Biophysical and Structural Studies on the Capsid Protein of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1: A New Drug Target? by José L. Neira

“…It is caused by a retrovirus, HIV, whose mature capsid (enclosing the RNA with other proteins) is formed by the assembly of several hundred copies of a protein, CA*. …”
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Osteoblast-Specific Overexpression of Nucleolar Protein NO66/RIOX1 in Mouse Embryos Leads to Osteoporosis in Adult Mice by Qin Chen, Krishna M. Sinha, Benoit de Crombrugghe, Ralf Krahe

“…In previous study, we showed that nucleolar protein 66 (NO66) is a chromatin modifier and negatively regulates Osterix activity as well as mesenchymal progenitor differentiation. …”
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Glucocorticoid-Induced TNFR-Related (GITR) Protein and Its Ligand in Antitumor Immunity: Functional Role and Therapeutic Modulation by Theresa Placke, Hans-Georg Kopp, Helmut Rainer Salih

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Isolation of PCSK9-specific nanobodies from synthetic libraries using a combined protein selection strategy by Apisitt Thaiprayoon, Yodpong Chantarasorn, Worrapoj Oonanant, Anongnard Kasorn, Phoomintara Longsompurana, Satita Tapaneeyakorn, Pinpunya Riangrungroj, Fabien Loison, Andrew C. Kruse, Matthew P. DeLisa, Dujduan Waraho-Zhmayev

“…We anticipate that our strategy will be a valuable addition to the protein engineering toolkit, allowing development of Nbs or virtually any other synthetic binding protein for a wide range of applications.…”
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An exploratory analysis of differences in serum protein expression by sex in patients with systemic sclerosis associated interstitial lung disease by Giuliana Cerro-Chiang, Matthew Ayres, Alejandro Rivas, Sarah J. Parker, Mitra Mastali, Peter Chen, Jennifer E. Van Eyk, Paul J. Wolters, Francesco Boin, Tanzira Zaman

“…We aimed to identify sex differences in serum protein expression between men and women with SSc-ILD. …”
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Association of serum high-sensitivity C reactive protein with risk of mortality in an Asian population: the Health Examinees cohort by Jong-Koo Lee, Daehee Kang, Sang-Ah Lee, Xiao-Ou Shu, Sung Ok Kwon, Hyerim Park

“…Objectives This study aimed to examine the association of high-sensitivity C reactive protein (hsCRP) with mortality risk and the attenuated effect of non-communicable disease history (NCDhistory) on the association.Design Prospective cohort study.Setting Health Examinees cohort.Participants A total of 41 070 men and 81 011 women aged ≥40 years were involved (follow-up: 6.8 years).Outcome measures Data and cause of death occurring until 31 December 2015 were confirmed by death statistics from the National Statistical Office. …”
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Molecular self-assembly strategy tuning a dry crosslinking protein patch for biocompatible and biodegradable haemostatic sealing by Lisha Yu, Zhaodi Liu, Yong Zheng, Zongrui Tong, Yihang Ding, Weilin Wang, Yuan Ding, Zhengwei Mao

“…In this study, a molecular self-assembly strategy is proposed, developing a biocompatible and biodegradable protein-based patch with excellent adhesion performance. …”
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Predicting phage-host interaction via hyperbolic Poincaré graph embedding and large-scale protein language technique by Jie Pan, Rui Wang, Wenjing Liu, Li Wang, Zhuhong You, Yuechao Li, Zhemeng Duan, Qinghua Huang, Jie Feng, Yanmei Sun, Shiwei Wang

“…Additionally, we employed the ESM-2 protein language model to capture evolutionary information from phage tail proteins and host-receptor-binding proteins. …”
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Seminal plasma protein profiles based on molecular weight as biomarkers of sperm fertility in horned and polled Bali bulls by Rasyidah Mappanganro, Herry Sonjaya, Sudirman Baco, Hasbi Hasbi, Sri Gustina

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In Vitro Analyses Reveal the Effect of Synthetic Cytokinin Forchlorfenuron (FCF) on a Septin-Like Protein of Taeniid Cysticerci by Diana G. Rios-Valencia, Edgar O. López-Villegas, Dylan Diaz Chiguer, Adrian Marquez Navarro, Ruben D. Díaz-Martín, Benjamin Nogueda-Torres, Javier R. Ambrosio

