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International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Volume 20, Issue 24

2019 December-2 - 260 articles

Cover Story: The G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are at the forefront of the drug discovery initiative. Both the orthosteric and allosteric binding sites in GPCRs can be targeted by pharmacological treatments. Ocular degenerative disorders are often associated with impaired binding of the native chromophore 11-cis-retinal to rod opsin, resulting in aberrative protein folding and trafficking. These defects can be mitigated by pharmacological modulation with retinoid and nonretinoid molecules. View this paper.
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Articles (260)

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,798 Views
16 Pages

17 December 2019

The limitations of RNA sequencing make it difficult to accurately predict alternative splicing (AS) and alternative polyadenylation (APA) events and long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), all of which reveal transcriptomic diversity and the complexity of ge...

  • Review
  • Open Access
120 Citations
11,057 Views
20 Pages

Pericytes in Microvessels: From “Mural” Function to Brain and Retina Regeneration

  • Nunzia Caporarello,
  • Floriana D’Angeli,
  • Maria Teresa Cambria,
  • Saverio Candido,
  • Cesarina Giallongo,
  • Mario Salmeri,
  • Cinzia Lombardo,
  • Anna Longo,
  • Giovanni Giurdanella and
  • Gabriella Lupo
  • + 1 author

17 December 2019

Pericytes are branched cells located in the wall of capillary blood vessels that are found throughout the body, embedded within the microvascular basement membrane and wrapping endothelial cells, with which they establish a strong physical contact. P...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,922 Views
5 Pages

17 December 2019

Safe and effective delivery of therapeutics at the target site is the key to successful therapy. Nanocarriers can offer significant advantages over conventional dosage forms. Over the decades, nanoparticles have been extensively used to increase bioa...

  • Review
  • Open Access
28 Citations
5,828 Views
12 Pages

Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum, Kidney Stones and Pyrophosphate: From a Rare Disease to Urolithiasis and Vascular Calcifications

  • Emmanuel Letavernier,
  • Elise Bouderlique,
  • Jeremy Zaworski,
  • Ludovic Martin and
  • Michel Daudon

17 December 2019

Pseudoxanthoma elasticum is a rare disease mainly due to ABCC6 gene mutations and characterized by ectopic biomineralization and fragmentation of elastic fibers resulting in skin, cardiovascular and retinal calcifications. It has been recently descri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,551 Views
11 Pages

The Ubiquitin Proteasome System in Ischemic and Dilated Cardiomyopathy

  • Sabine Spänig,
  • Kristina Kellermann,
  • Maja-Theresa Dieterlen,
  • Thilo Noack,
  • Sven Lehmann,
  • Michael A. Borger,
  • Jens Garbade,
  • Yaron D. Barac and
  • Fabian Emrich

17 December 2019

Dilated (DCM) and ischemic cardiomyopathies (ICM) are associated with cardiac remodeling, where the ubiquitin–proteasome system (UPS) holds a central role. Little is known about the UPS and its alterations in patients suffering from DCM or ICM....

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,836 Views
18 Pages

The Monetite Structure Probed by Advanced Solid-State NMR Experimentation at Fast Magic-Angle Spinning

  • Yang Yu,
  • Baltzar Stevensson,
  • Michael Pujari-Palmer,
  • Hua Guo,
  • Håkan Engqvist and
  • Mattias Edén

17 December 2019

We present a solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy study of the local 31 P and 1 H environments in monetite [CaHPO 4 ; dicalcium phosphate anhydrous (DCPA)], as well as their relative spatial proximities. Ea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,390 Views
16 Pages

Formin-like 1 (FMNL1) Is Associated with Glioblastoma Multiforme Mesenchymal Subtype and Independently Predicts Poor Prognosis

  • Nayuta Higa,
  • Yoshinari Shinsato,
  • Muhammad Kamil,
  • Takuro Hirano,
  • Tomoko Takajo,
  • Michiko Shimokawa,
  • Kentaro Minami,
  • Masatatsu Yamamoto,
  • Kohichi Kawahara and
  • Kazunori Arita
  • + 4 authors

17 December 2019

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most common primary malignant brain tumor in adults, is characterized by rapid proliferation, aggressive migration, and invasion into normal brain tissue. Formin proteins have been implicated in these processes. How...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,010 Views
18 Pages

Bioactive Polyphenols Modulate Enzymes Involved in Grapevine Pathogenesis and Chitinase Activity at Increasing Complexity Levels

  • Antonio Filippi,
  • Elisa Petrussa,
  • Francesco Boscutti,
  • Marco Vuerich,
  • Urska Vrhovsek,
  • Zohreh Rabiei and
  • Enrico Braidot

17 December 2019

The reduction of synthetic chemistry use in modern viticulture relies on either the biological control of microorganisms or the induction of pathogenesis-related proteins. In the present study, the effects of hydro-alcoholic plant extracts (PEs) (i.e...

  • Review
  • Open Access
39 Citations
6,964 Views
23 Pages

Targeting microRNAs as a Therapeutic Strategy to Reduce Oxidative Stress in Diabetes

  • Giuseppina Emanuela Grieco,
  • Noemi Brusco,
  • Giada Licata,
  • Laura Nigi,
  • Caterina Formichi,
  • Francesco Dotta and
  • Guido Sebastiani

17 December 2019

Diabetes mellitus is a group of heterogeneous metabolic disorders characterized by chronic hyperglycaemia as a consequence of pancreatic β cell loss and/or dysfunction, also caused by oxidative stress. The molecular mechanisms involved inβ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
8,922 Views
14 Pages

Proteomics Analysis of Early Developmental Stages of Zebrafish Embryos

  • Kathiresan Purushothaman,
  • Prem Prakash Das,
  • Christopher Presslauer,
  • Teck Kwang Lim,
  • Steinar D. Johansen,
  • Qingsong Lin and
  • Igor Babiak

17 December 2019

Zebrafish is a well-recognized organism for investigating vertebrate development and human diseases. However, the data on zebrafish proteome are scarce, particularly during embryogenesis. This is mostly due to the overwhelming abundance of egg yolk p...

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