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Plant Defense Proteins: Recent Discoveries and Applications

Plants
Proteins play pivotal roles in safeguarding plants against numerous biotic and abiotic stresses. Understanding their biological functions and mechanisms of action is essential for advancing plant biology, agriculture, and biotechnology.
Samuel O. Shobade, Marit Nilsen-Hamilton, Olga A. Zabotina   +2 more
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Developmental programmes drive cellular plasticity, disease progression and therapy resistance in lung adenocarcinoma

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This study shows that lung adenocarcinomas exploit developmental branching morphogenesis to acquire a therapy resistant basal‐like tumour cell state. This process was found to be regulated by combined TP53 loss‐of‐function and type‐I interferon signalling, identifying a novel axis for biomarker and therapeutic target discovery.
Kamila J Bienkowska, Stephany Gallardo, Nur S. Zainal, Leena Arora, Matthew Ellis, Maria‐Antoinette Lopez, Judith Austine, Sai Pittla, Serena J Chee, Aiman Alzetani, Emily C Shaw, Christian H Ottensmeier, Gareth J Thomas, Christopher J Hanley   +13 more
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Stimulator of interferon genes agonist augmented antitumor immunity of osimertinib in Egfr‐mutated lung cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Combining osimertinib with the STING agonist ADU‐S100 activates innate and adaptive immunity to overcome the non‐inflamed microenvironment of Egfr‐mutant lung cancer. This combination increases NK and CD8+ T‐cell infiltration, associated with activation of the STING‐IRF3 pathway and local immunogenic cell death.
Jun Nishimura, Tadahiro Kuribayashi, Johannes Brägelmann, Sachi Okawa, Masataka Taoka, Shunta Mori, Tomoka Nishimura, Takaaki Tanaka, Go Makimoto, Kiichiro Ninomiya, Kammei Rai, Eiki Ichihara, Ryohei Katayama, Katsuyuki Hotta, Masahiro Tabata, Yosuke Togashi, Yoshinobu Maeda, Martin L. Sos, Katsuyuki Kiura, Kadoaki Ohashi   +19 more
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Finding novel vulnerabilities of hypomorphic BRCA1 alleles

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Synthetic lethality screens performed to identify novel vulnerabilities often model complete gene loss, thereby overlooking patient‐derived hypomorphic mutations. In this study, we have performed genome‐wide CRISPR screens on BRCA1 hypomorphic mutations, showing BRCA1I26A behaves like wild‐type, while BRCA1R1699Q mimics deficiency. Furthermore, we have
Anne Schreuder, Klaas de Lint, Hồ Mỹ Phúc Võ, Mariana M. Góis, Rosalie A. Kampen, Marta San Martin Alonso, Ilse Nootenboom, Veronica Garzero, Tiemen J. Wendel, Rob M. F. Wolthuis, Sylvie M. Noordermeer   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

MITF maintains genome stability in nonmelanocyte lineages

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
MITF is essential for melanocyte survival and acts as an oncogene in 10%–20% of melanomas. We show that MITF depletion causes genome instability in nonmelanocytic cells, leading to LATS2‐mediated P53 activation, cell cycle arrest, and apoptosis. This study highlights the role of MITF as a genome maintenance factor beyond the melanocyte lineage. Created
Drifa H. Gudmundsdottir, Adrián López García de Lomana, Thejus B. Venkatesh, Kritika Kirty, Snaevar Sigurdsson, Linda Vidarsdottir, Ramile Dilshat, Erla Sveinbjornsdottir, Snaedis Ragnarsdottir, Daniel H Magnusson, Maria R. Bustos, Eirikur Steingrimsson, Thorkell Gudjonsson, Stefan Sigurdsson   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Plant Biotechnology

The American Biology Teacher
Understanding how the process of gene expression can be engineered to biomanufacture proteins for medical, agricultural, and industrial applications provides an opportunity to link basic concepts of molecular biology with applications. Here we present a simple activity that uses commonly available materials to simulate the process by which the ...
Deependra Singh, Durgesh Nandini Chauhan, Nagendra Singh Chauhan, Manju Singh   +3 more
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Loss of proton‐sensing TDAG8 increases tumor progression in mouse models of colon cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Loss of the pH‐sensing receptor TDAG8 accelerates colorectal cancer progression in mice. Animals lacking TDAG8 expression had increased tumor growth, DNA damage, and recruitment of tumor‐associated immune cells, including macrophages, neutrophils, and monocytes.
Ermanno Malagola, Yasmine Illi, Anna Bircher, Marijn Wilmink, Rachele F. Malagutti, Solenn Ottié, Cordelia Schuler, Pedro A. Ruiz, Cheryl de Vallière, Klaus Seuwen, Gerhard Rogler, Martin Hausmann   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pharmacological chromatin remodeling enhances response to estrogen therapy in ER+ breast cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Estrogen therapy elicits clinical benefit in ~ 30% of patients with endocrine‐resistant estrogen receptor (ER)‐positive breast cancer. Based on findings that ER transcriptional activation underlies response to estrogen therapy, we tested the effects of epigenetic dysregulation via pharmacological inhibition of histone deacetylases (HDACi).
Anneka L. Johnson Thomas, Barbara Karakyriakou, Patricia C. Muskus, Alyssa M. Roberts, Justin Rendleman, Alexa Warren, Hanxu Lu, Kimberly A. Birmingham, Malone K. Friedman, Abigail E. Goen, Huijuan Yang, Owen M. Wilkins, Fred W. Kolling, Eugene Demidenko, Julie M. Jorns, Brock C. Christensen, Todd W. Miller   +16 more
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Partial FAK suppression promotes tumor growth, an effect reversed by macrophage p110δ PI3K inactivation

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Partial inhibition of focal adhesion kinase (FAK) can paradoxically promote tumor growth, rather than simply producing a weaker antitumor effect than that observed with strong FAK suppression. In breast cancer and melanoma models, targeting p110δ PI3K, particularly in macrophages, counteracted these tumor‐promoting effects, highlighting the importance ...
Lydia Xenou, Niki Tzenaki, Anna Tsapara, Maria Tzardi, Evangelia A. Papakonstanti   +4 more
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Profiling neoadjuvant therapy response in rectal cancer using meta‐analysis of publicly available transcriptomic RNA‐seq datasets

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This study integrates publicly available transcriptomic datasets to identify molecular signatures associated with response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer. By analyzing a combination of multiple cohorts with bioinformatics approaches, we reveal biological pathways and immune‐related features that may improve ...
Aleksandra Stanojevic, Rafael Stroggilos, Mladen Marinkovic, Ana Djuric, Suzana Stojanovic‐Rundic, Radmila Jankovic, Sergi Castellvi‐Bel, Remond J.A. Fijneman, Antonia Vlahou, Jerome Zoidakis, Milena Cavic   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source