Structural studies of the IFNλ4 receptor complex using cryoEM enabled by protein engineering by William S. Grubbe, Bixia Zhang, Aileen Kauffman, Fabian Byléhn, Kasia Padoł, Hae-Gwang Jung, Seung Bum Park, Jessica M. Priest, Engin Özkan, Juan J. de Pablo, T. Jake Liang, Minglei Zhao, Juan L. Mendoza

“…Comparison of the structures highlights differences in receptor engagement and reveals a distinct 12-degree rotation in overall receptor geometry, providing a potential mechanistic explanation for differences in cell signaling, downstream gene induction, and antiviral activities. …”
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Research hotspots and frontiers of endoplasmic reticulum in glomerular podocytes: a bibliometric and visual analysis from 2005 to 2023 by Wang Junli, Hao Zhihong, Wang Lina, Ou Qiaoqun, Qu Jing, Hu Jiaqi, Shengyou Yu, Shengyou Yu, Shengyou Yu

“…The research primarily focuses on endoplasmic reticulum stress, diabetic nephropathy, and apoptosis, with emerging trends in “foot cell apoptosis,” “cell signaling pathways,” and “autophagy.”ConclusionThe findings highlight the expanding scope of podocyte endoplasmic reticulum research, with a particular emphasis on the mechanisms of endoplasmic reticulum stress and podocyte apoptosis. …”
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Effect of BMP-2 Delivery Mode on Osteogenic Differentiation of Stem Cells by Taekhee Jung, John Hwan Lee, Soonjung Park, Yong-Jin Kim, Joseph Seo, Hye-Eun Shim, Ki-Suk Kim, Hyon-Seok Jang, Hyung-Min Chung, Seong-Geun Oh, Sung-Hwan Moon, Sun-Woong Kang

“…Bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) is a well-known osteogenic differentiation factor that stimulates stem cell signaling pathways by activating transmembrane type I and type II receptors. …”
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Identification of signaling networks associated with lactate modulation of macrophages and dendritic cells by Rapeepat Sangsuwan, Bhasirie Thuamsang, Noah Pacifici, Phum Tachachartvanich, Devan Murphy, Abhineet Ram, John Albeck, Jamal S. Lewis

“…., surface protein expression and cytokine production), the cell signaling network mediated by lactate is not fully understood. …”
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Hydrogen-Rich Saline Attenuates Acute Renal Injury in Sodium Taurocholate-Induced Severe Acute Pancreatitis by Inhibiting ROS and NF-κB Pathway by Qiao Shi, Kang-Shu Liao, Kai-Liang Zhao, Wei-Xing Wang, Teng Zuo, Wen-Hong Deng, Chen Chen, Jia Yu, Wen-Yi Guo, Xiao-Bo He, Ablikim Abliz, Peng Wang, Liang Zhao

“…Hydrogen (H2), a new antioxidant, was reported to reduce •OH and ONOO− selectively and inhibit certain proinflammatory mediators to product, without disturbing metabolic redox reactions or ROS involved in cell signaling. We herein aim to explore its protective effects on acute renal injury in sodium taurocholate-induced acute pancreatitis and its possible mechanisms. …”
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An updated review summarizing the anticancer potential of flavonoids via targeting NF-kB pathway by Pratibha Pandey, Sorabh Lakhanpal, Danish Mahmood, Han Na Kang, Byunggyu Kim, Sojin Kang, Jinwon Choi, Min Choi, Shivam Pandey, Mahakshit Bhat, Shilpa Sharma, Fahad Khan, Moon Nyeo Park, Bonglee Kim, Bonglee Kim

“…Nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) cell signaling pathway is essential for the progression and development of numerous human disorders, including cancer. …”
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Exploiting the Achilles’ Heel of Viral RNA Processing to Develop Novel Antivirals by Ali Zahedi Amiri, Choudhary Ahmed, Subha Dahal, Filomena Grosso, Haomin Leng, Peter Stoilov, Maria Mangos, Johanne Toutant, Lulzim Shkreta, Liliana Attisano, Benoit Chabot, Martha Brown, Mario Huesca, Alan Cochrane

