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The heterodimeric amino acid transporters (HAT) of the SLC7/SLC3 family: A structure−function relationships and relevance to human pathology

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Heterodimeric amino acid transporters consist of SLC7 and SLC3 family proteins arranged in a conserved structural organization. They regulate nutrient transport across cell membranes, supporting essential cellular functions. These transporters also contribute to xenobiotic/drug uptake and distribution.
Mariafrancesca Scalise, Tiziano Mazza, Raffaella Scanga, Lara Console, Michele Galluccio, Cesare Indiveri   +5 more
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Complement Activation in Nephrotic Glomerular Diseases

Biomedicines
The nephrotic syndrome holds significant clinical importance and is characterized by a substantial protein loss in the urine. Damage to the glomerular basement membrane or podocytes frequently underlies renal protein loss.
Dominik Nell, Robert Wolf, Przemyslaw Marek Podgorny, Tobias Kuschnereit, Rieke Kuschnereit, Thomas Dabers, Sylvia Stracke, Tilman Schmidt   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

P-MAPA, a Fungi-Derived Immunomodulatory Compound, Induces a Proinflammatory Response in a Human Whole Blood Model

Mediators of Inflammation, 2020
P-MAPA is a complex compound, derived from Aspergillus oryzae cultures, that has shown immunomodulatory properties in infection and cancer animal models.
Mariana Torrente Gonçalves, Carla Cristina Squaiella-Baptistão, Giselle Pidde, Priscila Hess Lopes, Iseu da Silva Nunes, Denise V. Tambourgi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A context‐dependent modulatory role for eIF6 in acquired resistance to vemurafenib in melanoma

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Acquired resistance to vemurafenib upregulates the translation factor eIF6 in melanoma cells. Silencing eIF6 in resistant cells reduces proliferation and partially restores drug sensitivity, whereas its overexpression increases sensitivity across melanoma lines regardless of BRAF status, via modulation of mTOR, S6K, and MAPK signaling.
George Kyriakopoulos, Antonia Petropoulou, Alexandra Anastogianni, Angelina Bania, Vassilis Stamatakis, Argyris Alexiou, Chi‐Ping Day, Glenn Merlino, Katerina Grafanaki, Constantinos Stathopoulos   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biochemical and functional studies on mouse ficolin-B, a novel pattern recognition molecule of the innate immune system [PDF]

, 2011
Ficolins are members of the collectin family of proteins which in human and mice are able to recognize pathogen associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) on microbial surfaces.
Elumalai, Preetham
core   +1 more source

Smaller is better: nanobodies meet NMR

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Nanobodies are single‐domain antigen‐binding fragments derived from camelid heavy chain antibodies. Their small size, high stability, and exceptional specificity make nanobodies uniquely useful probes for NMR studies of protein dynamics, transient conformational states, and protein–protein interactions.
Oleg Y. Dmitriev
wiley   +1 more source

Complement activation in wasp venom-induced acute kidney injury

Renal Failure
Previous studies have highlighted the significant role of complement activation in kidney injuries induced by rhabdomyolysis, intravascular hemolysis, sepsis, and ischemia-reperfusion.
Rui Cheng, Liang Xu, Jianhua Gong, Fanglin Yu, Ying Lv, Hai Yuan, Fengqi Hu   +6 more
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Persistent Intracellular Staphylococcus aureus in Keratinocytes Lead to Activation of the Complement System with Subsequent Reduction in the Intracellular Bacterial Load

Frontiers in Immunology, 2018
The complement system is an ancient part of the innate immune system important for both tissue homeostasis and host defense. However, bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus (SA) possess elaborative mechanisms for evading both the complement system and other
Anas H. Abu-Humaidan, Malin Elvén, Andreas Sonesson, Peter Garred, Ole E. Sørensen, Ole E. Sørensen   +5 more
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Invisible but not inaccessible—Revealing transient oligomers formed by intrinsically disordered proteins with solution NMR and complementary methods

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Transient oligomers formed by intrinsically disordered proteins may be ‘invisible’ to direct detection yet remain accessible to solution NMR through equilibrium‐exchange measurements and pressure‐jump experiments. Complementary methods report on mass, stoichiometry, selected distance distributions, morphology, and internal packing.
Martin D. Gelenter, Ad Bax
wiley   +1 more source

Going viral − Virus‐targeting nanobodies for research, diagnostics and therapy

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The increasing prevalence of viral diseases represents a major threat for global human health. Nanobodies, small binding fragments derived from camelid heavy‐chain antibodies, offer versatile tools for viral research, diagnostics, and antiviral therapy.
Domenic Ebert, Ulrich Rothbauer
wiley   +1 more source