Oxidative stress induced protein aggregation via GGCT produced pyroglutamic acid in drug resistant glioblastoma by Deanna Tiek, Xiao Song, Xiaozhou Yu, Runxin Wu, Rebeca Iglesia, Alicia Catezone, Katy McCortney, Jordain Walshon, Craig Horbinski, Pouya Jamshidi, Rudolph Castellani, Robert Vassar, Jason Miska, Bo Hu, Shi-Yuan Cheng

“…Summary: Drug resistance is a major barrier to cancer therapies and remains poorly understood. Recently, non-mutational mechanisms of drug resistance have been proposed where a more plastic metabolic response can play a major role. …”
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Case report: Multisystemic smooth muscle dysfunction syndrome: a rare genetic cause of infantile interstitial lung disease by Qianying Li, Lidan Cui, Jun Su, Yuelin Shen, Yuelin Shen

“…Multisystemic smooth muscle dysfunction syndrome (MSMDS) is an autosomal dominant disorder caused by mutations in the ACTA2 gene, resulting in variable clinical manifestation and multi-organ dysfunction. …”
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Hydroxychloroquine-induced Sweet’s Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Review by Gustavo Almeida-Silva, Joana Antunes, Inês Tribolet de Abreu, Filipe Monteiro, Pedro Vasconcelos, Luís Soares-Almeida, Paulo Filipe

“…Its pathophysiology is poorly understood but there seems to be an auto-inflammatory component related to mutations in inflammasome genes. It has been subdivided into its classic form, malignancy-associated, and drug-induced, according to its aetiology. …”
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Intratumor heterogeneity in KRAS signaling shapes treatment resistance by Oleksi Petrenko, Varvara Kirillov, Stephen D'Amico, Nancy C. Reich

“…Summary: KRAS mutations are linked to some of the deadliest forms of cancer. …”
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A Brief Review on Medicinal Plants-At-Arms against COVID-19 by Shivani Srivastava, Fangzhou He, Yuanding Huang, Meng Niu, Alok Adholeya, Weng Kung Peng

“…Strenuous efforts have been employed for its control and prevention; however, with recent reports on mutated strains with much higher infectivity, transmissibility, and ability to evade immunity developed from previous SARS-CoV-2 infections, prevention alternatives must be prepared beforehand in case. …”
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VEGF Spliced Variants: Possible Role of Anti-Angiogenesis Therapy by Caroline Hilmi, Mélanie Guyot, Gilles Pagès

“…Among these tumour types, clear cell renal cell carcinomas (RCCs) are the most vascularized tumours due to mutations of the von Hippel Lindau gene resulting in HIF-1 alpha stabilisation and overexpression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF). …”
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The mycobacterial ABC transporter IrtAB employs a membrane-facing crevice for siderophore-mediated iron uptake by Imre Gonda, Simona Sorrentino, Laura Galazzo, Nicolas P. Lichti, Fabian M. Arnold, Ahmad R. Mehdipour, Enrica Bordignon, Markus A. Seeger

“…When IrtAB is locked in its outward-occluded conformation in nanodiscs, mycobactin is bound in the middle of the lipid bilayer at a membrane-facing crevice opening at the heterodimeric interface. Mutations introduced at the crevice abrogate mycobactin import and in corresponding structures, the crevice is collapsed. …”
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Idiopathic Infantile Arterial Calcification: A Possible Cause of Refractory Cardiopulmonary Failure in Infancy by A. Nael, P. J. Siaghani, D. Chen, S. G. Romansky, L. Shane

“…Idiopathic Infantile Arterial Calcification is a rare autosome recessive disease characterized by extensive calcification of medium and large arteries. Loss-of-function mutations in ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase 1 gene have been described in more than 80% of the cases. …”
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Elevated expression of ANTXR1 gene in tumors is a poor prognostic biomarker for patients with bladder cancer by L. S. Franco, S. Arunachalam, A. Chauhan, S. A. Kareff, P. L. Hallenbeck

“…Furthermore, TEM8 plays this unique role as a mostly non-mutated gene in solid cancers. Here, we demonstrate that elevated expression of ANTXR1 in bladder cancer showed a statistical difference not only in overall survival (OS) but in progression-free survival (PFS), confirming the prognostic biomarker power of ANTXR1 expression.…”
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Navigating from cellular phenotypic screen to clinical candidate: selective targeting of the NLRP3 inflammasome by Rosalie Matico, Karolien Grauwen, Dhruv Chauhan, Xiaodi Yu, Irini Abdiaj, Suraj Adhikary, Ine Adriaensen, Garcia Molina Aranzazu, Jesus Alcázar, Michela Bassi, Ellen Brisse, Santiago Cañellas, Shubhra Chaudhuri, Francisca Delgado, Alejandro Diéguez-Vázquez, Marc Du Jardin, Victoria Eastham, Michael Finley, Tom Jacobs, Ken Keustermans, Robert Kuhn, Josep Llaveria, Jos Leenaerts, Maria Lourdes Linares, Maria Luz Martín, Rosa Martín-Pérez, Carlos Martínez, Robyn Miller, Frances M Muñoz, Michael E Muratore, Amber Nooyens, Laura Perez-Benito, Mathieu Perrier, Beth Pietrak, Jef Serré, Sujata Sharma, Marijke Somers, Javier Suarez, Gary Tresadern, Andres A Trabanco, Dries Van den Bulck, Michiel Van Gool, Filip Van Hauwermeiren, Teena Varghese, Juan Antonio Vega, Sameh A Youssef, Matthew J Edwards, Daniel Oehlrich, Nina Van Opdenbosch

