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  • Review
  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,938 Views
7 Pages

Role of Akirin in Skeletal Myogenesis

  • Xiaoling Chen,
  • Zhiqing Huang,
  • Huan Wang,
  • Gang Jia,
  • Guangmang Liu,
  • Xiulan Guo,
  • Renyong Tang and
  • Dingbiao Long

8 February 2013

Akirin is a recently discovered nuclear factor that plays an important role in innate immune responses. Beyond its role in innate immune responses, Akirin has recently been shown to play an important role in skeletal myogenesis. In this article, we w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,686 Views
20 Pages

Identification, Expression, Characteristic Analysis, and Immune Function of Two Akirin Genes in Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)

  • Guokun Yang,
  • Jianing Gu,
  • Hao Wang,
  • Boya Yang,
  • Shikun Feng,
  • Yanmin Zhang,
  • Xindang Zhang,
  • Xulu Chang,
  • Jianchun Shao and
  • Xiaolin Meng

22 August 2024

Intensive aquaculture of grass carp often leads to decreased immunity and increased disease prevalence, resulting in economic losses. Improving grass carp immunity is therefore a critical strategy for addressing these challenges. Akirin reportedly pa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,764 Views
13 Pages

Reduction in Oviposition of Poultry Red Mite (Dermanyssus gallinae) in Hens Vaccinated with Recombinant Akirin

  • Jose Francisco Lima-Barbero,
  • Marinela Contreras,
  • Kathryn Bartley,
  • Daniel R. G. Price,
  • Francesca Nunn,
  • Marta Sanchez-Sanchez,
  • Eduardo Prado,
  • Ursula Höfle,
  • Margarita Villar and
  • José de la Fuente
  • + 1 author

19 September 2019

The poultry red mite (PRM), Dermanyssus gallinae, is a hematophagous ectoparasite of birds with worldwide distribution that causes economic losses in the egg-production sector of the poultry industry. Traditional control methods, mainly based on acar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
5,438 Views
27 Pages

A Novel Combined Scientific and Artistic Approach for the Advanced Characterization of Interactomes: The Akirin/Subolesin Model

  • Sara Artigas-Jerónimo,
  • Juan J. Pastor Comín,
  • Margarita Villar,
  • Marinela Contreras,
  • Pilar Alberdi,
  • Israel León Viera,
  • Leandro Soto,
  • Raúl Cordero,
  • James J. Valdés and
  • José de la Fuente
  • + 2 authors

8 February 2020

The main objective of this study was to propose a novel methodology to approach challenges in molecular biology. Akirin/Subolesin (AKR/SUB) are vaccine protective antigens and are a model for the study of the interactome due to its conserved function...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
6,024 Views
11 Pages

Effect of Porcine Akirin2 on Skeletal Myosin Heavy Chain Isoform Expression

  • Xiaoling Chen,
  • Yanliu Luo,
  • Bo Zhou,
  • Zhiqing Huang,
  • Gang Jia,
  • Guangmang Liu,
  • Hua Zhao,
  • Zhouping Yang and
  • Ruinan Zhang

12 February 2015

Akirin2 plays an important role in skeletal myogenesis. In this study, we found that porcine Akirin2 (pAkirin2) mRNA level was significantly higher in fast extensor digitorum longus (EDL) and longissimus lumborum (LL) muscles than in slow soleus (SOL...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,548 Views
21 Pages

AKIRIN1: A Potential New Reference Gene in Human Natural Killer Cells and Granulocytes in Sepsis

  • Anna Coulibaly,
  • Sonia Y. Velásquez,
  • Carsten Sticht,
  • Ana Sofia Figueiredo,
  • Bianca S. Himmelhan,
  • Jutta Schulte,
  • Timo Sturm,
  • Franz-Simon Centner,
  • Jochen J. Schöttler and
  • Holger A. Lindner
  • + 1 author

Timely and reliable distinction of sepsis from non-infectious systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) supports adequate antimicrobial therapy and saves lives but is clinically challenging. Blood transcriptional profiling promises to deliver in...

  • Expression of Concern
  • Open Access
2,810 Views
3 Pages

The Editorial Office of Vaccines has decided to issue the following Expression of Concern about the published paper: A Novel Combined Scientific and Artistic Approach for the Advanced Characterization of Interactomes: The Akirin/Subolesin Model [...]...

