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Investigation of the Uniformity of Gel Shrinkage by Imaging Tracer Particles Using X‐Ray Microtomography

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView., 2023
A novel method for tracking structural changes in gels using widely accessible microcomputed tomography is presented and validated for various hydro‐, alco‐, and aerogels. The core idea of the method is to track positions of micrometer‐sized tracer particles entrapped in the gel and relate them to the density of the gel network.
Anja Hajnal, Mimololorun Lucy Aiyelari, Martin Dirauf, Pavel Gurikov   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The intracellular domain of TLR2 is capable of high‐affinity Zn binding: possible outcomes for the receptor activation

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Toll‐like receptors (TLRs) are important in the innate immune system. This study explores the zinc‐binding ability of the TLR2 TIR domain (TLR2TIR). We found that TLR2TIR binds zinc with nanomolar affinity through its cysteine residues. Two of them, C673 and C713, are vital for receptor activation, indicating that zinc may play a role in initiating ...
Vladislav A. Lushpa, Cong Lin, Irina A. Talyzina, Marina V. Goncharuk, Eduard V. Bocharov, Alexander S. Arseniev, Xiaohui Wang, Sergey A. Goncharuk, Konstantin S. Mineev   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Refining the NaV1.7 pharmacophore of a class of venom‐derived peptide inhibitors via a combination of in silico screening and rational engineering

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Venom peptides have shown promise in treating pain. Our study uses computer screening to identify a peptide that targets a sodium channel (NaV1.7) linked to chronic pain. We produced the peptide in the laboratory and refined its design, advancing the search for innovative pain therapies.
Gagan Sharma, Jennifer R. Deuis, Xinying Jia, Theo Crawford, Sassan Rahnama, Eivind A. B. Undheim, Irina Vetter, Yanni K. ‐Y. Chin, Mehdi Mobli   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identification of novel small molecule inhibitors of ETS transcription factors

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
ETS transcription factors play an essential role in tumourigenesis and are indispensable for sprouting angiogenesis, a hallmark of cancer, which fuels tumour expansion and dissemination. Thus, targeting ETS transcription factor function could represent an effective, multifaceted strategy to block tumour growth. The evolutionarily conserved E‐Twenty‐Six
Shaima Abdalla, Zary Forghany, Jin Ma, Johan G. Hollander, Ruta Nachane, Karoly Szuhai, Pancras C. W. Hogendoorn, Peter ten Dijke, Dipen Shah, David A. Baker   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interaction vesicles as emerging mediators of host‐pathogen molecular crosstalk and their implications for infection dynamics

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Interaction extracellular vesicles (iEVs) are hybrid vesicles formed through host‐pathogen communication. They facilitate immune evasion, transfer pathogens' molecules, increase host cell uptake, and enhance virulence. This Perspective article illustrates the multifunctional roles of iEVs and highlights their emerging relevance in infection dynamics ...
Bruna Sabatke, Izadora Volpato Rossi, Marcel I. Ramirez   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Brucella NyxA and NyxB dimerization enhances effector function during infection

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Brucella abortus thrives inside cells thanks to the translocation of effector proteins that fine‐tune cellular functions. NyxA and NyxB are two effectors that destabilize the nucleolar localization of their host target, SENP3. We show that the Nyx proteins directly interact with each other and that their dimerization is essential for their function ...
Lison Cancade‐Veyre, Arthur Louche, Francine C. A. Gérard, Laurent Terradot, Suzana P. Salcedo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disruption of SETD3‐mediated histidine‐73 methylation by the BWCFF‐associated β‐actin G74S mutation

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The β‐actin G74S mutation causes altered interaction of actin with SETD3, reducing histidine‐73 methylation efficiency and forming two distinct actin variants. The variable ratio of these variants across cell types and developmental stages contributes to tissue‐specific phenotypical changes. This imbalance may impair actin dynamics and mechanosensitive
Anja Marquardt, Marcus S. Münchhoff, Jacqueline Krohn, Philip M. Palarz, Manuel H. Taft, Johannes N. Greve, Nataliya Di Donato, Falk F. R. Buettner, Dietmar J. Manstein   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Mass Spectrometry Primer for Mass Spectrometry Imaging [PDF]

, 2010
Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI), a rapidly growing subfield of chemical imaging, employs mass spectrometry (MS) technologies to create single- and multi-dimensional localization maps for a variety of atoms and molecules. Complimentary to other imaging approaches, MSI provides high chemical specificity and broad analyte coverage.
Stanislav S. Rubakhin, Jonathan V. Sweedler   +1 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Purification tags markedly affect self‐aggregation of CPEB3

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Although recombinant proteins are used to study protein aggregation in vitro, uncleaved tags can interfere with accurate interpretation. Our findings demonstrate that His₆‐GFP and His₁₂ tags significantly affect liquid droplet and amyloid fibril formation in the intrinsically disordered region (IDR) of mouse cytoplasmic polyadenylation element‐binding ...
Harunobu Saito, Yujin Lee, Motoharu Ueno, Naotaka Sekiyama, Masatomo So, Ayako Furukawa, Kenji Sugase   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quantitative depth profiling of Si1-xGex structures by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry and secondary neutral mass spectrometry [PDF]

, 2017
Quantification of Ge in Si1-xGex structures (0.0920.9997) of intensity ratios of GeCs2+/SiCs2+ and 74Ge-/30Si- secondary ions and post-ionized 70Ge+/28Si+ sputtered neutrals with Ge
arxiv   +1 more source