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Open AccessA cyclin D1 intrinsically disordered domain accesses modified histone motifs to govern gene transcription
The essential G1-cyclin, CCND1, is frequently overexpressed in cancer, contributing to tumorigenesis by driving cell-cycle progression. D-type cyclins are rate-limiting regulators of G1-S progression in mammalian...
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Open AccessThe DACH1 gene is frequently deleted in prostate cancer, restrains prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia, decreases DNA damage repair, and predicts therapy responses
Prostate cancer (PCa), the second leading cause of death in American men, includes distinct genetic subtypes with distinct therapeutic vulnerabilities. The DACH1 gene encodes a winged helix/Forkhead DNA-binding p...
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Open AccessPublisher Correction: Virtual screening and molecular dynamics simulations provide insight into repurposing drugs against SARS-CoV-2 variants Spike protein/ACE2 interface
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Open AccessVirtual screening and molecular dynamics simulations provide insight into repurposing drugs against SARS-CoV-2 variants Spike protein/ACE2 interface
After over two years of living with Covid-19 and hundreds of million cases worldwide there is still an unmet need to find proper treatments for the novel coronavirus, due also to the rapid mutation of its geno...
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In Vitro and Ex Vivo Methodologies for T-Cell Trafficking Through Blood–Brain Barrier After TLR Activation
This chapter describes ex vivo isolation of human T cells and of naïve splenocytes respectively collected from multiple sclerosis patients and healthy controls and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis-aff...
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Open AccessCSF CXCL13 and Chitinase 3-like-1 Levels Predict Disease Course in Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis
Several biomarkers from multiple sclerosis (MS) patients’ biological fluids have been considered to support diagnosis, predict disease course, and evaluate treatment response. In this study, we assessed the CS...
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Open AccessSerum S100B protein as a marker of severity in Covid-19 patients
SARS-CoV-2 infection shows a wide-ranging clinical severity, requiring prognostic markers. We focused on S100B, a calcium-binding protein present in biological fluids, being a reliable biomarker in disorders h...
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Open AccessCyclin D1 integrates G9a-mediated histone methylation
Lysine methylation of histones and non-histone substrates by the SET domain containing protein lysine methyltransferase (KMT) G9a/EHMT2 governs transcription contributing to apoptosis, aberrant cell growth, an...
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D-Type Cyclins and Gene Transcription
D-type cyclins contribute the regulatory subunits to the holoenzymes that phosphorylate distinct substrates and regulate diverse biological processes, including cellular proliferation and differentiation. A gr...
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Open AccessMicroRNA-34a dependent regulation of AXL controls the activation of dendritic cells in inflammatory arthritis
Current treatments for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) do not reverse underlying aberrant immune function. A genetic predisposition to RA, such as HLA-DR4 positivity, indicates that dendritic cells (DC) are of cruci...
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Open AccessPorphyromonas gingivalis and the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis: analysis of various compartments including the synovial tissue
We evaluated the presence of Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg) DNA in the synovial tissue through synovial biopsy and in other compartments of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients in comparison with patients affected b...
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Open AccessCollagen-specific T-cell repertoire in blood and synovial fluid varies with disease activity in early rheumatoid arthritis
Type II collagen is a DR4/DR1 restricted target of self-reactive T cells that sustain rheumatoid arthritis. The aim of the present study was to analyze the T-cell receptor repertoire at the onset of and at dif...