“…The aim of this work was to determine the presence of a septin-like protein in cysticerci of Taenia crassiceps and Taenia solium using the deduced amino acid sequence of T. solium septin 4 (SEPT4_Tsm), to design and synthesize a derived immunogenic peptide (residues 88 to 103), to prepare a specific rabbit polyclonal antibody, and to examine the effects of FCF at different concentrations and exposure times on an in vitro culture of T. crassiceps cysticerci. …”
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Perspective: Use of protein S100B as a quality assurance marker for endovascular therapy in acute ischemic stroke by Franziska Lieschke, Christian Foerch, Christian Foerch

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RING finger protein 5 is a key anti-FMDV host factor through inhibition of virion assembly. by Wei Zhang, Weiwei Li, Yang Yang, Weijun Cao, Wenhua Shao, Mengyao Huang, Jiali Wang, Zhitong Chen, Jiantao Cai, Hongyi Liu, Xiaoyi Zhao, Xingyan Dong, Tingting Zhou, Hong Tian, Zixiang Zhu, Fan Yang, Haixue Zheng

“…Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) are small, icosahedral viruses that cause serious clinical symptoms in livestock. The FMDV VP1 protein is a key structural component, facilitating virus entry. …”
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Main Variables Affecting a Chemical-Enzymatic Method to Obtain Protein and Amino Acids from Resistant Microalgae by J. A. Callejo-López, M. Ramírez, J. Bolívar, D. Cantero

“…Assays with optimized values reached maximum yields of 80.3% and 1.07% of protein (% of total protein) and FAN (% of total biomass), respectively, and a protein concentration in the extract of 15.2 mg·ml−1. …”
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Long-Term Outcomes of Osteochondral Allograft with Osteogenic Protein-1 Augmentation: A Twelve-Year Follow-Up by Eric Assid, Andrew Renshaw, Mawadah Samad, Richard Tupler, Deryk Jones

“…We present an innovative augmentation approach in OCA transplantation demonstrating excellent incorporation of an osteogenic protein-1 (OP-1) implant (Stryker, Kalamazoo, MI) to treat a large fresh osteoarticular allograft. …”
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Effects of <i>Lutjanus erythropterus</i> Protein on Depression-like Behavior and Gut Microbiota in Stressed Juvenile Mice by Jinjin Luo, Chen Wang, Weichang Ye, Ruiyang He, Ling Huang, Zhijia Fang, Qi Deng, Mei Qiu, Lijun Sun, Ravi Gooneratne

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The role of myocardial energy metabolism perturbations in diabetic cardiomyopathy: from the perspective of novel protein post-translational modifications by Dongze Li, Li Zhang, Qiming Gong, Huilan Deng, Changfang Luo, Tingting Zhou, Wei Huang, Yong Xu

“…In recent years, novel protein post-translational modifications (PTMs) such as lactylation, β-hydroxybutyrylation, and succinylation have been demonstrated to be intimately associated with the myocardial energy metabolism process, and in conjunction with acetylation, they participate in the regulation of protein activity and gene expression activity in cardiomyocytes. …”
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Human epididymis protein 4-annexin II binding promotes aberrant epithelial-fibroblast crosstalk in pulmonary fibrosis by Weishuai Zheng, Menglin Zou, Xingxing Hu, Han Gao, Weiwei Song, Qinhui Hou, Yuan Liu, Zhenshun Cheng

“…Here, we demonstrate that lungs from patients with IPF and from mice with bleomycin (BLM)-induced pulmonary fibrosis (PF) are characterized by the induction of human epididymis protein 4 (HE4) overexpression in epithelial cells. …”
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Construction of a 12-gene prognostic model for colorectal cancer based on heat shock protein-related genes by Qin Tong, Junchao Zhou

“…Some heat shock proteins (HSPs) have been shown to influence tumor prognosis, but their prognostic significance in colorectal cancer (CRC) remains unclear. …”
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Halloysite nanotubes as delivery mechanism for feather protein-based multi-surfactant systems in crude oil dispersion application by Yaw Kwakye Adofo, Emmanuel Nyankson, Benjamin Agyei-Tuffour, Selassie Gbogbo, Christian Amoako, Joseph Arko Morgan, Gloria Pokuaa Manu, Grace Karikari Arkorful

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Effect of Laminaria japonica Powder on Physicochemical Properties, Rheological Properties and Protein Structure of Silver Carp Surimi Gel by Fengchao ZHOU, Wenting JIANG, Han TIAN, Wei LUO, Xiaolan ZHANG, Jiazhen WANG, Jie LIANG, Leiwen XIANG, Shaoyun WANG, Xixi CAI, Qiming WU, Honglai LIN

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