Protein-Mediated Interactions of Pancreatic Islet Cells by Paolo Meda

“…Among these, several mechanisms depend on different families of integral membrane proteins, which ensure direct (cadherins, N-CAM, occludin, and claudins) and paracrine communications (pannexins) between beta cells, and between these cells and the other islet cell types. …”
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Drug Resistance Mechanism of Enterobacteriaceae with Decreased Antibiotic Sensitivity by Fang Rong, Yuanyuan Sun, Xiao Li, Chenhao Zhang

“…Plasmid-mediated deletion of IMP-1 metallo-β-lactamase binding outer membrane protein is one of the main reasons for the decrease of antibiotic sensitivity.…”
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Soluble Urokinase Receptor and the Kidney Response in Diabetes Mellitus by Ranadheer R. Dande, Vasil Peev, Mehmet M. Altintas, Jochen Reiser

“…Recently, podocyte membrane protein urokinase receptor (uPAR) and its circulating form (suPAR) are found to be significantly induced in glomeruli and sera of DN patients, respectively, and elevated suPAR levels predicted diabetic kidney disease years before the occurrence of microalbuminuria. …”
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Mining the Virgin Land of Neurotoxicology: A Novel Paradigm of Neurotoxic Peptides Action on Glycosylated Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels by Zhirui Liu, Jie Tao, Pin Ye, Yonghua Ji

“…Voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs) are important membrane protein carrying on the molecular basis for action potentials (AP) in neuronal firings. …”
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The Effect of Highly Hydroxylated Fullerenol C60(OH)36 on Human Erythrocyte Membrane Organization by Jacek Grebowski, Anita Krokosz

“…This confirms that fullerenol interacts with erythrocyte membrane proteins via available protein –SH groups.…”
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Concurrent Liver Hodgkin Lymphoma and Nodular Regenerative Hyperplasia on an Explanted Liver with Clinical Diagnosis of Alcoholic Cirrhosis at University Hospital Fundación Santa F... by R. López, L. Barrera, A. Vera, R. Andrade

“…The portal spaces had diffuse infiltration by Reed-Sternberg cells positive for CD15, CD30, and latent membrane protein (LMP) on immunohistochemical studies. …”
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Protein Ubiquitylation in Pancreatic Cancer by Thomas Bonacci, Julie Roignot, Philippe Soubeyran

“…Indeed, despite its role in promoting protein degradation through the proteasome, ubiquitylation is now known to regulate diverse cellular processes, such as membrane protein endocytosis and intracellular trafficking, assembly of protein complexes, gene transcription, and activation or inactivation of enzymes. …”
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A paradoxical population structure of var DBLα types in Africa. by Mun Hua Tan, Kathryn E Tiedje, Qian Feng, Qi Zhan, Mercedes Pascual, Heejung Shim, Yao-Ban Chan, Karen P Day

“…The var multigene family encodes Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1), central to host-parasite interactions. …”
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VDAC1: A Key Player in the Mitochondrial Landscape of Neurodegeneration by Shirel Argueti-Ostrovsky, Shir Barel, Joy Kahn, Adrian Israelson

“…Voltage-Dependent Anion Channel 1 (VDAC1) is a mitochondrial outer membrane protein that plays a crucial role in regulating cellular energy metabolism and apoptosis by mediating the exchange of ions and metabolites between mitochondria and the cytosol. …”
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Comparative Genome Characterization of a Petroleum-Degrading Bacillus subtilis Strain DM2 by Shi-Weng Li, Meng-Yuan Liu, Rui-Qi Yang

“…Comparative analysis showed that the genome of strain DM2 encodes some strain-specific proteins in comparison with B. subtilis subsp. subtilis str. 168, such as carboxymuconolactone decarboxylase family protein, gfo/Idh/MocA family oxidoreductases, GlsB/YeaQ/YmgE family stress response membrane protein, HlyC/CorC family transporters, LLM class flavin-dependent oxidoreductase, and LPXTG cell wall anchor domain-containing protein. …”
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16S rRNA and Omp31 Gene Based Molecular Characterization of Field Strains of B. melitensis from Aborted Foetus of Goats in India by Ajay Singh, Vivek Kumar Gupta, Amit Kumar, Vikas Kumar Singh, Shivasharanappa Nayakwadi

