Customer Publications (A total of 1785 papers published)

Down-regulation of A20 promotes immune escape of lung adenocarcinomas

K Breitenecker, M Homolya, AC Luca, V Lang, C Trenk, G Petroczi, J Mohrherr, J Horvath, S Moritsch, L Haas, M Kurnaeva, R Eferl, D Stoiber, R Moriggl, M Bilban, AC Obenauf, C Ferran, B Dome, V Laszlo, B Györffy, K Dezso, J Moldvay, E Casanova, HP Moll

Science Translational Medicine (AAAS) Austria, USA, Hungary, 07 July 2021

Oncology, Pulmonology

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Study of the Expression and Function of Calcium-Sensing Receptor in Human Skeletal Muscle

C Romagnoli, P Sharma, R Zonefrati, G Palmini, E Lucattelli, DT Ward, I Ellinger, M Innocenti, ML Brandi

International Journal of Molecular Sciences (MDPI) Italy, UK, Austria, 06 July 2021

Osteology

Key words: skeletal muscle; satellite cells; myogenesis; calcium-sensing receptor; G protein-coupled receptors [more]

Regulation of Cellular Senescence Is Independent from Profibrotic Fibroblast-Deposited ECM

KEC Blokland, H Habibie, T Borghuis, GJ Teitsma, M Schuliga, BN Melgert, DA Knight, CA Brandsma, SD Pouwels, JK Burgess

Cells (MDPI) The Netherlands, Australia, Indonesia, Canada, 29 June 2021

Pulmonology

Key words: extracellular matrix; senescence; idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; proinflammatory; profibrotic [more]

Intratumor Heterogeneity of MIF Expression Correlates With Extramedullary Involvement of Multiple Myeloma

J Xu, N Yu, P Zhao, F Wang, J Huang, Y Cui, H Ding, Y Yang, Y Gao, L Pan, H Chang, Y Wu, B Xiang, Y Gong, X Shuai, L Hou, L Xie, T Niu, T Liu, L Zhang, W Liu, W Zhang, Y Qu, W Lin, Y Zhu, S Zhao, Y Zheng

Frontiers in Oncology (Frontiers Media S.A.) China, 29 June 2021

Oncology

Key words: extramedullary multiple myeloma, MIF, immunohistochemistry staining, xenograft models, single-cell sequencing [more]

Deletion of Jdp2 enhances Slc7a11 expression in Atoh-1 positive cerebellum granule cell progenitors in vivo

CC Ku, K Wuputra, K Kato, JB Pan, CP Li, MH Tsai, M Noguchi, Y Nakamura, CJ Liu, TF Chan, MF Hou, S Wakana, YC Wu, CS Lin, DC Wu, KK Yokoyama

Stem Cell Research & Therapy (BMC) Taiwan, Japan, 29 June 2021

Neuroscience

Key words: Antioxidation, Cerebellum, Granule cells, Jun dimerization protein 2 (Jdp2), Reactive oxygen species (ROS) [more]

Cardiac senescence is alleviated by the natural flavone acacetin via enhancing mitophagy

YX Hong, WY Wu, F Song, C Wu, GR Li, Y Wang

Aging (Impact Journals) China, 27 June 2021

Cardiology

Key words: cardiac senescence, telomere length shortening, mitophagy, Sirt1, Sirt6, pAMPK [more]

Inhibition of endoplasmic reticulum stress-related autophagy attenuates MCLR-induced apoptosis in zebrafish testis and mouse TM4 cells

Z Wu, F Wang, L Hu, J Zhang, D Chen, S Zhao

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (Elsevier) China, 25 June 2021

Toxicology

Key words: MCLR, Autophagy, Endoplasmic reticulum stress, Apoptosis, Zebrafish [more]

Magneto-Activation and Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Natural Killer Cells Labeled with Magnetic Nanocomplexes for the Treatment of Solid Tumors

T Sim, B Choi, SW Kwon, KS Kim, H Choi, A Ross, DH Kim

ACS Nano (ACS Publications) USA, 24 June 2021

Nanomedicine

Key words: natural killer cell, magneto-activation, nanocomplexes, cell labeling, cancer therapy [more]

Omega-Class Glutathione Transferases of Carcinogenic Liver Fluke, Clonorchis sinensis, Modulate Apoptosis and Differentiation of Host Cholangiocytes

CS Ahn, JG Kim, I Kang, Y Kong

Antioxidants (MDPI) South Korea, 24 June 2021

Parasitology

Key words: Clonorchis sinensis; omega-class glutathione transferase; cholangiocyte; oxidative stress; programmed cell death; cell differentiation; protein kinase; gene regulation [more]

Investigating Transcriptional Dynamics Changes and Time-Dependent Marker Gene Expression in the Early Period After Skeletal Muscle Injury in Rats

K Ren, L Wang, L Wang, Q Du, J Cao, Q Jin, G An, Na Li, L Dang, Y Tian, Y Wang, J Sun

Frontiers in Genetics (Frontiers Media S.A.) China, 17 June 2021

Genetics

Key words: time-series RNA-seq, gene expression and regulation landscape, time-related biomarkers, transcriptional dynamics, skeletal muscle injury [more]

DNA polymerase β deficiency promotes the occurrence of esophageal precancerous lesions in mice

J Qin, Y Zhu, Y Ding, T Niu, Y Zhang, H Wu, L Zhu, B Yuan, Y Qiao, J Lu, K Liu, Z Dong, G Jin, X Chen, J Zhao

Neoplasia (Elsevier) China, 15 June 2021

Oncology

Key words: Polβ, NMBA, Esophageal precancerous lesion [more]

Loss of MGA repression mediated by an atypical polycomb complex promotes tumor progression and invasiveness

H Mathsyaraja, J Catchpole, B Freie, E Eastwood, E Babaeva, M Geuenich, PF Cheng, J Ayers, M Yu

Elife (eLife Sciences Publications) USA, 11 June 2021

Oncology

Levetiracetam Treatment Normalizes Levels of Presynaptic Endocytosis Machinery and Restores Nonamyloidogenic APP Processing in App Knock-in Mice

NR Rao, JN Savas

Journal of Proteome Research (ACS Publications) USA, 09 June 2021

Cell Biology

Key words: Mass spectrometry, Peptides and proteins, Central nervous system, Rodent models, Endocytosis [more]

A Distinct Macrophage Subset Mediating Tissue Destruction and Neovascularization in Giant Cell Arteritis: Implication of the YKL‐40‐IL‐13 Receptor α2 Axis

Y van Sleen, WF Jiemy, S Pringle, KSM van der Geest, WH Abdulahad, M Sandovici, E Brouwer, P Heeringa, AMH Boots

Arthritis & Rheumatology (Wiley) The Netherlands, Malaysia, 08 June 2021

Rheumatology

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A Novel Signature of CCNF-Associated E3 Ligases Collaborate and Counter Each Other in Breast Cancer

SC Chang, CS Hung, BX Zhang, TH Hsieh, W Hsu, JL Ding

Cancers (MDPI) Taiwan, 08 June 2021

Oncology

Key words: CCNF, FBXL8, FZR1, RRM2, E3 ubiquitin ligase, breast cancer, metastasis [more]

Neural G0: a quiescent‐like state found in neuroepithelial‐derived cells and glioma

SA O'Connor, HM Feldman, S Arora, P Hoellerbauer, CM Toledo, P Corrin, L Carter, M Kufeld, H Bolouri, R Basom, J Delrow, JL McFaline-Figueroa, C Trapnell, SM Pollard, A Patel, PJ Paddison, CL Plaisier

Molecular systems biology (EMBO press) USA, UK, 08 June 2021

Neuroscience

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Determining optimal clinical target volume margins in high-grade glioma based on microscopic tumor extension and magnetic resonance imaging

S Nie, Y Zhu, J Yang, T Xin, S Xue, X Zhang, J Sun, D Mu, Y Gao, Z Chen, X Ding, J Yu, M Hu

Radiation Oncology (BMC) China, 07 June 2021

Oncology

Key words: High-grade glioma, Macropathology, Microscopic extension, Predictive model, Clinical target volume, Radiotherapy [more]

Cisplatin remodels the tumor immune microenvironment via the transcription factor EB in ovarian cancer

W Liu, Y Wang, Y Xie, T Dai, M Fan, C Li, Y Zou

Cell Death Discovery (Nature) China, 05 June 2021

Oncology

Key words: Cancer microenvironment [more]

Human platelet lysate biotherapy for traumatic brain injury: preclinical assessment

O Nebie, K Carvalho, L Barro, L Delila, E Faivre, TY Renn, M-Li Chou, YW Wu, A Niem-Redene, SY Chou, L Buée, CJ Hu, Chih-Wei Peng, D Devos, D Blum, T Burnouf

Brain (Oxford Academic) Taiwan, France, 04 June 2021

Neuroscience

Key words: human platelet lysate, traumatic brain injury, neuroprotection, neurorestoration, neurotrophins. [more]

Beneficial effect of voluntary physical exercise in Plakophilin2 transgenic mice

KP Hammer, J Mustroph, T Stauber, W Birchmeier, S Wagner, LS Maier

PLoS One (PLOS) Germany, 04 June 2021

Physiology

Key words: Exercise, Running, Arrhythmia, Mouse models, Heterozygosity, Phosphorylation, Physical activity, Sedentary behavior [more]

MoNuSAC2020: A Multi-organ Nuclei Segmentation and Classification Challenge

R Verma, N Kumar, A Patil, NC Kurian, S Rane, S Graham, QD Vu, M Zwager, SEA Raza, N Rajpoot, X Wu, H Chen, Y Huang, L Wang, H Jung, GT Brown, Y Liu, S Liu, SAF Jahromi, AA Khani, E Montahaei, MS Baghshah, H Behroozi, P Semkin, A Rassadin, P Dutande, R Lodaya, U Baid, B Baheti, S Talbar, A Mahbod, R Ecker, I Ellinger, Z Luo, B Dong, Z Xu, Y Yao, S Lv, M Feng, K Xu, H Zunair, AB Hamza, S Smiley, TK Yin, QR Fang, S Srivastava, D Mahapatra, L Trnavska, H Zhang, PL Narayanan, J Law, Y Yuan, A Tejomay, A Mitkari, D Koka, V Ramachandra, L Kini, A Sethi

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (IEEE Xplore) USA, Canada, India, The Netherlands, China, USA, China, Iran, Russia, Austria, Taiwan, UAE, Slovakia, UK, 04 June 2021

Medical Image Analysis

Key words: Multi-organ dataset, nucleus classification, computational pathology, instance segmentation, panoptic quality

Synthetic Fibrin-Derived Bβ15-42 Peptide Delays Thrombus Resolution in a Mouse Model

S Chausheva, B Redwan, S Sharma, N Marella, K Schlossleitner, AC Mueller, P Petzelbauer, T Morris, IM Lang

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (American Heart Association) Austria, Germany, 03 June 2021

Cardiology

Key words: Macrophages, microvessels, monocyte, plasma, venous thrombosis [more]

Sevoflurane Modulates AKT Isoforms in Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells. An Experimental Study

CE Tiron, E Patrașcanu, PA Postu, IC Vacarean Trandafir, A Tiron, I Grigoras

Current Issues in Molecular Biology (MDPI) Romania, 02 June 2021

Oncology

Key words: AKT, breast cancer, EMT, HIF, sevoflurane, vimentin [more]

Lactate modulates cellular metabolism through histone lactylation-mediated gene expression in non-small cell lung cancer

J Jiang, DL Huang, Y Jiang, J Hou, MY Tian, JH Li, Li Sun, YG Zhang, T Zhang, ZQ Li, ZC Li, SX Tong

Frontiers in Oncology (Frontiers Media S.A.) China, 02 June 2021

Oncology

Key words: lactate, lactylation, metabolism, gene expression, non-small cell lung cancer [more]

Disruption of Tfh: B cell interactions prevents antibody-mediated rejection in a kidney transplant model in rats: impact of calcineurin inhibitor dose

