Technical considerations towards commercialization of porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome (PRRS) virus resistant pigs by A. Mark Cigan, Pieter W. Knap

“…This report focuses on technical aspects for a scaled gene editing program to consider for rapid and efficient generation and advancement of a small population of non-transgenic founder pigs for commercial breeding. This high genetic merit herd containing a PRRS disease resistance allele will provide important benefits to animal health and food chain value once approved for commercial sale and export.…”
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Conducting and automating the water Morris maze test in SPF conditions by N. V. Khotskin, V. A. Kulikov, E. L. Zavyalov, D. V. Fursenko, A. V. Kulikov

“…It is a part of a series of tests necessary for behavioral phenotyping of mutant and transgenic mice. At the same time, conducting this test in SPF conditions must comply with very strict regulations concerning pathogen control. …”
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Identification and characterization of CONSTANS-like (COL) gene family in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). by Darun Cai, Hui Liu, Na Sang, Xianzhong Huang

“…Most of them peaked at dawn and decreased rapidly to their minima at dusk, then started to accumulate until following dawn under long- or short-day conditions. Transgenic study in the Arabidopsis co-2 mutant demonstrated that GhCOL1-A and GhCOL1-D fully rescued the late-flowering phenotype, whereas GhCOL3-A, GhCOL3-D, GhCOL7-A, and GhCOL7-D partially rescued the late-flowering phenotype, and the other five homoeologous pairs in Group I did not promote flowering. …”
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CRISPR/Cas9, a universal tool for genomic engineering by A. V. Smirnov, A. M. Yunusova, V. A. Lukyanchikova, N. R. Battulin

“…A programmable nature of CRISPR/Cas9 facilitates the creation of transgenic organisms through sitespecific gene mutations, knock-ins or large chromosomal rearrangements (deletions, inversions and duplications). …”
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The ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme UBE2D maintains a youthful proteome and ensures protein quality control during aging by sustaining proteasome activity. by Liam C Hunt, Michelle Curley, Kudzai Nyamkondiwa, Anna Stephan, Jianqin Jiao, Kanisha Kavdia, Vishwajeeth R Pagala, Junmin Peng, Fabio Demontis

“…Mechanistically, UBE2D/eff is necessary to maintain optimal proteasome function: UBE2D/eff knockdown reduces the proteolytic activity of the proteasome, and this is rescued by transgenic expression of human UBE2D2, an eff homolog. …”
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Identification and functional characterization of the MYB transcription factor GmMYBLJ in soybean leaf senescence by Guohua Bao, Xiao Xu, Jing Yang, Juanjuan Liu, Tianran Shi, Xiaoxuan Zhao, Xuyan Li, Shaomin Bian

“…Further investigation showed that overexpression of GmMYBLJ accelerated Arabidopsis leaf senescence under darkness and in response to Pst DC3000 infection. Moreover, transgenic soybean plants overexpressing GmMYBLJ grew faster and exhibited accelerated senescence under salt stress. …”
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<i>Agrobacterium rhizogenes</i>-Mediated Hairy Root Transformation in <i>Rosa</i> by Jun Lu, Yuwen Huang, Yuhan Guo, Chunguo Fan, Guozhen Yuan, Rui Zhou, Jingjing Sun, Mengjuan Bai, Kun Wang, Jinyi Liu, Changquan Wang

“…We established an <i>A. rhizogenes</i>-mediated hairy root transformation system in rose using <i>A. rhizogenes</i> strains MSU440 and Ar Qual, successfully obtained transgenic hairy roots, and conducted preliminary experiments to examine their regeneration by employing the ultraviolet light (UV)-visible reporter eYGFPuv as a marker. …”
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Interleukin‐37 promotes DMBA/TPA skin cancer through SIGIRR‐mediated inhibition of glycolysis in CD103+DC cells by Fan‐lian Zeng, Xiao‐yan Wang, Ya‐wen Hu, Zhen Wang, Ya Li, Jing Hu, Jia‐dong Yu, Pei Zhou, Xiu Teng, Hong Zhou, Hua‐ping Zheng, Fu‐lei Zhao, Lin‐na Gu, Cheng‐cheng Yue, Shu‐wen Chen, Juan Cheng, Yan Hao, Qi‐xiang Zhao, Chen Zhang, Song Zou, Zhong‐lan Hu, Xiao‐qiong Wei, Xiao Liu, Guo‐lin Li, Nong‐yu Huang, Wen‐ling Wu, Yi‐fan Zhou, Wei Li, Kaijun Cui, Jiong Li

