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Current Issues in Molecular Biology, Volume 44, Issue 6

2022 June - 24 articles

Cover Story: Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is on the rise, complicating the efficient treatment of bacterial infections. Promising alternatives such as antimicrobial peptides and, more recently, bacteriophages are moving into the focus of research. The combinatorial use of the bacteriophage T7Select and derivatives of the proline-rich antimicrobial peptide apidaecin on E. coli Rosetta in vitro showed promising synergistic effects. The DNA sequences encoding for apidaecin derivatives were successfully integrated into the T7Select genome, but the produced quantities were too small to be effective. The integration of apidaecin-derived peptides into the phage genome, however, appears to be a promising avenue to pursue to tackle bacterial resistance. View this paper
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Articles (24)

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,783 Views
13 Pages

Parkin, as a Regulator, Participates in Arsenic Trioxide-Triggered Mitophagy in HeLa Cells

  • Zhewen Zhang,
  • Juan Yi,
  • Bei Xie,
  • Jing Chen and ,
  • Xueyan Zhang,
  • Li Wang,
  • Jingyu Wang,
  • Jinxia Hou and
  • Hulai Wei
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

Parkin is a well-established synergistic mediator of mitophagy in dysfunctional mitochondria. Mitochondria are the main target of arsenic trioxide (ATO) cytotoxicity, and the effect of mitophagy on ATO action remains unclear. In this study, we used s...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecules at Play in Cancer)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,546 Views
14 Pages

Effect of Aqueous Extract of Phenolic Compounds Obtained from Red Wine in Experimental Model of Colitis in Mice

  • Vanessa Mateus,
  • João Estarreja,
  • Inês Silva,
  • Fernando Gonçalves and ,
  • Edite Teixeira-Lemos and
  • Rui Pinto
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Background: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic relapsing inflammatory disorder represented by Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Currently, there is no cure and pharmacological treatment aims to induce and maintain remission on patien...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Polyphenols as Cellular Metabolic Regulators)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,678 Views
15 Pages

Inflammatory Breast Cancer: The Cytokinome of Post-Mastectomy Wound Fluid Augments Proliferation, Invasion, and Stem Cell Markers

  • Alshaimaa Tarek,
  • Shrouk Khalaf El-Sayed,
  • Wendy A. Woodward,
  • Mohamed El-Shinawi and ,
  • Jon Mark Hirshon and
  • Mona Mostafa Mohamed
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is an aggressive phenotype with a high recurrence and low survival rate. Approximately 90% of local breast cancer recurrences occur adjacent to the same quadrant as the initial cancer, implying that tumor recurrence m...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Molecular Pathogenesis Regulation in Cancer)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,597 Views
13 Pages

South African cassava mosaic virus (SACMV) is a circular ssDNA bipartite begomovirus, whose genome comprises DNA-A (encodes six genes) and DNA-B (encodes BC1 cell-to-cell movement and BV1 nuclear shuttle proteins) components. A few secondary and tert...

(This article belongs to the Collection Feature Papers in Current Issues in Molecular Biology)
  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,901 Views
7 Pages

Procoagulant Activity in Amniotic Fluid Is Associated with Fetal-Derived Extracellular Vesicles

  • Kirill R. Butov,
  • Natalia A. Karetnikova,
  • Dmitry Y. Pershin,
  • Dmitry Y. Trofimov and
  • Mikhail A. Panteleev

Procoagulant activity in amniotic fluid (AF) is positively correlated with phosphatidylserine (PS) and tissue factor (TF)-expressing(+) extracellular vesicles (EVs). However, it is unknown if pathological fetal conditions may affect the composition,...

(This article belongs to the Topic Blood Physiology: Molecular Mechanisms of Vascular Wall Functioning)
  • Review
  • Open Access
42 Citations
8,583 Views
15 Pages

A liquid biopsy is a minimally invasive or non-invasive method to analyze a range of tumor material in blood or other body fluids, including circulating tumor cells (CTCs), cell-free DNA (cfDNA), messenger RNA (mRNA), microRNA (miRNA), and exosomes,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Linking Genomic Changes with Cancer in the NGS Era)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,558 Views
12 Pages

Hemin with Peroxidase Activity Can Inhibit the Oxidative Damage Induced by Ultraviolet A

  • Wenli Hui,
  • Zhipeng Yang,
  • Ke Fang,
  • Mengdi Wu and ,
  • Wenhua Mu,
  • Cong Zhao,
  • Dan Xue,
  • Tengteng Zhu,
  • Xiao Li and
  • Kunping Yan
  • + 7 authors+ 2 authors

Excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS), a highly reactive substance that contains oxygen, induced by ultraviolet A (UVA) cause oxidative damage to skin. We confirmed that hemin can catalyze the reaction of tyrosine (Tyr) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)...