L Steines, H Poth, A Schuster, K Amann, B Banas, T Bergler

Frontiers in Immunology (Frontiers Media S.A.) Germany, 31 May 2021

Transplantation Medicine

Key words: antibody-mediated rejection, donor-specific antibodies, kidney transplantation, T follicular helper cells, B cell activation, calcineurin inhibitor [more]

Pharmacological inhibition of fatty acid oxidation reduces atherosclerosis progression by suppression of macrophage NLRP3 inflammasome activation

JP Hohensinner, M Lenz, P Haider, J Mayer, M Richter, C Kaun, L Goederle, M Brekalo, M Salzmann, S Sharma, MB Fischer, S Stojkovic, D Ramsmayer, C Hengstenberg, BK Podesser, K Huber, CJ Binder, J Wojta, WS Speidl

Biochemical Pharmacology (Elsevier) Austria, 28 May 2021

Endocrinology

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Abnormal ADAM17 expression causes airway fibrosis in chronic obstructive asthma

JY Chen, WH Cheng, KY Lee, HP Kuo, KF Chung, CL Chen, BC Chen, CH Lin

Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy (Elsevier) Taiwan, UK, 27 May 2021

Pulmonology

Key words: Chronic obstructive asthma, Airway fibrosis, ADAM17, EGFR, Human lung fibroblasts [more]

Investigating the Impact of the Bit Depth of Fluorescence-Stained Images on the Performance of Deep Learning-Based Nuclei Instance Segmentation

A Mahbod, G Schaefer, C Löw, G Dorffner, R Ecker, I Ellinger

Diagnostics (MDPI) Austria, UK, 27 May 2021

Medical Image Analysis

Key words: bit depth, nuclei segmentation, fluorescence staining, medical image analysis, computational pathology, deep learning

Magneto Mitochondrial Dysfunction Mediated Cancer Cell Death Using Intracellular Magnetic Nano-Transducers

W Park, SJ Kim, P Cheresh, J Yun, B Lee, DW Kamp, DH Kim

Biomaterials Science (Royal Society of Chemistry) USA, South Korea, 26 May 2021

Oncology

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Innate Immune Reconstitution in Humanized Bone Marrow-Liver-Thymus (HuBLT) Mice Governs Adaptive Cellular Immune Function and Responses to HIV-1 Infection

WF Garcia-Beltran, DT Claiborne, CR Maldini, M Phelps, V Vrbanac, ME Karpel, KL Krupp, KA Power, CL Boutwell, AB Balazs, AM Tager, M Altfeld, TM Allen

Frontiers in Immunology (Frontiers Media S.A.) USA, Germany, 26 May 2021

Immunology

Key words: innate immunity, T cells, HIV-1, HuBLT, BLT, humanized mice [more]

Involvement of mTOR Pathways in Recovery from Spinal Cord Injury by Modulation of Autophagy and Immune Response

I Vargova, L Machova Urdzikova, K Karova, B Smejkalova, T Sursal, V Cimermanova, K Turnovcova, CD Gandhi, M Jhanwar-Uniyal, P Jendelova

Biomedicines (MDPI) Czech Republic, USA, 24 May 2021

Regenerative Medicine, Neuroscience

Key words: spinal cord injury, mTOR, rapamycin, pp242, dual inhibition, autophagy, inflammation [more]

Remdesivir Alleviates Acute Kidney Injury by Inhibiting the Activation of NLRP3 Inflammasome

L Yin, H Zhao, H Zhang, Y Li, Y Dong, H Ju, F Kong, S Zhao

Frontiers in Immunology (Frontiers Media S.A.) China, USA, 21 May 2021

Immunology, Pharmacology

Key words: remdesivir, NLRP3 inflammasome or NOD-, LRR-, pyrin domain-containing protein 3 (NLRP3)inflammasome, NF-κB, macrophage, acute kidney injury [more]

Evaluation of a Novel Tilapia-skin Acellular Dermis Matrix Rationally Processed for Enhanced Wound Healing

D Li, WQ Sun, T Wang, Y Gao, J Wu, Z Xie, J Zhao, C He, M Zhu, S Zhang, P Wang, X Mo

Materials Science and Engineering: C (Elsevier) China, 21 May 2021

Tissue Engineering

Key words: Tilapia skin, Decellularization, Wound healing, Degradation, Re-epithelialization [more]

Simultaneous Inhibition of Three Major Cytokines and Its Therapeutic Effects: A Peptide-Based Novel Therapy against Endotoxemia in Mice

HJ Shih, CY Chang, M Chiang, VL Le, HJ Hsu, CJ Huang

Journal of Personalized Medicine (MDPI) Taiwan, Vietnam, 20 May 2021

Pharmacology

Key words: TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, necroptosis, pyroptosis, apoptosis, liver [more]

Piezo2 downregulation via the Cre-lox system affects aqueous humor dynamics in mice

J Fang, F Hou, S Wu, Y Liu, L Wang, J Zhang, N Wang, K Wang, W Zhu

Molecular Vision (Emory University) China, 20 May 2021

Ophthalmology

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Tissue image cytometry

A Meshcheryakova, F Mungenast, R Ecker, D Mechtcheriakova

Imaging Modalities for Biological and Preclinical Research: A Compendium, Volume 1 (IOP Publishing) Austria, 15 May 2021

Medical Image Analysis

Modulation of the anticancer activities of paclitaxel by Cremophor micelles

JL Chiang, YW Yang

International Journal of Pharmaceutics (Elsevier) Taiwan, 14 May 2021

Oncology

Key words: Cell cycle, Cremophor, Micelle, Paclitaxel, Polyploidy [more]

A novel dual HDAC and HSP90 inhibitor, MPT0G449, downregulates oncogenic pathways in human acute leukemia in vitro and in vivo

YW Wu, MW Chao, HJ Tu, LC Chen, KC Hsu, JP Liou, CR Yang, SC Yen, WC HuangFu, SL Pan

Oncogenesis (Nature) Taiwan, China, 13 May 2021

Oncology

Key words: Drug development, Drug discovery and development [more]

Machine-perfused donor kidneys as a source of human renal endothelial cells

RGM Lammerts, LM Lagendijk, G Tiller, WA Dam, HL Lancaster, MR Daha, MA Seelen, BG Hepkema, RA Pol, HGD Leuvenink, G Molema, J van den Born, SP Berger

American Journal of Physiology (American Physiological Society) The Netherlands, 11 May 2021

Nephrology

Key words: donation, endothelial cells, kidney, machine perfusion, perfusate, transplantation [more]

Delta oscillation underlies the interictal spike changes after repeated transcranial direct current stimulation in a rat model of chronic seizures

YJ Wu, ME Chien, CC Chiang, YZ Huang, DM Durand, KS Hsu

Brain Stimulation (Elsevier) Taiwan, USA, 11 May 2021

Neuroscience

Key words: Seizure, Epilepsy, Electroencephalography (EEG), Oscillation, Interictal spikes, Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) [more]

Intravital mesoscopic fluorescence molecular tomography allows non-invasive in vivo monitoring and quantification of breast cancer growth dynamics

MS Ozturk, MG Montero, L Wang, LM Chaible, M Jechlinger, R Prevedel

Communications Biology (Nature) Turkey, Germany, 11 May 2021

Oncology

Key words: 3-D reconstruction, Fluorescence imaging, Molecular imaging, Optical imaging, Time-lapse imaging [more]

Glycogen synthase kinase 3β promotes osteosarcoma invasion and migration via regulating PTEN and phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase

W Mai, L Kong, H Yu, J Bao, C Song, G Qu

Bioscience Reports (Portland Press) China, 10 May 2021

Oncology

Key words: Human osteosarcoma, Metastasis, Glycogen synthase kinase 3β [more]

Mucosal ribosomal stress-induced PRDM1 promotes chemoresistance via stemness regulation

J Kim, Y Moon

Communications Biology (Nature) South Korea, 10 May 2021

Oncology

Key words: Cancer microenvironment, Pharmacodynamics [more]

Dystrophin Deficiency Causes Progressive Depletion of Cardiovascular Progenitor Cells in the Heart

S Jelinkova, Y Sleiman, P Fojtík, F Aimond, A Finan, G Hugon, V Scheuermann, D Beckerova, O Cazorla, M Vincenti, P Amedro, S Richard, J Jaros, P Dvorak, A Lacampagne, G Carnac, V Rotrekl, AC Meli

International Journal of Molecular Sciences (MDPI) Czech Republic, France, 10 May 2021

Cardiology

Key words: duchenne muscular dystrophy, mdx mouse, cardiovascular progenitors, c-kit, genomic instability, dilated cardiomyopathy [more]

Neutralizing Anti-Interleukin-1 Receptor-Antagonist Autoantibodies Induce Inflammatory and Fibrotic Mediators in IgG4-Related Disease

JA Jarrell, MC Baker, CA Perugino, H Liu, MS Bloom, T Maehara, HH Wong, Tobias Lanz, JZ Adamska, S Kongpachith, J Sokolove, JH Stone, SS Pillai, WH Robinson

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (Elsevier) USA, Germany, 08 May 2021

Immunology

Key words: IL-1 receptor-antagonist (IL1-RA), IgG4-RD (IgG4-RD), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), multiple sclerosis (MS), immunoglobulin (Ig) [more]

Notoginsenoside R1 Improves Cerebral Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury by Promoting Neurogenesis via the BDNF/Akt/CREB Pathway

T Zhu, L Wang, W Xie, X Meng, Y Feng, G Sun, X Sun

Frontiers in Pharmacology (Frontiers Media S.A.) China, 07 May 2021

Pharmacology, Neuroscience

Key words: ischemic stroke, notoginsenoside R1, neurogenesis, neurological recovery, oligodendrogenesis [more]

The Kidney-Related Effects of Polystyrene Microplastics on Human Kidney Proximal Tubular Epithelial Cells HK-2 and Male C57BL/6 Mice

YL Wang, YH Lee, YH Hsu, IJ Chiu, CCY Huang, CC Huang, ZC Chia, CP Lee, YF Lin, HW Chiu

Environmental Health Perspectives (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) Taiwan, 06 May 2021

Toxicology,Nephrology

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Wnt and Src signals converge on YAP‐TEAD to drive intestinal regeneration

O Guillermin, N Angelis, CM Sidor, R Ridgway, A Baulies, A Kucharska, P Antas, MR Rose, J Cordero, O Sansom, VSW Li, BJ Thompson

The EMBO Journal (EMBO press) UK, Australia, 05 May 2021

Regenerative Medicine

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In Situ Maturated Early-Stage Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes Improve Cardiac Function by Enhancing Segmental Contraction in Infarcted Rats

D Biagi, ET Fantozzi, JC Campos-Oliveira, MV Naghetini, AF Ribeiro Jr, S Rodrigues, I Ogusuku, R Vanderlinde, M Lopes Araújo Christie, D Bastos Mello, AC Campos de Carvalho, M Valadares, E Cruvinel, R Dariolli

Journal of Personalized Medicine (MDPI) Brazil, Germany, USA, 04 May 2021

Cardiology, Stem Cell Research

Key words: stem cell-therapy, human induced pluripotent stem cells, cardiomyocytes, myocardial infarction, heart failure, regeneration, cardiac function [more]

Effects of inverted photoperiods on the blood pressure and carotid artery of spontaneously hypertensive rats and Wistar–Kyoto rats

YL Wang, T Zhang, YG Zhang, Y Yu, F Bai, H Zhang, YF Chi

Journal of Hypertension (LWW Journals) China, 01 May 2021

Cardiology

Key words: arterial thrombosis, atherosclerosis, hypertension, inverted photoperiod [more]

CCL5 promotion of bioenergy metabolism is crucial for hippocampal synapse complex and memory formation

R Ajoy, YC Lo, MH Ho, YY Chen, Y Wang, YH Chen, C Jing-Yuan, CA Changou, YC Hsiung, HM Chen, TH Chang, CY Lee, YH Chiang, WC Chang, B Hoffer, SY Chou

Molecular Psychiatry (Nature) Taiwan, USA, 30 April 2021

Neuroscience

Key words: Neuroscience, Physiology [more]

Development of a mechanically matched Silk Scaffolded 3D clear cell renal cell carcinoma model

