Gene Polymorphism of Antigen B Subunit 2 and Pathogenesis of Cystic Echinococcosis in Murine Model by Hadi M. Alsakee, Hussein M. Abdulla, Reshna K. Albarzanji

“…Polymorphic sequencing profile of the PCR-amplified product (250 bp) of E. granulosus clone EgB2G2v13 AgB2 gene (Accession no.: AY569356.1) has no significant impact on the pathogenicity of the CE in murine model. …”
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PLUNC downregulates the expression of PD-L1 by inhibiting the interaction of DDX17/β-catenin in nasopharyngeal carcinoma by Ranran Feng, Yilin Guo, Meilin Chen, Ziying Tian, Yijun Liu, Su Jiang, Jieyu Zhou, Qingluan Liu, Xiayu Li, Wei Xiong, Lei Shi, Songqing Fan, Guiyuan Li, Wenling Zhang

“…Palate, lung, and nasal epithelium clone (PLUNC) inhibit the growth of NPC cells and enhance cellular apoptosis and differentiation. …”
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Discovery and in vitro characterization of a human anti-CD36 scFv by Cecilia Mata-Cruz, Cecilia Mata-Cruz, Sandra L. Guerrero-Rodríguez, Keyla Gómez-Castellano, Gregorio Carballo-Uicab, Juan Carlos Almagro, Juan Carlos Almagro, S. Mayra Pérez-Tapia, S. Mayra Pérez-Tapia, S. Mayra Pérez-Tapia, Marco A. Velasco-Velázquez

“…Herein, we aimed to identify human anti-CD36 single-chain variable fragment (scFv) with therapeutic potential.MethodsThe semisynthetic ALTHEA Gold Plus Libraries™ were panned using recombinant human CD36. Clone selection was performed by ELISA. Analysis of scFv binding and blocking function was evaluated by flow cytometry in macrophage-like THP-1 cells and hepatocellular carcinoma HepG2 cells. …”
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High hemolytic activity in Staphylococcus aureus t1081/ST45 due to increased hla protein production and potential RNAIII-independent regulation by Yu-Tzu Lin, Ngoc-Niem Bui, Yu-Syuan Cheng, Cheng-Wen Lin, Chun-Li Lee, Tai-Fen Lee, Po-Ren Hsueh

“…Sequence type (ST) 45 is a globally spread clone with increasing clinical prevalence in Taiwan. …”
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Diversity of new Russian bread wheat cultivars according to leaf rust resistance genes by E. I. Gultyaeva, E. L. Shaydayuk, V. V. Veselova, R. E. Smirnova, E. V. Zuev, A. G. Khakimova, O. P. Mitrofanova

“…Juvenile resistance in the seedling phase was assessed with two test clones (kLr9 и kLr19) and the Krasnodar population of Puccinia triticina Erikss. …”
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Foodborne toxin Aflatoxin B1 induced glomerular podocyte inflammation through proteolysis of RelA, downregulation of miR-9 and CXCR4/TXNIP/NLRP3 pathway by Jie Zhang, Shuang Yang, Baocai Xu, Zihui Qin, Xinyi Guo, Ben Wei, Qinghua Wu, Kamil Kuca, Tushuai Li, Wenda Wu

“…Studying the mechanism of AFB1-induced podocyte inflammation and murine kidney dysfunction, we detected that AFB1 increased ubiquitin-dependent degradation of the transcription factor RelA through enhanced interaction of RelA with E3 ubiquitin ligase tripartite motif containing 7 (TRIM7) in mouse podocyte clone-5 (MPC-5) and mouse glomeruli. Reduction of RelA resulted in decreasing microRNA-9 (miR-9) and activating the chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4), thioredoxin interacting protein (TXNIP), and NOD-like receptor pyrin domain-containing 3 (NLRP3) signaling axis (CXCR4/TXNIP/NLRP3 pathway), leading to podocyte inflammation. …”
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Overexpression of OsDUF868.12 enhances salt tolerance in rice by Hao Chen, Jiale Wan, Jiali Zhu, Ziyi Wang, Caiyao Mao, Wanjing Xu, Juan Yang, Yijuan Kong, Xiaofei Zan, Rongjun Chen, Jianqing Zhu, Zhengjun Xu, Lihua Li, Lihua Li

