Real-world outdoor air exposure effects in a model of the human airway epithelium – A comparison of healthy and asthmatic individuals using a mobile laboratory setting by Pavel Rossner, Helena Libalova, Tereza Cervena, Michal Sima, Zuzana Simova, Kristyna Vrbova, Antonin Ambroz, Zuzana Novakova, Fatima Elzeinova, Anezka Vimrova, Lubos Dittrich, Michal Vojtisek, Martin Pechout, Michal Vojtisek-Lom

“…We measured lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and adenylate kinase (AK) production and transepithelial electrical resistance (TEER), analyzed 15-F2t-isopostane (IsoP) and a panel of 20 cytokines/chemokines/growth factors. …”
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Suberosin attenuates rheumatoid arthritis by repolarizing macrophages and inhibiting synovitis via the JAK/STAT signaling pathway by Huan Liu, Qianwei Li, Yuehong Chen, Min Dong, Hongjiang Liu, Jiaqian Zhang, Leiyi Yang, Geng Yin, Qibing Xie

“…The effect of SBR on the Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK/STAT) pathway was evaluated. …”
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Fraxinellone-mediated targeting of cathepsin B leakage from lysosomes induces ferroptosis in fibroblasts to inhibit hypertrophic scar formation by Wei Xu, Hao Lv, Yaxin Xue, Xiaofeng Shi, Shaotian Fu, Xiaojun Li, Chuandong Wang, Danyang Zhao, Dong Han

“…CTSB further induced ferroptosis via spermidine/spermine-N1-acetyltransferase (SAT1)-mediated lipid peroxidation, mitochondrial damage and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signalling pathway activation, eventually affecting the function of HSFs. …”
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Oncogenic PIK3CA corrupts growth factor signaling specificity by Ralitsa R Madsen, Alix Le Marois, Oliwia N Mruk, Margaritis Voliotis, Shaozhen Yin, Jahangir Sufi, Xiao Qin, Salome J Zhao, Julia Gorczynska, Daniele Morelli, Lindsay Davidson, Erik Sahai, Viktor I Korolchuk, Christopher J Tape, Bart Vanhaesebroeck

“…Abstract Technical limitations have prevented understanding of how growth factor signals are encoded in distinct activity patterns of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT pathway, and how this is altered by oncogenic pathway mutations. …”
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β-Endorphin Mediates the Development and Instability of Atherosclerotic Plaques by Taisuke Okano, Kengo Sato, Remina Shirai, Tomomi Seki, Koichiro Shibata, Tomoyuki Yamashita, Ayaka Koide, Hitomi Tezuka, Yusaku Mori, Tsutomu Hirano, Takuya Watanabe

“…The μ-opioid receptor (OPRM1) was expressed in THP-1 monocytes, macrophages, HASMCs, HUVECs, and human aortic endothelial cells. β-Endorphin significantly increased THP-1 monocyte adhesion to HUVECs and induced upregulation of intercellular adhesion molecule-1, vascular cell adhesion molecule-1, and E-selectin via nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) and p38 phosphorylation in HUVECs. β-Endorphin significantly increased HUVEC proliferation and enhanced oxidized low-density lipoprotein-induced foam cell formation in macrophages. β-Endorphin also significantly shifted the macrophage phenotype to proinflammatory M1 rather than anti-inflammatory M2 via NF-κB phosphorylation during monocyte-macrophage differentiation and increased migration and apoptosis in association with c-jun-N-terminal kinase, p38, and NF-κB phosphorylation in HASMCs. …”
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FNDC5/irisin mitigates the cardiotoxic impacts of cancer chemotherapeutics by modulating ROS-dependent and -independent mechanisms by Manish Kumar, Abhishek Singh Sengar, Anushree Lye, Pranesh Kumar, Sukhes Mukherjee, Dinesh Kumar, Priyadip Das, Suvro Chatterjee, Adele Stewart, Biswanath Maity

“…Intriguingly, we identified two parallel signaling cascades impacted by FNDC5 in cardiomyocytes: the ROS-driven intrinsic mitochondrial apoptosis pathway and the ROS-independent Ataxia Telangiectasia and Rad3-Related Protein (ATR)/Checkpoint Kinase 1 (Chk1) pathway. In fact, FNDC5 forms a co-precipitable complex with Chk1 alluding to possible intracellular actions for this canonically membrane-associated protein. …”
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Effects of EGFR-TKIs combined with intracranial radiotherapy in EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer patients with brain metastases: a retrospective multi-institutional analysis by Mingfeng He, Xue Wu, Li Li, Guangming Yi, Yitian Wang, Hengqiu He, Ying Ye, Ruiqin Zhou, Zaicheng Xu, Zhenzhou Yang