A Abbott, K Bond, T Chiba, S Sims-Lucas, L Oxburgh, JM Coburn

Materials Science and Engineering: C (Elsevier) USA, 29 April 2021

Biological Materials

Key words: Scaffold, Mechanical testing, Tissue engineering, Cancer modeling [more]

Novel Combinatorial MicroRNA-Binding Sites in AAV Vectors Synergistically Diminish Antigen Presentation and Transgene Immunity for Efficient and Stable Transduction

M Muhuri, W Zhan, Y Maeda, J Li, A Lotun, J Chen, K Sylvia, I Dasgupta, M Arjomandnejad, T Nixon, AM Keeler, S Manokaran, R He, Q Su, PWL Tai, G Gao

Frontiers in Immunology (Frontiers Media S.A.) USA, 28 April 2021

Virology

Key words: adeno-associated virus vectors, microRNA, miR-BS, miR-142, miR-652-5p, miR-223-3p, antigen presenting cells, gene therapy [more]

SynNotch-CAR T cells overcome challenges of specificity, heterogeneity, and persistence in treating glioblastoma

JH Choe, PB Watchmaker, MS Simic, RD Gilbert, AW Li, NA Krasnow, KM Downey, W Yu, DA Carrera, A Celli, J Cho, JD Briones, JM Duecker, YE Goretsky, R Dannenfelser, L Cardarelli, O Troyanskaya, SS Sidhu, KT Roybal, H Okada, WA Lim

Science Translational Medicine (AAAS) USA, Canada, 28 April 2021

Oncology

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Minoxidil-coated lysozyme-shelled microbubbes combined with ultrasound for the enhancement of hair follicle growth: Efficacy in vitro and in vivo

AH Liao, YJ Huang, HC Chuang, CH Wang, CP Shih, CP Chiang

Frontiers in Pharmacology (Frontiers Media S.A.) Taiwan, 27 April 2021

Pharmacology

Key words: ultrasound, cavitation, lysozyme-shelled microbubbles, minoxidil, hair follicle [more]

Macrophages Inhibit Ciliary Protein Levels by Secreting BMP-2 Leading to Airway Epithelial Remodeling Under Cigarette Smoke Exposure

Z Wang, W Liang, C Ma, J Wang, X Gao, L Wie

Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences (Frontiers Media S.A.) China, 26 April 2021

Cell Biology

Key words: COPD, cigarette smoking, macrophage, bronchial epithelial cell, ciliary protein [more]

Cells in the gut

T Skrzypek, K Ferenc, M Domino, J Olszewski, R Zabielski

Atlas of the Pig Gut (Elsevier) Poland, 23 April 2021

Gastroenterology

Key words: Stem cells, Enterocytes, Goblet cells, Enteroendocrine cells, M cells, Tuft cells, Interstitial cells of Cajal, Myocytes

Magnetic Fluid Hyperthermia as Treatment Option for Pancreatic Cancer Cells and Pancreatic Cancer Organoids

J Palzer, B Mues, R Goerg, M Aberle, SS Rensen, SWM Olde Damink, RDW Vaes, T Cramer, T Schmitz-Rode, UP Neumann, I Slabu, AA Roeth

International Journal of Nanomedicine (Dovepress) Germany, The Netherlands, 23 April 2021

Nanomedicine, Oncology

Key words: magnetic nanoparticles, SPION, pancreatic cancer, PDAC, organoids, magnetic fluid hyperthermia [more]

Augmentation of the insufficient tissue bed for surgical repair of hypospadias using acellular matrix grafts: A proof of concept study

D Morgante, A Radford, SK Abbas, E Ingham, R Subramaniam, J Southgate

Journal of Tissue Engineering (SAGE Journals) UK, 20 April 2021

Tissue Engineering

Key words: Acellular matrix, biomaterial, surgery, hypospadias repair, tissue integration [more]

Exposure-time-dependent subcellular staging of gold nanoparticles deposition and vesicle destruction in mice livers

XM Wang, XW Wu, XY Zhao, CW Wang, JN Zhou

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine (Elsevier) China, 20 April 2021

Nanomedicine

Key words: Gold nanoparticles, Biodistribution, Liver, Vesicle, Transmission electron microscopy [more]

Cardiac Protection by Oral Sodium Thiosulfate in a Rat Model of L-NNA-Induced Heart Disease

ITN Nguyen, LM Wiggenhauser, M Bulthuis, JL Hillebrands, M Feelisch, MC Verhaar, H van Goor, JA Joles

Frontiers in Pharmacology (Frontiers Media S.A.) The Netherlands, UK, 15 April 2021

Pharmacology

Key words: hydrogen sulfide, hypertension, ACE-inhibitor, cardiovascular disease, nitric oxide [more]

Contribution of Genetic Background to the Radiation Risk for Cancer and Non-Cancer Diseases in Ptch1+/–Mice

I De Stefano, S Leonardi, A Casciati, E Pasquali, P Giardullo, F Antonelli, F Novelli, G Babini, M Tanori, B Tanno, A Saran, M Mancuso, S Pazzaglia

Radiation Research (Radiation Research Society) Italy, 15 April 2021

Oncology

Persistent expression of interleukin‐17 and downstream effector cytokines in recalcitrant psoriatic lesions after ustekinumab treatment

BR Kim, M Kim, S Yang, CW Choi, KS Lee, SW Youn

The Journal of Dermatology (Wiley) South Korea, 15 April 2021

Dermatology

Key words: cytokines, interleukin‐17, interleukin‐23, psoriasis, ustekinumab [more]

Distinct uptake, amplification, and release of SARS-CoV-2 by M1 and M2 alveolar macrophages

J Lv, Z Wang, Y Qu, H Zhu, Q Zhu, W Tong, L Bao, Q Lv, J Cong, D Li, W Deng, P Yu, J Song, WM Tong, J Liu, Y Liu, C Qin, B Huang

Cell discovery (Nature) China, 13 April 2021

Covid-19

Key words: Innate immunity, Mechanisms of disease [more]

Enhancing Anti-Tumoral Potential of CD-NHF by Modulating PI3K/Akt Axis in U87 Ex Vivo Glioma Model

G Luta, M Butura, A Tiron, CE Tiron

International Journal of Molecular Sciences (MDPI) Romania, 08 April 2021

Oncology

Key words: Glioblastoma, Anti-cancer agent, Carbon dots, EMT, Nanomedicine [more]

Next-Generation Digital Histopathology of the Tumor Microenvironment

F Mungenast, A Fernando, R Nica, B Boghiu, B Lungu, J Batra, RC Ecker

Genes (MDPI) Austria, Australia, Romania, 07 April 2021

Medical Image Analysis

Key words: next-generation digital histopathology, tissue cytometry, multiplexing, RNA ISH, cancer, tumor immune microenvironment, tumor microenvironment

Posttranslational regulation of FOXA1 by Polycomb and BUB3/USP7 deubiquitin complex in prostate cancer

SH Park, K Fong, J Kim, F Wang, X Lu, Y Lee, LT Brea, K Wadosky, C Guo, SA Abdulkadir, JD Crispino, D Fang, P Ntziachristos, X Liu, X Li, Y Wan, DW Goodrich, JC Zhao, J Yu

Science Advances (AAAS) USA, 07 April 2021

Oncology

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Osteoinductivity and biomechanical assessment of a 3D printed demineralized bone matrix-ceramic composite in a rat spine fusion model

MA Plantz, S Minardi, JG Lyons, AC Greene, DJ Ellenbogen, M Hallman, JT Yamaguchi, S Jeong, C Yun, AE Jakus, KR Blank, RM Havey, M Muriuki, AG Patwardhan, RN Shah, WK Hsu, SR Stock, EL Hsu

Acta Biomaterialia (Elsevier) USA, 06 April 2021

Biological Materials

Key words: 3D printing, Hydroxyapatite, Demineralized bone matrix, Bone regeneration, Spine fusion [more]

Therapeutic effect of modulating the NLRP3-regulated transforming growth factor-β signaling pathway on interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome

HJ Shih, CY Chang, CH Lai, CJ Huang

Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy (Elsevier) Taiwan, 01 April 2021

Pharmacology

Key words: Inflammation, Bladder, Inflammasome, Curcumin, Fibrosis [more]

Human skin aging is associated with increased expression of the histone variant H2A. J in the epidermis

CE Rübe, C Bäumert, N Schuler, A Isermann, Z Schmal, M Glanemann, C Mann, H Scherthan

npj Aging and Mechanisms of Disease (Nature) Germany, France, 01 April 2021

Aging

Key words: Aging, Epigenetics [more]

Single-cell sequencing reveals the transcriptome and TCR characteristics of pTregs and in vitro expanded iTregs

Z Hui, J Zhang, Y Zheng, L Yang, W Yu, Y An, F Wie, Y Ren

Frontiers in Immunology (Frontiers Media S.A.) China, 31 March 2021

Immunology

Key words: single-cell sequencing, in vitro, regulatory T cells, colorectal cancer, chemokine receptors [more]

Characterization of innate and adaptive immune cells involved in the foreign body reaction to polypropylene meshes in the human abdomen

A Dievernich, P Achenbach, L Davies, U Klinge

Hernia (Springer) Germany, UK, 31 March 2021

Immunology, Tissue Engineering

Key words: Foreign body reaction, Adaptive immune system, Innate immune system, Mesh, Fluorescence microscopy [more]

n-Butyl Benzyl Phthalate Exposure Promotes Lesion Survival in a Murine Endometriosis Model

P Sharma, JYL Lee, EM Tsai, Y Chang, JJ Suen

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (MDPI) Taiwan, 31 March 2021

Reproductive Medicine

Key words: n-Butyl benzyl phthalate, CD44, dendritic cell, endometriosis [more]

Therapeutic Effect of Cinnamomum osmophloeum Leaf Extract on Oral Mucositis Model Rats Induced by 5-Fluororacil via Influencing IL-1β and IL-6 Levels

A Bakar, V Ningrum, SC Lee, CT Li, CW Hsieh, SH Wang, MS Tsai

Processes (MDPI) Indonesia, Taiwan, 31 March 2021

Pharmacology

Key words: Cinnamomum osmophloeum, Oral mucositis, model rat, 5-Fluororacil, IL-1β, IL-6 [more]

Hypoxia and oxidative stress induce sterile placental inflammation in vitro

BC Baker, AEP Heazell, C Sibley, R Wright, H Bischof, F Beards, T Guevara, S Girard, RL Jones

Scientific Reports (Nature) UK, Canada, 31 March 2021

Reproductive Medicine

Key words: Developmental biology, Diseases, Immunology, Medical research, Pathogenesis [more]

Single-cell chromatin accessibility landscape identifies tissue repair program in human regulatory T cells

M Delacher, M Simon, L Sanderink, A Hotz-Wagenblatt, M Wuttke, K Schambeck, L Schmidleithner, S Bittner, A Pant, U Ritter, T Hehlgans, D Riegel, V Schneider, FK Groeber-Becker, A Eigenberger, C Gebhard, N Strieder, A Fischer, M Rehli, P Hoffmann, M Edinger, T Strowig, J Huehn, C Schmidl, JM Werner, L Prantl, B Brors, CD Imbusch, M Feuerer

Immunity (Elsevier) Germany, 30 March 2021

Immunology

[more]

Maternal Angiotensin Increases Placental Leptin in Early Gestation via an Alternative Renin-Angiotensin System Pathway: Suggesting a Link to Preeclampsia

O Nonn, C Fischer, S Geisberger, A El-Heliebi, T Kroneis, D Forstner, G Desoye, AC Staff, M Sugulle, R Dechend, U Pecks, M Kollmann, C Stern, JE Cartwright, GS Whitley, B Thilaganathn, C Wadsack, B Huppertz, F Herse, M Gauster

Hypertension (American Heart Association) Austria, Germany, Norway, UK, 29 March 2021

Reproductive Medicine

Key words: candesartan, leptin, oxygen, respiration, trophoblasts [more]

Expression of CD9 on porcine lymphocytes and its relation to T cell differentiation and cytokine production

