Academic Articles & Research Papers

Specificity Protein 1: A Protein With a Two-Sided Role in Ischemic Stroke

Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. However, there is a lack of effective medications to speed up the recovery process. Ischemic stroke, as the result of cerebral infarction or cerebral artery narrowing, i...

Fipronil disturbs the antigen-specific immune responses and GABAergic gene expression in the ovalbumin-immunized BALB/c mice

Abstract Background Fipronil (FPN) is a broad-spectrum pesticide and commonly known as low toxicity to vertebrates. However, increasing evidence suggests that exposure to FPN might induce unexpected adverse effects in the liver, reproductiv...

Integrated methylome and transcriptome analysis provides insight into DNA methylation-mediated networks in sexual dimorphism of Vernicia montana

Abstract Background Sexual dimorphism is fundamental to reproduction in dioecious plants and is regulated by both genetic and epigenetic mechanisms. DNA methylation is a central epigenetic mark known to influence phenotypic variation in pla...

Lymphoid Enhancer Factor 1 Contributes to Hepatocellular Carcinoma Progression Through Transcriptional Regulation of Epithelial‐Mesenchymal Transition Regulators and Stemness Genes

Lymphoid enhancer factor 1 (LEF1) activity is associated with progression of several types of cancers. The role of LEF1 in progression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains poorly known. We investigated LEF1 expression in HCC and its in...

Miconazole Contributes to NRF2 Activation by Noncanonical P62-KEAP1 Pathway in Bladder Cancer Cells

Te-Fu Tsai,1,2 Po-Chun Chen,3,4 Yi-Chia Lin,1,2 Kuang-Yu Chou,1,2 Hung-En Chen,1 Chao-Yen Ho,1,5 Ji-Fan Lin,3 Thomas I-Sheng Hwang1,2,6 1Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Shin-Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; 2Divi...

IL-10/STAT5 axis suppresses miR-140 to upregulate B7-H4 expression in RAW264.7 cells

IntroductionSchistosomiasis japonica, a zoonotic parasitic disease, induces complex immune regulation during infection. The inflammatory responses and immunosuppressive mechanisms co-exist to maintain immune homeostasis in schistosomiasis. ...

Carbon Catabolite Repression in Filamentous Fungi Is Regulated by Phosphorylation of the Transcription Factor CreA

In filamentous fungi, the transcription factor CreA controls carbohydrate metabolism through the regulation of genes encoding enzymes required for the use of alternative carbon sources. In this work, phosphorylation sites were identified on...

Unrevealing the dual role of paired box and sex determining region Y related high mobility group box in glioblastoma

Abstract This narrative review summarises glioblastoma (GBM), a very frequent invasive kind of brain tumour in the elderly that is extremely aggressive, resistant to treatment, and has a bad prognosis because of its substantial genetic and ...

Transcriptome analysis of Crossostephium chinensis provides insight into the molecular basis of salinity stress responses.

Soil salinization is becoming a limitation to the utilization of ornamental plants worldwide. Crossostephium chinensis (Linnaeus) Makino is often cultivated along the southeast coast of China for its desirable ornamental qualities and high ...

Transcription factor CCTF1 plays an important role in regulating proteasome activity during archaeal cell division.

Co-Regulation of Protein Coding Genes by Transcription Factor and Long Non-Coding RNA in SARS-CoV-2 Infected Cells: An In Silico Analysis

Altered expression of protein coding gene (PCG) and long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) have been identified in SARS-CoV-2 infected cells and tissues from COVID-19 patients. The functional role and mechanism (s) of transcriptional regulation of de...

The transcription factor SoxD controls neuronal guidance in the Drosophila visual system

Abstract Precise control of neurite guidance during development is essential to ensure proper formation of neuronal networks and correct function of the central nervous system (CNS). How neuronal projections find their targets to generate a...

Using Network-Based Machine Learning to Predict Transcription Factors Involved in Drought Resistance

Gene regulatory networks underpin stress response pathways in plants. However, parsing these networks to prioritize key genes underlying a particular trait is challenging. Here, we have built the Gene Regulation and Association Network (GRA...