Haploinsufficiency of PDE2A causes in mice increased exploratory behavior associated with upregulation of neural nitric oxide synthase in the striatum by Ana Gabriela de Oliveira do Rêgo, Francesca D'Amico, Vincenza D’Angelo, Silvia Cardarelli, Debora Cutuli, Davide Decandia, Eugenia Landolfo, Laura Petrosini, Manuela Pellegrini, Marcello D’Amelio, Nicola Biagio Mercuri, Mauro Giorgi, Giuseppe Sancesario

“…HET mice exhibited greater tendency to explore novel environments in comparison to WT mice, but spatial working memory, anxiety, and sociability were similar in adult HET and WT mice.In HET mice, PDE2A mRNA, PDE2A protein expression, and cGMP hydrolyzing enzymatic activity were consistently reduced by about 50 %. …”
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New evidence on the nephrotoxicity of fine particulate matter: Potential toxic components from different emission sources by Fu-Jen Cheng, Chien-Er Huang, Pei-Shih Chen, Yu-Lun Tseng, Chung-Shin Yuan, Ching-Shu Lai

“…Exposure to PM2.5 water extract increased the mRNA levels of tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-6, and nitrite production in RAW264.7 macrophages. …”
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High-fat diet promotes gestational diabetes mellitus through modulating gut microbiota and bile acid metabolism by Lei Yao, Xuefei Zhou, Xianqi Jiang, Hao Chen, Yuanliang Li, Xiao Xiong, Yan Tang, Haogang Zhang, Pengfei Qiao

“…Expression levels of Fxr, Shp and Fgf15 mRNA and protein were detected by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and western blot, respectively.ResultsOur data indicated that high fat diet (HFD) was linked with higher prevalence of GDM, and HFD was positively associated with poor prognosis in GDM patients. …”
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Global vaccine research and application hotspots and trends: a systematic bibliometric analysis based on SCIE highly cited papers by Liming Liang, Xinyu Wang, Yue Zhu, Xu Xia, Runfeng Shi, Huilin Cao, Meixin He, Yuyu Wang, Caizhen You

“…The most highly cited paper was ‘Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine’ from the New England Journal of Medicine, which was cited 9435 times in total. …”
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FKBP5 as a key regulator of metabolic processes in birds: Insights from chicken pectoral muscle by Pengfei Du, Xiangli Zhang, Yao Zhu, Ziyang Wang, Xuemeng Si, Huaiyong Zhang, Yanqun Huang, Wen Chen

“…Insulin regulates FKBP5 expression in pectoral muscles in a time-dependent manner, while pyruvate increases FKBP5 levels and fasting/energy restriction reduces FKBP5 mRNA expression in the pectoral muscles.…”
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Intrahepatic CD161hiCD8+T Cell Recruitment Has a Pathogenetic Potential in Chronic HBV Infection by Jianfei Li, Qian Liu, Wanlu Duan, Zhi Duan, Futing Liu, Mengqi Ruan, Qiyin Zong, Hao Zhang, Qiang Zhou, Qin Wang

“…Accordingly, the CXCL16 mRNA expression in the liver tissue of CHB‐replication mice was markedly higher than in acute HBV‐replicating and control mice. …”
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CFTR Expression Analysis for Subtyping of Human Pancreatic Cancer Organoids by Alexander Hennig, Laura Wolf, Beatrix Jahnke, Heike Polster, Therese Seidlitz, Kristin Werner, Daniela E. Aust, Jochen Hampe, Marius Distler, Jürgen Weitz, Daniel E. Stange, Thilo Welsch

“…Human PDAC organoids can be classified into known subtypes based on KRT81 and CFTR immunoreactivity. CFTR and HNF1A mRNA levels correlated well. Furthermore, subtype-specific immunoreactivity matched well between PDAC organoids and the respective primary tumor tissue. …”
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NCAPD3-mediated ferroptosis of 2,3,5,4’-Tetrahydroxystilbene-2-O-β-D-glucoside inhibits proliferation in T47D cells by Jianfen Shen, Shuo Zhang, Shuo Zhang, Yan Song, Yan Song, Leiming Yang, Leiming Yang, Qi Huang, Qi Huang, Pengyu Wang, Pengyu Wang, Youzhi Zhang, Youzhi Zhang