JV Milburn, A Hoog, S Winkler, KA van Dongen, J Leitner, M Patzl, A Saalmüller, K de Luca, P Steinberger, KH Mair, W Gerner

Developmental & Comparative Immunology (Elsevier) Austria, France, 27 March 2021

Immunology

Key words: Tetraspanin, CD9, Porcine, Lymphocyte, Memory [more]

Selective Denervation of the Facial Dermato-Muscular Complex in the Rat: Experimental Model and Anatomical Basis

V Tereshenko, DC Dotzauer, U Maierhofer, C Festin, M Luft, G Laengle, O Politikou, HJ Klein, R Blumer, OC Aszmann, KD Bergmeister

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy (Frontiers Media S.A.) Austria, Switzerland, 22 March 2021

Neuroscience

Key words: facial nerve, trigeminal nerve, motor-sensory control, facial muscles, axon quantification, whole-mount staining [more]

Aging imparts cell-autonomous dysfunction to regulatory T cells during recovery from influenza pneumonia

L Morales-Nebreda, KA Helmin, MAT Acosta, NS Markov, JY Hu, AM Joudi, R Piseaux-Aillon, H Abdala-Valencia, Y Politanska, BD Singer

JCI insight (The American Society for Clinical Investigation) USA, 22 March 2021

Aging

Key words: Aging, T cells [more]

Inhibition of vascular adhesion protein‐1 enhances the anti‐tumor effects of immune checkpoint inhibitors

T Kinoshita, MA Sayem, T Yaguchi, B Kharma, K Morii, D Kato, S Ohta, Y Mashima, H Asamura, Y Kawakami

Cancer Science (Japanese Cancer Association) Japan, Bangladesh, 18 March 2021

Oncology

Key words: CTLs, H2O2, ICIs, immunosuppression, VAP‐1 inhibitor [more]

Peroxisome-driven ether-linked phospholipids biosynthesis is essential for ferroptosis

W Cui, D Liu, W Gu, B Chu

Cell Death & Differentiation (Nature) China, USA, 17 March 2021

Oncology

Key words: Cancer metabolism, Phospholipids [more]

Luteolin Modulates the NF-E2-Related Factor 2/Glutamate–Cysteine Ligase Pathway in Rats with Spinal Cord Injury

J Fu, W Xu, Y Zhang, H Sun, J Zhao

Journal of Medicinal Food (Mary Ann Liebert Inc.) China, 16 March 2021

Neuroscience

Key words: luteolin, Nrf2/GCL pathway, oxidative stress, spinal cord injury [more]

Machine perfused donor kidneys as a source of human renal endothelial cells

RGM Lammerts, LM Lagendijk, G Tiller, WA Dam, HL Lancaster, MR Daha, MA Seelen, BG Hepkema, RA Pol, HGD Leuvenink, G Molema, J van den Born, SP Berger, the COMBAT Consortium

American Journal of Physiology (American Physiological Society) The Netherlands, 15 March 2021

Nephrology

Key words: Kidney, transplantation, endothelial cells, machine perfusion, perfusate [more]

Genetic Drivers of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Aberrant Splicing Events, Mutational Burden, HPV Infection and Future Targets

Z Dlamini, M Alaouna, S Mbatha, A Bhayat, M Mabongo, A Chatziioannou, R Hull

Genes (MDPI) South Africa, Greece, 15 March 2021

Oncology

Key words: head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), aberrant splicing events, human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, non-coding RNA (ncRNA), methylation, mutational burden

A Novel ALDH2 Activator AD-9308 Improves Diastolic and Systolic Myocardial Functions in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Mice

HL Lee, SW Hee, CF Hsuan, W Yang, JY Huang, YL Lin, CN Hsu, JJ Hwang, SM Chen, ZZ Ding, TY Lee, YC Lin, FC Tsai, WL Su, LY Chueh, ML Hsieh, CH Chen, D Mochly-Rosen, YC Chang, LM Chuang

Antioxidants (MDPI) Taiwan, USA, 13 March 2021

Cardiology, Endocrinology

Key words: diabetic cardiomyopathy, 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal, mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase 2, AD-9308 [more]

MicroRNA-126 inhibits pathological retinal neovascularization via suppressing vascular endothelial growth factor expression in a rat model of retinopathy of prematurity

YY Fan, CH Liu, AL Wu, HC Chen, YJ Hsueh, KJ Chen, CC Lai, CY Huang, WC Wu

European Journal of Pharmacology (Elsevier) Taiwan, 13 March 2021

Pharmacology

Key words: miR-126, retinal pigment epithelium cells, vascular endothelial growth factor, oxygen-induced retinopathy, neovascularization, rat [more]

N-Acetyl Cysteine Overdose Inducing Hepatic Steatosis and Systemic Inflammation in Both Propacetamol-Induced Hepatotoxic and Normal Mice

GG Liou, CC Hsieh, YJ Lee, PH Li, MS Tsai, CT Li, SH Wang

Antioxidants (MDPI) Taiwan, 12 March 2021

Hepathology

Key words: acetaminophen overdose, N-acetyl cysteine overdose, two inbred mouse strains, hepatic inflammation, systemic inflammation, microvesicular steatosis [more]

Dissecting pathways to thrombocytopenia in a mouse model of visceral leishmaniasis

GF Rani, O Preham, H Ashwin, N Brown, IS Hitchcock, PM Kaye

Blood Advances (ASH Publications) UK, 12 March 2021

Immunology

Key words: blood platelets, infections, leishmania donovani, leishmaniasis, visceral, mice, thrombocytopenia, drug clearance, thrombopoietin, spleen, liver [more]

CHPF Regulates the Aggressive Phenotypes of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells via the Modulation of the Decorin and TGF-β Pathways

CH Liu, BR Wu, YJ Ho, YH Chu, WC Hsu, TJ Tseng, JP Li, WC Liao

Cancers (MDPI) Taiwan, 12 March 2021

Oncology

Key words: hepatocellular carcinoma, tumor microenvironment, chondroitin polymerizing factor, chondroitin sulfate, decorin [more]

KLF4, Slug and EMT in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

J Ingruber, D Savic, TB Steinbichler, S Sprung, F Fleischer, R Glueckert, G Schweigl, II Skvortsova, H Riechelmann, J Dudás

Cells (MDPI) Austria, 12 March 2021

Oncology

Key words: TissueFaxs, TWIST, ZEB, SCC-25, FaDu, UPCI-SCC090 [more]

Dietary Modification Alters the Intrarenal Immunologic Micromilieu and Susceptibility to Ischemic Acute Kidney Injury

J Jeon, K Lee, KE Yang, JE Lee, GY Kwon, W Huh, DJ Kim, YG Kim, HR Jang

Frontiers in Immunology (Frontiers Media S.A.) South Korea, 11 March 2021

Immunology, Nephrology

Key words: diet, high-salt diet, high-fat diet, acute kidney injury, immunologic micromilieu, ischemia-reperfusion injury [more]

Genome-wide 5-hydroxymethylcytosine Profiling Analysis Identifies MAP7D1 as A Novel Regulator of Lymph Node Metastasis in Breast Cancer

SL Wu, X Zhang, M Chang, C Huang, J Qian, Q Li, F Yuan, L Sun, X Yu, X Cui, J Jiang, M Cui, Y Liu, HW Wu, ZYLiang, X Wang, Y Niu, WM Tong, F jin

Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics (Elsevier) China, 11 March 2021

Proteomics, Oncology

Key words: 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC), Breast cancer, Lymph node metastasis, MAP7D1, Biomarker [more]

A first-in-human phase 0 clinical study of RNA interference–based spherical nucleic acids in patients with recurrent glioblastoma

P Kumthekar, CH Ko, T Paunesku, K Dixit, AM Sonabend, O Bloch, M Tate, M Schwartz, L Zuckerman, R Lezon, RV Lukas, B Jovanovic, K McCortney, H Colman, S Chen, B Lai, O Antipova, J Deng, L Li, S Tommasini-Ghelfi, LA Hurley, D Unruh, NV Sharma, M Kandpal, FM Kouri, RV Davuluri, DJ Brat, M Muzzio, M Glass, V Vijayakumar, J Heidel, FJ Giles, AK Adams, CD James, GE Woloschak, C Horbinski, AH Stegh

Science Translational Medicine (AAAS) USA, 10 March 2021

Oncology

[more]

Aurka loss in CD19+ B cells promotes megakaryocytopoiesis via IL-6/STAT3 signaling-mediated thrombopoietin production

X Chen, C Wang, N Sun, S Pan, R Li, X Li, J Zhao, H Tong, Y Tang, J Han, J Qiao, H Qiu, H Wang, J Yang, T Ikezoe

Theranostics (Ivyspring International Publisher) China, Japan, 04 March 2021

Cell Biology

Key words: Aurora-A, thrombopoietin, STAT3, IL-6, megakaryocytopoiesis. [more]

CHPF promotes malignancy of breast cancer cells by modifying syndecan-4 and the tumor microenvironment

WC Liao, HR Yen, CH Chen, YH Chu, YC Song, TJ Tseng, CH Liu

American Journal of Cancer Research (e-Century Publishing Corporation) Taiwan, 01 March 2021

Oncology

Key words: Breast cancer, chondroitin sulfate, CHPF, tumor microenvironment, syndecan-4 [more]

Akebia saponin D ameliorates metabolic syndrome (MetS) via remodeling gut microbiota and attenuating intestinal barrier injury

S Yang, T Hu, H Liu, Y Lv, W Zhang, H Li, L Xuan, LL Gong, LH Liu

Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy (Elsevier) China, USA, 27 February 2021

Gastroenterology

[more]

Parathyroid hormone induces transition of myofibroblasts in arteriovenous fistula and increases maturation failure

CT Liu, SC Hsu, HL Hsieh, CH Chen, CY Chen, YM Sue, FY Lin, CM Shih, YT Shiu, PH Huang

Endocrinology, Cardiology (Oxford Academic) Taiwan, USA, 26 February 2021

Endocrinology

Key words: Arteriovenous fistula (AVF), Fibrosis, Hemodialysis, Parathyroid hormone (PTH) [more]

Gastric Enzyme Supplementation Inhibits Food Allergy in a BALB/c Mouse Model

N Samadi, D Heiden, M Klems, M Salzmann, J Rohrhofer, E Weidmann, L Koidl, E Jensen-Jarolim, E Untersmayr

Nutrients (MDPI) Austria, 26 February 2021

Allergy Research

Key words: food allergy, gastric enzymes, gastric acid suppression, systemic allergic response, allergy prevention [more]

Genetic Background Effects on the Expression of an Odorant Receptor Gene

AG Leme Silva, MH Nagai, TS Nakahara, B Malnic

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience (Frontiers Media S.A.) Brazil, 25 February 2021

Neuroscience

Key words: DNA methylation, odorant receptor gene, olfactory receptor gene, genetic background, gene expression, single nucleotide polymorphism [more]

Regulation of pancreatic fibrosis by acinar cell-derived exosomal miR-130a-3p via targeting of stellate cell PPAR-γ

Q Wang, H Wang, Q Jing, Y Yang, D Xue, C Hao, W Zhang

Journal of Inflammation Research (Dovepress) China, 24 February 2021

Gastroenterology

Key words: pancreatitis, exosomes, miR-130a-3p, pancreatic fibrosis, PPAR-γ [more]

Accuracy of HPV E6/E7 mRNA examination using in situ hybridization in diagnosing cervical intraepithelial lesions

C Hui, H Bai, J Liu, X Lu, S Wang, Z Zhang, M Jin, Y Wang, Y Liu

Diagnostic Pathology (Springer) China, 19 February 2021

Pathology

Key words: Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, CIN, Diagnostic accuracy, E6/E7 mRNA, In situ hybridization [more]

T cell-tropic HIV efficiently infects alveolar macrophages through contact with infected CD4+ T cells

Abigail E. Schiff, Alice H. Linder, Shillah N. Luhembo, Stephanie Banning, Martin J. Deymier, Thomas J. Diefenbach, Amy K. Dickey, Athe M. Tsibris, Alejandro B. Balazs, Josalyn L. Cho, Benjamin D. Medoff, Gerhard Walzl, Robert J. Wilkinson, Wendy A. Burgers, Björn Corleis, Douglas S. Kwon

