Distinct roles of Constitutive Photomorphogenesis Protein 1 homolog (COP1) in human hepatocyte models by Sébastien Soubeyrand, Paulina Lau, Ruth McPherson, Ruth McPherson

“…HNF4A function could be restored by introducing a siRNA-resistant COP1 transgene, whereas HNF4A restoration partially rescued COP1 silencing in HepG2 cells. …”
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UHRF1 promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition mediating renal fibrosis by activating the TGF-β/SMAD signaling pathway by Lijie Yang, Penghui Si, Tuoheti Kuerban, Linfa Guo, Shanzhi Zhan, Yisha Zuhaer, Yingtong Zuo, Peixiang Lu, Xiaojie Bai, Tongzu Liu

“…Hinokitiol has been reported to reduce the expression of UHRF1 mRNA and protein. We observed that inhibition of UHRF1 with Hinokitiol ameliorated induced EMT and renal fibrosis by reducing SMAD2/3 phosphorylation in vivo and in vitro. …”
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Combination Therapy with Platelet-Rich Plasma and Epidermal Neural Crest Stem Cells Increases Treatment Efficacy in Vascular Dementia by Somayeh Akbari, Masoud Haghani, Mojtaba Ghobadi, Etrat Hooshmandi, Afshin Borhani Haghighi, Mohammad Saied Salehi, Sareh Pandamooz, Negar Azarpira, Afsoon Afshari, Shahrbanoo Zabihi, Marzieh Nemati, Mahnaz Bayat

“…The basal-synaptic transmission (BST) and long-term potentiation (LTP) were assessed through field-potential recordings of the CA1. The mRNA expression levels of IGF-1, TGF-β1, PSD-95, and GSk-3β were measured in the rat hippocampus by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. …”
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Elucidating the role of pyrimidine metabolism in prostate cancer and its therapeutic implications by Liang Huang, Yu Xie, Shusuan Jiang, Kan Liu, Zhihao Ming, Hong Shan

“…Through transcriptomic and single-cell RNA sequencing analyses, we explored metabolic pathway enrichment, immune infiltration patterns, and differential gene expression in prostate cancer samples. …”
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Negative Effects of High Glucose Exposure in Human Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons by Annamaria Morelli, Paolo Comeglio, Erica Sarchielli, Ilaria Cellai, Linda Vignozzi, Gabriella B. Vannelli, Mario Maggi

“…Consistent with previous studies, leptin treatment significantly induced GnRH mRNA expression at 5 mM glucose, but not in the presence of high glucose concentrations. …”
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Insulin Increases Sestrin 2 Content by Reducing Its Degradation through the PI3K/mTOR Signaling Pathway by Dandan Chai, Guoyu Wang, Ziyu Zhou, Hanyan Yang, Zhiwen Yu

“…We then explored the potential feedback role of SESN2 in insulin signaling by SESN2 siRNA knockdown in HepG2 cells. Following SESN2 knockdown insulin-stimulated PKB phosphorylation was enhanced and accompanied by reduced PTEN content. …”
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Simultaneously delivery of functional gallium ions and hydrogen sulfide to endow potentiated treatment efficacy in chemo- and PARPi-resistant ovarian cancer by Sangsang Tang, Yangyang Li, Yifeng Fang, Mengyan Tu, Shenglong Wu, Yixuan Cen, Junfen Xu

“…Furthermore, Ga2S3-BSA NMs increased cellular lipid peroxidation and triggered ferroptosis. RNA-seq analysis further clarified the comprehensive antitumor mechanisms of Ga2S3-BSA NMs. …”
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Computational model for mammalian circadian oscillator: interacting with NAD+/SIRT1 pathway and age-related changes in gene expression of circadian oscillator by N. L. Podkolodnyy, N. N. Tverdokhleb, O. A. Podkolodnaya

“…The regulation of transcription for gene NAMPT by transcription factor CLOCK/BMAL1 determine the appropriate rhythm of mRNA and protein NAMPT expression. Since an enzyme product of this gene is a key in the pathway of biosynthesis and recycling of NAD+, therefore the circadian rhythm is also characteristic for the fluctuations in the level of this coenzyme and in the activity of NAD+-dependent histone deacetylase SIRT1. …”
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Factors to Improve the Management of Hepatitis C in Drug Users: An Observational Study in an Addiction Centre by Joseph Moussalli, Helene Delaquaize, Dominique Boubilley, Jean Pierre Lhomme, Jules Merleau Ponty, David Sabot, Anne Kerever, Marc Valleur, Thierry Poynard

“…The majority, 417 patients, were HCV positive and of these patients 337 were tested positive for HCV RNA. In 2002, patients were sent to the hospital. with the Starting of 2003, patients were offered standard of care HCV management in the center by a team of general practitioners, a consultant hepatologist, psychiatrists, nurses, and a health counsellor. …”
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Foxp3 Expression in Liver Correlates with the Degree but Not the Cause of Inflammation by Matthaios Speletas, Nikoletta Argentou, Georgios Germanidis, Themistoclis Vasiliadis, Konstantinos Mantzoukis, Kalliopi Patsiaoura, Pavlos Nikolaidis, Vaios Karanikas, Konstantinos Ritis, Anastasios E. Germenis

“…Liver biopsies obtained from 69 individuals (26 chronic HBV hepatitis, 14 chronic HCV hepatitis, 11 nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, 8 autoimmune diseases, 2 methotrexate-related toxicity, and 8 controls) were examined, by qRT-PCR, for the mRNA expression of Foxp3, IL-10, TGF-β1, Fas, FasL, TRAIL, caspase-3, TNF-α, IFN-γ, and IL-1β. …”
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Androgen Receptor-Target Genes in African American Prostate Cancer Disparities by Bi-Dar Wang, Qi Yang, Kristin Ceniccola, Fernando Bianco, Ramez Andrawis, Thomas Jarrett, Harold Frazier, Steven R. Patierno, Norman H. Lee

