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Modifying the m6A brain methylome by ALKBH5-mediated demethylation: a new contender for synaptic tagging (2021)
Journal Article
Martinez De La Cruz, B., Markus, R., Malla, S., Haig, M. I., Gell, C., Sang, F., …Knight, H. M. (2021). Modifying the m6A brain methylome by ALKBH5-mediated demethylation: a new contender for synaptic tagging. Molecular Psychiatry, 26(12), 7141-7153. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-021-01282-z

Synaptic plasticity processes, which underlie learning and memory formation, require RNA to be translated local to synapses. The synaptic tagging hypothesis has previously been proposed to explain how mRNAs are available at specific activated synapse... Read More about Modifying the m6A brain methylome by ALKBH5-mediated demethylation: a new contender for synaptic tagging.

Cell type–specific super-resolution imaging reveals an increase in calcium-permeable AMPA receptors at spinal peptidergic terminals as an anatomical correlate of inflammatory pain (2019)
Journal Article
Woodhams, S. G., Markus, R., Gowler, P. R., Self, T. J., & Chapman, V. (2019). Cell type–specific super-resolution imaging reveals an increase in calcium-permeable AMPA receptors at spinal peptidergic terminals as an anatomical correlate of inflammatory pain. PAIN, 160(11), 2641-2650. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001672

Spinal hyperexcitability is a key event in the development of persistent pain, and arises partly from alterations in the number and localization of α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionate (AMPA)-type glutamate receptors. However, determinin... Read More about Cell type–specific super-resolution imaging reveals an increase in calcium-permeable AMPA receptors at spinal peptidergic terminals as an anatomical correlate of inflammatory pain.

Nuclear trafficking, histone cleavage and induction of apoptosis by the meningococcal App and MspA autotransporters (2015)
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Khairalla, A. S., Omer, S. A., Mahdavi, J., Aslam, A., Dufailu, O. A., Self, T., …Ala'Aldeen, D. A. (2015). Nuclear trafficking, histone cleavage and induction of apoptosis by the meningococcal App and MspA autotransporters. Cellular Microbiology, 17(7), 1008-1020. https://doi.org/10.1111/cmi.12417

Neisseria meningitidis, a major cause of bacterial meningitis and septicaemia, secretes multiple virulence factors, including the adhesion and penetration protein (App) and meningococcal serine protease A (MspA). Both are conserved, immunogenic, type... Read More about Nuclear trafficking, histone cleavage and induction of apoptosis by the meningococcal App and MspA autotransporters.

A novel O-linked glycan modulates Campylobacter jejuni major outer membrane protein-mediated adhesion to human histo-blood group antigens and chicken colonization (2014)
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Mahdavi, J., Pirinccioglu, N., Oldfield, N. J., Carlsohn, E., Stoof, J., Aslam, A., …Ala'Aldeen, D. A. (2014). A novel O-linked glycan modulates Campylobacter jejuni major outer membrane protein-mediated adhesion to human histo-blood group antigens and chicken colonization. Open Biology, 4(1), Article 130202. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsob.130202

Campylobacter jejuni is an important cause of human foodborne gastroenteritis; strategies to prevent infection are hampered by a poor understanding of the complex interactions between host and pathogen. Previous work showed that C. jejuni could bind... Read More about A novel O-linked glycan modulates Campylobacter jejuni major outer membrane protein-mediated adhesion to human histo-blood group antigens and chicken colonization.

Laminin receptor initiates bacterial contact with the blood brain barrier in experimental meningitis models (2009)
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Orihuela, C. J., Mahdavi, J., Thornton, J., Mann, B., Wooldridge, K. G., Abouseada, N., …Tuomanen, E. I. (2009). Laminin receptor initiates bacterial contact with the blood brain barrier in experimental meningitis models. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 119(6), 1638-1646. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI36759

A diverse array of infectious agents, including prions and certain neurotropic viruses, bind to the laminin receptor (LR), and this determines tropism to the CNS. Bacterial meningitis in childhood is almost exclusively caused by the respiratory tract... Read More about Laminin receptor initiates bacterial contact with the blood brain barrier in experimental meningitis models.