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High heteroplasmy is associated with low mitochondrial copy number and selection against non-synonymous mutations in the snail Cepaea nemoralis (2024)
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Davison, A., Chowdhury, M., Johansen, M., Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Programme, Uliano-Silva, M., & Blaxter, M. (2024). High heteroplasmy is associated with low mitochondrial copy number and selection against non-synonymous mutations in the snail Cepaea nemoralis. BMC Genomics, 25(1), Article 596. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-024-10505-w

Molluscan mitochondrial genomes are unusual because they show wide variation in size, radical genome rearrangements and frequently show high variation (>10%) within species. As progress in understanding this variation has been limited, we used whole... Read More about High heteroplasmy is associated with low mitochondrial copy number and selection against non-synonymous mutations in the snail Cepaea nemoralis.

Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of a New Chemotype Fluorescent Ligand for the P2Y2 Receptor (2024)
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Knight, R., Kilpatrick, L. E., Hill, S. J., & Stocks, M. J. (2024). Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of a New Chemotype Fluorescent Ligand for the P2Y2 Receptor. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 15(7), 1127-1135. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c00211

The P2Y2 receptor (P2Y2R) is a target for diseases including cancer, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, and atherosclerosis. However, there are insufficient P2Y2R antagonists available for validating P2Y2R function and future drug development. Evaluation... Read More about Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of a New Chemotype Fluorescent Ligand for the P2Y2 Receptor.

Lower Humoral and Cellular Immunity Following Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection Compared to Symptomatic Infection in Education (The ACE Cohort) (2024)
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Hopkins, G., Gomez, N., Tucis, D., Bartlett, L., Steers, G., Burns, E., Brown, M., Harvey-Cowlishaw, T., Santos, R., Lauder, S. N., Scurr, M., Capitani, L., Burnell, S., Rees, T., Smart, K., Somerville, M., Gallimore, A., Perera, M., Potts, M., Metaxaki, M., …Fairclough, L. (2024). Lower Humoral and Cellular Immunity Following Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection Compared to Symptomatic Infection in Education (The ACE Cohort). Journal of Clinical Immunology, 44(6), Article 147. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10875-024-01739-0

Purpose
Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections were widely reported during the COVID-19 pandemic, acting as a hidden source of infection. Many existing studies investigating asymptomatic immunity failed to recruit true asymptomatic individuals. Thus, we... Read More about Lower Humoral and Cellular Immunity Following Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection Compared to Symptomatic Infection in Education (The ACE Cohort).

A convenient model of serum-induced reactivity of human astrocytes to investigate astrocyte-derived extracellular vesicles (2024)
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White, K. E., Bailey, H. L., Shaw, B. S., Geiszler, P. C., Mesquita-Ribeiro, R., Scott, D., Layfield, R., & Serres, S. (2024). A convenient model of serum-induced reactivity of human astrocytes to investigate astrocyte-derived extracellular vesicles. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 18, Article 1414142. https://doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2024.1414142

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are secreted by all cells in the CNS, including neurons and astrocytes. EVs are lipid membrane enclosed particles loaded with various bioactive cargoes reflecting the dynamic activities of cells of origin. In contrast to... Read More about A convenient model of serum-induced reactivity of human astrocytes to investigate astrocyte-derived extracellular vesicles.

Modelling the role of enzymatic pathways in the metabolism of docosahexaenoic acid by monocytes and its association with osteoarthritic pain (2024)
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Franks, S. J., Gowler, P. R., Dunster, J. L., Turnbull, J., Gohir, S. A., Kelly, A., Valdes, A. M., King, J. R., Barrett, D. A., Chapman, V., & Preston, S. (2024). Modelling the role of enzymatic pathways in the metabolism of docosahexaenoic acid by monocytes and its association with osteoarthritic pain. Mathematical Biosciences, 374, Article 109228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mbs.2024.109228

Chronic pain is a major cause of disability and suffering in osteoarthritis (OA) patients. Endogenous specialised pro-resolving molecules (SPMs) curtail pro-inflammatory responses. One of the SPM intermediate oxylipins, 17-hydroxydocasahexaenoic acid... Read More about Modelling the role of enzymatic pathways in the metabolism of docosahexaenoic acid by monocytes and its association with osteoarthritic pain.

