DrugMechDB: A Curated Database of Drug Mechanisms.

Computational drug repositioning methods have emerged as an attractive and effective solution to find new candidates for existing therapies, reducing the time and cost of drug development. Repositioning methods based on biomedical knowledge graphs typically offer useful supporting biological evidence. This evidence is based on reasoning chains or subgraphs that connect a drug to a disease prediction.

DrugMechDB: A Curated Database of Drug Mechanisms.

Computational drug repositioning methods have emerged as an attractive and effective solution to find new candidates for existing therapies, reducing the time and cost of drug development. Repositioning methods based on biomedical knowledge graphs typically offer useful supporting biological evidence. This evidence is based on reasoning chains or subgraphs that connect a drug to disease predictions.

Silver-Russell Syndrome - Part I: Clinical Characteristics and Genetic Background.

Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS) is a rare, clinically and genetically heterogeneous entity, caused by (epi)genetic alternations. It is characterized by prenatal and postnatal growth retardation, relative macrocephaly, the triangular face and body asymmetry. About 40-60% of cases are caused by hypomethylation of 11p.

11p15 duplication and 13q34 deletion with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome and factor VII deficiency.

Here we report a patient with 11p15.4p15.5 duplication and 13q34 deletion presenting with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) and moderate deficiency of factor VII (FVII).

Molecular investigations of mitochondrial deletions: evaluating the usefulness of different genetic tests.

Deletions in mitochondrial DNA are a common cause of mitochondrial disorders. The molecular diagnosis of mtDNA deletions for years was based on Southern hybridization later replaced by PCR methods such as PCR with primers specific for a particular deletion (mainly the so-called common deletion of 4977 bp) and long PCR. In order to evaluate the usefulness of MLPA (Multiplex Ligation-dependent Probe Amplification) in molecular diagnosis of large scale mtDNA deletions we compare four diagnostic methods: Southern hybridization, PCR, long-PCR and MLPA in a group of 16 patients with suspected deletions.

Aeromonas spp. induce apoptosis of epithelial cells through an oxidant-dependent activation of the mitochondrial pathway.

We investigated interactions of Aeromonas caviae, Aeromonas veronii biotype sobria and Aeromonas hydrophila strains, isolated from faecal specimens of humans with gastroenteritis, with HT29 intestinal epithelial cells. All strains were found to be cytotoxic to the cells. Bacterial infection caused generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and nitric oxide radical (NO(·)).

Structure of UvrA nucleotide excision repair protein in complex with modified DNA.

One of the primary pathways for removal of DNA damage is nucleotide excision repair (NER). In bacteria, the UvrA protein is the component of NER that locates the lesion. A notable feature of NER is its ability to act on many DNA modifications that vary in chemical structure.