“…Patients with NLRP3 mutations suffer from Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndrome (CAPS) emphasizing the clinical significance of modulating NLRP3. …”
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Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes mediate complete and durable remission in a patient with NY-ESO-1 expressing prostate cancer by Elke Jäger, Julia Karbach, Claudia Wahle, Dragan Kiselicki, Kathrin Brand, Evgueni Sinelnikov, Dirk Gustavus, Hans Hoffmeister, Hans-Bernd Prisack, Akin Atmaca

“…TILs were reactive against cancer-testis antigen NY-ESO-1, individual tumor mutational proteins (eg, PRPF8, TRPS1), and the androgen receptor splice variant 12.…”
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Antibiotic, Pesticide, and Microbial Contaminants of Honey: Human Health Hazards by Noori Al-Waili, Khelod Salom, Ahmed Al-Ghamdi, Mohammad Javed Ansari

“…Pesticide residues cause genetic mutations and cellular degradation and presence of antibiotics might increase resistant human or animal's pathogens. …”
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Systematic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 reveals dynamics of variant mutagenesis and transmission in a large urban population by Marie-Ming Aynaud, Lauren Caldwell, Khalid N. Al-Zahrani, Seda Barutcu, Kin Chan, Andreea Obersterescu, Abiodun A. Ogunjimi, Min Jin, Kathleen-Rose Zakoor, Shyam Patel, Ron Padilla, Mark C. C. Jen, Princess Mae Veniegas, Nursrin Dewsi, Filiam Yonathan, Lucy Zhang, Amelia Ayson-Fortunato, Analiza Aquino, Paul Krzyzanowski, Jared Simpson, John Bartlett, Ilinca Lungu, Bradly G. Wouters, James M. Rini, Michael Gekas, Susan Poutanen, Laurence Pelletier, Tony Mazzulli, Jeffrey L. Wrana

“…Systematic screening of functionally relevant domains in pathogens could thus provide a powerful tool for monitoring spread and mutational trajectories, particularly those with zoonotic potential.…”
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Genetic, Functional, and Immunological Study of ZnT8 in Diabetes by Qiong Huang, Jie Du, Chengfeng Merriman, Zhicheng Gong

“…A common ZnT8 gene (SLC30A8) polymorphism increases the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and rare mutations may present protective effects. In type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), autoantibodies show specificity for binding two variants of ZnT8 (R or W at amino acid 325) dictated by a polymorphism in SLC30A8. …”
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Optimal control of chikungunya disease: Larvae reduction, treatment and prevention by Djamila Moulay, M. A. Aziz-Alaoui, Hee-Dae Kwon

“…The nature of these arboviruses is complex since it conjugates human, environmental, biological and geographical factors.Recent researchs have suggested, in particular during the Réunion Island epidemic in 2006, that the transmission by Aedes albopictus (an Aedes genus specie) has been facilitated by genetic mutations of the virus and the vector capacity to adapt to non tropical regions.In this paper we formulate an optimal control problem, based on biological observations. …”
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Advances in Immunotherapy and Targeted Therapy of Malignant Melanoma by Xue Wang, Shanshan Ma, Shuting Zhu, Liucun Zhu, Wenna Guo

“…Malignant melanoma (MM) is a malignant tumor, resulting from mutations in melanocytes of the skin and mucous membranes. …”
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Identification of selective SWI/SNF dependencies in enzalutamide-resistant prostate cancer by Bengul Gokbayrak, Umut Berkay Altintas, Shreyas Lingadahalli, Tunc Morova, Chia-Chi Flora Huang, Betul Ersoy Fazlioglu, Ivan Pak Lok Yu, Batuhan M. Kalkan, Paloma Cejas, Sonia H. Y. Kung, Ladan Fazli, Akane Kawamura, Henry W. Long, Ceyda Acilan, Tamer T. Onder, Tugba Bagci-Onder, James T. Lynch, Nathan A. Lack

“…Given that many enzalutamide-resistant tumors lack specific somatic mutations, there is strong evidence that epigenetic factors can cause enzalutamide resistance. …”
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Models for the marrow: A comprehensive review of AI‐based cell classification methods and malignancy detection in bone marrow aspirate smears by Tabita Ghete, Farina Kock, Martina Pontones, David Pfrang, Max Westphal, Henning Höfener, Markus Metzler

“…Moreover, AI is capable of identifying genetic mutations phenotypically. This pipeline has the potential to offer an accurate and rapid preliminary analysis of the bone marrow in the clinical routine. …”
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Characterization of a pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma cell line by Sandra Stickler, Clemens Lang, Maximilian Rieche, Marie-Therese Eggerstorfer, Martin Hohenegger, Maximilian Hochmair, Gerhard Hamilton

“…Results of the novel functional BH1522 tests corroborate published tumor sequencing data that demonstrated alterations in receptor tyrosine kinase/MAPK, PI3K/AKT and mutated p53 as suspected drivers of malignant growth.…”
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Discontiguous recurrences of IDH-wildtype glioblastoma share a common origin with the initial tumor and are frequently hypermutated by Malcolm F. McDonald, Sricharan Gopakumar, Tareq A. Juratli, Ilker Y. Eyüpoglu, Ganesh Rao, Jacob J. Mandel, Ali Jalali

“…Exome analysis revealed shared driver and passenger mutations between discontiguous recurrences and initial tumors, supporting a common origin. …”
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