Background and objectives: Beneficial mutations that arise in an evolving asexual population may compete or interact in ways that alter the overall rate of adaptation through mechanisms such as clonal or functional interference. The application of multiple selective pressures simultaneously may allow for a greater number of adaptive mutations, increasing the opportunities for competition between selectively advantageous alterations, and thereby reducing the rate of adaptation. Methodology: We evolved a strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae that could...

Samoyeds and Australian Terriers are the 2 dog breeds at highest risk (>10-fold) for diabetes mellitus in the United States. It is unknown if the insulin (INS) gene is involved in the pathophysiology of diabetes in Samoyeds and Australian Terriers. It was hypothesized that the INS gene region provides a common genetic causality for diabetes in Samoyeds and Australian Terriers. We conducted a 2-stage genetic association study involving both breeds. In the discovery stage (Stage...

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Glaucoma is the leading cause of blindness worldwide with complex pathogenesis. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) play critical roles in various diseases, including glaucoma. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of circ_0047835 and underlying mechanisms in the development of fibrosis after glaucoma filtration surgery. Human Tenon’s capsule fibroblasts (HTFs) were stimulated using transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) to mimic a cellular model of glaucoma in vitro. Cell proliferation was evaluated by Cell Counting Kit-8...

Changes in gene expression during tumorigenesis are often considered the consequence of de novo mutations occurring in the tumor. An alternative possibility is that the transcriptional response of oncogenic transcription factors evolves during tumorigenesis. Here, we show that aberrant E2f activity, following inactivation of the Rb gene family in a mouse model of liver cancer, initially activates a robust gene expression program associated with the cell cycle. Slowly accumulating E2f1 progressively recruits a Pontin/Reptin complex...

The interferon-inducible myxovirus resistance B (MxB) protein has been reported to inhibit HIV-1 and herpesviruses by blocking the nuclear import of viral DNA. Here, we report a new antiviral mechanism in which MxB restricts the nuclear import of HIV-1 regulatory protein Rev, and as a result, diminishes Rev-dependent expression of HIV-1 Gag protein. Specifically, MxB disrupts the interaction of Rev with the nuclear transport receptor, transportin 1 (TNPO1). Supporting this, the TNPO1-independent Rev variants become...

Objective: To determine whether lower socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with worse one-year neurological outcomes and reduced access to rehabilitation services in children with arterial ischemic stroke (AIS). Methods: From 2010-2014, Vascular Effects of Infection in Pediatric Stroke observational study prospectively enrolled and confirmed 355 children (29 days -18 years) with AIS at 37 international centers. SES markers measured via parental interview included annual household income (US dollars (USD)) at time of enrollment, maternal education...

Objective: Nemaline myopathy (NM) is a rare neuromuscular condition with clinical and genetic heterogeneity. To establish disease natural history, we performed a cross-sectional study of NM, complemented by longitudinal assessment and exploration of pilot outcome measures. Methods: Fifty-seven individuals with NM were recruited at two family workshops, including 16 examined at both time points. Subjects were evaluated by clinical history and physical examination. Functional outcome measures included the Motor Function Measure (MFM), pulmonary function tests...

Objective: The aim of this study was to expand the spectrum of epilepsy syndromes related to STX1B, encoding the presynaptic protein syntaxin-1B, and establish genotype-phenotype correlations by identifying further disease-related variants. Methods: We used next generation sequencing in the framework of research projects and diagnostic testing. Clinical data and EEGs were reviewed, including already published cases. To estimate the pathogenicity of the variants, we used established and newly developed in silico prediction tools. Results: We...

Phloroglucinol is commonly used to alleviate dysmenorrhoea and stomach cramps. However, there is little evidence of phloroglucinol in the mechanism of primary dysmenorrhoea (PD) development. In this study, a PD rat model was established. The effects of phloroglucinol on the contraction of rat gastric circular muscle and uterine smooth muscle induced by oxytocin (OT) were investigated. The writhing response, and levels of oestradiol (E2), prostaglandin e2 (PGE2), and prostaglandin f2α (PGF2α) were determined. The protein...

