Retinoblastoma-binding Protein 9 Suppresses Intestinal Inflammation and Inflammation-induced Tumorigenesis in MiceSummary by Kensuke Hamada, Yuki Nakanishi, Yu Muta, Mayuki Omatsu, Kosuke Iwane, Munehiro Ikeda, Jiayu Chen, Yoko Masui, Naoki Aoyama, Nobukazu Agatsuma, Go Yamakawa, Takahiro Utsumi, Hiroki Kitamoto, Makoto Okabe, Yoshiro Itatani, Takumi Adachi, Koubun Yasuda, Shuji Yamamoto, Akihisa Fukuda, Etsushi Kuroda, Masaki Ohmuraya, Kazutaka Obama, Seiichi Hirota, Hiroki Ikeuchi, Kenji Nakanishi, Hiroshi Seno

“…We established dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)-induced colitis, azoxymethane (AOM)/DSS-induced CAC model, and ApcMin/+ sporadic tumor model using wild-type and Rbbp9-/- mice. RNA sequencing was analyzed to identify the phenotype alternation upon Rbbp9 deletion. …”
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The association of single nucleotide polymorphisms in tumor necrosis factor 3 with susceptibility/resistance of Magallana gigas to Halomonas sp. 7T by Hongmei Fan, Qingyu Peng, Tianbao Liu, Lei Fang, Chuanyan Yang, Ning Kong, Lingling Wang, Linsheng Song

“…MgTNF-3 was constituted of a typical TNF domain and a transmembrane region, and shared low sequence identity and similarity with the TNF superfamily members from vertebrates and other invertebrates. The MgTNF-3 mRNA was constitutively expressed in haemocytes and all the examined tissues with the highest expression level in adductor muscle, and was significantly induced by lipopolysaccharide stimulation. …”
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Influence of aquaculture practices on microbiota composition and pathogen abundance in pond ecosystems in South China by Shuhui Niu, Chuanlong Li, Jun Xie, Zhifei Li, Kai Zhang, Guangjun Wang, Yun Xia, Jingjing Tian, Hongyan Li, Wenping Xie, Wangbao Gong

“…Microbial structures were analyzed using high-throughput sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene. The results indicated that sediment microbiota distribution was more uniform than that of water microbiota. …”
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A zebrafish model of Ifih1-driven Aicardi–Goutières syndrome reproduces the interferon signature and the exacerbated inflammation of patients by Beatriz Bernal-Bermúdez, Beatriz Bernal-Bermúdez, Beatriz Bernal-Bermúdez, Alicia Martínez-López, Alicia Martínez-López, Francisco J. Martínez-Morcillo, Francisco J. Martínez-Morcillo, Francisco J. Martínez-Morcillo, Sylwia D. Tyrkalska, Sylwia D. Tyrkalska, Sylwia D. Tyrkalska, Teresa Martínez-Menchón, Teresa Martínez-Menchón, Teresa Martínez-Menchón, Pablo Mesa-del-Castillo, Pablo Mesa-del-Castillo, Pablo Mesa-del-Castillo, María L. Cayuela, María L. Cayuela, María L. Cayuela, Victoriano Mulero, Victoriano Mulero, Victoriano Mulero, Diana García-Moreno, Diana García-Moreno

“…In this study, we report the development of a transgenic zebrafish model of Type I interferonopathy overexpressing ifih1 carrying the mutation p.Arg742His (Tg(ifih1_mut)), corresponding to the human mutation p.Arg779His. RNA sequence analysis from Tg(ifih1_mut) larvae revealed a systemic inflammation and IFN signature upon a suboptimal poly I:C induction compared with wild-type larvae, confirming the phenotype observed in patients suffering from Type I interferonopathies. …”
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Histamine N-methyltransferase (HNMT) as a potential auxiliary biomarker for predicting adaptability to anti-HER2 drug treatment in breast cancer patients by Tzu-Chun Cheng, Mien-Chie Hung, Lu-Hai Wang, Shih-Hsin Tu, Chih-Hsiung Wu, Yun Yen, Chi-Long Chen, Jacqueline Whang-Peng, Wen-Jui Lee, You-Cheng Liao, Yu-Ching Lee, Min-Hsiung Pan, Hui-Kuan Lin, Huey-En Tzeng, Peixuan Guo, Cheng-Ying Chu, Li-Ching Chen, Yuan-Soon Ho

