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migration, invasion and apoptosis of human lung cancer cells In order to investigate the expression of miR-365b-3p in normal cells and lung cancer cells, we used real-time PCR to measure the expression of miR-365b-3p in various cells. Results showed that the expression of miR-365b-3p was significantly lower in lung cancer cells compared with that in normal cells (Figure 1). After transfection, the expression of miR-365b-3p in COLO 668 cell line was successfully upregulated by miR-365b-3p mimic and

In contrast to Sc, Ca, and Mo that share the Pan1-Las17/Bee1 endocytic pathway, Cn appears to adopt a distinct Cin1-Wsp1 endocytic pathway for transport, growth, and virulence [22]. Both Cin1 and Wsp1 display domain structures similar, but not identical, to human ITSN1 and WASp than to Sc/Ca Pan1 and Las17/Bee1 [23, 24]. These findings suggest a unique intracellular transport process occurring in Cn and raise several important questions. As endocytic proteins function by interacting with other partner

Discussion This work provides the first report on genome-wide analysis and characterization of TRX family in cotton genomes. We found that there are 150 genes in Gossypium hirsutum, 92 genes in Gossypium arboreum and 81 genes in Gossypium Ramondii. According to domain number, GhTRX genes divided into five subfamilies (TRX-A, TRX-B, TRX-O, TRX-ERp29 and TRX-TPR_1_2).This result is in agreement with previous study in other species such as rice, Arabidopsis and sorghum(Choi, Jeong, & Kende, 2004). In

Hypercholesterolemia induces the expression of several indicators of osteoblast differentiation and bone formation in the aorta, participating in VC. These characteristic molecules include the osteochondrogenic morphogens, BMP-2 and Wnt3a which are markedly up-regulated by HCD in aorta [13]. All these data support our findings that HCD intake for 12 wk significantly increased the genetic expression of BMP-2 and Wnt3a as well as calcium content in thoracic aorta, OCN level and ALP activity in serum

risk-dependent enhancers, of which we observed three strong associations to oncogenesis below: - We first inquired the TF binding potency, as the binding of sequence-specific TFs to cognate motifs is typically required by enhancers to regulate gene expression (32). 70 human TFs showed significant binding potency (odds>1.5, FDR<0.001, with more than 10% instance proportion), with tumorigenic regulator FoxM1 among the top 5 (Fig 3E). - None housekeeping genes were captured, agreeing with the idea that

Genetic testing has found various genes in which a mutation can occur to cause SCID. These genes include the JAK3, IL7R, ADA, RAG1, RAG2, DCLRE1C, LIG4, and IL2RG genes. (Lebet et al. 2008) The cytogenic locations of these genes in the order that they are presented above are as follows: 19p13.11 (NIH Genetics Home Reference, 2017e), 5p13.2 (NIH Genetics Home Reference, 2017d), 20q13.12 (NIH Genetics Home Reference, 2017a), 11p12 (NIH Genetics Home Reference, 2017g), 11p12 (NIH Genetics Home Reference

Discovered in the early 1990s, ClCs are involved in a many physiological processes including regulating resting membrane potential in skeletal muscle, facilitation of transepithelial chloride reabsorption in kidneys and control of pH and chloride concentration in intracellular compartments through coupled Cl-/H+ exchange mechanisms [1]. The family consists of nine members, with ClC-1 and ClC-2 giving rise to substantial chloride currents, when expressed in Xenopus oocytes or transfected cells [2]

ABSTRACT Set1 functions as part of the multiprotein COMPASS complex that is responsible for the mono-, di-, and tri-methylation of the fourth lysine of histone 3 (H3K4) that regulates gene expression (Malik et al., 2010). COMPASS is mainly associated with the coding sequences of active genes (Shulatifard et al., 2009), therefore, the coding sequences of the actively transcribed genes are tri-methylated at H3K4 (Ng et al., 2003; Lee et al., 2007). In humans, the Mll1 protein has been linked to leukemia

Control of apoptic pathway by the Bcl-2 protein family. The diverse subclasses of the Bcl-2 protein family serve to manage the homeostasis of mitochondrial-mediated cell death through cooperation with each other (Figure 1.A) (1,5). Moreover, the lack of Bcl-2 regulation is involved in many disorders such as autoimmune disorders and many cancers (2). Understanding the biology of Bcl-2 protein family is important in cancer therapy (3, 4). The anti-apoptic Bcl-2 inhibits apoptosis by two main mechanisms

There is so much DNA inside a human body that if it was all lined up, the DNA would stretch from the earth to the sun 100 times. The process of adding or modifying this DNA is know as genetic engineering. Using this technology, we can remove certain traits from an organism and give it more desirable traits. With this power comes great controversy as to whether or not we should use it. Genetic engineering should continue to be used because of the vast benefits from GMOs and the prosperity it