circICMT upregulates and suppresses the malignant behavior of bladder cancer by Xin Luo, FangMei Xie, Guoqiang Qin, Ge Zou, Xu Lu, Chaofeng Zhang, Zeping Han, Ying Zhao, Xiaoyu Song, WenFeng Luo, Yongsheng Li, JinHua He, Jian Shen

“…Conclusion: circICMT is significantly highly expressed in bladder cancer, and intervening circICMT expression affects the malignant phenotype of bladder cancer cells in vivo and in vitro, which may provide potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets for the management of bladder cancer.…”
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Conversion of placental hemogenic endothelial cells to hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells by Guixian Liang, Shicheng Liu, Chunyu Zhou, Mengyao Liu, Yifan Zhang, Dongyuan Ma, Lu Wang, Jing-Dong J. Han, Feng Liu

“…Furthermore, comparative transcriptome analysis of aHE-iHSPCs and pHE-iHSPCs showed that aHE-iHSPCs highly expressed HSC-specific and self-renewal-related genes. …”
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Novel Genomic Aberrations in Testicular Germ Cell Tumors by Array-CGH, and Associated Gene Expression Changes by Rolf I. Skotheim, Reija Autio, Guro E. Lind, Sigrid M. Kraggerud, Peter W. Andrews, Outi Monni, Olli Kallioniemi, Ragnhild A. Lothe

“…We analyzed 17 TGCTs, three precursor lesions, and the embryonal carcinoma cell lines, NTERA2 and 2102Ep, by comparative genomic hybridization microarrays (array-CGH), and integrated the data with transcriptome profiles of the same samples. …”
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Selective arm-usage of pre-miR-1307 dysregulates angiogenesis and affects breast cancer aggressiveness by Oyku Ece Sumer, Korbinian Schelzig, Janine Jung, Xiaoya Li, Janina Moros, Luisa Schwarzmüller, Ezgi Sen, Sabine Karolus, Angelika Wörner, Verônica Rodrigues de Melo Costa, Nishanth Belugali Nataraj, Efstathios-Iason Vlachavas, Clarissa Gerhäuser, Karin Müller-Decker, Dominic Helm, Yosef Yarden, Birgitta Elisabeth Michels, Cindy Körner

“…Surprisingly, the overexpression of pre-miR-1307 in breast cancer cell lines resulted in reduced xenograft growth and impaired angiogenesis. …”
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Gastrointestinal Tract Duplications in Children: A Tertiary Referral Center Experience by Meltem CAGLAR OSKAYLI, Furkan ERSOY, Neslihan GULCIN, Ahmet PIRIM, Seyhmus Kerem OZEL, Seyma OZKANLI, Cigdem ULUKAYA DURAKBASA

“…The surgery aims to totally excise the cyst or at least totally remove the inner mucosal lining.…”
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Cellular EMT-status governs contact guidance in an electrospun TACS-mimicking in vitro model by Lorenz Isert, Mehak Passi, Benedikt Freystetter, Maximilian Grab, Andreas Roidl, Christoph Müller, Aditi Mehta, Harini G. Sundararaghavan, Stefan Zahler, Olivia M. Merkel

“…Various breast cancer cell lines (MCF7, HCC1954, MDA-MB-468, and MDA-MB-231) were cultured on these fibers to assess epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) markers, cellular morphology, and migration.Aligned fibers (TACS5) significantly influenced EMT-related changes, promoting cellular alignment, spindle-shaped morphology and a highly migratory phenotype in mesenchymal and hybrid EMT cells (MDA-MB-468, MDA-MB-231). …”
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Consequences of Surface Composition and Aggregation Conditions of Ag Nanoparticles on Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) of Pesticides by Marcelo José dos Santos Oliveira, Gilia Cristine Marques Ruiz, Rafael Jesus Gonçalves Rubira, Santiago Sanchez-Cortes, Carlos José Leopoldo Constantino, Leonardo Negri Furini

“…Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is highly dependent on the adsorption of target molecules onto metallic surfaces, such as colloidal metallic nanoparticles. …”
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A survey of the Sli gene in wild and cultivated potato by Mercedes Ames, Andy Hamernik, William Behling, David S. Douches, Dennis A. Halterman, Paul C. Bethke

“…Abstract Inbred‐hybrid breeding of diploid potatoes necessitates breeding lines that are self‐compatible. One way of incorporating self‐compatibility into incompatible cultivated potato (Solanum tuberosum) germplasm is to introduce the S‐locus inhibitor gene (Sli), which functions as a dominant inhibitor of gametophytic self‐incompatibility. …”
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circSLC6A6 Sponges miR-497-5p to Promote Endometrial Cancer Progression via the PI4KB/Hedgehog Axis by Juan Hu, Xing Peng, Weina Du, Yichuan Huang, Chun Zhang, Xian Zhang

“…We found that circSLC6A6 was highly expressed in both EC tissues and cells. And circSLC6A6 promoted the proliferation, migration, and invasion of EC cells in vitro. …”
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RET Inhibitor SPP86 Triggers Apoptosis and Activates the DNA Damage Response Through the Suppression of Autophagy and the PI3K/AKT Signaling Pathway in Melanoma Cells by Zhang Y, Liu H, Wang K, Zheng J, Luan H, Xin M

