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Small Non-Coding sRNA53 Modulates the Quorum Sensing System to Enhance Drug Resistance in Escherichia coli Exposed to Heavy Ion and X-ray Irradiation
Small non-coding RNAs (sRNAs, also called sncRNAs) known as gene expression regulatory factors are capable of modulating mRNA functions through complementary base pairing. A number of studies has shown that wh...
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Promoter Mutation of the bZIP Transcription Factor BdABF Accelerates Flowering in Brachypodium distachyon
Flowering time plays an important role in crop regional adaptation, yield and reproductive success. ABRE BINDING FACTORs (ABFs) are bZIP transcription factors that participate in various plant biological proce...
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Application of Cadherin cRNA Probes in Brains of Alzheimer’s Disease Mouse Model
The cadherin superfamily molecules, functioning as cell adhesion molecules, are recognized to play roles in both physiological and pathological processes. The cadherin-based adherent junction (CAJ) is believed...
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Ginkgo biloba Leaf Polysaccharide Induces Autophagy and Modulates the Expression of Apoptosis Markers in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary liver malignancy and poses a severe threat to human health. Ginkgo biloba leaf polysaccharide (GBLP) is a bioactive component, and its sulphated derivativ...
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Microtubule-Associated Protein 9 Is a Potential Tumor Suppressor That Is Inactivated by Methylation in Cervical Cancer
Cervical cancer is a malignant disease that seriously affects women’s health, and the cause of cervical cancer is complex. Microtubule-associated protein 9 (MAP9) localizes to the mitotic spindle and it plays ...
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SMURF1-Interference Effects Autophagy and Pulmonary Fibrosis through SMAD7 and the TGF-β1/SMAD Pathway
SMAD-specific E3 ubiquitin proten ligase 1 (SMURF1) is involved in transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1/Smad pathway-mediated tissue fibrosis. However, its role in pulmonary fibrosis and the related molecular m...
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Exploring the Potential Mechanism of Apoptosis Induced by MFSD8 in Endothelial Cells: an RNA Sequencing and Bioinformatics Analysis
Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs) belong to a group of inherited neurodegenerative disorders without effective treatments. Though loss-of-function in the MFSD8 gene resulting in a variant late-infantile subty...
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P3H4 Regulates Apoptosis and Autophagy of Breast Cancer Cells via BCL-2/BAX/Caspase-3 and AMPK/mTOR/ULK1 Signaling Pathways
The role of prolyl 3-hydroxylase family member 4 (P3H4, or SC65) in breast cancer and the molecular mechanisms in which this protein was involved were investigated. For this purpose, microchips with cancerous ...
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Open AccessGlobal Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Corresponding Genes and Key Pathways Involved in Oxidative Stress in Mouse Small Intestinal Cells
Understanding the molecular mechanisms involved in the effects of oxidative stress in humans and animals is important to minimize the damage it causes, leading to various intestinal diseases. Our aim is to stu...
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The Development of SpCas9 Variants with High Specificity and Efficiency Based on the HH Theory
Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 (SpCas9) is the most popular tool in gene editing; however, off-target mutagenesis is one of the biggest impediments in its application. In our previous study, we proposed the HH theor...
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Phase Separation of Purified Human LSM4 Protein
Liquid–liquid phase separation of proteins occur in a number of biological processes, such as regulation of transcription, processing, and RNA maturation. Sm-like protein 4 (LSM4) is involved in multiple proce...
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Open AccessGenom-Editierung ohne die DNA-Sequenz zu verändern — geht das?
Epigenetic genome engineering expands our capabilities from modifying the DNA sequence to controlling its regulation. It provides the ability to change epigenetic marks at defined genomic loci to control gene ...
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Probing the RNA Structure-Dependent RNA Regulations and Functions
RNAs form complex structures in vivo to perform diverse functions. These RNA structures dynamically change in response to internal cellular regulatory factors. Latest technological innovations have allowed us ...
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The Structure, Function, and Modification of Non-coding RNAs in Cardiovascular System
The occurrence, development and prognosis of cardiovascular disease is a multi-factor and multi-path pathological process. In addition to environmental factors, epigenetic regulation mechanisms also play an im...
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Open AccessStabile Langzeitkultivierung mikrobieller Gemeinschaften im loop-design
In isolated environments such as stand-alone bioreactor systems, microbial communities change their composition stochastically. Starting from identical inocula and with identical reactor operation, communities wi...
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Deletion of Aldh4a1 Leads to Impaired Sperm Maturation in Mice
ALDH4A1, a member of the aldehyde dehydrogenase superfamily, is a key enzyme in the mitochondrial proline metabolism pathway. Recent studies have shown that mutations in aldh4a1 lead to reduced fertility and repr...
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The GTP-Bound form of Rab3D Promotes Lipid Droplet Growth in Adipocyte
Rab GTPases are major regulators of membrane trafficking. Proteome profiling reveals dozens of Rab proteins associated with lipid droplets (LDs), but few of them have been functionally validated. Cell death ac...
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HECTD2 Represses Cell Proliferation in Colorectal Cancer through Driving Ubiquitination and Degradation of LPCAT1
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a malignancy featured by a poor overall survival and a high recurrence rate, whereas the biomarkers for CRC remain to be investigated. Herein, it was found that lysophosphatidylcholi...
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Open AccessMultimodal Magnetic Resonance and Fluorescence Imaging of the Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Transplantation in the Brain
The understanding of the engrafted cell behaviors such as the survival, growth and distribution is the prerequisite to optimize cell therapy, and a multimodal imaging at both anatomical and molecular levels is...
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Map** Regulatory Elements within 5' and 3' UTRs of SIGLEC15 with a Use of Reporter System
Siglec-15 is an immune suppressor with broad upregulation on various cancer types and has emerged as a potential target for cancer immunotherapy. However, it remains unclear how SIGLEC15 expression is controlled ...