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Elucidating the Interactive Roles of Glia in Alzheimer's Disease Using Established and Newly Developed Experimental Models

Frontiers in Neurology, 2018
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an irreversible neurodegenerative illness and the exact etiology of the disease remains unknown. It is characterized by long preclinical and prodromal phases with pathological features including an accumulation of amyloid-beta
Heejung Chun, Ian Marriott, C. Justin Lee, C. Justin Lee, Hansang Cho, Hansang Cho, Hansang Cho, Hansang Cho   +7 more
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Blood and Lymphatic Vasculatures On-Chip Platforms and Their Applications for Organ-Specific In Vitro Modeling

Micromachines, 2020
The human circulatory system is divided into two complementary and different systems, the cardiovascular and the lymphatic system. The cardiovascular system is mainly concerned with providing nutrients to the body via blood and transporting wastes away ...
Aria R. Henderson, Hyoann Choi, Esak Lee   +2 more
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The cooperative regulation of miR‐221 by APE1 and AUF1 impacts p27Kip1 defining a miR signature relevant for cervical cancer

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
A regulatory axis involving APE1, AUF1, and miR‐221 is proposed. Pri‐miR‐221 is processed by DROSHA and DICER to generate mature miR‐221, which targets p27Kip1 mRNA. APE1 and AUF1 compete for pre‐miR‐221 binding. Reduced APE1/AUF1 levels impair miR‐221 biogenesis, decrease p27Kip1 mRNA degradation, and promote cell cycle progression, chemoresistance ...
Matilde Clarissa Malfatti, Nicolò Gualandi, Gianluca Tell, Giulia Antoniali   +3 more
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Application and prospects of lung organ-on-a-chip in the development of new drugs

BioMedical Engineering OnLine
Respiratory disease, such as lung cancer, is a major risk factor that seriously endangers human health. In the development of new drugs, conventional preclinical and clinical testing stages rely on cell culture and animal experiment.
Jun Su, Jingjing Qiu, Jiaxu Meng, Yi Gong, Yichun Xu, Junsong Han   +5 more
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Modeling human enterovirus A71 infection using an intestinal microphysiological system

Journal of Virology
Enterovirus A71 (EV-A71), a causative virus of hand, foot, and mouth disease, primarily infects and replicates in the intestine and, in severe cases, spreads to the central nervous system, leading to neurological complications.
Hiroki Futatsusako, Sayaka Deguchi, Kaori Kosugi, Rina Hashimoto, Noriyo Nagata, Tadaki Suzuki, Takuya Yamamoto, Kazuo Takayama   +7 more
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Screening and epitope characterization of Nidogen‐2‐specific nanobodies

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Camel immunization and phage display were employed to generate high‐affinity VHH nanobodies against Nidogen‐2. After library construction, biopanning, ELISA screening, sequencing, and recombinant expression, selected nanobodies were purified and characterized, leading to the preliminary exploration of a nanobody‐based sandwich ELISA for specific ...
Jianchuan Wen, Qianqian Cui, Zhongyun Lan, Yingjun Wang, Shuaiying Zhao, Wenxuan Feng, Yunfeng Liu, Qiting Huang, Dongna Zhang, Jianfeng Xu   +9 more
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Blood‐based proteomic profiling reveals context‐dependent changes in BCL2‐associated signaling during taxane therapy in breast cancer patients

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Chemotherapy side effects significantly impact cancer survivors' quality of life. Using protein levels in blood samples from breast cancer patients before and after 12 weeks of taxane treatment, we detected treatment‐dependent changes in calcium signaling and aging pathways associated with cancer recurrence.
Saira Munshani, Eiman Y. Ibrahim, Rozalyn L. Rodwin, Leah M. Ferrucci, Kim Blenman, Maryam Lustberg, Barbara E. Ehrlich   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Laser-processed parchment paper for fabrication of chronic wound dressings with selective oxygenation [PDF]

, 2016
Chronic non-healing wounds (e.g., diabetic foot ulcers and bed sores) impact over 6.5 million Americans per year, costs in excess of $25 billion to treat on an annual basis, and are on the rise due to increasing levels of obesity and diabetes compounded ...
Ochoa, Manuel
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YIPFα1A expression is regulated by multilayered molecular mechanisms

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
YIPFα1A, a five‐pass Golgi protein, is regulated at multiple layers. (1) Rare‐codon enrichment drives translation‐coupled mRNA decay. (2) A proximal 3′‐UTR element stabilizes mRNA. (3) A distal 3′‐UTR element included by alternate poly(A) site usage represses translation, which can be overridden by the proximal 3′‐UTR element.
Tokio Takaji, Yurika Nakanishi, Nobuhiro Nakamura   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying transcription factors controlling the basal expression of human MRP4 highlights a substantial role for Sp1

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
The MRP4 transporter exports several drugs and signaling molecules. Here, we identified key promoter elements regulating basal MRP4 expression. Using reporter assays, we defined a conserved region with essential Sp1 and contributory Ets sites, which controlled basal MRP4 expression.
Debora Singer, Angelique Kragl, Katrin Ziems, Juliane Glaubitz, Sophie Grammbauer, Susanne Hildebrandt, Mladen V. Tzvetkov, Gabriele Jedlitschky   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source