GmWRKY33a is a hub gene responsive to brassinosteroid signaling that suppresses nodulation in soybean (Glycine max) by Mingliang Yang, Mingliang Yang, Chengjun Lei, Chengjun Lei, Chao Ma, Chao Ma, Xiuming Hou, Xiuming Hou, Mingming Yao, Mingming Yao, Liang Mi, Liang Mi, Enliang Liu, Linli Xu, Shukun Wang, Shukun Wang, Chunyan Liu, Chunyan Liu, Qingshan Chen, Qingshan Chen, Dawei Xin, Dawei Xin, Chang Xu, Chang Xu, Jinhui Wang, Jinhui Wang

“…Brassinosteroids (BRs) are key phytohormones influencing soybean development, yet their role in symbiosis remains unclear. Here, the RNA-Seq was used to identify important gene associated with BRs and symbiotic nitrogen fixation, and the function of candidate gene was verified by transgenic hairy roots. …”
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Telomere length sensitive regulation of interleukin receptor 1 type 1 (IL1R1) by the shelterin protein TRF2 modulates immune signalling in the tumour microenvironment by Ananda Kishore Mukherjee, Subhajit Dutta, Ankita Singh, Shalu Sharma, Shuvra Shekhar Roy, Antara Sengupta, Megha Chatterjee, Soujanya Vinayagamurthy, Sulochana Bagri, Divya Khanna, Meenakshi Verma, Dristhi Soni, Anshul Budharaja, Sagar Kailasrao Bhisade, Vivek Anand, Ahmad Perwez, Nija George, Mohammed Faruq, Ishaan Gupta, Radhakrishnan Sabarinathan, Shantanu Chowdhury

“…However, the mechanisms by which telomeres might affect tumour immune response remain poorly understood. Here, we observed that interleukin-1 signalling is telomere-length dependent in cancer cells. …”
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Recombinase-based amplification coupled with lateral flow chromatography for the specific and sensitive detection and identification of Leishmania major in cutaneous leishmaniasis... by Insaf Bel Hadj Ali, Yusr Saadi-Ben Aoun, Imen Khammeri, Hejer Souguir, Emna Harigua-Souiai, Hamed Chouaieb, Ahmed S. Chakroun, Meryem Lemrani, Aicha Kallel, Kalthoum Kallel, Nabil Haddad, Oussaima El Dbouni, Rhea N. Coler, Rhea N. Coler, Rhea N. Coler, Steven G. Reed, Akila Fathallah-Mili, Akila Fathallah-Mili, Ikram Guizani

“…This complicates disease management and treatment, particularly as distribution and epidemiology of leishmaniases remain poorly understood. Here, we aimed for a simple and rapid molecular diagnostic test to detect and identify L. major, a predominant CL causal species, which could be prone to become a control tool at the point of care, in endemic areas, using isothermal recombinase DNA amplification (recombinase polymerase amplification, RPA, or recombinase aided amplification, RAA) coupled to detection by the lateral flow (LF) chromatography on a PCRD cassette.MethodsTo develop an L. major species-specific RPA-LF assay, computational analysis of 70 Leishmania DNA targets, identified through bibliography and database searches, selected five targets. …”
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Proteasome inhibition enhances oncolytic reovirus therapy in multiple myeloma independently of its direct cytotoxic effects by Ada Alice Dona, Theophilus Tandoh, Lokesh Nigam, Mahmoud Singer, Enrico Caserta, Mariam Murtadha, Yinghui Zhu, Milad Moloudizargari, Preeti Sharma, Ottavio Napolitano, Janet Winchester, Arnab Chowdhury, Alex Pozhitkov, James F. Sanchez, Hawa Vahed, Guido Marcucci, Matt Coffey, Gerard Nuovo, Douglas W. Sborov, Flavia Pichiorri, Craig C Hofmeister

“…T-cell receptor (TCR) sequencing was also conducted both in immune competent MM mice and in patients enrolled in a phase 1b trial per a standard 3 + 3 dose escalation schedule. Results Here we show ex vivo and in vivo that proteasome inhibitors (PIs) potentiate reovirus replication in circulating classical monocytes, increasing viral delivery to myeloma cells. …”
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PD-L1/TLR7 dual-targeting nanobody-drug conjugate mediates potent tumor regression via elevating tumor immunogenicity in a host-expressed PD-L1 bias-dependent way by Wei Huang, Ji Zhou, Jia Li, Yakun Wan, Chao Hu, Meng Liu, Pan Xu, Feng Tang, Jianhua Sun, Xiaolu Yu, Yiru Long, Binfan Chen, Yongliang Tong, Mengwen Shan, Xiaomin Jia, Henglei Lu, Runqiu Chen, Jin Ren, Guangyi Jin, Likun Gong

