Soil-transmitted parasitic nematodes infect over 1 billion people worldwide and are a common source of neglected disease. Strongyloides stercoralis is a potentially fatal skin-penetrating human parasite that is endemic to tropical and subtropical regions around the world. The complex life cycle of Strongyloides species is unique among human-parasitic nematodes in that it includes a single free-living generation featuring soil-dwelling, bacterivorous adults whose progeny all develop into infective larvae.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAmong many mRNA modifications, adenine methylation at the N position (N-methyladenosine, mA) is known to affect mRNA biology extensively. The influence of mA has yet to be assessed under drought, one of the most impactful abiotic stresses. We show that Arabidopsis thaliana (L.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSoil-transmitted parasitic nematodes infect over 1 billion people worldwide and are a common source of neglected disease. is a potentially fatal skin-penetrating human parasite that is endemic to tropical and subtropical regions around the world. The complex life cycle of species is unique among human-parasitic nematodes in that it includes a single free-living generation featuring soil-dwelling, bacterivorous adults whose progeny all develop into infective larvae.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), often preceded by acute lung injury (ALI), is characterized by the accumulation of inflammatory fluid in the lung alveoli, leaky alveolar epithelium and endothelium, and overexpression of pro-inflammatory cytokines. This progression from ALI to ARDS is a major contributor to the high mortality observed in COVID-19 patients. The Spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 binds to lung ACE2 and, in addition to facilitating viral cell entry, it plays an important role in the development of ALI and ARDS, especially in the later phases of COVID-19 as well as long COVID.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In recent years, covalent modifications on RNA nucleotides have emerged as pivotal moieties influencing the structure, function, and regulatory processes of RNA Polymerase II transcripts such as mRNAs and lncRNAs. However, our understanding of their biological roles and whether these roles are conserved across eukaryotes remains limited.
Results: In this study, we leveraged standard polyadenylation-enriched RNA-sequencing data to identify and characterize RNA modifications that introduce base-pairing errors into cDNA reads.
Background: As the number of total hip and knee arthroplasties (TJA) performed increases, there is heightened interest in perioperative optimization to improve outcomes. Sleep is perhaps one of the least understood perioperative factors that affects TJA outcomes. The purpose of this article is to review the current body of knowledge regarding sleep and TJA and the tools available to optimize sleep perioperatively.
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October 2024
Purpose Of Review: Hip injuries in elite athletes are an increasingly recognized problem and range from chronic overuse injuries, such as adductor strains and labral tears, to acute traumatic injuries such as hip dislocations. In this article, we review common hip pathology experienced by elite athletes and sideline management of emergent hip injuries.
Recent Findings: Elite athletes are subject to unique physical and mental stresses and therefore must be evaluated and treated in a unique manner.
Nanopore direct RNA sequencing (DRS) has emerged as a powerful tool for RNA modification identification. However, concurrently detecting multiple types of modifications in a single DRS sample remains a challenge. Here, we develop TandemMod, a transferable deep learning framework capable of detecting multiple types of RNA modifications in single DRS data.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDespite its Earth-like size and source material, Venus is extremely dry, indicating near-total water loss to space by means of hydrogen outflow from an ancient, steam-dominated atmosphere. Such hydrodynamic escape likely removed most of an initial Earth-like 3-km global equivalent layer (GEL) of water but cannot deplete the atmosphere to the observed 3-cm GEL because it shuts down below about 10-100 m GEL. To complete Venus water loss, and to produce the observed bulk atmospheric enrichment in deuterium of about 120 times Earth, nonthermal H escape mechanisms still operating today are required.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRecently, post-transcriptional regulation of mRNA mediated by N-methyladenosine (mA) has been found to have profound effects on transcriptome regulation during plant responses to various abiotic stresses. However, whether this RNA modification can affect an oxidative stress response in plants has not been studied. To assess the role of mA modifications during copper-induced oxidative stress responses, mA-IP-seq was performed in Arabidopsis seedlings exposed to high levels of copper sulfate.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExposure to hydrochloric acid (HCl) can provoke acute and chronic lung injury. Because of its extensive production for industrial use, frequent accidental exposures occur, making HCl one of the top five chemicals causing inhalation injuries. There are no Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved treatments for HCl exposure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA hallmark of many unconventional superconductors is the presence of many-body interactions that give rise to broken-symmetry states intertwined with superconductivity. Recent resonant soft X-ray scattering experiments report commensurate 3a charge density wave order in infinite-layer nickelates, which has important implications regarding the universal interplay between charge order and superconductivity in both cuprates and nickelates. Here we present X-ray scattering and spectroscopy measurements on a series of NdNiO samples, which reveal that the signatures of charge density wave order are absent in fully reduced, single-phase NdNiO.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSpatial memory encoding depends in part on cholinergic modulation. How acetylcholine supports spatial memory encoding is not well understood. Prior studies indicate that acetylcholine release is correlated with exploration, including epochs of rearing onto hind legs.
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December 2023
Various messenger RNA (mRNA) decay mechanisms play major roles in controlling mRNA quality and quantity in eukaryotic organisms under different conditions. While it is known that the recently discovered co-translational mRNA decay (CTRD), the mechanism that allows mRNAs to be degraded while still being actively translated, is prevalent in yeast, humans, and various angiosperms, the regulation of this decay mechanism is less well studied. Moreover, it is still unclear whether this decay mechanism plays any role in the regulation of specific physiological processes in eukaryotes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation using umbilical cord blood (UCB) is a potentially life-saving treatment for leukemia and bone marrow failure but is limited by the low number of HSCs in UCB. The loss of HSCs after ex vivo manipulation is also a major obstacle to gene editing for inherited blood disorders. HSCs require a low rate of translation to maintain their capacity for self-renewal, but hematopoietic cytokines used to expand HSCs stimulate protein synthesis and impair long-term self-renewal.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPost-transcriptional modifications of RNA (PRMs) and post-translational modifications of proteins (PTMs) are important regulatory mechanisms in biological processes and have many commonalities. However, the integration of these research areas is lacking. A recent discussion identified the priorities, areas of emphasis, and necessary technologies to advance and integrate these areas of study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSpatial memory encoding depends in part on cholinergic modulation. How acetylcholine supports spatial memory encoding is not well understood. Prior studies indicate that acetylcholine release is correlated with exploration, including epochs of rearing onto hind legs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInjury to the acromioclavicular (AC) joint accounts for approximately 40% to 50% of all shoulder injuries. In contact sports, the prevalence of AC joint injury increases. This injury is frequently encountered and treated by fellowship-trained as well as general orthopedic surgeons.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPosttranscriptional regulation of mRNA mediated by methylation at the N6 position of adenine (N6-methyladenosine [m6A]) has profound effects on transcriptome regulation in plants. Focused studies across eukaryotes offer glimpses into the processes governed by m6A throughout developmental and disease states. However, we lack an understanding of the dynamics and the regulatory potential of m6A during biotic stress in plants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAs part of the National Institutes of Health Human BioMolecular Atlas Program to develop a global platform to map the 37 trillion cells in the adult human body, we are generating a comprehensive molecular characterization of the female reproductive system. Data gathered from multiple single-cell/single-nucleus and spatial molecular assays will be used to build a 3D molecular atlas. Herein, we describe our multistep protocol, beginning with an optimized organ procurement workflow that maintains functional characteristics of the uterus, ovaries, and fallopian tubes by perfusing these organs with preservation solution.
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