Biogenic silver nanoparticles produced by Trichoderma reesei inhibit SARS-CoV-2 infection, reduce lung viral load and ameliorate acute pulmonary inflammation by Marcus V.M.V. Amaral, Cláudia B. Carraro, Amanda C.C. Antoniêto, Mariana N. Costa, Thais F.C. Fraga-Silva, Ualter G. Cipriano, Rodrigo P.F. Abuná, Tamara S. Rodrigues, Ronaldo B. Martins, Andreia M. Luzenti, Glaucia R. Caruso, Priscyla D. Marcato, Vania L.D. Bonato, Dario S. Zamboni, Bergman M. Ribeiro, Sônia N. Báo, Joao S. da Silva, Flávio P. Veras, Roberto N. Silva

“…In silico studies showed that AgNPs, ranging from 7 nm to 50 nm, have high affinity for spike protein from different variant of SARS-CoV-2. Our findings show that AgNPs effectively do not affect cell viability in Calu-3 cells, inhibit viral infection in Vero-E6 cells and progression of infection in vitro. …”
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Transcriptomic Profiling and Tumor Microenvironment Classification Reveal Unique and Dynamic Immune Biology in HIV-Associated Kaposi Sarcoma by Jihua Yang, Ayse Ece Cali Daylan, Aleksei Shevkoplias, Ekaterina Postovalova, Meng Wang, Andrey Tyshevich, Matthew Lee, Hiba Narvel, Ksenia Zornikova, Nara Shin, Nikita Kotlov, Luca Paoluzzi, Changcheng Zhu, Balazs Halmos, Xingxing Zang, Haiying Cheng

“…Notably, HIV-negative KS samples showed alterations in NK cell-mediated immunity and cytotoxic response pathways, whereas HIV-positive samples exhibited changes in growth regulation and protein kinase activity pathways at the time of initial diagnosis. …”
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Maternal exposure to deltamethrin during pregnancy and lactation impairs hippocampal learning and memory function of male offspring by ferroptosis by Shasha Huang, Wanqi Li, Dengke Wang, Huiwen Feng, Bo Wang, Xinyu Dong, Wei Zhao, Dan Liu, Yuan Wang

“…In order to further confirm the regulation mechanisms of DM, we detected ferrous ion, oxidative stress, ferroptosis related proteins, phospholipase C (PL-C)/inositol triphosphate 3 receptor (IP3R) signaling pathway, intracellular Ca2+ and calcineurin (CaN) content in vivo. …”
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Functional heterogeneity of mesenchymal stem cells and their therapeutic potential in the K18-hACE2 mouse model of SARS-CoV-2 infection by Kátia Nunes da Silva, Fernanda Martins Marim, Gisele Vieira Rocha, Zaquer Suzana Munhoz Costa-Ferro, Luciana Souza de Aragão França, Carolina Kymie Vasques Nonaka, Bruno Diaz Paredes, Erik Aranha Rossi, Erick Correia Loiola, Corynne Stephanie Ahouefa Adanho, Rachel Santana Cunha, Mayck Medeiros Amaral da Silva, Fernanda Ferreira Cruz, Vivian Vasconcelos Costa, Dalila Lucíola Zanette, Clarissa Araújo Gurgel Rocha, Renato Santana Aguiar, Patricia Rieken Macedo Rocco, Bruno Solano de Freitas Souza

“…Proteomic analysis revealed distinct protein profiles that correlate with the tissue origin of MSCs. …”
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Klebsiella pneumoniae induces dose-dependent shock, organ dysfunction, and coagulopathy in a nonhuman primate critical care model by Jeffrey R. Strich, Marcos J. Ramos-Benitez, Seth Warner, Heather Kendall, Sydney Stein, Andrew P. Platt, Sabrina C. Ramelli, Shelly J. Curran, Izabella Lach, Kiana Allen, Ashley Babyak, Luis J. Perez-Valencia, Mahnaz Minai, Junfeng Sun, Kevin M. Vannella, Derron Alves, Richard Herbert, Daniel S. Chertow

