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Polymorphic USP8 allele promotes Parkinson’s disease by inducing the accumulation of α-synuclein through deubiquitination
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is one of the most common neuro-degenerative diseases characterized by α-synuclein accumulation and degeneration of dopaminergic neurons. Employing genome-wide sequencing, we identifie...
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PDZK1 improves ventricular remodeling in hypertensive rats by regulating the stability of the Mas receptor
Ventricular remodeling is one of the main causes of mortality from heart failure due to hypertension. Exploring its mechanism and finding therapeutic targets have become urgent scientific problems to be solved...
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Untargeted metabolomics analysis of plasma metabolic characteristics in patients with acne and insulin resistance
Acne vulgaris is a chronic inflammatory disease with high incidence, diverse clinical manifestations, poor clinical efficacy, and easy recurrence. Recent studies have found that the occurrence of acne is relat...
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Open AccessIKK1 aggravates ischemia–reperfusion kidney injury by promoting the differentiation of effector T cells
Ischemia–reperfusion injury (IRI) is one of the major causes of acute kidney injury (AKI), and experimental work has revealed detailed insight into the inflammatory response in the kidney. T cells and NFκB pat...
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Open AccessLoss of RBMS1 promotes anti-tumor immunity through enabling PD-L1 checkpoint blockade in triple-negative breast cancer
Immunotherapy has been widely utilized in multiple tumors, however, its efficacy in the treatment of triple-negative breast cancers (TNBC) is still being challenged. Meanwhile, functions and mechanisms of RNA ...
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CD63 acts as a functional marker in maintaining hematopoietic stem cell quiescence through supporting TGFβ signaling in mice
Hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) fate is tightly controlled by various regulators, whereas the underlying mechanism has not been fully uncovered due to the high heterogeneity of these populations. In this study, ...
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Open AccessThe role of S-nitrosylation of PFKM in regulation of glycolysis in ovarian cancer cells
One of the malignant transformation hallmarks is metabolism reprogramming, which plays a critical role in the biosynthetic needs of unchecked proliferation, abrogating cell death programs, and immunologic esca...
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Open AccessMiR-127-3p targeting CISD1 regulates autophagy in hypoxic–ischemic cortex
Neonatal hypoxic–ischemic (HI) injury derived from asphyxia during perinatal period, is a serious complication of neonatal asphyxia and the main cause of neonatal acute death and chronic neurological injury. A...
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Open AccessThe heterocyclic compound Tempol inhibits the growth of cancer cells by interfering with glutamine metabolism
Tempol (4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl, TPL), a nitroxide compound, inhibits proliferation and increases the vulnerability of cancer cells to apoptosis induced by cytotoxic agents. However, the...
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Open AccessGrb2 binds to PTEN and regulates its nuclear translocation to maintain the genomic stability in DNA damage response
Growth factor receptor bound protein 2 (Grb2) is an adaptor protein critical for signal transduction and endocytosis, but its role in DNA damage response (DDR) remains unknown. Here, we report that either knoc...
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Open AccessLong non-coding RNA linc00665 promotes lung adenocarcinoma progression and functions as ceRNA to regulate AKR1B10-ERK signaling by sponging miR-98
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are frequently dysregulated in multiple malignancies, demonstrating their potential oncogenic or tumor-suppressive roles in tumorigenesis. Herein, we reported the identification ...
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Open AccessEstrogen receptors in granulosa cells govern meiotic resumption of pre-ovulatory oocytes in mammals
In mammals, oocytes are arrested at the diplotene stage of meiosis I until the pre-ovulatory luteinizing hormone (LH) surge triggers meiotic resumption through the signals in follicular granulosa cells. In thi...
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DNA repair mechanisms in embryonic stem cells
Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) can undergo unlimited self-renewal and retain the pluripotency to differentiate into all cell types in the body. Therefore, as a renewable source of various functional cells in the ...
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Regulation of p53 responses by post-translational modifications