FAM134B-mediated endoplasmic reticulum autophagy protects against cisplatin-induced spiral ganglion neuron damage by Fan Wang, Yue Xu, Yajie Wang, Qian Liu, Yanan Li, Weiwei Zhang, Huiming Nong, Junhong Zhang, Hao Zhao, Huaqian Yang, Lingchuan Guo, Jianfeng Li, Jianfeng Li, Hong Li, Qianqian Yang

“…The present study was designed to determine whether FAM134B is expressed in SGNs of C57BL/6 mice and, if so, to explore the potential function of FAM134B in Cis-induced SGN damage in vitro.MethodsMiddle turns of neonatal murine cochleae were cultured and treated with 30 μM Cis in vitro. …”
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PCSK9 affects vascular senescence through the SIRT1 pathway by Yuqin Wang, Shaoqing Cao, Zhangyu Wang, Chengsi Li, Jiangping Ye, Yehong Liu, Tianhui Jin, Yuting Zhou, Wentao Su, Gangjun Zong

“…The senescent state of mice was delayed under PCSK9 inhibitor treatment, and the expression of P16, P21, and P53 proteins in senescent cells was increased because LPS induction stimulated PCSK9 activation. …”
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mRNA-LNP vaccines combined with tPA signal sequence elicit strong protective immunity against Klebsiella pneumoniae by Ting Huang, Siyou Che, Zheng Lv, Danrui Hao, Runyu Wang, Qinxuan Yi, Ling Mei, Yang Yuan, Hang Zou, Yidong Guo, Xinrong Wang, Yiwen Chu, Kelei Zhao

“…Adaptive immunity was determined in mRNA vaccines-immunized mice and the protective effects of mRNA vaccines were evaluated in K. pneumoniae infected models. …”
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Absence of MCJ/DnaJC15 promotes brown adipose tissue thermogenesis by Beatriz Cicuéndez, Alfonso Mora, Juan Antonio López, Andrea Curtabbi, Javier Pérez-García, Begoña Porteiro, Daniel Jimenez-Blasco, Pedro Latorre-Muro, Paula Vo, Madison Jerome, Beatriz Gómez-Santos, Rafael Romero-Becerra, Magdalena Leiva, Elena Rodríguez, Marta León, Luis Leiva-Vega, Noemi Gómez-Lado, Jorge L. Torres, Lourdes Hernández-Cosido, Pablo Aguiar, Miguel Marcos, Martin Jastroch, Andreas Daiber, Patricia Aspichueta, Juan Pedro Bolaños, Jessica B. Spinelli, Pere Puigserver, José Antonio Enriquez, Jesús Vázquez, Cintia Folgueira, Guadalupe Sabio

“…Here we show how MCJ expression decreases during obesity, as evident in human and mouse adipose tissue samples. MCJKO mice, even without UCP1, a fundamental thermogenic protein, exhibit elevated BAT thermogenesis. …”
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15-Deoxy-γ12,14-prostaglandin J2 Reduces Liver Impairment in a Model of ConA-Induced Acute Hepatic Inflammation by Activation of PPARγ and Reduction in NF-κB Activity by Kan Chen, Jingjing Li, Junshan Wang, Yujing Xia, Weiqi Dai, Fan Wang, Miao Shen, Ping Cheng, Yan Zhang, Chengfen Wang, Jing Yang, Rong Zhu, Huawei Zhang, Yuanyuan Zheng, Jie Lu, Zhuoyi Fan, Yingqun Zhou, Chuanyong Guo

“…In this study, we investigated both effects of 15d-PGJ2 and its protection mechanism in concanavalin A- (ConA-) induced autoimmune hepatitis in mice. Materials and Methods. In vivo, Balb/C mice were injected with ConA (25 mg/kg) to induce acute autoimmune hepatitis, and 15d-PGJ2 (10 μg or 25 μg) was administered 1 h before the ConA injection. …”
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Chemical Composition of Mexicali Propolis and Its Effect on Gastric Repair in an Indomethacin-Induced Gastric Injury Murine Model by Pilar Dominguez-Verano, Nadia Jacobo-Herrera, Andrés Castell-Rodríguez, Octavio Canales-Alvarez, Maria Margarita Canales-Martinez, Marco Aurelio Rodriguez-Monroy

“…Gastric injury was induced in male C57BL/6 mice by intragastric administration of indomethacin (10 mg/kg). …”
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Transdermal delivery of PeptiCRAd cancer vaccine using microneedle patches by Carmine D'Amico, Manlio Fusciello, Firas Hamdan, Federica D'Alessio, Paolo Bottega, Milda Saklauskaite, Salvatore Russo, Justin Cerioni, Khalil Elbadri, Marianna Kemell, Jouni Hirvonen, Vincenzo Cerullo, Hélder A. Santos