Scientific reports (Nature) USA, South Africa, UK, Germany, 16 February 2021

Virology

Key words: HIV infections, Monocytes and macrophages, Mucosal immunology, Retrovirus, Virology, Virus–host interactions [more]

Imbalance of TGF-β1/BMP-7 pathways induced by M2-polarized macrophages promotes hepatocellular carcinoma aggressiveness

J Ning, Y Ye, D Bu, G Zhao, T Song, P Liu, W Yu, H Wang, H Li, X Ren, G Ying, Y Zhao, J Yu

Molecular Therapy (Elsevier) China, 15 February 2021

Oncology

[more]

Curcumin inhibits the growth of liver cancer by impairing myeloid‑derived suppressor cells in murine tumor tissues

S Tian, L Liao, Q Zhou, X Huang, P Zheng, Y Guo, T Deng, X Tian

Oncology Letters (Spandidos Publications) China, 12 February 2021

Oncology

[more]

Insulin gene enhancer protein 1 mediates glycolysis and tumorigenesis of gastric cancer through regulating glucose transporter 4

T Guo, YH Bai, XJ Cheng, HB Han, H Du, Y Hu, SQ Jia, XF Xing, JF Ji

Cancer Communications (Wiley) China, 11 February 2021

Oncology

Key words: gastric cancer, glucose transporter 4, glycolysis, insulin gene enhancer protein 1, tumorigenesis [more]

Global Analysis of Lysine Acetylome Reveals the potential role of CCL18 in non‐small cell lung cancer

S Kong, L Ding, C Fan, Y Li, C Wang, K Wang, W Xu, X Shi, Q Wu, F Wang

Proteomics (Wiley) China, 11 February 2021

Proteomics

Key words: acetylome, CCL18, non-small cell lung cancer [more]

Histone citrullination as a novel biomarker and target to inhibit progression of abdominal aortic aneurysms

Wolf Eilenberg, Branislav Zagrapan, Sonja Bleichert, Nahla Ibrahim, Viktoria Knöbl, Annika Brandau, Luca Martelanz, Marie-Therese Grasl, Hubert Hayden, Paimann Nawrozi, Renata Rajic, Charlotte Häusler, Alexandros Potolidis, Nawa Schirwani, Andreas Scheuba, Johannes Klopf, Peter Teubenbacher, Markus P Weigl, Patrick Kirchweger, Dietrich Beitzke, Alexander Stiglbauer-Tscholakoff, Adelheid Panzenböck, Irene Lang, Lisa-Marie Mauracher, Lena Hell, Ingrid Pabinger, Marc A Bailey, D Julian A Scott, Lars Maegdefessel, Albert Busch, Ihor Huk, Christoph Neumayer, Christine Brostjan

Translational Research (Elsevier) Austria, UK, Sweden, 09 February 2021

Cardiology

[more]

IgG4 induces tolerogenic M2-like macrophages and correlates with disease progression in colon cancer

G Jordakieva, R Bianchini, D Reichhold, J Piehslinger, A Groschopf, SA Jensen, E Mearini, G Nocentini, R Crevenna, GJ Zlabinger, SN Karagiannis, A Klaus, E Jensen-Jarolim

OncoImmunology (Taylor & Francis) Austria, Italy, UK, 08 February 2021

Oncology

Key words: IgG4, IgE, tumor-associated macrophages, M2b, allergooncology [more]

Anti-inflammatory effects of Radix aucklandiae herbal preparation ameliorate intestinal mucositis induced by 5-fluorouracil in mice

JH Liu, CH Hsieh, CY Liu, CW Chang, YJ Chen, TH Tsai

Journal of Ethnopharmacology (Elsevier) Taiwan, 07 February 2021

Pharmacology

Key words: 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU), Radix aucklandiae, Intestinal mucositis, Goblet cell, Anti-inflammatory [more]

Hiltonol Cocktail Kills Lung Cancer Cells by Activating Cancer-Suppressors, PKR/OAS, and Restraining the Tumor Microenvironment

SC Chang, BX Zhang, ECY Su, WC Wu, TH Hsieh, AM Salazar, YK Lin, JL Ding

International Journal of Molecular Sciences (MDPI) Taiwan, USA, Singapore, 05 February 2021

Oncology

Key words: NSCLC (non-small cell lung cancer), combinatorial treatment with Hiltonol+++ cocktail [Hiltonol+anti-IL6+stattic+AG490], tumorigenic microenvironment, anti- and pro-tumorigenic cytokine production, tumor-suppressors PKR (protein kinase R) and OAS (2′5′ oligoadenylate synthetase) [more]

H2S-mediated aerobic exercise antagonizes the hippocampal inflammatory response in CUMS-depressed mice.

L Ruilian, Q Honglin, X Jun, L Jianxin, B Qingyun, C Yilin, M Haifeng

Journal of Affective Disorders (Elsevier) China, 05 February 2021

Neuroscience

Key words: Chronic stress stimulated depression model, Hippocampus, Hydrogen sulfide, Inflammatory, Aerobic exercise [more]

Morphine acts on spinal dynorphin neurons to cause itch through disinhibition

E Nguyen, G Lim, H Ding, J Hachisuka, MC Ko, SE Ross

Science Translational Medicine (AAAS) USA, UK, 03 February 2021

Neuroscience

[more]

Irreversible electroporation ablation overcomes tumor-associated immunosuppression to improve the efficacy of DC vaccination in a mice model of pancreatic cancer

J Yang, A Eresen, J Shangguan, Q Ma, V Yaghmai, Z Zhang

OncoImmunology (Taylor & Francis) USA, 02 February 2021

Oncology

Key words: Irreversible electroporation, dendritic cell vaccine, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, magnetic resonance imaging [more]

Expression of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 4 (CSPG4) in melanoma cells is downregulated upon inhibition of BRAF

K Uranowska, T Kalic, V Valtsanidis, M Kitzwögerer, H Breiteneder, C Hafner

Oncology Reports (Spandidos Publications) Austria, 02 February 2021

Oncology

[more]

iTRAQ-based Quantitative Proteomic Analysis of Dural Tissues Reveals Upregulated Haptoglobin to be a Potential Biomarker of Moyamoya Disease

X Zhang, L Yin, X Jia, Y Zhang, T Liu, L Zhang

Current Proteomics (ingentaconnect) China, 01 February 2021

Proteomics

Key words: Moyamoya disease, dura mater, proteomics, iTRAQ, haptoglobin, strokes

Nerve Fibers in the Tumor Microenvironment Are Co-Localized with Lymphoid Aggregates in Pancreatic Cancer

LR Heij, X Tan, JN Kather, JM Niehues, S Sivakumar, N Heussen, G van der Kroft, SWM Olde Damink, S Lang, MR Aberle, T Luedde, NT Gaisa, J Bednarsch, DHW Liu, JPM Cleutjens, DP Modest, UP Neuman, GJ Wiltberger

Journal of Clinical Medicine (MDPI) Germany, The Netherlands, UK, Austria, 30 January 2021

Oncology

Key words: tumor microenvironment, machine learning, nerve fiber density, spatial arrangements, tertiary lymphoid structures, pancreatic cancer [more]

Endothelial-Derived miR-17∼ 92 Promotes Angiogenesis to Protect against Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury

T Chiba, DM Cerqueira, Y Li, AJ Bodnar, E Mukherjee, K Pfister, YL Phua, K Shaikh, BT Sanders, SL Hemker, PJ Pagano, YL Wu, J Ho, S Sims-Lucas

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (Am Soc Nephrol) USA, 29 January 2021

Nephrology

Key words: microRNA, acute kidney injury, renal microvasculature

Mer tyrosine kinase (MerTK) as a possible link between resolution of inflammation and tissue fibrosis in IgG4-related disease

L Rovati, N Kaneko, F Pedica, A Monno, T Maehara, C Perugino, M Lanzillotta, S Pecetta, JH Stone, C Doglioni, AA Manfredi, S Pillai, E Della-Torre

Rheumatology (Oxford Academic) Italy, USA, Japan, 29 January 2021

Rheumatology

Key words: IgG4-related disease, macrophages, MerTK, Protein S, fibrosis [more]

Effects of Nicorandil on Inflammation, Apoptosis and Atherosclerotic Plaque Progression

M Lenz, C Kaun, KA Krychtiuk, P Haider, M Brekalo, N Maier, L Goederle, CJ Binder, K Huber, C Hengstenberg, J Wojta, PJ Hohensinner, WS Speidl

Biomedicines (MDPI) Austria, 27 January 2021

Cardiology

Key words: nicorandil, inflammation, apoptosis, atherosclerosis, plaque, plaque stabilization [more]

Interleukin-24 protects against liver injury in mouse models

HH Wang, JH Huang, MH Sue, WC Ho, YH Hsu, KC Chang, MS Chang

EBioMedicine (THE LANCET) Taiwan, 25 January 2021

Hepathology

Key words: Interleukin-24, Liver fibrosis, Thioacetamide-induced liver injury, Hepatic stellate cells [more]

Immune Modulation Effects of Lactobacillus casei Variety rhamnosus on Enterocytes and Intestinal Stem Cells in a 5-FU-Induced Mucositis Mouse Model

CY Yeung, JSC Chiau, ML Cheng, WT Chan, SW Chang, CB Jiang, HC Lee

Gastroenterology Research and Practice (Hindawi Publishing Corporation) Taiwan, 25 January 2021

Gastroenterology

[more]

A Hepatitis B Virus-Derived Peptide Exerts an Anticancer Effect via TNF/iNOS-producing Dendritic Cells in Tumor-Bearing Mouse Model

SB Yang, MH Lee, BR Kim, YM Choi, BJ Kim

Cancers (MDPI) South Korea, 22 January 2021

Oncology

Key words: HBV-derived poly6 peptide, TNF/iNOS-producing DCs (Tip-DCs), type 1 interferon (IFN-I), CD40, cancer immunotherapy [more]

Androgen Plays a Carcinogenic Role in EOC via the PI3K/AKT Signaling Pathway in an AR-Dependent Manner

Y Li, S Li, Y Zhang, S Shi, S Qin, C Wang, J Du, J Ma, H Chen, H Cui

Journal of Cancer (Ivyspring International Publisher) China, 21 January 2021

Oncology

Key words: ovarian carcinoma, androgen receptor (AR), tissue microarray (TMA), proliferation promotion, PI3K/AKT signalling pathway [more]

Performance and Meat Quality of Intrauterine Growth Restricted Pigs

P Matyba, T Florowski, K Dasiewicz, K Ferenc, J Olszewski, M Trela, G Galemba, M Słowiński, M Sady, D Domańska, Z Gajewski, R Zabielski

Animals (MDPI) Poland, 20 January 2021

Zoology

Key words: IUGR, pigs, growth performance, meat quality, sensory evaluation [more]

Pathological Pulmonary Vascular Remodeling is Induced by Type V Collagen in a Model of Scleroderma

RG Marangoni, BD Korman, ER Parra, APP Velosa, HV Barbeiro, V Martins, ABG dos Santos, F Soriano, WR Teodoro, PL Silva, W Tourtellotte, VL Capelozzi, J Varga, NH Yoshinari

Pathology - Research and Practice (Elsevier) Brazil, USA, 19 January 2021

Cardiology

Key words: Animal model, scleroderma, Collagen V, Vascular disease, Endothelium [more]

Comparison of two fluorescent probes in preclinical non-invasive imaging and image-guided debridement surgery of Staphylococcal biofilm implant infections

HY Park, SD Zoller, V Hegde, W Sheppard, Z Burke, G Blumstein, C Hamad, M Sprague, J Hoang, R Smith, FR Pastrana, J Czupryna, LS Miller, M López-Álvarez, M Bispo, M van Oosten, J Maarten van Dijl, KP Francis, NM Bernthal

Scientific reports (Nature) USA, The Netherlands, 15 January 2021

Medical Imaging

Key words: Biofilms, Infectious diseases

PEG-GO@ XN nanocomposite suppresses breast cancer metastasis via inhibition of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation and blockade of epithelial-to …