“…And siRNA of Ncapd3 was transfected into T47D cells to detect the expression levels of ferroptosis-related proteins (WB) and cell viability (MTT).Results40 overlapping transcripts of DETs and diAS were obtained consistent with the analysis of full-length transcriptome sequencing, and Ncapd3 (Ncapd3-203) is key gene (transcript), which was also highly expressed in breast cancer and THSG could inhibit the mRNA and protein expression. Moreover, THSG could induce cell cycle arrest in G2/M stage and reduce ferroptosis-related protein expression (xCT and GPx4). …”
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Preconditioning of Rat Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells with Toll-Like Receptor Agonists by Fabiana Evaristo-Mendonça, Gabriela Sardella-Silva, Tais Hanae Kasai-Brunswick, Raquel Maria Pereira Campos, Pablo Domizi, Marcelo Felippe Santiago, Ricardo Augusto de Melo Reis, Rosalia Mendez-Otero, Victor Túlio Ribeiro-Resende, Pedro Moreno Pimentel-Coelho

“…The data showed that rBM-MSCs expressed TLR3, TLR4, and MDA5 mRNA and were able to internalize polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (Poly(I:C)), a TLR3/MDA5 agonist. rBM-MSCs were then stimulated with Poly(I:C) or with lipopolysaccharide (LPS, a TLR4 agonist) for 1 h and were grown under normal culture conditions. …”
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Deregulated methylation and expression of PCDHGB7 in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: a novel prognostic and immunological biomarker by Yue Yuan, Yue Yuan, Xin Nie, Jiayi Gao, Jiayi Gao, Yumeng Tian, Yumeng Tian, Liuer He, Liuer He, Xue Wang, Ping Zhang, Junling Ma, Lin Li, Lin Li

“…The methylation level of PCDHGB7 was upregulated in tumor tissue and negatively correlated with PCDHGB7 mRNA level. In immunotherapy cohort studies, patients with higher PCDHGB7 tissue expression showed worse prognosis. …”
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Nitidine chloride inhibits the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma by suppressing IGF2BP3 and modulates metabolic pathways in an m6A-dependent manner by Dan-dan Xiong, Zhen-dong Chen, Jian-di Li, Yu-long Deng, Rong-quan He, Zhi-guang Huang, San-qi An, Yi-wu Dang, Gang Chen

“…Further MeRIP-seq and RIP-seq revealed 197 genes interacting with IGF2BP3, downregulated at mRNA and m6A levels after NC treatment, primarily associated with multiple metabolism-related pathways. …”
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Expression Analysis of Fibronectin Type III Domain-Containing (FNDC) Genes in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Colorectal Cancer by Tilo Wuensch, Jonas Wizenty, Janina Quint, Wolfgang Spitz, Madeleen Bosma, Olaf Becker, Andreas Adler, Wilfried Veltzke-Schlieker, Martin Stockmann, Sascha Weiss, Matthias Biebl, Johann Pratschke, Felix Aigner

“…We here aim to comprehensively analyze the mRNA expression of FNDC1, FNDC3A, FNDC3B, FNDC4, FNDC5, and GPR116 in nonaffected and affected mucosal samples of patients with IBD or colorectal cancer (CRC). …”
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Ginsenoside Rd protects against acute liver injury by regulating the autophagy NLRP3 inflammasome pathway by Xiaomei Zhong, Yibin Sun, Yanxiang Lin, Shan Deng, Huan Wang, Xian Zhou, Jinjian Lu, Yanfang Zheng, Ruoyin Luo, Mingqing Huang, Jianyuan Song

“…It exhibited strong anti-inflammatory effect by reducing inflammation associated protein, such as cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), nod-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3), associated speck-like protein containing a CARD (ASC), interleukin-18 (IL-18) and interleukin-1β(IL-1β) proteins and the mRNA expression levels of COX-2, Tumor Necrosis Factor α (TNF α), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and iNOS were decreased in liver tissue. …”
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The role of FTO in m6A RNA methylation and immune regulation in Staphylococcus aureus infection-related osteomyelitis by Sijing Liu, Sijing Liu, Sijing Liu, Kai Li, Changhai Long, Mingwu Lao, Biao Ma, Changquan Liu, Haoyuan He, Chunjiang Wang, Wangzhu Chen, Bin Yu