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Additional file 1: Includes 11 tables for training and testing data sets used in the study. The names of the tables are: Table S1. Training variants for MetaRNN; Table S2. Training variants for MetaRNN-indel; Table S3. Summary statistics for test datasets used to evaluate MetaRNN; Table S4. RNTS validation data set for MetaRNN model evaluation; Table S5. RCTS validation data set for MetaRNN model evaluation; Table S6. AF-RNTS validation data set for MetaRNN model evaluation;...

Additional file 1: Includes 11 tables for training and testing data sets used in the study. The names of the tables are: Table S1. Training variants for MetaRNN; Table S2. Training variants for MetaRNN-indel; Table S3. Summary statistics for test datasets used to evaluate MetaRNN; Table S4. RNTS validation data set for MetaRNN model evaluation; Table S5. RCTS validation data set for MetaRNN model evaluation; Table S6. AF-RNTS validation data set for MetaRNN model evaluation;...

Glaucoma is the leading cause of blindness worldwide with complex pathogenesis. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) play critical roles in various diseases, including glaucoma. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of circ_0047835 and underlying mechanisms in the development of fibrosis after glaucoma filtration surgery. Human Tenon’s capsule fibroblasts (HTFs) were stimulated using transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) to mimic a cellular model of glaucoma in vitro. Cell proliferation was evaluated by Cell Counting Kit-8...

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Microprinting is changing anti-counterfeit technology by producing complex micro-/nano-scale labels to increase the security level. However, the current microprinted anti-counterfeiting labels only contain 2D features, thought of as single coding (e.g. mostly in texts or graphs), unable to satisfy the high-end anti-counterfeiting demands of producing multi-coding, high-storage-density labels. Here, we introduce an approach for fluorescence printing to produce a 3D colourful, sophisticated anti-counterfeiting label. In the method, pre-synthetic QDs are printed with photoresists based on...

Cardiac remodeling is the primary pathological feature of chronic heart failure. Prompt inhibition of remodeling in acute coronary syndrome has been a standard procedure, but the morbidity and mortality are still high. Exploring the characteristics of ischemia in much earlier stages and identifying its biomarkers are essential for introducing novel mechanisms and therapeutic strategies. Metabolic and structural remodeling of mitochondrion is identified to play key roles in ischemic heart disease. The mitochondrial metabolic features in...

Abstract Differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into functional parathyroid-like cells would accelerate development of important therapeutic options for subjects with parathyroid-related disorders, from the design and screening of novel pharmaceutical agents to the development of durable cellular therapies. We have established a highly reproducible directed differentiation approach leading to parathyroid hormone (PTH) expressing cells from human embryonic stem cells (hESC) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC). We accomplished this through the comparison of multiple different...

Drug-resistant pathogenic Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) has severely threatened human health and arouses widespread concern. Sortase A (SrtA) is an essential virulence factor of S. aureus, which is responsible for the covalent anchoring of a variety of virulence-related proteins to the cell wall. SrtA has always been regarded as an ideal pharmacological target against S. aureus infections. In this research, we have determined that orientin, a natural compound isolated from various medicinal plants, can effectively...

The origin and formation of the continental collision-related magmas remain elusive. The volcanic rocks erupted during India-Asia continental collision offer an ideal opportunity to explore their genesis and geodynamic process. Here, we report new zircon U-Pb dating results and Hf isotope, whole-rock element and Sr-Nd isotope data of volcanic rocks in Linzhou Basin, central Lhasa Terrane, southern Tibet. These volcanic rocks are mainly comprised of andesites and belong to Dianzhong Formation. The timing of their...

The multi-feature deep learning (MDL) model is used to detect the co-seismic landslides in Hokkaido, Japan and Mainling, China, and obtain accurate co-seismic landslide data sets, which also proves the feasibility of the MDL model.

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