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What Genetic Modifications of Source Pigs Are Essential and Sufficient for Cell, Tissue, and Organ Xenotransplantation?

Transplant International
Xenotransplantation of porcine organs has made remarkable progress towards clinical application. A key factor has been the generation of genetically multi-modified source pigs for xenotransplants, protected against immune rejection and coagulation ...
Asghar Ali, Asghar Ali, Mayuko Kurome, Mayuko Kurome, Barbara Kessler, Barbara Kessler, Elisabeth Kemter, Elisabeth Kemter, Elisabeth Kemter, Elisabeth Kemter, Eckhard Wolf, Eckhard Wolf, Eckhard Wolf, Eckhard Wolf   +13 more
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Functional role and folding properties of the glucan‐binding domain of oral bacterial glucansucrase

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The role of the glucan‐binding domain in Streptococcus sobrinus glucansucrase was examined, focusing on its impact on enzymatic activity, dextran binding, and structural stability of deletion mutants and a circularly permuted protein. Our research revealed that glucosyl transfer efficiency is linked to cooperative interdomain folding.
Hideyuki Komatsu, Takayuki Sadakane, Yudai Murata, Junichi Taira, Hiroshi Sakamoto, Takao Kodama   +5 more
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CSF1R regulates the dendritic cell pool size in adult mice via embryo-derived tissue-resident macrophages

Nature Communications, 2018
Dendritic cells (DC) are important regulators of both innate and adaptive immunity, but how the DC pool is homeostatically maintained in vivo is unclear.
Gulce Itir Percin, Jiri Eitler, Andrea Kranz, Jun Fu, Jeffrey W. Pollard, Ronald Naumann, Claudia Waskow   +6 more
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The cytochrome oxidase defect in ISC‐depleted yeast is caused by impaired iron–sulfur cluster maturation of the mitoribosome assembly factor Rsm22

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The yeast mitoribosome assembly factor Rsm22 contains a [4Fe‐4S] cluster that is matured by the mitochondrial iron–sulfur cluster assembly (ISC) machinery. Defects in ISC components result in impaired mitochondrial protein synthesis due to a mitoribosome assembly defect.
Ulrich Mühlenhoff, Dominik Trauth, Weronika Śliwińska, Linda Boss, Roland Lill   +4 more
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Intermittent supplementation with Akkermansia muciniphila and galactooligosaccharides modulates Alzheimer’s disease progression, gut microbiota, and colon short-chain fatty acid profiles in mice

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
BackgroundBidirectional communication and mutual regulation between the gastrointestinal tract and the CNS is facilitated through the gut-brain axis. Recent studies have found reduced diversity of the gut microbiota in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients ...
Arnas Kunevičius, Akshay Kumar Vijaya, Alessandro Atzeni, Jonas Mingaila, Ieva Šimoliūnė, Rapolas Jamontas, Emilija Keževičiūtė, Miguel Gueimonde, Rolandas Meškys, Daiva Baltriukienė, Silvia Arboleya, Aurelijus Burokas   +11 more
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Development of visible light‐sensitive human neuropsin (OPN5) via single amino acid substitution

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The present study determines a key amino acid residue, Lys91, for defining UV sensitivity of human OPN5. Heterologous action spectroscopy of the wild type and K91 mutants of OPN5 in HEK293T cells reveals that substitution of Lys91 with neutral (alanine) or acidic amino acids (glutamic or aspartic acids) causes substantial shifts in spectral sensitivity
Yusuke Sakai, Richard J. McDowell, Robert J. Lucas   +2 more
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Exploring lipid diversity and minimalism to define membrane requirements for synthetic cells

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Designing the lipid membrane of synthetic cells is a complex task, in which its various roles (among them solute transport, membrane protein support, and self‐replication) should all be integrated. In this review, we report the latest top‐down and bottom‐up advances and discuss compatibility and complexity issues of current engineering approaches ...
Sergiy Gan, Victoria Scarpelli, Marten Exterkate   +2 more
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C‐mannosylation promotes ADAMTS1 activation and secretion in human testicular germ cell tumor NEC8 cells

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
C‐mannosylation is a unique form of protein glycosylation. In this study, we demonstrated that ADAMTS1 is C‐mannosylated at Trp562 and Trp565 in human testicular germ cell tumor NEC8 cells. We found that C‐mannosylation of ADAMTS1 is essential for its secretion, processing, enzymatic activity, and ability to promote vasculogenic mimicry. These findings
Takato Kobayashi, Takehiro Suzuki, Ryota Kawahara, Natsumi Harai, Naoshi Dohmae, Siro Simizu   +5 more
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The multidrug and toxin extrusion (MATE) transporter DTX51 antagonizes non‐cell‐autonomous HLS1–AMP1 signaling in a region‐specific manner

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The Arabidopsis mutants hls1 hlh1 and amp1 lamp1 exhibit pleiotropic developmental phenotypes. Although the functions of the causative genes remain unclear, they act in the same genetic pathway and are thought to generate non‐cell‐autonomous signals.
Takashi Nobusawa, Makoto Kusaba
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Mesothelin-based CAR-T cells exhibit potent antitumor activity against ovarian cancer

Journal of Translational Medicine
Background Ovarian cancer (OC) is characterized by its rapid growth and spread which, accompanied by a low 5-year survival rate, necessitates the development of improved treatments.
Jing Guo, Xiaozhu Zeng, Yongjie Zhu, Dong Yang, Xudong Zhao   +4 more
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