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Neuid: A Novel Neuron‐Enriched LncRNA that Connects Epigenetic Gene Silencing to Alzheimer's Disease

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The increasing evidence that non‐coding RNAs can become deregulated during pathogenesis is dramatically expanding the space for drug discovery beyond the protein‐coding genome. Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are emerging as key regulators of cellular function, yet most remain uncharacterized.
Ranjit Pradhan, Zorica Petrovic, M. Sadman Sakib, Sophie Schröder, Dennis Manfred Krüger, Tonatiuh Pena, Eren Diniz, Susanne Burkhardt, Anna‐Lena Schütz, Verena Gisa, Iga Grzadzielewska, Karl Toischer, Thor D. Stein, Jan Krzysztof Blusztajn, Ivana Delalle, Jelena Radulovic, Farahnaz Sananbenesi, Andre Fischer   +17 more
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Targeting Lactate and Lactylation in Cancer Metabolism and Immunotherapy

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Lactate, once deemed a metabolic waste, emerges as a central regulator of cancer progression. This review elucidates how lactate and its epigenetic derivative, protein lactylation, orchestrate tumor metabolism, immune suppression, and therapeutic resistance.
Jiajing Gong, Yuhang Xie, Zhijie Weng, Yongzhi Wu, Longjiang Li, Bo Li   +5 more
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De Novo Design and Directed Evolution Refinement of Mirror‐Image Protein Binders Targeting Interleukin‐4

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study presents the de novo design and directed evolution of a mirror‐image D‐protein inhibitor targeting human interleukin‐4 (IL‐4). The engineered molecule exhibits nanomolar binding affinity for IL‐4 and effectively inhibits IL‐4–mediated signaling.
Liqing Xu, Yuxiang Ren, Tongyue Wang, Hongyong Li, Yue Yao, Lei Liu, Ke Sun, Peilong Lu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Functional Analysis of Ligand‐Gated Chloride Channels in a Cnidarian Sheds Light on the Evolution of Inhibitory Signaling

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
We uncover a large variety of putative inhibitory ligand‐gated ion channels (LGICs) in the phylum Cnidaria, the sister group to all bilaterian animals. Phylogenetic analysis suggests a complex evolutionary history of inhibitory LGICs with diverse neurotransmitter ligands.
Abhilasha Ojha, Linda Kloss, Juan D. Montenegro, Simone Albani, Audrey Ortega‐Ramírez, Mihaela Raycheva, Sylvia Joussen, Sabrina Kaul, Michèle Bachmann, Lisa Huf, Günther Schmalzing, Alison G. Cole, Ulrich Technau, Stefan Gründer   +13 more
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DOT1L Drives Endothelial‐to‐Mesenchymal Transition and Fibrotic Vascular Remodeling via H3K79 Methylation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
DOT1L as a central epigenetic regulator of EndoMT and pulmonary fibrosis. Acting as an early epigenetic switch, it translates TGFβ–SMAD signaling into H3K79me2‐mediated chromatin remodeling, selectively activates fibrosis‐related genes, and primes ECs for rapid mesenchymal transition.
Yaofeng Wang, Xing Peng, Jingjing Chen, Yun Zhang, Tinghong Zhang, Jingyuan Zhang, Jiaying Fan, Hui Zheng, Qiaoyuan Liu, Zhimin Song, Zhan‐Peng Huang, Shu Meng   +11 more
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The Level of NMDA Receptor in the Membrane Modulates Amyloid-β Association and Perforation [PDF]

, 2016
Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects mostly the elderly. The main histopathological markers are the senile plaques formed by amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) aggregates that can perforate the plasma membrane of cells, increasing the ...
Aguayo, Luis G, Fernández-Pérez, Eduardo, Peoples, Robert W., Peters, Christian, Sepúlveda, Fernando J.   +4 more
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Cryo‐EM Structure Guided Engineering of Botulinum Neurotoxin A With Advanced Receptor Binding Affinity and Therapeutical Benefits

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The butterfly unfolded wing in an open form structure of botulinum neurotoxin type A (BoNT/A) at physiological‐state was confirmed at 2.85 Å resolution by cryo‐electron microscopy (cryo‐EM). Structure‐guided protein engineering significantly enhanced the receptor‐binding affinity, therapeutic efficacy, and safety of the engineered toxin variants ...
Wenrui Wang, Zhaxi Zerang, Linjin You, Ziye Liu, Rong Nie, Fuwei Qi, Fenfen Gao, Chengmu Zhao, Wantong Ma, Jinghan He, Xiaoru Wang, Shanquan Wu, Bo Liu, Xinyao Liu, Dongsheng Lei, Dejuan Zhi, Dongsheng Wang   +16 more
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Is the Activation of the Postsynaptic Ligand Gated Glycine- or GABA_A Receptors Essential for the Receptor Clustering at Inhibitory Synapses?

Biomedicines
One major challenge in cellular neuroscience is to elucidate how the accurate alignment of presynaptic release sites with postsynaptic densely clustered ligand-gated ion channels at chemical synapses is achieved upon synapse assembly.
Eva Kiss, Joachim Kirsch, Jochen Kuhse, Stefan Kins   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Glycine receptors and glycine transporters: targets for novel analgesics?

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2017
H. Zeilhofer, Mario A. Acuña, J. Gingras, Gonzalo E Yévenes   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Mapping Genetic Regulation of Transcription to Identify Functional Variants and Genes Associated with Pancreatic Cancer Risk

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Integration of a pancreatic eQTL map with a GWAS meta‐analysis identifies 82 putative functional variants and 15 genes. The association between rs11102484 and pancreatic cancer risk is observed in a total of 5699 cases and 8467 controls. The G allele of rs11102484 weakens ZNF263 binding and the silencer‐promoter interaction, thereby increasing ST7L ...
Xiaoyang Wang, Hui Geng, Zhengyan Yao, Yuan Jiang, Can Chen, Zequn Lu, Shuangshuang Tian, Ming Zhang, Ruiyan Liu, Chenxi Feng, Bin Li, Xiaoping Miao, Jianbo Tian, Shaokai Zhang, Ying Zhu   +14 more
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