(This article belongs to the Collection Feature Papers in Current Issues in Molecular Biology)
  • Review
  • Open Access
72 Citations
12,404 Views
19 Pages

CRISPR/Cas9 Technique for Temperature, Drought, and Salinity Stress Responses

  • Xiaohan Li,
  • Siyan Xu,
  • Martina Bianca Fuhrmann-Aoyagi,
  • Shaoze Yuan and ,
  • Takeru Iwama,
  • Misaki Kobayashi and
  • Kenji Miura
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Global warming and climate change have severely affected plant growth and food production. Therefore, minimizing these effects is required for sustainable crop yields. Understanding the molecular mechanisms in response to abiotic stresses and improvi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Research in Plant Metabolomics)
  • Review
  • Open Access
31 Citations
8,505 Views
18 Pages

The Pathological Links between Adiposity and the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

  • Marina Ruxandra Otelea,
  • Roxana Nartea,
  • Florina Georgeta Popescu,
  • Anatoli Covaleov and ,
  • Brindusa Ilinca Mitoiu and
  • Adriana Sarah Nica
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

An association between obesity and carpal tunnel syndrome is found in many epidemiological studies. Therefore, there is a need to evaluate the physiopathological links that could explain the association between these two entities. Ectopic adipose tis...

(This article belongs to the Topic Blood Physiology: Molecular Mechanisms of Vascular Wall Functioning)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,842 Views
11 Pages

Apigetrin Abrogates Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Inflammation in L6 Skeletal Muscle Cells through NF-κB/MAPK Signaling Pathways

  • Sang-Eun Ha,
  • Pritam Bhagwan Bhosale,
  • Hun-Hwan Kim,
  • Min-Yeong Park and ,
  • Abuyaseer Abusaliya,
  • Gon-Sup Kim and
  • Jin-A Kim
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Apigetrin is a glycosidic flavonoid derived from Teucrium gnaphalodes that has a wide range of biological activities, including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer. Inflammation is a kind of defense mechanism in the body. Flavonoids are na...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bioactives and Inflammation)
  • Review
  • Open Access
30 Citations
6,521 Views
13 Pages

cAMP Signalling Pathway in Biocontrol Fungi

  • Zhan-Bin Sun,
  • Shu-Fan Yu,
  • Chu-Lun Wang and
  • Ling Wang

Biocontrol is a complex process, in which a variety of physiological and biochemical characteristics are altered. The cAMP signalling pathway is an important signal transduction pathway in biocontrol fungi and consists of several key components. The...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Microbiology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,447 Views
8 Pages

The Annotation of Zebrafish Enhancer Trap Lines Generated with PB Transposon

  • Wenzhu Jia,
  • Zhongxia Guan,
  • Shasha Shi,
  • Kuilin Xiang and ,
  • Peihong Chen,
  • Fen Tan,
  • Numan Ullah,
  • Mohamed Diaby,
  • Mengke Guo and
  • Bo Gao
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

An enhancer trap (ET) mediated by a transposon is an effective method for functional gene research. Here, an ET system based on a PB transposon that carries a mini Krt4 promoter (the keratin4 minimal promoter from zebrafish) and the green fluorescent...

(This article belongs to the Section Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,125 Views
21 Pages

This work presents the transcriptome analysis of green ‘Hayward’ (Actinidia deliciosa) and gold ‘Haegeum’ (Actinidia chinensis) kiwifruit cultivars after treatment with ethylene for three days at 25 °C. Illumina high-throu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Genetic Sight: Plant Traits during Postharvest)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,559 Views
10 Pages

A Study on the Safety and Effects of Amorpha fruticosa Fruit Extract on Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats with Induced Type 2 Diabetes

  • Rumyana Simeonova,
  • Aleksandar Shkondrov,
  • Ekaterina Kozuharova,
  • Iliana Ionkova and
  • Ilina Krasteva

Metabolic syndrome is characterized by a variety of diagnostic criteria: obesity, dyslipidemia, type 2 diabetes, and arterial hypertension. They contribute to the elevated risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The potential for Amorpha frut...

(This article belongs to the Section Bioorganic Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,795 Views
14 Pages

Molecular Determination of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor, miRNA-423 Gene Abnormalities by Utilizing ARMS-PCR and Their Association with Fetal Hemoglobin Expression in the Patients with Sickle Cell Disease

  • Abdullah Hamadi,
  • Rashid Mir,
  • Ali Mahzari,
  • Abdulrahim Hakami and ,
  • Reema Almotairi,
  • Gasim Dobie,
  • Fawaz Hamdi,
  • Mohammed Hassan Nahari,
  • Razan Alhefzi and
  • Hassan A. Madkhali
  • + 10 authors+ 5 authors

Recent studies have indicated that microRNA and VEGF are considered to be genetic modifiers and are associated with elevated levels of fetal haemoglobin HbF, and thus they reduce the clinical impact of sickle haemoglobin (HbS) patients. This cross-se...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Medicine)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,006 Views
15 Pages

The global spread of multi- and pan-resistant bacteria has triggered research to identify novel strategies to fight these pathogens, such as antimicrobial peptides and, more recently, bacteriophages. In a proof-of-concept study, we have genetically m...

