Genetic Comparison of Stemness of Human Umbilical Cord and Dental Pulp by Chung-Min Kang, Hyunok Kim, Je Seon Song, Byung-Jai Choi, Seong-Oh Kim, Han-Sung Jung, Seok-Jun Moon, Hyung-Jun Choi

“…Although UC and DP tissues exhibited similar expression of surface markers for MSCs, UC showed higher expression of CD29, CD34, CD44, CD73, CD105, CD146, and CD166. qRT-PCR analysis showed that CD146, CD166, and MYC were expressed 18.3, 8.24, and 1.63 times more highly in UC, whereas the expression of CD34 was 2.15 times higher in DP. …”
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Transcriptomic Response of Arabidopsis thaliana to Pseudomonas syringae Infection: An In Silico Approach by Amir Ghaffar Shahriari, Mohamad Hamed Ghodoum Parizipour, Yaser Biniaz, Aminallah Tahmasebi, Fatemeh Gholizadeh

“…The most important hubs genes included MYC2, WRKY40, WRKY33, and other genes. Moreover, the total number of 41 miRNA families was determined during the A. thaliana-bacterium interaction. …”
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Genomic characterization and molecular predictive biomarkers for chemotherapy in patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer treated in a real-world setting by Erik Olsson, Henrik Lindman, Evangelos Digkas, Viktoria Thurfjell, Haidar Mir Ali, Ute Krüger, Anna-Karin Wennstig, Marie Sundqvist, Antonios Valachis

“…Exceptional responders more often exhibited alterations in the MYC and RAS/RTK pathways compared to rapid progressors. …”
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Different expression of circulating microRNA profile in tibetan OSAHS with metabolic syndrome patients by Xue-feng Shi, Xiang He, Ze-rui Sun, Jie Duo, Hao Yang

“…Additionally, the target genes of differentially expressed miRNAs between Tibetan OSAHS patients with MetS and healthy individuals are regulated by transcription factors such as NR2C1, STAT3, STAT5a, HIF1a, ETV4, NANOG, RELA, SP1, E2F1, NFKB1, AR, and MYC. In conlusion, we found differentially expressed miRNAs in Tibetan OSAHS patients with Metabolic Syndrome for the first time. …”
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Oocyte transcriptomes and follicular fluid proteomics of ovine atretic follicles reveal the underlying mechanisms of oocyte degeneration by Yukun Song, Erhan Hai, Nan Zhang, Yu Zhang, Junlan Wang, Xitong Han, Jiaxin Zhang

“…Results First, through paired analysis of different follicle development stages, we identified 175 atresia-specific genes and eight candidate oocyte-secreted factors, including PKG1, YTHDF2, and MYC. Meanwhile, we also characterized unique features of the oocyte transcriptional landscape in the atretic follicle stage that displayed cell death-related transcriptional changes and mechanisms, such as autophagy (TBK1 and IRS4), necroptosis (PKR), and apoptosis (MARCKS). …”
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Transcriptomic and proteomic profiling identifies feline fibrosarcoma as clinically amenable model for aggressive sarcoma subtypes by Mikiyo Weber, Daniel Fuchs, Amiskwia Pöschel, Erin Beebe, Zuzana Garajova, Armin Jarosch, Laura Kunz, Witold Wolski, Lennart Opitz, Franco Guscetti, Mirja C. Nolff, Enni Markkanen

“…While feline FSA are characterized by hyperactive EIF2, TP53 and MYC signaling, immune-related and neuronal pathways emerge as modulators of tumor aggressiveness and immunosuppression. …”
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Plant-nanoparticles enhance anti-PD-L1 efficacy by shaping human commensal microbiota metabolites by Yun Teng, Chao Luo, Xiaolan Qiu, Jingyao Mu, Mukesh K. Sriwastva, Qingbo Xu, Minmin Liu, Xin Hu, Fangyi Xu, Lifeng Zhang, Juw Won Park, Jae Yeon Hwang, Maiying Kong, Zhanxu Liu, Xiang Zhang, Raobo Xu, Jun Yan, Michael L. Merchant, Craig J. McClain, Huang-Ge Zhang

“…An increased level of circulating DHA inhibits PD-L1 expression in tumor cells by binding the PD-L1 promoter and subsequently prevents c-myc-initiated transcription of PD-L1. Colonization of germ-free male mice with gut bacteria from anti-PD-L1 non-responding patients supplemented with DHA enhances the efficacy of anti-PD-L1 therapy compared to controls. …”
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Malignant phyllodes tumors with sarcomatous components: A histopathologic and molecular study by Ting Lei, Yunjie Song, Zhiyi Shen, Yongqiang Shi, Cunyan Xia, Xu Deng, Wenyue Da, Yan Peng, Qing Li

