Deciphering the functional differences between diseased and healthy cells requires understanding the alterations in biochemical flux patterns. We present a genome-scale differential flux analysis (GS-DFA) protocol to elucidate these metabolic disparities by integrating condition-specific gene expression data into the human genome-scale metabolic model (humanGEM). In this protocol, we describe the steps to normalize and integrate data into the humanGEM and analyze differential flux across the biochemical network between diseased and healthy cells. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Nanda et al..
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Front Biosci (Landmark Ed)
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Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, 330006 Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
Background: It has been reported the therapeutic effects of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) on hearing loss. This study explored the therapeutic effects of growth differentiation factor 6 (GDF6) overexpression-induced MSCs (MSCs-GDF6) on age-related hearing loss (ARHL) and its underlying mechanisms.
Methods: Reverse transcription-quantitative PCR and western blotting were used to evaluate gene expression.
Plant Physiol Biochem
January 2025
Laboratory of Microbial Genetics, Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India. Electronic address:
Nitric oxide synthases (NOSs) are heme-based monooxygenases that catalyze the NADPH-dependent oxidation of L-arginine to produce NO and L-citrulline. Over the past five years, the identification and characterization of NOS homologs in cyanobacteria have significantly advanced our understanding of these enzymes. However, the precise mechanisms through which NOS-derived NO influences nitrogen metabolism remain incompletely elucidated.
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January 2025
Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China.
Copper (Cu) is a global environmental pollutant that poses a serious threat to humans and ecosystems. Copper induces developmental neurotoxicity, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are unknown. Neurons are nonrenewable, and they are unable to mitigate the excessive accumulation of pathological proteins and organelles in cells, which can be ameliorated by autophagic degradation.
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January 2025
The Laboratory for the Bioengineering of Tissues (BioTis U1026), National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), Université de Bordeaux, F-33000 Bordeaux, France.
SCAPs (Stem Cells from Apical Papilla), derived from the apex of forming wisdom teeth, extracted from teenagers for orthodontic reasons, belong to the MSCs (Mesenchymal Stromal Cells) family. They have multipotent differentiation capabilities and are a potentially powerful model for investigating strategies of clinical cell therapies. Since autophagy-a regulated self-eating process-was proposed to be essential in osteogenesis, we investigated its involvement in the SCAP model.
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January 2025
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Background: Understanding how enteric neural crest cells (ENCCs) differentiate into neurons is crucial for neurogenesis therapy and gastrointestinal disease research. This study explores how magnesium ions regulate the glycolytic pathway to enhance ENCCs differentiation into neurons.
Materials And Methods: We used polymerase chain reaction, western blot, immunofluorescence, and multielectrode array techniques to assess magnesium ions' impact on ENCCs differentiation.
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