TSG101 (Tumor susceptibility 101) gene and its aberrantly spliced isoform, termed TSG101∆154-1054, are tightly linked to tumorigenesis in various cancers. The aberrant TSG101∆154-1054 mRNA is generated from cancer-specific re-splicing of mature TSG10...
The multidomain protein encoded by the Tumor Susceptibility Gene 101 (TSG101) is ubiquitously expressed and is suggested to function in diverse intracellular processes. In this review, we provide a succinct overview of the main structural features of...
Two decades ago, Tsg101, a component of the Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport (ESCRT) complex 1, was identified as a cellular factor recruited by the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) to facilitate budding of viral particle...
Endosomal dysfunction is one of the earliest cellular signs in Alzheimer’s disease. Tumor susceptibility gene 101 protein (TSG101) is a component of the endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT)-I, which plays a key role in sorti...
Tumor viruses gain control of cellular functions when they infect and transform host cells. Alternative splicing is one of the cellular processes exploited by tumor viruses to benefit viral replication and support oncogenesis. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV...
The ESCRT-I factor Tsg101 is essential for sorting endocytic cargo and is exploited by viral pathogens to facilitate egress from cells. Both the nucleocapsid (NC) domain and p6 domain in HIV-1 Gag contribute to recruitment of the protein. However, th...
Cardiac cells can adapt to pathological stress-induced energy crisis by shifting from fatty acid oxidation to glycolysis. However, the use of glucose-insulin-potassium (GIK) solution in patients undergoing cardiac surgery does not alleviate ischemia/...
Although tissue-type plasminogen activator was approved by the FDA for early reperfusion of occluded vessels, there is a need for an effective neuroprotective drug for stroke patients. In this study, we established tumor susceptibility gene (TSG)101-...
Previous research indicates that carcinogenesis involves disrupting the functions of numerous genes, including factors involved in the regulation of transcription and cell proliferation. For these reasons, in endometrial carcinogenesis, we decided to...
Human T-cell tropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is known to be mainly transmitted by cell-to-cell contact due to the lower infectivity of the cell-free virion. However, the reasons why cell-free HTLV-1 infection is poor remain unknown. In this study, we fo...
Tsg101, a component of the endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT), is responsible for recognition of events requiring the machinery, as signaled by cargo tagging with ubiquitin (Ub), and for recruitment of downstream acting subunits...
Tsg101 UEV domain proteins are potential targets for virus infection therapy, especially for HIV and Ebola viruses. Peptides are key in curbing virus transmission, and cyclic peptides have a greater survival time than their linear peptides. To date,...
Hyaluronan (HA) has proven to be beneficial in the treatment of several diseases. Recently, it has been shown that the local application of HA (IBD98E) improves endoscopic and clinical outcomes in subjects with active distal ulcerative colitis (UC)....
Glucolipotoxicity is one of the critical causal factors of diabetic complications. Whether mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have effects on glucolipotoxicity in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and mechanisms involved are unclear. Thirty...
The global rise in aging populations has made healthy longevity a critical priority in medical research. 2,3,5,4′-Tetrahydroxystilbene-2-O-β-D-glucoside (TSG), the primary bioactive component of Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. (commonly known...
Tumor necrosis factor alpha-stimulated protein 6 (TSG-6) is a potent anti-inflammatory mediator secreted by mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). In human milk (HM), these cells (human milk mesenchymal stem cells, HM-MSCs) contribute to postnatal programmin...
The pro-inflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) and interleukin (IL)-1β upregulate TNF-α-stimulated gene 6 (TSG-6); however, current knowledge about the optimal conditions for TSG-6 expression in mesenchymal stem c...
Fibrosis is a leading cause of death in occidental states. The increasing number of patients with fibrosis requires innovative approaches. Despite the proven beneficial effects of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapy on fibrosis, there is little evide...
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) regulate immune cell activity by expressing tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α)-stimulated gene 6 (TSG-6) in inflammatory environments; however, whether anti-inflammatory responses affect TSG-6 expression in MSCs...
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α-stimulated gene 6 (TSG-6), the first soluble chemokine-binding protein to be identified in mammals, inhibits chemotaxis and transendothelial migration of neutrophils and attenuates the inflammatory response of dend...
The identification of novel targets to modulate the immune response triggered by cerebral ischemia is crucial to promote the development of effective stroke therapeutics. Since tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α-stimulated gene 6 (TSG-6), a hyaluro...
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Ischemic preconditioning (PC) induced by a sub-lethal cerebral insult triggers brain tolerance against a subsequent severe injury through diverse mechanisms, including the modulation of the immune system. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α-stimulate...
This study aimed to optimize the extraction and purification of TSG-enriched Polygonum multiflorum extract and evaluate its therapeutic potential against androgenetic alopecia. P. multiflorum Thunb. has long been used in traditional Chinese medicine...
Kynurenic acid (KYNA) has recognized anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive properties. Previous studies demonstrated that KYNA reduces TNF-α, S100A12, S100A8/9, and α-defensin production while increasing tumor necrosis factor-stimulated...
Tumor necrosis factor-stimulated gene-6 (TSG-6) is a 35-kDa glycoprotein that has been shown to exert anti-inflammatory effects in experimental models of arthritis, acute myocardial infarction, and acute cerebral infarction. Several lines of evidence...