“…Toll-like receptors (TLRs) establish the link between innate and adaptive immunity, which can assist T-cell activation and serve as promising targets for combination to enhance ICB therapy. Here, we aimed to improve efficacy for anti-programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) therapy by developing a PD-L1/TLR7 dual-targeting nanobody-drug conjugate (NDC), based on the PD-L1 nanobodies and TLR7 agonist we developed.Methods PD-L1 nanobodies were obtained by phage display screening and identified through T-cell activation bioassay, in vivo imaging and quantitative biodistribution study. …”
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Heterogeneous phenotype of a Chinese Familial WHIM syndrome with CXCR4V340fs gain-of-function mutation by Yu Huang, Yu Huang, Yu Huang, Lu Li, Lu Li, Ran Chen, Ran Chen, Lang Yu, Lang Yu, Shunkai Zhao, Yanjun Jia, Yanjun Jia, Ying Dou, Ying Dou, Ying Dou, Zhiyong Zhang, Zhiyong Zhang, Yunfei An, Yunfei An, Xuemei Tang, Xuemei Tang, Xiaodong Zhao, Xiaodong Zhao, Lina Zhou

“…It is caused mainly by heterozygous mutations at the C-terminus of the C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4) gene.MethodsWe described the detailed clinical, genetic, immunological and treatment characteristic of four WHIM patients from a single Chinese family.ResultsHere, we report four patients from a family carrying a variant of CXCR4 (c.1016_1017dupCT), which introduces a frameshift at codon V340, resulting in an extension of 14 amino acids (p.V340L fs*27). …”
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Physiological accumulation of lipid droplets in the newborn liver during breastfeeding is driven by TLR4 ligands by Wanderson Ferreira da Silva Júnior, Karen Marques de Oliveira Costa, Hortência Maciel Castro Oliveira, Maísa Mota Antunes, Kassiana Mafra, Brenda Naemi Nakagaki, Pedro Sérgio Corradi da Silva, Júlia Duarte Megale, Sarah Campos de Sales, Douglas Carvalho Caixeta, Mário Machado Martins, Robinson Sabino-Silva, Cristina Maria Pinto de Paula, Luiz Ricardo Goulart, Rafael Machado Rezende, Gustavo Batista Menezes

“…The liver plays a central role in fat storage, but little is known about physiological fat accumulation during early development. Here we investigated a transient surge in hepatic lipid droplets observed in newborn mice immediately after birth. …”
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Bone Marrow Endothelial Progenitor Cells remodelling facilitates normal hematopoiesis during Acute Myeloid Leukemia Complete Remission by Tong Xing, Li-Juan Hu, Hong-Yan Zhao, Chen-Yuan Li, Zhen-Kun Wang, Meng-Zhu Shen, Zhong-Shi Lyu, Jing Wang, Yu Wang, Hao Jiang, Qian Jiang, Ying-Jun Chang, Xiao-Hui Zhang, Yuan Kong, Xiao-Jun Huang

“…As a key element of BM microenvironment, endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) provide a feasible way to investigate BM microenvironment remodeling. Here, we find reduced and dysfunctional BM EPCs in AML patients, characterized by impaired angiogenesis and high ROS levels, could be partially remodeled after CR and improved by N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC). …”
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Single-cell multiomics reveal divergent effects of DNMT3A- and TET2-mutant clonal hematopoiesis in inflammatory response by Wazim Mohammed Ismail, Jenna A. Fernandez, Moritz Binder, Terra L. Lasho, Minsuk Kim, Susan M. Geyer, Amelia Mazzone, Christy M. Finke, Abhishek A. Mangaonkar, Jeong-Heon Lee, Liguo Wang, Kwan Hyun Kim, Vernadette A. Simon, Fariborz Rakhshan Rohakthar, Amik Munankarmy, Seul Kee Byeon, Susan M. Schwager, Jonathan J. Harrington, Melissa R. Snyder, Keith D. Robertson, Akhilesh Pandey, Eric D. Wieben, Nicholas Chia, Alexandre Gaspar-Maia, Mrinal M. Patnaik

“…Although individual impacts on the epigenome have been described using different model systems, the phenotypic complexity in humans remains to be elucidated. Here, we make use of a natural inflammatory response occurring during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), to understand the association of these mutations with inflammatory morbidity (acute respiratory distress syndrome [ARDS]) and mortality. …”
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Inducible Fgf13 ablation alleviates cardiac fibrosis via regulation of microtubule stability by Wang Cong, Wang Xiangchong, Zhang Yiyi, Mi Yuan, Han Yanxue, Zhi Yaxin, Zhao Ran, Cui Nanqi, Ma Qianli, Zhang Huaxing, Xue Dazhong, Qiao Ruoyang, Han Jiabing, Yu Yulou, Li Jiaxuan, Shaiea Mohammed, Liu Demin, Gu Guoqiang, Wang Chuan

