Development of Virus-Like Particles (VLPs) for Hepatitis C Virus genotype 4: a novel approach for vaccine development in Egypt by Ahmed A. Ali, Rasha A. M. Azouz, Nahla A. Hussein, Reem El-Shenawy, Naiera M. Helmy, Yasmine S. El-Abd, Ashraf A. Tabll

“…Results In this study, mammalian cells were successfully engineered to stably express HCV structural proteins and generate non-infectious VLPs for HCV genotype 4. …”
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Hepatic Cerebroside Sulfotransferase Is Induced by PPARα Activation in Mice by Takefumi Kimura, Takero Nakajima, Yuji Kamijo, Naoki Tanaka, Lixuan Wang, Atsushi Hara, Eiko Sugiyama, Eiji Tanaka, Frank J. Gonzalez, Toshifumi Aoyama

“…Sulfatides are one of the major sphingoglycolipids in mammalian serum and are synthesized and secreted mainly from the liver as a component of lipoproteins. …”
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STAT3-Inducible Mouse ESCs: A Model to Study the Role of STAT3 in ESC Maintenance and Lineage Differentiation by Yu Qian Wong, Hongyan Xu, Qiang Wu, Xinyu Liu, Chengchen Lufei, Xiu Qin Xu, Xin-Yuan Fu

“…Taken together, the findings of this study indicated that InSTAT3 KO and InSTAT3 CA ESCs could provide a new tool to clarify the direct targets of STAT3 and its role in ESC maintenance, which will facilitate the elaboration of the mechanisms whereby STAT3 maintains ESC pluripotency and regulates ESC differentiation during mammalian embryogenesis.…”
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The search for microRNAs potentially involved in the selfrenewal maintaining of laboratory rat pluripotent stem cells by V. V. Sherstyuk, S. P. Medvedev, M. T. Ri, Y. V. Vyatkin, O. V. Saik, D. N. Shtokalo, S. M. Zakian

“…Studies of molecular and genetic bases of maintaining self-renewal and pluripotency in cultured mammalian cells are important to understand processes in preimplantation embryogenesis and to develop efficient techniques to obtain pluripotent stem cell lines for experimental biology and medicine. …”
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The extract of the immature fruit of Poncirus trifoliata induces apoptosis in colorectal cancer cells via mitochondrial autophagy by Sun-Young Kim, Ho-Keun Yi, Bong-Sik Yun, Dae-Yeol Lee, Pyung Han Hwang, Hae-Ryong Park, Min Sun Kim

“…The extract of the immature fruit of P. trifoliata inhibited the proliferation of CT-26 cells compared with untreated cells and it induced autophagy and apoptosis through the protein kinase B/mammalian target of rapamycin and 5′-AMP-activated protein kinase pathways. …”
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WDR36 Regulates Trophectoderm Differentiation During Human Preimplantation Embryonic Development Through Glycolytic Metabolism by Shiyu An, Shuyue Hou, Feifei Xu, Huanyu Yan, Wenyi Zhang, Jinfeng Xiang, Haoran Chen, Hanwen Zhang, Lingling Dong, Xiaobin Sun, Ran Huo, Yun Chen, Xi Wang, Yang Yang

“…Abstract Mammalian pre‐implantation development is a complex process involving sophisticated regulatory dynamics. …”
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Scavenger Receptor Class B, Type I, a CD36 Related Protein in Macrobrachium nipponense: Characterization, RNA Interference, and Expression Analysis with Different Dietary Lipid Sou... by Zhili Ding, Na Luo, Youqin Kong, Jingfen Li, Yixiang Zhang, Fang Cao, Jinyun Ye