“…As with HIV-1, 5342191’s inhibition of coronaviruses and influenza is mediated through the activation of specific cell signaling networks, including GPCR and/or MAPK signaling pathways that ultimately affect SR kinase expression. …”
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Immune-endocrine crossroads: the impact of nuclear receptors in Tuberculosis and Chagas disease by Ana R. Pérez, Ana R. Pérez, Oscar A. Bottasso, Oscar A. Bottasso, Oscar A. Bottasso, Natalia E. Santucci, Natalia E. Santucci

“…Nuclear Receptors (NRs) comprise a superfamily of proteins with essential roles in cell signaling, survival, proliferation, and metabolism. …”
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Extracellular vimentin is a damage-associated molecular pattern protein serving as an agonist of TLR4 in human neutrophils by Łukasz Suprewicz, Krzysztof Fiedoruk, Karol Skłodowski, Evan Hutt, Magdalena Zakrzewska, Alicja Walewska, Piotr Deptuła, Agata Lesiak, Sławomir Okła, Peter A. Galie, Alison E. Patteson, Paul A. Janmey, Robert Bucki

“…Such observations are expanding our current knowledge of vimentin as a structural cellular component towards additional roles as an active participant in cell signaling. Methods Our study investigates the immunological roles of extracellular vimentin (eVim) and its citrullinated form (CitVim) as a damage-associated molecular pattern (DAMP) engaging the Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) of human neutrophils. …”
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Gastric Cancer Cell Lines Have Different MYC-Regulated Expression Patterns but Share a Common Core of Altered Genes by Jersey Heitor da S. Maués, Helem Ferreira Ribeiro, Giovanny R. Pinto, Luana de Oliveira Lopes, Letícia M. Lamarão, Carla Mariana F. Pessoa, Caroline de Fátima Aquino Moreira-Nunes, Raimundo Miranda de Carvalho, Paulo P. Assumpção, Juan A. Rey, Rommel M. Rodríguez Burbano

“…When we analyzed our DEGs considering KEGG metabolic pathways, we found 12 common branches covering a wide range of biological functions, and three of them were common to all three cell lines: ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis, ribosomes, and system and epithelial cell signaling in Helicobacter pylori infection. The GC cell lines used in this study share 14 MYC-regulated genes, but their gene expression profile is different for each histological subtype of GC. …”
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Comparative Proteome Analysis of Epicardial and Subcutaneous Adipose Tissues from Patients with or without Coronary Artery Disease by Yu xing Zhao, Hui juan Zhu, Hui Pan, Xue mei Liu, Lin jie Wang, Hong bo Yang, Nai shi Li, Feng ying Gong, Wei Sun, Yong Zeng

“…Many proteins differentially expressed in EAT of CAD patients were involved in biological functions associated with CAD development such as cell-to-cell signaling and interaction, inflammatory response, and lipid metabolism. …”
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Detection of fusion events by RNA sequencing in FFPE versus freshly frozen colorectal cancer tissue samples by Maxim Sorokin, Maxim Sorokin, Maxim Sorokin, Maxim Sorokin, Vladimir Lyadov, Vladimir Lyadov, Vladimir Lyadov, Maria Suntsova, Marat Garipov, Anna Semenova, Natalia Popova, Egor Guguchkin, Rustam Heydarov, Marianna Zolotovskaia, Xiaowen Zhao, Qing Yan, Ye Wang, Evgeny Karpulevich, Anton Buzdin, Anton Buzdin, Anton Buzdin, Anton Buzdin

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Changes in DNA methylation profile in liver tissue during progression of HCV-induced fibrosis to hepatocellular carcinoma by I. A. Goncharova, A. A. Zarubin, N. P. Babushkina, I. A. Koroleva, M. S. Nazarenko

“…Among the genes hypermethylated in tumor tissue in the setting of liver cirrhosis, the most represented biological pathways are developmental processes, cell-cell signaling, transcription regulation, Wnt-protein binding. …”
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LRP1 involvement in FHIT-regulated HER2 signaling in non-small cell lung cancer by Théophile Ponchel, Emma Loeffler, Julien Ancel, Audrey Brisebarre, Nathalie Lalun, Véronique Dalstein, Anne Durlach, Gaëtan Deslée, Stéphane Dedieu, Myriam Polette, Béatrice Nawrocki-Raby

