Background And Objective: Daridorexant is a dual orexin receptor antagonist for the treatment of insomnia. In two phase III, 12-week studies in patients with insomnia disorder, daridorexant improved sleep and daytime functioning while maintaining a favorable safety profile. The objective of this 40-week extension study was to assess the long-term safety and tolerability of daridorexant.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe juvenile-to-adult (J/A) transition, or puberty, is a period of extensive changes of animal body morphology and function. The onset of puberty is genetically controlled, and the miRNA temporally regulates J/A transition events in nematodes and mammals. Here, we uncover the targets and downstream pathways through which controls male and female sexual organ morphogenesis and skin progenitor cell fates.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe heterochronic pathway controls temporal patterning during Caenorhabditis elegans larval development. The highly conserved let-7 microRNA (miRNA) plays a key role in this pathway, directing the larval-to-adult (L/A) transition. Hence, knowledge of the genetic interactome of let-7 has the potential to provide insight into both control of temporal cell fates and mechanisms of regulation and function of miRNAs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe let-7 microRNA (miRNA) regulates stemness in animals ranging from worms to humans. However, the cause of the dramatic vulval rupturing phenotype of let-7 mutant C. elegans has remained unknown.
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