“…This study aims to elucidate the role and mechanism of FGF13 on cardiac fibrosis. Here, we show that following transverse aortic constriction (TAC) surgery, interstitial fibrosis and collagen content increase in mice, along with reduced ejection fraction and fractional shortening, augmented heart mass. …”
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Transketolase attenuates the chemotherapy sensitivity of glioma cells by modulating R-loop formation by Minjie Fu, Mengli Zhang, Licheng Zhang, Yuan Feng, Chao Gao, Hao Xu, Jinsen Zhang, Huaichao Zhang, Tianping Peng, Youjun Chu, Yonghe Wu, Pu Wang, Dan Ye, Ying Mao, Wei Hua

“…Summary: Glioblastoma (GBM) is a highly lethal malignant brain tumor with poor survival rates, and chemoresistance poses a significant challenge to the treatment of patients with GBM. Here, we show that transketolase (TKT), a metabolic enzyme in the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP), attenuates the chemotherapy sensitivity of glioma cells in a manner independent of catalytic activity. …”
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Clonal hematopoiesis in patients with autoimmune thrombocytopenia: an international multicenter study by Bruno Fattizzo, Alfredo Marchetti, Alessandro Bosi, Carmelo Gurnari, Juri Alessandro Giannotta, Giacinto Luca Pedone, Elena Rossi, Valentina Carrai, Andrea Guido, Filippo Brioschi, Monica Carpenedo, Monica Crugnola, Domenica Caramazza, Livia Leuzzi, Monia Marchetti, Gabriele Merati, Simona Malato, Fabrizio Vianello, Andrea Patriarca, Hussein Awada, Marta Bortolotti, Marta Canzi, Niccolò Bolli, Marco Capecchi, Frederick Chen, Andrea Artoni, Jaroslaw P. Maciejewski, Wilma Barcellini

“…Abstract: Diagnostic boundaries between immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) and other thrombocytopenic states, such as thrombocytopenic myelodysplastic syndromes, may be difficult to establish, and the detection of somatic mutations by next-generation sequencing (NGS) may be of aid. Here, we aimed at characterizing the prevalence and clinical significance of clonal hematopoiesis in ITP. …”
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The Geometric Series Hypothesis of Leaf Area Distribution and Its Link to the Calculation of the Total Leaf Area per Shoot of <i>Sasaella kongosanensis</i> ‘Aureostriatus’ by Yong Meng, David A. Ratkowsky, Weihao Yao, Yi Heng, Peijian Shi

“…., 95.1%) were smaller than 5%. Here, we provide a theoretical basis using the GS hypothesis to demonstrate the validity of the MKSE and PLE. …”
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Single cell profiling of circulating autoreactive CD4 T cells from patients with autoimmune liver diseases suggests tissue imprinting by Anaïs Cardon, Thomas Guinebretière, Chuang Dong, Laurine Gil, Sakina Ado, Pierre-jean Gavlovsky, Martin Braud, Richard Danger, Christoph Schultheiß, Aurélie Doméné, Perrine Paul-Gilloteaux, Caroline Chevalier, Laura Bernier, Jean-Paul Judor, Cynthia Fourgeux, Astrid Imbert, Marion Khaldi, Edouard Bardou-Jacquet, Laure Elkrief, Adrien Lannes, Christine Silvain, Matthieu Schnee, Florence Tanne, Fabienne Vavasseur, Lucas Brusselle, Sophie Brouard, William W. Kwok, Jean-François Mosnier, Ansgar W. Lohse, Jeremie Poschmann, Mascha Binder, Jérôme Gournay, Sophie Conchon, Pierre Milpied, Amédée Renand

“…Abstract Autoimmune liver diseases (AILD) involve dysregulated CD4 T cell responses against liver self-antigens, but how these autoreactive T cells relate to liver tissue pathology remains unclear. Here we perform single-cell transcriptomic and T cell receptor analyses of circulating, self-antigen-specific CD4 T cells from patients with AILD and identify a subset of liver-autoreactive CD4 T cells with a distinct B-helper transcriptional profile characterized by PD-1, TIGIT and HLA-DR expression. …”
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Micronutrient levels of global tropical reef fish communities differ from fisheries capture by Conor Waldock, Eva Maire, Camille Albouy, Vania Andreoli, Maria Beger, Thomas Claverie, Katie L. Cramer, David A. Feary, Sebastian C. A. Ferse, Andrew Hoey, Nicolas Loiseau, M. Aaron MacNeil, Matthew McLean, Camille Mellin, Simon Ahouansou Montcho, Maria Lourdes Palomares, Santiago de laPuente, Mark Tupper, Shaun Wilson, Laure Velez, Jessica Zamborain‐Mason, Dirk Zeller, David Mouillot, Loïc Pellissier