“…The scavenger receptor class B, type I (SR-BI), is a member of the CD36 superfamily comprising transmembrane proteins involved in mammalian and fish lipid homeostasis regulation. We hypothesize that this receptor plays an important role in Macrobrachium nipponense lipid metabolism. …”
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A multigene phylogeny toward a new phylogenetic classification of Leotiomycetes by Peter R. Johnston, Luis Quijada, Christopher A. Smith, Hans-Otto Baral, Tsuyoshi Hosoya, Christiane Baschien, Kadri Pärtel, Wen-Ying Zhuang, Danny Haelewaters, Duckchul Park, Steffen Carl, Francesc López-Giráldez, Zheng Wang, Jeffrey P. Townsend

“…Abstract Fungi in the class Leotiomycetes are ecologically diverse, including mycorrhizas, endophytes of roots and leaves, plant pathogens, aquatic and aero-aquatic hyphomycetes, mammalian pathogens, and saprobes. These fungi are commonly detected in cultures from diseased tissue and from environmental DNA extracts. …”
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Photoprotective Effect of the Plant Collaea argentina against Adverse Effects Induced by Photodynamic Therapy by Leandro Mamone, Daniel Sáenz, Pablo Vallecorsa, Alcira Batlle, Adriana Casas, Gabriela Di Venosa

“…C. argentina extract protects these mammalian tumor cells against PDT effects, and it interferes with the oxygen singlet production from PSs during PDT treatment. …”
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Vaccination with Enzymatically Cleaved GPI-Anchored Proteins from Schistosoma mansoni Induces Protection against Challenge Infection by Vicente P. Martins, Carina S. Pinheiro, Barbara C. P. Figueiredo, Natan R. G. Assis, Suellen B. Morais, Marcelo V. Caliari, Vasco Azevedo, William Castro-Borges, R. Alan Wilson, Sergio C. Oliveira

“…As the major interface between parasite and mammalian host, the tegument plays crucial roles in the establishment and further course of schistosomiasis. …”
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Molecular Mechanism of Local Drug Delivery with Paclitaxel-Eluting Membranes in Biliary and Pancreatic Cancer: New Application for an Old Drug by Sookhee Bang, Sung Ill Jang, Su Yeon Lee, Yi-Yong Baek, Jieun Yun, Soo Jin Oh, Chang Woo Lee, Eun Ae Jo, Kun Na, Sugeun Yang, Don Haeng Lee, Dong Ki Lee

“…Paclitaxel from the PEM and its diffusion into the tumor inhibited angiogenesis, which involved suppression of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) through regulation of hypoxia inducible factor (HIF-1) and increased apoptosis. …”
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Borrelia burgdorferi tolerates alteration to P66 porin function in a murine infectivity model by Christa H. Fierros, Marie-Line Faucillion, Beth L. Hahn, Phillip Anderson, Mari Bonde, Julie R. Kessler, Matthew C. Surdel, Kyler S. Crawford, Yan Gao, Jieqing Zhu, Jieqing Zhu, Sven Bergström, Jenifer Coburn, Jenifer Coburn

“…P66, a porin and adhesin, is upregulated and essential during mammalian infection, but is not produced or required within the tick vector. …”
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Fetal and neonatal cardiac tumor diagnosed as Tuberous Sclerosis associated rhabdomyomas resulting from novel pathogenic missense variant detected in TSC2 gene: A case report by Aya Kawasaki, MD, Hidefumi Tonoki, MD, PhD, Osamu Sasaki, MD, PhD, Yoko Matsushita, MD, PhD, Michiko Watari, MD, PhD, Nobuhiro Takahashi, MD, Satoko Fujieda, MD

“…This pathogenic variant is located on exon 10 of the TSC2 gene, which encodes the hamartin binding domain, leading to impair inhibitory function of the hamartin-tuberin complex, which activates mammalian target of rapamycin(mTOR) activity. The cardiac tumors were diagnosed as rhabdomyomas, a major clinical feature of TS, since the penetrance of this gene variants are thought to be 100%. …”
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GENI as an AMPK Activator Binds α and γ Subunits and Improves the Memory Dysfunction of Alzheimer’s Disease Mouse Models via Autophagy and Neuroprotection by Ying Wang, Lanjie Li, Danni Chen, Jiaheng Shan, Meijuan Yi, Hiroyuki Osada, Minoru Yoshida, Lan Xiang, Jianhua Qi

