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Alcohol‐induced altered glycans in human tracheal epithelial cells promote bacterial adhesion

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Alcohol induces altered glycans to promote bacteria adhesion. Heavy alcohol drinking is known to increase the risk of bacterial pneumonia. However, the link between alcohol levels and risk of infection remains underexplored. Recently, we found that alcohol induced α2‐6sialo mucin O‐glycans in human tracheobronchial epithelial cells, which mediated the ...
Pi‐Wan Cheng, Souvik Datta, Derrick R. Samuelson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Substrate Stress Relaxation Regulates Cell‐Mediated Assembly of Extracellular Matrix

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Silicone‐based viscoelastic substrates with tunable stress relaxation reveal how matrix mechanics regulates cellular mechanosensing and cell‐mediated matrix remodelling in the stiff regime. High stress relaxation promotes assembly of fibronectin fibril‐like structures, increased nuclear localization of YAP and formation of β1 integrin‐enriched ...
Jonah L. Voigt, Jens Timmer, Elisabetta Ada Cavalcanti‐Adam   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Single‐Metal‐Doped Nanoplatform for Ferroptosis‐Driven cGAS‐STING Pathway Activation in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Immunotherapy

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The cGAS‐STING pathway boosts HCC antitumor immunity but lacks specific activation. Nanoplatform ZMRPF induces HCC ferroptosis via lipid ROS, releasing mtDNA. It synergizes with ZMRPF‐released Mn2⁺ to activate cGAS‐STING, amplifies antigen‐presenting cell activity, reverses HCC immunosuppression, and enables robust systemic antitumor immunity ...
Yuchen Zhang, Shuang Feng, Jie Luo, Kaige Xu, Junfeng Guo, Xingyue Zhang, Mengxue Yuan, Qiang Luo, Yu Huang, Chaoqiang Fan, Kibret Mequanint, Donghui Zhu, Malcolm Xing, Shiming Yang   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

A novel method for demonstrating cold agglutinin disease: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2018
Background Cold agglutinin disease is a rare disorder characterized by an autoimmune hemolytic anemia occurring at low temperatures. Physical examination findings, often limited to acrocyanosis, are combined with a thermal amplitude test to help ...
Thomas A. Vo, Zack Oakey, Yasir A. Khan, Donald S. Minckler   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Generation of an Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell‐Derived Alveolar Type II In Vitro Model to Study Influenza A Virus Infection and Drug Treatments

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Patient‐specific induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) can be differentiated into alveolar type II cells (iAT2s), expanded as 3D alveolospheres, and grown at physiologically relevant air–liquid interface (ALI). This study shows for the first time the infectability of iAT2s by the influenza A virus (IAV) and proves their responsiveness to the well ...
Lena Gauthier, Hristina Koceva, Yann Bachelot, Rosanne W. Koutstaal, Puck B. van Kasteren, Marc Thilo Figge, Christian Eggeling, Alexander Sandy Mosig   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterization of anti-soybean agglutinin (SBA) IgY antibodies: a new strategy for neutralization of the detrimental biological activity of SBA

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Anti-soybean agglutinin (SBA) IgY was produced, and its potential to neutralize the haemagglutinating activity of SBA in vitro was tested. Thirty-five-week-old hens [treatment (n = 5) and control (n = 5)] were immunized with SBA or injected with saline 4
Nancy Ruiz Díaz, Nancy Ruiz Díaz, Carlos Cisternas, Mauricio Silva, Mauricio Silva, Adrián Hernández, Adrián Hernández, Pablo Chacana   +7 more
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Bisphenol B Exposure Induces Miscarriage by Suppressing Migration/Invasion and Migrasome Formation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
BPB (Bisphenol B) exposure up‐regulates ER (estrogen receptor) levels, enhances its interactions with the lnc‐HZ04 promoter region, and thus promotes ER‐mediated lnc‐HZ04 transcription. Subsequently, lnc‐HZ04 suppresses TCF4 (transcription factor 4)‐mediated PKCA (protein kinase C alpha) transcription and subsequently suppresses migration/invasion and ...
Wenxin Huang, Manli Wang, Yi Sun, Xiaoping Yue, Xun Li, Yanbing Lin, Geng Guo, Depeng Zhao, Qigang Fan, Xiaoling Ma, Zhihong Zhang, Shuaishuai Xing, Xiaoting Shen, Huidong Zhang   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of castor bean ribosome-inactivating proteins and their gene expression during seed development

Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2013
Ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) are enzymes that inhibit protein synthesis after depurination of a specific adenine in rRNA. The RIP family members are classified as type I RIPs that contain an RNA-N-glycosidase domain and type II RIPs that contain
Guilherme Loss-Morais, Andreia Carina Turchetto-Zolet, Matheus Etges, Alexandro Cagliari, Ana Paula Körbes, Felipe dos Santos Maraschin, Márcia Margis-Pinheiro, Rogério Margis   +7 more
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Targeting Adipose Tissue Function Protects Against Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study explores the role adipose tissue (AT) phenotypes have in determining cardiovascular outcomes in an obesity‐related heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) model. Pharmacological induction of thermogenesis promoted resilience to HFpEF‐induced remodeling of AT and conferred cardioprotection. Surgical and genetic models confirmed
Jordan Jousma, Zhenbo Han, Jooman Park, Gege Yan, Sen Zhang, Youjeong Kwon, Sarath Babu Nukala, Jindpreet Kandola, Sandra Pinho, Chong Wee Liew, Yuwei Jiang, Sang‐Ging Ong   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

A biophysical elucidation for less toxicity of Agglutinin than Abrin-a from the Seeds of Abrus Precatorius in consequence of crystal structure

Journal of Biomedical Science, 2010
X-ray crystal structure determination of agglutinin from abrus precatorius in Taiwan is presented. The crystal structure of agglutinin, a type II ribosome-inactivating protein (RIP) from the seeds of Abrus precatorius in Taiwan, has been determined from ...
Liu Chao-Lin, Lu Tian-Huey, Cheng Jack, Lin Jung-Yaw   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source