Immunization with a Synthetic Helicobacter pylori Peptide Induces Secretory IgA Antibodies and Protects Mice against Infection by David Espinosa-Ramos, Diana Caballero-Hernández, Ricardo Gomez-Flores, Armando Trejo-Chávez, Luis Jerónimo Pérez-Limón, Myriam Angélica de la Garza-Ramos, Reyes Tamez-Guerra, Patricia Tamez-Guerra, Cristina Rodriguez-Padilla

“…Furthermore, because there are no vaccines effective against H. pylori, an appropriate vaccine design targeting conserved/essential genes must be identified. In the present study, a H. pylori 50–52 kDa immunogen-derived peptide antigen with the sequence Met-Val-Thr-Leu-Ile-Asn-Asn-Glu (MVTLINNE) was used to immunize against H. pylori infection. …”
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Four cardiomyopathy patients with a heterozygous DSG2 p.Arg119Ter variant by Takuya Sumida, Shou Ogawa, Shuichiro Higo, Yuki Kuramoto, Ryo Eto, Yoshihiko Ikeda, Congcong Sun, Junjun Li, Li Liu, Tomoka Tabata, Yoshihiro Asano, Mikio Shiba, Yasuhiro Akazawa, Daisuke Nakamura, Takafumi Oka, Tomohito Ohtani, Yasushi Sakata

“…Abstract DSG2, encoding desmoglein-2, is one of the causative genes of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy. We previously identified a homozygous DSG2 p.Arg119Ter stop-gain variant in a patient with juvenile-onset cardiomyopathy and advanced biventricular heart failure. …”
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Transcriptomic and functional characterization of megakaryocytic-derived platelet-like particles: impaired aggregation and prominent anti-tumor effects by Kaitlin Garofano, Vera Mariani, Kameron Rashid, Sumanun Suwunnakorn, Alfateh Sidahmed, Anelia Horvath, Sanjay B. Maggirwar, Travis J. O’Brien, Minoli A. Perera, Michael Whalen, Norman H. Lee

“…We demonstrate by RNA-Seq that PLPs are transcriptionally distinct from platelets. Expression of key genes in signaling pathways promoting platelet activation/aggregation, such as the PI3K/AKT, protein kinase A, phospholipase C, and α-adrenergic and GP6 receptor pathways, was missing or under-expressed in PLPs. …”
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Collecting duct NCOR1 controls blood pressure by regulating mineralocorticoid receptor by Ke Sun, Yong-Li Wang, Chen-Chen Hou, Da Shang, Lin-Juan Du, Lan Bai, Xing-Yu Zhang, Chuan-Ming Hao, Sheng-Zhong Duan

“…ChIP analysis revealed that NCOR1 deficiency increased the enrichment of mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) on the promoters of the three ENaC genes in primary inner medulla collecting duct (IMCD) cells. …”
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Domestication of different varieties in the cheese-making fungus Geotrichum candidum by Bennetot, Bastien, Vernadet, Jean-Philippe, Perkins, Vincent, Hautefeuille, Sophie, Rodríguez de la Vega, Ricardo C., O’Donnell, Samuel, Snirc, Alodie, Grondin, Cécile, Lessard, Marie-Hélène, Peron, Anne-Claire, Labrie, Steve, Landaud, Sophie, Giraud, Tatiana, Ropars, Jeanne

“…Cheese populations lacked two beta lactamase-like genes present in the wild clade, involved in xenobiotic clearance, and displayed higher contents of transposable elements, likely due to relaxed selection. …”
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Clinical implementation of next-generation sequencing testing and genomically-matched therapy: a real-world data in a tertiary hospital by Jin Won Kim, Hee Young Na, Sejoon Lee, Ji-Won Kim, Koung Jin Suh, Se Hyun Kim, Yu Jung Kim, Keun-Wook Lee, Jong Seok Lee, Jaihwan Kim, Jin-Hyeok Hwang, Kihwan Hwang, Chae-Yong Kim, Yong Beom Kim, Soomin Ahn, Kyu Sang Lee, Hyojin Kim, Hye Seung Lee, So Yeon Park, Gheeyoung Choe, Jee Hyun Kim, Jin-Haeng Chung

“…Among the tier I cases, the most frequently altered genes we detected were KRAS (106 patients, 10.7%), followed by EGFR (27 patients, 2.7%) and BRAF (17 patients, 1.7%). …”
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Adaptive mechanisms to hypoxia and hyperoxia in juvenile turbot, Scophthalmus maximus by Yi Chen, Yuntian Zhang, Rongwei Zhang, Hongsheng Deng, Xiangyu Meng, Kotoya Inaba, Tatsu Osato, Xiaoran Zhao, Xiaoran Zhao, Yuzhe Han, Yuzhe Han, Tongjun Ren, Tongjun Ren

