PDZRN3 regulates adipogenesis of mesenchymal progenitors in muscle by Hiroki Iida, Minako Kawai-Takaishi, Yoshihiro Miyagawa, Yasuhiko Takegami, Akiyoshi Uezumi, Takeshi Honda, Shiro Imagama, Tohru Hosoyama

“…Recently, we found that PDZ domain-containing ring finger 3 (PDZRN3), an E3-ubiquitin ligase, was highly expressed in MPs. In this study, we aimed to clarify the functions of PDZRN3 in MPs and the roles of PDZRN3 in IMAT formation using in vitro and in vivo experiments. …”
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Dysfunction of ATP7B Splicing Variant Caused by Enhanced Interaction With COMMD1 in Wilson DiseaseSummary by Donghu Zhou, Huaduan Zi, Xiaoxi Yang, Xiaojin Li, Yanmeng Li, Anjian Xu, Bei Zhang, Wei Zhang, Xiaojuan Ou, Jidong Jia, Jian Huang, Hong You

“…Results: The c.1543+1G>C mutation resulted in the skipping of ATP7B exon 3, and the mutant ATP7B showed a loss of trans-Golgi network localization and was degraded via the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway, facilitated by enhanced interactions with COMMD1. …”
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Assessing cell lines with inducible depletion of cohesin and condensins components through analysis of metaphase chromosome morphology by A. M. Yunusova, A. V. Smirnov, I. E. Pristyazhnuk, T. A. Shnaider, E. K. Maltseva, S. D.  Afonnikova, O. A. Gusev, N.  R. Battulin

“…To use this system, it is sufficient to introduce a transgene encoding a plant-derived auxin-dependent ubiquitin ligase into mammalian cells and insert a sequence encoding a degron domain into the gene of interest. …”
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Bioinformatics screening and clinical validation of CircRNA and related miRNA in male osteoporosis by Jiayi Li, Sijia Guo, Qingyun Sun, Ning An, Jisheng Lin, Qi Fei

“…The shared mRNAs were significantly enriched in the metabolic pathways, RNA transport, Ubiquitin mediated proteolysis and Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. …”
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HACE1 protects against myocardial ischemia–reperfusion injury via inhibition of mitochondrial fission in mice by Bang-Xia Liu, Juan Zheng, Zhan-Wei Tang, Lei Gao, Meng Wang, Ying Sun, Chen Chen, Heng-Chen Yao

“…Abstract Background HECT domain and Ankyrin repeat Containing E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase 1 (HACE1) has been found to be associated with mitochondrial protection. …”
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Molecular Characterization and Clinical Characteristics of m5C-Based RNA Methylation in Spinal Cord Injury: Validated by qPCR by Liang Cao, Wen Jun Pi, Qiang Zhang, Qing Li

“…We found that the m5C-related genes, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) methyltransferase1 (Dnmt1), methyl-CpG binding domain protein 2 (Mbd2), ubiquitin-like with PHD and ring finger domains 1 (Uhrf1), uracil-N-glycosylase (Ung), and zinc finger and BTB(brica-brac, tramtrack, and broad) domain containing 38 (Zbtb38) had high expression, and zinc finger and BTB domain containing 4 (Zbtb4) had low expression in SCI. …”
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Rational strategies for designing next-generation oncolytic viruses based on transcriptome analysis of tumor cells infected with oncolytic herpes simplex virus-1 by Naeme Javid, Shahriyar Abdoli, Majid Shahbazi, Majid Shahbazi

“…Our ontology analysis revealed that the proteasome-mediated ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process was a significant biological process, with a p-value of 5.8E−21. …”
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Molecular cloning and expression dynamics of Atrogin-1 in muscle tissue of Russian sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii) under high salt stress by Yong-Juan Mo, Yi-Li Gao, Shi-Jjian Xu, Bin Wang, Jingping Wu, Peng Yu, Ming Li, Xiangtao Kang, Zhi-Qiang Han

