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Reconstructing enzyme evolution by protein engineering

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Natural enzyme evolution can be retraced by protein engineering methods such as directed evolution, rational design, and ancestral sequence reconstruction. These approaches reveal how enzymes emerged from ligand‐binding scaffolds, developed varying substrate preferences, formed oligomeric complexes, adapted to environmental changes, and evolved novel ...
Lukas Drexler, Markus R. Busch, Reinhard Sterner   +2 more
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Nest architecture and male aggression drive sexual isolation between three-spined stickleback ecotypes

Zoological Letters
To understand how sexual isolation contributes to the evolution of reproductive barriers, we examined the pre- and post-zygotic reproductive barriers between ecotypes of the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) from North Uist, where the ...
Carl Smith, Rowena Spence, Eliza Szczerkowska-Majchrzak, Dawid Żegota, Grzegorz Zięba   +4 more
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Tumour–host interactions in Drosophila: mechanisms in the tumour micro‐ and macroenvironment

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This review examines how tumour–host crosstalk takes place at multiple levels of biological organisation, from local cell competition and immune crosstalk to organism‐wide metabolic and physiological collapse. Here, we integrate findings from Drosophila melanogaster studies that reveal conserved mechanisms through which tumours hijack host systems to ...
José Teles‐Reis, Tor Erik Rusten
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Potential adverse effects of nanoparticles on the reproductive system

International Journal of Nanomedicine, 2018
Ruolan Wang,1 Bin Song,2 Junrong Wu,1 Yanli Zhang,1 Aijie Chen,1 Longquan Shao1,3 1Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China; 2Guizhou Provincial People’s Hospital, Guiyang 550002, China; 3Guangdong Provincial Key ...
Wang R, Song B, Wu J, Zhang Y, Chen A, Shao LQ   +5 more
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Protective effect of Cordycepin on blood-testis barrier against pre-puberty polystyrene nanoplastics exposure in male rats

Particle and Fibre Toxicology
Plastic pollution is an emerging environmental issue, with microplastics and nanoplastics raising health concerns due to bioaccumulation. This work explored the impact of polystyrene nanoparticle (PS-NPs) exposure during prepuberty on male reproductive ...
Ying Hu, Shuyi Jiang, Qiang Zhang, Wenjie Zhou, Jinhong Liang, Ying Xu, Wenhui Su   +6 more
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Pre‐analytical optimization of cell‐free DNA and extracellular vesicle‐derived DNA for mutation detection in liquid biopsies

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Pre‐analytical handling critically determines liquid biopsy performance. This study defines practical best‐practice conditions for cell‐free DNA (cfDNA) and extracellular vesicle–derived DNA (evDNA), showing how processing time, storage conditions, tube type, and plasma input volume affect DNA integrity and mutation detection.
Jonas Dohmen, Lucrezia De Santis, Bret M. Stephens, Vincent Bernard, Jörg C. Kalff, Lara Braun, Phillipp Leyendecker, Johannes Röttgen, Daniel Weissinger, Anirban Maitra, Paola A. Guerrero, Alexander Semaan   +11 more
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IMPDH inhibition enhances cytarabine efficacy in SAMHD1‐expressing leukaemia cells via guanine nucleotide depletion

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Cytarabine is a key therapy for acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), but its efficacy is limited by the dNTPase SAMHD1, which hydrolyses its active metabolite. Screening nucleotide biosynthesis inhibitors revealed that IMPDH inhibitors selectively sensitise SAMHD1‐proficient AML cells to cytarabine.
Miriam Yagüe‐Capilla, Christopher Dirks, Caroline Eiden, Sonja K. Fesenmayer, Femke M. Hormann, Yolande Klootsema, Ingrid Lilienthal, Si Min Zhang, Nikolas Herold, Sean G. Rudd   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adolescent exposure to polystyrene nanoplastics induces male reproductive damage via the microbiome-gut-testis axis

Journal of Nanobiotechnology
Polystyrene nanoplastics (PS-NPs), are increasingly associated with reduced male fertility, yet the underlying mechanisms remain poorly defined. Here, we systematically unraveled a novel microbiome-gut-testis axis mediating PS-NPs–induced reproductive ...
Jiaochen Luan, Xu Zhang, Tong Chen, Shihang Pu, Zhiyi Shen, Chunlu Xu, Zhijun Chen, Jiayi Zhang, Danni Chen   +8 more
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Keratin 19 as a prognostic marker and contributing factor of metastasis and chemoresistance in high‐grade serous ovarian cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Keratin 19 (KRT19) is overexpressed in high‐grade serous ovarian cancer with high levels of Kallikrein‐related peptidases (KLK) 4–7 and is associated with poor survival. In vivo analyses demonstrate that elevated KRT19 increases peritoneal tumour burden.
Sophia Bielesch, Isabel Vogel, Sina Nokodian, Johanna Moeller, Antonia Blechschmidt, Vicky Hecht, Vanessa Kuentzel, Katharina Thiedig, Melissa Schwab, Oliver Schilling, Holger Bronger, Marion Kiechle, Viktor Magdolen, Tobias Dreyer   +13 more
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Longitudinal circulating tumor DNA profiling in patients with advanced endometrial cancer using an off‐the‐shelf targeted NGS panel

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Intratumour heterogeneity complicates precision management of advanced endometrial cancer. Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) offers a minimally invasive strategy to capture tumor evolution and therapeutic resistance. Here, we compare tumor‐agnostic NGS with tumor‐informed ddPCR, outlining their relative sensitivity, concordance, and clinical implications ...
Carlos Casas‐Arozamena, Karin Teien Lande, Eva Diaz, Ana Vilar, Juan Cueva, Efigenia Arias, Victoria Sampayo, Alicia Abalo, Nerea González, Eva Colás, Antonio Gil‐Moreno, Miguel Abal, Gema Moreno‐Bueno, Therese Sørlie, Kristina Lindemann, Laura Muinelo‐Romay   +15 more
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