Publications

    Heat stress sensitizes zebrafish embryos to neurological and cardiac toxicity 

    Anna-Mari Haapanen-Saaristo et al.

    Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2024 Nov 12;733:150682. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2024.150682. Epub 2024 Sep 10.

    Published on September 14, 2024

    Global warming increases the risk of dangerous heat waves, which may have deleterious effects on humans and wildlife. Here, we have utilized zebrafish embryos as Read more

    SHANK3 depletion leads to ERK signalling overdose and cell death in KRAS-mutant cancers 

    Johanna Lilja et al.

    Nat Commun. 2024 Sep 12;15(1):8002. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-52326-1.

    Published on September 12, 2024

    The KRAS oncogene drives many common and highly fatal malignancies. These include pancreatic, lung, and colorectal cancer, where various activating KRAS mutations have made the Read more

    Phenotypic profiling of human induced regulatory T cells at early differentiation: insights into distinct immunosuppressive potential 

    Roosa Kattelus et al.

    Cell Mol Life Sci. 2024 Sep 12;81(1):399. doi: 10.1007/s00018-024-05429-3.

    Published on September 12, 2024

    Regulatory T cells (Tregs) play a key role in suppressing systemic effector immune responses, thereby preventing autoimmune diseases but also potentially contributing to tumor progression. Read more

    Comparative proteomics analysis of the mouse mini-gut organoid: insights into markers of gluten challenge from celiac disease intestinal biopsies 

    Robert Moulder et al.

    Front Mol Biosci. 2024 Aug 28;11:1446822. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2024.1446822. eCollection 2024.

    Published on September 12, 2024

    INTRODUCTION: Organoid models enable three-dimensional representation of cellular systems, providing flexible and accessible research tools, and can highlight key biomolecules. Such models of the intestinal Read more

    Hypoxia and Foxn1 alter the proteomic signature of dermal fibroblasts to redirect scarless wound healing to scar-forming skin wound healing in Foxn1-/- mice 

    Barbara Gawronska-Kozak et al.

    BMC Biol. 2024 Sep 11;22(1):193. doi: 10.1186/s12915-024-01990-2.

    Published on September 10, 2024

    CONCLUSIONS: The present data highlight the effect of hypoxia and Foxn1 on the protein profile and functionality of regenerative Foxn1^(-/-) DFs and demonstrate that the Read more

    Serum lipidome associates with neuroimaging features in patients with traumatic brain injury 

    Ilias Thomas et al.

    iScience. 2024 Aug 3;27(9):110654. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.110654. eCollection 2024 Sep 20.

    Published on September 10, 2024

    Acute traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with substantial abnormalities in lipid biology, including changes in the structural lipids that are present in the myelin Read more

    Disruption of HSD17B12 in mouse hepatocytes leads to reduced body weight and defect in the lipid droplet expansion associated with microvesicular steatosis 

    Hanna Heikelä et al.

    FASEB J. 2024 Sep 15;38(17):e70034. doi: 10.1096/fj.202400333RR.

    Published on September 9, 2024

    The function of hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 12 (HSD17B12) in lipid metabolism is poorly understood. To study this further, we created mice with hepatocyte-specific knockout of HSD17B12 Read more

    Lower Plasma Levels of Selective VGF (Non-Acronymic) Peptides in Bipolar Disorder: Comparative Analysis Reveals Distinct Patterns across Mood Disorders and Healthy Controls 

    Cristina Cocco et al.

    Neuropsychobiology. 2024;83(3-4):160-169. doi: 10.1159/000540673. Epub 2024 Sep 6.

    Published on September 8, 2024

    CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that lower plasma levels of NAPP and AQEE are specifically associated with BD, thus possibly representing a diagnostic biomarker in mood Read more

    ECCB2024: The 23rd European Conference on Computational Biology 

    Anu Kukkonen-Macchi et al.

    Bioinformatics. 2024 Sep 1;40(Suppl 2):ii1-ii3. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btae422.

    Published on September 4, 2024

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    Intermediate filaments at a glance 

    Leila S Coelho-Rato et al.

    J Cell Sci. 2024 Aug 15;137(16):jcs261386. doi: 10.1242/jcs.261386. Epub 2024 Aug 29.

    Published on August 29, 2024

    Intermediate filaments (IFs) comprise a large family of versatile cytoskeletal proteins, divided into six subtypes with tissue-specific expression patterns. IFs have a wide repertoire of Read more

    Iron-doped nanozymes with spontaneous peroxidase-mimic activity as a promising antibacterial therapy for bacterial keratitis 

    Xiwen Geng et al.

    Smart Med. 2024 May 22;3(2):e20240004. doi: 10.1002/SMMD.20240004. eCollection 2024 Jun.

    Published on August 27, 2024

    The development of non-antibiotic pharmaceuticals with biocompatible and efficient antibacterial properties is of great significance for the treatment of bacterial keratitis. In this study, we Read more

    Emerging ctDNA detection strategies in clinical cancer theranostics 

    Kexin Yi et al.

    Smart Med. 2023 Nov 13;2(4):e20230031. doi: 10.1002/SMMD.20230031. eCollection 2023 Nov.

    Published on August 27, 2024

    Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) is naked DNA molecules shed from the tumor cells into the peripheral blood circulation. They contain tumor-specific gene mutations and other Read more