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Baloxavir marboxil is an orally available prodrug of baloxavir acid. Japan was the first country to approve baloxavir marboxil as a treatment for influenza. The antiviral mechanism of action of baloxavir is unique; the drug blocks initiation of viral mRNA synthesis, thus preventing proliferation of the influenza virus.... | Is Baloxavir effective for influenza? | A single oral dose of baloxavir is usually well tolerated; it hastens alleviation of influenza symptoms and shortens the duration of viral shedding. |
Pharmacogenetic testing for HLA-B*5701 is cost-effective only if abacavir-based treatment is as effective and costs less than tenofovir-based treatment. | Which pharmacogenetic test is available for abacavir? | Pharmacogenetic testing for HLA-B*5701 is cost-effective only if abacavir-based treatment is as effective and costs less than tenofovir-based treatment. |
Neonates do experience pain and its management is necessary in order to prevent long-term, as well as, short-term effects. The most common source of pain in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is caused by medically invasive procedures. NICU patients have to endure trauma, medical adhesive related skin injuries, he... | What are the most common pain scales used to measure pain in neonates? | A cornerstone in pain assessment is the use of scales such as COMFORT, PIPP-R, NIPS and N-PASS. |
Sumoylation is a post-translational modification that plays an important role in a wide range of cellular processes. Among the proteins involved in the sumoylation pathway, Ubc9 is the sole E2-conjugating enzyme required for sumoylation and plays a central role by interacting with almost all of the partners required fo... | What is the role of the UBC9 enzyme in the protein sumoylation pathway? | Among the proteins involved in the sumoylation pathway, Ubc9 is the sole E2-conjugating enzyme required for sumoylation and plays a central role by interacting with almost all of the partners required for sumoylation. |
DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) can induce chromosomal aberrations and carcinogenesis and their correct repair is crucial for genetic stability. The cellular response to DSBs depends on damage signaling including the phosphorylation of the histone H2AX (γH2AX). However, a lack of γH2AX formation in heterochromatin (HC)... | What happens to H2AX upon DNA bouble strand breaks? | he cellular response to DSBs depends on damage signaling including the phosphorylation of the histone H2AX (γH2AX). However, a lack of γH2AX formation in heterochromatin (HC) is generally observed after DNA damage induction. Here, we examine γH2AX and repair protein foci along linear ion tracks traversing heterochromat... |
Transcript elongation can be interrupted by a variety of obstacles, including certain DNA sequences, DNA-binding proteins, chromatin, and DNA lesions. Bypass of many of these impediments is facilitated by elongation factor TFIIS through a mechanism that involves cleavage of the nascent transcript by the RNA polymerase ... | Which RNA polymerase II subunit carries RNA cleavage activity? | Highly purified yeast RNA polymerase II is able to perform transcript hydrolysis in the absence of TFIIS. |
A cis-acting DNA regulatory element 3' to the A gamma-globin gene contains eight distinct regions of DNA-protein interaction distributed over 750 bp of DNA. The sequences of two foot-printed regions (sites I and IV) are A-T rich and generate a highly retarded complex on gel shift analysis with nuclear extract from huma... | Is SATB1 positioned close to AT-rich sequences? | Tryptic cleavage and peptide sequence analysis demonstrated that the 98-kD protein is identical to a recently cloned protein, special A-T-rich binding protein 1 (SATB1) |
The Muenke syndrome (MS) is characterized by unicoronal or bicoronal craniosynostosis, midfacial hypoplasia, ocular hypertelorism, and a variety of minor abnormalities associated with a mutation in the fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3) gene. The birth prevalence is approximately one in 10,000 live births, acc... | What symptoms characterize the Muenke syndrome? | The Muenke syndrome (MS) is characterized by unicoronal or bicoronal craniosynostosis, midfacial hypoplasia, ocular hypertelorism, and a variety of minor abnormalities associated with a mutation in the fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3) gene. |
1. Sometimes called "lazy eye," amblyopia is poor vision in an eye that did not develop normal sight during early childhood. Amblyopia is common, affecting approximately 2 or 3 out of every 100 people. The best time to correct amblyopia is during infancy or early childhood. 2. Amblyopia has three major causes: strabism... | Does Amblyopia affect the eye? | To correct amblyopia, a child must be made to use the weak eye. |
A chemical screen designed to identify novel inducers of autophagy led to the discovery that signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) inhibitors can potently stimulate the autophagic flux. Although STAT3 is best known as a pro-inflammatory and oncogenic transcription factor, mechanistic analyses revea... | Is STAT3 involved in EIF2AK2-dependent suppression of autophagy? | These results reveal an unsuspected crosstalk between cellular metabolism (fatty acids), pro-inflammatory signaling (STAT3), innate immunity (EIF2AK2), and translational control (EIF2S1) that regulates autophagy |
The H1N1 2009 virus is pandemic in many countries. The genome of this virus contains eight segments. Among the eight segments maximum numbers of mutation occur at the segment 1 and segment 4 which codes for PB2 subunit and hemagglutinin (HA) and less number of mutations occur in segment 6 which codes for neuraminidase ... | What is the function of Oseltamivir when administered during flu? | Neuraminidase (NA) inhibitors (Oseltamivir and Zanamivir) are presently used as an anti-flu drugs. |
Care for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is poorly standardised. There are many interventions in different systems which are known to improve outcomes in DMD but these are not uniformly applied. This leads to inequality in access to treatment, as well as problems for planning controlled trials of future... | Elaborate on the TREAT-NMD initiative for DMD patients | In advance of the full consensus document, TREAT-NMD has worked on the generation of brief standards of care for DMD, which are presented here and are available via the TREAT-NMD website (http://www.treat-nmd.eu). Guidelines are presented for diagnostics, neurological follow up, gastrointestinal and nutritional issues,... |
Netherton syndrome is a severe autosomal recessive skin disorder characterized by congenital erythroderma, a specific hair-shaft abnormality, and atopic manifestations with high IgE levels. Recently, we identified SPINK5, which encodes the serine protease inhibitor Kazal-type 5 protein (LEKTI), as the defective gene in... | Mutations in which gene and which protein are associated with Netherton syndrome? | Recently, we identified SPINK5, which encodes the serine protease inhibitor Kazal-type 5 protein (LEKTI), as the defective gene in Netherton syndrome. Here we describe the intron-exon organization of the gene and characterize the SPINK5 mutations in patients from 21 families of different geographic origin, using denatu... |