  • Review
  • Open Access
34 Citations
10,215 Views
16 Pages

22 July 2015

Transcriptional regulation of inflammatory gene expression has been at the forefront of studies of innate immunity and is coordinately regulated by transcription factors, including NF-κB, and chromatin modifiers. The growing evidence for involvement...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,381 Views
16 Pages

Tick Importin-α Is Implicated in the Interactome and Regulome of the Cofactor Subolesin

  • Sara Artigas-Jerónimo,
  • Margarita Villar,
  • Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz,
  • Grégory Caignard,
  • Damien Vitour,
  • Jennifer Richardson,
  • Sandrine Lacour,
  • Houssam Attoui,
  • Lesley Bell-Sakyi and
  • José de la Fuente
  • + 4 authors

Ticks and tick-borne diseases (TBDs) represent a burden for human and animal health worldwide. Currently, vaccines constitute the safest and most effective approach to control ticks and TBDs. Subolesin (SUB) has been identified as a vaccine antigen f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
5,225 Views
17 Pages

Vaccination with Recombinant Subolesin Antigens Provides Cross-Tick Species Protection in Bos indicus and Crossbred Cattle in Uganda

  • Paul D. Kasaija,
  • Marinela Contreras,
  • Fredrick Kabi,
  • Swidiq Mugerwa and
  • José de la Fuente

Cattle tick infestations and transmitted pathogens affect animal health, production and welfare with an impact on cattle industry in tropical and subtropical countries. Anti-tick vaccines constitute an effective and sustainable alternative to the tra...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,260 Views
7 Pages

Effect of Expressions and SNPs of Candidate Genes on Intramuscular Fat Content in Qinchuan Cattle

  • Yaxing Li,
  • Gong Cheng,
  • Takahisa Yamada,
  • Jianfeng Liu,
  • Linsen Zan and
  • Bin Tong

7 August 2020

Marbling is characterized by the amount and distribution of intramuscular fat (IMF). The AKIRIN2, TTN, EDG1, and MYBPC1 genes are well-known marbling-related genes, which were first identified in Japanese Black beef cattle. The objectives of this stu...

  • Review
  • Open Access
31 Citations
7,083 Views
18 Pages

Dynamic Regulation of NF-κB Response in Innate Immunity: The Case of the IMD Pathway in Drosophila

  • Alexandre Cammarata-Mouchtouris,
  • Adrian Acker,
  • Akira Goto,
  • Di Chen,
  • Nicolas Matt and
  • Vincent Leclerc

16 September 2022

Metazoans have developed strategies to protect themselves from pathogenic attack. These preserved mechanisms constitute the immune system, composed of innate and adaptive responses. Among the two kinds, the innate immune system involves the activatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,136 Views
14 Pages

Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of mRNA and miRNA during the Development of Longissimus Dorsi Muscle of Gannan Yak and Tianzhu White Yak

  • Yanmei Niu,
  • Dashan Guo,
  • Yali Wei,
  • Jingsheng Li,
  • Yanbin Bai,
  • Zhanxin Liu,
  • Xue Jia,
  • Zongchang Chen,
  • Liang Li and
  • Shaobin Li
  • + 6 authors

5 August 2024

The Gannan yak, a superior livestock breed found on the Tibetan Plateau, exhibits significantly enhanced body size, weight, and growth performance in comparison to the Tianzhu white yak. MiRNAs play a pivotal role in regulating muscle growth by negat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,057 Views
24 Pages

Gene Expression Dynamics Underlying Muscle Aging in the Hawk Moth Manduca sexta

  • Avery Del Grosso,
  • Beate Wone,
  • Connor McMahon,
  • Hallie Downs and
  • Bernard W. M. Wone

1 November 2025

Background/Objectives: Muscle aging is a complex, dynamic process that impairs overall metabolism and physiological function. The molecular mechanisms underlying declines in muscle performance and metabolic efficiency remain poorly understood, largel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,625 Views
14 Pages

Background: The mechanism by which infiltrating CD8+ T lymphocytes in the tumour microenvironment influence the survival of patients with ovarian cancer (OC) remains unclear. Methods: To identify biomarkers to optimise OC treatment, 13 immune-cell-li...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
8,130 Views
18 Pages

Genes Whose Gain or Loss of Function Changes Type 1, 2A, 2X, or 2B Muscle Fibre Proportions in Mice—A Systematic Review

  • Gabryela Kuhnen,
  • Tiago Guedes Russomanno,
  • Marta Murgia,
  • Nicolas J. Pillon,
  • Martin Schönfelder and
  • Henning Wackerhage

26 October 2022

Adult skeletal muscle fibres are classified as type 1, 2A, 2X, and 2B. These classifications are based on the expression of the dominant myosin heavy chain isoform. Muscle fibre-specific gene expression and proportions of muscle fibre types change du...

  • Article
  • Open Access
376 Views
19 Pages

Global Salivary Proteomic Profiling of Individuals with the Co-Occurrence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Dyslipidemia, and Periodontitis

  • Raquel Mantuaneli Scarel-Caminaga,
  • François Isnaldo Dias Caldeira,
  • Sâmia Cruz Tfaile Corbi,
  • Diego Girotto Bussaneli,
  • Alliny de Souza Bastos,
  • Silvana Regina Perez Orrico,
  • Cristiane Ribeiro Salmon and
  • Walter Luiz Siqueira

5 December 2025

Human whole saliva contains informative proteins related to disease processes and is important for oral cavity homeostasis. The aim of this study was to investigate the global salivary proteomic profile, including functional enrichment analysis of in...