“…In clinical practice, treatment-naïve EGFR-mutant NSCLC patients with asymptomatic BMs tend to choose EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) as first-line therapy and defer intracranial radiotherapy (RT). …”
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CDK9 Expression Shows Role as a Potential Prognostic Biomarker in Breast Cancer Patients Who Fail to Achieve Pathologic Complete Response after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy by Ashley J. Schlafstein, Allison E. Withers, Soumon Rudra, Diana Danelia, Jeffrey M. Switchenko, Donna Mister, Saul Harari, Hui Zhang, Waaqo Daddacha, Shahrzad Ehdaivand, Xiaoxian Li, Mylin A. Torres, David S. Yu

“…However, prognostic biomarkers for clinical outcome are unclear in this patient population. Cyclin-dependent kinase 9 (CDK9) is often dysregulated in breast cancer, and its deficiency results in genomic instability. …”
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Identification and functional analysis of hub genes involved in deoxynivalenol-induced enterotoxicity in porcine (Sus scrofa) by Jinhua He, Geng Zhao, Mingxia Chen, Ximing Ren, Peizhi Zhu, Zhizhong Liu, Jiayi Zhou, Hanwei Chen, Chuqiao Xiao, Xiang-Guang Li

“…Further analysis revealed that the up-regulated DEGs were enriched in tumor necrosis factor, nuclear factor kappa-B, mitogen-activated protein kinases, and Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription-related signaling pathways. …”
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The matricellular protein Fibulin-5 regulates β-cell proliferation in an autocrine/paracrine manner by Tomoko Okuyama, Takahiro Tsuno, Ryota Inoue, Setsuko Fukushima, Mayu Kyohara, Anzu Matsumura, Daisuke Miyashita, Kuniyuki Nishiyama, Yusuke Takano, Yu Togashi, Makiko Meguro-Horike, Shin-ichi Horike, Tatsuya Kin, A.M. James Shapiro, Hiromi Yanagisawa, Yasuo Terauchi, Jun Shirakawa

“…Fbln5-deficient β-cells exhibit the downregulated expression of the gene encoding Polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1), which is accompanied by ERK-mediated FoxM1 nuclear export. …”
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ERK activation waves coordinate mechanical cell competition leading to collective elimination via extrusion of bacterially infected cells by Lara Hundsdorfer, Marie Muenkel, Raul Aparicio-Yuste, Julio Cesar Sanchez-Rendon, Maria Jose Gomez-Benito, Aylin Balmes, Tilman E. Schäffer, Ana Velic, Yi-Ting Yeh, Iordania Constantinou, Kathryn Wright, Gizem Özbaykal Güler, Dominik Brokatzky, Boris Maček, Serge Mostowy, Effie E. Bastounis

“…Here, using in vitro (epithelial monolayers) and in vivo (zebrafish larvae) models of infection with L. monocytogenes or Shigella flexneri, we explored the role of extracellular-signal-regulated kinase (ERK) activity waves in coordinating the mechanical battle between infected and surrounder uninfected cells that leads to CICE. …”
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Schwann Cell‐Specific Ablation of Beclin 1 Impairs Myelination and Leads to Motor and Sensory Neuropathy in Mice by Lisa Gambarotto, Loris Russo, Silvia Bresolin, Luca Persano, Rachele D'Amore, Giulia Ronchi, Federica Zen, Luisa Muratori, Alice Cani, Samuele Negro, Aram Megighian, Sonia Calabrò, Paola Braghetta, Dario Bizzotto, Matilde Cescon

“…Abstract The core component of the class III phosphatidylinositol 3‐kinase complex, Beclin 1, takes part in different protein networks, thus switching its role from inducing autophagy to regulating autophagosomal maturation and endosomal trafficking. …”
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Aurora B inhibition induces hyper-polyploidy and loss of long-term proliferative potential in RB and p53 defective cells by Shivam Vora, Saptarshi Chatterjee, Ariel Andrew, Ramyashree Prasanna Kumar, Martina Proctor, Zhen Zeng, Rituparna Bhatt, Deborah Nazareth, Madushan Fernando, Mathew J. K. Jones, Yaowu He, John D. Hooper, Nigel A. J. McMillan, Jelena Urosevic, Jamal Saeh, Jon Travers, Daniela Cimini, Jing Chen, Brian Gabrielli