Genome editing has attracted wide interest for the generation of cellular models of disease using human pluripotent stem cells and other cell types. CRISPR-Cas systems and TALENs can target desired genomic sites with high efficiency in human cells, but recent publications have led to concern about the extent to which t... | Is TALEN being used on stem cells? | Using CRISPR-Cas9 and TALEN targeted human pluripotent stem cell clones, we performed whole-genome sequencing at high coverage in order to assess the degree of mutagenesis across the entire genome. |
TAL1/SCL (hereafter referred to as TAL1) is a critical transcription factor required for hematopoiesis in which hematopoietic stem cells commit and differentiate to different lineages. During this process, transcription of many genes is turned on and off in part by epigenetic mechanisms. TAL1 has recently been shown to... | What is the role of lysine-specific demethylase 1 (LSD1) in hematopoiesis? | TAL1 has recently been shown to differentially recruit LSD1 and other histone modifying complexes to regulate its target genes |
Previous work has demonstrated that fusion of a luciferase to an opsin, to create a luminescent opsin or luminopsin, provides a genetically encoded means of manipulating neuronal activity via both chemogenetic and optogenetic approaches. Here we have expanded and refined the versatility of luminopsin tools by fusing an... | Are Luminopsins a fusion proteins of luminol and Rhodopsin ? | Here we have expanded and refined the versatility of luminopsin tools by fusing an alternative luciferase variant with high light emission, Gaussia luciferase mutant GLucM23, to depolarizing and hyperpolarizing channelrhodopsins |
Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS), a variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome, is a rare disorder typically characterized by a triad of ataxia, areflexia, and ophthalmoplegia, which may have a highly variable clinical presentation. We report a case of MFS in a 45-year-old female presenting with sphenoid sinusitis and sixth nerve ... | Is the Miller-Fisher syndrome considered to be a variant of Guillain-Barré? | Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS), a variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome, is a rare disorder typically characterized by a triad of ataxia, areflexia, and ophthalmoplegia, which may have a highly variable clinical presentation. |
Feline coronavirus (FCoV) is an etiological agent that causes a benign enteric illness and the fatal systemic disease feline infectious peritonitis (FIP). The FCoV spike (S) protein is considered the viral regulator for binding and entry to the cell. This protein is also involved in FCoV tropism and virulence, as well ... | The virus that causes FIP, Feline Infectious Peritonitis belongs to what family? | Feline coronavirus (FCoV) is an etiological agent that causes a benign enteric illness and the fatal systemic disease feline infectious peritonitis (FIP). |
Atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia worldwide with increasing frequency noted with age. Hyperthyroidism is a well-known cause of atrial fibrillation with a 16%-60% prevalence of atrial fibrillation in patients with known hyperthyroidism Ross et al. (2016). While hyperthyroidism as a causative factor of at... | Please list 10 conditions which play a role in causing atrial fibrillation. | Atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia worldwide with increasing frequency noted with age. Hyperthyroidism is a well-known cause of atrial fibrillation with a 16%-60% prevalence of atrial fibrillation in patients with known hyperthyroidism |
miR-1 levels are greatly reduced in human AF, possibly contributing to up-regulation of Kir2.1 subunits, leading to increased I(K1). Because up-regulation of inward-rectifier currents is important for AF maintenance, these results provide potential new insights into molecular mechanisms of AF with potential therapeutic... | Is micro RNA 1 (miR-1) implicated in cardiac arrhythmias? | miR-1 levels are greatly reduced in human AF, possibly contributing to up-regulation of Kir2.1 subunits, leading to increased I(K1). Because up-regulation of inward-rectifier currents is important for AF maintenance, these results provide potential new insights into molecular mechanisms of AF with potential therapeutic... |
Nearly 30 years have elapsed since Rowe and Weller and their colleagues discovered human cytomegalovirus (CMV). Because of its complex structure, long replicative cycle, low yield in vitro, and highly species-specific cell-substrate requirement, the cellular and molecular biologic analyses of human CMV have been slow, ... | Can you define iatrogenic disease? | However, the clinical events that occur during iatrogenic immunosuppression (transplantation and cancer therapy) and as a result of immunocompromise due to human immunodeficiency virus infection are currently promoting our understanding of the epidemiology of CMV disease and the definition of its clinical spectrum |
The orexin (also known as hypocretin) G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) respond to orexin neuropeptides in the central nervous system to regulate sleep and other behavioural functions in humans. Defects in orexin signalling are responsible for the human diseases of narcolepsy and cataplexy; inhibition of orexin recep... | What molecule is targeted by suvorexant? | The human OX2 receptor (OX2R) belongs to the β branch of the rhodopsin family of GPCRs, and can bind to diverse compounds including the native agonist peptides orexin-A and orexin-B and the potent therapeutic inhibitor suvorexant. |
Cohesin regulates sister chromatid cohesion during the mitotic cell cycle with Nipped-B-Like (NIPBL) facilitating its loading and unloading. In addition to this canonical role, cohesin has also been demonstrated to play a critical role in regulation of gene expression in nondividing cells. Heterozygous mutations in the... | What is the function of the NIPBL factor in genome conformation? | Cohesin regulates sister chromatid cohesion during the mitotic cell cycle with Nipped-B-Like (NIPBL) facilitating its loading and unloading |
Are its level found to increase or to decrease? | The ability of Frzb/secreted Frizzled-related protein 3 (sFRP3) to inhibit Wnt signaling and the localization of Frzb/sFRP3 on chromosome 2q to a region frequently deleted in cancers have led some investigators to hypothesize that Frzb/sFRP3 is a tumor suppressor gene. | null |
Does an activated oncogene that initiates tumor growth need to remain activated to maintain the cancer phenotype? This question has been answered affirmatively by experiments in which doxycycline-regulated oncogene activation induces growth of large tumors that regress completely upon oncogene inactivation--a phenomeno... | Which phenomenon is described as oncogene addiction? | Does an activated oncogene that initiates tumor growth need to remain activated to maintain the cancer phenotype? This question has been answered affirmatively by experiments in which doxycycline-regulated oncogene activation induces growth of large tumors that regress completely upon oncogene inactivation--a phenomeno... |
