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Open AccessA metabolomics study in aqueous humor discloses altered arginine metabolism in Parkinson’s disease
The lack of accessible and informative biomarkers results in a delayed diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease (PD), whose symptoms appear when a significant number of dopaminergic neurons have already disappeared. T...
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Open AccessSPIOMET4HEALTH—efficacy, tolerability and safety of lifestyle intervention plus a fixed dose combination of spironolactone, pioglitazone and metformin (SPIOMET) for adolescent girls and young women with polycystic ovary syndrome: study protocol for a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, four-arm, parallel-group, phase II clinical trial
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most prevalent, chronic endocrine-metabolic disorder of adolescents and young women (AYAs), affecting 5–10% of AYAs worldwide. There is no approved pharmacological thera...
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Open AccessInhibition of the succinyl dehydrogenase complex in acute myeloid leukemia leads to a lactate-fuelled respiratory metabolic vulnerability
Metabolic programs can differ substantially across genetically distinct subtypes of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). These programs are not static entities but can change swiftly as a consequence of extracellular...
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Open AccessThe Glycolytic Gatekeeper PDK1 defines different metabolic states between genetically distinct subtypes of human acute myeloid leukemia
Acute myeloid leukemia remains difficult to treat due to strong genetic heterogeneity between and within individual patients. Here, we show that Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 1 (PDK1) acts as a targetable dete...
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Software Supporting a Workflow of Quantitative Dynamic Flux Maps Estimation in Central Metabolism from SIRM Experimental Data
Stable isotope-resolved metabolomics (SIRM), based on the analysis of biological samples from living cells incubated with artificial isotope enriched substrates, enables map** the rates of biochemical reacti...
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Open AccessFour thiol-oxidoreductases involved in the formation of disulphide bonds in the Streptomyces lividans TK21 secretory proteins
Bacterial secretory proteins often require the formation of disulphide bonds outside the cell to acquire an active conformation. Thiol-disulphide oxidoreductases are enzymes that catalyse the formation of disu...
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Utility of Sentinel Node Biopsy in Cervical Cancer
The sentinel node is defined as the first lymph node to receive drainage from the tumor. The stage at diagnosis and lymph node involvement in cervical cancer are the two most important prognostic factors. The ...
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Open AccessInduction of oxidative metabolism by the p38α/MK2 pathway
Adequate responses to environmental stresses are essential for cell survival. The regulation of cellular energetics that involves mitochondrial energy production and oxidative stress is central in the process ...
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Open AccessMIDcor, an R-program for deciphering mass interferences in mass spectra of metabolites enriched in stable isotopes
Tracing stable isotopes, such as 13C using various mass spectrometry (MS) methods provides a valuable information necessary for the study of biochemical processes in cells. However, extracting such information re...
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Erratum to: COordination of Standards in MetabOlomicS (COSMOS): facilitating integrated metabolomics data access
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Open AccessCOordination of Standards in MetabOlomicS (COSMOS): facilitating integrated metabolomics data access
Metabolomics has become a crucial phenoty** technique in a range of research fields including medicine, the life sciences, biotechnology and the environmental sciences. This necessitates the transfer of exp...
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Exploring the Feasibility of the Sec Route to Secrete Proteins Using the Tat Route in Streptomyces lividans
Streptomyces lividans uses mainly two pathways to target secretory proteins to the cytoplasmic membrane. The major pathway (Sec pathway) transports pre-proteins using the signal recogniti...
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Open AccessWorkforce preparation: the Biohealth computing model for Master and PhD students
The article addresses the strategic role of workforce preparation in the process of adoption of Systems Medicine as a driver of biomedical research in the new health paradigm. It reports on relevant initiative...
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Open Access13C metabolic flux analysis shows that resistin impairs the metabolic response to insulin in L6E9 myotubes
It has been suggested that the adipokine resistin links obesity and insulin resistance, although how resistin acts on muscle metabolism is controversial. We aimed to quantitatively analyse the effects of resis...
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Cyclin-dependent kinases 4 and 6 control tumor progression and direct glucose oxidation in the pentose cycle
Cyclin-dependent kinases CDK4 and CDK6 are essential for the control of the cell cycle through the G1 phase. Aberrant expression of CDK4 and CDK6 is a hallmark of cancer, which would suggest that CDK4 and CDK6 ar...
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Open AccessCompartmentation of glycogen metabolism revealed from 13C isotopologue distributions
Stable isotope tracers are used to assess metabolic flux profiles in living cells. The existing methods of measurement average out the isotopic isomer distribution in metabolites throughout the cell, whereas t...
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A Sensitive Method to Monitor Bacillus subtilis and Streptomyces coelicolor-related Bacteria in Maize Rhizobacterial Communities: The Use of Genome-Wide Microarrays
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A Sensitive Method to Monitor Bacillus subtilis and Streptomyces coelicor-related Bacteria in Maize Rhizobacterial Communities: The Use of Genome-Wide Microarrays
Commercially available DNA microarrays containing genome-wide spotted oligonucleotides encompass the soil bacteria Bacillus subtilis or Streptomyces coelicolor genomes. These have been used to analyse potential d...
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Metabolic profile and quantification of deoxyribose synthesis pathways in HepG2 cells
Traditional tracer studies of cell proliferation fail to distinguish between label enrichment due to increased DNA repair versus DNA replication. We used the emerging stable (non-radiating) isotope-based dynam...