Calcium Activation of the Androgen Receptor in Prostate Cells by Zeina W. Sharawi, Sawsan M. Khatrawi, Qiaochu Wang, Hongzhao Zhou, Kedra Cyrus, Gai Yan, Becky Hoxter, Bassem R. Haddad, Mary Beth Martin

“…In LNCaP cells which contain a mutant AR, treatment with calcium also increased the expression of androgen-responsive genes by approximately 3-fold, and the increase was more effectively blocked by enzalutamide than by hydroxyflutamide or bicalutamide. …”
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Activation of lysophagy by a TBK1-SCFFBXO3-TMEM192-TAX1BP1 axis in response to lysosomal damage by Na Yeon Park, Doo Sin Jo, Jae-Yoon Yang, Ji-Eun Bae, Joon Bum Kim, Yong Hwan Kim, Seong Hyun Kim, Pansoo Kim, Dong-Seok Lee, Tamotsu Yoshimori, Eun-Kyeong Jo, Eunbyul Yeom, Dong-Hyung Cho

“…Knockout of FBXO3 significantly impairs lysophagy, and its reconstitution with a loss-of-function mutant (V221I) further confirms its essential role in lysophagy regulation. …”
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Decarboxylase mediated oxalic acid metabolism is important to antioxidation and detoxification rather than pathogenicity in Magnaporthe oryzae by Chang Liu, Yi Wei, Yuejia Dang, Wajjiha Batool, Xiaoning Fan, Yan Hu, Zhengquan He, Shihong Zhang

“…Loss of Mooxdc does not affect mycelial growth, conidiophore development, or appressorium formation in M. oryzae; however, the antioxidant and pathogenic abilities of the mutant were enhanced. This is owing to Mooxdc deletion upregulated a series of OA metabolic genes, including the oxalate oxidase gene (Mooxo) and Moalo1, as well as both OA transporter genes. …”
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Anti-obesity effects of Erythrina abyssinica stem bark extract in flies exposed to a high fat diet by Oscar Hilary, Asiimwe, Eddie, Wampande, John, Rubaihayo, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Hellen, Wambui Kinyi

“…Methods: Obesity was induced by exposing D. melanogaster white mutant w 1118 to coconut food for two weeks. Groups 1–3 were fed on coconut food þ fenofibrate at 25 mM, 50 mM, and 75 mM. …”
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5-Lipoxygenase-Dependent Recruitment of Neutrophils and Macrophages by Eotaxin-Stimulated Murine Eosinophils by Ricardo Alves Luz, Pedro Xavier-Elsas, Bianca de Luca, Daniela Masid-de-Brito, Priscila Soares Cauduro, Luiz Carlos Gondar Arcanjo, Ana Carolina Cordeiro Faria dos Santos, Ivi Cristina Maria de Oliveira, Maria Ignez Capella Gaspar-Elsas

“…BALB/c or PAS mice and their mutants (5-LO-deficient ALOX; eosinophil-deficient GATA-1) were injected i.p. with eotaxin, eosinophils, or both, and leukocyte accumulation was quantified up to 24 h. …”
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RAS, a Pentatricopeptide Repeat Protein, Interacts with OsTRX z to Regulate Chloroplast Gene Transcription and RNA Processing by Zhennan Qiu, Shiyong Wen, Peinan Sun, Dongdong Chen, Chunmiao Wang, Xiliang Song, Liying Xiao, Peiliang Zhang, Dongying Zhao, Cuiping Wen, Peiyan Guan, Xuechu Du, Yinghui Sun, Chenshan Xu, Jian Song

“…CRISPR/Cas9-generated <i>ras</i> mutants exhibited an albino seedling-lethal phenotype characterized by abnormal chloroplast structures and a significantly reduced chlorophyll content. …”
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VEGFR3 mitigates hypertensive nephropathy by enhancing mitophagy via regulating crotonylation of HSPA1L by Qiuwen Wu, Jiaxin Fu, Bin Zhu, Wei Meng, Jingyi Ma, Ying Lv, Wenqi Zhao, Fan Wang, Jingjin Liu, Yongshun Wang, Cong Peng, Shuo Zhang