“…The Domain of Unknown Function 868 (DUF868) family, comprising 15 members in rice, has been identified in the protein family database. In this study, we cloned and functionally characterized OsDUF868.12, a member of the OsDUF868 family, to elucidate its role in rice response to salt stress. …”
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Production of a new variant of soluble trimer Env of HIV-1 CRF63_02A6 SOSIP.664 by Nadezhda B. Rudometova, Andrey P. Rudometov, Anastasia A. Fando, Danil I. Vahitov, Alexander A. Ilyichev, Alexander P. Agafonov, Larisa I. Karpenko

“…The designed gene was synthesized and cloned as part of an integration plasmid vector. A stable producer of trimer Env was obtained by transfection of the CHO-K1 cell line using the developed plasmid vector. …”
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Sotorasib resistance triggers epithelial-mesenchymal transition and activates AKT and P38-mediated signaling by Raquel Arantes Megid, Guilherme Gomes Ribeiro, Izabela Natalia Faria Gomes, Ana Carolina Laus, Letícia Ferro Leal, Letícia Ferro Leal, Luciane Sussuchi da Silva, Abu-Bakr Adetayo Ariwoola, Josiane Mourão Dias, Rui Manuel Reis, Rui Manuel Reis, Renato Jose da Silva-Oliveira, Renato Jose da Silva-Oliveira

“…The aim of this study was to generate a sotorasib-resistant cell line via selective pressure and systematically examine the molecular and phenotypic alterations caused by resistance.MethodsMutant NCI-H358 (KRASG12C) were exposed to incremental doses (2–512 nM) of sotorasib. Then, resistant clones were separated by single-cell sorting. Proliferation was analyzed in real-time by xCELLigence; protein profiles were quantified by protein arrays; and mRNA expression profile was measured using the PanCancer Pathways panel by NanoString. …”
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Heterogeneity of cancer-associated fibroblast subpopulations in prostate cancer: Implications for prognosis and immunotherapy by Chen Ding, Jiange Wang, Jie Wang, Jiqiang Niu, Zhikai Xiahou, Zhou Sun, Zhenzhen Zhao, Dongyang Zeng

“…In vitro experiments verified that the T transcription factor NFAT5 of C1 ABCA8+ fibroblasts subpopulation was knocked down in LNCaP clone FGC and 22Rv1 cell lines, which was closely related to the proliferation of PC. …”
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Drug risk Factors Associated with a Sustained Outbreak of Clostridium difficile Diarrhea in a Teaching Hospital by Swapan K Nath, Suzette Salama, Devia Persaud, James H Thornley, Ian Smith, Gary Foster, Coleman Rotstein

“…In total, 80 cases associated with an endemic clone of toxigenic C difficile were compared with controls. …”
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High-Affinity Anti-VISTA Antibody Protects against Sepsis by Inhibition of T Lymphocyte Apoptosis and Suppression of the Inflammatory Response by Tianzhu Tao, Lulong Bo, Teng Li, Longbao Shi, Hui Zhang, Bo Ye, Yuhai Xu, Qingqing Ma, Xiaoming Deng, Guorong Zhang

“…The current study was designed to determine the potential therapeutic effects of a high-affinity anti-VISTA antibody (clone MH5A) in a murine model of sepsis. Methods. …”
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Trying to Kill a Killer; Impressive Killing of Patient Derived Glioblastoma Cultures Using NK-92 Natural Killer Cells Reveals Both Sensitive and Highly Resistant Glioblastoma Cells by Jane Yu, Hyeon Joo Kim, Jordyn Reinecke, James Hucklesby, Tennille Read, Akshata Anchan, Catherine E. Angel, Euan Scott Graham

“…It is survival of the highly resistant glioblastoma clones that results in tumour relapse.…”
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Colorectal carcinogenesis in the Lynch syndromes and familial adenomatous polyposis: trigger events and downstream consequences by Pål Møller, Aysel Ahadova, Matthias Kloor, Toni T. Seppälä, John Burn, Saskia Haupt, Finlay Macrae, Mev Dominguez-Valentin, Gabriela Möslein, Annika Lindblom, Lone sunde, Ingrid Winship, Gabriel Capella, Kevin Monahan, Daniel D. Buchanan, D. Gareth Evans, Eivind Hovig, Julian R. Sampson