J Zhang, L Yan, P Wei, R Zhou, C Hua, M Xiao, Y Tu, Z Gu, T Wei

European Journal of Pharmacology (Elsevier) China, USA, 14 January 2021

Oncology, Nanomedicine

Key words: Graphene oxide, Xanthohumol, Breast cancer metastasis, Mitochondria, Epithelial-mesenchymal transition, Energy metabolism [more]

Macromolecular crowding as a tool to screen anti-fibrotic drugs: the Scar-in-a-Jar system revisited

NP Cavanzo, E Bigaeva, M Boersema, P Olinga, RA Bank

Frontiers in Medicine (Frontiers Media S.A.) The Netherlands, China, USA, Switzerland, 14 January 2021

Biological Methods

Key words: macromolecular crowding, drug testing, fibrosis, collagen, myofibroblast [more]

Mesenchymal stem cell‐glioblastoma interactions mediated via kinin receptors unveiled by cytometry

MM Pillat, Á Oliveira‐Giacomelli, M das Neves Oliveira, R Andrejew, N Turrini, J Baranova, TL Turnšek, H Ulrich

Cytometry Part A (Wiley) Brazil, 13 January 2021

Medical Image Analysis

Key words: cytometry, glioblastoma, kinin receptors, kinin‐B1 receptor, kinin‐B2 receptor, mesenchymal stem cells [more]

Overexpression of neuregulin 1 in GABAergic interneurons results in reversible cortical disinhibition

YY Wang, B Zhao, MM Wu, XL Zheng, L Lin, DM Yin

Nature communications (Nature) China, 12 January 2021

Neuroscience

Key words: Molecular neuroscience, Schizophrenia [more]

Stem Cell-Derived Respiratory Epithelial Cell Cultures as Human Disease Models

JC Orr, RE Hynds

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology (Wiley) UK, 11 January 2021

Stem Cell Research

Key words: respiratory epithelium, epithelial cells, cell culture, cloning, stem cells

Overexpression of GLUT3 promotes metastasis of triple‐negative breast cancer by modulating the inflammatory tumor microenvironment

TH Tsai, CC Yang, TC Kou, CE Yang, JZ Dai, CL Chen, CW Lin

Journal of Cellular Physiology (Wiley) Taiwan, 09 January 2021

Oncology

Key words: glycolysis, inflammation, triple‐negative breast cancer, tumor microenvironment, tumor‐associated macrophage [more]

Development and Validation of Sorafenib-eluting Microspheres to Enhance Therapeutic Efficacy of Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization in a Rat Model of of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

W Park, S Cho, J Ji, RJ Lewandowski, AC Larson, DH Kim

Radiology: Imaging Cancer (Royal Society of Chemistry) USA, 08 January 2021

Oncology

[more]

Differential expression of microRNA miR-150-5p in IgA nephropathy as a potential mediator and marker of disease progression.

IZA Pawluczyk, A Didangelos, SJ Barbour, L Er, JU Becker, R Martin, S Taylor, JS Bhachu, EG Lyons, R Jenkins, D Fraser, K Molyneux, J Perales-Paton, J Saez-Rodriguez, J Barratt

Kidney International (Elsevier) UK, Canada, Germany, Spain, 06 January 2021

Nephrology

Key words: IgA nephropathy, microRNA [more]

Hypoxia-induced suppression of alternative splicing of MBD2 promotes breast cancer metastasis via activation of FZD1

Z Liu, L Sun, Y Cai, S Shen, T Zhang, N Wang, G Wu, W Ma, ST Li, C Suo, Y Hao, WD Jia, GL Semenza, P Gao, H Zhang

Cancer Research (AACR) China, USA, 05 January 2021

Oncology

Stressed erythrophagocytosis induces immunosuppression during sepsis through heme-mediated STAT1 dysregulation

Tolani F. Olonisakin, Tomeka Suber, Shekina Gonzalez-Ferrer, Zeyu Xiong, Hernán F. Peñaloza, Rick van der Geest, Yuting Xiong, David O. Osei-Hwedieh, Jesús Tejero, Matthew R. Rosengart, Wendy M. Mars, Daria Van Tyne, Andreas Perlegas, Samuel Brashears, Daniel B. Kim-Shapiro, Mark T. Gladwin, Michael A. Bachman, Eldad A. Hod, Claudette St. Croix, Yulia Y. Tyurina, Valerian E. Kagan, Rama K. Mallampalli, Anuradha Ray, Prabir Ray, Janet S. Lee

The Journal of Clinical Investigation (American Society of Clinical Investigation) USA, 04 January 2021

Immunology

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IN VITRO CHARACTERIZATION OF HYDROXYAPATITE-BASED BIOMATERIALS, USING MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL CULTURES FROM HUMAN BONE …

LE Sima, RM Varut, O Gingu, G Sima, C Teisanu, J Neamtu

Journal of Science and Arts (Josa.ro) Romania, 30 December 2020

Biological Materials

Key words: hydroxyapatite, calcium fructoborate, mesenchymal stem cell, human bone marrow [more]

Persistent inhibition of Candida albicans biofilm and hyphae growth on titanium by graphene nanocoating

SV Agarwalla, K Ellepola, N Silikas, AHC Neto, C Jayampath, SV Rosa

Dental Materials (Elsevier) Singapore, USA, UK, 25 December 2020

Biological Materials

Key words: Implant, Surface free energy, Contact angle, Topography, Microbial attachment, Antiadhesive coating, Peri-Implantitis [more]

Obesity is associated with shorter telomere length in prostate stromal cells in men with aggressive prostate cancer

CE Joshu, CM Heaphy, JR Barber, J Lu, R Zarinshenas, C Davis, M Han, TL Lotan, KS Sfanos, AM De Marzo, AK Meeker, EA Platz

Cancer Prevention Research (AACR) USA, 22 December 2020

Oncology

PD‐L1+ dendritic cells in the tumor microenvironment correlate with good prognosis and CD8+ T cell infiltration in colon cancer

TJ Miller, CC Anyaegbu, TF Lee‐Pullen, LJ Spalding, CF Platell, MJ McCoy

Cancer Science (Wiley) Australia, 20 December 2020

Oncology

Key words: CD8, colon cancer, Dendritic cells, PD‐L1, T cells

Heterogeneous Tumor-Immune Microenvironments between Primary and Metastatic Tumors in a Patient with ALK Rearrangement-Positive Large Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma

T Tashiro, K Imamura, Y Tomita, D Tamanoi, A Takaki, K Sugahara, R Sato, K Saruwatari, S Sakata, M Inaba, S Ushijima, N Hirata, T Sakagami

International Journal of Molecular Sciences (MDPI) Japan, USA, 19 December 2020

Oncology

Key words: anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK), B cell, heterogeneity, immune checkpoint, large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC), neuroendocrine tumors (NET), regulatory T-cells (Tregs), programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1), tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL), tumor-immune microenvironments (TIME) [more]

Parp1-Dependent DNA Double-Strand Break Repair in Irradiated Late Pachytene Spermatocytes

E A. Ahmed, A M. Alzahrani, H Scherthan

DNA and Cell Biology (Mary Ann Liebert Inc.) Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Germany, 18 December 2020

Reproductive Medicine

Key words: alternative NHEJ, DNA repair, first meiotic prophase, γ-H2AX, homologous recombination, Parp1, spermatogenesis [more]

Differential mast cell phenotypes in benign versus cancer tissues and prostate cancer oncologic outcomes

H Hempel Sullivan, JP Maynard, CM Heaphy, J Lu, AM De Marzo, TL Lotan, CE Joshu, KS Sfanos

The Journal of Pathology (Wiley) USA, 18 December 2020

Oncology

Key words: Prostate cancer, mast cells, metastases, CXCR4, TFE3, KIT, microenvironment [more]

ZFHX3 Knockdown Dysregulates Mitochondrial Adaptations to Tachypacing in Atrial Myocytes through Enhanced Oxidative Stress and Calcium Overload

B Lkhagva, YK Lin, YC Chen, WL Cheng, S Higa, YH

Acta Physiologica (Wiley) Taiwan, Japan, 17 December 2020

Physiology

Key words: atrial fibrillation, calcium, mitochondria, tachypacing, ZFHX3 [more]

CD4+ CTLs in Fibrosing Mediastinitis Linked to Histoplasma capsulatum

H Allard-Chamard, F Alsufyani, N Kaneko, K Xing, C Perugino, VS Mahajan, JL Wheat, GS Deepe Jr., J Loyd and S Pillai

The Journal of Immunology (American Association of Immunologists) Canada, Saudi Arabia, Japan, USA, 16 December 2020

Immunology

[more]

Tribbles Pseudokinase 3 Contributes to Cancer Stemness of Endometrial Cancer Cells by Regulating β-Catenin Expression

WL Wang, GC Hong, PJ Chien, YH Huang, HT Lee, PH Wang, YC Lee, WW Chang

Cancers (MDPI) Taiwan, 15 December 2020

Oncology

Key words: tribbles pseudokinase 3, endometrial cancer, cancer stem cells, β-catenin, epithelial–mesenchymal transition [more]

Pulse-Chase Proteomics of the App Knockin Mouse Models of Alzheimer's Disease Reveals that Synaptic Dysfunction Originates in Presynaptic Terminals

TJ Hark, NR Rao, C Castillon, T Basta, S Smukowski, H Bao, A Upadhyay, E Bomba-Warczak, T Nomura, ET O'Toole, GP Morgan, L Ali, T Saito, C Guillermier, TC Saido, ML Steinhauser, MHB Stowell, ER Chapman, A Contractor, JN Savas

Cell Systems (Cell Press) USA, Japan, 15 December 2020

Neuroscience

Key words: Alzheimer's diseasea, myloid beta, synaptic dysfunction, presynapse, synaptic vesicles, proteostasis, mass spectrometry, proteomics, APP knockin mice [more]

Multi-Cohort Retrospective Validation of a Predictive Biomarker for Topoisomerase I Inhibitors

K Ando, A Ozonoff, SY Lee, M Viosine, JT Parker, R Nakanishi, S Nishimura, J Yang, Z Grace, B Tran, TJ Diefenbach, Y Maehara, H Yasui, T Irino, R Salgia, M Terashima, P Gibbs, RK Ramanathan, E Oki, M Mori, M Kulke, K Hartshorn, A Bharti

Clinical Colorectal Cancer (Elsevier) USA, Japan, Australia, 10 December 2020

Oncology

[more]

Spatiotemporal Up-Regulation of Mu Opioid Receptor 1 in Striatum of Mouse Model of Huntington's Disease Differentially Affecting Caudal and Striosomal Regions

R Morigaki, JH Lee, T Yoshida, C Wüthrich, D Hu, JR Crittenden, A Friedman, Y Kubota, AM Graybiel

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy (Frontiers Media S.A.) USA, Japan, 10 December 2020

Neuroscience

Key words: mu opioid receptors, Huntington’s disease, neostriatum, movement disorders, mood disorders, animal models of human disorders, striosome [more]

Bioinstructive Micro-Nanotextured Zirconia Ceramic Interfaces for Guiding and Stimulating an Osteogenic Response In Vitro

L Elena Sima, A Bonciu, M Baciu, I Anghel, LN Dumitrescu, L Rusen, V Dinca

Nanomaterials (MDPI) Romania, 09 December 2020

Nanomedicine

Key words: Zirconia, mesenchymal stem cells, micro-nano topography, osteogenic differentiation, bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA) [more]

The effect of dietary supplementation with high-or low-dose omega-3 fatty acid on inflammatory pathology after traumatic brain injury in rats

EK Black, JK Phillips, J Seminetta, J Bailes, JM Lee, JD Finan

Translational Neuroscience (degruyter) USA, 09 December 2020

Neuroscience

Key words: dietary supplementation, docosahexanoic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid, neuroinflammation, neuroprotection, omega-3 fatty acid, traumatic brain injury [more]

Hypomethylation of PlncRNA-1 promoter enhances bladder cancer progression through the miR-136-5p/Smad3 axis