“…In MPTs characterized by sarcomatous components, MCL1 (n = 6, 75.0 %) and MYC (n = 5, 62.5 %) demonstrated a notably high frequency of amplification. …”
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SHP2 promotes the epithelial-mesenchymal transition in triple negative breast cancer cells by regulating β-catenin by Shihan Qian, Jingjing Zhu, Qing Han, Huang Cheng, Huaibin Zhou

“…Additionally, SHP2 promoted β-catenin stability by inhibiting its degradation via the proteasome. Furthermore, c-Myc expression and GSK3β and AKT phosphorylation, which are involved in β-catenin signaling, were decreased in SHP2-depleted TNBC cells. …”
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Establishment of the first marine mollusk cell line from scallop (Chlamys farreri) trochophore by Zhenkui Qin, Aichang Ji, Meng Yan, Danwen Liu, Xixi Li, Xiaoli Hu, Zhifeng Zhang

“…Immunofluorescence detection of KLF4, c-MYC, MYOSIN, and 5-HT indicated that CfT cells may possess a certain degree of pluripotency. …”
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Plant growth-promoting endophytic consortium improved artemisinin biosynthesis via modulating antioxidants, gene expression, and transcriptional profile in Artemisia annua (L.) und... by Arpita Tripathi, Praveen Pandey, Shakti Nath Tripathi, Alok Kalra

“…This stimulation of artemisinin by consortia and ART7 emerged from the up-regulation of major structural genes like CYP7AV1, DXS1, HMGR, DXR1, FPS, ADS, ADH2, SQC, ALDH, HMGS, ADH1, and ISPH while down-regulation of SQS, that enabled the metabolic flux flowed toward artemisinin biosynthesis and were able to disrupt the restricted enzymatic stages in the artemisinin biosynthesis pathway; besides, TFs such as bZIP, AP2, C3H, ARF, E2F, MYB, WRKY, MYC, and ERF modulate gene expression, and these proved as possible candidates for studying adaptation to multiple stress and their mechanisms. …”
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Prioritization of potential pharmacological targets for the development of anti-hepatocarcinoma drugs modulating the extrinsic apoptosis pathway: the reconstruction and analysis... by P. S. Demenkov, E. A. Antropova, A. V. Adamovskaya, E. I. Mishchenko, T. M. Khlebodarova, T. V. Ivanisenko, N. V. Ivanisenko, A. S. Venzel, I. N. Lavrik, V. A. Ivanisenko

“…Among the promising potential pharmacological targets, six highly ranked genes (JUN, IL10, STAT3, MYC, TLR4, and KHDRBS1) are likely to deserve close attention.…”
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Dual inhibition of BET and EP300 has antitumor activity in undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcomas and synergizes with ferroptosis induction by Stéphanie Verbeke, Aurélien Bourdon, Mathilde Lafon, Vanessa Chaire, Bertolo Frederic, Amina Naït Eldjoudi, Marie-Alix Derieppe, Francis Giles, Antoine Italiano

“…Moreover, we identified GPX4 as a gene involved in resistance and showed synergy between BET inhibition and ferroptosis induction.The present study demonstrated that dual BET/EP300 inhibitors have a relevant antitumor activity in a subgroup of UPS characterized by expression of MYC-targets pathway and identified a potent combination therapeutic strategy that deserves further investigation in the clinical setting.…”
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Anti-proteolytic regulation of KRAS by USP9X/NDRG3 in KRAS-driven cancer development by Han Koo, Kyung Chan Park, Hyun Ahm Sohn, Minho Kang, Dong Joon Kim, Zee-Yong Park, Sehoon Park, Sang Hyun Min, Seong-Hwan Park, Yeon-Mi You, Yohan Han, Bo-Kyung Kim, Chul-Ho Lee, Yeon-Soo Kim, Sang J. Chung, Young Il Yeom, Dong Chul Lee

“…Here, we report that KRAS expression is post-translationally up-regulated through deubiquitination when the scaffolding function of NDRG3 (N-Myc downstream-regulated gene 3) promotes specific interaction between KRAS and a deubiquitinating enzyme, USP9X. …”
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Mouse ZGRF1 helicase facilitates DNA repair and maintains efficient fertility by Ernest Wee Kiat Lim, Smaragda Kompocholi, André Brannvoll, K. Stine V. Bagge, Jennifer R. Gruhn, Javier Martin-Gonzalez, Eliene Albers, Ian D. Hickson, Andrés López-Contreras, Michael Lisby