“…The western blotting and qPCR analyses confirmed that the protein expression of FTO was reduced in macrophages after infection with S. aureus, consistent with the observed changes in mRNA expression. Furthermore, we validated that FTO may influence the regulation of inflammation through the FoxO1/NF-kB pathway.ConclusionThe m6A RNA methylation regulator FTO may serve as a potential diagnostic marker and therapeutic target, involved in the pathogenesis of S. aureus infection-related osteomyelitis. …”
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Assessment of prognosis and responsiveness to immunotherapy in colorectal cancer patients based on the level of immune cell infiltration by Kaili Liao, Minqi Zhu, Lei Guo, Zijun Gao, Jinting Cheng, Bing Sun, Yihui Qian, Bingying Lin, Jingyan Zhang, Tingyi Qian, Yixin Jiang, Yanmei Xu, Qionghui Zhong, Xiaozhong Wang

“…ObjectiveTo build a new prognostic risk assessment model based on immune cell co-expression networks for predicting overall survival and evaluating the efficacy of immunotherapy for colon cancer patients.MethodsThe Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database was used to obtain mRNA expression profiling data, clinical information, and somatic mutation data from colorectal cancer patients. …”
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3-methyl-4-nitrophenol disturbs the maternal-to-zygotic transition of early embryos by damaging mitochondrial function and histone modification by Fan Chen, An-Feng Luo, Kai-Xin Pan, Hao Gu, Chang-Fan Zhou, Wei Zeng, Song Liu, Adrian Molenaar, Hong-Yan Ren, Li-Jun Huo, Yan-Zhen Bi

“…SMART-seq2 transcriptome sequencing further confirmed that PNMC treatment disrupted global gene expression in 2-cell embryos, with differentially expressed genes enriched in multiple signaling pathways, including those related to autophagy, apoptosis, fertilization, embryonic development, transcription, and mRNA processing. Integration of transcriptome data with open databases revealed that both zygotic genome activation genes and maternal factors experienced significant transcript-level disruptions. …”
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miR-129-5p Regulates the Immunomodulatory Functions of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells via Targeting Stat1 Signaling by He-Yang Zhang, Yu-Han Wang, Yan Wang, Yan-Nv Qu, Xiao-Hui Huang, Hui-Xin Yang, Chang-Ming Zhao, Youdi He, Si-Wei Li, Jin Zhou, Changyong Wang, Xiao-Xia Jiang

“…When fludarabine, an inhibitor of Stat1 activation, was added to ASCs with miR-129-5p knockdown, iNOS mRNA and protein levels were significantly reduced. …”
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Fosab, but not fosaa, plays important role in learning and memory in fish—insights from zebrafish gene knockout study by Qiuling Wang, Qiuling Wang, Qiuling Wang, Lixin Zhang, Lixin Zhang, Lixin Zhang, Chenyuan Zhu, Chenyuan Zhu, Chenyuan Zhu, Ke Lu, Ke Lu, Ke Lu, Jiaqi Wu, Jiaqi Wu, Jiaqi Wu, Xu-Fang Liang, Xu-Fang Liang, Xu-Fang Liang

“…The average time to complete the trial in fosab−/− zebrafish was significantly higher than in WT zebrafish. The relative mRNA expression level of c-jun in fosab−/− zebrafish was significantly higher than that in WT zebrafish, while the fosaa−/− zebrafish has no discernible trend. …”
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NALCN expression is down-regulated and associated with immune infiltration in gastric cancer by Xuewei Li, Xuewei Li, Na Wu, Chen Wang, Beibei Pei, Xiaoyan Ma, Jun Xie, Jun Xie, Wenhui Yang

“…Consistent with these findings, the expression trend of NALCN mRNA in the GEO database mirrored the experimental results. …”
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Ibuprofen reduces inflammation, necroptosis and protects photoreceptors from light-induced retinal degeneration by Ping-Wu Zhang, Zi-He Wan, Weifeng Li, Abhishek Vats, Kunal Mehta, Laura Fan, Lingli Zhou, Sean Li, Gloria Li, Casey J. Keuthan, Cynthia Berlinicke, Cheng Qian, Noriko Esumi, Elia J Duh, Donald J. Zack

“…Twenty-four hour after LD, retinal mRNA expression for the inflammatory-factors tumor necrosis factor (Tnf), interleukin-1 beta (Il1B), and C-C motif chemokine ligand 2 (Ccl2) increased by 10-, 17-, and 533-fold, respectively; in IBU-treated animals, the expression levels of these inflammatory factors were not significantly different from no-LD controls. …”
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