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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dnarep.2017.03.007 | DOI Listing |
Immunology
February 2025
Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Autoreactive, aberrantly activated lymphocytes that target myelin antigens in the central nervous system (CNS) are primary drivers of the autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis (MS). Proliferating cells including activated lymphocytes require deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates (dNTPs) for DNA replication. dNTPs can be synthesised via the de novo pathway from precursors such as glucose and amino acids or the deoxyribonucleoside salvage pathway from extracellular deoxyribonucleosides.
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September 2024
Department of Bioinformatics and Telemedicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Medyczna 7, 30-688 Krakow, Poland.
Pancreatic cancer remains one of the most lethal malignancies due to its aggressive nature and resistance to conventional therapies. This study investigates the anti-proliferative, pro-apoptotic, and anti-migratory effects of Gemcitabine (GC) and Withaferin A (WFA) on pancreatic cancer cell lines PANC-1 and Hs766t. The MTS assay revealed that both compounds effectively inhibit cell proliferation, with WFA showing a stronger effect in Hs766t cells.
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October 2024
Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea. Electronic address:
We evaluated modulation of the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment in both local and liver metastatic colorectal cancer (LMCC), focusing on tumor-associated macrophages, which are the predominant immunosuppressive cells in LMCC. We developed an orally administered metronomic chemotherapy regimen, oral CAPOX. This regimen combines capecitabine and a nano-micelle encapsulated, lysine-linked deoxycholate and oxaliplatin complex (OPt/LDC-NM).
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March 2024
Departments of Biological Engineering and Chemistry, and Center for Environmental Health Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
The biomarker 5-chlorocytosine (5ClC) appears in the DNA of inflamed tissues. Replication of a site-specific 5ClC in a viral DNA genome results in C → T mutations, which is consistent with 5ClC acting as a thymine mimic in vivo. Direct damage of nucleic acids by immune-cell-derived hypochlorous acid is one mechanism by which 5ClC could appear in the genome.
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January 2024
GMDxgenomics, Suite 201, 697 Burke Rd, Camberwell, Melbourne 3124, Vic, Australia; Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
The reverse transcriptase (RT) model of immunoglobulin (Ig) somatic hypermutation (SHM) has received insufficient scientific attention. This is understandable given that DNA deamination mediated by activation-induced deaminase (AID), the initiating step of Ig SHM, has dominated experiments since 2002. We summarise some key history of the RT Ig SHM model dating to 1987.
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