“…Moreover, the amplification of omp31 gene in all the isolates confirmed the presence of immuno dominant outer membrane protein (31 kDa omp) in all the field isolates of B. melitensis in aborted foetus of goats in India. …”
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Antagonistic functions of CTL1 and SUH1 mediate cell wall assembly in Arabidopsis by Nguyen Thi Thuy, Hyun‐Jung Kim, Suk‐Whan Hong

“…SUH1 encodes a Golgi‐located type II membrane protein with glycosyltransferase (GT) activity, and its mutations lead to a reduction in cellulose content and hypersensitivity to cellulose biosynthesis inhibitors, although to a lesser extent than ctl1hot2‐1 mutation. …”
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Impact of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy on Thrombomodulin Concentration and Early Markers of Atherosclerosis by Hasan Elkan, Mehmet Memduh Baş, Berna Kaya

“…Thrombomodulin, an integral membrane protein functioning as a cofactor in the anticoagulant pathways, has recently emerged as a marker of endothelial dysfunction. …”
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First molecular diagnosis of the human pathogen Rickettsia raoultii and other spotted fever group rickettsiae in Sudanese ixodid ticks from domestic ruminants by Nagwa Eisawi, Jabbar Ahmed, Mohammed A. Bakheit, Dina A. Hassan, Mohammed O. Hussien, Abdel Rahim M. El Hussein

“…Methods Polymerase chain reaction targeting both genes that encode for citrate synthase (gltA) and outer membrane protein (ompA) was performed for the presence of SFG rickettsia followed by sequence and phylogenetic analysis. …”
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Enhanced tumor self-targeting of lemon-derived extracellular vesicles by embedding homotypic cancer cell membranes for efficient drug delivery by Lu-Yao Yang, Guo-Wu Liang, Bing-Jie Cai, Ke-Min Xu, Yu-Jie Zhao, Xiao-Ting Xie, Yu-Lin Zhang, Chao-Qing Li, Guo-Jun Zhang

“…However, there remains a challenge to target tumor sites accurately due to the uncertain membrane protein components on the surface of vesicles. …”
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Reduced Expression of VAMP8 in Lacrimal Gland Affected by Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease by Masaki Fukui, Yoko Ogawa, Shin Mukai, Mizuka Kamoi, Teru Asato, Yutaka Kawakami, Kazuo Tsubota

“…To investigate whether the SNARE protein vesicle-associated membrane protein 8 (VAMP8) was implicated in the development of chronic ocular graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). …”
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EBV-Negative Monomorphic B-Cell Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder with Marked Morphologic Pleomorphism and Pathogenic Mutations in ASXL1, BCOR, CDKN2A, NF1, and TP53 by Agata M. Bogusz

“…By immunostaining, the malignant cells were immunoreactive for CD45, CD20, CD79a, PAX5, BCL6, MUM1, and p53 and negative for CD15, CD30, latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1), and EBV-encoded RNA (EBER). …”
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Profile of Chlamydia vaccine research: A bibliometric analysis by Xuemei Wang, Qian Wang, Yidan Gao, Lijuan Jiang, Lingli Tang

“…The current research area has focused on protective immunity and immunopathological response. Major outer membrane protein (MOMP) is the most common target vaccine antigen. …”
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CryJ-LAMP DNA Vaccines for Japanese Red Cedar Allergy Induce Robust Th1-Type Immune Responses in Murine Model by Yan Su, Michael Connolly, Anthony Marketon, Teri Heiland

“…We utilized the lysosomal targeting property of lysosomal-associated membrane protein-1 (LAMP-1) to make DNA vaccines that encode LAMP-1 and the sequences of immunodominant allergen CryJ1 or CryJ2 from the JRC pollen. …”
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Risk of hereditary spherocytosis misdiagnosis due to limited effective diagnostic methods by Hien Thanh Dao, Triet Hy Van, Tuyet Thi Bach Tran, Dat Quoc Ngo, Anh Thi Mai Nguyen

“…The percentage of spherocytes was scored from peripheral blood smear observation; the percentage of decreased mean fluorescent intensity from Eosin-5'-maleimide binding assay was used to determine red cell membrane protein deficiency, and hereditary spherocytosis was finally confirmed by gene sequencing as a gold standard. …”
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