“…Neutrophil activation evidenced by increased CD11b expression, decreased CD62L expression, and increased circulating levels of myeloperoxidase, lactoferrin, and neutrophil extracellular traps; monocyte activation evidenced by increased circulating levels of interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, and monocyte chemotactic protein-1; and endothelial activation evidenced by increased circulating levels of syndecan-1 and angiopoietin-II were all consistent with human sepsis. …”
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Features of expression of immunohistochemical markers in local and generalized clear cell kidney cancer by E. M. Frantsiyants, A. N. Shevchenko, E. A. Dzhenkova, N. S. Karnaukhov, T. A. Gudtskova, A. A. Breus, E. V. Filatova, D. A. Shvyrev

“…In generalized kidney cancer, epithelial-mesenchymal transformation processes are more pronounced in comparison with local cancer (a significant increase in Vimentin expression by 28% and CD44 by 16.6% (P<0.05), a decrease in E‑cadherin expression by 24% (P<0.05), and activation of neoangiogenesis processes (a significant increase in VEGF expression by 32%, P<0.05). The P53 protein was absent in local kidney cancer cells and was extremely low when generalized – 3.8±0.7%. …”
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Genetic factors shaping the plasma lipidome and the relations to cardiometabolic risk in children and adolescentsResearch in context by Yun Huang, Sara Elizabeth Stinson, Malte Thodberg, Louise Aas Holm, Roman Thielemann, Karolina Sulek, Morten Asp Vonsild Lund, Cilius Esmann Fonvig, Min Kim, Kajetan Trost, Helene Bæk Juel, Trine Nielsen, Peter Rossing, Maja Thiele, Aleksander Krag, Cristina Legido-Quigley, Jens-Christian Holm, Torben Hansen

“…One-sample MR analysis identified positive causal associations between ceramides and liver enzymes, sphingomyelins and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), and phosphatidylethanolamines and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in children and adolescents. Two-sample MR using adult-based summary statistics showed consistent direction of associations and indicated additional causal links, specifically between ceramides and elevated HbA1c levels, and phosphatidylinositols with elevated liver enzymes. …”
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Clinical and molecular outcomes from the 5-Year natural history study of SSADH Deficiency, a model metabolic neurodevelopmental disorder by Itay Tokatly Latzer, Jean-Baptiste Roullet, Wardiya Afshar-Saber, Henry H. C. Lee, Mariarita Bertoldi, Gabrielle E. McGinty, Melissa L. DiBacco, Erland Arning, Melissa Tsuboyama, Alexander Rotenberg, Thomas Opladen, Kathrin Jeltsch, Àngels García-Cazorla, Natalia Juliá-Palacios, K. Michael Gibson, Mustafa Sahin, Phillip L. Pearl

“…While epilepsy and psychiatric behaviors increase in severity with age, communication abilities and motor function tend to improve. iPSCs, which were differentiated into GABAergic neurons, represent the first in vitro neuronal model of SSADHD and express the neuronal marker microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP2), as well as GABA. GABA-metabolism in induced GABAergic neurons could be reversed using CRISPR correction of the pathogenic variants or mRNA transfection and SSADHD iPSCs were associated with excessive glutamatergic activity and related synaptic excitation. …”
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One-step diagnosis of infection and lung cancer using metagenomic sequencing by Shaoqiang Li, Yangqing Zhan, Yan Wang, Weilong Li, Xidong Wang, Haoru Wang, Wenjun Sun, Xuefang Cao, Zhengtu Li, Feng Ye

“…These species exhibited significant correlations with C reaction protein (CRP) and CA153 values. Furthermore, Haemophilus influenzae was enriched in the early-stage SCC group and significantly associated with CRP values. …”
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Pomacea canaliculata hemocyanin as a novel natural immunostimulant in mammals by Ignacio Rafael Chiumiento, Ignacio Rafael Chiumiento, María Alejandra Tricerri, María Alejandra Tricerri, María Fernanda Cortéz, Santiago Ituarte, Santiago Ituarte, Julia Tau, Karina Valeria Mariño, Paola Lorena Smaldini, Horacio Heras, Horacio Heras, Marcos Sebastián Dreon, Marcos Sebastián Dreon