“…To assess whether micronutrient deficiencies could be addressed through specific fisheries management actions, we first require a quantification of the potentially available micronutrients contained in biodiverse reef fish assemblages. Here, we therefore undertake a broad heuristic assessment of available micronutrients on tropical reefs using ensemble species distribution modelling and identify potential mismatches with micronutrients derived from summarising coastal fisheries landings data. …”
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A flux tower site attribute dataset intended for land surface modeling by J. Shi, H. Yuan, W. Lin, W. Dong, H. Liang, Z. Liu, J. Zeng, H. Zhang, N. Wei, Z. Wei, S. Zhang, S. Liu, X. Lu, Y. Dai

“…More importantly, these datasets frequently lack site-observed attribute data, such as fractional vegetation cover and leaf area index, which limits their utility as benchmarking data. Here, we conducted a comprehensive quality screening of the existing reprocessed flux tower dataset, including the proportion of gap-filled data, energy balance closure (EBC), and external disturbances such as irrigation and deforestation, leading to 90 high-quality sites. …”
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ENO1 promotes PDAC progression by inhibiting CD8+ T cell infiltration through upregulating PD-L1 expression via HIF-1α signaling by Aziguli Tulamaiti, Shu-Yu Xiao, Yan Yang, Musitaba Mutailifu, Xia-Qing Li, Shi-Qi Yin, Hong-Tai Ma, Hong-Fei Yao, Lin-Li Yao, Li-Peng Hu, Jun Li, Shu-Heng Jiang, Zhi-Gang Zhang, Yan-Miao Huo, Dong-Xue Li, Xue-Li Zhang

“…ENO1 was found to be overexpressed in multiple types of cancers. Here, we investigated the role of ENO1 in modulating the PDAC microenvironment.Using bioinformatic analyses, we demonstrated that ENO1 was highly expressed in PDAC patients, which was related to a poor prognosis. …”
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VCP downstream metabolite glycerol-3-phosphate (G3P) inhibits CD8+T cells function in the HCC microenvironment by Cheng Cheng, Qingrui Zha, Linmao Sun, Tianming Cui, Xinyu Guo, Changjian Xing, Zhengxiang Chen, Changyong Ji, Shuhang Liang, Shengwei Tao, Junhui Chu, Chenghui Wu, Qi Chu, Xuetian Gu, Ning Zhang, Yumin Fu, Shumin Deng, Yitong Zhu, Jiabei Wang, Yao Liu, Lianxin Liu

“…However, the molecular mechanisms behind this dysfunction remain incompletely understood. Here, we identified valosin-containing protein (VCP) as a key regulator of CD8+T cells suppression in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). …”
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Production of all-triploid derived from gynogenetic homologous diploid crucian carp (♀) × diploid red crucian carp (♂) by Chongqing Wang, Yan Tang, Xiang Luo, Yuxin Zhang, Yue Zhou, Qingwen Xiao, Zhengkun Liu, Xinyi Deng, Xu Huang, Xidan Xu, Xiaowei Xu, Kun Zhang, Qinbo Qin, Shaojun Liu

“…Triploid breeding is vital in aquaculture production. Here, based on the formation of all-female gynogenetic homologous diploid crucian carp (G, 2 n = 100) derived from gynogenesis of the autotetraploid crucian carp (4nRR, 4 n = 200) eggs and without chromosome duplication treatment, a novel triploid fish (3nRR, 3 n = 150) were produced by crossing G and males of red crucian carp (RCC, 2 n = 100). …”
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Nanostructured lipid carriers based mRNA vaccine leads to a T cell–inflamed tumour microenvironment favourable for improving PD-1/PD-L1 blocking therapy and long-term immunity in a... by Carole Fournier, Marion Mercey-Ressejac, Valentin Derangère, Amal Al Kadi, David Rageot, Christine Charrat, Alexis Leroy, Julien Vollaire, Véronique Josserand, Marie Escudé, Séverine Escaich, François Ghiringhelli, Thomas Decaens, Fabrice P. Navarro, Evelyne Jouvin-Marche, Patrice N. Marche

“…To combine them with existing immunotherapies, the intratumoral immune microenvironment needs to be deeply characterised. Here, we test nanostructured lipid carriers (NLCs), the so-called Lipidots®, for delivering unmodified mRNA encoding Ovalbumin (OVA) antigen to elicit specific antitumour responses. …”
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