Results 81 to 90 of about 10,349,528 (239)

Engineering peptides into antibodies—opportunities and strategies for therapeutic innovation

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Peptides and antibodies occupy complementary therapeutic niches. Peptides recognize difficult targets in a compact format, while antibodies add specificity, long half‐life, and effector functions. This review examines strategies that merge both modalities—peptide grafting into loops, terminal and Fc fusions, and bioconjugation—highlighting how ...
Jinling Wang, Ruslana Romaniuk, Hristo L. Svilenov   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Implementing prenatal diagnosis based on cell-free fetal DNA: accurate identification of factors affecting fetal DNA yield.

PLoS ONE, 2011
ObjectiveCell-free fetal DNA is a source of fetal genetic material that can be used for non-invasive prenatal diagnosis. Usually constituting less than 10% of the total cell free DNA in maternal plasma, the majority is maternal in origin.
Angela N Barrett, Bernhard G Zimmermann, Darrell Wang, Andrew Holloway, Lyn S Chitty   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Liver organoids: modelling complexity in homeostasis and disease

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Studying liver in vitro has been challenging because simple 2D cell cultures fail to capture liver's cellular and architectural complexity. To bridge this gap, scientists increasingly use organoids, 3D liver models which better mimic liver composition and function. This review examines recent advances in liver organoid complexity and realism, discusses
Anna M. Dowbaj, Meritxell Huch
wiley   +1 more source

Cell-free DNA promotes malignant transformation in non-tumor cells

Scientific Reports, 2020
Cell-free DNA is present in different biological fluids and when released by tumor cells may contribute to pro-tumor events such as malignant transformation of cells adjacent to the tumor and metastasis. Thus, this study analyzed the effect of tumor cell-
Aline Gomes de Souza, Victor Alexandre F. Bastos, Patricia Tieme Fujimura, Izabella Cristina C. Ferreira, Letícia Ferro Leal, Luciane Sussuchi da Silva, Ana Carolina Laus, Rui Manuel Reis, Mario Machado Martins, Paula Souza Santos, Natássia C. Resende Corrêa, Karina Marangoni, Carolina Hassibe Thomé, Leandro Machado Colli, Luiz Ricardo Goulart, Vivian Alonso Goulart   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

The microbiome in human skin aging

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Age‐related skin changes encompass the well‐known visible phenotypic alterations, together with microbiome dysbiosis and a series of molecular aging hallmarks. These hallmarks characterize not only a fully stablished aged phenotype but also the skin aging process itself.
Manuel Huerta Arana, Cornelia Wiegand, Omid Omrani, Mario Fabri   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular features unique to circulating tumor DNA enable the tumor-naïve liquid biopsy of glioblastoma

npj Precision Oncology
Glioblastoma is the most common and deadly brain cancer in adults. Although the disease disrupts the blood-brain barrier and exposes the tumor to the systemic circulation, using circulating cell-free DNA as a non-invasive biomarker for diagnosing ...
Hunter R. Underhill, Drew L. Sellers, Sabine Hellwig, Hediyeh Baradaran, Mary P. Bronner, Alun Thomas, Sarah Menacho, Christian J. Davidson, Rachna Malani, Andrew Farrell, Michael Karsy, David A. Nix, Yingqi Zhang, Laura A. Boatz, Joe Mendez, Lindsay Burt, Donald Cannon, Charlie S. Dean, Brion E. Harrison, Samuel Stevenson, Kinga Aitken, Stefan M. Pulst, Howard Colman, Randy L. Jensen   +23 more
doaj   +1 more source

Autophagy and mitophagy in pancreatic β‐cell homeostasis and their involvement in diabetes pathophysiology

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This review focuses on the role of autophagy and mitophagy in maintaining pancreatic β‐cell function and homeostasis. We discuss how genetic defects affecting these pathways contribute to the development of type 1, type 2, monogenic, and gestational diabetes. We further explore their potential as therapeutic targets. Created in BioRender.
Yunkyeong Lee, Mingming Tong, Anna L. Gloyn   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Golgi enzymes are retrieved from the plasma membrane to the trans‐Golgi network

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Golgi enzymes are traditionally considered resident proteins retained within the Golgi apparatus. Here, we demonstrate that a subset transiently reaches the cell surface and is subsequently retrieved to the trans‐Golgi network via retrograde transport. Using a nanobody‐based toolkit, we uncover a dynamic trafficking cycle of several Golgi enzymes.
Dominik P. Buser, Tina Junne
wiley   +1 more source

Cell-free circulating tumor DNA in cancer

Chinese Journal of Cancer, 2016
Cancer is a common cause of death worldwide. Despite significant advances in cancer treatments, the morbidity and mortality are still enormous. Tumor heterogeneity, especially intratumoral heterogeneity, is a significant reason underlying difficulties in
Zhen Qin, Vladimir A. Ljubimov, Cuiqi Zhou, Yunguang Tong, Jimin Liang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ligand‐dependent transcriptional heterogeneity in cell cycle gene expression delays G1/S entry

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
EGF and HRG induce distinct G1/S progression programs in ErbB2‐amplified BT474 breast cancer cells. Despite activating the potent ErbB2–ErbB3 heterodimer, HRG does not accelerate cell‐cycle entry. Instead, EGF promotes earlier restriction‐point passage via ERK–FOS signaling, whereas HRG activates the AKT–MYC axis, driving transcriptional heterogeneity ...
Ririn Rahmala Febri, Ayaka Nagasato‐Ichikawa, Keita Iida, Shuhei Kimura, Akira Imamoto, Mariko Okada   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source