“…Finally, the protective effect of VEGFR3 on mitophagy and oxidative stress were attenuated by transfection K130 (HSPA1L-K130R) mutant plasmid in vivo and in vitro. These findings indicated that VEGFR3 alleviated oxidative stress by promoting PARKIN-dependent mitophagy pathway via regulating HSPA1L crotonylation at K130 site in Ang II-induced PTCs, which provided a mechanistic basis for the therapeutic target in hypertensive renal injury.…”
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CD36 inhibition enhances the anti-proliferative effects of PI3K inhibitors in PTEN-loss anti-HER2 resistant breast cancer cells by You-Yu Liu, Wei-Lun Huang, Sin-Tian Wang, Hui-Ping Hsu, Tzu-Ching Kao, Wei-Pang Chung, Kung-Chia Young

“…Previously, alpha isoform-specific PI3K inhibitors were shown to potentiate HER2-targeted therapy in breast cancer cells carrying PI3K pathway alterations with less potent effects on PTEN-loss than PIK3CA-mutant cells. Therefore, seeking for alternative combination therapy needs urgent attentions in PTEN-loss anti-HER2 resistant breast cancer. …”
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USP14 is crucial for proteostasis regulation and α-synuclein degradation in human SH-SY5Y dopaminergic cells by Vignesh Srinivasan, Rabah Soliymani, Larisa Ivanova, Ove Eriksson, Nina Peitsaro, Maciej Lalowski, Mati Karelson, Dan Lindholm

“…Re-expression of wild-type and phospho-mimetic S143D-USP14 mutant lowered ROS and α-syn levels in USP14 lacking cells. …”
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Cardiovascular Development and the Colonizing Cardiac Neural Crest Lineage by Paige Snider, Michael Olaopa, Anthony B. Firulli, Simon J. Conway

“…Several groups have used the genetically defined Pax3 (splotch) mutant mice model to address the role of the cardiac neural crest lineage. …”
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Borrelia burgdorferi tolerates alteration to P66 porin function in a murine infectivity model by Christa H. Fierros, Marie-Line Faucillion, Beth L. Hahn, Phillip Anderson, Mari Bonde, Julie R. Kessler, Matthew C. Surdel, Kyler S. Crawford, Yan Gao, Jieqing Zhu, Jieqing Zhu, Sven Bergström, Jenifer Coburn, Jenifer Coburn

“…The third mutant exhibited highly attenuated infectivity and produced low levels of P66 protein. …”
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<i>Botrytis cinerea</i> PMT4 Is Involved in <i>O</i>-Glycosylation, Cell Wall Organization, Membrane Integrity, and Virulence by Verónica Plaza, Alice Pasten, Luz A. López-Ramírez, Héctor M. Mora-Montes, Julia Rubio-Astudillo, Evelyn Silva-Moreno, Luis Castillo

“…Expression of <i>bcpmt4</i> in <i>S. cerevisiae</i> Δ<i>Scpmt4</i> or Δ<i>Scpmt3</i> null mutants restored glycan levels like those observed in the parental strain. …”
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The Relationship Between LRP-5 and LRP-6 Gene Mutations and Postmenopausal Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity by Jun Li, Ya Li, Yunqiu Lu, Siyuan Li, Yecheng Zhu, Chuanbing Sun, Partab Rai, Xuehai Jia

“…OB was identified as a risk factor for T2DM in individuals with the wild-type at locus rs1181334, and the interaction between wild-type and mutant was significant ( P  < .05). 3. Multifactorial logistic regression analysis revealed that BMD (OR 3.755; 95% CI, 1.215-11.608) and triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index (OR 2.855; 95% CI, 1.361-5.986) were risk factors for T2DM in postmenopausal women, whereas alkaline phosphatase (ALP; OR 0.970; 95% CI, 0.945-0.995) and rs4988331 mutation (OR 0.018; 95% CI, 0.006-0.060) were protective factors. …”
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Non3 is an essential Drosophila gene required for proper nucleolus assembly by E. N. Andreyeva, A. A. Ogienko, A. A. Yushkova, J. V. Popova, G. A. Pavlova, E. N. Kozhevnikova, A. V. Ivankin, M. Gatti, A. V. Pindyurin