“…Here, we report that IL‐37b‐transgenic mice (IL‐37tg) treated with the carcinogenic 7,12‐dimethylbenzoanthracene (DMBA)/12‐o‐tetradecylphorbol‐13‐acetate (TPA) exhibited enhanced skin cancer and increased tumor burden in the skin by inhibiting the function of CD103+ dendritic cells (DCs). …”
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Preventive Effect of Cocoa Flavonoids via Suppression of Oxidative Stress-Induced Apoptosis in Auditory Senescent Cells by Luz del Mar Rivas-Chacón, Joaquín Yanes-Díaz, Beatriz de Lucas, Juan Ignacio Riestra-Ayora, Raquel Madrid-García, Ricardo Sanz-Fernández, Carolina Sánchez-Rodríguez

“…For in vitro study, we used House Ear Institute-Organ of Corti 1 (HEI-OC1), stria vascularis (SV-k1), and organ of Corti (OC-k3) cells (derived from the auditory organ of a transgenic mouse). Each cell line was divided into a control group (CTR) and an H₂O₂ group (induction of senescence by an oxygen radical). …”
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Pleiotropic effects of mutant huntingtin on retinopathy in two mouse models of Huntington's disease by Hui Xu, Anakha Ajayan, Ralf Langen, Jeannie Chen

“…Defects in retinal structure and function are also present in the R6/2 and R6/1 HD transgenic mouse models that contain a gene fragment to express mHTTex1. …”
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Isolation of a tumor neoantigen specific CD8+ TCR from a skin biopsy of a vaccination site by Maria Paula Roberti, Pornpimol Charoentong, Yanhong Lyu, Marten Meyer, Stefan B. Eichmüller, Patrick Schmidt, Frank Momburg, Miray Cetin, Felix Hartmann, Nektarios A. Valous, Albrecht Stenzinger, Laura Michel, Peter Lichter, Andreas Schneeweiss, Verena Thewes, Carlo Fremd, Inka Zörnig, Dirk Jäger

“…T cells that recognize tumor-specific mutations are crucial for cancer immunosurveillance and in adoptive transfer of TILs or transgenic-TCR T cell products. However, their challenging identification and isolation limits their use in clinical practice. …”
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RNA-binding protein HuR reprograms immune T cells and promotes oral squamous cell carcinoma by Mrinmoyee Majumder, Harinarayanan Janakiraman, Paramita Chakraborty, Anitha Vijayakumar, Sari Mayhue, Hong Yu, Toros Dincman, Romeo Martin, Elizabeth O'Quinn, Shikhar Mehrotra, Viswanathan Palanisamy

“…We examined HuR's effects on oral malignancies and immune cell function in vitro and in vivo using oral carcinoma cells and transgenic HuR knockout (KO) mice. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated HuR deletion in mice syngeneic oral cancer cells eliminated colony formation and tumor development. …”
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Heteronemin Suppresses Lymphangiogenesis Through ARF-1 and MMP-9/VE-Cadherin/Vimentin by Hsien-Lin Chen, Yu-Chieh Su, Huang-Chi Chen, Jui-Hsin Su, Chang-Yi Wu, Shih-Wei Wang, In-Pin Lin, Chung-Yi Chen, Chien-Hsing Lee

“…For in vivo approaches, the transgenic (fli1:EGFP; gata1:DsRed) zebrafish and mouse ear sponges were used. …”
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Dynamic Proteomic Analysis of Pancreatic Mesenchyme Reveals Novel Factors That Enhance Human Embryonic Stem Cell to Pancreatic Cell Differentiation by Holger A. Russ, Limor Landsman, Christopher L. Moss, Roger Higdon, Renee L. Greer, Kelly Kaihara, Randy Salamon, Eugene Kolker, Matthias Hebrok

“…To validate our hypothesis, we took advantage of a novel transgenic mouse model to isolate the pancreatic mesenchyme at distinct embryonic and postnatal stages for subsequent proteomic analysis. …”
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Overexpression of StBBX14 Enhances Cold Tolerance in Potato by Heng Zhang, Mingjun Chen, Xiaobo Luo, Li Song, Fei Li