The PLA2G6 gene encodes a group VIA calcium-independent phospholipase A2 beta enzyme that selectively hydrolyses glycerophospholipids to release free fatty acids. Mutations in PLA2G6 have been associated with disorders such as infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy, neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation type II and K... | Which gene is mutated in the Karak syndrome? | Mutations in PLA2G6 have been associated with disorders such as infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy, neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation type II and Karak syndrome |
Phospholamban (PLN) is a key regulator of Ca(2+) homeostasis and contractility in the heart. Its regulatory effects are mediated through its interaction with the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase, (SERCA2a), resulting in alterations of its Ca(2+)-affinity. To identify additional proteins that may interact with PLN, ... | Which protein has been found to interact with phospholamban (PLN) and is also an anti-apoptotic protein? | Analysis of the anti-apoptotic function of HAX-1 revealed that the presence of PLN enhanced the HAX-1 protective effects from hypoxia/reoxygenation-induced cell death. These findings suggest a possible link between the Ca(2+) handling by the sarcoplasmic reticulum and cell survival mediated by the PLN/HAX-1 interaction... |
Lysozymes are an ancient group of antimicrobial enzymes of the innate immune system. Here we provide a comparative analysis of the evolution and function of lysozymes during early development in fish, the most speciose vertebrate group. In fishes, lineage and species-specific evolution of both C-type (chicken or conven... | What is the function of lysozyme? | Lysozymes are an ancient group of antimicrobial enzymes of the innate immune system. |
Phylogenetic reconstruction using molecular data is often subject to homoplasy, leading to inaccurate conclusions about phylogenetic relationships among operational taxonomic units. Compared with other molecular markers, single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) exhibit extremely low mutation rates, making them rare in re... | How homoplasy affects phylogenetic reconstruction? | Phylogenetic reconstruction using molecular data is often subject to homoplasy, leading to inaccurate conclusions about phylogenetic relationships among operational taxonomic units. |
A histological analysis was conducted in 138 female breast cancer patients, and the results were classified in accordance with "Histological Typing of Breast Tumours" (WHO, Geneva 1981). Since about half of these tumors showed more than one histological type of carcinoma, a simplified classification system with four gr... | List the cancers that are associated with SBLA syndrome. | The SBLA syndrome is a complex familial cancer syndrome characterized by a proclivity to Sarcomas, Breast cancers, brain tumors, Lung and laryngeal cancers, leukemia, and Adrenocortical carcinomas. |
Intramural hematoma of the aorta is a condition increasingly observed in clinical practice. Uncertainty exists whether such lesions represent a different pathology or simply the precursors of classic dissecting aneurysm. The patient was a 76-year-old woman with intramural hematoma of the ascending aorta. Clinical cours... | What is the most frequent evolution (next stage) when Aortic intramural hematoma (IMH) is not treated? | Intramural hematoma of the aorta is a condition increasingly observed in clinical practice. Uncertainty exists whether such lesions represent a different pathology or simply the precursors of classic dissecting aneurysm |
The mechanism by which cells decide to skip mitosis to become polyploid is largely undefined. Here we used a high-content image-based screen to identify small-molecule probes that induce polyploidization of megakaryocytic leukemia cells and serve as perturbagens to help understand this process. Our study implicates fiv... | Inhibition of which enzyme is mechanism of action of alisertib? | We further find that MLN8237 (Alisertib), a selective inhibitor of AURKA, induced polyploidization and expression of mature megakaryocyte markers in acute megakaryocytic leukemia (AMKL) blasts and displayed potent anti-AMKL activity in vivo. |
The 3'-ends of both prokaryotic and eukaryotic mRNA are polyadenylated, but the poly(A) tracts of prokaryotic mRNA are generally shorter, ranging from 15 to 60 adenylate residues and associated with only 2-60% of the molecules of a given mRNA species. The sites of polyadenylation of bacterial mRNA are diverse and inclu... | Is polyadenylation a process that stabilizes a protein by adding a string of Adenosine residues to the end of the molecule? | The diversity of polyadenylation sites suggests that mRNA polyadenylation in prokaryotes is a relatively indiscriminate process that can occur at all mRNA's 3'-ends and does not require specific consensus sequences as in eukaryotes. |
Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a genetically heterogeneous, autosomal recessive disorder that results from functional and ultrastructural abnormalities of motile cilia. Patients with PCD have diverse clinical phenotypes that include chronic upper and lower respiratory tract infections, situs inversus, heterotaxy w... | Which is the molecular function of the protein CCDC40? | Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a genetically heterogeneous, autosomal recessive disorder that results from functional and ultrastructural abnormalities of motile cilia. |
Microneedling with dermaroller is a new treatment modality for the treatment of scars, especially acne scars, stretch marks, wrinkles, and for facial rejuvenation. It is a simple and relatively cheap modality that also can be used for transdermal drug delivery. | What are the applications of a Dermaroller ? | Microneedling with dermaroller is a new treatment modality for the treatment of scars, especially acne scars, stretch marks, wrinkles, and for facial rejuvenation. It is a simple and relatively cheap modality that also can be used for transdermal drug delivery. |
Deregulation of the cell cycle underlies the aberrant cell proliferation that characterizes cancer and loss of cell cycle checkpoint control promotes genetic instability. During the past two decades, cancer genetics has shown that hyperactivating mutations in growth signalling networks, coupled to loss of function of t... | What are negative cell-cycle regulators that can cause cancer when mutated called? | Deregulation of the cell cycle underlies the aberrant cell proliferation that characterizes cancer and loss of cell cycle checkpoint control promotes genetic instability. During the past two decades, cancer genetics has shown that hyperactivating mutations in growth signalling networks, coupled to loss of function of t... |
Shapiro syndrome is a rare entity, comprising a triad of recurrent hypothermia, hyperhidrosis and congenital agenesis of the corpus callosum. Fewer than 50 cases have been described, almost invariably in patients presenting in childhood or early adulthood. We present a case of an 80 year old woman presenting with recur... | List common features of Shapiro syndrome | Shapiro syndrome is a rare entity, comprising a triad of recurrent hypothermia, hyperhidrosis and congenital agenesis of the corpus callosum. |
: Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive breast cancer subtype associated with an increased risk of recurrence and cancer-related death. Unlike hormone receptor-positive or HER2-positive breast cancers, there are limited targeted therapies available to treat TNBC and cytotoxic chemotherapy remains the ma... | Is sacituzumab govitecan effective for breast cancer? | The activity of sacituzumab govitecan likely extends beyond TNBC with promising early efficacy data in many other epithelial cancers, including hormone receptor-positive breast cancer. |
Activating mutations in NOTCH1 consitute the most prominent genetic abnormality in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL). However, most T-ALL cell lines with NOTCH1 mutations are resistant to treatment with γ-secretase inhibitors (GSIs). The spotlight is now shifting to the phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/p... | Are Notch mutations related to T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (T-ALL)? | Activating mutations in NOTCH1 consitute the most prominent genetic abnormality in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL). |
Worldwide over 12 million people were diagnosed with cancer (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer) and 8 million individuals died from cancer in 2008. Recent data indicate that 75-90% of patients with advanced stage diseases or metastatic cancer will experience significant cancer pain. Bone cancer pain is common in patie... | Has Denosumab (Prolia) been approved by FDA? | Several of these therapies have recently been approved by the FDA to treat bone cancer pain (bisphosphonates, denosumab) and others are currently being evaluated in human clinical trials (tanezumab). |
Transmembrane beta-barrel (TMB) proteins play pivotal roles in many aspects of bacterial functions. This paper presents a k-nearest neighbor (K-NN) method for discriminating TMB and non-TMB proteins. We start with a method that makes predictions based on a distance computed from residue composition and gradually improv... | What are the computational methods for the prediction of beta-barrel transmembrane proteins? | A web server based on the proposed method is available at http://yanbioinformatics.cs.usu.edu:8080/TMBKNNsubmit. |
Ferroquine (FQ or SR97193) is a unique ferrocene antimalarial drug candidate which just entered phase IIb clinical trials in autumn 2007. FQ is able to overcome the chloroquine (CQ) resistance problem, an important limit to the control of Plasmodium falciparum, the principal causative agent of malaria. However, as for ... | Which is the causative agent of malaria? | FQ is able to overcome the chloroquine (CQ) resistance problem, an important limit to the control of Plasmodium falciparum, the principal causative agent of malaria. |
Glucocorticoids, widely used as immune suppressors, cause osteoporosis by inhibiting bone formation. In MC3T3-E1 osteoblast-like cultures, dexamethasone (DEX) activates glycogen synthase kinase-3beta (GSK3beta) and inhibits a differentiation-related cell cycle that occurs at a commitment stage immediately after conflue... | Is there any cross-talk between the Wnt and the Akt pathways? | DEX decreased the serum-responsive phosphorylation of protein kinase B/Akt-Ser(473) within minutes, and this inhibition was also observed after 12 h. When the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt pathway was inhibited by wortmannin, DEX no longer inhibited beta-catenin levels. |
Mutations of the huntingtin protein (HTT) gene underlie both adult-onset and juvenile forms of Huntington's disease (HD). HTT modulates mitotic spindle orientation and cell fate in mouse cortical progenitors from the ventricular zone. Using human embryonic stem cells (hESC) characterized as carrying mutations associate... | What gene is mutated in Huntington's disease? | Mutations of the huntingtin protein (HTT) gene underlie both adult-onset and juvenile forms of Huntington's disease (HD). |
Our results show that MASP-3 is present in relatively high serum concentrations. Moreover, Ficolin-3 is the primary acceptor molecule of MASP-3 among the LCP activator molecules, but MASP-3 appears to down-regulate Ficolin-3 mediated complement activation through the lectin pathway. | Which pathway is activated by ficolin-3? | Moreover, Ficolin-3 is the primary acceptor molecule of MASP-3 among the LCP activator molecules, but MASP-3 appears to down-regulate Ficolin-3 mediated complement activation through the lectin pathway. |
People with rare hypertrichosis syndromes became crowd-drawing money-making phenomena in many 19th century sideshow acts. These individuals have been referred to as dog-men, hair-men, and werewolves. In 1993, Baumister et al. described congenital hypertrichosis lanuginose or Ambras syndrome: a distinct form of congenit... | Describe clinical presentation of Ambras syndrome. | In 1993, Baumister et al. described congenital hypertrichosis lanuginose or Ambras syndrome: a distinct form of congenital hypertrichosis characterized by excessive hair growth over the body and face associated with facial and occasional dental anomalies. |
The role of pro-inflammatory cytokines in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) remains somewhat controversial. Several studies have shown increased production of TNF alpha and IL-6 in patients with SLE. Increased production of IL-6, TNF alpha, and IL-1 soluble receptors have also been reported. This finding is provocativ... | Which part of the TNFR2 gene is genetically associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus? | We therefore characterized the frequency of a genetic polymorphism in the 3' untranslated region of the TNFR2 gene in Caucasoid SLE patients and geographically matched controls. |
We have investigated the existence of neural connections between the duodenum and the sphincter of Oddi (SO). Stimulation of duodenal myenteric fiber bundles elicited synaptic responses in SO neurons, which included nicotinic fast excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs), slow EPSPs, and alpha(2)-adrenoreceptor-media... | What 3 organs are the sphincter of Oddi associated with? | We have investigated the existence of neural connections between the duodenum and the sphincter of Oddi (SO). St |
Chronic myeloid leukemia cells contain a BCR-ABL oncoprotein with an enhanced tyrosine kinase activity, which is considered to be the principal 'cause' of the leukemia. Though the precise mechanisms underlying the leukemogenesis remains enigmatic, the use of imatinib to inhibit the dysregulated kinase activity has prov... | What tyrosine kinase, involved in a Philadelphia- chromosome positive chronic myelogenous leukemia, is the target of Imatinib (Gleevec)? | hronic myeloid leukemia cells contain a BCR-ABL oncoprotein |
Mycobacterium abscessus lung disease is difficult to treat due to intrinsic drug resistance and the persistence of drug-tolerant bacteria. Currently, the standard of care is a multidrug regimen with at least 3 active drugs, preferably including a β-lactam (imipenem or cefoxitin). These regimens are lengthy and toxic an... | Is Mycobacterium abscessus a human pathogen? | Mycobacterium abscessus lung disease is difficult to treat due to intrinsic drug resistance and the persistence of drug-tolerant bacteria. |
