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... The improvement of disease resistance is vital in aquaculture as diseases are one of the serious threats to successful aquaculture. Understanding of molecular mechanisms underlying disease resistance is important in improving resistance against diseases. The pIgR (polymeric immunoglobulin receptor) gene plays an important role in the mucosal immunity of fish. However, not much is known about its r ...
... Nucleic acid hybridization is occurred between the selective single-stranded nucleic acid sequence and its target sequence, which is one of the essential procedure for electrochemical detection of nucleic acid. microRNA-21 (miRNA-21) is known as a biomarker in various cancers. The determination of miRNA-21 was attained through by hybridization of inosine substituted miRNA-21 specific DNA probe (Pᵢ ...
... Fish cell lines are important tools in many biological studies. Here, we established a new Japanese flounder brain (JFB) cell line from the brain tissue of the Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus), which was successfully sub-cultured for over 120 passages, and consisted predominantly of fibroblast-like cells. Sequencing of the actin gene confirmed that JFB cells were derived from the Japanes ...
... A new cell line (ECGI-21) was developed from the intestine of grouper (Epinephelus coioides). The cell line was routinely grown in Leibovitz's L-15 medium supplemented with 15% fetal bovine serum (FBS) at 28 °C. ECGI-21 cells had an epithelioid morphology. At present, the cell line has been stably passed over 80 generations and has been successfully cryopreserved. The origin of grouper was confirm ...
... The biological effects of the pesticide and mitochondrial complex I inhibitor tebufenpyrad (TEBU) on liver cells were investigated by combining proteomics and metabolomics. Both cell culture media and cellular lysates were analyzed in dose-response and kinetic experiments on the HepaRG cell line. Responses were compared with those obtained on primary human and rat hepatocytes. A multitude of phase ...
... The strong effect of protein digestion products on gastrointestinal-released hormones is recognised. However, little is known about the specific peptide sequences able to induce gastrointestinal hormone secretion and the receptors involved. Our objective was to identify peptides able to induce the secretion of cholecystokinin (CCK) and glucagon like peptide-1 (GLP-1) in the enteroendocrine cell li ...
... Nigella sativa L. seeds (NS) are known as one of the most traditional immunomodulatory and nutritive food additives. NS can, furthermore, be roasted to give curries, breads, and other dishes a smoky, nutty flavor. This study evaluated the effect of roasting NS on the metabolic profile and immunomodulatory activity. Non-targeted metabolomics analysis was conducted using several analytical platforms ...
... Aromatic amines (AA) are one of the most commonly used classes of compounds in industry and the most common pollutants found in both soil and water. 3,4-Dichloaniline (3,4-DCA) is a persistent residue of the phenylurea herbicide in the environment. In this study, we used a colorimetric method as a new approach to screen 12 filamentous fungal strains of the genera Aspergillus, Chaetomium, Cladospor ...
... 2‐Monoacylglycerol (2‐MAG) is one of the digestion products of dietary lipids. We recently demonstrated that a 2‐MAG, 2‐arachidonoyl glycerol (2‐AG) potently stimulated cholecystokinin (CCK) secretion via cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1) in a murine CCK‐producing cell line, STC‐1. CCK plays a crucial role in suppressing postprandial gastric emptying. To examine the effect of 2‐AG on gastric emptying, ...
... Damage to normal tissues caused by excessive ionizing radiation (IR) exposure is the major side effect of radiotherapy. Several recent studies have shown that IR-induced damage to tissues leads to a systemic immune response and NLRP3 inflammasome activation in immune cells. 3,4,5-O-tricaffeoylquinic acid (tCQA), extracted from the natural plant Azolla imbricata, relieves inflammation and has radio ...
... Ionizing radiation (IR) brings many health problems to humans, causing damage to the digestive system, hematopoietic system, and immune system. Natural compounds derived from plants have attracted widespread attention due to their low toxicity. Here, we found that 3,4,5‐O‐tricaffeoylquinic acid (tCQA) extracted from natural plant Azolla imbricata could significantly alleviate the systemic damage i ...