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Maternal exposure to polystyrene nanoplastics during gestation and lactation caused fertility decline in female mouse offspring by Xiu Cheng, Yue Xue, Houpeng Wang, Zhangqiang Ma, Na Hu, Chenchen Zhang, Yu Gao, Ruihong Fan, Liaoliao Hu, Jia Li, Dalei Zhang, Jian Huang, Sitian Fang, Runting Xiao, Yuanqiao He, Tao Luo, Liping Zheng

“…Furthermore, a significant reduction in transzonal projections (TZPs) was noted in the ovaries of adult offspring mice in PS-NPs group. RNA sequencing of the ovaries from adult offspring female mice revealed that the TZPs related genes may be linked to CAMKIIβ, with a corresponding downregulation in expression levels. …”
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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

“…Immunophenotyping, immune cell depletion, tumor rechallenge, RNA sequencing and PD-L1-deficient models were combined to determine the mechanism for NDCs function. …”
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Plural molecular and cellular mechanisms of pore domain KCNQ2 encephalopathy by Timothy J Abreo, Emma C Thompson, Anuraag Madabushi, Kristen L Park, Heun Soh, Nissi Varghese, Carlos G Vanoye, Kristen Springer, Jim Johnson, Scotty Sims, Zhigang Ji, Ana G Chavez, Miranda J Jankovic, Bereket Habte, Aamir R Zuberi, Cathleen M Lutz, Zhao Wang, Vaishnav Krishnan, Lisa Dudler, Stephanie Einsele-Scholz, Jeffrey L Noebels, Alfred L George, Atul Maheshwari, Anastasios Tzingounis, Edward C Cooper

“…G256W/+ pyramidal cell KCNQ2 and KCNQ3 immunolabeling was significantly shifted from axon initial segments to neuronal somata. Despite normal mRNA levels, G256W/+ mouse KCNQ2 protein levels were reduced by about 50%. …”
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Dynamic conditioning of porcine kidney grafts with extracellular vesicles derived from urine progenitor cells: A proof‐of‐concept study by Perrine Burdeyron, Sébastien Giraud, Maryne Lepoittevin, Nina Jordan, Sonia Brishoual, Maïté Jacquard, Virginie Ameteau, Nadège Boildieu, Estelle Lemarie, Jonathan Daniel, Frédéric Martins, Nicolas Mélis, Marine Coué, Raphaël Thuillier, Henri Leuvenink, Luc Pellerin, Thierry Hauet, Clara Steichen

“…In vitro, EVs as well as perfusates from G3 partially recovered endothelial cell metabolic activity after hypoxia. Finally, RNA‐seq performed on kidney biopsies showed different profiles between G1 and G3 with regulation of potential IR targets of EVs therapy. …”
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DNA hypomethylation-mediated upregulation of GADD45B facilitates airway inflammation and epithelial cell senescence in COPD by Yuan Zhan, Qian Huang, Zhesong Deng, Shanshan Chen, Ruonan Yang, Jiaheng Zhang, Yating Zhang, Maocuo Peng, Jixing Wu, Yiya Gu, Zhilin Zeng, Jungang Xie

“…The effects of GADD45B on inflammation and senescence were investigated via constructing cell model with siRNA transfection or overexpression lentivirus infection and animal model with Gadd45b knockout. …”
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Hepatitis B Virus-KMT2B Integration Drives Hepatic Oncogenic Processes in a Human Gene-edited Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells-derived ModelSummary by Jun Tsuchiya, Masato Miyoshi, Sei Kakinuma, Fukiko Kawai-Kitahata, Akihide Kamiya, Taro Shimizu, Ayako Sato, Keiya Watakabe, Tomohiro Mochida, Kento Inada, Rion Kamimae, Shun Kaneko, Miyako Murakawa, Sayuri Nitta, Mina Nakagawa, Mamoru Watanabe, Yasuhiro Asahina, Ryuichi Okamoto