“…Atrogin-1, a muscle-specific ubiquitin ligase, is integral to the regulation of protein degradation and plays a pivotal role in the targeted degradation of critical muscle signaling proteins, which can lead to skeletal muscle dysfunction. …”
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UBE2J1 is identified as a novel plasma cell-related gene involved in the prognosis of high-grade serous ovarian cancer by Yunjie Tian, Ruoyu Dong, Yingxia Guan, Ying Wang, Wei Zhao, Jun Zhang, Shan Kang

“…Moreover, univariate Cox and LASSO regression analyses revealed that ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2 J1 (UBE2J1) is a prognostic marker in HGSOC. …”
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过表达pellino-1在Kupffer细胞内毒素耐受时对TRAF3 泛素化及MAPK信号通路的调控 by 张译尹, 李培志, 廖锐, 龚建平

“…两组分别于处理后0、5、10、30、60 min收获细胞，蛋白质免疫印迹试验（Western blot）检测pellino-1、K48泛素化（K48 ubiquitin，K48-Ub）、TRAF3、JNK 、p-JNK、p38、p-p38蛋白水平表达变化；酶联免疫吸附法（ELISA）检测细胞培养上清液中 IL-1β、TNF-α及IL-10的分泌情况。…”
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Response mechanism of ethanol-tolerant Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain ES-42 to increased ethanol during continuous ethanol fermentation by Xue-Xue Ji, Quan Zhang, Bai-Xue Yang, Qing-Ran Song, Zhao-Yong Sun, Cai-Yun Xie, Yue-Qin Tang

“…Results During continuous fermentation, as ethanol concentration increased, the expression of genes associated with cytoplasmic ribosomes, translation, and fatty acid biosynthesis progressively declined, while the expression of genes related to heat shock proteins (HSPs) and ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation gradually increased. …”
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SUMO modified ETV1 promotes M2-polarized tumor-associated macrophage infiltration and cancer progression by facilitating CCL2 transcription in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma ce... by Tianci Han, Xiaoqi Guo, Junwei Xie, Wei Tong, Liang Zhang

“…In addition, the cause of the changes in ETV1 activity and expression was investigated. The E2 small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) binding enzyme UBC9 increased ETV1 activity and expression, indicating the presence of SUMO modification in ETV1. …”
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Gastric Cancer Cell Lines Have Different MYC-Regulated Expression Patterns but Share a Common Core of Altered Genes by Jersey Heitor da S. Maués, Helem Ferreira Ribeiro, Giovanny R. Pinto, Luana de Oliveira Lopes, Letícia M. Lamarão, Carla Mariana F. Pessoa, Caroline de Fátima Aquino Moreira-Nunes, Raimundo Miranda de Carvalho, Paulo P. Assumpção, Juan A. Rey, Rommel M. Rodríguez Burbano

“…When we analyzed our DEGs considering KEGG metabolic pathways, we found 12 common branches covering a wide range of biological functions, and three of them were common to all three cell lines: ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis, ribosomes, and system and epithelial cell signaling in Helicobacter pylori infection. …”
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DEPDC1B, CDCA2, APOBEC3B, and TYMS are potential hub genes and therapeutic targets for diagnosing dialysis patients with heart failure by Wenwu Tang, Wenwu Tang, Zhixin Wang, Xinzhu Yuan, Liping Chen, Haiyang Guo, Zhirui Qi, Ying Zhang, Xisheng Xie

“…Through GSEA analysis, it was found that the four genes were closely related to ribosome, cell cycle, ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis. We constructed a ceRNA regulatory network, and found that 4 hub genes (TYMS, CDCA2 and DEPDC1B) might be regulated by 4 miRNAs (hsa-miR-1297, hsa-miR-4465, hsa-miR-27a-3p, hsa-miR-129-5p) and 21 lncRNAs (such as HCP5, CAS5, MEG3, HCG18). 24 small molecule drugs were predicted based on TYMS through DrugBank website. …”
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Systematic review of amyloid-beta clearance proteins from the brain to the periphery: implications for Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis and therapeutic targets by Letian Huang, Mingyue Liu, Ze Li, Bing Li, Jiahe Wang, Ke Zhang