“…Additionally, we evaluated the structural stability of PcH across a wide range of temperature and pH values.Results and discussionOur findings demonstrate that PcH is a structurally stable protein that not only triggers a pro-inflammatory effect on THP-1 derived-macrophages by increasing IL1-β and TNF-α levels, but also promotes phenotypic changes associated with the monocyte-to-macrophage differentiation. …”
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Whole-genome analysis of a ST45-SCCmec IVa (2B)-t116 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain isolated from the sputum of a 5-year-old child with pneumonia by Lin Huang, Rui Guo, Jingxian Lin, Xiaowei Li, Zhicong Li, Limei Zhang, Wenting Li, Rui Xue, Cheng Zhang, Xiaosan Feng, Xiaobin Li, Xiaobin Li

“…Three kinds of virulence factors were detected on the chromosome of SA2107, including genes encoding toxins, exoenzyme, and immune-modulating protein. Notably, the three prophages harbored by the chromosome of SA2107 all carried virulence genes.ConclusionThus far, only three complete genomes available for ST45-SCCmec IVa (2B)-t116 strain from United States, Germany, and Australia, respectively. …”
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GDF15 induces immunosuppression via CD48 on regulatory T cells in hepatocellular carcinoma by Meng Li, Yuan Gao, Wei Zhang, Zhijun Tan, Kuo Zhang, Zhaowei Wang, Lei He, Weina Li, Chuanyang Xu, Jieyu Zhang, Desheng Wang, Kefeng Dou, Ran Zhuang, Boquan Jin, Qiang Hao, Wangqian Zhang, Shuning Wang, Jintao Gu, Lei Shang, Haichuan Su, Yingqi Zhang, Cun Zhang

“…GDF15 promotes the generation of peripherally derived inducible Treg (iTreg) cells and enhances the suppressive function of natural Treg (nTreg) cells by interacting with a previously unrecognized receptor CD48 on T cells and thus downregulates STUB1, an E3 ligase that mediates forkhead box P3 (FOXP3) protein degradation. GDF15 neutralizing antibody effectively eradicates HCC and augments the antitumor immunity in mouse.Conclusions Our results reveal the generation and function enhancement of Treg cells induced by GDF15 is a new mechanism for HCC-related immunosuppression. …”
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Targeted ErbB4 receptor activation prevents D-galactose-induced neuronal senescence via inhibiting ferroptosis pathway by Ji-Ji Dao, Ji-Ji Dao, Wei Zhang, Wei Zhang, Chong Liu, Chong Liu, Qian Li, Qian Li, Chen-Meng Qiao, Chen-Meng Qiao, Chun Cui, Chun Cui, Yan-Qin Shen, Yan-Qin Shen, Shuang-Xi Chen, Shuang-Xi Chen, Wei-Jiang Zhao, Wei-Jiang Zhao

“…Moreover, D-gal treatment markedly decreased the protein expression of the ferroptosis inhibitor Nrf2 while augmenting the expression of the ferroptosis promoter TFRC. …”
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Exosomal mir-126-3p derived from endothelial cells induces ion channel dysfunction by targeting RGS3 signaling in cardiomyocytes: a novel mechanism in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy by Xuehui Fan, Guoqiang Yang, Yinuo Wang, Haojie Shi, Katja Nitschke, Katherine Sattler, Mohammad Abumayyaleh, Lukas Cyganek, Philipp Nuhn, Thomas Worst, Bin Liao, Gergana Dobreva, Daniel Duerschmied, Xiaobo Zhou, Ibrahim El-Battrawy, Ibrahim Akin

“…Dual luciferase reporter assay coupled with gene mutation techniques identified that miR-126-3p was found to target the regulator of G-protein signaling 3 (RGS3) gene. Western blot and qPCR analyses confirmed that miR-126-3p-mimic reduced RGS3 expression in both HCMECs and hiPSC-CMs, indicating miR-126-3p inhibits RGS3 signaling. …”
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Significance of changes in levels of neutrophil extracellular traps during development of silicosis in mice by Lu HAN, Ruru CHEN, Yulu XIONG, Ziye GUO, Hailan HE, Xiaohui HAO, Heliang LIU, Lingli GUO

