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Cancer cell death induced by the NAD antimetabolite Vacor discloses the antitumor potential of SARM1

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Vacor, a compound converted into the toxic metabolite Vacor adenine dinucleotide (VAD) by the nicotinamide salvage pathway enzymes NAMPT and NMNAT2, exhibits antitumor activity by inducing rapid and complete NAD depletion. We report that Vacor toxicity is limited to cell lines expressing high levels of SARM1, a NAD glycohydrolase.
Giuseppe Ranieri, Andrea Lapucci, Giuseppe Orsomando, Nadia Raffaelli, Alberto Chiarugi, Daniela Buonvicino   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Welfarism and extra-welfarism: a critical overview [PDF]

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2017
Abstract: Rules and principles for guiding decision-making in the health care sector have been debated for decades. Here, we present a critical appraisal of the two most important paradigms in this respect: welfarism and extra-welfarism. While the former deals with the maximization of the overall sum of individual utilities as its primary outcome, the ...
openaire   +8 more sources

Towards Farm Animal Welfare and Sustainability

Animals, 2018
Simple Summary The protection and enhancement of farm animal welfare has become an increasingly important component of livestock systems and animal-based food supply chains in many of the more economically developed countries around the world.
H. Buller, H. Blokhuis, P. Jensen, L. Keeling   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

RAD50 missense variants differentially affect the DNA damage response and mitotic progression

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
RAD50 incorporates into the MRN complex and initiates the DNA damage response. Furthermore, RAD50 promotes mitotic progression. RAD50 missense variants capable of forming an MRN complex supported the DNA damage response and mitotic features to different extents in complementation experiments, indicating these functions are separable and might impact ...
Hanna Redeker, Swantje Kebel, Lea Völkening, Anna Vatselia, Louisa Weinhold, Girmay Asgedom, Axel Schambach, Detlev Schindler, Thilo Dörk, Kristine Bousset   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Highly multiplexed digital PCR assay for simultaneous quantification of variant allele frequencies and copy number alterations of KRAS and GNAS in pancreatic cancer precursors

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Combining melting curve analysis enhances the multiplexing capability of digital PCR. Here, we developed a 14‐plex assay to simultaneously measure single nucleotide mutations and amplifications of KRAS and GNAS, which are common driver genes in pancreatic cancer precursors. This assay accurately quantified variant allele frequencies in clinical samples
Junko Tanaka, Tatsuo Nakagawa, Yusuke Ono, Yoshio Kamura, Takeshi Ishida, Hidemasa Kawabata, Kenji Takahashi, Hiroki Sato, Andrew S. Liss, Yusuke Mizukami, Takahide Yokoi   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enzootic bovine leukosis

EFSA Journal, 2015
Enzootic bovine leukosis is a disease of cattle caused by bovine leukemia virus (BLV). The virus causes a persistent, life‐long infection in a subset of B cells.
EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW)
doaj   +1 more source

Comparing self‐reported race and genetic ancestry for identifying potential differentially methylated sites in endometrial cancer: insights from African ancestry proportions using machine learning models

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Integrating ancestry, differential methylation analysis, and machine learning, we identified robust epigenetic signature genes (ESGs) and Core‐ESGs in Black and White women with endometrial cancer. Core‐ESGs (namely APOBEC1 and PLEKHG5) methylation levels were significantly associated with survival, with tumors from high African ancestry (THA) showing ...
Huma Asif, J. Julie Kim
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of Welfare in Zoo Animals: Towards Optimum Quality of Life

Animals, 2018
Simple Summary Maintaining a high standard of animal welfare is essential in zoos, and methods of animal welfare assessment should aim to evaluate positive as well as negative states.
S. Wolfensohn, J. Shotton, H. Bowley, Siân Davies, Sarah Thompson, W. M. Justice   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A large‐scale retrospective study in metastatic breast cancer patients using circulating tumour DNA and machine learning to predict treatment outcome and progression‐free survival

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
There is an unmet need in metastatic breast cancer patients to monitor therapy response in real time. In this study, we show how a noninvasive and affordable strategy based on sequencing of plasma samples with longitudinal tracking of tumour fraction paired with a statistical model provides valuable information on treatment response in advance of the ...
Emma J. Beddowes, Mario Ortega Duran, Solon Karapanagiotis, Alistair Martin, Meiling Gao, Riccardo Masina, Ramona Woitek, James Tanner, Fleur Tippin, Justine Kane, Jonathan Lay, Anja Brouwer, Stephen‐John Sammut, Suet‐Feung Chin, Davina Gale, Dana W. Y. Tsui, Sarah‐Jane Dawson, Nitzan Rosenfeld, Maurizio Callari, Oscar M. Rueda, Carlos Caldas   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Performance and carcass characteristics of goats fed crude glycerin in the feedlot and during pre-slaughter lairage

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2018
This study evaluated the effects of crude glycerin (CG) supplied separately from the other dietary ingredients to goats during the feedlot and in the pre-slaughter lairage on the nutrient intake, performance, behavioral and physiological parameters ...
Carolina Pilar Alves e Dias, Fredson Vieira e Silva, Aylle Medeiros Matos, Laura Lúcia dos Santos Oliveira, Amilton Maia Freitas de Oliveira, Vicente Ribeiro Rocha Júnior, Leandro Farias Batista, Valéria Dias Martins   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source