intestine plays an essential role in the regulation of bone health mainly through the regulation of the absorption of vitamin D and calcium; in fact, inflammatory bowel di...

  • Review
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13 Citations
3,651 Views
16 Pages

Polyphenol-Enriched Composite Bone Regeneration Materials: A Systematic Review of In Vitro Studies

  • Kamila Checinska,
  • Maciej Checinski,
  • Katarzyna Cholewa-Kowalska,
  • Maciej Sikora and
  • Dariusz Chlubek

One of the possible alternatives for creating materials for the regeneration of bone tissue supporting comprehensive reconstruction is the incorporation of active substances whose controlled release will improve this process. This systematic review a...

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9 Citations
3,391 Views
16 Pages

Lactoferrin Deficiency Impairs Proliferation of Satellite Cells via Downregulating the ERK1/2 Signaling Pathway

  • Xiong Wang,
  • Fan Liu,
  • Qin An,
  • Wenli Wang,
  • Zhimei Cheng,
  • Yunping Dai,
  • Qingyong Meng and
  • Yali Zhang

Lactoferrin (Ltf), a naturally active glycoprotein, possesses anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, anti-tumor, and immunomodulatory activities. Many published studies have indicated that Ltf modulates the proliferation of stem cells. However, the role...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,174 Views
19 Pages

Far-Red Light Coordinates the Diurnal Changes in the Transcripts Related to Nitrate Reduction, Glutathione Metabolism and Antioxidant Enzymes in Barley

  • Eszter Balogh,
  • Balázs Kalapos,
  • Mohamed Ahres,
  • Ákos Boldizsár,
  • Krisztián Gierczik,
  • Zsolt Gulyás,
  • Mónika Gyugos,
  • Gabriella Szalai,
  • Aliz Novák and
  • Gábor Kocsy

Spectral quality, intensity and period of light modify many regulatory and stress signaling pathways in plants. Both nitrate and sulfate assimilations must be synchronized with photosynthesis, which ensures energy and reductants for these pathways. H...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,404 Views
18 Pages

Propranolol is a competitive non-selective beta-receptor antagonist that is available on the market as a racemic mixture. In the present study, glucuronidation of propranolol and its equipotent phase I metabolite 4-hydroxypropranolol by all 19 member...

  • Review
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45 Citations
5,987 Views
30 Pages

Molecular and Circulating Biomarkers in Patients with Glioblastoma

  • Nadia Senhaji,
  • Asmae Squalli Houssaini,
  • Salma Lamrabet,
  • Sara Louati and
  • Sanae Bennis

Glioblastoma is the most aggressive malignant tumor of the central nervous system with a low survival rate. The difficulty of obtaining this tumor material represents a major limitation, making the real-time monitoring of tumor progression difficult,...

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20 Citations
3,913 Views
16 Pages

Loss of TRIM67 Attenuates the Progress of Obesity-Induced Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

  • Chao Huang,
  • Xiaoli Wei,
  • Qihui Luo,
  • Yu Xia,
  • Ting Pan,
  • Junbo He,
  • Asad Jahangir,
  • Lanlan Jia,
  • Wentao Liu and
  • Zhengli Chen
  • + 4 authors

Obesity is considered as a major cause for the development and progress of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which is one of the most prevalent chronic liver diseases worldwide. However, molecular mechanisms that implicate in obesity-driven...

  • Review
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48 Citations
5,190 Views
17 Pages

Next RNA Therapeutics: The Mine of Non-Coding

  • Sabrina Garbo,
  • Rossella Maione,
  • Marco Tripodi and
  • Cecilia Battistelli

The growing knowledge on several classes of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) and their different functional roles has aroused great interest in the scientific community. Beyond the Central Dogma of Biology, it is clearly known that not all RNAs code for prot...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,189 Views
12 Pages

A single silver (Ag) nanoparticle (NP) collision was observed and analyzed in an alkaline solution using the electrocatalytic amplification (EA) method. Previously, the observation of a single Ag NP collision was only possible through limited methods...

  • Review
  • Open Access
23 Citations
11,636 Views
19 Pages

New Avenues of Heme Synthesis Regulation

  • Amy E. Medlock and
  • Harry A. Dailey

During erythropoiesis, there is an enormous demand for the synthesis of the essential cofactor of hemoglobin, heme. Heme is synthesized de novo via an eight enzyme-catalyzed pathway within each developing erythroid cell. A large body of data exists t...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,918 Views
19 Pages

Cosmetic ingredients originating from natural resources have garnered considerable attention, and the demand for whitening ingredients is increasing, particularly in Asian countries. Lignin is a natural phenolic biopolymer significantly effective as...

