Mesenchymal Stem Cells Ameliorate Hepatic Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury via Inhibition of Neutrophil Recruitment by Shihui Li, Xu Zheng, Hui Li, Jun Zheng, Xiaolong Chen, Wei Liu, Yan Tai, Yingcai Zhang, Genshu Wang, Yang Yang

“…Treatment with MSCs protected rat against hepatic IRI, with significantly decreased serum levels of liver enzymes, attenuated hepatic neutrophil infiltration, reduced expression of apoptosis-associated proteins, and ameliorated liver pathological injury. …”
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Biosynthesis of Crystalline Silver and Gold Nanoparticles by Extremophilic Yeasts by Ana Mourato, Mário Gadanho, Ana R. Lino, Rogério Tenreiro

“…The supernatant-based strategy provided evidence that proteins were released to the medium by the yeasts, which could be responsible for the formation and stabilisation of the Ag NPs, although the involvement of the cell wall seems fundamental for AuNPs synthesis.…”
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Matrix Metalloproteinases: Inflammatory Regulators of Cell Behaviors in Vascular Formation and Remodeling by Qishan Chen, Min Jin, Feng Yang, Jianhua Zhu, Qingzhong Xiao, Li Zhang

“…Once activated, MMPs degrade ECM proteins or other related signal molecules to promote recruitment of stem/progenitor cells and facilitate migration and invasion of ECs and VSMCs. …”
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Immunological Consequences of Antihelminthic Treatment in Preschool Children Exposed to Urogenital Schistosome Infection by Nadine Rujeni, Norman Nausch, Nicholas Midzi, Graeme J. Cowan, Richard Burchmore, David R. Cavanagh, David W. Taylor, Takafira Mduluza, Francisca Mutapi

“…The change in serological recognition of schistosome proteins was also investigated. Treatment augmented antischistosome IgM and IgE responses. …”
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Olive oil ameliorates allergic response in murine ovalbumin-induced food allergy by promoting intestinal mucosal immunity by Yu Ma, Ming Liu, Donghui Li, Jie Li, Zixin Guo, Yunjun Liu, Shengnan Wan, Yixiang Liu

“…In addition, analysis of intestinal mucosal immune-related factors revealed that the olive oil promoted the expression of intestinal tight junction proteins (Claudin-1, Occludin, and ZO-1) and IL-22, and helped maintain the integrity of the intestinal epithelial physical barrier. …”
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Inhibins Tune the Thymocyte Selection Process by Regulating Thymic Stromal Cell Differentiation by Ebzadrel Carbajal-Franco, Marisol de la Fuente-Granada, Germán R. Alemán-Muench, Eduardo A. García-Zepeda, Gloria Soldevila

“…As Inhibins are mainly produced by thymic stromal cells, which also express Activin receptors and Smad proteins, we hypothesized that Inhibins might play a role in stromal cell differentiation and function. …”
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A bispecific antibody-drug conjugate targeting pCAD and CDH17 has antitumor activity and improved tumor-specificity by Alyssa Synan, Nila C. Wu, Roberto Velazquez, Thomas Gesner, Claude Logel, Kathrin Mueller, Andrew Green, Patrizia Barzaghi-Rinaudo, Quincey Simmons, Samuele Mercan, Xingyi Shi, Xun Li, Vivek Sagar, Joshua Korn, Margaret McLaughlin, William R. Tschantz, Dominik Hainzl, Anthony Malamas, Thomas Huber, Regis Cebe, Kathleen T. Xie, Joseph A. D’Alessio

“…P-cadherin (pCAD) and LI-cadherin (CDH17) are cell-surface proteins belonging to the cadherin superfamily that are both highly expressed in colorectal cancer. …”
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Comparative Analysis of the Glutathione S-Transferase Gene Family of Four Triticeae Species and Transcriptome Analysis of GST Genes in Common Wheat Responding to Salt Stress by Yongchao Hao, Shoushen Xu, Zhongfan lyu, Hongwei Wang, Lingrang Kong, Silong Sun

“…Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) are ancient proteins encoded by a large gene family in plants, which play multiple roles in plant growth and development. …”
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Massively Parallel Screening of Toll/Interleukin‐1 Receptor (TIR)‐Derived Peptides Reveals Multiple Toll‐Like Receptors (TLRs)‐Targeting Immunomodulatory Peptides by Yun Lim, Tae Kyeom Kang, Meong Il Kim, Dohyeon Kim, Ji Yul Kim, Sang Hoon Jung, Keunwan Park, Wook‐Bin Lee, Moon‐Hyeong Seo

“…A large peptide library is constructed, named TIR surfacesome, by tiling surface sequences of the large TIR domain family and screening against MALTIR and MyD88TIR, TIRs of two major TLR adaptor proteins, resulting in the discovery of hundreds of TIR‐binding peptides. …”
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Synthesis and pharmacological properties of novel guanidine derivatives of quinazoline-2,4(1H,3H)-dione by Alexander A. Ozerov, Daria V. Merezhkina, Natalia A. Gurova, Lyudmila V. Naumenko, Denis A. Babkov, Victor S. Sirotenko, Roman A. Litvinov, Alena S. Taran, Nadezhda V. Stepanova, Umida M. Ibragimova, Alexander A. Spasov, Vadim A. Kosolapov