“…The <i>OE-StBBX14</i> transgenic lines showed less leaf damage and significantly lower electrolyte leakage compared with the WT under cold stress, indicating that the overexpression of <i>StBBX14</i> in the potato enhanced the cold resistance. …”
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Silencing hepatic PCSK9 via novel chimeric AAV8 mitigates the progression of atherosclerosis by inhibiting inflammation in ApoE−/− mice by Xiaocui Chen, Minghui Sun, Xiang Ma, Yitong Ma, Bangdang Chen

“…AAV8.P demonstrated superior transduction efficiency and safety, achieving about 90% liver transduction and maintaining transgene expression for up to a year. The AAV8.P-PCSK9 shRNA exhibited typical liver-tropism and effectively silenced hepatic PCSK9. …”
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A zebrafish model of Ifih1-driven Aicardi–Goutières syndrome reproduces the interferon signature and the exacerbated inflammation of patients by Beatriz Bernal-Bermúdez, Beatriz Bernal-Bermúdez, Beatriz Bernal-Bermúdez, Alicia Martínez-López, Alicia Martínez-López, Francisco J. Martínez-Morcillo, Francisco J. Martínez-Morcillo, Francisco J. Martínez-Morcillo, Sylwia D. Tyrkalska, Sylwia D. Tyrkalska, Sylwia D. Tyrkalska, Teresa Martínez-Menchón, Teresa Martínez-Menchón, Teresa Martínez-Menchón, Pablo Mesa-del-Castillo, Pablo Mesa-del-Castillo, Pablo Mesa-del-Castillo, María L. Cayuela, María L. Cayuela, María L. Cayuela, Victoriano Mulero, Victoriano Mulero, Victoriano Mulero, Diana García-Moreno, Diana García-Moreno

“…In this study, we report the development of a transgenic zebrafish model of Type I interferonopathy overexpressing ifih1 carrying the mutation p.Arg742His (Tg(ifih1_mut)), corresponding to the human mutation p.Arg779His. …”
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Keratinocyte Integrin α3β1 Promotes Efficient Healing of Wound Epidermis by Sanjana Dhulipalla, Giesse Albeche Duarte, Lei Wu, Mathieu R. DiPersio, John M. Lamar, C. Michael DiPersio, Whitney M. Longmate

“…We utilized the recently developed transgenic K14Cre-ERT::α3flx/flx mice (ie, inducible α3 epidermal knockout), permitting us to delete floxed Itga3 alleles (α3flx/flx) from epidermis just prior to wounding with topical treatment of 4-hydroxytamoxifen. …”
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p38/JNK Is Required for the Proliferation and Phenotype Changes of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Induced by L3MBTL4 in Essential Hypertension by Chaowei Hu, Kun Zuo, Kuibao Li, Yuanfeng Gao, Mulei Chen, Roumu Hu, Ye Liu, Hongjie Chi, Hongjiang Wang, Yanwen Qin, Xiaoyan Liu, Jiuchang Zhong, Jun Cai, Xinchun Yang, Jing Li

“…Results. In L3MBTL4 transgenic rats, we found that the elevated blood pressure, increased left ventricular hypertrophy, and thickened vascular media layer were significantly relieved by both p38 and JNK inhibitors. …”
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Rapid depletion of “catch-and-release” anti-ASGR1 antibody in vivo by Siva Charan Devanaboyina, Peng Li, Edward L. LaGory, Carrie Poon-Andersen, Kevin D. Cook, Marcus Soto, Zhe Wang, Khue Dang, Craig Uyeda, Ryan B. Case, Veena A. Thomas, Ronya Primack, Manuel Ponce, Mei Di, Brian Ouyang, Joelle Kaner, Sheung Kwan Lam, Mina Mostafavi

“…Serum exposures of the generated anti-ASGR1 antibodies were analyzed in transgenic mice expressing human FcRn. Contrary to published reports of increased serum exposure of pH/Ca2+-dependent antibodies, the pH/Ca2+-dependent anti-ASGR1 antibody had rapid serum clearance in comparison to a conventional anti-ASGR1 antibody. …”
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