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  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,914 Views
9 Pages

Limited Accuracy of Pan-Trk Immunohistochemistry Screening for NTRK Rearrangements in Follicular-Derived Thyroid Carcinoma

  • Elisabetta Macerola,
  • Agnese Proietti,
  • Anello Marcello Poma,
  • Paola Vignali,
  • Rebecca Sparavelli,
  • Alessandro Ginori,
  • Alessio Basolo,
  • Rossella Elisei,
  • Ferruccio Santini and
  • Fulvio Basolo

Patients with advanced thyroid cancer harboring NTRK rearrangements can be treated with highly effective selective inhibitors. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) analysis, to detect Trk protein expression, represents an appealing screening strategy for NTRK...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,081 Views
16 Pages

SDG102, a H3K36-Methyltransferase-Encoding Gene, Plays Pleiotropic Roles in Growth and Development of Maize (Zea mays L.)

  • Yongjian Li,
  • Weifeng Sun,
  • Zhenhui Wang,
  • Chang Wan,
  • Jun Zhang,
  • Xin Qi and
  • Jian Zhang

Although histone lysine methylation has been studied in thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh.) and rice (Oryza sativa L.) in recent years, its function in maize (Zea mays L.) remains poorly characterized. To better understand the function of...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,799 Views
10 Pages

Hypercholesterolemia in Cancer and in Anorexia Nervosa: A Hypothesis for a Crosstalk

  • Giulia Gizzi,
  • Samuela Cataldi,
  • Claudia Mazzeschi,
  • Elisa Delvecchio,
  • Maria Rachele Ceccarini,
  • Michela Codini and
  • Elisabetta Albi

The relationship between cholesterol and cancer has been widely demonstrated. Clinical studies have shown changes in blood cholesterol levels in cancer patients. In parallel, basic research studies have shown that cholesterol is involved in the mecha...

  • Review
  • Open Access
23 Citations
9,936 Views
31 Pages

Extraterrestrial Gynecology: Could Spaceflight Increase the Risk of Developing Cancer in Female Astronauts? An Updated Review

  • Rosa Drago-Ferrante,
  • Riccardo Di Fiore,
  • Fathi Karouia,
  • Yashwanth Subbannayya,
  • Saswati Das,
  • Begum Aydogan Mathyk,
  • Shehbeel Arif,
  • Ana Paula Guevara-Cerdán,
  • Allen Seylani and
  • Jean Calleja-Agius
  • + 10 authors

Outer space is an extremely hostile environment for human life, with ionizing radiation from galactic cosmic rays and microgravity posing the most significant hazards to the health of astronauts. Spaceflight has also been shown to have an impact on e...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,824 Views
30 Pages

Hepatic Expression of the Na+-Taurocholate Cotransporting Polypeptide Is Independent from Genetic Variation

  • Roman Tremmel,
  • Anne T. Nies,
  • Barbara A. C. van Eijck,
  • Niklas Handin,
  • Mathias Haag,
  • Stefan Winter,
  • Florian A. Büttner,
  • Charlotte Kölz,
  • Franziska Klein and
  • Elke Schaeffeler
  • + 8 authors

The hepatic Na+-taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide NTCP/SLC10A1 is important for the uptake of bile salts and selected drugs. Its inhibition results in increased systemic bile salt concentrations. NTCP is also the entry receptor for the hepatiti...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,550 Views
16 Pages

SPR-Based Detection of ASF Virus in Cells

  • Alessandro Capo,
  • Alessia Calabrese,
  • Maciej Frant,
  • Marek Walczak,
  • Anna Szczotka-Bochniarz,
  • Georgios Manessis,
  • Ioannis Bossis,
  • Maria Staiano,
  • Sabato D’Auria and
  • Antonio Varriale

African swine fever (ASF) is one of the most dangerous hemorrhagic infectious diseases that affect domestic and wild pigs. Currently, neither a vaccine nor effective treatments are available for this disease. As regards the degree of virulence, ASFV...