“…In cerebrospinal fluid, the levels of triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 and ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1 are altered, whereas the levels of TREM2, CD40, CD40L, CD14, CD22, cathepsin D, cystatin C, and α2 M in peripheral blood differ. …”
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Identifying a Serum Exosomal-Associated lncRNA/circRNA-miRNA-mRNA Network in Coronary Heart Disease by Jia Mao, Yufei Zhou, Licheng Lu, Ping Zhang, Runhua Ren, Yaqiong Wang, Jing Wang

“…PPI network analysis showed that 25 hub DEMs were closely related to CHD, of which ubiquitin C (UBC) was the most important. Hub genes were mainly enriched in “cellular protein metabolic process” functions. …”
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Expression of USP18 and IL2RA Is Increased in Individuals Receiving Latent Tuberculosis Treatment with Isoniazid by Eleane de Oyarzabal, Lourdes García-García, Claudia Rangel-Escareño, Leticia Ferreyra-Reyes, Lorena Orozco, María Teresa Herrera, Claudia Carranza, Eduardo Sada, Esmeralda Juárez, Alfredo Ponce-de-León, José Sifuentes-Osornio, Robert J. Wilkinson, Martha Torres

“…Expression of chemokine ligand 4 (CCL4), chemokine ligand 10 (CXCL10), chemokine ligand 11 (CXCL11), interferon alpha (IFNA), radical S-adenosyl methionine domain-containing 2 (RSAD2), ubiquitin-specific peptidase 18 (USP18), interferon-induced protein 44 (IFI44), interferon-induced protein 44 like (IFI44L), interferon-induced protein tetratricopeptide repeats 1(IFIT1), and interleukin 2 receptor subunit alpha (IL2RA) mRNA levels were assessed by qPCR before, during, and after INH treatment. …”
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Lethal clinical outcome and chemotherapy and immunotherapy resistance in patients with urothelial carcinoma with MDM2 amplification or overexpression by Weijuan Zhang, Jiejie Xu, Hailong Liu, Yu Zhu, Zewei Wang, Han Zeng, Zhaopei Liu, Yuan Chang, Le Xu, Kaifeng Jin, Jingtong Xu, Xiaohe Su, Yawei Ding, Lingkai Zhang, Jiaxing Sun, Yuzhen Wu

“…Background The E3 ubiquitin ligase murine double minute 2 (MDM2) binds the p53 transcriptional activation domain and acts as a potent inhibitor of TP53 pathway, one of the three most crucial oncogenic pathways in urothelial carcinoma (UC). …”
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Magnesium ions regulate the Warburg effect to promote the differentiation of enteric neural crest cells into neurons by Qiongqian Xu, Xixi He, Yaru Mou, Dong Sun, Xintao Zhang, Jichang Han, Xiaoyang Liu, Xingjian Liu, Xue Ren, Dongming Wang, Jian Wang, Chuncan Ma, Qiangye Zhang, Aiwu Li

“…Results Magnesium ions increased glycolysis levels during ENCCs differentiation into neurons, along with significant upregulation of neuronal markers β-Tubulin and ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1, and enhanced functional neuronal properties. …”
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miR-26a-5p Attenuates Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Diabetic Retinopathy through the USP14/NF-κB Signaling Pathway by Jie Bian, Weizhong Ge, Zhengmei Jiang

“…Western blotting was performed to quantify cytochrome c protein level in the cytoplasm and mitochondria of Müller cells and to measure protein levels of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), ubiquitin-specific peptidase 14 (USP14), as well as factors associated with NF-κB signaling (p-IκBα, IκBα, p-p65, and p65) in Müller cells or murine retinal tissues. …”
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