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Bioengineering facets of the tumor microenvironment in 3D tumor models: insights into cellular, biophysical and biochemical interactions

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The tumor microenvironment is a dynamic, multifaceted complex system of interdependent cellular, biochemical, and biophysical components. Three‐dimensional in vitro models of the tumor microenvironment enable a better understanding of these interactions and their impact on cancer progression and therapeutic resistance.
Salma T. Rafik, Deniz Bakkalci, Alexander J. MacRobert, Umber Cheema   +3 more
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Possible role of human ribonuclease dicer in the regulation of R loops

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R loops play an important role in regulating key cellular processes such as replication, transcription, centromere stabilization, or control of telomere length. However, the unscheduled accumulation of R loops can cause many diseases, including cancer, and neurodegenerative or inflammatory disorders. Interestingly, accumulating data indicate a possible
Klaudia Wojcik, Paulina Krzeminska, Anna Kurzynska‐Kokorniak   +2 more
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Long non‐coding RNAs as therapeutic targets in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and clinical application

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Long non‐coding RNAs (lncRNAs) occupy an abundant fraction of the eukaryotic transcriptome and an emerging area in cancer research. Regulation by lncRNAs is based on their subcellular localization in HNSCC. This cartoon shows the various functions of lncRNAs in HNSCC discussed in this review.
Ellen T. Tran, Ruchi A. Patel, Amogh Chariyamane, Ratna B. Ray   +3 more
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Gut alterations in a chronic kidney disease rat model with diet‐induced vascular calcification

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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients often suffer from intestinal and/or mineral and bone disorders. Using a rat model, we showed that uremic vascular calcification is associated with gut barrier alterations (decreased gut mucus production and Nlrp6 gene expression, increased gut inflammation), and plasma retention of gut‐origin uremic toxins (indoxyl
Piotr Bartochowski, Irene Cortijo, Shruti Bhargava, Bernard Jover, Fabrice Raynaud, Juliana H Boukhaled, Anne‐Dominique Lajoix, Vera Jankowski, Joachim Jankowski, Magali Cordaillat‐Simmons, Àngel Argilés, Nathalie Gayrard, Flore Duranton, Jonas Laget   +13 more
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Matrigel inhibits elongation and drives endoderm differentiation in aggregates of mouse embryonic stem cells

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Stem cell‐based embryo models (SCBEMs) are valuable to study early developmental milestones. Matrigel, a basement membrane matrix, is a critical substrate used in various SCBEM protocols, but its role in driving stem cell lineage commitment is not clearly defined.
Atoosa Amel, Rachel Brown, Alexa Rabeling, Mubeen Goolam   +3 more
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Geometric Models for Secondary Structures in Proteins

, 2015
This research is motivated by a study of special types of surfaces of revolution, using methods from differential geometry, elasticity theory and variational calculus. In particular, we present an elastic membrane model for the beta barrels in protein biology, via a certain Generalized Willmore type energy functional.
Toda, Magdalena, Athukorallage, Bhagya
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Development of 4T1 breast cancer mouse model system for preclinical carbonic anhydrase IX studies

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Carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX) is a well‐recognised therapeutic target and prognostic biomarker in cancer. We developed and characterised a robust murine breast cancer model system that is suitable for CAIX studies in vitro and in vivo—it comprises both CAIX‐positive and CAIX‐negative controls and provides a solid platform for the comprehensive ...
Zane Kalniņa, Ilva Liekniņa, Svetlana Koteloviča, Ramona Petrovska, Gediminas Žvinys, Agne Petrosiute, Asta Zubrienė, Matīss Toms Laugalis, Vendija Skeltona, Juris Jansons, Madara Kreishmane, Edita Čapkauskaitė, Daumantas Matulis, Kaspars Tārs   +13 more
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Knockout of the mitoribosome rescue factors Ict1 or Mtrfr is viable in zebrafish but not mice: compensatory mechanisms underlying each factor's loss

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Mitochondria contain two mitoribosome rescue factors, ICT1 and MTRFR (C12orf65). ICT1 also functions as a mitoribosomal protein in mice and humans, and its loss is lethal. Although Mtrfr knockout mice could not be generated, knockout zebrafish lines for ict1 and mtrfr were established.
Nobukazu Nameki, Chika Tomisawa, Soichiro Hoshino, Hidehiko Shimizu, Masashi Abe, Sho Arai, Kanako Kuwasako, Naoki Asakawa, Yusuke Inoue, Takuro Horii, Izuho Hatada, Masakatsu Watanabe   +11 more
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GDP‐fucose transporter SLC35C1: a potential regulatory role in cytosolic GDP‐fucose and fucosylated glycan synthesis

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The inactivation of SLC35C1 (GDP‐fucose transporter) and enzymes involved in GDP‐fucose biosynthesis was studied. Fucose supplementation increases the level of GDP‐fucose to abnormal, millimolar values in the absence of the TSTA3 protein and SLC35C1 in contrast to the GMDS/SLC35C1 double mutant.
Edyta Skurska, Mariusz Olczak
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Short peptide perturbs spermatogenesis via immune microenvironment dysregulation and mitochondrial imbalance

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In the blood–testis barrier, occludin is crucial for tight junctions. This study demonstrates that occludin‐targeting short peptides disrupt junction integrity, inducing immune cell infiltration, tumor necrosis factor‐α/interleukin‐6 secretion and mitochondrial dysfunction, ultimately triggering apoptosis.
Heng Wang, Xiaofang Tan, Deyu Chen
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