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Microbial model of Halobacterium salinarum for screening inhibitors of sterol biosynthesis

Антибиотики и Химиотерапия, 2020
A highly effective and simple microbial test system for screening inhibitors of sterol biosynthesis (ISB) is described. The system is based on cultivation of the bacterial strain Halobacterium salinarum (former Halobacterium halobium), that possesses ...
A. S. Trenin
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Erythropoietin modulates hepatic inflammation, glucose homeostasis, and soluble epoxide hydrolase and epoxides in high‐fat diet‐induced obese mice

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Erythropoietin administration suppresses hepatic soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) expression, leading to increased CYP‐derived epoxides. This is associated with a shift in hepatic macrophage polarization characterized by reduced M1 markers and increased M2 markers, along with reduced hepatic inflammation, suppressed hepatic lipogenesis, and attenuated ...
Takeshi Goda, Satoru Sugimoto, Chiharu Cho, Madoka Konishi, Nozomi Inoue, Satoshi Miyagaki, Yasuhiro Kawabe, Takuro Okamura, Masahide Hamaguchi, Hisakazu Nakajima, Michiaki Fukui, Masakazu Shinohara, Tomoko Iehara   +12 more
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CYP51 is an essential drug target for the treatment of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017
Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM) is caused by Naegleria fowleri, a free-living amoeba that occasionally infects humans. While considered "rare" (but likely underreported) the high mortality rate and lack of established success in treatment makes
Anjan Debnath, Claudia M Calvet, Gareth Jennings, Wenxu Zhou, Alexander Aksenov, Madeline R Luth, Ruben Abagyan, W David Nes, James H McKerrow, Larissa M Podust   +9 more
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Virtual Screening of Alkaloid and Terpenoid Inhibitors of SMT Expressed in Naegleria sp.

Molecules, 2022
The pathogenic form of thermophilic Naegleria sp. i.e., Naegleria fowleri, also known as brain eating amoeba, causes primary amoebic encephalitis (PAM) with a >97% fatality rate.
Jason Abraham, Neha Chauhan, Supriyo Ray
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Altered sterol metabolism in budding yeast affects mitochondrial iron–sulfur (Fe-S) cluster synthesis [PDF]

, 2018
Ergosterol synthesis is essential for cellular growth and viability of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and intracellular sterol distribution and homeostasis are therefore highly regulated in this species. Erg25 is an iron-containing C4-methyl
Bard, Martin, Bhuiyan, Shah Alam, Chen, Opal S., Cox, James E., Kaplan, Jerry, Li, Liangtao, Natarajan, Selvamuthu K., Ward, Diane M.   +7 more
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A master regulator of cholesterol biosynthesis constitutes a therapeutic liability of triple negative breast cancer

Molecular & Cellular Oncology, 2020
Lipid and cholesterol reprogramming are often observed in specific cancer subtypes. We find that triple-negative breast cancers (TNBCs), but not estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) ones, adopt nuclear receptor RAR-related orphan receptor γ (RORγ) as their ...
Demin Cai, Xiong Zhang, Hong-Wu Chen
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Contribution of microscopy for understanding the mechanism of action against trypanosomatids [PDF]

, 2018
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) has proved to be a useful tool to study the ultrastructural alterations and the target organelles of new antitrypanosomatid drugs.
A Martinez-Palomo, A Montalvetti, A Rassi, AB Penissi, AE Eakin, AH Kolien, AJ Solari, AM Sánchez, Ana Yecê das Neves Pinto, C Brack, CF Silva Da, D Gonzalez-Pacanowska, DA Campbell, DA Johnston, DJ Hammond, DV Andrade, E Bontempi, E Lozano, E Lozano, E Lozano, EO Ogbadoiyi, ES Garcia, ES Lozano, F Dos Reis, FR Opperdoes, FR Opperdoes, FR Opperdoes, FS Laranja, H Meyer, H Meyer, J Aldunate, J Lukes, J McKerrow, J Mottram, JA Urbina, JA Urbina, JA Urbina, JA Urbina, JC Engel, JC Linder, JCP Dias, JCP Dias, JD Bergstrom, JD Maya, JF Turrens, JJ Marr, JL Avila, JL Avila, Juliano de Toledo, K Lazardi, K Miranda, K Miranda, KH Lee, L Simpson, LV Muschietti, M Meirelles, M Nieto, MC Elias, MCQB Elias, MR Ariyanayagam, MR Ariyanayagam, NM Sayed El, O Campetella, OS Giordano, OS Giordano, P Barrera, P Webster, PF Pimenta, R Docampo, S Sepúlveda-Boza, SD Brengio, SR Wilkinson, T Souto-Padron, T Souto-Padron, T Souto-Padron, T Souto-Padron, TA Shapiro, TS Tiuman, V Jimenez-Ortiz, V Sülsen, VP Sülsen, VP Sülsen, VV Costantino, W Souza De, W Souza De, W Souza De, W Souza De, W Souza De, W Souza De, Wanderley de Souza, WE Gutteridge   +90 more
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Leveraging Macrophage Metabolic Reprogramming for Enhanced Anti‐Tumor Immunity

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Tumor‐associated macrophages (TAMs) are key regulators of the tumor microenvironment (TME), with their metabolic states playing a critical role in tumor progression or regression. This review summarizes current understanding of TAM metabolic plasticity alongside cutting‐edge bioengineering innovations, outlining a roadmap for transforming the ...
Zhiyun Liu, Lingyao Zeng, Xulin Gan, Yilin Zhou, Han Shen, Dan Wu, Xin Shou, Minmin Jiang, Liyun Shi   +8 more
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Squalene synthase as a target for Chagas disease therapeutics.

PLoS Pathogens, 2014
Trypanosomatid parasites are the causative agents of many neglected tropical diseases and there is currently considerable interest in targeting endogenous sterol biosynthesis in these organisms as a route to the development of novel anti-infective drugs.
Na Shang, Qian Li, Tzu-Ping Ko, Hsiu-Chien Chan, Jikun Li, Yingying Zheng, Chun-Hsiang Huang, Feifei Ren, Chun-Chi Chen, Zhen Zhu, Melina Galizzi, Zhu-Hong Li, Carlos A Rodrigues-Poveda, Dolores Gonzalez-Pacanowska, Phercyles Veiga-Santos, Tecia Maria Ulisses de Carvalho, Wanderley de Souza, Julio A Urbina, Andrew H-J Wang, Roberto Docampo, Kai Li, Yi-Liang Liu, Eric Oldfield, Rey-Ting Guo   +23 more
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Endogenous Sterol Synthesis Is Dispensable for Trypanosoma cruzi Epimastigote Growth but Not Stress Tolerance

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
In addition to scavenging exogenous cholesterol, the parasitic kinetoplastid Trypanosoma cruzi can endogenously synthesize sterols. Similar to fungal species, T.
Peter C. Dumoulin, Joshua Vollrath, Joshua Vollrath, Madalyn M. Won, Jennifer X. Wang, Barbara A. Burleigh   +5 more
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