Activation of lysophagy by a TBK1-SCFFBXO3-TMEM192-TAX1BP1 axis in response to lysosomal damage by Na Yeon Park, Doo Sin Jo, Jae-Yoon Yang, Ji-Eun Bae, Joon Bum Kim, Yong Hwan Kim, Seong Hyun Kim, Pansoo Kim, Dong-Seok Lee, Tamotsu Yoshimori, Eun-Kyeong Jo, Eunbyul Yeom, Dong-Hyung Cho

“…Knockout of FBXO3 significantly impairs lysophagy, and its reconstitution with a loss-of-function mutant (V221I) further confirms its essential role in lysophagy regulation. …”
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Decarboxylase mediated oxalic acid metabolism is important to antioxidation and detoxification rather than pathogenicity in Magnaporthe oryzae by Chang Liu, Yi Wei, Yuejia Dang, Wajjiha Batool, Xiaoning Fan, Yan Hu, Zhengquan He, Shihong Zhang

“…Loss of Mooxdc does not affect mycelial growth, conidiophore development, or appressorium formation in M. oryzae; however, the antioxidant and pathogenic abilities of the mutant were enhanced. This is owing to Mooxdc deletion upregulated a series of OA metabolic genes, including the oxalate oxidase gene (Mooxo) and Moalo1, as well as both OA transporter genes. …”
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Anti-obesity effects of Erythrina abyssinica stem bark extract in flies exposed to a high fat diet by Oscar Hilary, Asiimwe, Eddie, Wampande, John, Rubaihayo, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Hellen, Wambui Kinyi

“…Methods: Obesity was induced by exposing D. melanogaster white mutant w 1118 to coconut food for two weeks. Groups 1–3 were fed on coconut food þ fenofibrate at 25 mM, 50 mM, and 75 mM. …”
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5-Lipoxygenase-Dependent Recruitment of Neutrophils and Macrophages by Eotaxin-Stimulated Murine Eosinophils by Ricardo Alves Luz, Pedro Xavier-Elsas, Bianca de Luca, Daniela Masid-de-Brito, Priscila Soares Cauduro, Luiz Carlos Gondar Arcanjo, Ana Carolina Cordeiro Faria dos Santos, Ivi Cristina Maria de Oliveira, Maria Ignez Capella Gaspar-Elsas

“…BALB/c or PAS mice and their mutants (5-LO-deficient ALOX; eosinophil-deficient GATA-1) were injected i.p. with eotaxin, eosinophils, or both, and leukocyte accumulation was quantified up to 24 h. …”
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RAS, a Pentatricopeptide Repeat Protein, Interacts with OsTRX z to Regulate Chloroplast Gene Transcription and RNA Processing by Zhennan Qiu, Shiyong Wen, Peinan Sun, Dongdong Chen, Chunmiao Wang, Xiliang Song, Liying Xiao, Peiliang Zhang, Dongying Zhao, Cuiping Wen, Peiyan Guan, Xuechu Du, Yinghui Sun, Chenshan Xu, Jian Song

“…CRISPR/Cas9-generated <i>ras</i> mutants exhibited an albino seedling-lethal phenotype characterized by abnormal chloroplast structures and a significantly reduced chlorophyll content. …”
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VEGFR3 mitigates hypertensive nephropathy by enhancing mitophagy via regulating crotonylation of HSPA1L by Qiuwen Wu, Jiaxin Fu, Bin Zhu, Wei Meng, Jingyi Ma, Ying Lv, Wenqi Zhao, Fan Wang, Jingjin Liu, Yongshun Wang, Cong Peng, Shuo Zhang

“…Finally, the protective effect of VEGFR3 on mitophagy and oxidative stress were attenuated by transfection K130 (HSPA1L-K130R) mutant plasmid in vivo and in vitro. These findings indicated that VEGFR3 alleviated oxidative stress by promoting PARKIN-dependent mitophagy pathway via regulating HSPA1L crotonylation at K130 site in Ang II-induced PTCs, which provided a mechanistic basis for the therapeutic target in hypertensive renal injury.…”
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Cancer-associated fibroblasts induce almonertinib resistance in non-small cell lung cancer by Guohao Wei, Yu Nie, Min Sun, Wenzheng Zhou, Huihui Zhao, Fangfang Chen, Chuandong Zhu