“…We used imprecise P-element excision to generate four new mutant alleles in the Non3 gene. Complementation and phenotypic analyses showed that these Non3 mutations can be arranged in an allelic series that includes both viable and lethal alleles. …”
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The Polymorphism of Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Gene in Culex Mosquitoes in Banyuwangi District, Indonesia by Yasmin Azzahra Arifin, Hanifah Dzakiyah, Catherine Canina Charunita, Sakura Alya Ashari, Winna Putri Veliarta, Muhammad Akbar Panjinegara, Francesca Giovanetti, Carlo Montagna, Wojciech Jankowski, Muhammad Fathoni, Binarri Augustya, Lynda Rossyanti, Suhintam Pusarawati, Sukmawati Basuki

“…The predominance of wild type Culex mosquitoes indicated that Culex population in the study areas is still susceptible to pyrethroid insecticide. However, the mutant types of Culex are already occurred, so insecticide resistance among Culex mosquitoes is required to be regular monitoring.…”
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SCN10A gene polymorphism is associated with pain sensitivity and postoperative analgesic effects in patients undergoing gynecological laparoscopy by Yang Gao, Jing Li, Lin Gan, Meng Cai, Xiaofeng Lei, Jin Yu

“…SCN10A rs6795970 mutations were identified using MassARRAY SNP typing technology, and patients were categoried into homozygous mutant (AA), wild type (GG), and heterozygous mutation (GA) groups for analysis. …”
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In silico evaluation of missense SNPs in cancer-associated Cystatin A protein and their potential to disrupt Cathepsin B interaction by Shafaat Hossain, Omar Hamza Bin Manjur, Mst Sharmin Sultana Shimu, Tamanna Sultana, Mustafizur Rahman Naim, Shahariar Siddique, Abdullah Al Mamun, Md Miftaur Rahman, Md Abu Saleh, Md Rakibul Hasan, Tania Rahman

“…The root mean square fluctuation (RMSF) of the E94K mutant showed insufficient flexibility, indicating a reduced capacity to suppress CTSB. …”
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Mechanism of Action of Decitabine in the Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Regulating LINC00599 by Fan Du, Ting Jin, Li Wang

“…The regulatory relationship between miR-135a-5p and LINC00599 was verified by constructing miR-135a-5p mimics, miR-135a-5p inhibit, wild type LINC00599 3′-untranslated region (UTR), and mutant LINC00599 3′-UTR. Ki-67 expression in the tumor tissues of nude mice was detected using immunofluorescent assays. …”
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A novel strategy for the protective effect of ginsenoside Rg1 against ovarian reserve decline by the PINK1 pathway by Pengdi Yang, Meiling Fan, Ying Chen, Dan Yang, Lu Zhai, Baoyu Fu, Lili Zhang, Yanping Wang, Rui Ma, Liwei Sun

“…Protein expression levels in the PINK1/Parkin pathway were assessed, and molecular docking and PINK1 mutant analyses were conducted to identify potential targets.Results Ginsenoside Rg1 significantly mitigated ovarian reserve decline, enhancing offspring quantity and quality, increasing the levels of ecdysteroids, preventing ovarian atrophy, and elevating germline stem cell numbers in aged Drosophila. …”
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Development of Safe and Non-Self-Immunogenic Mucosal Adjuvant by Recombinant Fusion of Cholera Toxin A1 Subunit with Protein Transduction Domain by Byoung-Shik Shim, In Su Cheon, Eugene Lee, Sung-Moo Park, Youngjoo Choi, Dae-Im Jung, Eunji Yang, Jung-ah Choi, June Young Chun, Jae-Ouk Kim, Cheol-Heui Yun, Cecil Czerkinsky, Man Ki Song

“…Moreover, in vivo cytotoxic T lymphocyte activity elicited by TCTA1T was significantly higher than that elicited by a mutant TCTA1T (TmCTA1T) lacking ADP-ribosyltransferase function. …”
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