Therapeutic apheresis utilizes apheresis procedures in the treatment of a variety of conditions including kidney disease. Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is the most common modality employed with the rationale of rapid reduction of a pathogenic substance distributed primarily in the intravascular compartment; however... | Treatment with plasma exchange (TPE) is used for what diseases | Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is the most common modality employed with the rationale of rapid reduction of a pathogenic substance distributed primarily in the intravascular compartmen |
Anaphylaxis is a sudden onset, immediate reaction that implies a risk of death. Think of a "rule of 2s" for anaphylaxis, which implies that reactions usually begin within 2 minutes to 2 hours after injection, infusion, ingestion, contact, or inhalation. Fatalities can be from asphyxiation from laryngeal or oropharyngea... | Is anaphylaxis a results of mast cell activation? | When there is activation of mast cells and basophils in anaphylaxis, chemical mediators are detectable. |
The field of metabolomics continues to grow rapidly over the last decade and has been proven to be a powerful technology in predicting and explaining complex phenotypes in diverse biological systems. Metabolomics complements other omics, such as transcriptomics and proteomics and since it is a 'downstream' result of ge... | List omics technologies comprised in system biology. | In addition, integrated applications with genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics provide greater understanding of global system biology. |
An increased incidence of narcolepsy in children was detected in Scandinavian countries where pandemic H1N1 influenza ASO3-adjuvanted vaccine was used. A campaign of vaccination against pandemic H1N1 influenza was implemented in France using both ASO3-adjuvanted and non-adjuvanted vaccines. As part of a study consideri... | What is the reason for the narcolepsy cases developed after H1N1 influenza vaccination? | H1N1 vaccination was strongly associated with an increased risk of narcolepsy-cataplexy in both children and adults in France |
Fifty per cent of the genome is discontinuously replicated on the lagging strand as Okazaki fragments. Eukaryotic Okazaki fragments remain poorly characterized and, because nucleosomes are rapidly deposited on nascent DNA, Okazaki fragment processing and nucleosome assembly potentially affect one another. Here we show ... | What cellular process are okazaki fragments associated with? | Fifty per cent of the genome is discontinuously replicated on the lagging strand as Okazaki fragments. |
There is increasing evidence that the ABO blood group phenotypes modulates Plasmodium falciparum rosetting and may influence the clinical manifestation of severe malaria. Whether blood group phenotypes are associated with risk of severe falciparum malaria in Odisha, we analyzed 343 adult malaria patients. The results s... | Are people with blood group O protected against severe Malaria? | type O is significantly associated with protection against CM, patients with type A and B group had increased risk for developing CM. |
This paper describes a case of transmission of herpetic whitlow to the index finger of a dental student from a patient with herpes simplex virus. The recognition of intraoral viral infections in patients is important because these viruses have serious implications for health care providers. Rubber gloves must be worn w... | Describe Herpetic Whitlow. | This paper describes a case of transmission of herpetic whitlow to the index finger of a dental student from a patient with herpes simplex virus. |
Pro-social effects of oxytocin and its homologues are well-documented in birds and mammals. However, in fishes, the effect of isotocin, the homologue of oxytocin, on social behaviour is less clear. Studies in fishes have generally shown no effect of isotocin on social behaviours or even an anti-social effect. In our st... | Isotocin is an homolog of what hormone? | isotocin may have a homologous role to oxytocin |
Eukaryotic cells have evolved a variety of parallel and redundant DNA damage response pathways that function in a coordinated fashion to prevent the fixation of DNA damage as mutations. Despite the wealth of knowledge on DNA damage signaling on downstream cellular events, the mechanisms of DNA damage recognition, DNA r... | In which proteins is the chromodomain present? | Chromodomain helicase DNA-binding proteins (CHD) belong to a group of highly conserved chromatin remodeling proteins that are implicated in regulation of transcription. In an effort to understand the physiological role of one of the CHD members in a mammalian model system, we developed a mutant mouse model for the Chd2... |
RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) control the fate of nearly every transcript in a cell. However, no existing approach for studying these posttranscriptional gene regulators combines transcriptome-wide throughput and biophysical precision. Here, we describe an assay that accomplishes this. Using commonly available hardware, ... | Which was the first species in which a de novo gene emergence ("gene birth") was reported? | These targets regulated diverse biological processes including nutrient sensing and the DNA damage response, and implicated Vts1 in de novo gene "birth." |
Genome editing has attracted wide interest for the generation of cellular models of disease using human pluripotent stem cells and other cell types. CRISPR-Cas systems and TALENs can target desired genomic sites with high efficiency in human cells, but recent publications have led to concern about the extent to which t... | Is TALEN being used on stem cells? | Using CRISPR-Cas9 and TALEN targeted human pluripotent stem cell clones, we performed whole-genome sequencing at high coverage in order to assess the degree of mutagenesis across the entire genome. |
Mast cells are important elements of the body response to foreign antigens, being those represented either by small molecules (allergic response) or harbored by foreign microorganisms (response to parasite infection). These cells derive from hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells present in the marrow. However, in contras... | What biologic process in the body is associated with Mast cells? | Mast cells are important elements of the body response to foreign antigens, being those represented either by small molecules (allergic response) or harbored by foreign microorganisms (response to parasite infection). |
Maladaptive cardiac hypertrophy results in phenotypic changes in several genes that are thyroid hormone responsive, suggesting that thyroid hormone receptor (TR) function may be altered by cellular kinases, including protein kinase C (PKC) isozymes that are activated in pathological hypertrophy. To investigate the role... | Which genes does thyroid hormone receptor alpha1 regulate in the heart? | PKC alpha overexpression in cardiomyocytes caused marked repression of triiodothyronine (T3)-responsive genes, alpha-myosin heavy chain, and the sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium-activated adenosinetriphosphatase SERCA2. Treatment with T3 for 4 h resulted in significant reductions of PKC alpha in nuclear and cytosolic com... |
