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    Functional characterization and directed evolution of Cicer arietinum glutathione transferases for enhanced hydroperoxidase activity and ligandin function 

    Anni Kontouri et al.

    Phytochemistry. 2025 Sep 27;242:114692. doi: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2025.114692. Online ahead of print.

    Published on September 29, 2025

    Tau class glutathione transferases (GSTUs) play essential roles in plant defense by facilitating the nucleophilic attack of glutathione (GSH) to a wide range of electrophilic Read more

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    Early life gut microbial and metabolic shifts reflected in stool consistency- a gut transit time proxy 

    Anna-Katariina Aatsinki et al.

    bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Sep 16:2024.06.05.597641. doi: 10.1101/2024.06.05.597641.

    Published on September 26, 2025

    Transit time, fluid intake, diet, and overall gut health all influence stool consistency. However, the relationships between the gut microbiota, metabolome (microbial metabolites), and stool Read more

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    Anisomelic acid promotes proteasomal degradation of HPV16 E6 via E3 ligase recruitment: A mass spectrometry-based interactome study 

    Michael Santos Silva et al.

    J Proteomics. 2025 Sep 16;322:105536. doi: 10.1016/j.jprot.2025.105536. Online ahead of print.

    Published on September 18, 2025

    Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a major driver of cervical and other epithelial cancers, with the viral oncoprotein E6 playing a central role in tumorigenesis by Read more

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    HSF2 drives breast cancer progression by acting as a stage-specific switch between proliferation and invasion 

    Jenny C Pessa et al.

    Sci Adv. 2025 Sep 5;11(36):eady1289. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.ady1289. Epub 2025 Sep 3.

    Published on September 3, 2025

    Breast cancer is hallmarked by phenotypic transitions enabling abnormal cell proliferation and invasion. The stress-protective transcription factor heat shock factor 2 (HSF2) is associated with Read more

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    Breast Milk Proteome: Changes in the Different Stages of Lactation and Impacts of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Body Mass Index 

    Timo Seitz et al.

    Mol Nutr Food Res. 2025 Sep 1:e70225. doi: 10.1002/mnfr.70225. Online ahead of print.

    Published on September 2, 2025

    Breast milk proteome comprises hundreds of bioactive proteins supporting infant development. The extent to which maternal metabolic conditions modify the proteome is poorly known. This Read more

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    Metabolome informs about the chemical exposome and links to brain health 

    Matej Orešič et al.

    Environ Int. 2025 Aug 22;203:109741. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2025.109741. Online ahead of print.

    Published on September 1, 2025

    The metabolome is an intermediate phenotype, summarizing the profile of all small molecules (

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    Designing Fluorescent Estrogen Mimetic 7-hydroxycoumarin Probe Substrates for Human Sulfotransferase Enzymes 

    Risto O Juvonen et al.

    Eur J Pharm Sci. 2025 Aug 28:107249. doi: 10.1016/j.ejps.2025.107249. Online ahead of print.

    Published on August 30, 2025

    Sulfonation is one of drug metabolism reactions affecting homeostasis of estrogens. C-3 aryl substituted 7-hydroxycoumarins are fluorescent estrogen mimetics; i.e., the hydroxyl groups of both Read more

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    Cholesterol Ester Storage Disease in Two Field Spaniels With Lysosomal Acid Lipase Deficiency 

    Pernilla Syrjä et al.

    J Vet Intern Med. 2025 Sep-Oct;39(5):e70223. doi: 10.1111/jvim.70223.

    Published on August 27, 2025

    Cholesterol ester storage disease (CESD) is a rare genetic lysosomal storage disorder resulting from lower lysosomal acid lipase (LAL) activity. LAL is an essential enzyme Read more

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    The impact of conjugation strategies and linker density on the performance of the Spermine-AcDex nanoparticle-splenocyte conjugate 

    Yuchen Su et al.

    RSC Chem Biol. 2025 Jul 30. doi: 10.1039/d5cb00104h. Online ahead of print.

    Published on August 18, 2025

    A common approach in living medicine engineering is modifying cell surfaces with nanomedicines to form nanoparticle-cell conjugates. Despite various available strategies, limited research has examined Read more

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    A systematic approach to study the effects of acquisition parameters and biological factors on computerized mammography analysis using ex vivo human tissue: A protocol description 

    Nicole Hernández et al.

    PLoS One. 2025 Aug 18;20(8):e0321658. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0321658. eCollection 2025.

    Published on August 18, 2025

    BACKGROUND: Mammography is the most common imaging modality for the detection of breast cancer. Artificial intelligence algorithms for mammography analysis have shown promising performance for Read more

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    Detoxification of deoxynivalenol by pathogen-inducible tau-class glutathione transferases from wheat 

    Herbert Michlmayr et al.

    J Biol Chem. 2025 Aug 14:110600. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2025.110600. Online ahead of print.

    Published on August 16, 2025

    Deoxynivalenol (DON) is a toxicologically relevant trichothecene mycotoxin frequently found in cereal products. It is a virulence factor produced by the plant pathogen Fusarium graminearum Read more

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    Pharmacokinetics, Metabolism, and Toxicity of Anisomelic Acid and Ovatodiolide: Guiding Route of Administration in Preclinical Studies 

    Navid Delshad et al.

    Eur J Pharm Sci. 2025 Aug 12:107235. doi: 10.1016/j.ejps.2025.107235. Online ahead of print.

    Published on August 14, 2025

    Despite extensive progress in cancer therapeutic research, translating promising anticancer compounds into clinical treatments often fails due to suboptimal pharmacokinetic and safety profiles. These shortcomings Read more