“…Interventions focused on downstream events are external factors that influence which tumour clones survive Darwinian selection. In Lynch Syndrome, surveillance colonoscopy to remove adenomas may select for carcinogenetic pathways that bypass the adenoma stage.…”
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The cancer-associated fibroblasts interact with malignant T cells in mycosis fungoides and promote the disease progression by Yige Zhao, Yong Li, Yong Li, Panpan Wang, Mengyan Zhu, Jiaqi Wang, Bo Xie, Chenyu Tang, Yangyang Ma, Shiwen Wang, Sha Jin, Jinhui Xu, Zhao Li, Xiaoyan Zhang, Liuyu Li, Xiuzu Song, Ping Wang

“…We compared skin lesions in different stages within the same patient to overcome inter-individual variability.ResultsThe malignant clones displayed dual phenotypes characterized with tissue-resident memory T cells (TRMs) and central memory T cells (TCMs). …”
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Interleukin-2/Anti-Interleukin-2 Immune Complex Expands Regulatory T Cells and Reduces Angiotensin II-Induced Aortic Stiffening by Beenish Majeed, Supannikar Tawinwung, Lance S. Eberson, Timothy W. Secomb, Nicolas Larmonier, Douglas F. Larson

“…To study the role of immune inhibitory cells, CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs), on vascular stiffness, we stimulated the proliferation of Treg lymphocytes in vivo using a novel cytokine immune complex of Interleukin-2 (IL-2) and anti-IL-2 monoclonal antibody clone JES6-1 (mAbCD25). Three-month-old male C57BL/6J mice were treated with IL-2/mAbCD25 concomitantly with continuous infusion of angiotensin type 1 receptor agonist, [Val5]angiotensin II. …”
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Emergence and polyclonal dissemination of NDM-5/OXA-181 carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli in the French Indian Ocean territories by Thibaut Vedani, Matthieu Pot, Thomas Garrigos, Loïk Sababadichetty, Marion Daniel, David Wilkinson, Thierry Benoit-Cattin, Olivier Belmonte, Patrick Mavingui, Laurent Dortet, Guillaume Miltgen

“…Conclusion We highlighted the dual dissemination of successful plasmids and the worrying circulation of high-risk clones via patients transfer between these two FOTs. …”
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CGH, cDNA and Tissue Microarray Analyses Implicate FGFR2 Amplification in a Small Subset of Breast Tumors by Mervi Heiskanen, Juha Kononen, Maarit Bärlund, Joachim Torhorst, Guido Sauter, Anne Kallioniemi, Olli Kallioniemi

“…High level amplification of FGFR2 in SUM‐52 was identified using CGH analysis on a microarray of BAC clones. A cDNA microarray survey of 588 genes showed >40‐fold overexpression of FGFR2. …”
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The Function of Two <i>Brassica napus</i> β-Ketoacyl-CoA Synthases on the Fatty Acid Composition by Dongfang Zhao, Bingqian Zhou, Bo Hong, Jiajun Mao, Hu Chen, Junjie Wu, Li Liao, Chunyun Guan, Mei Guan

“…In <i>B. napus</i>, <i>BnaKCSA8</i> and <i>BnaKCSC3</i> belong to the KCS family, but their specific functions remain unclear. This study cloned <i>BnaKCSA8</i> and <i>BnaKCSC3</i> from <i>Brassica napus</i> L. and analyzed their functions. …”
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Mechanistic insights into 125I seed implantation therapy for Cholangiocarcinoma: focus on ROS-Mediated apoptosis and the role of GPX2 by Jun Luo, Zheng Yao, Weiren Liang, Danjun Song, Hui Zeng, Yi Jiang, Zhehan Bao, Jiaping Zheng, Yinan Ding

“…Apoptosis and proliferation were detected by TUNEL staining and clone formation, respectively. ROS generation was detected by dihydroethidium staining. …”
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