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  • Open Access
32 Citations
4,094 Views
26 Pages

It is known that selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) obtained on their basis have a pleiotropic effect, inducing the process of apoptosis in tumor cells, on the one hand, and protecting healthy tissue cells from death under stress, on the other hand. It h...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,663 Views
12 Pages

SAGA-Dependent Histone H2Bub1 Deubiquitination Is Essential for Cellular Ubiquitin Balance during Embryonic Development

  • Farrah El-Saafin,
  • Didier Devys,
  • Steven A. Johnsen,
  • Stéphane D. Vincent and
  • László Tora

Ubiquitin (ub) is a small, highly conserved protein widely expressed in eukaryotic cells. Ubiquitination is a post-translational modification catalyzed by enzymes that activate, conjugate, and ligate ub to proteins. Substrates can be modified either...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,154 Views
18 Pages

NRN1 Gene as a Potential Marker of Early-Onset Schizophrenia: Evidence from Genetic and Neuroimaging Approaches

  • Carmen Almodóvar-Payá,
  • Maria Guardiola-Ripoll,
  • Maria Giralt-López,
  • Carme Gallego,
  • Pilar Salgado-Pineda,
  • Salvador Miret,
  • Raymond Salvador,
  • María J. Muñoz,
  • Luisa Lázaro and
  • Mar Fatjó-Vilas
  • + 10 authors

Included in the neurotrophins family, the Neuritin 1 gene (NRN1) has emerged as an attractive candidate gene for schizophrenia (SZ) since it has been associated with the risk for the disorder and general cognitive performance. In this work, we aimed...

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  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,996 Views
16 Pages

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is causing high mortality worldwide (World Health Organization-WHO, 2015). Atherosclerosis, the hardening and narrowing of arteries caused by the accumulation of fatty acids and lipids (cholesterol plaques), is a main rea...

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,099 Views
22 Pages

Metabolites Analysis of Anti-Myocardial Ischemia Active Components of Saussurea involucrata Based on Gut Microbiota—Drug Interaction

  • Hang Yu,
  • Jie Fu,
  • Hui-Hui Guo,
  • Li-Bin Pan,
  • Hui Xu,
  • Zheng-Wei Zhang,
  • Jia-Chun Hu,
  • Xin-Yu Yang,
  • Hao-Jian Zhang and
  • Yan Wang
  • + 3 authors

Saussurea involucrata has been reported to have potential therapeutic effects against myocardial ischemia. The pharmacological effects of oral natural medicines may be influenced by the participation of gut microbiota. In this study, we aimed to inve...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,152 Views
17 Pages

A Novel Artificial Hemoglobin Carrier Based on Heulandite-Calcium Mesoporous Aluminosilicate Particles

  • Dino Jordanoski,
  • Damjana Drobne,
  • Neža Repar,
  • Iztok Dogsa,
  • Polona Mrak,
  • Romana Cerc-Korošec,
  • Andrijana Sever Škapin,
  • Peter Nadrah and
  • Natasa Poklar Ulrih

Tetraethyl-orthosilicate (TEOS)-based nanoparticles are most extensively used as a silica-based hemoglobin carrier system. However, TEOS-based nanoparticles induce adverse effects on the hemoglobin structure. Therefore, a heulandite-calcium-based car...

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4 Citations
2,977 Views
15 Pages

Plocabulin, a Novel Tubulin Inhibitor, Has Potent Antitumour Activity in Patient-Derived Xenograft Models of Soft Tissue Sarcoma

  • Yannick Wang,
  • Agnieszka Wozniak,
  • Jasmien Cornillie,
  • Pablo Avilés,
  • Maria Debiec-Rychter,
  • Raf Sciot and
  • Patrick Schöffski

A clinically relevant subset of patients with soft tissue sarcoma presents with either locally advanced or upfront metastatic disease, or will develop distant metastases over time, despite successful treatment of their primary tumour. The currently a...

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2 Citations
2,820 Views
13 Pages

The study of molecular interactions, especially the inter-species protein-protein interactions, is crucial for understanding the disease infection mechanism in plants. These interactions play an important role in disease infection and host immune res...

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4 Citations
2,274 Views
14 Pages

Improvement of Left Ventricular Graft Function Using an Iron-Chelator-Supplemented Bretschneider Solution in a Canine Model of Orthotopic Heart Transplantation

  • Gábor Szabó,
  • Sivakkanan Loganathan,
  • Sevil Korkmaz-Icöz,
  • Ágnes Balogh,
  • Zoltan Papp,
  • Paige Brlecic,
  • Péter Hegedüs,
  • Tamás Radovits,
  • Matthias Karck and
  • Gábor Veres
  • + 1 author

Demand for organs is increasing while the number of donors remains constant. Nevertheless, not all organs are utilized due to the limited time window for heart transplantation (HTX). Therefore, we aimed to evaluate whether an iron-chelator-supplement...

