Decreased SynMuv B gene activity in response to viral infection leads to activation of the antiviral RNAi pathway in C. elegans. by Ashwin Seetharaman, Himani Galagali, Elizabeth Linarte, Mona H X Liu, Jennifer D Cohen, Kashish Chetal, Ruslan Sadreyev, Alex J Tate, Taiowa A Montgomery, Gary Ruvkun

“…RNA interference (RNAi) mediates antiviral defense in many eukaryotes. Caenorhabditis elegans mutants that disable RNAi are more sensitive to viral infection. …”
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Anthelmintic activity of 1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione-based metallodrugs by Maria E. Cirino, Thainá R. Teixeira, Alessandro M. H. Silva, Ana C. C. Borges, Lucas Fukui-Silva, Luis G. Wagner, Christiane Fernandes, Malachy McCann, André L. S. Santos, Josué de Moraes

“…Additionally, the compounds were tested on Caenorhabditis elegans, a model organism for drug discovery. …”
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Effect of phycocyanin and phycoerythrin on antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of refrigerated low-fat yogurt and cream cheese by Azadeh Ahmadi, Seyed Amir Ali Anvar, Bahareh Nowruzi, Leila Golestan

“…Additionally, we confirmed that PE and PC are not toxic to Caenorhabditis elegans at concentrations up to 1 mg/mL. The results showed that the MIC of PE and PC against E. coli was significantly higher than against S. aureus (3.12 ± 0.05 µg/mL vs. 1.56 ± 0.01 µg/mL, respectively; p ≤ 0.05). …”
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Automated cell annotation in multi-cell images using an improved CRF_ID algorithm by Hyun Jee Lee, Jingting Liang, Shivesh Chaudhary, Sihoon Moon, Zikai Yu, Taihong Wu, He Liu, Myung-Kyu Choi, Yun Zhang, Hang Lu

“…Previously, we developed an automated cell identification method called CRF_ID and demonstrated its high performance in Caenorhabditis elegans whole-brain images (Chaudhary et al., 2021). …”
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Evolutionary conserved regulation of TFEB stability by the E3 ubiquitin ligase WWP2 modulates response to stress in vivo by Juan A. Garcia-Sanchez, Estelle Bonnet, Céline Loubatier, Anne Doye, Guillaume Paillier, Fabien Segui, Frédéric Larbret, Paul Chaintreuil, Ludovic Batistic, Cédric Torre, Marcel Deckert, Jolanta Polanowska, Patrick Munro, Laurent Boyer, Orane Visvikis

“…In this study, we used Caenorhabditis elegans to screen for E3 ubiquitin ligases regulating the activity of TFEB’s homolog, HLH-30, upon pathogenic infection. …”
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MCU complex: Exploring emerging targets and mechanisms of mitochondrial physiology and pathology by Jin Wang, Jinyong Jiang, Haoliang Hu, Linxi Chen

“…We also studied the functional expression of the MCU complex in Drosophila, Zebrafish, and Caenorhabditis elegans. These analyses provide a basis for exploring potential treatment strategies targeting the MCU complex and provide strong support for the development of future precision medicine and treatments. …”
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Machine learning prediction of obesity-associated gut microbiota: identifying Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum as a potential therapeutic target by Hao Wu, Yuan Li, Yuxuan Jiang, Xinran Li, Shenglan Wang, Changle Zhao, Changle Zhao, Ximiao Yang, Baocheng Chang, Juhong Yang, Juhong Yang, Jianjun Qiao, Jianjun Qiao

“…We assessed the anti-obesity effects of Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum through experimentation with Caenorhabditis elegans and C3H10T1/2 cells.ResultsOur analysis revealed a significant correlation between gut bacterial composition and body weight. …”
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Microtubule inhibition as a proposed mechanism for the anthelmintic effect of phytochemicals isolated from Cicerbita alpina by Mark James Horgan, Ines Sigg, Ioanna Poulopoulou, Francisco J. Rodriguez-Mejias, Eva Albertini, Pietro Fusani, Florian Fischer, Eftychia Martinidou, Daniela Schuster, Stefan Martens, Pidder Jansen Dürr, Matthias Gauly, Hermann Stuppner, Alexander Weiss, Veronika Temml, Bianka Siewert

“…The anthelminthic assays revealed the more polar fractions to be most active against Ascaridia galli embryos (BuOH | 68% ED | c = 500 µg/ml and EtOAc | 65% ED | c = 500 µg/ml) and Caenorhabditis elegans adult worms (BuOH | 49% WMT | c = 150 µg/ml and EtOAc | 74% WMT | c = 150 µg/ml) suggesting the fraction’s constituents possess dual anthelmintic activity against multiple life-cycle stages (i.e., eggs, worms) of helminths. …”
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