The HU protein is a small, basic, heat-stable DNA-binding protein that is well-conserved in prokaryotes and is associated with the bacterial nucleoid. In enterobacteria, including Escherichia coli, HU is a heterotypic dimer, HUalphabeta, composed of two closely related sub-units encoded by the hupA and hupB genes, resp... | Which proteins act as histone-like molecules in prokaryotes? | HU protein is a small, basic, heat-stable DNA-binding protein that is well-conserved in prokaryotes and is associated with the bacterial nucleoid |
Thyroid hormone transport into cells requires plasma membrane transport proteins. Mutations in one of these, monocarboxylate transporter 8 (MCT8), have been identified as underlying cause for the Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome, an X-linked mental retardation in which the patients also present with abnormally high 3',3,5... | Which hormone concentrations are altered in patients with the Allan–Herndon–Dudley syndrome? | Mutations in one of these, monocarboxylate transporter 8 (MCT8), have been identified as underlying cause for the Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome, an X-linked mental retardation in which the patients also present with abnormally high 3',3,5-triiodothyronine (T(3)) plasma levels. |
Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP) is a severe fatal immune-augmented disease in cat population. It is caused by FIP virus (FIPV), a virulent mutant strain of Feline Enteric Coronavirus (FECV). Current treatments and prophylactics are not effective. The in vitro antiviral properties of five circular Triple-Helix Formi... | Is the FIP virus thought to be a mutated strain for the Feline enteric Coronavirus? | It is caused by FIP virus (FIPV), a virulent mutant strain of Feline Enteric Coronavirus (FECV). |
Neuromedin U (NmU), originally isolated from porcine spinal cord and later from other species, is a novel peptide that potently contracts smooth muscle. NmU interacts with two G protein-coupled receptors designated as NmU-1R and NmU-2R. This study demonstrates a potential proinflammatory role for NmU. In a mouse Th2 ce... | What is Neuromedin U (NmU) | Neuromedin U (NmU), originally isolated from porcine spinal cord and later from other species, is a novel peptide that potently contracts smooth muscle. |
Optogenetics has revolutionized the capability of controlling genetically modified neurons in vitro and in vivo and has become an indispensable neuroscience tool. Using light as a probe for selective neuronal activation or inhibition and as a means to read out neural activity has dramatically enhanced our understanding... | Optogenetics refers to the study of gene expression optimization | Optogenetics has revolutionized the capability of controlling genetically modified neurons in vitro and in vivo and has become an indispensable neuroscience tool. Using light as a probe for selective neuronal activation or inhibition and as a means to read out neural activity has dramatically enhanced our understanding... |
Heterotachy is a general term to describe positions that evolve at different rates in different lineages. Heterotachy also can generally be viewed as multivariate rates-across-sites variation, which can be described as randomly drawing rates (or branch lengths) from a multivariate distribution for each branch at each s... | What heterotachy states about molecular evolutionary processes? | Heterotachy is a general term to describe positions that evolve at different rates in different lineages. |
Telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) is up-regulated in a variety of human neoplasms. Mutations in the core promoter region of the TERT gene, which increases promoter activity, have been reported in melanomas and a variety of human neoplasms, including gliomas. In the present study, we screened for TERT promoter mut... | Is there an association between TERT promoter mutation and survival of glioblastoma patients? | Glioblastoma patients with TERT mutations showed a shorter survival than those without TERT mutations in univariate analysis (median, 9.3 vs. 10.5 months; P = 0.015) and multivariate analysis after adjusting for age and gender (HR 1.38, 95 % CI 1.01-1.88, P = 0.041). However, TERT mutations had no significant impact on... |
A survey of reptile-associated ticks and their infection status with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) virus was conducted to determine the relative abundance and distribution among lizards, skinks, and snakes in the Republic of Korea (ROK). In total, 132 reptiles, including 49 lizards (two species), 1... | Which species is the carrier of the SFTS ( severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome) virus? | In total, 84 ixodid ticks belonging to two genera (Ixodes and Amblyomma) were collected from 28/132 (21.2%) lizards, skinks, and snakes. |
The aim of this Phase 1/2, 2-part, multicenter trial was to report clinical safety and efficacy of long-term golodirsen treatment among ambulatory patients with exon 53 skip-amenable Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Part 1 was a 12-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-titration study followed by 9... | Is golodirsen effective for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy? | This study provides evidence for golodirsen biologic activity and long-term safety in a declining DMD population and suggests functional benefit versus external controls. |
DNA polymerase θ (Pol θ) is implicated in various cellular processes including double-strand break repair and apurinic/apyrimidinic site bypass. Because Pol θ expression correlates with poor cancer prognosis, the ability of Pol θ to bypass the C4'-oxidized abasic site (C4-AP) and 2-deoxyribonolactone (L), which are gen... | Is DNA polymerase θ involved in DNA repair? | DNA polymerase θ (Pol θ) is implicated in various cellular processes including double-strand break repair and apurinic/apyrimidinic site bypass. |
BAFF, a member of the TNF superfamily, has been recognized as a good target for autoimmune diseases. Belimumab, an anti-BAFF monoclonal antibody, was approved by the FDA for use in treating systemic lupus erythematosus. However, the molecular basis of BAFF neutralization by belimumab remains unclear. Here our crystal s... | Which is the target of belimumab in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus treatment? | Belimumab, an anti-BAFF monoclonal antibody |
Alterations in the regulation of gene expression are frequently associated with developmental diseases or cancer. Transcription activation is a key phenomenon in the regulation of gene expression. In all eukaryotes, mediator of RNA polymerase II transcription (Mediator), a large complex with modular organization, is ge... | What is the role of the Mediator in gene expression? | Transcription activation is a key phenomenon in the regulation of gene expression. In all eukaryotes, mediator of RNA polymerase II transcription (Mediator), a large complex with modular organization, is generally required for transcription by RNA polymerase II, and it regulates various steps of this process. The main ... |