“…Comprehensive transcriptional and epigenetic analyses revealed enhanced expression of cell cycle-related genes in hepatic cells with HBV-KMT2B integration based on perturbation of histone 3 lysine 4 tri-methylation (H3K4me3), mimicking that in the original HCC sample. Long-read RNA-sequence detected the common KMT2B transcript variants in the HCC sample and HPCs. …”
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Brown Adipose Tissue undergoes pathological perturbations and shapes C2C12 myoblast homeostasis in the SOD1-G93A mouse model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis by Marco Rosina, Silvia Scaricamazza, Flaminia Riggio, Gianmarco Fenili, Flavia Giannessi, Alessandro Matteocci, Valentina Nesci, Illari Salvatori, Daniela F. Angelini, Katia Aquilano, Valerio Chiurchiù, Daniele Lettieri Barbato, Nicola Biagio Mercuri, Cristiana Valle, Alberto Ferri

“…In this study, we employed a multi-omics approach, including RNA sequencing (GEO identifier GSE273052) and proteomics (ProteomeXchange identifier PXD054147), to investigate the alterations in BAT and its EVs in the SOD1-G93A mouse model of ALS. …”
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MELK prevents radiofrequency ablation-induced immunogenic cell death and antitumor immune response by stabilizing FABP5 in hepatocellular malignancies by Bu-Fu Tang, Wang-Ting Xu, Shi-Ji Fang, Jin-Yu Zhu, Rong-Fang Qiu, Lin Shen, Yang Yang, Qiao-You Weng, Ya-Jie Wang, Jia-Yi Ding, Xiao-Jie Zhang, Wei-Qian Chen, Li-Yun Zheng, Jing-Jing Song, Biao Chen, Zhong-Wei Zhao, Min-Jiang Chen, Jian-Song Ji

“…Methods The RFA treatment in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tumor models in vivo, was analyzed by RNA sequencing technology. The heat treatment in vitro for HCC tumor cells was also constructed to explore the mechanism after RFA treatment in tumor cells. …”
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Effective gene therapy for metachromatic leukodystrophy achieved with minimal lentiviral genomic integrations by Lucas Tricoli, Sunetra Sase, Julia L. Hacker, Vi Pham, Maxwell Chappell, Laura Breda, Stephanie N. Hurwitz, Naoto Tanaka, Carlo Castruccio Castracani, Amaliris Guerra, Zhongqi Hou, Lars Schlotawa, Karthikeyan Radhakrishnan, Matthew Hogenauer, Aoife Roche, John Everett, Frederic Bushman, Peter Kurre, Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas, Laura A. Adang, Adeline L. Vanderver, Stefano Rivella

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Apheresis for the treatment of relapses in MS and NMOSD: reduced antibody reactivities, gene expression changes and potential clinical response indicators by Michael Hecker, Brit Fitzner, Isis Ludwig-Portugall, Friederike Bohne, Edmar Heyland, Juliane Klehmet, Matthias Grothe, Matthias Schwab, Alexander Winkelmann, Stefanie Meister, Ales Dudesek, Hannah Wurm, Ilya Ayzenberg, Ingo Kleiter, Ingo Kleiter, Corinna Trebst, Martin W. Hümmert, Bernhard Neumann, Bernhard Neumann, Klaus Eulitz, Dirk Koczan, Uwe K. Zettl

“…We then measured (1) concentrations of the immunoglobulin isotypes IgG, IgM and IgA, (2) antibody reactivities against 12 peptides derived from potential autoantigens and Epstein-Barr virus proteins, (3) frequencies of CD19+ B cells, CD3+ T cells and CD14+ monocytes, (4) transcriptome profiles of CD19+ B cells and CD4+ T cells and (5) mRNA levels of 7 cytotoxicity-related genes in CD4+ T cells. …”
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Effect of integrin α5 on NLRP3 expression in periodontal ligament fibroblasts within an inflammatory microenvironment by DAI Jingyi, CAI Hongxuan, SI Weixing, ZHANG Zan, WANG Zhurui, LI Mengsen, TIAN Ya guang