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11 Citations
4,552 Views
29 Pages

Lysophosphatidic Acid Is a Proinflammatory Stimulus of Renal Tubular Epithelial Cells

  • Christiana Magkrioti,
  • Georgia Antonopoulou,
  • Dionysios Fanidis,
  • Vaia Pliaka,
  • Theodore Sakellaropoulos,
  • Leonidas G. Alexopoulos,
  • Christoph Ullmer and
  • Vassilis Aidinis

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) refers to a spectrum of diseases defined by renal fibrosis, permanent alterations in kidney structure, and low glomerular-filtration rate. Prolonged epithelial-tubular damage involves a series of changes that eventually l...

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11 Citations
3,198 Views
13 Pages

Silencing GmBIR1 in Soybean Results in Activated Defense Responses

  • Dan-Dan Liu,
  • Hu-Jiao Lan,
  • Hashimi Said Masoud,
  • Mei-Yan Ye,
  • Xian-Yong Dai,
  • Chen-Li Zhong,
  • Sheng-Nan Tian and
  • Jian-Zhong Liu

Receptor-like kinases (RLKs) are a large group of pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) and play a critical role in recognizing pathogens, transducing defense signals, and mediating the activation of immune defense responses. Although extensively stud...

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11 Citations
3,689 Views
19 Pages

Postischemic Neuroprotection of Aminoethoxydiphenyl Borate Associates Shortening of Peri-Infarct Depolarizations

  • Rocío Fernández-Serra,
  • Emma Martínez-Alonso,
  • Alberto Alcázar,
  • Mourad Chioua,
  • José Marco-Contelles,
  • Ricardo Martínez-Murillo,
  • Milagros Ramos,
  • Gustavo V. Guinea and
  • Daniel González-Nieto

Brain stroke is a highly prevalent pathology and a main cause of disability among older adults. If not promptly treated with recanalization therapies, primary and secondary mechanisms of injury contribute to an increase in the lesion, enhancing neuro...

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10 Citations
3,782 Views
19 Pages

Target of rapamycin (TOR) is a serine/threonine protein kinase that plays a central regulating role in cell proliferation, growth, and metabolism, but little is known about the TOR signaling pathway in Chlorella sorokiniana. In this study, a Chlorell...

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8 Citations
3,955 Views
11 Pages

Overexpression of UBA5 in Cells Mimics the Phenotype of Cells Lacking UBA5

  • Sujata Kumari,
  • Sayanika Banerjee,
  • Manoj Kumar,
  • Arata Hayashi,
  • Balakrishnan Solaimuthu,
  • Einav Cohen-Kfir,
  • Yoav D. Shaul,
  • Alexander Rouvinski and
  • Reuven Wiener

Ufmylation is a posttranslational modification in which the modifier UFM1 is attached to target proteins. This conjugation requires the concerted work of three enzymes named UBA5, UFC1, and UFL1. Initially, UBA5 activates UFM1 in a process that ends...

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23 Citations
5,383 Views
25 Pages

Characterisation of 3D Bioprinted Human Breast Cancer Model for In Vitro Drug and Metabolic Targeting

  • Titanilla Dankó,
  • Gábor Petővári,
  • Regina Raffay,
  • Dániel Sztankovics,
  • Dorottya Moldvai,
  • Enikő Vetlényi,
  • Ildikó Krencz,
  • András Rókusz,
  • Krisztina Sipos and
  • Anna Sebestyén
  • + 2 authors

Monolayer cultures, the less standard three-dimensional (3D) culturing systems, and xenografts are the main tools used in current basic and drug development studies of cancer research. The aim of biofabrication is to design and construct a more repre...

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7 Citations
7,289 Views
19 Pages

Metabolic Reprogramming in Sickle Cell Diseases: Pathophysiology and Drug Discovery Opportunities

  • Dina Alramadhani,
  • Anfal S. Aljahdali,
  • Osheiza Abdulmalik,
  • B. Daniel Pierce and
  • Martin K. Safo

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a genetic disorder that affects millions of individuals worldwide. Chronic anemia, hemolysis, and vasculopathy are associated with SCD, and their role has been well characterized. These symptoms stem from hemoglobin (Hb)...