“…Abstract Polyploidy is a common outcome of chemotherapies, but there is conflicting evidence as to whether polyploidy is an adverse, benign or even favourable outcome. We show Aurora B kinase inhibitors efficiently promote polyploidy in many cell types, resulting in the cell cycle exit in RB and p53 functional cells, but hyper-polyploidy in cells with loss of RB and p53 function. …”
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A novel sensitizer reduces EGFR-TKI resistance by regulating the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway and autophagy by Jue Zhang, Zhipeng Qu, Xi Xiao, David L. Adelson, Funeng Wang, Aisheng Wei, Yuka Harata-Lee, Jian Cui, Dongying He, Le Xie, Lingling Sun, Jing Li, Zijing Huang, Thazin Aung, Hong Yao, Lizhu Lin

“…Background: The incidence and mortality of lung cancer are high, and treatment with epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI) is the preferred first-line treatment for patients suffering from non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with EGFR mutations. …”
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Molecular mechanisms of aflatoxin neurotoxicity and potential neuroprotective agents by Chongshan Dai, Erjie Tian, Hui Li, Subhajit Das Gupta, Zhihui Hao, Zhanhui Wang, Tony Velkov, Jianzhong Shen

“…Several signaling pathways, including gasdermin D, toll like receptor 2 (TLR2), TLR4, Akt, NF-κB, ERK/MAPK, protein kinase C (PKC), and mitochondrial apoptotic pathways have been shown to participate in AFB1-induced neuronal or astrocyte cell death. …”
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The physiological responses to volume-matched high-intensity functional training protocols with varied time domains by Jessica S. Smith, Jessica S. Smith, Gabriella F. Bellissimo, Gabriella F. Bellissimo, Fabiano T. Amorim

“…Measurements of heart rate (HR), oxygen consumption (VO2), rating of perceived exertion (RPE) (1–10 scale), blood lactate (BLA), creatine kinase (CK), excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC), and muscle oxygen saturation (SmO2) were performed.ResultsTime domains were significantly different for the EMOM and RFT workouts (20 vs. 12 min ± 3 min, p < 0.00). …”
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Induction of SUSD2 by STAT3 Activation Is Associated with Tumor Recurrence in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer by Yisun Jeong, Hyungjoo Kim, Daeun You, Soo Youn Cho, Sun Young Yoon, Seok Won Kim, Seok Jin Nam, Jeong Eon Lee, Sangmin Kim

“…Although SUSD2 expression was associated with HER2, its expression levels were not affected by TRZ. Through kinase array experiments, we found that SUSD2 expression was modulated downstream of STAT3-dependent signaling in breast cancer cells overexpressing HER2. …”
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Rnd3 protects against doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity through inhibition of PANoptosis in a Rock1/Drp1/mitochondrial fission-dependent manner by Wen Ge, Xiaohua Zhang, Jie Lin, Yangyang Wang, Xiao Zhang, Yu Duan, Xinchun Dai, Jiye Zhang, Yan Zhang, Mengyuan Jiang, Huanhuan Qiang, Zhijing Zhao, Xuebin Zhang, Dongdong Sun

“…Mechanically, the interaction between Rnd3 and Rho-associated kinase 1 (Rock1) may impede Rock1-induced Drp1 phosphorylation at Ser616, thus inhibiting mitochondrial fission and dysfunction. …”
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Serum Pharmacochemistry and Network Pharmacology Reveal Active Compounds and Mechanisms of the Huaxian Formula in Alleviating Radiation-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis by Gong C, Chen J, Zou P, Fang Z, Quan L, Wang J, Yin J, Lin B, Lang J, Chen M

“…Overlapping these compounds with 991 RIPF-related genes yielded 127 genes primarily associated with the PI3K-Akt signaling pathway, EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor resistance, and the MAPK signaling pathway. …”
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Transcriptomic and behavioral studies reveal that glutamate receptors are involved in depressive-like behavior in adult olive flounder Paralichthys olivaceus by Liangfang Liu, Tangsong Feng, Mengmeng Shi, Huafeng Zou, Weiqun Lu

“…Specifically, locomotor behavior related genes (parvalbumin, urotensin II and creatine kinase) were down-regulated. Meanwhile glial fibrillary acidic protein, the biomarkers of astroglial pathology, and glutamatergic synaptic genes were significantly up-regulated in AG flounder. …”
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