Disturbance of the human gut microbiota in patients with Myotonic Dystrophy type 1.

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a rare autosomal dominant genetic disorder. Although DM1 is primarily characterized by progressive muscular weakness, it exhibits many multisystemic manifestations, such as cognitive deficits, cardiac conduction abnormalities, and cataracts, as well as endocrine and reproductive issues. Additionally, the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is frequently affected, encompassing the entire digestive tract.

Optimizing Fecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT) Colorectal Cancer Screening Using Gut Bacteriome as a Biomarker.

Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a major cause of cancer mortality in the world. One of the most widely used screening tests for CRC is the immunochemical fecal occult blood test (iFOBT), which detects human hemoglobin from patient's stool sample. Although it is highly efficient in detecting blood from patients with gastro-intestinal lesions, such as polyps and cancers, the iFOBT has a high rate of false positive discovery.

Widespread pre-translational regulation of the inclusion of signal peptides in human proteins.

Signal peptides (SP) are cleavable N-terminal protein motifs used co-translationally for entry of nascent polypeptides into the secretory pathway. Their co-translational cleavage prevents their extensive post-translational regulation and flexibility in their usage is made possible by the control of their inclusion at a pre-translational level. To characterize this regulation on a transcriptome scale, we analyzed the level and mechanisms of inclusion of the 3298 most likely human SP-encoding genes, 47% of which alternatively express their SP.