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METTL14/YTHDC1-Mediated m6A Modification in Hippocampus Improves Pentylenetetrazol-Induced Acute Seizures
Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder which can cause significant morbidity and mortality. N6-methyladenosine (m6A), the most common chemical epigenetic modification among mRNA post-transcriptional modifi...
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Open AccessRole of ferroptosis and ferroptosis-related long non'coding RNA in breast cancer
Ferroptosis, a therapeutic strategy for tumours, is a regulated cell death characterised by the increased accumulation of iron-dependent lipid peroxides (LPO). Tumour-associated long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs),...
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Open AccessDual inhibitors of DNMT and HDAC induce viral mimicry to induce antitumour immunity in breast cancer
The existing conventional treatments for breast cancer, including immune checkpoint blockade, exhibit limited effects in some cancers, particularly triple-negative breast cancer. Epigenetic alterations, specif...
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Open AccessMetabolism of asparagine in the physiological state and cancer
Asparagine, an important amino acid in mammals, is produced in several organs and is widely used for the production of other nutrients such as glucose, proteins, lipids, and nucleotides. Asparagine has also be...
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Open AccessNovel dual inhibitors of PARP and HDAC induce intratumoral STING-mediated antitumor immunity in triple-negative breast cancer
PARP inhibitors and HDAC inhibitors have been approved for the clinical treatment of malignancies, but acquired resistance of or limited effects on solid tumors with a single agent remain as challenges. Bioinf...
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Downregulated circPOKE promotes breast cancer metastasis through activation of the USP10-Snail axis
Breast cancer (BC) is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer-related death among females. Metastasis accounts for the majority of BC related deaths. One feasible strategy to solve t...
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Open AccessInhibitory effect of the novel tyrosine kinase inhibitor DCC-2036 on triple-negative breast cancer stem cells through AXL-KLF5 positive feedback loop
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), an aggressive histological subtype of breast cancer, exhibits a high risk of early recurrence rate and a poor prognosis, and it is primarily associated with the abundance ...
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Open AccessExtracellular vesicle miR-32 derived from macrophage promotes arterial calcification in mice with type 2 diabetes via inhibiting VSMC autophagy
The development of diabetes vascular calcification (VC) is tightly associated with the inhibition of vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) autophagy. Previously, our team found that miR-32-5p (miR-32) promotes ma...
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Open AccessEndoscopy biopsy is not efficiency enough for diagnosis of mucinous colorectal adenocarcinoma
Endoscopy biopsy (EB) is the standard diagnostic method for colorectal cancer (CRC), whereas its accuracy and efficiency in mucinous adenocarcinoma (MAC) initial diagnosis is unclear.
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Open AccessmiR32-5p promoted vascular smooth muscle cell calcification by upregulating TNFα in the microenvironment
Vascular calcification is often associated with chronic inflammation and is a risk factor for brain arterial stiffness. Our previous results showed that miR32-5p was positively correlated with vascular smooth ...
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Open AccessEpstein-Barr virus-encoded miR-BART6-3p inhibits cancer cell metastasis and invasion by targeting long non-coding RNA LOC553103
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection is causatively related to a variety of human cancers, including nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and gastric cancer (GC). EBV encodes 44 mature miRNAs, a number of which have b...
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An integrative transcriptomic analysis reveals p53 regulated miRNA, mRNA, and lncRNA networks in nasopharyngeal carcinoma
It has been reported that p53 dysfunction is closely related to the carcinogenesis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Recently, an increasing body of evidence has indicated that microRNAs (miRNAs) and long non...
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APE1 Asp148Glu gene polymorphism and bladder cancer risk: a meta-analysis
Published data regarding the association between the apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 (APE1) Asp148Glu polymorphism and bladder cancer risk showed inconclusive results. This meta-analysis of literatures wa...
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Transforming growth factor-β signaling in tumor initiation, progression and therapy in breast cancer: an update
Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) is a ubiquitous cytokine playing an essential role in cell proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, adhesion and invasion, as well as in cellular microenvironment. In mal...
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Open AccessPro-oncogene Pokemon promotes breast cancer progression by upregulating survivin expression
Pokemon is an oncogenic transcription factor involved in cell growth, differentiation and oncogenesis, but little is known about its role in human breast cancer. In this study, we aimed to reveal the role of P...
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Global map** of ZBTB7A transcription factor binding sites in HepG2 cells
ZBTB7A is a known proto-oncogene that is implicated in carcinogenesis and cell differentiation and development. Fully understanding the function of ZBTB7A in cellular processes could provide useful strategies ...
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Open AccessSP1 enhances Zbtb7A gene expression via direct binding to GC box in HePG2 cells
Zbtb7A is a proto-oncogenic transcriptional regulator that plays an important role in adipogenesis, osteogenesis and oncogenesis, but little is known about the regulation of Zbtb7A gene expression which is of ...