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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
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Complement factor H in host defense and immune evasion

, 2017
Complement is the major humoral component of the innate immune system. It recognizes pathogen- and damage-associated molecular patterns, and initiates the immune response in coordination with innate and adaptive immunity.
R. Parente, Antonio Inforzato, S. J. Clark, Day, Anthony; id_orcid, Raffaella Parente, A. Inforzato, Parente, Raffaella, Clark, Simon; id_orcid, Inforzato, Antonio, Simon J. Clark, A. J. Day, Anthony J. Day   +11 more
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The human factor H protein family – an update

Frontiers in Immunology
Complement is an ancient and complex network of the immune system and, as such, it plays vital physiological roles, but it is also involved in numerous pathological processes.
Noémi Sándor, Noémi Sándor, Andrea E. Schneider, Alexandra T. Matola, Veronika H. Barbai, Dániel Bencze, Hani Hashim Hammad, Alexandra Papp, Dorottya Kövesdi, Dorottya Kövesdi, Barbara Uzonyi, Barbara Uzonyi, Mihály Józsi, Mihály Józsi   +13 more
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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

Translational Mini-Review Series on Complement Factor H: Therapies of renal diseases associated with complement factor H abnormalities: atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome and membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis

, 2007
Summary OTHER ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN THIS TRANSLATIONAL MINI-REVIEW SERIES ON COMPLEMENT FACTOR H Genetics and disease associations of human complement factor H.
M Noris, G Remuzzi
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The Role of von Willebrand Factor in the Pathogenesis of C3 Glomerulopathy

Kidney International Reports
Introduction: C3 glomerulopathy (C3G) is caused by dysregulation of complement activation. Our previous study found that patients with C3G showed rare variants in von Willebrand factor (vWF).
Zixin Hua, Yunying Chen, Shasha Han, Xiaojuan Yu, Ying Tan, Feng Yu, Min Chen, Minghui Zhao   +7 more
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Complement Factor H-Related Protein 4A Is the Dominant Circulating Splice Variant of CFHR4

Frontiers in Immunology, 2018
Recent research has elucidated circulating levels of almost all factor H-related (FHR) proteins. Some of these proteins are hypothesized to act as antagonists of the important complement regulator factor H (FH), fine-tuning complement regulation on human
Richard B. Pouw, Richard B. Pouw, Mieke C. Brouwer, Anna E. van Beek, Anna E. van Beek, Mihály Józsi, Diana Wouters, Taco W. Kuijpers, Taco W. Kuijpers   +8 more
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DNA ligase LigE increases bacterial transformation with damaged extracellular DNA

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The DNA ligase LigE from the naturally competent Gram‐negative bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoaea increases transformation with cut extracellular DNA. This process is ATP‐dependent and relies on the catalytic activity of LigE; it also requires that LigE contains an intact periplasmic localisation sequence, indicating that ligE functions in the periplasm ...
Jolyn Pan, Avi Singh, Shrawani Weralupe Gamladdalage, Joanna Hicks, Adele Williamson   +4 more
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Genetic Epidemiology of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD): The Role of the Complement Component 2 (C2) and Complement Factor B (CFB) Genes in Determining AMD Subphenotypes [PDF]

, 2009
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common cause of irreversible blindness in people over the age of 50 in the developed world. Inflammation has a central role in the pathobiology of AMD; complement pathway dysfunction is thought to induce
Longville, Brooke Allison Cattell
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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