2,3,5,4′-Tetrahydroxystilbene-2-O-β-d-glucoside (TSG), an active polyphenolic component of Polygonum multiflorum, exhibits many pharmacological activities including antioxidant, anti-inflammation, and anti-aging effects. A previous study d...
Asthma is an inflammatory disease caused by an imbalance of Th1 and Th2 cells. In general, asthma is characterized by a stronger Th2 response. Most conventional asthma treatment focuses on improving airway flow or suppression of airway inflammation....
Aggressive variant prostate cancer (AVPC) is characterized by a molecular signature involving combined defects in TP53, RB1, and/or PTEN (AVPC-TSGs), identifiable through immunohistochemistry or genomic analysis. The reported prevalence of AVPC-TSG a...
In recent years, there has been a growing academic interest in sustainable development and sustainability, as well as in forms of physical activity that may serve as alternatives to globalized sport. One such form of activity is traditional sports an...
Food, agriculture, and labeling, affecting the environment are well connected concepts, the balance between them being determined not only by pedological and climatic factors or the development level of agricultural techniques, but also by national g...
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly integrated into spatial planning and governance, a central challenge is translating AI-enabled technical capabilities into institutionally usable spatial decision-making capacity. Taking territoria...
Temperature-sensitive gels (TSGs) are generally used in the fields of medical, robotics, MEMS, and also in daily life. In this paper, we synthesized a novel TSG with good thermal durability and a lower melting temperature below 60 °C. We discusse...
Interleukin-10 plays a vital role in maintaining peripheral immunotolerance and favors a regulatory immune milieu through the suppression of T effector cells. Inflammation-induced microvascular loss has been associated with airway epithelial injury,...
Exosomes—small membrane vesicles secreted by both normal and malignant cells upon fusion of endosomal multivesicular bodies (MVBs) with the plasma membrane—play an important role in cell-to-cell communication. During the last decade, several reports...
Background/Objectives: Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) have shown great promise as diagnostic and therapeutic tools, as well as pharmacological nanocarriers. Various strategies are being explored to develop EVs for monitoring, imaging, loading with phar...
Italian gastronomy experiences have ever-enhancing fame around the world. This is due to the linkage between taste and salubriousness commonly related to Mediterranean foods. The market proposes many types of pizza to suit all palates. In this work,...
Cancer progression is linked to abnormal epigenetic alterations such as DNA methylation and histone modifications. Since epigenetic alterations, unlike genetic changes, are heritable and reversible, they have been considered as interesting targets fo...
An advanced thermal conversion system involving high-temperature gasification of biomass and municipal waste into biofuel, syngas or hydrogen-rich gas is presented in this paper. The decomposition of solid biomass and wastes by gasification is carrie...
Studies of conditionally lethal mutants can help delineate the structure-function relationships of biomolecules. Temperature-sensitive (ts) mammalian reovirus (MRV) mutants were isolated and characterized many years ago. Two of the most well-defined...
Using TSG101 pre-mRNA, we previously discovered cancer-specific re-splicing of mature mRNA that generates aberrant transcripts/proteins. The fact that mRNA is aberrantly re-spliced in various cancer cells implies there must be an important mechanism...
The improvement of mitochondrial function is described as a strategy for alleviating oxidative stress and intervening in the aging process. 2,3,5,4′-Tetrahydroxystilbene-2-O-β-D-glucoside (TSG) is one of the major bioactive components isol...
We have been studying mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in synovial fluid and the intra-articular injection of synovial MSCs in osteoarthritis (OA) knees. Here, mainly based on our own findings, we overview the characteristics of endogenous MSCs in the s...
The HIV-1 Gag p6 protein regulates the final abscission step of nascent virions from the cell membrane by the action of its two late (l-) domains, which recruit Tsg101 and ALIX, components of the ESCRT system. Even though p6 consists of only 52 amino...
Artificial intelligence technologies are widely investigated as a promising technique for tackling complex and ill-defined problems. In this context, artificial neural networks methodology has been considered as an effective tool to handle renewable...
Background: Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) are aggressive bile duct cancers with a poor prognosis for which there are only few established prognostic biomarkers and molecular targets available. The gene ITIH5, a known class II tumor suppressor gene (C2TSG)...
Italian gastronomy experiences have ever-enhancing fame around the world. It is due to the linkage between taste and salubriousness commonly related to Mediterranean foods. The market proposes many types of pizza to suit all palates. The antioxidant...
The use of non-optimal preparations of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), such as extensively expanded cells, might be necessary to obtain the large numbers of cells needed for many clinical applications. We previously demonstrated that minimally expande...
Members of the DNA methyltransferase (DNMT) family have been recognized as major epigenetic regulators of altered gene expression during tumor development. They establish and maintain DNA methylation of the CpG island of promoter and non-CpG region o...
In pulpitis, dentinal restorative processes are considerably associated with undifferentiated mesenchymal cells in the pulp. This study aimed to investigate strategies to improve the odonto/osteogenic differentiation of dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs)...
Blast concussions are a common injury sustained in military combat today. Inflammation due to microglial polarization can drive the development of visual defects following blast injuries. In this study, we assessed whether anti-inflammatory factors r...
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