“…The findings indicated that MN-delivered PeptiCRAd was effective in peptide presentation in vivo, leading to complete tumor rejection when mice were pre-vaccinated. A rise in the cDC1 population in the lymph nodes of the MN treated mice led to an increase in the effector memory T cells in the body. …”
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Fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 mutation promotes HSPB6-mediated cuproptosis in hypochondroplasia by impairing chondrocyte autophagy by Jing Chen, Dan He, Chengrun Yuan, Na Li, Baohong Shi, Conway Niu, Jiangfei Yang, Liangkai Zheng, Lin Che, Ren Xu

“…Results: We observed that Fgfr3 (V376D) mutant mice exhibit a bone-specific phenotype, with symmetrically short limb bones, partially resembling the dwarfism phenotype of patients with HCH. …”
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MicroRNA-132, Delivered by Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes, Promote Angiogenesis in Myocardial Infarction by Teng Ma, Yueqiu Chen, Yihuan Chen, Qingyou Meng, Jiacheng Sun, Lianbo Shao, Yunsheng Yu, Haoyue Huang, Yanqiu Hu, Ziying Yang, Junjie Yang, Zhenya Shen

“…Moreover, subcutaneous injection of HUVECs pretreated with miR-132 exosomes in nude mice significantly increased their angiogenesis capacity in vivo. …”
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Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms of Incomptine A in Treating Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Associated with U-937 Cells: Bioinformatics Approaches, Part I by Fernando Calzada, Normand García-Hernández, Elihú Bautista, José Manuel Sánchez-López, Miguel Valdes, Claudia Velázquez, Elizabeth Barbosa

“…<b>Objectives</b>: In this research, we reviewed the altered levels of proteins present in the lymph nodes of male Balb/c mice inoculated with U-937 cells and treated with <b>IA</b> or methotrexate, as well as mice only inoculated with cancer cells. …”
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Essential Roles of PKA, iNOS, CD95/CD95L, and Terminal Caspases in Suppression of Eosinopoiesis by PGE2 and Other cAMP-Elevating Agents by Bianca de Luca, Pedro Xavier-Elsas, Mônica Barradas, Ricardo A. Luz, Túlio Queto, Carla Jones, Maria Augusta Arruda, Thiago Mattar Cunha, Fernando Queiroz Cunha, Maria Ignez Gaspar-Elsas

“…Up- and downregulation of eosinopoiesis control pulmonary eosinophilia in human asthma. In mice, eosinopoiesis is suppressed in vitro by prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and in vivo by diethylcarbamazine, through a proapoptotic mechanism sequentially requiring inducible NO synthase (iNOS) and the ligand for death receptor CD95 (CD95L). …”
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An atlas of neuropathic pain-associated molecular pathological characteristics in the mouse spinal cord by Fu-Lu Dong, Lina Yu, Pei-Da Feng, Jin-Xuan Ren, Xue-Hui Bai, Jia-Qi Lin, De-Li Cao, Yu-Tao Deng, Yan Zhang, Hui-Hui Shen, Hao Gong, Wen-Xing Sun, Dong-Qiu Chi, Yixiao Mei, Longfei Ma, Ming-Zhe Yin, Meng-Na Li, Peng-Fei Zhang, Nan Hu, Bing-Lin Zhou, Ying Liu, Xuan-Jie Zheng, Yi-Fan Chen, Da Zhong, Yuan-Xiang Tao, Min Yan, Bao-Chun Jiang

“…We here integrate spatial transcriptomics (ST) with single-nucleus RNA-sequencing (snRNA-seq) and bulk RNA-sequencing (bulk RNA-seq) to characterize regional pathological heterogeneity of the SC under NP conditions. First, the SC of NP mice manifests unique spatial atlases of genes, cell populations, cell-cell cross-talks, signaling pathways, and transcriptional regulatory networks compared to sham mice. …”
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Lead-induced actin polymerization aggravates neutrophil extracellular trap formation and contributes to vascular inflammation by Qiying Nong, Yanjun Wu, Suhui Liu, Yinyin Tang, Jiayun Wu, Hongmei Huang, Jiaying Hong, Yiru Qin, Ruimei Xu, Wenxia Zhao, Baowei Chen, Zhenlie Huang, Ligang Hu, Na Zhao, Yongshun Huang