W Kang, Q Wang, Y Dai, H Wang, M Wang, J Wang, D Zhang, P Sun, T Qi, X Jin, Z Cui

Cell Death & Disease (Nature) China, 07 December 2020

Oncology

Key words: Bladder cancer, Long non-coding RNAs, Oncogenesis [more]

Integrative single-cell transcriptome analysis reveals a subpopulation of fibroblasts associated with favorable prognosis of liver cancer patients

H Wang, C Feng, M Lu, B Zhang, Y Xu, Q Zeng, J Xi, J Zhou, X Ying, J Zhang, W Yue, X Pei

Translational Oncology (Elsevier) China, 06 December 2020

Oncology

Key words: Liver cancer, Single-cell transcriptome, Cancer-distinct fibroblast, SPARCL1 [more]

Lactic acidosis interferes with toxicity of perifosine to colorectal cancer spheroids: multimodal imaging analysis

B Pavlatovská, M Machálková, P Brisudová, A Pruška, K Štěpka, J Michálek, T Nečasová, P Beneš, J Šmarda, J Preisler, M Kozubek, J Navrátilová

Frontiers in Oncology (Frontiers Media S.A.) Czech Republic, Switzerland, China, 04 December 2020

Oncology

Key words: perifosine, Akt kinase, tumor environment, lactic acidosis, alkalization, signal co-registration, mass spectrometry imaging, colorectal cancer [more]

AC Pulsed Field Ablation Is Feasible and Safe in Atrial and Ventricular Settings: A Proof-of-Concept Chronic Animal Study

G Caluori, E Odehnalova, T Jadczyk, M Pesl, I Pavlova, L Valikova, S Holzinger, V Novotna, V Rotrekl, A Hampl, M Crha, D Cervinka, Z Starek

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (Frontiers Media S.A.) Czech Republic, France, Poland, Germany, 03 December 2020

Cardiology

Key words: pulsed field ablation, irreversible electroporation (IRE), radiofrequency ablation, atrial fibrillation, ventricular arrhythmia (VA), preclinical cardiology [more]

Shear stress-exposed pulmonary artery endothelial cells fail to upregulate HSP70 in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

W Salibe-Filho, TLS Araujo, EG Melo, LBCT Coimbra, MS Lapa, MMP Acencio, O Freitas-Filho, VL Capelozzi, LR Teixeira, CJCS Fernandes, F Biscegli Jatene, FRM Laurindo, M Terra-Filho

PLoS One (PLOS) Brazil, 03 December 2020

Cardiology

Key words: Shear stresses, Endothelial cells, Heat shock response, Pulmonary arteries, Peas, Flow cytometry, Nitric oxide, Pulmonary hypertension [more]

Infiltration of metastatic lymph nodes with PD-1+ T cells is associated with improved disease-free and overall survival in resected N+ NSCLC

S Wang, Y Song, MA Morse, P Sun, G Qiao, X Wang, X Zhou, A Hobeika, J Ren, HK Lyerly

American Journal of Cancer Research (e-Century Publishing Corporation) China, USA, 01 December 2020

Oncology

Key words: NSCLC, metastatic lymph node, T cell subsets, PD-1, TIM-3 [more]

The predictive power of CD3+ T cell infiltration of oral squamous cell tumors is limited to non-diabetic patients

G Spanier, I Ugele, F Nieberle, L Symeou, S Schmidhofer, A Brand, J Meier, S Spoerl, R Krupar, P Rümmele, P Siska, K Renner, K Peter, M Gerken, P Beckhove, TE Reichert, M Kreutz, K Singer

Cancer Letters (Elsevier) Germany, 01 December 2020

Oncology

Key words: OSCC, Diabetes mellitus, TIL, Metabolism, Prognosis [more]

p21‐activated kinase 4 promotes the progression of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by targeting LASP1

H Huang, Q Xue, X Du, J Cui, J Wang, D Cheng, J Li, Y Zheng, G Huang, K Zhang, K Liu, J Lu, J Zhao, X Chen, Z Dong, X Li

Molecular Carcinogenesis (Wiley) China, 01 December 2020

Oncology

Key words: cell proliferation, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, LASP1, metastasis, PAK4 [more]

Cross-Reactive Effects of Vaccines: Heterologous Immunity between Tetanus and Chlamydia

M Stojanovic, I Lukic, E Marinkovic, A Kovacevic, R Miljkovic, J Tobias, I Schabussova, M Zlatovic, T Barisani-Asenbauer, U Wiedermann, A Inic-Kanada

Vaccines (MDPI) Serbia, Austria, 01 December 2020

Immunology

Key words: vaccination, heterologous immunity, antibodies, tetanus, Chlamydia, cross-reactivity [more]

Levodopa Improves Cognitive Function and the Deficits of Structural Synaptic Plasticity in Hippocampus Induced by Global Cerebral Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Rats

W Wang, X Liu, Z Yang, H Shen, L Liu, Y Yu, T Zhang

Frontiers in Neuroscience (Frontiers Media S.A.) China, 30 November 2020

Neuroscience

Key words: levodopa, hippocampus, global cerebral ischemia reperfusion injury, structural synaptic plasticity, cognitive function [more]

Characterization of epithelial cells, connective tissue cells and immune cells in human upper airway mucosa by immunofluorescence multichannel image cytometry: a pilot study

AI Giotakis, J Dudas, R Glueckert, D Dejaco, J Ingruber, F Fleischer, V innerhofer, L Pinggera, L Bektic-Tadic, SAM Gabriel, H Riechelmann

Histochemistry and Cell Biology (Springer) Austria, 29 November 2020

Medical Image Analysis

Key words: Image cytometry, Fluorescent antibody technique, Immunohistochemistry, Nasal mucosa, Sinusitis [more]

MicroRNA-146a suppresses tumor malignancy via targeting vimentin in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cells with lower fibronectin membrane assembly

HY Chang, CH Lee, YS Li, JT Huang, SH Lan, YF Wang, WW Lai, YC Wang, YJ Lin, HS Liu, HC Cheng

Journal of Biomedical Science (BMC) Taiwan, 28 November 2020

Oncology

Key words: ESCC, miR-146a, Vimentin, Cell migration, Invasion [more]

Lactobacillus Attenuate the Progression of Pancreatic Cancer Promoted by Porphyromonas Gingivalis in K-rasG12D Transgenic Mice

SM Chen, LJ Hsu, HL Lee, CP Lin, SW Huang, CJL Lai, CW Lin, WT Chen, YJ Chen, YC Lin, CC Yang, MS Jan

Cancers (MDPI) Taiwan, 26 November 2020

Oncology

Key words: caerulein, Lactobacillus, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, Porphyromonas Gingivalis, transforming growth factor-β [more]

Visfatin Enhances Breast Cancer Progression through CXCL1 Induction in Tumor-Associated Macrophages

YY Wang, HD Chen, S Lo, YK Chen, YC Huang, S CS Hu, YC Hsieh, AC Hung, MF Hou, SS F Yuan

Cancers (MDPI) Taiwan, UK, 26 November 2020

Oncology

Key words: visfatin, breast cancer, tumor-associated macrophages, CXCL1 [more]

Nrf2 knockout altered brain iron deposition and mitigated age-related motor dysfunction in aging mice

K Han, X Jin, X Guo, G Cao, S Tian, Y Song, Y Zuo, P Yu, G Gao, YZ Chang

Free Radical Biology and Medicine (Elsevier) China, 26 November 2020

Neuroscience

Key words: Nrf2, Motor dysfunction, Brain iron metabolism, Oxidative stress, FPN1 [more]

Neuropathology changed by 3-and 6-months low-level PM 2.5 inhalation exposure in spontaneously hypertensive rats

HC Chuang, HC Chen, PJ Chai, HT Liao, CF Wu, CL Chen, MK Jhan, HI Hsieh, KY Wu, TF Chen, TJ Cheng

Particle and Fibre Toxicology (Springer) Taiwan, 26 November 2020

Neuroscience

Key words: Air pollution, Autophagy, Central nervous system toxicity, Particulate matter, Tau [more]

Electric Pulse Responsive Magnetic Nanoclusters Loaded with Indoleamine 2, 3-Dioxygenase Inhibitor for Synergistic Immuno-Ablation Cancer Therapy

B Yu, W Zhang, K Kwak, H Choi, DH Kim

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (ACS Publications) USA, 25 November 2020

Oncology

Key words: local ablation, irreversible electroporation, indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase inhibitor, magnetic nanoparticles, immunotherapy [more]

Development of Rift valley fever encephalitis in rats is mediated by early infection of olfactory epithelium and neuroinvasion across the cribriform plate

DA Boyles, MM Schwarz, JR Albe, CM Mcmillen, KJ O'Malley, DS Reed, AL Hartman

Journal of General Virology (Microbiology Society) USA, 24 November 2020

Virology

Key words: aerosol, cribriform plate, encephalitis, olfactory bulb, pathogenesis, Rift Valley fever virus [more]

Time-resolved analysis of Staphylococcus aureus invading the endothelial barrier

EJM Raineri, H Yedavally, A Salvati, JM van Dijl

Virulence (Taylor & Francis) The Netherlands, 22 November 2020

Microbiology

Key words: Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, endothelium, invasion, intracellular [more]

Type II natural killer T cells contribute to protection against systemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection

S Genardi, L Visvabharathy, L Cao, E Morgun, Y Cui, C Qi, YH Chen, L Gapin, E Berdyshev, CR Wang

Frontiers in Immunology (Frontiers Media S.A.) USA, 18 November 2020

Immunology

Key words: Staphylococcus aureus, natural killer T cells, CD1, lipid antigens, cytokine, knockout mice [more]

Long-term skin-resident memory T cells proliferate in situ and are involved in human graft-versus-host disease

J Strobl, RV Pandey, T Krausgruber, N Bayer, L Kleissl, B Reininger, P Vieyra-Garcia, P Wolf, MM Jentus, M Mitterbauer, W Rabitsch, G Stingl, C Bock, G Stray

Science Translational Medicine (AAAS) Austria, 18 November 2020

Dermatology

[more]

Correlation Between Early Plasma Interleukin 37 Responses With Low Inflammatory Cytokine Levels and Benign Clinical Outcomes in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection

Ang Li, Yun Ling, Zhigang Song, Xiaobo Cheng, Longfei Ding, Rendi Jiang, Weihui Fu, Yan Liu, Huiliang Hu, Songhua Yuan, Jian Chen, Cuisong Zhu, Jun Fan, Jing Wang, Yanling Jin, Miaomiao Zhang, Lingyan Zhu, Peng Sun, Linxia Zhang, Ran Qin, Wei Zhang, Chenli Qiu, Yinzhong Shen, Lin Zhang, Zhengli Shi, Chen Zhao, Tongyu Zhu, Hongzhou Lu, Xiaoyan Zhang, Jianqing Xu

The Journal of Infectious Diseases (Oxford Academic) China, 17 November 2020

Covid-19

Key words: IL-37, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, inflammation, clinical outcomes [more]

Deviant reporter expression and P2X4 passenger gene overexpression in the soluble EGFP BAC transgenic P2X7 reporter mouse model

A Ramírez-Fernández, L Urbina-Treviño, G Conte, M Alves, B Rissiek, A Durner, N Scalbert, J Zhang, T Magnus, F Koch-Nolte, N Plesnila, JM Deussing, T Engel, R Kopp, A Nicke

Scientific Reports (Nature) Germany, Ireland, 16 November 2020

Neuroscience

Key words: Biological techniques, Molecular biology, Neuroscience [more]

HCN channels in the mammalian cochlea: Expression pattern, subcellular location, and age‐dependent changes

M Luque, A Schrott‐Fischer, J Dudas, E Pechriggl, E Brenner, H Rask-Andersen, W Liu, R Glueckert

