Cis‐Regulation of an m6A Eraser by an Insertion Variant Associated with Survival of Patients With Non‐Small Cell Lung Carcinoma by Lei Cheng, Qiangsheng Hu, Yanan Wang, Wei Nie, Haijiao Lu, Bo Zhang, Genming Zhao, Shiyun Ding, Feng Pan, Yinchen Shen, Runbo Zhong, Ruoxin Zhang

“…Then, ALKBH5 upregulated FBXL5 expression by m6A demethylation, which is dependent on the ALKBH5 H204 amino acid site and specific m6A sites on FBXL5 mRNA. …”
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Kefir Prevents Adipose Tissue Growth Through the Induction of Apoptotic Elements in High-Fructose Corn Syrup-Fed Rats by Esra Aslan, Gokhan Sadi, Hilal Guzel, Cigdem Karaca, Omer Adil Korkmaz, Mine Kanat Pektas, Mehmet Celegen, Tugce Aladag, Seyma Oncu, Mehmet Bilgehan Pektas

“…Accordingly, HFCS boosted protein kinase B (Akt) and p-Akt while reducing nuclear factor κB (NF-κB), and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) levels and kefir treatment restored Akt induction in HFCS-treated rats despite raising NF-κB, and TNFα. Increased expression of Akt and B-cell lymphoma-2 gene ( Bcl2 ) was contrasted with decreased expression of Nfkb, Tnfa , tumor protein 53 gene ( p53 ), and caspase-8 gene ( Casp8 ). …”
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Endogenous 17β-estradiol regulates sexually dimorphic anxiety responses in zebrafish via the HPI axis and 5-HT/DA pathways by Hong Tao, Hong Tao, Ying–Ying Zhang, Ying–Ying Zhang, Yan–Jun Shen, Yan–Jun Shen, Qi–Liang Chen, Qi–Liang Chen, Zhi–Hao Liu, Zhi–Hao Liu

“…Treatment with LET significantly decreased E2 levels in the plasma and brain of female zebrafish, which corresponded with reduced anxiety responses, lower plasma cortisol levels, and increased brain 5-HT and DA content. Additionally, the expression of genes associated with E2, cortisol, 5- HT, and DA pathways was relevantly altered. …”
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Sodium arsenite induces islets β-cells apoptosis and dysfunction via SET-Rac1-mediated cytoskeleton disturbance by Tianming Qiu, Yu Zhi, Jingyuan Zhang, Ningning Wang, Xiaofeng Yao, Guang Yang, Liping Jiang, Li Lv, Xiance Sun

“…In addition, we detected cytoskeletal disorganization following NaAsO2 treatment, characterized by elevated Cofilin-1 protein expression (approximately 2.5-fold) and disrupted cytoskeleton arrangement. …”
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Analysis of the Effect of Human Type I Collagen-Derived Peptide on Bone Regenerative Capacity and Comparison with Various Collagen Materials In Vivo by Tatsunori Asakura, Tran Thi Thuy Diep, Yuta Ueda, Aoi Yamada, Takahiro Tsuzuno, Naoki Takahashi, Masayuki Miyata, Koichi Tabeta, Masaki Nagata, Ken Matsuda

“…The in vitro assays revealed that Cellnest promoted cell proliferation, adhesion, and migration. Gene expression analysis demonstrated that Cellnest significantly increased the levels of the bone formation markers ALP and COL1. …”
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Probiotics Can Boost the Antitumor Immunity of CD8+T Cells in BALB/c Mice and Patients with Colorectal Carcinoma by Jie Mao, Shu-Ze Zhang, Peng Du, Zhi-Bin Cheng, Huan Hu, Shi-Yao Wang

“…It was also found that probiotic feeding could upregulate the expression of T-cell immunoglobulin mucin receptor 1(TIM-1) in CD8+T cells of mice and also found that probiotic feeding could downregulate the expression of programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) in CD8+T cells of mice, compared with the nonfeeding group; the difference was statistically significant (P=0.045 for TIM-1 and P=0.02 for PD-1, respectively). …”
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Exposure to triphenyl phosphate during pregnancy: The role of gut-bile acids-liver axis on lipid metabolism in male offspring by Juntong Lin, Fuhui Yan, Longhui Liu, Ganzhong Liao, Yilei Xu, Qian Liu, Miaoliang Wu, Honghui Guo, Bai Zhi, Lianxian Guo, Xiaoshan Liu

