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    Leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor B1 (LILRB1) protects human multiple myeloma cells from ferroptosis by maintaining cholesterol homeostasis

    Multiple myeloma (MM) is a hematologic malignancy characterized by uncontrolled proliferation of plasma cells in the bone marrow. MM patients with aggressive progression have poor survival, emphasizing the urg...

    Miao **an, Qiang Wang, Liuling **ao, Ling Zhong, Wei **ong in Nature Communications (2024)

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    Cell-free DNA 5-hydroxymethylcytosine is an emerging marker of acute myeloid leukemia

    Aberrant changes in 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) are a unique epigenetic feature in many cancers including acute myeloid leukemia (AML). However, genome-wide analysis of 5hmC in plasma cell-free DNA (cfDNA) ...

    Jianming Shao, Sihan Wang, Diana West-Szymanski, Jason Karpus in Scientific Reports (2022)

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    MYCN-driven fatty acid uptake is a metabolic vulnerability in neuroblastoma

    Neuroblastoma (NB) is a childhood cancer arising from sympatho-adrenal neural crest cells. MYCN amplification is found in half of high-risk NB patients; however, no available therapies directly target MYCN. Using...

    Ling Tao, Mahmoud A. Mohammad, Giorgio Milazzo in Nature Communications (2022)

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    Mechanism of quercetin therapeutic targets for Alzheimer disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus

    Quercetin has demonstrated antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, hypoglycemic, and hypolipidemic activities, suggesting therapeutic potential against type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). In ...

    Guoxiu Zu, Keyun Sun, Ling Li, **uli Zu, Tao Han, Hailiang Huang in Scientific Reports (2021)

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    Recombinant expression, characterization, and quantification in human cancer cell lines of the Anaplastic Large-Cell Lymphoma-characteristic NPM-ALK fusion protein

    Systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) is an aggressive T-cell lymphoma most commonly seen in children and young adults. The majority of pediatric ALCLs are associated with the t(2;5)(p23;q35) transloc...

    Katerina Kourentzi, Mary Crum, Ujwal Patil, Ana Prebisch in Scientific Reports (2020)

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    Multiplexed volumetric bar-chart chip for point-of-care diagnostics

    Microfluidics have become an enabling technology for point-of-care and personalized diagnostics. Desirable capabilities of microfluidics-based diagnostic devices include simplicity, portability, low cost and t...

    Yujun Song, Yuanqing Zhang, Paul E. Bernard, James M. Reuben in Nature Communications (2012)