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    Human genetic diversity alters off-target outcomes of therapeutic gene editing

    CRISPR gene editing holds great promise to modify DNA sequences in somatic cells to treat disease. However, standard computational and biochemical methods to predict off-target potential focus on reference gen...

    Samuele Cancellieri, **g Zeng, Linda Yingqi Lin, Manuel Tognon in Nature Genetics (2023)

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    Microglial amyloid beta clearance is driven by PIEZO1 channels

    Microglia are the endogenous immune cells of the brain and act as sensors of pathology to maintain brain homeostasis and eliminate potential threats. In Alzheimer's disease (AD), toxic amyloid beta (Aβ) accumu...

    Henna Jäntti, Valeriia Sitnikova, Yevheniia Ishchenko in Journal of Neuroinflammation (2022)

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    Intracerebral overexpression of miR-669c is protective in mouse ischemic stroke model by targeting MyD88 and inducing alternative microglial/macrophage activation

    Ischemic stroke is a devastating disease without a cure. The available treatments for ischemic stroke, thrombolysis by tissue plasminogen activator, and thrombectomy are suitable only to a fraction of patients...

    Natalia Kolosowska, Maria Gotkiewicz, Hiramani Dhungana in Journal of Neuroinflammation (2020)

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    Construction and Analysis of miRNA Regulatory Networks

    This chapter is devoted to illustrate the usage of state-of-the-art methodologies for miRNA regulatory network construction and analysis. Advantages in understanding the role of miRNAs in regulating gene expre...

    Antonella Mensi, Vincenzo Bonnici, Simone Caligola in MicroRNA Target Identification (2019)

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    Elucidating the Role of microRNAs in Cancer Through Data Mining Techniques

    microRNAs (miRNAs) have been shown to play a crucial role in the most important biological processes and their dysregulation has been connected to a variety of diseases, including cancer. The number of computa...

    Luciano Cascione, Alfredo Ferro, Rosalba Giugno in MicroRNA Cancer Regulation (2013)

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    Erratum to: Involvement of GTA protein NC2beta in Neuroblastoma pathogenesis suggests that it physiologically participates in the regulation of cell proliferation

    Cinzia Di Pietro, Marco Ragusa, Davide Barbagallo, Laura R Duro in Molecular Cancer (2008)

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    Involvement of GTA protein NC2β in Neuroblastoma pathogenesis suggests that it physiologically participates in the regulation of cell proliferation

    The General Transcription Apparatus (GTA) comprises more than one hundred proteins, including RNA Polymerases, GTFs, TAFs, Mediator, and cofactors such as heterodimeric NC2. This complexity contrasts with the ...

    Cinzia Di Pietro, Marco Ragusa, Davide Barbagallo, Laura R Duro in Molecular Cancer (2008)