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Toxics
December 2024
Institute of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Research, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli 35053, Taiwan.
Non-animal assessment of skin sensitization is a global trend. Recently, scientific efforts have been focused on the integration of multiple evidence for decision making with the publication of OECD Guideline No. 497 for defined approaches to skin sensitization.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFConnections between the mechanical properties of DNA and biological functions have been speculative due to the lack of methods to measure or predict DNA mechanics at scale. Recently, a proxy for DNA mechanics, cyclizability, was measured by loop-seq and enabled genome-scale investigation of DNA mechanics. Here, we use this dataset to build a computational model predicting bias-corrected intrinsic cyclizability, with near-perfect accuracy, solely based on DNA sequence.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBiochem Genet
January 2025
Department of Dermatology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Non-syndromic hearing loss (NSHL) is a genetically heterogeneous disorder accounting for almost 70% of the total congenital hearing loss. The implementation of rapid advanced sequencing methods has significantly contributed to the correct molecular diagnosis for several rare genetic disorders, including NHSL. Features of two probands with NHSL were clinically and genetically evaluated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProtein Sci
January 2025
Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.
This study focuses on spastic paraplegia type 50 (SPG50), an adapter protein complex 4 deficiency syndrome caused by mutations in the adapter protein complex 4 subunit mu-1 (AP4M1) gene, and on the downstream alterations of the AP4M1 protein. We applied a battery of heterogeneous computational resources, encompassing two in-house tools described here for the first time, to (a) assess the druggability potential of AP4M1, (b) characterize SPG50-associated mutations and their 3D scenario, (c) identify mutation-tailored drug candidates for SPG50, and (d) elucidate their mechanisms of action by means of structural considerations on homology models of the adapter protein complex 4 core. Altogether, the collected results indicate R367Q as the mutation with the most promising potential of being corrected by small-molecule drugs, and the flavonoid rutin as best candidate for this purpose.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRSC Adv
December 2024
Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University Cairo 11562 Egypt
Many plants are reported to enhance cognition in amnesic-animal models. The metabolite profile of fruit methanolic extract (CDFME) was characterized by LC-QTOF-MS/MS, and its total phenolics content (TPC) and total flavonoids content (TFC) were determined. In parallel, its cognitive-enhancing effect on scopolamine (SCOP)-induced AD in rats was evaluated.
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