“…Meanwhile, the AMPK/unc-51-like autophagy-activating kinase 1 (ULK1)/microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 beta (LC3B) and AMPK/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathways involved in anti-AD effects of GENI. …”
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CRISPR/Cas9-editing of PRNP in Alpine goats by Aurélie Allais-Bonnet, Christophe Richard, Marjolaine André, Valérie Gelin, Marie-Christine Deloche, Aurore Lamadon, Gwendoline Morin, Béatrice Mandon-Pépin, Eugénie Canon, Dominique Thépot, Johann Laubier, Katayoun Moazami-Goudarzi, Ludivine Laffont, Olivier Dubois, Thierry Fassier, Patrice Congar, Olivier Lasserre, Tiphaine Aguirre-Lavin, Jean-Luc Vilotte, Eric Pailhoux

“…Abstract Misfolding of the cellular PrP (PrPc) protein causes prion disease, leading to neurodegenerative disorders in numerous mammalian species, including goats. A lack of PrPc induces complete resistance to prion disease. …”
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Dissecting the role of single nucleotide polymorphism of lymphotoxin beta gene during pig domestication using bioinformatic and experimental approaches by R. B. Aitnazarov, E. V. Ignatieva, N. E. Bazarova, V. G. Levitsky, S. P. Knyazev, Y. Gon, N. S. Yudin

“…The rs340283541 SNP occurs in a DNA motif highly conservative among 11 mammalian species; thus, it may be of functional significance. …”
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Miramistin effect on BHK-21 and PSGK-30 cell line proliferation and FMD virus reproduction in these cells by M. I. Doronin, D. A. Lozovoy, V. V. Pronin, D. V. Mikhalishin, V. A. Starikov, A. V. Borisov, A. A. Shishkova

“…Since many types of mycoplasmas affect the genitourinary system organs, to assess the cytotoxicity of Miramistin kidney mammalian cells of various mammals can be used as test systems, in particular, the newborn Syrian hamster (VNK-21), Siberian mountain ibex (PSGK-30), and others. …”
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Effects of Dietary Fish Meal Replaced by Fish Steak Meal on Growth Performance, Antioxidant Capacity, Intestinal Health and Microflora, Inflammatory Response, and Protein Metabolis... by Dianguang Zhang, Yunzong Zheng, Xuexi Wang, Dejuan Wang, Hongjie Luo, Wenbo Zhu, Weini Zhang, Zhengbang Chen, Jianchun Shao

“…In addition, the results of protein expression levels showed that the phosphorylation level of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) and 4E-binding protein 1 (4E-BP1) in FSM75 and FSM100 groups were markedly reduced. …”
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Development and Characterization of Anti-Nitr9 Antibodies by Radhika N. Shah, Ivan Rodriguez-Nunez, Donna D. Eason, Robert N. Haire, Julien Y. Bertrand, Valērie Wittamer, David Traver, Shila K. Nordone, Gary W. Litman, Jeffrey A. Yoder

“…The novel immune-type receptors (NITRs), which have been described in numerous bony fish species, are encoded by multigene families of inhibitory and activating receptors and are predicted to be functional orthologs to the mammalian natural killer cell receptors (NKRs). Within the zebrafish NITR family, nitr9 is the only gene predicted to encode an activating receptor. …”
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Integrated metabolomics and proteomics analysis to provide insights into muscle atrophy of turbot Scophthalmus maximus by dietary Clostridium autoethanogenum protein by Shihui Pan, Nan Bai, Zezheng Qi, Chuwen Chen, Daisong Ma, Zhenlin Liang, Min Gu

“…Previous studies proved that high levels of dietary CAP retarded the muscle development in turbot through mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)/amino acid response (AAR)/adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) pathways. …”
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