Viral and Nonviral Engineering of Natural Killer Cells as Emerging Adoptive Cancer Immunotherapies by Sandro Matosevic

“…However, NK cells are notoriously adverse to endogenous gene uptake, resulting in low gene uptake and transgene expression with many vector systems. Though viral vectors have achieved the highest gene transfer efficiencies with NK cells, nonviral vectors and gene transfer approaches—electroporation, lipofection, nanoparticles, and trogocytosis—are emerging. …”
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Grape breeding is a key link in the development of the grapes and wine-making industry by E. A. Egorov

“…The necessity of accelerating breeding processes is actualized, modern methods are identified, including those of generative and genomic selection, transgenic technologies, cellular, mutational, and clone selection, and priority areas in breeding are presented. …”
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Essential and recurrent roles for hairpin RNAs in silencing de novo sex chromosome conflict in Drosophila simulans. by Jeffrey Vedanayagam, Marion Herbette, Holly Mudgett, Ching-Jung Lin, Chun-Ming Lai, Caitlin McDonough-Goldstein, Stephen Dorus, Benjamin Loppin, Colin Meiklejohn, Raphaëlle Dubruille, Eric C Lai

“…Finally, using tagged transgenes of Dox and PDox2, we provide the first experimental evidence Dox family genes encode proteins that are strongly derepressed in cognate hpRNA mutants. …”
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Rice glycosyltransferase OsDUGT1 is involved in heat stress tolerance by glycosylating flavonoids and regulating flavonoid metabolism by Guang-rui Dong, Shu-man Zhao, Yi Ding, Yu-qing Ma, Xing-mei Ma, Chong-lin Liu, Bing-kai Hou

“…In addition to rice, heat stress tolerance was also improved by ectopic expression of OsDUGT1 in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana plants. We observed that ROS scavenging ability, malondialdehyde accumulation, and the ion leakage are relevant to the expression level of OsDUGT1. …”
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Critical considerations and computational tools in plant genome editing by Dipnarayan Saha, Alok Kumar Panda, Subhojit Datta

“…The current regulatory exemptions for certain categories of genome edited products, such as those derived from SDN-1 and SDN-2, which are free of any transgene, have significantly accelerated genome editing research in a number of agricultural crop plants in different countries. …”
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Manipulations with early mouse embryos for generation of genetically modified animals by A. N. Korablev, I. A. Serova, B. V. Skryabin

“…Until last time, the CRISPR/Cas9 system noticeably simplified the preparation of knockout or transgenic mice. CRISPR/Cas9 technology was successfully applied for gene knockout and knock-in, generation of large deletions or directed insertions in targeted genome regions in embryonic stem cells (ESCs).When injected into blastocysts, such  modified ESCs are able to generate chimeras producing gametes with an identical genotype with ESC. …”
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Physicochemical and Biological Indicators of Soils in an Organic Farming System by Beybit Nasiyev, Tursunay Vassilina, Ainur Zhylkybay, Vladimir Shibaikin, Akmarzhan Salykova

“…., the widespread use of biological preparations, a high proportion of legumes (sources of nitrogen), and avoiding chemical plant protection products, transgenic plants, and genetically modified organisms (GMOs). …”
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Autoregulation of the glial gene reversed polarity in Drosophila by Jamie L. Wood, Saroj Nepal, Bradley W. Jones

“…In this paper we further explore the ability of repo to activate reporter constructs in transgenic embryos and in cultured S2 cells. We provide further evidence that Repo protein acts as a transcription factor on its own regulatory DNA sequence. …”
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Plant genome modification: from induced mutagenesis to genome editing by A. B. Shcherban

“…The main drawback of this approach was that an introduced transgene might uncontrollably affect the other genes of a recipient plant, which led to the limitations imposed on transgenesis application in many countries. …”
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Gingipains protect Porphyromonas gingivalis from macrophage-mediated phagocytic clearance. by Magdalena Widziolek, Anna Mieszkowska, Magdalena Marcinkowska, Bartlomiej Salamaga, Justyna Folkert, Krzysztof Rakus, Magdalena Chadzinska, Jan Potempa, Graham P Stafford, Tomasz K Prajsnar, Craig Murdoch

“…Pg produce aggressive proteolytic virulence factors termed gingipains which not only provide nutrients necessary for bacterial growth, but also subvert the host immune response, facilitating bacterial survival. Using transgenic zebrafish with fluorescently labelled macrophages and neutrophils, the role of gingipains in bacterial survival and interaction with phagocytes during systemic and local infection was examined. …”
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Anisotropic hydrogel microelectrodes for intraspinal neural recordings in vivo by Sizhe Huang, Ruobai Xiao, Shaoting Lin, Zuer Wu, Chen Lin, Geunho Jang, Eunji Hong, Shovit Gupta, Fake Lu, Bo Chen, Xinyue Liu, Atharva Sahasrabudhe, Zicong Zhang, Zhigang He, Alfred J. Crosby, Kaushal Sumaria, Tingyi Liu, Qianbin Wang, Siyuan Rao