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16 Citations
3,781 Views
13 Pages

The P2X7R-NLRP3 and AIM2 Inflammasome Platforms Mark the Complexity/Severity of Viral or Metabolic Liver Damage

  • Chiara Rossi,
  • Antonio Salvati,
  • Mariarosaria Distaso,
  • Daniela Campani,
  • Francesco Raggi,
  • Edoardo Biancalana,
  • Domenico Tricò,
  • Maurizia Rossana Brunetto and
  • Anna Solini

P2X7R-NLRP3 and AIM2 inflammasomes activate caspase-1 and the release of cytokines involved in viral-related liver disease. Little is known about their role in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and non-alcoholic steato-hepatitis (NASH). We ch...

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2 Citations
4,060 Views
14 Pages

Identification of Spliceogenic Variants beyond Canonical GT-AG Splice Sites in Hereditary Cancer Genes

  • Vita Šetrajčič Dragoš,
  • Ksenija Strojnik,
  • Gašper Klančar,
  • Petra Škerl,
  • Vida Stegel,
  • Ana Blatnik,
  • Marta Banjac,
  • Mateja Krajc and
  • Srdjan Novaković

Pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants in susceptibility genes that interrupt RNA splicing are a well-documented mechanism of hereditary cancer syndromes development. However, if RNA studies are not performed, most of the variants beyond the canonical...

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8 Citations
3,706 Views
14 Pages

New Insights of OLFM2 and OLFM4 in Gut-Liver Axis and Their Potential Involvement in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

  • Laia Bertran,
  • Rosa Jorba-Martin,
  • Andrea Barrientos-Riosalido,
  • Marta Portillo-Carrasquer,
  • Carmen Aguilar,
  • David Riesco,
  • Salomé Martínez,
  • Margarita Vives,
  • Fàtima Sabench and
  • Teresa Auguet
  • + 2 authors

Olfactomedins (OLFMs) are a family of glycoproteins that play a relevant role in embryonic development and in some pathological processes. Although OLFM2 is involved in the regulation of the energy metabolism and OLFM4 is an important player in infla...

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6 Citations
4,071 Views
12 Pages

Therapeutic Effects of Quetiapine and 5-HT1A Receptor Agonism on Hyperactivity in Dopamine-Deficient Mice

  • Yukiko Ochiai,
  • Masayo Fujita,
  • Yoko Hagino,
  • Kazuto Kobayashi,
  • Ryoichi Okiyama,
  • Kazushi Takahashi and
  • Kazutaka Ikeda

Some diseases that are associated with dopamine deficiency are accompanied by psychiatric symptoms, including Parkinson’s disease. However, the mechanism by which this occurs has not been clarified. Previous studies found that dopamine-deficien...

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1 Citations
2,814 Views
16 Pages

Sphingosine-1-Phosphate-Triggered Expression of Cathelicidin LL-37 Promotes the Growth of Human Bladder Cancer Cells

  • Tomasz Wollny,
  • Urszula Wnorowska,
  • Ewelina Piktel,
  • Łukasz Suprewicz,
  • Grzegorz Król,
  • Katarzyna Głuszek,
  • Stanisław Góźdź,
  • Janusz Kopczyński and
  • Robert Bucki

It has been proven that tumour growth and progression are regulated by a variety of mediators released during the inflammatory process preceding the tumour appearance, but the role of inflammation in the development of bladder cancer is ambiguous. Th...

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17 Citations
3,337 Views
17 Pages

Codon Usage Provides Insights into the Adaptive Evolution of Mycoviruses in Their Associated Fungi Host

  • Qianqian Wang,
  • Xueliang Lyu,
  • Jiasen Cheng,
  • Yanping Fu,
  • Yang Lin,
  • Assane Hamidou Abdoulaye,
  • Daohong Jiang and
  • Jiatao Xie

Codon usage bias (CUB) could reflect co-evolutionary changes between viruses and hosts in contrast to plant and animal viruses, and the systematic analysis of codon usage among the mycoviruses that infect plant pathogenic fungi is limited. We perform...

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Overexpression of OsGF14f Enhances Quantitative Leaf Blast and Bacterial Blight Resistance in Rice

  • Yamei Ma,
  • Jianyuan Yang,
  • Jingfang Dong,
  • Shaohong Zhang,
  • Wu Yang,
  • Junliang Zhao,
  • Tifeng Yang,
  • Luo Chen,
  • Lian Zhou and
  • Bin Liu
  • + 5 authors

Although it is known that rice 14-3-3 family genes are involved in various defense responses, the functions of OsGF14f in response to diseases have not been reported. Here, we showed that the transcription of OsGF14f was significantly induced by leaf...

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Int. J. Mol. Sci. - ISSN 1422-0067