“…For instance, pancreatic secretion is crucial for hyperoxia adaptation, while the HIF1α pathway plays a key role in hypoxia adaptation and tissue repair. Furthermore, genes ATP6, HIF1, HSP90, and CYP450 exhibited high expression levels during hypoxia, whereas Hbae5 and Man-SL showed elevated expression during hyperoxia. …”
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DEmiRNA-mRNA regulatory network reveals miR‐122-5p as a regulatory factor of arginine metabolism in necrotizing enterocolitis by Zhili Ding, Ting Guo, Qiang Tang, Yaqiang Hong, Zhibao Lv, Li Lu, Wenjun Zhuang

“…Subsequent bioinformatics analysis revealed that miR-122-5p significantly contributes to the arginine metabolism in NEC through the DEmiRNA-mRNA regulatory network, with PRODH2 and ALDH18A1 being identified as its target genes. In vitro, miR-122-5p mimic inhibited the expression of PRODH2 and ALDH18A1 in the FHs74Int cells and IEC-6 cells. …”
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Biodegradation of Phenol at High Initial Concentration by <i>Rhodococcus opacus</i> 3D Strain: Biochemical and Genetic Aspects by Tatiana O. Anokhina, Tatiana Z. Esikova, Valentina N. Polivtseva, Nataliya E. Suzina, Inna P. Solyanikova

“…An assessment of the induction of genes potentially involved in this process was taken. …”
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Nerve Enlargement in Patients with INF2 Variants Causing Peripheral Neuropathy and Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis by Quynh Tran Thuy Huong, Linh Tran Nguyen Truc, Hiroko Ueda, Kenji Fukui, Koichiro Higasa, Yoshinori Sato, Shinichi Takeda, Motoshi Hattori, Hiroyasu Tsukaguchi

“…Schwannoma could co-occur when the tissues attain additional hits in schwannomatosis-related genes (e.g., <i>LZTR1</i>).…”
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Brassinosteroid Enhances Cucumber Stress Tolerance to NaHCO₃ by Modulating Nitrogen Metabolism, Ionic Balance and Phytohormonal Response by Wenjing Nie, Biao Gong, Dan Wen, Peng Qiao, Hongen Guo, Qinghua Shi

“…This mitigation was accompanied by elevated concentrations of K⁺, Ca²⁺, and Mg²⁺, as well as enhanced expression of the <i>NHX</i> and <i>SOS1</i> genes. In addition, the activities of plasma membrane H⁺-ATPase, vesicular membrane H⁺-ATPase, and vesicular membrane H⁺-PPase were significantly increased, contributing to the maintenance of ionic balance in cucumber plants. …”
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Roaming the Seas—Assessing Marine Invertebrate Biodiversity Along Salinity Gradients With Zooplankton and eDNA Metabarcoding by Alica Ohnesorge, Uwe John, Lucie Kuczynski, Stefan Neuhaus, Kingsly Chuo Beng, Bernd Krock, Silke Laakmann

“…DNA was extracted from eDNA and ZP samples, amplified using two universal primers that target of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (COI) and the nuclear ribosomal 18S rRNA genes, and paired‐end sequenced on Illumina Miseq. …”
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Distribution and species composition of potato viruses in the Novosibirsk region by V. S. Maslennikova, M. B. Pykhtina, K. A. Tabanyukhov, E. V. Shelikhova, K. I. Mosalev, A. V. Katokhin, A. A. Bondar, A. B. Beklemishev, M. I. Voevoda

“…To develop methods for determining the strain affiliation of the studied samples, the nucleotide sequences of the capsid protein genes of 10 Y-virus isolates were sequenced. Phylogenetic analysis of the studied sequences of NR isolates was carried out with a set of sequences of reference strains 261-4, Eu-N, N:O, NE-11, NTNa, NTNb, N-Wi, O, O5, SYR_I, SYR_II and SYR_III retrieved from GenBank. …”
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Azithromycin Promotes the Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Periodontal Ligament Stem Cells after Stimulation with TNF-α by Tingting Meng, Ying Zhou, Jingkun Li, Meilin Hu, Xiaomeng Li, Pingting Wang, Zhi Jia, Liyu Li, Dayong Liu

“…Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) analysis was performed to detect the mRNA expression of osteogenic-related genes, including RUNX2, OCN, and BSP. Western blotting was used to measure the NF-κB signaling pathway proteins p65, phosphorylated p65, IκB-α, phosphorylated IκB-α, and β-catenin as well as the apoptosis-related proteins caspase-8 and caspase-3. …”
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Safety and efficacy of mesenchymal stromal cells mitochondria transplantation as a cell-free therapy for osteoarthritis by Ana Maria Vega-Letter, Cynthia García-Guerrero, Liliana Yantén-Fuentes, Carolina Pradenas, Yeimi Herrera-Luna, Eliana Lara-Barba, Felipe A. Bustamante-Barrientos, Masyelly Rojas, María Jesús Araya, Nicole Jeraldo, Constanza Aros, Francisca Troncoso, Daniela Poblete, Angela Court, Alexander Ortloff, Jose Barraza, Francesca Velarde, Carlos Farkas, Claudio Carril, Noymar Luque-Campos, Gonzalo Almarza, Maximiliano Barahona, Jose Matas, Lucas Cereceda, Rocío Lorca, Jorge Toledo, Karina Oyarce, Rolando Vernal, Andrés Caicedo, Andrea del Campo, Yessia Hidalgo, Roberto Elizondo-Vega, Farida Djouad, Maroun Khoury, Fernando E. Figueroa, Patricia Luz-Crawford