“…Compound 11 significantly inhibits pro-inflammatory activation of murine macrophages (IC50 15.64 μM) and effectively suppresses the formation of glycated proteins (38.1±2.6% in C 1 mM). Conclusion: The investigated compounds represent a promising scaffold for development of agents for the treatment of cardiovascular pathologies, glaucoma, excessive inflammation, and late diabetic complications including retina diabetics and thrombosis.…”
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De Novo Transcriptome Assembly and Differential Gene Expression Profiling of Three Capra hircus Skin Types during Anagen of the Hair Growth Cycle by Teng Xu, Xudong Guo, Hui Wang, Xiaoyuan Du, Xiaoyu Gao, Dongjun Liu

“…Searching public databases revealed that about 45% of the total contigs can be annotated as known proteins, indicating that some of the assembled contigs may have previously uncharacterized functions. …”
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Mitochondrial diseases: from molecular mechanisms to therapeutic advances by Haipeng Wen, Hui Deng, Bingyan Li, Junyu Chen, Junye Zhu, Xian Zhang, Shigeo Yoshida, Yedi Zhou

“…Mitochondrial genetic disorders can arise from a wide range of mutations in either mitochondrial or nuclear DNA, which encode mitochondrial proteins or other contents. These genetic defects can lead to a breakdown of mitochondrial function and metabolism, such as the collapse of oxidative phosphorylation, one of the mitochondria’s most critical functions. …”
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Desmosomal Component Expression in Normal, Dysplastic, and Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Nagamani Narayana, Julie Gist, Tyler Smith, Daniel Tylka, Gavin Trogdon, James K. Wahl

“…Our data showed that oral SCC tissue samples showed decreased immunoreactivity of both desmoplakin and plakophilin-1 proteins compared to normal oral epithelium. Furthermore, significant decrease in desmoplakin immunoreactivity was observed in dysplastic tissue compared to normal oral epithelium. …”
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Gamma delta T cells in acute myeloid leukemia: biology and emerging therapeutic strategies by Venkata Lokesh Battula, Abhishek Maiti, Adishwar Rao, Akriti Agrawal, Gautam Borthakur

“…AML shows high expression of phosphoantigens and UL-16 binding proteins that activate the Vδ2 and Vδ1 subtypes of γδ T cells, respectively, leading to γδ T cell-mediated cytotoxicity. …”
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Staphylococcal SSL5 Binding to Human Leukemia Cells Inhibits Cell Adhesion to Endothelial Cells and Platelets by Annemiek M. E. Walenkamp, Jovanka Bestebroer, Ingrid G. J. Boer, Roeline Kruizinga, Henk M. Verheul, Jos A. G. van Strijp, Carla J. C. de Haas

“…Bacterial proteins provide promising tools for novel anticancer therapies. …”
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Untargeted metabolomic and proteomic analysis implicates SIRT2 as a novel therapeutic target for diabetic nephropathy by Ruijing Zhang, Runze Chang, Heng Wang, Jinshan Chen, Chuanlong Lu, Keyi Fan, Yuhang Zhang, Lizheng Li, Sheng Yan, Honglin Dong

“…Correlation analysis of major differentially abundant metabolites and differentially expressed proteins revealed that SIRT2 might be a key hub linking energy metabolism and innate immune responses. …”
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D-2-hydroxyglutarate impairs DNA repair through epigenetic reprogramming by Fengchao Lang, Karambir Kaur, Haiqing Fu, Javeria Zaheer, Diego Luis Ribeiro, Mirit I. Aladjem, Chunzhang Yang

“…CTCF depletion leads to the disruption of chromatin organization around the DNA damage sites, which abolishes the recruitment of essential DNA damage repair proteins BRCA2 and RAD51, as well as impairs homologous repair in the IDH mutant cancer cells. …”
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Effect of Blanching Techniques and Treatments on Nutritional Quality of Dried Mango Slices During Storage by Gulzar Asad, Ahmed Mahmood, Qadir Muhammad Abdul, Shafiq Muhammad Imtiaz, Ali Sakhawat, Ahmad Ijaz, Mukhtar Muhammad Farooq

“…The studied parameters included physical characteristics such as water activity, non-enzymatic browning, and color values, chemical parameters such as moisture, ash, fiber, acidity and content of proteins, sugars, vitamin C, total carotenoids, and sensory attributes such as appearance, flavor and texture. …”
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Anthelmintic Activity of Basil Leaves (Ocimum sanctum Linn.) Infusion Against Ascaris suum In Vitro by Ogen Sea, Mas'ud Hariadi, Setiawan Koesdarto, Kusnoto Kusnoto, Ngakan Made Rai Widjaja

“…Tannins and phenolics are known to interfere with the energy generation in helminth parasites by uncoupling oxidative phosphorylation and also bind to free proteins in the gastrointestinal tract of host animal or glycoprotein on the cuticle of the parasite and leading to death. …”
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Lower FOXP3 mRNA Expression in First-Trimester Decidual Tissue from Uncomplicated Term Pregnancies with a Male Fetus by Tom E. C. Kieffer, Anne Laskewitz, Marijke M. Faas, Sicco A. Scherjon, Jan Jaap H. M. Erwich, Sanne J. Gordijn, Jelmer R. Prins

“…A possible pathway could be a fetal sex-dependent maternal immune response, since males have a Y chromosome encoding specific allogenic proteins, possibly contributing to a different response and higher complication risks. …”
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