“…The results showed that gestational TPhP exposure would induce hyperlipidemia in male offspring, it dose-dependently increased the weight of body and liver, levels of serum lipid, and enlarged lipid droplets in white adipose tissue. The expression of lipid metabolism-related genes was significantly changed in the liver and adipose tissue. …”
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Mitochondrial dysfunction-driven AMPK-p53 axis activation underpins the anti-hepatocellular carcinoma effects of sulfane sulfur by Xue Zheng, Yuhua Luo, Rui Huo, Yiwen Wang, Youbang Chen, Mianrong Chen, Qi Zhao, Kexin Li, Hanyi Zhang, Xiaotong Li, Xiang Li, Hui Zhang, Zaopeng He, Li Huang, Chun-tao Yang

“…PSCP potently increased p53 expression and induced AMPK phosphorylation in SNU398 HCC cells. …”
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Molecular and pharmacological heterogeneity of ETV6::RUNX1 acute lymphoblastic leukemia by Zhenhua Li, Huanbin Zhao, Wenjian Yang, Maud Maillard, Satoshi Yoshimura, Yu-Chih Hsiao, Xin Huang, Yoshihiro Gocho, Lauren Rowland, Anthony Brown, Landon Choi, Kristine R. Crews, Charles G. Mullighan, Samuel W. Brady, Cheng Cheng, Ti-Cheng Chang, Gang Wu, Mignon L. Loh, Allen Eng Juh Yeoh, Federico Antillon-Klussmann, Sima Jeha, Hiroto Inaba, Jiyang Yu, Ching-Hon Pui, Seth E. Karol, William E. Evans, Jun J. Yang

“…Re-introducing PAX5 in ETV6::RUNX1 ALL of the C2 subtype converts its gene expression and drug resistance profile to C1, with partial blockade of G1 to S transition mediated by CDK6 expression. …”
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Auxin signaling related to H+-ATPase synthesis and antioxidant enzyme activities regulates fluoranthene uptake by ryegrass roots by Yuanzhou Xu, Yunyun Li, Xinyue Zhang, Zhuoliang Xiao, Jiaguo Jiao, Huijuan Zhang, Huixin Li, Feng Hu, Li Xu

“…Moreover, the promoted expression of redox-related genes (POD1, SOD1 and SOD2) further reduced Flu uptake. …”
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Targeting enolase 1 reverses bortezomib resistance in multiple myeloma through YWHAZ/Parkin axis by Xuejie Gao, Qilin Feng, Qikai Zhang, Yifei Zhang, Chaolu Hu, Li Zhang, Hui Zhang, Guanli Wang, Ke Hu, Mengmeng Ma, Zhuning Wang, Yujie Liu, Dong An, Hongfei Yi, Yu Peng, Xiaosong Wu, Gege Chen, Xinyan Jia, Haiyan Cai, Jumei Shi

“…Methods The bone marrow of clinical MM patients and healthy normal donors was used to compare the expression level of ENO1. Using online databases, we conducted an analysis to examine the correlation between ENO1 expression and both clinicopathological characteristics and patient outcomes. …”
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TGF-β induces cholesterol accumulation to regulate the secretion of tumor-derived extracellular vesicles by Dorival Mendes Rodrigues-Junior, Chrysoula Tsirigoti, Konstantina Psatha, Dimitris Kletsas, Michalis Aivaliotis, Carl-Henrik Heldin, Aristidis Moustakas

“…Upon examining cholesterol as a mediator of EV biogenesis, we delineated a pathway whereby ERK1/2 acted by phosphorylating sterol regulatory element-binding protein-2 that transcriptionally induced 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase expression, thus raising cholesterol abundance at both cellular and EV levels. …”
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Ethanol extract of Polygonatum cyrtonema Hua mitigates non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in mice by Dongliang Chen, Yue Shen, Yue Shen, Fang Huang, Bo Huang, Shangfu Xu, Shangfu Xu, Lisheng Li, Lisheng Li, Jie Liu, Zheng Li, Xia Li

“…RNAseq identified unique gene expression profiles in response to high-fat diet (HFD) compared to the PCE treatments. …”
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Sinensetin attenuates hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury through suppressing GRP78/CHOP-mediated endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in mice by Yihong Yang, Guanghua Xiong, Huangqi Shi, Yulin Peng, Jinghong Liu, Yaxuan Jiang, Min Lu, Hongbo Liu, Yong Liu