A cytosine DNA methyltransferase containing a chromodomain, Zea methyltransferase2 (Zmet2), was cloned from maize. The sequence of ZMET2 is similar to that of the Arabidopsis chromomethylases CMT1 and CMT3, with C-terminal motifs characteristic of eukaryotic and prokaryotic DNA methyltransferases. We used a reverse gen... | What is the role of chromomethylases in plants? | The sequence of ZMET2 is similar to that of the Arabidopsis chromomethylases CMT1 and CMT3, with C-terminal motifs characteristic of eukaryotic and prokaryotic DNA methyltransferases. |
The chromodomain of the HP1 family of proteins recognizes histone tails with specifically methylated lysines. Here, we present structural, energetic, and mutational analyses of the complex between the Drosophila HP1 chromodomain and the histone H3 tail with a methyllysine at residue 9, a modification associated with ep... | Which histone mark is recognized by HP1? | Here, we present structural, energetic, and mutational analyses of the complex between the Drosophila HP1 chromodomain and the histone H3 tail with a methyllysine at residue 9, a modification associated with epigenetic silencing |
One of the challenges in the analysis of gene expression data is placing the results in the context of other data available about genes and their relationships to each other. Here, we approach this problem in the study of gene expression changes associated with age in two areas of the human prefrontal cortex, comparing... | What is the basis of the methodology of "functional class scoring" (FCS) for the analysis of gene expression data? | The second method, "functional class scoring" (FCS), examines the statistical distribution of individual gene scores among all genes in the gene ontology class and does not involve an initial gene selection step. |
Occludin is a transmembrane tight junction (TJ) protein that plays an important role in TJ assembly and regulation of the epithelial barrier function, but the mechanisms underlying its post-transcriptional regulation are unknown. The RNA-binding protein HuR modulates the stability and translation of many target mRNAs. ... | Which are the main functions of the human HuR (ELAVL1) protein in fibroblasts? | The RNA-binding protein HuR modulates the stability and translation of many target mRNAs. |
TFIIS is a transcription elongation factor that stimulates transcript cleavage activity of arrested RNA polymerase II (Pol II). Recent studies revealed that TFIIS has also a role in Pol II transcription initiation. To improve our understanding of TFIIS function in vivo, we performed genome-wide location analysis of thi... | What is the function of the TFIIS transcriptional factor (Dst1) in yeast? | TFIIS and Pol III occupancies correlated well genome-wide on this novel class of targets. |
This review mainly focuses on the structure, function of the sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum calcium pump (SERCA) and its role in genesis of arrhythmias. SERCA is a membrane protein that belongs to the family of P-type ion translocating ATPases and pumps free cytosolic calcium into intracellular stores. Active transport o... | Which is the main calcium pump of the sarcoplasmic reticulum? | Three different SERCA genes were identified-SERCA1, SERCA2, and SERCA3. SERCA is mainly represented by the SERCA2a isoform in the heart. |
Using a novel thiol affinity chromatography approach to purify macroH2A1-containing chromatin fragments, we examined the distribution of macroH2A1 histone variants in mouse liver chromatin. We found that macroH2A1 was depleted on the transcribed regions of active genes. This depletion was observed on all of the 20 acti... | In which genomic positions is the histone variant macroH2A enriched? | We found that macroH2A1 was depleted on the transcribed regions of active genes |
Wilson's disease is an inherited disorder leading to accumulation of copper in tissues, mainly in the liver and brain. Genetic defect is in the gene coding ATPase type P (ATP7B). The inheritance is autosomal recessive. Up to now, more then 500 mutations causing Wilson's disease were described. The most frequent mutatio... | What is the mode of inheritance of Wilson's disease? | The inheritance is autosomal recessive. |
RNA aptamers were selected against an affinity column containing a farnesylated peptide modeled after the carboxyl terminus of K ras, the major oncogenic form of this small G protein family. After 10-rounds of selection, 25% of the RNA applied to the column could be specifically eluted. Sequence analysis of the binding... | What is the role of peptide aptamers? | Binding to the nonfarnesylated peptide was at least 10-fold weaker, showing that the aptamers can recognize the hydrophobic farnesyl moiety. |
To maintain genomic integrity, DNA repair enzymes continually remove damaged bases and lesions resulting from endogenous and exogenous processes. These repair enzymes must distinguish damaged bases from normal bases to prevent the inadvertent removal of normal bases, which would promote genomic instability. The mechani... | What is the role of mismatched uracil glycosylase (Mug) in DNA repair? | One member of the uracil-DNA glycosylase family of repair enzymes, Escherichia coli mismatch-specific uracil-DNA glycosylase (Mug), is reported to distinguish U:G mispairs from U:A base pairs based upon specific contacts with the mispaired guanine after flipping the target uracil out of the duplex. |
The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has contributed significantly to our current understanding of eukaryotic cell biology. It served as a tool and model for unraveling the molecular basis of a wide variety of cellular phenomena, which seem to be conserved in other organisms. During the last decade, yeast has als... | Please summarize the relationship between a-syn and cell death. | In this review, we focus on a yeast model for synucleinopathies and summarize recent studies that not only provided new clues on how the misfolding of alpha-synuclein (alpha-syn) triggers toxicity and eventually cell death, but that also led to the identification of conserved suppressor proteins, which are effective in... |
Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) is the gold-standard technique for localizing nuclear proteins in the genome. We used ChIP, in combination with deep sequencing (Seq), to study the genome-wide distribution of the Silent information regulator (Sir) complex in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We analyzed ChIP-Seq peaks of t... | Does Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP) show a bias for highly expressed loci? | The localization of unrelated proteins, including the entire silencing complex, to the most highly transcribed genes was highly suggestive of a technical issue with the immunoprecipitations |
Tumor treating fields (TTFields) is a noninvasive, regional antimitotic treatment modality that has been approved for the treatment of recurrent glioblastoma by the U.S. FDA and has a CE mark in Europe. TTFields therapy delivers low-intensity (1-3 V/cm), intermediate-frequency (100-300 kHz), alternating electric fields... | Tumor-treating fields are effective for treatment of which cancers? | Tumor treating fields (TTFields) is a noninvasive, regional antimitotic treatment modality that has been approved for the treatment of recurrent glioblastoma by the U.S. FDA and has a CE mark in Europe. |
Biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) are used in pregnant patients with rheumatic diseases. Long-term follow-up data about newborns exposed to bDMARDs during pregnancy are however scarce. Here we summarize the published evidence and available recommendations for use of bDMARDs during pregnancy. We ... | Does the use of bDMARDs during pregnancy impact neonatal development? | Exposure to bDMARDs during pregnancy does not seem to interfere with post-natal development up to infancy. |
In both mammalian and Drosophila spermatids, the completely histone-based chromatin structure is reorganized to a largely protamine-based structure. During this histone-to-protamine switch, transition proteins are expressed, for example TNP1 and TNP2 in mammals and Tpl94D in Drosophila. Recently, we demonstrated that i... | What is the general function of H3K79 methylation? | Our results indicated that H3K79 methylation is a histone modification conserved in Drosophila, mouse, rat and human spermatids and may be a prerequisite for proper chromatin reorganization. |
X chromosome inactivation (XCI) is the transcriptional silencing of one X in female mammals, balancing expression of X genes between females (XX) and males (XY). In placental mammals non-coding XIST RNA triggers silencing of one X (Xi) and recruits a characteristic suite of epigenetic modifications, including the histo... | Which post-translational histone modifications are characteristic of constitutive heterochromatin? | In placental mammals non-coding XIST RNA triggers silencing of one X (Xi) and recruits a characteristic suite of epigenetic modifications, including the histone mark H3K27me3. |
Genetic screening based on loss-of-function phenotypes is a powerful discovery tool in biology. Although the recent development of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-based screening approaches in mammalian cell culture has enormous potential, RNA interference (RNAi)-based screening remai... | What is CRISPRi? | Although the recent development of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-based screening approaches in mammalian cell culture |
In Guadeloupe, there is an abnormally high frequency of atypical parkinsonism. Only one-third of the patients that develop parkinsonian symptoms were reported to present the classical features of idiopathic Parkinson disease and one-third a syndrome resembling progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). The others were uncla... | Describe clinical presentation of Parkinsonism with dementia of Guadeloupe syndrome. | Patients with a PSP-like syndrome developed levodopa-resistant parkinsonism, associated with early postural instability and supranuclear oculomotor dysfunction. They differed, however, from classical PSP patients by the frequency of tremor (>50%), dysautonomia (50%) and the occurrence of hallucinations (59%). PDC patie... |
RNA-based therapies, including RNA molecules as drugs and RNA-targeted small molecules, offer unique opportunities to expand the range of therapeutic targets. Various forms of RNAs may be used to selectively act on proteins, transcripts, and genes that cannot be targeted by conventional small molecules or proteins. Alt... | Describe the mechanism of action of Givosiran. | of RNA drugs have been approved for medical use, including aptamers (e.g., pegaptanib) that mechanistically act on protein target and small interfering RNAs (e.g., patisiran and givosiran) and antisense oligonucleotides (e.g., inotersen and golodirsen) that directly interfere with RNA targets. Furthermore, gui |
Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia in the elderly, and it is characterized by elevated brain iron levels and accumulation of copper and zinc in cerebral beta-amyloid deposits (e.g., senile plaques). Both ionic zinc and copper are able to accelerate the aggregation of Abeta, the principle component ... | PBT2 has been tested for which disorder? | Small molecules targeting Abeta-metal interactions (e.g., PBT2) are currently advancing through clinical trials and show increasing promise as disease-modifying agents for Alzheimer's disease based on the "metal hypothesis." |
Analysis by molecular hybridization of the RNAs transcribed by a cell-free fraction from avocado infected with avocado sunblotch viroid (ASBV) demonstrated the presence of newly synthesized viroid-specific sequences, most of which were of the same polarity as the mature infectious viroid RNA. Treatment of the cell-free... | Which RNA polymerase is used for the replication of viroids? | These results suggest that either RNA polymerase I or an unidentified RNA polymerase activity resistant to alpha-amanitin, acting on an RNA template, plays a role in the replication of ASBV, whereas for the rest of the viroids studied so far it appears that RNA polymerase II is involved. |
The identification of the Philadelphia chromosome in cells from individuals with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) led to the recognition that the BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase causes CML. This in turn led to the development of imatinib mesylate, a clinically successful inhibitor of the BCR-ABL kinase. Incorporating the use... | What tyrosine kinase, involved in a Philadelphia- chromosome positive chronic myelogenous leukemia, is the target of Imatinib (Gleevec)? | identification of the Philadelphia chromosome in cells from individuals with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) led to the recognition that the BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase causes CML. This in turn led to the development of imatinib mesylate, a clinically successful inhibitor of the BCR-ABL kinase |
Amblyopia is a developmental disorder that affects the spatial vision of one or both eyes in the absence of an obvious organic cause; it is associated with a history of abnormal visual experience during childhood. Subtypes have been defined based on the purported etiology, namely, strabismus (misaligned eyes) and/or an... | Does Amblyopia affect the eye? | Amblyopia is a developmental disorder that affects the spatial vision of one or both eyes in the absence of an obvious organic cause; it is associated with a history of abnormal visual experience during childhood |
A comparative biochemical analysis was performed using recombinant human protein kinase Chk2 (checkpoint kinase 2) expressed in bacteria and insect cells. Dephosphorylated, inactive, recombinant human Chk2 could be reactivated in a concentration-dependent manner. Despite distinct time-dependent autophosphorylation kine... | Which are the major intramolecular phosphorylation sites of human Chk2 involved in cell cycle control? | Transfection of HEK293 cells with Chk2 wildtype and Chk2 mutants in the absence or presence of DNA damage showed significant T68 phosphorylation already in the absence of DNA damaging reagents |
Bone resorption requires the adhesion of osteoclasts to extracellular matrix (ECM) components, a process mediated by the alpha(v)beta(3) integrin. Following engagement with the ECM, integrin receptors signal via multiple downstream effectors, including the integrin-linked kinase (ILK). In order to characterize the phys... | What are the effects of ILK ablation? | Our results show that ILK is important for the function, but not the differentiation, of osteoclasts. |
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