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Open AccessHigh OXPHOS efficiency in RA-FUdr-differentiated SH-SY5Y cells: involvement of cAMP signalling and respiratory supercomplexes
Neurons are highly dependent on mitochondria to meet their bioenergetic needs and understanding the metabolic changes during the differentiation process is crucial in the neurodegeneration context. Several in ...
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Open AccessMitochondrial DNA copy number in affected and unaffected LHON mutation carriers
Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a mitochondrial genetic disease characterized by a variable and reduced penetrance. Individuals carrying a primary LHON-causing mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutation ...
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Open AccessMassive transcriptome sequencing of human spinal cord tissues provides new insights into motor neuron degeneration in ALS
ALS is a devastating and debilitating human disease characterized by the progressive death of upper and lower motor neurons. Although much effort has been made to elucidate molecular determinants underlying th...
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Open AccessTRIM8 restores p53 tumour suppressor function by blunting N-MYC activity in chemo-resistant tumours
TRIM8 plays a key role in controlling the p53 molecular switch that sustains the transcriptional activation of cell cycle arrest genes and response to chemotherapeutic drugs. The mechanisms that regulate TRIM8...
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Open AccessIdentification of tumor-associated cassette exons in human cancer through EST-based computational prediction and experimental validation
Many evidences report that alternative splicing, the mechanism which produces mRNAs and proteins with different structures and functions from the same gene, is altered in cancer cells. Thus, the identification...