“…For <i>in vitro</i> experiments, compared to the 0-CM group, both the protein and mRNA levels of integrin α5 and NLRP3 were significantly increased in rat PDLFs in the 5-CM group (<i>P &lt; </i>0.05). …”
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Deciphering molecular and cellular ex vivo responses to bispecific antibodies PD1-TIM3 and PD1-LAG3 in human tumors by Alfred Zippelius, Petra Herzig, Pratiksha Gulati, Christian Klein, Marta Trüb, Kirsten D Mertz, Robert Rosenberg, Viola Heinzelmann-Schwarz, Mark Wiese, Didier Lardinois, Pablo Umana, Marina Natoli, Klas Hatje, Fabian Junker, Zhiwen Jiang, Iakov I Davydov, Markus Germann, Daniel Marbach, Adrian Zwick, Patrick Weber, Stefan Seeber, Lothar Tietze, Laura Codarri-Deak, Henry Kao

“…Similarly, little is known on the differential effects of dual, compared with single, checkpoint inhibition.Methods We here performed in-depth characterization, including multicolor flow cytometry, single cell RNA sequencing and multiplex supernatant analysis, using tumor single cell suspensions from patients with cancer treated ex vivo with novel bispecific antibodies targeting programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) and TIM-3 (PD1-TIM3), PD-1 and LAG-3 (PD1-LAG3), or with anti-PD-1.Results We identified patient samples which were responsive to PD1-TIM3, PD1-LAG3 or anti-PD-1 using an in vitro approach, validated by the analysis of 659 soluble proteins and enrichment for an anti-PD-1 responder signature. …”
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Sleeve gastrectomy reveals the plasticity of the human gastric epithelium by Amit Elad, Botros Moalem, Dana Sender, Aya Bardugo, Ki-Suk Kim, Yhara Arad, Haya Benhayon, Ayelet Gal Etzyoni, Nehemia Greenstein, Aviv Halfon, Sarah Knapp, Michelle Malis, Bailey Peck, Itia Samuel, Amram Kupietzky, Saleh Daher, Esther Forkosh, David Hakimian, Tiberiu Hershcovici, Nadav Ilani, Lior Katz, Moshe Rottenstreich, Elez Vainer, Yuval Ishay, Eitan Zlotnick, Abed Nasereddin, Idid Shiff, Ariel Benson, Ronit Grinbaum, Siddhartha Mishra, Shlomi Kotler, Linda C. Samuelson, Darleen A. Sandoval, Rachel Ben-Haroush Schyr, Danny Ben-Zvi

“…Using histology, and single-cell RNA sequencing of the gastric epithelium in 12 women, we observed that SG is associated with an increase in a sub-population of acid-secreting parietal cells that overexpress respiratory enzymes and an increase in histamine-secreting enterochromaffin-like cells (ECLs). …”
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Therapeutic role of miR-26a on cardiorenal injury in a mice model of angiotensin-II induced chronic kidney disease through inhibition of LIMS1/ILK pathway by Weijie Ni, Yajie Zhao, Jinxin Shen, Qing Yin, Yao Wang, Zuolin Li, Taotao Tang, Yi Wen, Yilin Zhang, Wei Jiang, Liangyunzi Jiang, Jinxuan Wei, Weihua Gan, Aiqing Zhang, Xiaoyu Zhou, Bin Wang, Bi-Cheng Liu, Yuanyuan Ji

“…Methods:. We generated an microRNA (miR)-26a knockout (KO) mouse model to investigate the role of miR-26a in angiotensin (Ang)-II-induced cardiac and renal injury. …”
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Vitamin K‐dependent gamma‐carboxyglutamic acid protein 1 promotes pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma progression through stabilizing oncoprotein KRAS and tyrosine kinase receptor EGF... by Zheng Wu, Qing Ye, Shan Zhang, Li‐Peng Hu, Xiao‐Qi Wang, Lin‐Li Yao, Lei Zhu, Shu‐Yu Xiao, Zong‐Hao Duan, Xue‐Li Zhang, Shu‐Heng Jiang, Zhi‐Gang Zhang, De‐Jun Liu, Dong‐Xue Li, Xiao‐Mei Yang

“…PDAC cell lines with overexpressed, knockdown, and mutated PRRG1 were developed to study biological functions and pathways using RNA‐seq, co‐immunoprecipitation with mass spectrometry, Western blotting, and immunofluorescence. …”
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