“…Moreover, functional screens revealed that androgen-stimulated AR binding and upregulation of RHOA, ITGB5, and PIK3CB genes were associated with increased invasive activity of AA PCa cells, as siRNA-mediated knockdown of each gene caused a loss of androgen-stimulated invasion. …”
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Evaluation of a flow cytometry-based surrogate assay (FlowSA) for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in clinical samples by Vinit Upasani, Marjolein Knoester, Daniele Pantano, Lili Gard, Jolanda M. Smit, Bernardina T.F. van der Gun, Adriana Tami, Izabela A. Rodenhuis-Zybert

“…However, the presence of viral RNA in samples does not necessarily reflect the presence of an infectious virus. …”
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Molecular Mechanism of Macrophage Activation by Red Ginseng Acidic Polysaccharide from Korean Red Ginseng by Se Eun Byeon, Jaehwi Lee, Ji Hye Kim, Woo Seok Yang, Yi-Seong Kwak, Sun Young Kim, Eui Su Choung, Man Hee Rhee, Jae Youl Cho

“…RGAP-induced NO production was accompanied with enhanced mRNA levels of iNOS and increases in nuclear transcription factors such as NF-κB, AP-1, STAT-1, ATF-2, and CREB. …”
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Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Are Inhibitors of the Intestinal Proton-Coupled Amino Acid Transporter (PAT1): Ibuprofen and Diclofenac Are Non-Translocated Inhibitors by Carsten Uhd Nielsen, Sebastian Jakobsen, Maria L. Pedersen

“…<b>Methods</b>: The transport of substrates via hPAT1 was investigated in Caco-2 cells using radiolabeled substrate uptake and in <i>X. laevis</i> oocytes injected with <i>hPAT1 cRNA</i>, measuring induced currents using the two-electrode voltage clamp technique. …”
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THE COURSE OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY COVID-19 DISEASE, COMPLICATED BY COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM PATHOLOGY by T.A. Trybrat, Yu.M Kazakov, O.O. Honcharova, S.V Shut, V.D. Sakevich

“…We conducted general clinical methods of research, determined the SARS-CoV-2 virus RNA by PCR and chest X-ray in 2 projections or computed tomography (CT) to identify the features of the lung tissue damage. …”
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Transcriptome Profile Analysis of Strawberry Leaves Reveals Flowering Regulation under Blue Light Treatment by Yuntian Ye, Yongqiang Liu, Xiaolong Li, Qing Chen, Yong Zhang, Ya Luo, Zejing Liu, Yan Wang, Yuanxiu Lin, Yunting Zhang, Xiaorong Wang, Haoru Tang

“…To detect the expression patterns of genes in response to BL, a transcriptome analysis was performed based on RNA-Seq. The results identified a total of 6875 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) that responded to BL, consisting of 3138 (45.64%) downregulated ones and 3737 (54.36%) upregulated ones. …”
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Multitarget Effects of Danqi Pill on Global Gene Expression Changes in Myocardial Ischemia by Qiyan Wang, Hui Meng, Qian Zhang, Tianjiao Shi, Xuefeng Zhang, Mingyan Shao, Linghui Lu, Jing Wang, Wei Wang, Chun Li, Yong Wang

“…The objective of this study is to systematically characterize altered gene expression pattern induced by myocardial ischemia (MI) in a rat model and to investigate the effects of DQP on global gene expression. Global mRNA expression was measured. Differentially expressed genes among the sham group, model group, and DQP group were analyzed. …”
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Differential Proliferative Characteristics of Alveolar Fibroblasts in Interstitial Lung Diseases: Regulative Role of IL-1 and PGE2 by Elizabeth Fireman, Shlomo Ben Efraim, Joel Greif, Hava Peretz, Shmuel Kivity, Marcel Topilsky, Yosef Rodrig, A. Yellin, Ron N. Apte

“…Steady levels of IL-1α and βmRNA were expressed in unstimulated and stimulated cultures. …”
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BRAF regulates circPSD3/miR-526b/RAP2A axis to hinder papillary thyroid carcinoma progression by Chuang Li, Xiaojuan Zhao, Jingge Zhao, Jing Zhao, Lemei An, Gang Wu

“…BRAFV600E mutation has become a common molecular event in PTC pathogenesis. Circular RNA PSD3 (circPSD3) is known to be highly expressed in PTC. …”
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Persistent functional and taxonomic groups dominate an 8,000-year sedimentary sequence from Lake Cadagno, Switzerland by Paula Rodriguez, Jasmine S. Berg, Longhui Deng, Longhui Deng, Hendrik Vogel, Michal Okoniewski, Mark A. Lever, Mark A. Lever, Cara Magnabosco

“…Here, we reconstruct the microbial functional and taxonomic composition of an 8,000-year Holocene sedimentary succession from meromictic Lake Cadagno (Switzerland) using shotgun metagenomics and 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. While younger sediments (&lt;1,000 years) are dominated by typical anaerobic surface sedimentary bacterial taxa (Deltaproteobacteria, Acidobacteria, and Firmicutes), older layers with lower organic matter concentrations and reduced terminal electron acceptor availability are dominated by taxa previously identified as “persistent populations” within deep anoxic marine sediments (Candidatus Bathyarchaeia, Chloroflexi, and Atribacteria). …”
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