(This article belongs to the Collection Feature Papers in Current Issues in Molecular Biology)
  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,486 Views
12 Pages

Cholecystokinin Outcome on Markers of Intestinal IgA Antibody Response

  • Juan Morales-Magaña,
  • Ivonne Maciel Arciniega-Martínez,
  • Maria Elisa Drago-Serrano,
  • Aldo Arturo Reséndiz-Albor and ,
  • Rosa Adriana Jarillo-Luna,
  • Andrea Cruz-Baquero,
  • Modesto Gómez-López,
  • Fabiola Guzmán-Mejía and
  • Judith Pacheco-Yépez
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

Cholecystokinin 8 (CCK8) is an entero-octapeptide that participates in crosstalk with components of intestinal immunity via the CCK receptor (CCKR), but its role in modulation of the IgA response is not fully known under physiological conditions. Mal...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Medicine)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,611 Views
13 Pages

Ascorbic Acid Ameliorates Cardiac and Hepatic Toxicity Induced by Azithromycin-Etoricoxib Drug Interaction

  • Reham Z. Hamza,
  • Fatima S. Alaryani,
  • Fatma Omara,
  • Mahmoud A. A. Said and ,
  • Sayed A. Abd El-Aziz and
  • Sawsan M. El-Sheikh
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

The complexity of prescribing safe and effective drug therapy is still challenging. Due to the increased number of medications taken by patients, the potential for drug-drug interactions has clinically important consequences. This study focuses on th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Natural Products as Potential Sources of Antidiabetic Compounds)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
6,500 Views
24 Pages

A Possible Novel Protective Effect of Piceatannol against Isoproterenol (ISO)-Induced Histopathological, Histochemical, and Immunohistochemical Changes in Male Wistar Rats

  • Samar A. Alghamdi,
  • Maryam H. Mugri,
  • Nahid M. H. Elamin,
  • Mona Awad Kamil and ,
  • Hind Osman,
  • Basma G. Eid,
  • Rasheed A. Shaik,
  • Soad S. Shaker and
  • Aziza Alrafiah
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

Dry mouth is characterized by lower saliva production and changes in saliva composition. In patients with some salivary gland function remaining, pharmaceutical treatments are not recommended; therefore, new, more effective methods of promoting saliv...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Medicine)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,528 Views
15 Pages

Characterization of Insulin-like Peptide (ILP) and Its Potential Role in Ovarian Development of the Cuttlefish Sepiella japonica

  • Zhenming Lü,
  • Chenghao Yao,
  • Shijie Zhao,
  • Yao Zhang and ,
  • Li Gong,
  • Bingjian Liu and
  • Liqin Liu
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

The insulin-like peptide (ILP) family is well known for regulating reproduction in invertebrates, while its role in mollusks remains largely unknown. In this study, we first isolated and characterized the ILP gene in the cuttlefish Sepiella japonica....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multipotent and Multisystem Biomolecules—Associated Interlinking Networks and Crossing Organ Differentiation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,186 Views
18 Pages

Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (KIRC) is the most common and highly malignant pathological type of kidney cancer, characterized by a profound metabolism dysregulation. As part of aspartate biosynthesis, mitochondrial GOT2 (glutamic-oxaloacetic trans...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecules at Play in Cancer)
  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
3,770 Views
19 Pages

Exogenous Zeaxanthin Alleviates Low Temperature Combined with Low Light Induced Photosynthesis Inhibition and Oxidative Stress in Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) Plants

  • Dongxia Ding,
  • Jing Li,
  • Jianming Xie,
  • Nenghui Li and ,
  • Emily Patience Bakpa,
  • Kangning Han,
  • Yan Yang and
  • Cheng Wang
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

Low temperature combined with low light (LL) affects crop production, especially the yield and quality of peppers, in northwest China during the winter and spring seasons. Zeaxanthin (Z) is a known lipid protectant and active oxygen scavenger. Howeve...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Research in Plant Metabolomics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,235 Views
10 Pages

Characterization of Gastric Tissue-Resident T Cells in Autoimmune and Helicobacter pylori-Associated Gastritis

  • Daisuke Kametaka,
  • Masaya Iwamuro,
  • Takahide Takahashi,
  • Araki Hirabata and ,
  • Kenta Hamada,
  • Yoshiyasu Kono,
  • Hiromitsu Kanzaki,
  • Seiji Kawano,
  • Takehiro Tanaka and
  • Hiroyuki Okada
  • + 7 authors+ 2 authors

Data regarding the in-depth surface marker profiles of gastric tissue-resident lymphocytes in autoimmune and Helicobacter pylori-associated gastritis are lacking. In this study, we investigated potential differences in lymphocyte composition between...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,614 Views
12 Pages

miR-92a-2-5p Regulates the Proliferation and Differentiation of ASD-Derived Neural Progenitor Cells

  • Wenting Zhuang,
  • Hui Liu,
  • Zhize He,
  • Jielan Ju and ,
  • Qiuxia Gao,
  • Zhiyan Shan and
  • Lei Lei
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a group of complex neurodevelopmental disorders with abnormal behavior. However, the pathogenesis of ASD remains to be clarified. It has been demonstrated that miRNAs are essential regulators of ASD. However, it is s...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Signaling Pathways, Development, and Biomarkers in Neuropathy)
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