“…Moreover, the transcriptomic analysis showed the upregulation of genes involved in stress such as DNA reparative machinery and inflammatory antiviral responses. …”
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CD21low B cells reveal a unique glycosylation pattern with hypersialylation and hyperfucosylation by Peter Tobias Felixberger, Peter Tobias Felixberger, Geoffroy Andrieux, Andrea Maul-Pavicic, Andrea Maul-Pavicic, Sigune Goldacker, Sigune Goldacker, Ina Harder, Ina Harder, Sylvia Gutenberger, Sylvia Gutenberger, Jonathan J. M. Landry, Vladimir Benes, Till Fabian Jakob, Melanie Boerries, Melanie Boerries, Lars Nitschke, Reinhard Edmund Voll, Reinhard Edmund Voll, Klaus Warnatz, Klaus Warnatz, Baerbel Keller, Baerbel Keller

“…Additionally, we examined the expression of glycosylation-related genes by RNAseq in naïve-like CD21low B cells ex vivo, as well as in naïve CD21pos B cells from healthy controls after in vitro stimulation.ResultsUnlike CD21pos B cells, naïve-like CD21low B cells from CVID patients and CD21low B cells from healthy controls exhibited a unique glycosylation pattern with high levels of α2,6 sialic acids and fucose. …”
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Genome-Wide Association Study of Bone Mineral Density in Korean Men by Ye Seul Bae, Sun-Wha Im, Mi So Kang, Jin Hee Kim, Soon Hang Lee, Be Long Cho, Jin Ho Park, You-Seon Nam, Ho-Young Son, San Deok Yang, Joohon Sung, Kwang Ho Oh, Jae Moon Yun, Jong Il Kim

“…Additionally, we analyzed the relationship between BMD and five genes previously identified in Korean men. Rs61382873 (p = 0.0009) in LRP5, rs9567003 (p = 0.0033) in TNFSF11 and rs9935828 (p = 0.0248) in FOXL1 were observed for LS-BMD. …”
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A meta-analysis of epigenome-wide association studies of ultra-processed food consumption with DNA methylation in European children by Joana Llauradó-Pont, Nikos Stratakis, Giovanni Fiorito, Evangelos Handakas, Alexander Neumann, Henrique Barros, Anne Lise Brantsæter, Kiara Chang, Leda Chatzi, Janine F. Felix, Regina Grazuleviciene, Vincent W. V. Jaddoe, Marianna Karachaliou, Marion Lecorguillé, Carla Lopes, Christopher Millett, Rosemary R. C. McEachan, Eleni Papadopoulou, Remy Slama, Eszter P. Vamos, Paolo Vineis, Martine Vrijheid, John Wright, Trudy Voortman, Mariona Bustamante, Oliver Robinson, Camille Lassale

“…These CpGs have been previously associated with health outcomes such as carcinomas, and the related genes are mainly involved in pathways related to thyroid hormones and liver function. …”
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Single nucleotide polymorphism rs110861313 in the intergenic region of chromosome 23 is associated with the development of leukosis in the Russian Black Pied cattle by R. B. Aitnazarov, E. V. Ignatieva, T. A. Agarkova, N. G. Dvoeglazov, N. A. Osipova, V. V. Khramtsov, N. S. Yudin

“…FOXM1 is expressed in immune cells and can potentially affect the expression of the neighboring genes (LY6G5B, GPANK1, ABHD16A, LY6G6F, LY6G6E, CSNK2B, ApoM). …”
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Xpert Bladder Cancer Detection in Emergency Setting Assessment (XESA Project): A Prospective, Single-centre Trial by Federica Sordelli, Antonio Desai, Filippo Dagnino, Roberto Contieri, Sofia Giuriolo, Marco Paciotti, Vittorio Fasulo, Stefano Mancon, Davide Maffei, Pier Paolo Avolio, Giorgio Da Rin, Federica Maura, Elena Vanni, Davide Federico, Piergiuseppe Colombo, Giovanni Lughezzani, Nicolò Maria Buffi, Paolo Casale, Alberto Saita, Massiomo Lazzeri, Rodolfo Hurle, Antonio Voza

“…Patient summary: Xpert Bladder Cancer Detection is a simple urine test that detects the presence of five genes associated with bladder cancer. We found that for patients visiting the emergency department because of blood in their urine, use of this test could save time and money over urine cell analysis (UCA) for ruling out or diagnosing bladder cancer. …”
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