Effect of decitabine on PD-L2 methylation in whole blood of iodine-induced autoimmune thyroiditis rats by Baiming Jin, Yanbo Qi, Hong Chao, Xiaolei Yang, Hongjie Li, Siyuan Wan

“…The PD-L2 methylation levels were significantly decreased in EAT rats compared to control rats, and the mRNA expression of the PD-L2 was significantly increased. …”
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Differential Regulation of NK Cell Receptors in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia by Le Jie Lee, Norfarazieda Hassan, Siti Zuleha Idris, Suresh Kumar Subbiah, Heng Fong Seow, Norhafizah Mohtaruddin, Kian Meng Chang, Raudhawati Osman, Hishamshah Mohd Ibrahim, Sheila Nathan, Maha Abdullah

“…Quantitative PCR (q-PCR) further investigated copy number variation (CNV), methylation index (MI), and mRNA expression of significant genes in T-ALL (14 males), NC (12 males and 12 females), and B-ALL samples (N=12 males and 12 females). …”
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Prevention of Cyclophosphamide-Induced Immunosuppression in Mice with the Antimicrobial Peptide Sublancin by Shuai Wang, Shuo Huang, Qianhong Ye, Xiangfang Zeng, Haitao Yu, Desheng Qi, Shiyan Qiao

“…Furthermore, sublancin restored the mRNA levels of IL-2, IL-4, and IL-6 in the spleen. …”
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Radiotherapy Suppresses Bone Cancer Pain through Inhibiting Activation of cAMP Signaling in Rat Dorsal Root Ganglion and Spinal Cord by Guiqin Zhu, Yanbin Dong, Xueming He, Ping Zhao, Aixing Yang, Rubing Zhou, Jianhua Ma, Zhong Xie, Xue-Jun Song

“…Thermal hyperalgesia and mechanical allodynia were measured and used for evaluating level of pain caused by TCI treatment. PKA mRNA expression in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) was detected by RT-PCR. …”
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Ethnicity-specific distribution of <em>TRPM8</em> gene variants in Eurasian populations: signs of selection by T. A. Potapova, A. G. Romashchenko, N. S. Yudin, M. I. Voevoda

“…We analyzed sequences of five TRPM8 mRNA isoforms extracted by researchers from different tissues. …”
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KLF12 Aggravates Angiotensin II‐Induced Cardiac Remodeling in Male Mice by Transcriptionally Inhibiting SMAD7 by Min Hu, Shi‐Yu Huang, Yi‐Peng Gao, Yu‐Xin Hu, Sha‐Sha Wang, Teng Teng, Xiao‐Feng Zeng, Qi‐Zhu Tang

“…To investigate the effects of KLF12, we performed RNA‐seq and found that KLF12 overexpression significantly upregulated the cardiac remodeling associated pathway. …”
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miR-149 Alleviates Ox-LDL-Induced Endothelial Cell Injury by Promoting Autophagy through Akt/mTOR Pathway by Zhongsheng Zhu, Jinyu Li, Rui Tong, Xiaorong Zhang, Bo Yu

“…Atherosclerosis is a chronic process that takes place in the vascular wall and causes various cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Micro-RNA-149 (miR-149) mediates many physiological and pathological processes, including atherosclerosis. …”
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Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs on the Epigenetic Modification of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Gene Expression in the Hippocampi of Chronic Restraint Stress Rats by Mi Kyoung Seo, Young Hoon Kim, Roger S. McIntyre, Rodrigo B. Mansur, Yena Lee, Nicole E. Carmona, Ah Jeong Choi, Gyung-Mee Kim, Jung Goo Lee, Sung Woo Park

“…Chronic restraint stress resulted in the downregulation of total and exon IV BDNF mRNA levels and a decrease in histone H3 acetylation and an increase in MeCP2 binding at BDNF promoter IV. …”
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The Transcription Factor SOX18 Inhibitor Small Molecule 4 Is a Potential Treatment of Cancer‐Induced Lymphatic Metastasis and Lymphangiosarcoma by Katja K. Koll, Martin M. Zimmermann, Patrick A. Will, Ulrich Kneser, Christoph Hirche

“…We found that Sox18 exhibited high mRNA expression levels in both HDLEC and MO‐LAS. …”
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miR-126 Mimic Counteracts the Increased Secretion of VEGF-A Induced by High Glucose in ARPE-19 Cells by Roberta Sanguineti, Alessandra Puddu, Massimo Nicolò, Carlo Enrico Traverso, Renzo Cordera, Giorgio L. Viviani, Davide Maggi

