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A next generation vaccine against human rabies based on a single dose of a chimpanzee adenovirus vector serotype C (2020)
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Napolitano, F., Merone, R., Abbate, A., Ammendola, V., Horncastle, E., Lanzaro, F., Esposito, M., Contino, A. M., Sbrocchi, R., Sommella, A., Duncan, J. D., Hinds, J., Urbanowicz, R. A., Lahm, A., Colloca, S., Folgori, A., Ball, J. K., Nicosia, A., Wizel, B., Capone, S., & Vitelli, A. (2020). A next generation vaccine against human rabies based on a single dose of a chimpanzee adenovirus vector serotype C. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14(7), Article e0008459. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008459

Rabies, caused by RNA viruses in the Genus Lyssavirus, is the most fatal of all infectious diseases. This neglected zoonosis remains a major public health problem in developing countries, causing the death of an estimated 25,000-159,000 people each y... Read More about A next generation vaccine against human rabies based on a single dose of a chimpanzee adenovirus vector serotype C.

A novel allele of ASY3 is associated with greater meiotic stability in autotetraploid Arabidopsis lyrata (2020)
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Seear, P. J., France, M. G., Gregory, C. L., Heavens, D., Schmickl, R., Yant, L., & Higgins, J. D. (2020). A novel allele of ASY3 is associated with greater meiotic stability in autotetraploid Arabidopsis lyrata. PLoS Genetics, 16(7), Article e1008900. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008900

In this study we performed a genotype-phenotype association analysis of meiotic stability in 10 autotetraploid Arabidopsis lyrata and A. lyrata/A. arenosa hybrid populations collected from the Wachau region and East Austrian Forealps. The aim was to... Read More about A novel allele of ASY3 is associated with greater meiotic stability in autotetraploid Arabidopsis lyrata.

Monitoring Allosteric Interactions with CXCR4 Using NanoBiT Conjugated Nanobodies (2020)
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Soave, M., Heukers, R., Kellam, B., Woolard, J., Smit, M. J., Briddon, S. J., & Hill, S. J. (2020). Monitoring Allosteric Interactions with CXCR4 Using NanoBiT Conjugated Nanobodies. Cell Chemical Biology, 27, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chembiol.2020.06.006

© 2020 The Authors Camelid single-domain antibody fragments (nanobodies) offer the specificity of an antibody in a single 15-kDa immunoglobulin domain. Their small size allows for easy genetic manipulation of the nanobody sequence to incorporate prot... Read More about Monitoring Allosteric Interactions with CXCR4 Using NanoBiT Conjugated Nanobodies.

Achieving Microparticles with Cell-Instructive Surface Chemistry by Using Tunable Co-Polymer Surfactants (2020)
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Dundas, A. A., Cuzzucoli Crucitti, V., Haas, S., Dubern, J., Latif, A., Romero, M., Sanni, O., Ghaemmaghami, A. M., Williams, P., Alexander, M. R., Wildman, R., & Irvine, D. J. (2020). Achieving Microparticles with Cell-Instructive Surface Chemistry by Using Tunable Co-Polymer Surfactants. Advanced Functional Materials, 30(36), Article 2001821. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202001821

© 2020 The Authors. Published by WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim A flow-focusing microfluidic device is used to produce functionalized monodisperse polymer particles with surface chemistries designed to control bacterial biofilm formatio... Read More about Achieving Microparticles with Cell-Instructive Surface Chemistry by Using Tunable Co-Polymer Surfactants.

Targeted genotype analyses of GWAS-derived lean body mass and handgrip strength-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms in elite masters athletes (2020)
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Crossland, H., Piasecki, J., McCormick, D., Phillips, B. E., Wilkinson, D. J., Smith, K., McPhee, J. S., Piasecki, M., & Atherton, P. J. (2020). Targeted genotype analyses of GWAS-derived lean body mass and handgrip strength-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms in elite masters athletes. AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 319(2), R184-R194. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.00110.2020

Recent large genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have independently identified a set of genetic loci associated with lean body mass (LBM) and handgrip strength (HGS). Evaluation of these candidate single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) may be usef... Read More about Targeted genotype analyses of GWAS-derived lean body mass and handgrip strength-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms in elite masters athletes.