Aspergillus ullungdoensis sp. nov., Penicillium jeongsukae sp. nov., and other fungi from Korea (2024)
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Lee, H. B., Nguyen, T. T., Noh, S. J., Kim, D. H., Kang, K. H., Kim, S. J., Kirk, P. M., Avery, S. V., Medina, A., & Hallsworth, J. E. (2024). Aspergillus ullungdoensis sp. nov., Penicillium jeongsukae sp. nov., and other fungi from Korea. Fungal Biology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2024.05.014

Eurotiales fungi are thought to be distributed worldwide but there is a paucity of information about their occurrence on diverse substrates or hosts and at specific localities. Some of the Eurotiales, including Aspergillus and Penicillium species, pr... Read More about Aspergillus ullungdoensis sp. nov., Penicillium jeongsukae sp. nov., and other fungi from Korea.

A systematic analysis of affinity tags in the haloarchaeal expression system, Haloferax volcanii for protein purification (2024)
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Karan, R., Renn, D., Allers, T., & Rueping, M. (2024). A systematic analysis of affinity tags in the haloarchaeal expression system, Haloferax volcanii for protein purification. Frontiers in Microbiology, 15, Article 1403623. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1403623

Extremophilic proteins are valuable in various fields, but their expression can be challenging in traditional hosts like Escherichia coli due to misfolding and aggregation. Haloferax volcanii (H. volcanii), a halophilic expression system, offers a so... Read More about A systematic analysis of affinity tags in the haloarchaeal expression system, Haloferax volcanii for protein purification.

Population infection estimation from wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in Nagpur, India during the second pandemic wave (2024)
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Acheampong, E., Husain, A. A., Dudani, H., Nayak, A. R., Nag, A., Meena, E., …Monaghan, T. M. (2024). Population infection estimation from wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in Nagpur, India during the second pandemic wave. PLoS ONE, 19(5), Article e0303529. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303529

Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has emerged as an effective environmental surveillance tool for predicting severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) disease outbreaks in high-income countries (HICs) with centralized sewage infr... Read More about Population infection estimation from wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in Nagpur, India during the second pandemic wave.

The chemotrophic behaviour of Aspergillus niger: Mapping hyphal filaments during chemo-sensing; the first step towards directed materials formation (2024)
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Sadaf, A., Brock, M., & Perry, C. C. (2024). The chemotrophic behaviour of Aspergillus niger: Mapping hyphal filaments during chemo-sensing; the first step towards directed materials formation. Fungal Biology, 128(4), 1868-1875. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2024.05.010

In the development of fungal based materials for applications in construction through to biomedical materials and fashion, understanding how to regulate and direct growth is key for gaining control over the form of material generated. Here, we show h... Read More about The chemotrophic behaviour of Aspergillus niger: Mapping hyphal filaments during chemo-sensing; the first step towards directed materials formation.

The novel adrenergic agonist ATR-127 targets skeletal muscle and brown adipose tissue to tackle diabesity and steatohepatitis (2024)
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Talamonti, E., Davegardh, J., Kalinovich, A., van Beek, S. M. M., Dehvari, N., Halleskog, C., Bokhari, H. M., Hutchinson, D. S., Ham, S., Humphrys, L. J., Dijon, N. C., Motso, A., Sandstrom, A., Zacharewicz, E., Mutule, I., Suna, E., Spura, J., Ditrychova, K., Stoddart, L. A., Holliday, N. D., …Bengtsson, T. (2024). The novel adrenergic agonist ATR-127 targets skeletal muscle and brown adipose tissue to tackle diabesity and steatohepatitis. Molecular Metabolism, 85, Article 101931. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molmet.2024.101931

Objective
Simultaneous activation of β2- and β3-adrenoceptors (ARs) improves whole-body metabolism via beneficial effects in skeletal muscle and brown adipose tissue (BAT). Nevertheless, high-efficacy agonists simultaneously targeting these receptor... Read More about The novel adrenergic agonist ATR-127 targets skeletal muscle and brown adipose tissue to tackle diabesity and steatohepatitis.