“…Meanwhile, HIRI can significantly increase the expression of genes related to liver injury and inflammation, while SEN pretreatment can lead to a concentration-dependent decrease in these genes. …”
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Fermented Cassava Residue Meal Improves Meat Quality by Regulating Muscle Fiber and Enhancing Lipid Metabolism in Huanjiang Mini-Pigs by Huijiao Jiang, Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Qian Zhu, Hengjia Ni, Xiangfeng Kong

“…Moreover, the <i>MyHC-IIx</i> expression in the <i>longissimus thoracis</i> (LT) muscle was upregulated (<i>p</i> < 0.05) in the CRM group, while <i>MYHC-IIb</i> expression displayed an increasing trend (<i>p</i> = 0.076) in the FCRM group relative to the CON group. …”
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Exercise-induced anxiety impairs local and systemic inflammatory response and glucose metabolism in C57BL/6J mice by I. Gálvez, M.C. Navarro, S. Torres-Piles, L. Martín-Cordero, M.D. Hinchado, E. Ortega

“…Systemic biomarkers of the stress response were assessed using ELISA technique and the expression of systemic inflammatory cytokines with Bio-Plex system. …”
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Chemokine associations with blood cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) barrier permeability and delirium by Paul Denver, Lucas Tortorelli, Karen Hov, Jens Petter Berg, Lasse M. Giil, Arshed Nazmi, Ana Lopez-Rodriguez, Daire Healy, Carol Murray, Robyn Barry, Leiv Otto Watne, Colm Cunningham

“…Modelling acute systemic inflammation, we used bacterial LPS (250 μg/kg) or sterile laparotomy surgery in mice to demonstrate de novo synthesis of chemokines at the choroid plexus (CP) and microvasculature. Gene expression data showed CP-enriched expression of Il1b, Tnfa, Cxcl1 and Ccl3 in both models and immunohistochemistry showed cytokine and chemokine synthesis in CP stromal (IL-1β, CCL2/MCP1) or epithelial cells (CXCL10/IP-10) cells and at the microvasculature. …”
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Establishment of <i>Echinococcus granulosus EgM123</i> Recombinant Gene Rabies Virus SRV₉ and Identification of Its Biological Characteristics by Yueqi Yang, Mengdan Hou, Guicheng Su, Xiaoyan Ma, Xiaohui Su, Kunlei Li, Songhan Liu, Luheng Xiao, Jingjing Yao, Jiahao Zhai, Xiaoying Wei, Yang Zhou, Qianqian Lai, Yuwei Dong, Jieyu Liu, Shaohua Zhai

“…The rescued virus-infected BSR cells were characterized by TEM, and the results indicated that bullet-like viral particles with an average size of 148.47 nm and a cyst structure were present in the cytoplasm of BSR cells; the expression levels of continuously cultivated 9th-, 10th-, 11th-, 12th-, and 13th-generation viruses were quantified by qRT-PCR, and the results showed that mRNA expression of the virus was upregulated. …”
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The multi-omics signatures of telomere length in childhood by Congrong Wang, Dries S. Martens, Mariona Bustamante, Rossella Alfano, Michelle Plusquin, Lea Maitre, John Wright, Rosemary R. C. McEachan, Johanna Lepeule, Remy Slama, Marina Vafeiadi, Leda Chatzi, Regina Grazuleviciene, Kristine B. Gutzkow, Hector Keun, Eva Borràs, Eduard Sabidó, Angel Carracedo, Georgia Escarami, Augusto Anguita-Ruiz, Dolors Pelegrí-Sisó, Juan R. Gonzalez, Martine Vrijheid, Tim S. Nawrot

“…Blood DNA methylation, gene expression, miRNA expression, plasma proteins and serum and urinary metabolites were measured through microarrays or (semi-) targeted assays. …”
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Host factor PLAC8 is required for pancreas infection by SARS-CoV-2 by Lesly Ibargüen-González, Sandra Heller, Darío López-García, Hanna Dietenberger, Thomas FE Barth, Patricia Gallego, Israel Fernández-Cadenas, Sayoa Alzate-Piñol, Catalina Crespí, Julieth A. Mena-Guerrero, Eugenia Cisneros-Barroso, Alejandro P. Ugalde, Gabriel Bretones, Charlotte Steenblock, Alexander Kleger, Marta L. DeDiego, Carles Barceló

“…Interestingly, we find an association between PLAC8 expression and SARS-CoV-2 infection in postmortem analysis of COVID-19 patients both in the pancreas and in other bonafide SARS-CoV-2 target tissues. …”
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