The Added Value of Longitudinal Imaging for Preclinical In Vivo Efficacy Testing of Therapeutic Compounds against Cerebral Cryptococcosis (2020)
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Vanherp, L., Poelmans, J., Hillen, A., Janbon, G., Brock, M., Lagrou, K., Velde, G. V., & Himmelreich, U. (2020). The Added Value of Longitudinal Imaging for Preclinical In Vivo Efficacy Testing of Therapeutic Compounds against Cerebral Cryptococcosis. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 64(7), https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.00070-20

© 2020 American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved. Brain infections with Cryptococcus neoformans are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Cryptococcosis typically presents as meningoencephalitis or fungal mass lesions call... Read More about The Added Value of Longitudinal Imaging for Preclinical In Vivo Efficacy Testing of Therapeutic Compounds against Cerebral Cryptococcosis.

The C terminus of p73 is essential for hippocampal development (2020)
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Morone, N., Amelio, I., Panatta, E., Niklison-Chirou, M. V., Steinert, J. R., Agostini, M., Melino, G., & Knight, R. A. (2020). The C terminus of p73 is essential for hippocampal development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(27), 15694-15701. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2000917117

The p53 family member p73 has a complex gene structure, including alternative promoters and alternative splicing of the 3′ UTR. This results in a complex range of isoforms whose biological relevance largely remains to be determined. By deleting exon... Read More about The C terminus of p73 is essential for hippocampal development.

A divergent cyclin/cyclin-dependent kinase complex controls the atypical replication of a malaria parasite during gametogony and transmission (2020)
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Balestra, A. C., Zeeshan, M., Rea, E., Pasquarello, C., Brusini, L., Mourier, T., Subudhi, A. K., Klages, N., Arboit, P., Pandey, R., Brady, D., Vaughan, S., Holder, A. A., Pain, A., Ferguson, D. J., Hainard, A., Tewari, R., & Brochet, M. (2020). A divergent cyclin/cyclin-dependent kinase complex controls the atypical replication of a malaria parasite during gametogony and transmission. eLife, 9, Article e56474. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.56474

© 2020, Balestra et al. Cell cycle transitions are generally triggered by variation in the activity of cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) bound to cyclins. Malaria-causing parasites have a life cycle with unique cell-division cycles, and a repertoire of... Read More about A divergent cyclin/cyclin-dependent kinase complex controls the atypical replication of a malaria parasite during gametogony and transmission.

Endosomal signaling of delta opioid receptors is an endogenous mechanism and therapeutic target for relief from inflammatory pain (2020)
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Jimenez-Vargas, N. N., Gong, J., Wisdom, M. J., Jensen, D. D., Latorre, R., Hegron, A., Teng, S., DiCello, J. J., Rajasekhar, P., Veldhuis, N. A., Carbone, S. E., Yu, Y., Lopez-Lopez, C., Jaramillo-Polanco, J., Canals, M., Reed, D. E., Lomax, A. E., Schmidt, B. L., Leong, K. W., Vanner, S. J., …Poole, D. P. (2020). Endosomal signaling of delta opioid receptors is an endogenous mechanism and therapeutic target for relief from inflammatory pain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(26), 15281-15292. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2000500117

Whether G protein-coupled receptors signal from endosomes to control important pathophysiological processes and are therapeutic targets is uncertain. We report that opioids from the inflamed colon activate -opioid receptors (DOPr) in endosomes of noc... Read More about Endosomal signaling of delta opioid receptors is an endogenous mechanism and therapeutic target for relief from inflammatory pain.

Calbindin Deficits May Underlie Dissociable Effects of 5-HT6 and mGlu7 Antagonists on Glutamate and Cognition in a Dual-Hit Neurodevelopmental Model for Schizophrenia (2020)
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Shortall, S. E., Brown, A. M., Newton-Mann, E., Dawe-Lane, E., Evans, C., Fowler, M., & King, M. V. (2020). Calbindin Deficits May Underlie Dissociable Effects of 5-HT6 and mGlu7 Antagonists on Glutamate and Cognition in a Dual-Hit Neurodevelopmental Model for Schizophrenia. Molecular Neurobiology, 57(9), 3439–3457. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12035-020-01938-x

© 2020, The Author(s). Despite several compounds entering clinical trials for the negative and cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia, few have progressed beyond phase III. This is partly attributed to a need for improved preclinical models, to understa... Read More about Calbindin Deficits May Underlie Dissociable Effects of 5-HT6 and mGlu7 Antagonists on Glutamate and Cognition in a Dual-Hit Neurodevelopmental Model for Schizophrenia.