“…Furthermore, their impact on Pb-induced vascular inflammation and other cardiovascular injuries was studied in mice. Our findings indicate, for the first time, that Pb binds to β-actin in neutrophils, influencing NET formation. …”
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Shenshuaikang enema restores the intestinal barrier and microbiota-gut-kidney axis balance to alleviate chronic kidney disease via NF-κB pathway by Yan Ye, Yan Ye, Xiaopeng Huang, Xiaopeng Huang, Xiaopeng Huang, Xueying Li, Xueying Li, Fei Gao, Wenzhen Zhong, Anqi Tang, Anqi Tang, Liangbin Zhao, Dengpiao Xie, Naijing Ye, Naijing Ye

“…NF-κB-RE-Luc transgenic mice were used to construct a CKD mouse model, and changes in fluorescence intensity in mice and isolated kidney tissues were detected within 1–6 days using a small animal live imager. …”
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Development of a TCR-like antibody and chimeric antigen receptor against NY-ESO-1/HLA-A2 for cancer immunotherapy by Xin Liu, Yang Du, Ningyan Zhang, Zhiqiang An, Wei Xiong, Yixiang Xu, Bingnan Yin, Yuqian Huang, Junjun Chu, Changsheng Xing, Chen Qian, Tianhao Duan, Helen Y Wang, John S. Yu, Rongfu Wang

“…In vivo antitumor activity was investigated in a triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) model and primary melanoma tumor model in immunocompromised mice.Results Monoclonal antibody 2D2 identified from phage-displayed library specifically bound to NY-ESO-1157-165 in the context of human leukocyte antigen HLA-A*02:01 but not to non-A2 or NY-ESO-1 negative cells. …”
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The SIRT5-JIP4 interaction promotes osteoclastogenesis by modulating RANKL-induced signaling transduction by Kecheng Zhu, Chunxiang Sheng, Linlin Zhang, Yuying Yang, Xiaojing Chen, Tao Jiang, Jiaxi Song, Deng Zhang, Xiao Wang, Hongyan Zhao, Lihao Sun, Libin Zhou, Bei Tao, Jianmin Liu

“…The RANKL-induced signaling activation was suppressed in SIRT5-deficient osteoclasts but enhanced by SIRT5 overexpression. Mice with global or conditional monocytic lineage knockout of SIRT5 had increased bone mass and reduced osteoclast numbers. …”
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Sleep Promotion by 3-Hydroxy-4-Iminobutyric Acid in Walnut Diaphragma juglandis Fructus by Jian Ji, Yongli Ye, Lina Sheng, Jiadi Sun, Qianqian Hong, Chang Liu, Jun Ding, Shuxiang Geng, Deping Xu, Yinzhi Zhang, Xiulan Sun

“…Therefore, we introduce a novel natural product, HIBA, and explicate the modulation of sleep promotion in mice based on the microbiota–gut–brain axis. This study contributes fresh insights toward natural product-based sleep research.…”
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Tasquinimod suppresses tumor cell growth and bone resorption by targeting immunosuppressive myeloid cells and inhibiting c-MYC expression in multiple myeloma by Marie Törngren, Rong Fan, Eline Menu, Helena Eriksson, Karin Vanderkerken, Andrew Chantry, Hatice Satilmis, Niels Vandewalle, Emma Verheye, Philip Vlummens, Anke Maes, Catharina Muylaert, Elke De Bruyne, Holly Evans, Nathan De Beule, Dirk Hose, Ken Maes, Karine Breckpot, Kim De Veirman

“…Notably, short-term tasquinimod therapy of 5TMM mice significantly increased the total CD11b+ cells and shifted this population toward a more immunostimulatory state, which resulted in less myeloid-mediated immunosuppression and increased T cell activation ex vivo. …”
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Purpurin suppresses Salmonella invasion of host cells by reducing the secretion of T3SS-1 effector proteins by Zhenxu Shi, Zhimin Guo, Siqi Li, Chenxiao Jiang, Jianfeng Wang, Xuming Deng, Hongtao Liu, Jiazhang Qiu

“…The results from animal experiments indicated that PPR exhibited significant efficacy in a mouse enteritis model caused by ST infection, increasing the survival rate of mice infected with a lethal dose by 50%, reducing spleen colonization in infected mice, and alleviating tissue damage resulting from ST infection. …”
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Treatment of pancreatic cancer with irreversible electroporation and intratumoral CD40 antibody stimulates systemic immune responses that inhibit liver metastasis in an orthotopic... by Partha Ray, Tomoko Hayashi, Karen Messer, Stephen Schoenberger, Aaron Miller, Dennis Carson, Sara McArdle, Zbigniew Mikulski, Jayanth S Shankara Narayanan, Suna Erdem, Herve Tiriac, Minya Pu, Rebekah R White

“…Orthotopic tumors were established in the pancreatic tail of B6/129 F1J mice via laparotomy. Mice were randomized to treatment with either sham laparotomy, IRE alone, CD40Ab alone, or IRE followed immediately by CD40Ab injection. …”
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