“…Transcriptomic analysis of tumor cells isolated from NSCLC revealed the endocytic receptor low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 (LRP1), a central regulator of membrane trafficking and cell signaling, as a potential player of this signaling. …”
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The spatiotemporal and paradoxical roles of NRF2 in renal toxicity and kidney diseases by Yiying Bian, Jize Dong, Zhengsheng Zhou, Hua Zhou, Yuanyuan Xu, Qiang Zhang, Chengjie Chen, Jingbo Pi

“…However, if persistently activated, NRF2-induced transcriptional cascade may disrupt normal cell signaling and contribute to numerous chronic pathogenic processes such as fibrosis. …”
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Role of 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase in cancer: Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic perspectives by Ka Zhang, Yi-Wen Zhu, Ao-Qi Tang, Ze-Tao Zhou, Yi-Lun Yang, Zi-Hui Liu, Yan Li, Xiao-Yi Liang, Zhi-Fen Feng, Jun Wang, Tong Jiang, Qi-Ying Jiang, Dong-Dong Wu

“…Alternation of H2S level has been widely demonstrated to induce an array of disturbances in important cancer cell signaling pathways. As a result, the effects of H2S-catalyzing enzymes in cancers also attract widspread attention. 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase (3-MST) is privileged to be one of them. …”
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Endogenous IL-33 Deficiency Exacerbates Liver Injury and Increases Hepatic Influx of Neutrophils in Acute Murine Viral Hepatitis by Virginie Carrière, Muhammad Imran Arshad, Jacques Le Seyec, Benjamin Lefevre, Muhammad Farooq, Aurélien Jan, Christelle Manuel, Laurence Touami-Bernard, Catherine Lucas-Clerc, Valentine Genet, Hugues Gascan, Jean-Philippe Girard, Frédéric Chalmel, Lucie Lamontagne, Claire Piquet-Pellorce, Michel Samson

“…A transcriptomic study of inflammatory and cell-signaling genes revealed the overexpression of IL-6, TNFα, and several chemokines involved in recruitment/activation of neutrophils (CXCL2, CXCL5, CCL2, and CCL6) at 72 h PI in IL-33 KO mice. …”
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Biointegration of soft tissue-inspired hydrogels on the chorioallantoic membrane: An experimental characterization by Manuel P. Kainz, Mathias Polz, Daniel Ziesel, Marta Nowakowska, Muammer Üçal, Sabine Kienesberger, Sophie Hasiba-Pappas, Raimund Winter, Nassim Ghaffari Tabrizi-Wizsy, Sarah Kager, Theresa Rienmüller, Julia Fuchs, Michele Terzano, Christian Baumgartner, Gerhard A. Holzapfel

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An antibody cocktail targeting two different CD73 epitopes enhances enzyme inhibition and tumor control by Jin-Gen Xu, Shi Chen, Yang He, Xi Zhu, Yanting Wang, Zhifeng Ye, Jin Chuan Zhou, Xuanhui Wu, Lei Zhang, Xiaochen Ren, Huifeng Jia, Haijia Yu, Xiaoyue Wei, Yujie Feng, Xiaofang Chen, Xiaopei Cui, Xianfei Pan, Shaojie Wang, Simin Xia, Hongjie Shang, Yueqing Pu, Wei Xu, Haidong Li, Qian Chen, Zeyu Chen, Manfu Wang, Xiaodong Yan, Hui Shi, Mingwei Li, Yisui Xia, Roberto Bellelli, Shunli Dong, Jun He, Jun Huang, Chen-Leng Cai, Xiangyang Zhu, Yifan Zhan, Li Wan

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Congenital T-cell activation impairs transitional-to-follicular B-cell maturation in humans by Hugues Allard-Chamard, Kirsty Hillier, Michelle L. Ramseier, Alice Bertocchi, Naoki Kaneko, Katherine Premo, Grace Yuen, Marshall Karpel, Vinay S. Mahajan, Christina Tsekeri, Joseph S. Hong, Jean Vencic, Rory Crotty, Anish V. Sharda, Sara Barmettler, Emma Westermann-Clark, Jolan E. Walter, Musie Ghebremichael, Alex K. Shalek, Jocelyn R. Farmer, Shiv Pillai

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