Journal of Neuroscience Research (Wiley) Austria, 12 November 2020

Neuroscience

Key words: auditory development, auditory neuron diversity, axon initial segment, HCN channels, prestin, RRID:AB_90725, RRID:AB_2039906, RRID:AB_2302038, RRID:AB_2313584, RRID:AB_2313726, RRID:AB_2336419, RRID:AB_2336420, RRID:AB_2336790, RRID:AB_2340477, RRID:AB_2340452, RRID:AB_2340593, RRID:AB_2341028, RRID:AB_2617143, RRID:AB_2756625, RRID:AB_2756742, RRID:SCR_002865, RRID:SCR_013652, RRID:SCR_014823, sound coding, spiral ganglion neurons, voltage gated [more]

Inhibition of aquaporin-3 in macrophages by a monoclonal antibody as potential therapy for liver injury

M Hara-Chikuma, M Tanaka, AS Verkman, M Yasui

Nature communications (Nature) Japan, USA, 09 November 2020

Hepathology

Key words: Molecular Drug discovery, Liver diseases, Molecular medicine [more]

CO2-Responsive Water-Soluble Conjugated Polymers for In Vitro and In Vivo Biological Imaging

CC Cheng, YC Lai, YT Shieh, YH Chang, AW Lee, JK Chen, DJ Lee, JY Lai

Biomacromolecules (ACS Publications) Taiwan, 06 November 2020

Medical Imaging

[more]

Mucus production stimulated by IFN-AhR signaling triggers hypoxia of COVID-19

Y Liu, J Lv, J Liu, M Li, J Xie, Q Lv, W Deng, N Zhou, Y Zhou, J Song, P Wang, C Qin, WM Tong, B Huang

Cell Research (Nature) China, 06 November 2020

Immunology, Covid-19

Key words: Immunology, Innate immunity [more]

Evidence for a non-stochastic two-field hypothesis for persistent skin cancer risk

RL Konger, L Ren, RP Sahu, E Derr-Yellin, YL Kim

Scientific reports (Nature) USA, 05 November 2020

Oncology

Key words: Cancer microenvironment, Cancer models, Skin cancer, Squamous cell carcinoma [more]

Human placental cell line HTR-8/SVneo accumulates cadmium by divalent metal transporters DMT1 and ZIP14

R Widhalm, I Ellinger, S Granitzer, M Forsthuber, R Bajtela, K Gelles, PY Hartig, M Hengstschläger, H Zeisler, H Salzer, C Gundacker

Metallomics (Royal Society of Chemistry) Austria, 04 November 2020

Reproductive Medicine

[more]

Metformin chlorination byproducts in drinking water exhibit marked toxicities of a potential health concern

R Zhang, Y He, L Yao, J Chen, S Zhu, X Rao, P Tang, J You, G Hua, L Zhang, F Ju, L Wu

Environment International (Elsevier) China, 03 November 2020

Toxicology

Key words: Metformin, Metformin chlorination byproduct, Drinking water, Toxicity, Public health [more]

Effect of route of administration on the efficacy of dendritic cell vaccine in PDAC mice

J Yang, A Eresen, J Shangguan, Q Ma, Z Zhang, V Yaghmai

American Journal of Cancer Research (e-Century Publishing Corporation) USA, 01 November 2020

Oncology

Key words: Pancreatic cancer, dendritic cell, route of administration [more]

Therapeutic Efficacy of GC1118, a Novel Anti-EGFR Antibody, against Glioblastoma with High EGFR Amplification in Patient-Derived Xenografts

K Lee, H Koo, Y Kim, D Kim, E Son, H Yang, Y Lim, M Hur, H Won Lee, S Won Choi, DH Nam

Cancers (MDPI) South Korea, 31 October 2020

Oncology

Key words: glioblastoma, epidermal growth factor receptor, monoclonal, xenograft, amplification [more]

P2Y2 receptor activation promotes esophageal cancer cells proliferation via ERK1/2 pathway

A Zaparte, AR Cappellari, CA Brandão, JB de Souza, TJ Borges, LW Kist, MR Bogo, LF Zerbini, LF Ribeiro Pinto, T Glaser, MCB Goncalves, Y Naaldijk, H Ulrich, FB Morrone

European Journal of Pharmacology (Elsevier) Brazil, USA, South Africa, 31 October 2020

Oncology

Key words: Esophageal cancer, Purinergic system, Nucleotide, P2Y2R, Proliferation, Signaling pathways [more]

Calenduloside E suppresses calcium overload by promoting the interaction between L-type calcium channels and Bcl2-associated athanogene 3 to alleviate myocardial ischemia–reperfusion injury

R Wang, M Wang, J Zhou, Z Dai, G Sun, X Sun

Journal of Advanced Research (Elsevier) China, 31 October 2020

Cardiology

Key words: Calenduloside E, myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury, L-type calcium channelscalcium overload, Bcl2-associated athanogene 3 [more]

B Cell Activating Factor (BAFF) Is Required for the Development of Intra-Renal Tertiary Lymphoid Organs in Experimental Kidney Transplantation in Rats

L Steines, H Poth, M Herrmann, A Schuster, B Banas, T Bergler

International Journal of Molecular Sciences (MDPI) Germany, 28 October 2020

Nephrology

Key words: tertiary lymphoid organs, kidney transplantation, B cells, BAFF [more]

Proteomics of regenerated tissue in response to a titanium implant with a bioactive surface in a rat tibial defect model

RM Boteanu, VI Suica, L Ivan, F Safciuc, E Uyy, E Dragan, SM Croitoru, V Grumezescu, M Chiritoiu, LE Sima, C Vlagioiu, G Socol, F Antohe

Scientific reports (Nature) Romania, 28 October 2020

Osteology

Key words: Bioinformatics, Biological models, Fracture repair, Immunological techniques, Mass spectrometry, Microscopy, Proteomic analysis [more]

Characterization of Negative Allosteric Modulators of the Calcium-Sensing Receptor for Repurposing as a Treatment of Asthma

Polina L. Yarova, Ping Huang, Martin W. Schepelmann, Richard Bruce, Rupert Ecker, Robert Nica, Vsevolod Telezhkin, Daniela Traini, Larissa Gomes dos Reis, Emma J. Kidd, William R. Ford, Kenneth J. Broadley, Benson M. Kariuki, Christopher J. Corrigan, Jeremy P.T. Ward, Paul J. Kemp and Daniela Riccardi

The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) UK, Austria, Australia, 28 October 2020

Pharmacology

[more]

Striosomes Mediate Value-Based Learning Vulnerable in Age and a Huntington's Disease Model

A Friedman, E Hueske, SM Drammis, SET Arana, ED Nelson, CW Carter, S Delcasso, RX Rodriguez, H Lutwak, KS DiMarco, Q Zhang, LI Rakocevic, D Hu, JK Xiong, J Zhao, LG Gibb, T Yoshida, CA Siciliano, TJ Diefenbach, C Ramakrishnan, K Deisseroth, AM Graybiel

Cell (Cell Press) USA, 27 October 2020

Neuroscience

Key words: corticostriatal, approach-avoidance, cost-benefit, decision-making, utility, subjective value, motivation, parvalbumin interneurons, VGluT1, excitation-inhibition balance [more]

The Immune Phenotype of Isolated Lymphoid Structures in Non-Tumorous Colon Mucosa Encrypts the Information on Pathobiology of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

F Mungenast, A Meshcheryakova, A Beer, M Salzmann, D Tamandl, T Gruenberger, P Pietschmann, O Koperek, P Birner, I Kirsch, H Robins, M Mittlboeck, M Jaritz, M Bergmann, P Zimmermann, D Mechtcheriakova

Cancers (MDPI) Austria, Switzerland, 25 October 2020

Oncology

Key words: lymphoid structures,  colonic mucosa,  metastatic colorectal cancer,  immuno-oncology,  B lymphocytes,  germinal center,  tissue image cytometry,  B-cell clonality,  compendium-wide analysis,  patient stratification strategy [more]

Cross‐section modified and highly elastic sutures reduce tissue incision and show comparable biocompatibility: in‐vitro and in‐vivo evaluation of novel thermoplastic urethane surgical threads

M Helmedag, D Heise, R Eickhoff, KM Kossel, T Gries, S Jockenhoevel, UP Neumann, CD Klink, A Lambertz

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B (Wiley) Germany, 24 October 2020

Tissue Engineering

Key words: animal trials, biocompatibility, elastic sutures, surface modified surgical threads, thermoplastic polyurethane, tissue incision [more]

Direct signaling of TL1A-DR3 on fibroblasts induces intestinal fibrosis in vivo

Noam Jacob, Kotaro Kumagai, Jay P. Abraham, Yosuke Shimodaira, Yuefang Ye, Justin Luu, Anna Y. Blackwood, Sofi L. Castanon, Dalton T. Stamps, Lisa S. Thomas, Rivkah Gonsky, David Q. Shih, Kathrin S. Michelsen & Stephan R. Targan

Scientific reports (Nature) USA, 23 October 2020

Immunology, Gastroenterology

Key words: Cytokines, Gastroenterology, Immunology, Inflammation, Inflammatory bowel disease [more]

Impaired autophagy increases susceptibility to endotoxin-induced chronic pancreatitis

L Xia, Z Xu, X Zhou, F Bergmann, N Grabe, MW Büchler, JP Neoptolemos, T Hackert, G Kroemer, F Fortunato

Cell death & Disease (Nature) Germany, 21 October 2020

Gastroenterology

Key words: Acute pancreatitis, Chronic pancreatitis [more]

Increased Radiation-Associated T-Cell Infiltration in Recurrent IDH-Mutant Glioma

A Makarevic, C Rapp, S Dettling, D Reuss, C Jungk, A Abdollahi, A van Deimling, A Unterberg, C Herold-Mende, R Warta

International Journal of Molecular Sciences (MDPI) Germany, 21 October 2020

Neuroscience

Key words: lower-grade glioma, T-cell infiltration, TissueFAXS, primary tumors, recurrent tumors, radiotherapy [more]

Tissue remodeling macrophages morphologically dominate at the interface of polypropylene surgical meshes in the human abdomen

A Dievernich, P Achenbach, L Davies, U Klinge

Hernia (Springer) Germany, UK, 18 October 2020

Tissue Engineering

Key words: Foreign body reaction, Macrophage, Collagen, Mesh, Fluorescence microscopy [more]

CDK5 Inhibition Abrogates TNBC Stem‐Cell Property and Enhances Anti‐PD‐1 Therapy

Yuncheng Bei, Nan Cheng, Ting Chen, Yuxin Shu, Ye Yang, Nanfei Yang, Xinyu Zhou, Baorui Liu, Jia Wie, Qin Liu, Wei Zheng, Wenlong Zhang, Huifang Su, Wei‐Guo Zhu, Jianguo Ji, Pingping Shen

Advanced Science (Wiley) China, 15 October 2020

Oncology

Key words: cancer stem cells, CD44 variants, CDK5, immune checkpoint blockade, PPARγ phosphorylation, triple‐negative breast cancer, tumor microenvironment [more]

Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitor treatment as a novel therapy attenuating renal ischemia-reperfusion injury

HR Jang, K Lee, J Jeon, JR Kim, JE Lee, GY Kwon, YG Kim, DJ Kim, JW Ko, W Huh

Frontiers in Immunology (Frontiers Media S.A.) South Korea, Italy, France, 14 October 2020

Immunology

Key words: Acute kidney injury, Ischemia-reperfusion injury, poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor, parthanatos, inflammation, translational immunology [more]

Two Polyurethane Adhesives for PVDF Fixation Show Superior Biocompatibility in a Rat Model

D Heise, Y Mirlas, M Helmedag, R Eickhoff, A Kroh, A Lambertz, CD Klink, UP Neumann, U Klinge, R Tolba

Journal of Investigative Surgery (Taylor & Francis) Germany, The Netherlands, 14 October 2020

Tissue Engineering

Key words: Mesh fixation, polyurethane adhesive, incisional hernia [more]

FATS regulates polyamine biosynthesis by promoting ODC degradation in an ERβ-dependent manner in non-small-cell lung cancer

L Qiu, L Hu, H Wang, J Li, X Ruan, B Sun, J Zhi, X Zheng, L Gu, M Gao, P Kong, J Zhang

Cell death & Disease (Nature) China, 09 October 2020

Oncology

Key words: Apoptosis, Macroautophagy [more]