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Association analysis identifies ZNF750 regulatory variants in psoriasis

BMC Medical Genetics, 2011
Background Mutations in the ZNF750 promoter and coding regions have been previously associated with Mendelian forms of psoriasis and psoriasiform dermatitis.
Birnbaum Ramon Y, Hayashi Genki, Cohen Idan, Poon Annie, Chen Haoyan, Lam Ernest T, Kwok Pui-Yan, Birk Ohad S, Liao Wilson   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of DREB1D gene sequence in different Coffea genotypes : S03P07 [PDF]

, 2013
In several plant species, the DREB genes play a key role in responses to abiotic stress. Since the development of molecular markers is one of the major goals for accelerating breeding programs, a study was done to evaluate the sequence variability of the
Alves, Gabriel Sergio Costa, Andrade, Alan Carvalho, Freire, Luciana Pereira, Marraccini, Pierre, Paiva, L.V., Pot, David, This, Dominique, Vieira, Natalia Gomes   +7 more
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Functional polymorphisms in the promoter regions of MMP2 and MMP3 are not associated with melanoma progression

Journal of Negative Results in Biomedicine, 2007
BackgroundThe matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are enzymes that cleave various components of the extracellular matrix (ECM) and basement membranes.
Javier Cotignola, P. Roy, Ami Patel, Nicole Ishill, Shivangi Shah, Alan Houghton, Daniel Coit, Allan Halpern, K. Busam, M. Berwick, I. Orlow   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

ERBIN limits epithelial cell plasticity via suppression of TGF‐β signaling

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
In breast and lung cancer patients, low ERBIN expression correlates with poor clinical outcomes. Here, we show that ERBIN inhibits TGF‐β‐induced epithelial‐to‐mesenchymal transition in NMuMG breast and A549 lung adenocarcinoma cell lines. ERBIN suppresses TGF‐β/SMAD signaling and reduces TGF‐β‐induced ERK phosphorylation.
Chao Li, Gerard van der Zon, Peter ten Dijke, Tong Shen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coarse-Grained Modeling of Genetic Circuits as a Function of the Inherent Time Scales

, 2016
From a coarse-grained perspective the motif of a self-activating species, activating a second species which acts as its own repressor, is widely found in biological systems, in particular in genetic systems with inherent oscillatory behavior.
B. Novak, Darka Labavić, Hannes Nagel, Hildegard Meyer-Ortmanns, N. G. van Kampen, Wolfhard Janke   +5 more
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Redox‐dependent binding and conformational equilibria govern the fluorescence decay of NAD(P)H in living cells

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
In this work, we reveal how different enzyme binding configurations influence the fluorescence decay of NAD(P)H in live cells using time‐resolved anisotropy imaging and fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM). Mathematical modelling shows that the redox states of the NAD and NADP pools govern these configurations, shaping their fluorescence ...
Thomas S. Blacker, Nimit Mistry, Nicoletta Plotegher, Elizabeth R. Westbrook, Michael D. E. Sewell, John Carroll, Gyorgy Szabadkai, Angus J. Bain, Michael R. Duchen   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neutrophil deficiency increases T cell numbers at the site of tissue injury in mice

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
In wild‐type mice, injury or acute inflammation induces neutrophil influx followed by macrophage accumulation. Mcl1ΔMyelo (neutrophil‐deficient) mice lack neutrophils, and in response to muscle injury show fewer macrophages and exhibit strikingly elevated T‐cell numbers, primarily non‐conventional “double‐negative” (DN) αβ and γδ T cells.
Hajnalka Halász, Albert Bálint Papp, Lukács Sándor Lesinszki, Attila Mócsai, Tamás Varga, László Nagy, Péter Gogolák   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Functional Implications of DNA Methylation in Adipose Biology. [PDF]

, 2019
The twin epidemics of obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D) are a serious health, social, and economic issue. The dysregulation of adipose tissue biology is central to the development of these two metabolic disorders, as adipose tissue plays a pivotal role ...
Kang, Sona, Ma, Xiang
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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
wiley   +1 more source

Role of phase-variable Mfa1 fimbriae of Phocaeicola vulgatus in its adhesion and proinflammatory activity toward gut epithelial cells

Gut Microbes Reports
Bacteroidaceae is a prominent family in the human gut microbiota. The bacteria within this family are characterized by phase variable regulation of diverse surface structures, such as capsular polysaccharides and outer membrane proteins.
Emmanuel Munyeshyaka, Haruyuki Nakayama-Imaohji, Hisashi Yamasaki, Ayano Tada, Nafisa Tabassum, Tomomi Kuwahara   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source