Transient lymphocyte count decrease correlates with oncolytic adenovirus efficacy in humans: mechanistic and biomarker findings from TUNIMO phase I trial by Tuomo Alanko, Akseli Hemminki, Víctor Cervera-Carrascón, Riikka Havunen, Kristian Taipale, Dafne C A Quixabeira, Jorma Sormunen, Katriina Peltola, Suvi Sorsa, Santeri A Pakola, Elise Jirovec, Lyna Haybout, Claudia Kistler, Tatiana V Kudling, Victor Arias, James H A Clubb, Mirte van der Heijden, Teijo Pellinen, Joao M Santos

“…TILT-123 encodes two transgenes: tumor necrosis alpha (TNFa) and interleukin-2 (IL-2). …”
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Circular RNA circ-Olfm1 induces progression of Alzheimer’s disease by regulating FOXO3a by YANG Hongyan, LIAO Qirong, HOU Mingliang

“…Methods‍　‍Six-month-old APP/PS1 mouse model of AD and wild type (WT) mice were subjected and then randomly divided into WT group, WT+ circ-Olfm1 knockout group, AD group (transgenic APP/PS1 mice), AD+ circ-Olfm1 knockout group, AD+FOXO3a knockout group, with 3 mice in each group. ① The total RNA of mouse brain was extracted, and the differential expression of circRNAs and mRNAs between the AD mice and WT mice was detected, and the obtained circRNAs and mRNAs were analyzed with gene ontology (GO) analysis. ② RT‐qPCR was used to detect the expression of the top 10 up-regulated and down-regulated circRNAs, as well as the expression of circ-Olfm1 and miR-330-5p. ③ Lentiviral vectors were prepared and stereotaxically injected into the cortex or hippocampus of WT and AD mice to knock out circ-Olfm1 gene. …”
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Mechanism of abnormal specification of spermatogonial stem cells after Rb1 knockout in mitotic-arrested prospermatogonia by CHEN Xinling, CHEN Xinling, LONG Yixuan, DU Guihua, DU Guihua

“…Methods‍　‍① R language was used to analyze the single-cell RNA sequencing （scRNA-seq） data of prospermatogonia derived from postnatal day 0.5 （P0.5） male mice through the gene expression omnibus （GEO） public database （accession number： GSE124904）. ② Mitoti-arrested prospermatogonia Rb1 conditional knockout （cKO） mice as well as Rb1 cKO mice with Id4-gfp transgene were generated using Vasa-Cre mice crossed with Rb1flox/flox or Id4-gfpTg；Rb1flox/flox mice. …”
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Cardiac manifestations of Fabry disease in G3Stg/GlaKO and GlaKO mouse models-Translation to Fabry disease patients. by Abirami Kugadas, Pietro Artoni, Wanida Ruangsiriluk, Meng Zhao, Natalia Boukharov, Rizwana Islam, Dmitri Volfson, Katayoun Derakhchan

“…Recently, G3Stg/GlaKO was generated by crossbreeding GlaKO with transgenic mice expressing human Gb3 synthase. G3Stg/GlaKO demonstrate higher tissue substrate accumulation and develop cellular and tissue pathologies. …”
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Electroporation and GFP-labelled transplantation of testicular cells in Nile tilapia by Epro Barades, , Alimuddin, Agus Oman Sudrajat

“…Donor cells are generally derived from transgenic fish carrying a marker or cells labeled by PKH-26. …”
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Carbohydrate ligand engagement with CD11b enhances differentiation of tumor-associated myeloid cells for immunotherapy of solid cancers by Mei Zhang, Veronique Roche, Victor Sandoval, Claire Wolford, Zachary Senders, Julian Anthony Kim, Susan Pereira Ribeiro, Alex Yicheng Huang, Rafick-Pierre Sekaly, Joshua Lyons

“…We have applied peptide microarrays, multiparameter FACS (fluorescence-activated cell analysis) analysis, cellular/molecular immunological technology, advanced microscopic imaging, and transgenic mouse models of solid cancers, to study the interaction between BG34-200 carbohydrate ligand and CD11b protein and the resulting immunological changes in the context of solid cancers, including osteosarcoma, advanced melanoma, and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).Results Our results show that BG34-200 can bind directly to the activated CD11b on its I (or A) domain, at previously unreported peptide residues, in a multisite and multivalent manner. …”
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Upregulated astrocyte HDAC7 induces Alzheimer-like tau pathologies via deacetylating transcription factor-EB and inhibiting lysosome biogenesis by Jinwang Ye, Suyue Zhong, Huali Wan, Xing Guo, Xuanbao Yao, Qiong Liu, Liming Chen, Jian-Zhi Wang, Shifeng Xiao

“…Results Here, we found that the level of histone deacetylase 7 (HDAC7) was remarkably increased in the astrocytes of AD patients and P301S tau transgenic (PS19) mice. Genetic or pharmacological inhibition of HDAC7 effectively enhanced astrocytic clearance of tau with improved cognitive functions in PS19 mice. …”
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IL-2-armored peptide-major histocompatibility class I bispecific antibodies redirect antiviral effector memory CD8+ T cells to induce potent anti-cancer cytotoxic activity with lim... by John S. Schardt, Even Walseng, Kim Le, Chunning Yang, Pooja Shah, Ying Fu, Kausar Alam, Cathryn R. Kelton, Yu Gu, Fengying Huang, Jia Lin, Wenhai Liu, Andrew Dippel, Hanzhi Zhang, Kathy Mulgrew, Stacy Pryts, Vijaykumar Chennupati, Hung-Chang Chen, Jessica Denham, Xiaoru Chen, Pallab Pradhan, Yuling Wu, Colin Hardman, Chihao Zhao, Michael Kierny, Yang Song, Simon J. Dovedi, Saso Cemerski, Yariv Mazor

“…Lastly, we demonstrate that the IL-2-armored GPS modality exhibits a favorable developability profile and monoclonal antibody-like pharmacokinetic properties in human neonatal Fc receptor transgenic mice. Overall, IL-2-armored GPS represents an attractive approach for treating cancer with the potential for inducing vaccine-like antiviral T cell expansion, immune cell redirection as a TCE, and significantly widened TI due to reduced cytokine release.…”
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PINK1 modulates Prdx2 to reduce lipotoxicity‐induced apoptosis and attenuate cardiac dysfunction in heart failure mice with a preserved ejection fraction by Hao Zhang, Tianyu Xu, Xiyuan Mei, Qiming Zhao, Qiling Yang, Xianghui Zeng, Zhuang Ma, Haobin Zhou, Qingchun Zeng, Dingli Xu, Hao Ren

“…Methods In vivo, PINK1‐knockout mice and cardiac‐specific PINK1‐overexpressing transgenic mice were used to establish an HFpEF mouse model via a high‐fat diet and L‐NAME. …”
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Identification of the Granule-Bound Starch Synthase (GBSS) Genes Involved in Amylose Biosynthesis in Tartary Buckwheat (<i>Fagopyrum tataricum</i> (L.) Gaertn.) by Juan Huang, Fei Liu, Jieqiong Zhang, Bin Tang, Jiao Deng, Taoxiong Shi, Liwei Zhu, Hongyou Li, Qingfu Chen

“…Finally, <i>FtGBSS1-5</i> was successfully transformed into rice through transgenic manipulation, and the <i>FtGBSS1-5</i> overexpression lines showed an increase in amylose content accompanied by a reduction in amylopectin and total starch contents compared with WT. …”
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