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Production of functional human vitamin A transporter/RBP receptor (STRA6) for structure determination. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
STRA6 is a plasma membrane protein that mediates the transport of vitamin A, or retinol, from plasma retinol binding protein (RBP) into the cell. Mutations in human STRA6 are associated with Matthew-Wood syndrome, which is characterized by severe ...
Conor J Breen, Darren S Martin, Hui Ma, Kate McQuaid, Richard O'Kennedy, John B C Findlay   +5 more
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An in vitro model for vitamin A transport across the human blood–brain barrier

eLife, 2023
Vitamin A, supplied by the diet, is critical for brain health, but little is known about its delivery across the blood–brain barrier (BBB). Brain microvascular endothelial-like cells (BMECs) differentiated from human-derived induced pluripotent stem ...
Chandler B Est, Regina M Murphy
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TNF receptor–related factor 3 inactivation promotes the development of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma through NF‐κB‐inducing kinase–mediated hepatocyte transdifferentiation

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Background and Aims Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is a deadly but poorly understood disease, and its treatment options are very limited. The aim of this study was to identify the molecular drivers of ICC and search for therapeutic targets.
Yuto Shiode, Takahiro Kodama, Satoshi Shigeno, Kazuhiro Murai, Satoshi Tanaka, Justin Y. Newberg, Jumpei Kondo, Shogo Kobayashi, Ryoko Yamada, Hayato Hikita, Ryotaro Sakamori, Hiroshi Suemizu, Tomohide Tatsumi, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Nancy A. Jenkins, Neal G. Copeland, Tetsuo Takehara   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular basis for the interaction of cellular retinol binding protein 2 (CRBP2) with nonretinoid ligands

Journal of Lipid Research, 2021
Present in the small intestine, cellular retinol binding protein 2 (CRBP2) plays an important role in the uptake, transport, and metabolism of dietary retinoids.
Josie A. Silvaroli, Jacqueline Plau, Charlie H. Adams, Surajit Banerjee, Made Airanthi K. Widjaja-Adhi, William S. Blaner, Marcin Golczak   +6 more
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Genetic predisposition to porto‐sinusoidal vascular disorder: A functional genomic‐based, multigenerational family study

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
A deleterious variant of FCHSD1 results in mTOR pathway overactivation and may cause porto‐sinusoidal vascular disorder (PSVD). The pedigree of the family demonstrated an autosomal dominant disease with variable expressivity. Whole‐genome sequencing and Sanger sequencing both validated the existence of the FCHSD1 variant and the heterozygosity of c ...
Jingxuan Shan, André Megarbane, Aziz Chouchane, Deepak Karthik, Ramzi Temanni, Atilio Reyes Romero, Huiying Hua, Chun Pan, Xixi Chen, Murugan Subramanian, Chadi Saad, Hamdi Mbarek, Cybel Mehawej, Eliane Chouery, Sirin W. Abuaqel, Alexander Dömling, Sami Remadi, Cesar Yaghi, Pu Li, Lotfi Chouchane   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

AIF1+CSF1R+ MSCs, induced by TNF‐α, act to generate an inflammatory microenvironment and promote hepatocarcinogenesis

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Mesenchymal stem cells subset, educated by TNF‐α, are involved to generate inflammatory microenvironment and promote hepatocarcinogenesis Abstract Background and Aims Increasing evidence suggests that mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) home to injured local tissues and the tumor microenvironment in the liver.
Chen Zong, Yan Meng, Fei Ye, Xue Yang, Rong Li, Jinghua Jiang, Qiudong Zhao, Lu Gao, Zhipeng Han, Lixin Wei   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Janus kinase 2 inhibition by pacritinib as potential therapeutic target for liver fibrosis

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Diagram of the activation of the profibrotic and procontractile Janus kinase 2 (JAK2)/Ras homolog family member A/Rho‐kinase pathway and the inhibition of phosphorylated JAK2 by pacritinib to inhibit hepatic stellate cell activity. Abstract Background and Aims Janus kinase 2 (JAK2) signaling is increased in human and experimental liver fibrosis with ...
Sandra Torres, Cristina Ortiz, Nadine Bachtler, Wenyi Gu, Leon D. Grünewald, Nico Kraus, Robert Schierwagen, Christoph Hieber, Caroline Meier, Olaf Tyc, Maximilian Joseph Brol, Frank Erhard Uschner, Bart Nijmeijer, Christoph Welsch, Marie‐Luise Berres, Carmen Garcia‐Ruiz, Jose Carlos Fernandez‐Checa, Christian Trautwein, Thomas J. Vogl, Stefan Zeuzem, Jonel Trebicka, Sabine Klein   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interleukin‐18 signaling promotes activation of hepatic stellate cells in mouse liver fibrosis

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Interleukin‐18 signaling promotes activation of hepatic stellate cells in mouse liver fibrosis. Abstract Background and Aims Nucleotide‐binding oligomerization domain‐like receptor‐family pyrin domain‐containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome activation has been shown to result in liver fibrosis.
Jana Knorr, Benedikt Kaufmann, Maria Eugenia Inzaugarat, Theresa Maria Holtmann, Lukas Geisler, Jana Hundertmark, Marlene Sophia Kohlhepp, Laela M. Boosheri, Daisy R. Chilin‐Fuentes, Amanda Birmingham, Kathleen M. Fisch, Joel D. Schilling, Sven H. Loosen, Christian Trautwein, Christoph Roderburg, Münevver Demir, Frank Tacke, Hal M. Hoffman, Ariel E. Feldstein, Alexander Wree   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lower fetuin-A, retinol binding protein 4 and several metabolites after gastric bypass compared to sleeve gastrectomy in patients with type 2 diabetes. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
BACKGROUND: Bypass of foregut secreted factors promoting insulin resistance is hypothesized to be one of the mechanisms by which resolution of type 2 diabetes (T2D) follows roux-en-y gastric bypass (GBP) surgery.
Mia Jüllig, Shelley Yip, Aimin Xu, Greg Smith, Martin Middleditch, Michael Booth, Richard Babor, Grant Beban, Rinki Murphy   +8 more
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Characterisation of Bombyx mori odorant-binding proteins reveals that a general odorant-binding protein discriminates between sex pheromone components [PDF]

, 2009
In many insect species, odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) are thought to be responsible for the transport of pheromones and other semiochemicals across the sensillum lymph to the olfactory receptors (ORs) within the antennal sensilla.
Field, L.M., Pickett, J. A., Dufour, S. G. L., Zhou, J.J., Keep, N. H., Dufour, Samuel, Field, Linda M., He, X., Hooper, A.M., Hooper, A. M., Pickett, John A., Pickett, J.A., He, Xiaoli, Dufour, S., Field, L. M., Keep, Nicholas H., Robertson, G., Robertson, Giles, Zhou, J-J., Hooper, Antony M., Zhou, Jing-Jiang   +20 more
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