“…Results Our findings revealed that almonertinib significantly suppressed the invasion, migration, and proliferation of EGFR T790M-mutant NSCLC cells. TGF-β1 successfully induced the differentiation of CAFs and upregulated the expression of CAF markers, including α-SMA and fibroblast activation protein (FAP). …”
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CD36 inhibition enhances the anti-proliferative effects of PI3K inhibitors in PTEN-loss anti-HER2 resistant breast cancer cells by You-Yu Liu, Wei-Lun Huang, Sin-Tian Wang, Hui-Ping Hsu, Tzu-Ching Kao, Wei-Pang Chung, Kung-Chia Young

“…Previously, alpha isoform-specific PI3K inhibitors were shown to potentiate HER2-targeted therapy in breast cancer cells carrying PI3K pathway alterations with less potent effects on PTEN-loss than PIK3CA-mutant cells. Therefore, seeking for alternative combination therapy needs urgent attentions in PTEN-loss anti-HER2 resistant breast cancer. …”
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Genetic variations and clinical significance in young-onset nasopharyngeal cancer: Analysis of EBV interaction with cellular receptor variants and viral glycoproteins by Sulistyo Emantoko Dwi Putra, Farizky Martriano Humardani, Hikmawan Wahyu Sulistomo, Yulanda Antonius, Jonathan Jonathan, Riyan Charlie Milyantono, Artika Uthary, Risma Ikawaty

“…RT-qPCR validation of EBV showed lower levels in subject one (mutant-NRP1) compared to subject two (wild-type-NRP1). …”
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USP14 is crucial for proteostasis regulation and α-synuclein degradation in human SH-SY5Y dopaminergic cells by Vignesh Srinivasan, Rabah Soliymani, Larisa Ivanova, Ove Eriksson, Nina Peitsaro, Maciej Lalowski, Mati Karelson, Dan Lindholm

“…Re-expression of wild-type and phospho-mimetic S143D-USP14 mutant lowered ROS and α-syn levels in USP14 lacking cells. …”
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Cardiovascular Development and the Colonizing Cardiac Neural Crest Lineage by Paige Snider, Michael Olaopa, Anthony B. Firulli, Simon J. Conway

“…Several groups have used the genetically defined Pax3 (splotch) mutant mice model to address the role of the cardiac neural crest lineage. …”
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The male germ unit association is independently regulated of GUM in Arabidopsis thaliana by Abdur Rauf, Anbang Wang, Yujia Li, Zhihao Lian, Shouxing Wei, Kashmala Jabbar, Muhammad Wisal, Ikramullah Khan, Muhammad Khalid, Jingyang Li

“…Similarly, for several independent classes of bicellular pollen mutants, undivided GCs were associated with the VC nucleus like GCs in wild‐type pollen. …”
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Borrelia burgdorferi tolerates alteration to P66 porin function in a murine infectivity model by Christa H. Fierros, Marie-Line Faucillion, Beth L. Hahn, Phillip Anderson, Mari Bonde, Julie R. Kessler, Matthew C. Surdel, Kyler S. Crawford, Yan Gao, Jieqing Zhu, Jieqing Zhu, Sven Bergström, Jenifer Coburn, Jenifer Coburn

“…The third mutant exhibited highly attenuated infectivity and produced low levels of P66 protein. …”
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Effects of RARα ligand binding domain mutations on breast fibroepithelial tumor function and signaling by Xi Xiao Huang, Ley Moy Ng, Po-Hsien Lee, Peiyong Guan, Mun Juinn Chow, Aisyah Binte Mohamed Bashir, Meina Lau, Kenric Yi Shu Tan, Zhimei Li, Jason Yongsheng Chan, Jing Han Hong, Sheng Rong Ng, Tun Kiat Ko, Hong Lee Heng, Hsiang Ling Teo, Daniela Rhodes, Patrick Tan, Puay Hoon Tan, Donald P. McDonnell, Bin Tean Teh