“…Thus, this study aims to explore the effects of SPP86 on autophagy and to elucidate its association with cell proliferation, apoptosis, and DNA damage in melanoma cells.Methods: This study assessed the anti-tumor effects of SPP86 on cell viability, colony formation, apoptosis, and DNA damage in two melanoma cell lines, A375 and A2058. Concurrently, the underlying mechanisms, including the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway and autophagy modulation, were also elucidated.Results: The study demonstrated that SPP86 exerts anti-tumor effects in melanoma cells through multiple mechanisms: it induces apoptosis, causes DNA damage, inhibits cell proliferation, and suppresses the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway. …”
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Optimizing in vitro spherulation cues in the fungal pathogen Coccidioides by Christina M. Homer, Elena Ochoa, Mark Voorhies, Anita Sil

“…The Coccidioides host form, the spherule, is unique and highly undercharacterized due to both technical and biocontainment challenges. …”
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The book graphics of Vilnius printing houses in XVI-XVII centuries by Jolita Liškevičienė

“…The professional level of book graphics in Vilnius during this period was very varied: there were both highly professional and very weak engravings of poor taste. …”
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An experimental study of the effects of SNPs in the TATA boxes of the <i>GRIN1, ASCL3</i> and <i>NOS1</i> genes on interactions with the TATA-binding protein by E. B. Sharypova, I. A. Drachkova, I. V. Chadaeva, M. P. Ponomarenko, L. K. Savinkova

“…For example, ASCL3 is overexpressed in breast cancer, and NOS1, in ovarian cancer cell lines. Based on our findings and literature data, we had previously obtained results suggesting that the single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that disrupt erythropoiesis are highly likely to be associated with cognitive and neuropsychiatric disorders in humans. …”
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: LRPPRC regulates malignant behaviors, protects mitochondrial homeostasis, mitochondrial function in osteosarcoma and derived cancer stem-like cells by Ziyi Zhao, Yingwei Sun, Jing Tang, Yuting Yang, Xiaochao Xu

“…Results we found that LRPPRC was highly expressed in several osteosarcoma cell lines and that LRPPRC knockdown inhibited malignant behaviors, including proliferation, invasion, colony formation and tumor formation, in MG63 and U2OS cells. …”
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miR-576-5p Promotes the Proliferation of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma through the MAPK4-AKT Pathway by Rui Hai, Yang Zhou, Fan Li, Qingxi Guo, Yang Long, Fang Wang, Lian Cheng, Fei Wu, Shi Chen, Xiangyu Zhou

“…Expression levels of miR-576-5p in PTC patient tissues and cell lines were determined by reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qRT‒PCR). …”
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GRK6 palmitoylation dictates triple-negative breast cancer metastasis via recruiting the β-Arrestin 2/MAPKs/NF-κB signaling axis by Wen-Ke Wang, Hui-Yu Lin, Che-Hsuan Lin, Hsun-Hua Lee, Yen-Lin Chen, Yu-Hsien Kent Lin, Hui-Wen Chiu, Shry-Ming Sheen-Chen, Yuan-Feng Lin

“…RT-PCR assays were used to test the GRK6 expression in human BC tissues and cell lines. The in vitro cellular migration and in vivo lung colony-forming assays were established to estimate the metastatic potentials of TNBC cells. …”
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Long non-coding RNA OSTM1-AS1 promotes renal cell carcinoma progression by sponging miR-491-5p and upregulating MMP-9 by Jun-Feng Chen, Sha-Zhou Ye, Ke-Jie Wang, Xiang-yu Meng, Bin-bin Yang, Ke Rong Wu, Qi Ma

“…OSTM1-AS1 expression was significantly highly expressed among RCC tissue specimens and cell lines. …”
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Cyclophilin–CD147 interaction enables SARS-CoV-2 infection of human monocytes and their activation via Toll-like receptors 7 and 8 by Gabor Tajti, Laura Gebetsberger, Gregor Pamlitschka, Katharina Aigner-Radakovics, Judith Leitner, Peter Steinberger, Hannes Stockinger, Anna Ohradanova-Repic

“…Instead, the alternative SARS-CoV-2 receptor CD147, which is highly expressed on monocytes, recognizes its well-known interaction partners cyclophilins A and B that are incorporated into SARS-CoV-2 virions. …”
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Protein kinases MpkA and SepH transduce crosstalk between CWI and SIN pathways to activate protective hyphal septation under echinocandin cell wall stress by Alexander G. Doan, Jessica E. Schafer, Casey M. Douglas, Matthew S. Quintanilla, Meredith E. Morse, Harley Edwards, Walker D. Huso, Kelsey J. Gray, JungHun Lee, Joshua K. Dayie, Steven D. Harris, Mark R. Marten

“…Previous studies have demonstrated that echinocandins fail against highly polarized fungi because they target only apical septal compartments. …”
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Promotive effect of cancer-testis antigen CT57 on proliferation, invasion, migration and epithelial-mesenchymal transition of liver cancer cells by LUO Lange, ZHENG Chao, LEI Ming

“…Lentiviral vectors were used to establish liver cancer cell lines with stable knockdown and overexpression of CT57, which were confirmed by Western blotting. …”
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