The vacuolar H-ATPase (V-ATPase) is an ATP-dependent proton pump that functions to control the pH of intracellular compartments as well as to transport protons across the plasma membrane of various cell types, including cancer cells. We have previously shown that selective inhibition of plasma membrane V-ATPases in breast tumor cells inhibits the invasion of these cells . We have now developed a nanobody directed against an extracellular epitope of the mouse V-ATPase c subunit.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Przewalski's horse (Equus ferus przewalskii) is an endangered equid native to the steppes of central Asia. After becoming extinct in the wild multiple conservation efforts convened to preserve the species, including captive breeding programs, reintroduction and monitoring systems, protected lands, and cloning. Availability of a highly contiguous reference genome is essential to support these continued efforts.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Przewalski's horse () is an endangered equid native to the steppes of central Asia. After becoming extinct in the wild, multiple conservation efforts convened to preserve the species including captive breeding programs, reintroduction and monitoring systems, protected lands, and cloning. Availability of a highly contiguous reference genome is essential to support these continued efforts.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe vacuolar H-ATPase (V-ATPase) is an ATP-dependent proton pump that governs the pH of various intracellular compartments and also functions at the plasma membrane in certain cell types, including cancer cells. Membrane targeting of the V-ATPase is controlled by isoforms of subunit a, and we have previously shown that isoforms a3 and a4 are important for the migration and invasion of several breast cancer cell lines in vitro. Using CRISPR-mediated genome editing to selectively disrupt each of the four a subunit isoforms, we also recently showed that a4 is critical to plasma membrane V-ATPase localization, as well as in vitro migration and invasion of 4T1-12B murine breast cancer cells.
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August 2021
Purpose: The aim of this study was to gather data from female students studying in both health and non-health colleges at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University and report the prevalence, reasons, and determinants of dietary supplements use.
Methods: A month-long cross-sectional study was conducted in health and non-health colleges affiliated to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Convenient sampling was employed, and the data was gathered through an online survey using the English and Arabic versions of the Dietary Supplement Questionnaire (DSQ).