“…In the absence of ZGRF1, the rates of tumorigenesis and tumour-free survival in Eμ-Myc and Trp53 knockout mice remained largely unaffected. …”
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Unveiling <i>DENND2D</i> as a Novel Prognostic Biomarker for Prostate Cancer Recurrence: From Gene to Prognosis by Chi-Fen Chang, Lih-Chyang Chen, Yei-Tsung Chen, Chao-Yuan Huang, Chia-Cheng Yu, Victor C. Lin, Te-Ling Lu, Shu-Pin Huang, Bo-Ying Bao

“…Gene set enrichment analysis revealed an association between <i>DENND2D</i> expression and the negative regulation of <i>MYC</i> target genes, including <i>MAD2L1</i>, <i>ERH</i>, and <i>CLNS1A</i>, which are overexpressed in prostate cancer and associated with poor survival. …”
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Insights from the single-cell level: lineage trajectory and somatic-germline interactions during spermatogenesis in dwarf surfclam Mulinia lateralis by Yajuan Li, Huilan Wei, Xiaoting Dai, Lijing Zhang, Liangjie Liu, Xiaomei Chen, Tian Liu, Ya Shu, Yaxin Yang, Shi Wang, Zhenmin Bao, Lingling Zhang

“…Weighted gene coexpression network analysis (WGCNA) identified four modules corresponding to the four types of germ cells, as well as key transcription factors (e.g., MYC, SREBF1, SOXH) that may play a critical role in these cell types. …”
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Generation and characterization of two induced pluripotent stem cell lines (ICGi052-A and ICGi052-B) from a patient with frontotemporal dementia with parkinsonism-17 associated wit... by E. V. Grigor’eva, A. A. Malakhova, E. S. Yarkova, J. M. Minina, Y. V. Vyatkin, J. A. Nadtochy, E. A. Khabarova, J. A. Rzaev, S. P. Medvedev, S. M. Zakian

“…Reprogramming was performed by transfection with non-integrating episomal vectors expressing the OCT4, SOX2, KLF4, LIN28, L-MYC and mp53DD proteins. The iPSC lines ICGi052-A and ICGi052-B proliferate stably, form colonies with a morphology characteristic of human pluripotent cells, have a normal diploid karyotype (46,XX), express endogenous alkaline phosphatase and pluripotency markers (OCT4, NANOG, SSEA-4 and TRA-1-60) and are able to differentiate into derivatives of three germ layers: ento-, ecto- and mesoderm. …”
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Prostate cancer cells elevate glycolysis and G6PD in response to caffeic acid phenethyl ester-induced growth inhibition by Tzu-Ping Lin, Pei-Chun Chen, Ching-Yu Lin, Bi-Juan Wang, Ying-Yu Kuo, Chien-Chih Yeh, Jen-Chih Tseng, Chieh Huo, Cheng-Li Kao, Li-Jane Shih, Jen-Kun Chen, Chia-Yang Li, Tzyh-Chyuan Hour, Chih-Pin Chuu

“…We previously reported that treatment with caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) suppressed the cell proliferation, tumor growth, as well as migration and invasion of prostate cancer (PCa) cells via inhibition of signaling pathways of AKT, c-Myc, Wnt and EGFR. We also demonstrated that combined treatment of CAPE and docetaxel altered the genes involved in glycolysis and tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle. …”
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Molecular characterization of pregnancy-associated breast cancer and insights on timing from GEICAM-EMBARCAM study by Regina Peña-Enríquez, Begoña Bermejo, Marina Pollán, Alejandra Díaz-Chacón, Yolanda Jerez Gilarranz, José J Ponce Lorenzo, Antonio Fernández Aramburo, Blanca Cantos Sánchez de Ibargüen, Ana Santaballa Bertrán, Elena Galve-Calvo, Álvaro Jiménez-Arranz, Yolanda Fernández, María Eva Pérez, Susana De La Cruz, Antonio Anton-Torres, Fernando Moreno, María Jesús Vidal-Losada, María Helena López-Ceballos, Isabel Blancas, María José Echarri, Raúl Rincón, Rosalía Caballero, Ángel Guerrero-Zotano, Silvia Guil-Luna, Juan de la Haba-Rodríguez

“…Through the PPI network, we also identified a cluster of cell-cycle regulation genes like MYC, FOXM1, or PTEN. Interestingly, differences emerged when comparing patients diagnosed during gestation (PABC-GS) and the postpartum period (PABC-PP), with PABC-PP showing increased expression of immune-related genes, including PD-1, and greater immune cell infiltration (Tregs, macrophages, neutrophils, B-cells). …”
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