... Enodolichenic fungi (ELF) are considered a promising bio-resource since they produce a variety of novel secondary metabolites with bioactivities. Ultraviolet (UV) radiation in sunlight containing UVA and UVB can cause acute and chronic skin diseases, and the demand for UV protectants in sunscreens has been increasing. Such situations evoke the strong interest of researchers in seeking effective UV ...
... 7-Hydroxycoumarin (7-HC) as a coumarin compound is widely found in Chinese herbs and exhibits diverse biological activities. Promoting cell apoptosis of fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) is a meaningful strategy for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Though the protective effect of 7-HC on RA experimental models has been reported, the specific mechanisms, especially the possible relationships of this eff ...
... Transmission of Chlamydia pecorum infection has generally been assumed to be via the urogenital route and in an attempt to confirm this we investigated an in vitro method of Chlamydia infection using naturally infected koala semen to inoculate a cell line and attempt to estimate C. pecorum infectious load. A total of 57% of 122 koala semen samples had low C. pecorum copy number or no burden, while ...
DNA repair; biogenesis; biomarkers; carcinogenesis; cell lines; cell proliferation; drug therapy; gene expression regulation; humans; lung neoplasms; microRNA; neoplasm cells
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... Increasing evidence suggests different, not completely understood roles of microRNA biogenesis in the development and progression of lung cancer. The overexpression of the DNA repair protein apurinic/apyrimidinic endodeoxyribonuclease 1 (APE1) is an important cause of poor chemotherapeutic response in lung cancer and its involvement in onco-miRNAs biogenesis has been recently described. Whether AP ...
... The survival rate of metastatic castrate resistance prostate cancer (CRPC) patient can be improved by the second-generation anti-androgen drugs such as enzalutamide (enza). But unfortunately, CRPC patients do respond with enza in the beginning and become resistance in due course of time against this drug. Therefore, in the given investigation, enza was delivered to the AR-null cells (PC3 & DU145) ...
... BACKGROUND: Circular RNAs (circRNAs), a novel class of poorly conserved non-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression, are highly enriched in the human brain. Despite increasing discoveries of circRNA function in human neurons, the circRNA landscape and function in developing human oligodendroglia, the myelinating cells that govern neuronal conductance, remains unexplored. Meanwhile, improved expe ...
Fabian Schälter; Michael Frech; Kerstin Dürholz; Sébastien Lucas; Kerstin Sarter; Luc Lebon; Julia Esser-von Bieren; Lalit K. Dubey; David Voehringer; Georg Schett; Nicola L. Harris; Mario M. Zaiss
... Approximately 2 billion people worldwide and a significant part of the domestic livestock are infected with soil-transmitted helminths, of which many establish chronic infections causing substantial economic and welfare burdens. Beside intensive research on helminth-triggered mucosal and systemic immune responses, the local mechanism that enables infective larvae to cross the intestinal epithelial ...
Sayed Mohammad Ebrahim Sahraeian; Li Tai Fang; Konstantinos Karagiannis; Malcolm Moos; Sean Smith; Luis Santana-Quintero; Chunlin Xiao; Michael Colgan; Huixiao Hong; Marghoob Mohiyuddin; Wenming Xiao
... BACKGROUND: Accurate detection of somatic mutations is challenging but critical in understanding cancer formation, progression, and treatment. We recently proposed NeuSomatic, the first deep convolutional neural network-based somatic mutation detection approach, and demonstrated performance advantages on in silico data. RESULTS: In this study, we use the first comprehensive and well-characterized ...
... Aconitine is a plant toxin derived from aconitum genus and well known for its neurological and vascular toxicity. However, the mechanism of toxicity on the growth and apoptosis of the neurological cells has not been well investigated. In this study, we used HT22 cell lines derived from hippocampus to explore the mechanism. We began with examination of the viability and DA (dopamine) contents of ce ...