“…In comparison with the control group, the protein level of CitH3 was significantly increased in the lung tissues of mice in the 7 d model group (P<0.05). …”
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Inhibitory Effect of PRMT5/MTA Inhibitor on MTAP‐Deficient Glioma May Be Influenced by Surrounding Normal Cells by Yunjie Wang, Xiaohui Sun, Runchen Ma, Xiaofan Zhang, Shengmin Ji, Zhaofeng Liu, Gangqiang Yang, Hongbo Wang, Peng Zhang, Jianzhao Zhang, Jingwei Tian

“…ABSTRACT Background Methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP) and protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) are considered to be a synthetic lethal pair of targets, due to the fact that deletion of MTAP leads to massive production of methylthioadenosine (MTA) decreasing the activity of PRMT5. …”
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Long-term disease control in dedifferentiated liposarcoma: a case report on trabectedin priming followed by PD-1 inhibition by Johannes M. Waldschmidt, Johannes M. Waldschmidt, Lukas Haug, Lukas Haug, Christine Riedhammer, Christine Riedhammer, Christoph K. W. Deinzer, Marcus Zimmermann, Marcus Zimmermann, Anke Heidemeier, Anke Heidemeier, Peter Raab, Peter Raab, Maximilian Rudert, Maximilian Rudert, Anne Hendricks, Anne Hendricks, Johan F. Lock, Johan F. Lock, Viktoria Buck, Viktoria Buck, Andreas Rosenwald, Andreas Rosenwald, Hermann Einsele, Hermann Einsele, Peter Reichardt, Volker Kunzmann, Volker Kunzmann, Armin Wiegering, Armin Wiegering, Daniel Pink, Daniel Pink, K. Martin Kortüm, K. Martin Kortüm

“…Correlative molecular analyses revealed a sustained DNA damage repair machinery and downregulation of PD-1 protein expression in post-treatment tumor samples.ConclusionThis report provides exemplary insight on the feasibility and efficacy of sequential pre-treatment with trabectedin as a priming strategy for PD-1 inhibition in advanced DDLPS. …”
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Detection of viral antigen and inflammatory mediators in fatal pediatric dengue: a study on lung immunopathogenesis by Leandro Junqueira Moragas, Laíza Vianna Arruda, Laíza Vianna Arruda, Lucca de Lima Siqueira Oliveira, Felipe de Andrade Vieira Alves, Felipe de Andrade Vieira Alves, Natália Gedeão Salomão, Natália Gedeão Salomão, Jemima Fuentes Ribeiro da Silva, Carlos Alberto Basílio-de-Oliveira, Rodrigo Panno Basílio-de-Oliveira, Ronaldo Mohana-Borges, Caio Gonçalves Azevedo, Gabriela Xavier de Oliveira, Jorge José de Carvalho, Fernando Colonna Rosman, Fernando Colonna Rosman, Marciano Viana Paes, Kíssila Rabelo, Kíssila Rabelo

“…While the characterization of the inflammatory response and cellular expression was done by marking the viral protein, macrophages, lymphocytes and pro-inflammatory cytokines.Results and discussionThe results confirm that vascular dysfunctions such as hemorrhage, vascular congestion and edema associated with a mononuclear infiltrate were observed in all three cases. …”
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High risk of asthma among early teens is associated with quantitative differences in mite and cat allergen specific IgE and IgG4: a modified Th2 related antibody response revisited... by Thomas A. Platts-Mills, Behnam Keshavarz, Jeffrey M. Wilson, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Samuel M. Ailsworth, Joanne E. Sordillo, Lisa Workman, Martin Chapman, Jonas Lidholm, Emily Oken, Diane R. Gold

“…Summary: Background: Although proteins derived from cats are an important contributor to indoor allergen exposure in relation to asthma, it has been known for at least twenty years that some children who live in a house with a cat can become clinically tolerant to these animals. …”
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Effect of the gut core microbiota Cetobacterium on the growth, physiology, and nutritional metabolism of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) by Miao Wang, Chenglin Tang, Ziyue Zhang, Zijian Fan, Lijin Jiang, Zhigang Liu, Jianmeng Cao, Zhang Wang, Maixin Lu, Mengmeng Yi, Xiaoli Ke

“…Metabolomics analysis revealed enhanced protein and amino acid metabolism in the serum of tilapia with NK01 supplementation feeding group. …”
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