“…We fabricate fiber-shaped hydrogels into bioelectronic devices and implant them into wild-type and transgenic Thy1::ChR2-EYFP mice to record electromyographic signals from muscles in anesthetized and freely moving conditions. …”
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Vector‐Free Deep Tissue Targeting of DNA/RNA Therapeutics via Single Capacitive Discharge Conductivity‐Clamped Gene Electrotransfer by Jeremy L. Pinyon, Georg vonJonquieres, Stephen L. Mow, Amr Al Abed, Keng‐Yin Lai, Mathumathi Manoharan, Edward N. Crawford, Stanley H. Xue, Sarah Smith‐Moore, Lisa J. Caproni, Sarah Milsom, Matthias Klugmann, Nigel H. Lovell, Gary D. Housley

“…Abstract Viral vector and lipid nanoparticle based gene delivery have limitations around spatiotemporal control, transgene packaging size, and vector immune reactivity, compromising translation of nucleic acid (NA) therapeutics. …”
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CRISPR-Cas9-mediated editing of ZmPL1 gene improves tolerance to drought stress in maize by Chunlai Wang, Yangyang Zhou, Yimeng Wang, Peng Jiao, Siyan Liu, Shuyang Guan, Yiyong Ma

“…In order to verify the role of ZmPL1 in drought stress, we overexpressed ZmPL1 in yeast and found that the expression of ZmPL1 could significantly increase the drought sensitivity of yeast. Next, ZmPL1 transgenic plants were obtained by infecting maize callus using Agrobacterium-mediated method. …”
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Gli1+ Cells Residing in Bone Sutures Respond to Mechanical Force via IP3R to Mediate Osteogenesis by Xiaoyao Huang, Zihan Li, Peisheng Liu, Meiling Wu, An-qi Liu, Chenghu Hu, Xuemei Liu, Hao Guo, Xiaoxue Yang, Xiaohe Guo, Bei Li, Xiaoning He, Kun Xuan, Yan Jin

“…In this study, rapid maxillary expansion (RME) mouse models and mechanical stretch loading cell models were established using two types of transgenic mice which are able to label Gli1+ cells, and we found that Gli1+ cells participated in mechanical force-induced osteogenesis both in vivo and in vitro. …”
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OsHMA3 overexpression works more efficiently in generating low-Cd rice grain than OsNramp5 knockout mutation by Yuejing Gui, Joanne Teo, Dongsheng Tian, Raji Mohan, Zhongchao Yin

“…Pyramiding the OsNramp5 mutant allele and the OsHMA3 transgene in a single line did not result in an additional reduction in grain Cd content. …”
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Protein Kinase Cε, Which Is Linked to Ultraviolet Radiation-Induced Development of Squamous Cell Carcinomas, Stimulates Rapid Turnover of Adult Hair Follicle Stem Cells by Ashok Singh, Anupama Singh, Jordan M. Sand, Erika Heninger, Bilal Bin Hafeez, Ajit K. Verma

“…To find clues about the mechanism by which kinase C epsilon (PKCε) may impart susceptibility to ultraviolet radiation (UVR)-induced development of cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas (SCC), we compared PKCε transgenic (TG) mice and their wild-type (WT) littermates for (1) the effects of UVR exposures on percent of putative hair follicle stem cells (HSCs) and (2) HSCs proliferation. …”
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Sox6 and ALDH1A1 Truncation by Asparagine Endopeptidase Defines Selective Neuronal Vulnerability in Parkinson's Disease by Shuke Nie, Bowei Li, Mengmeng Wang, Zijun Chen, Jiayan Ren, Zixuan Li, Xinli Xu, Zhengjiang Qian, Zhongyun Xie, Jianxin Han, Zhentao Zhang, Zhaohui Zhang, Yingjie Zhu, Zuxin Chen, Xifei Yang, Keqiang Ye

“…Co‐expressing AEP‐truncated Sox6 and ALDH1A1 fragments in 3‐month‐old A53T SNCA transgenic mice accelerates dopamine degeneration, whereas expressing AEP‐resistant Sox6 N336A/N446A and ALDH1A1 N220A mutants alleviates rotenone‐induced PD pathologies. …”
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Lycium ruthenicum Murr. treatment attenuates APPswE/PS1ΔE9 mouse model-like mitochondrial dysfunction in Slc25a46 knockout mouse model by Min Wang, Tianxiong Xu, Li Gao, Chujun Huang, Piao Xu, Congcong Gong, William Kwame Amakye, Linfeng Liao, Maojin Yao, Jiaoyan Ren

“…Mitochondria morphology in different tissues of a novel mitochondrial outer membrane protein Slc25a46 knockout mouse and a traditional APPSWE/PS1ΔE9 transgenic mouse were examined using transmission electron microscope (TEM). …”
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Effect of Fusion to the LTB Carrier Protein on Coronavirus Spike Protein Vaccine Candidates Produced in Maize by Erin Egelkrout, Magdalena Maj, Rodrigo Manjarin, Gina Fake, Muneaki Watanabe, Jenna Williams, Nate Blanchard, John Walker, Celine Hayden, John Howard

“…We previously produced the PEDV spike protein (S) using transgenic maize, enabling a low-cost supply of the vaccine candidate. …”
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ATP Citrate Lyase <i>ClACLB-1</i> Facilitates Citrate Cleavage in Lemon by Chuang Lu, Wenhui Yang, Huaxi Zhang, Yanrong Wu, Huina Meng, Lifeng Lv, Wanping Lu, Dongmei Zhao, Guixiang Huang

“…The overexpression of <i>ClACLB</i>-1 in transgenic tomatoes significantly increases the activity of citrate lyase, which subsequently reduces citric acid content. …”
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