“…Although the mutations impair RARα’s response to retinoic acid, some mutants could be partially reactivated with synthetic agonists. …”
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Thyroid hormone receptor- and stage-dependent transcriptome changes affect the initial period of Xenopus tropicalis tail regeneration by Shouhong Wang, Liezhen Fu, Bin Wang, Yanmei Cai, Jianping Jiang, Yun-Bo Shi

“…Here we have taken advantage of mutant tadpoles lacking both TRα and TRβ (TRDKO), the only receptor genes in vertebrates, for RNA-seq analyses to investigate the transcriptome changes underlying the initiation of tail regeneration, i.e., wound healing and blastema formation, because this crucial initial step determines the extent of the functional regeneration in the later phase of tissue regrowth. …”
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Development of SacB-based counterselection for efficient allelic exchange in Fusobacterium nucleatum by Peng Zhou, Bibek G C, Bo Hu, Chenggang Wu

“…Our application of the sacB-based methodology successfully yielded a tonB in-frame deletion mutant and a luciferase gene knock-in at the precise chromosomal location in the wild-type background. …”
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<i>Botrytis cinerea</i> PMT4 Is Involved in <i>O</i>-Glycosylation, Cell Wall Organization, Membrane Integrity, and Virulence by Verónica Plaza, Alice Pasten, Luz A. López-Ramírez, Héctor M. Mora-Montes, Julia Rubio-Astudillo, Evelyn Silva-Moreno, Luis Castillo

“…Expression of <i>bcpmt4</i> in <i>S. cerevisiae</i> Δ<i>Scpmt4</i> or Δ<i>Scpmt3</i> null mutants restored glycan levels like those observed in the parental strain. …”
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The Relationship Between LRP-5 and LRP-6 Gene Mutations and Postmenopausal Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity by Jun Li, Ya Li, Yunqiu Lu, Siyuan Li, Yecheng Zhu, Chuanbing Sun, Partab Rai, Xuehai Jia

“…OB was identified as a risk factor for T2DM in individuals with the wild-type at locus rs1181334, and the interaction between wild-type and mutant was significant ( P  < .05). 3. Multifactorial logistic regression analysis revealed that BMD (OR 3.755; 95% CI, 1.215-11.608) and triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index (OR 2.855; 95% CI, 1.361-5.986) were risk factors for T2DM in postmenopausal women, whereas alkaline phosphatase (ALP; OR 0.970; 95% CI, 0.945-0.995) and rs4988331 mutation (OR 0.018; 95% CI, 0.006-0.060) were protective factors. …”
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Non3 is an essential Drosophila gene required for proper nucleolus assembly by E. N. Andreyeva, A. A. Ogienko, A. A. Yushkova, J. V. Popova, G. A. Pavlova, E. N. Kozhevnikova, A. V. Ivankin, M. Gatti, A. V. Pindyurin

“…We used imprecise P-element excision to generate four new mutant alleles in the Non3 gene. Complementation and phenotypic analyses showed that these Non3 mutations can be arranged in an allelic series that includes both viable and lethal alleles. …”
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The Polymorphism of Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Gene in Culex Mosquitoes in Banyuwangi District, Indonesia by Yasmin Azzahra Arifin, Hanifah Dzakiyah, Catherine Canina Charunita, Sakura Alya Ashari, Winna Putri Veliarta, Muhammad Akbar Panjinegara, Francesca Giovanetti, Carlo Montagna, Wojciech Jankowski, Muhammad Fathoni, Binarri Augustya, Lynda Rossyanti, Suhintam Pusarawati, Sukmawati Basuki

“…The predominance of wild type Culex mosquitoes indicated that Culex population in the study areas is still susceptible to pyrethroid insecticide. However, the mutant types of Culex are already occurred, so insecticide resistance among Culex mosquitoes is required to be regular monitoring.…”
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