“…After 24 hours, medium was replaced and cells were cultured for 24 hours in normal (CTR) or diabetic condition (HG). Then, we analyzed mRNA levels of miR-126, VEGF-A, PI3KR2, and SPRED1. …”
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AICAR Protects against High Palmitate/High Insulin-Induced Intramyocellular Lipid Accumulation and Insulin Resistance in HL-1 Cardiac Cells by Inducing PPAR-Target Gene Expression by Ricardo Rodríguez-Calvo, Manuel Vázquez-Carrera, Luis Masana, Dietbert Neumann

“…Then, cells were exposed to AICAR stimulation for 24 h in the presence or absence of the AMPK inhibitor Compound C, and the mRNA levels of the three PPARs were analyzed by real-time RT-PCR. …”
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Writers, readers, and erasers of N6-Methyladenosine (m6A) methylomes in oilseed rape: identification, molecular evolution, and expression profiling by Chaofan Shan, Kui Dong, Dongyu Wen, Ziyi Ye, Fei Hu, Meryem Zekraoui, Jun Cao

“…Abstract Background m6A RNA modifications are the most prevalent internal modifications in eukaryotic mRNAs and are crucial for plant growth and development, as well as for responses to biotic or abiotic stresses. …”
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Characterizing tertiary lymphoid structures associated single-cell atlas in breast cancer patients by Xiaokai Fan, Daqin Feng, Donggui Wei, Anqi Li, Fangyi Wei, Shufang Deng, Muling Shen, Congzhi Qin, Yongjia Yu, Lun Liang

“…Therefore, we employed high-resolution techniques, including single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) and spatial transcriptomics (ST), and a TLS-specific signature to investigate TLS associated regions in breast cancer. …”
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Exiguobacterium acetylicum transformed poultry feathers into amino acids through an extracellular secretion of keratinolytic enzymes by Tutuka Dlume, Nonso E. Nnolim, Uchechukwu U. Nwodo

“…The bacterium with the highest keratinolytic activity was identified through 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA) gene sequencing. The exo-keratinase production by the bacterium was optimized, and the feather hydrolysate obtained from the fermentation process was analyzed for amino acids. …”
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Efficacy and compatibility mechanism of bear bile powder in Shexiang Tongxin dropping pills for acute myocardial infarction treatment by Yu Luo, Fangmin Zhang, Lidan Zhu, Jianfeng Ye, Hong-ye Pan, Xiaoyan Lu, Xiaohui Fan

“…Non-targeted metabonomics, 16S rRNA analysis, RNA sequencing, and network pharmacology were performed to explore the underlying mechanisms. …”
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Metatranscriptomics as a tool to identify fungal species and subspecies in mixed communities – a proof of concept under laboratory conditions by Vanesa R. Marcelino, Laszlo Irinyi, John-Sebastian Eden, Wieland Meyer, Edward C. Holmes, Tania C. Sorrell

“…Using a model mock community comprising 17 fungal isolates, we evaluated whether metatranscriptomics can accurately identify fungal species and subspecies in mixed communities. Overall, 72.9% of the RNA transcripts were classified, from which the vast majority (99.5%) were correctly identified at the species level. …”
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Variation in Botryosphaeriaceae from Eucalyptus plantations in YunNan Province in southwestern China across a climatic gradient by Guoqing Li, Bernard Slippers, Michael J. Wingfield, Shuaifei Chen

“…Isolates were identified by comparing DNA sequences of the internal transcribed spacer ribosomal RNA locus (ITS), partial translation elongation factor 1-alpha (tef1), β-tubulin 2 (tub2) and DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit (rpb2) genes, and combined with their morphological characteristics. …”
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Construction of cuproptosis-related genes risk model predicts the prognosis of Uterine Corpus Endometrial Carcinoma by Yanfang Huang, Guoxian Luo, Xiujie Sheng, Jianqi Li

“…Validation of the selected genes, CDKN2A, GLS, and PPAT, was performed at both mRNA and protein levels. A total of 27 cuproptosis-related genes were identified, with 19 upregulated and 6 downregulated in UCEC. …”
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Taxonomic and ecophysiological characteristics of actinobacteria in soils of the dry steppe zone of the Selenga Highlands (Western Transbaikalia) by E. P. Nikitina, L. B. Buyantueva, E. Yu. Abidueva, C. H. Sun

“…One isolate that showed low 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with previously isolated and validly described species was a new species of the genus Glycomyces. …”
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Oncostatin M and TLR-4 Ligand Synergize to Induce MCP-1, IL-6, and VEGF in Human Aortic Adventitial Fibroblasts and Smooth Muscle Cells by David Schnittker, Karen Kwofie, Ali Ashkar, Bernardo Trigatti, Carl D. Richards

“…Signalling pathways including STATs, MAPKinases, and NFκB were activated, and LPS induced steady state mRNA levels of the OSM receptor chains OSMRβ and gp130. …”
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