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Open AccessLINC00665 promotes the progression and immune evasion of lung cancer by facilitating the translation of TCF7 protein through dependence on IRES
To investigate the influence of LINC00665 on the development and immune evasion of lung cancer.
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Open AccessIntegrinβ-1 in disorders and cancers: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic targets
Integrinβ-1 (ITGB1) is a crucial member of the transmembrane glycoprotein signaling receptor family and is also central to the integrin family. It forms heterodimers with other ligands, participates in intrace...
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Folic Acid and Folinic Acid Protect Hearts of Aging Triple-transgenic Alzheimer’s Disease mice via IGF1R/PI3K/AKT and SIRT1/AMPK Pathways
Patients with Alzheimer's disease have increased risk of develo** heart disease, which therefore highlights the need for strategies aiming at reducing Alzheimer's disease-related cardiovascular disease. Foli...
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The effect of chronic intermittent hypobaric hypoxia improving liver damage in metabolic syndrome rats through ferritinophagy
Studies have confirmed that hepatic iron overload is one of the important factors causing liver damage in the metabolic syndrome (MS). As a special form of autophagy, ferritinophagy is involved in the regulati...
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Open AccessNAD+ exhaustion by CD38 upregulation contributes to blood pressure elevation and vascular damage in hypertension
Hypertension is characterized by endothelial dysfunction and arterial stiffness, which contribute to the pathogenesis of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) is an ind...
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Genetic transformation and expression of hemagglutinin gene from avian influenza virus in carrot (Daucus carota)
Avian influenza is a disease of poultry that causes economic losses to poultry farms. Conventional vaccine production requires chicken embryos for virus proliferation with time-consuming and also affected by e...
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Comparative genomics revealed that Vibrio furnissii and Vibrio fluvialis have mutations in genes related to T6SS1 and T6SS2
The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is important for interbacterial competition and virulence in Vibrio species. It is generally agreed that T6SS provides a fitness advantage to Vibrios. Some Vibrio species poss...
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Pinocembrin Inhibits P2X4 Receptor–Mediated Pyroptosis in Hippocampus to Alleviate the Behaviours of Chronic Pain and Depression Comorbidity in Rats
Neuroinflammation is critical to the comorbidity of chronic pain and depression. Pyroptosis is an inflammatory cell death that is different from apoptosis. Activation of the P2X4 receptor leads to inflammation...
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Open AccessALKBH5-mediated m6A modification of lincRNA LINC02551 enhances the stability of DDX24 to promote hepatocellular carcinoma growth and metastasis
As the most important RNA epigenetic regulation in eukaryotic cells, N6-metheyladenosine (m6A) modification has been demonstrated to play significant roles in cancer progression. However, this modification in lon...
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Open AccessCryo-EM structures of human m6A writer complexes
N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is the most abundant ribonucleotide modification among eukaryotic messenger RNAs. The m6A “writer” consists of the catalytic subunit m6A-METTL complex (MAC) and the regulatory subunit m6A...
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Hesperadin suppresses pancreatic cancer through ATF4/GADD45A axis at nanomolar concentrations
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a fatal disease with poor survival and limited therapeutic strategies. In this study, we identified Hesperadin as a potent anti-cancer compound against PC, from a high-throughput scre...
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The difference in the intracellular Arg/Lys-rich and EHLVY motifs contributes to distinct subcellular distribution of HAI-1 versus HAI-2
The integral membrane, Kunitz-type, serine protease inhibitors, HAI-1 and HAI-2, closely resemble one another structurally and with regard to their specificity and potency against proteases. Structural complem...
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mGluR5-Mediated eCB Signaling in the Nucleus Accumbens Controls Vulnerability to Depressive-Like Behaviors and Pain After Chronic Social Defeat Stress
Stress contributes to major depressive disorder (MDD) and chronic pain, which affect a significant portion of the global population, but researchers have not clearly determined how these conditions are initiat...
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Targeted deletion of HAI-1 increases prostasin proteolysis but decreases matriptase proteolysis in human keratinocytes
Epidermal differentiation and barrier function require well-controlled matriptase and prostasin proteolysis, in which the Kunitz-type serine protease inhibitor HAI-1 represents the primary enzymatic inhibitor ...
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A Pandas complex adapted for piRNA-guided transcriptional silencing and heterochromatin formation
The repression of transposons by the Piwi-interacting RNA (piRNA) pathway is essential to protect animal germ cells. In Drosophila, Panoramix enforces transcriptional silencing by binding to the target-engaged Pi...
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Open AccessPOFUT1 promotes colorectal cancer development through the activation of Notch1 signaling
Copy number variations (CNVs) are key drivers of colorectal cancer (CRC). Our previous studies revealed that protein O-fucosyltransferase 1 (POFUT1) overexpression is driven by CNVs during CRC development. The po...
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Open AccessTwo novel SHP-1 agonists, SC-43 and SC-78, are more potent than regorafenib in suppressing the in vitro stemness of human colorectal cancer cells
Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) has been shown to play a critical role in the maintenance of cancer stem cells (CSCs). Hence, the inhibition of STAT3 signaling has been suggested to ...
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Heavy-chain antibodies in Camelidae; a case of evolutionary innovation
The emergence in Camelidae species of functional antibodies devoid of light chains (referred to as heavy-chain antibodies or HCAbs) is an intriguing evolutionary event. Homodimeric HCAbs have also been documente...