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Changes in nutrient composition and gene expression in growing mealworms (Tenebrio molitor) (2023)
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Lopez-Viso, C., Castellanos-Uribe, M., May, T., Brameld, J., Salter, A., & Parr, T. (2023). Changes in nutrient composition and gene expression in growing mealworms (Tenebrio molitor). Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, https://doi.org/10.1163/23524588-20230143

Insects are of high interest as a sustainable source of nutrients to be included in the food production system. The larvae of Tenebrio molitor, commonly known as yellow mealworms (MW), have a high protein content, which means potential applications i... Read More about Changes in nutrient composition and gene expression in growing mealworms (Tenebrio molitor).

Lipoprotein Deprivation Reveals a Cholesterol-Dependent Therapeutic Vulnerability in Diffuse Glioma Metabolism (2022)
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Wood, J., Abdelrazig, S., Evseev, S., Ortori, C., Castellanos-Uribe, M., May, S. T., …Rahman, R. (2022). Lipoprotein Deprivation Reveals a Cholesterol-Dependent Therapeutic Vulnerability in Diffuse Glioma Metabolism. Cancers, 14(16), Article 3873. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14163873

Poor outcomes associated with diffuse high-grade gliomas occur in both adults and children, despite substantial progress made in the molecular characterisation of the disease. Targeting the metabolic requirements of cancer cells represents an alterna... Read More about Lipoprotein Deprivation Reveals a Cholesterol-Dependent Therapeutic Vulnerability in Diffuse Glioma Metabolism.

Genome-Wide Expression and Anti-Proliferative Effects of Electric Field Therapy on Pediatric and Adult Brain Tumors (2022)
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Branter, J., Estevez-Cebrero, M., Diksin, M., Griffin, M., Castellanos-Uribe, M., May, S., …Smith, S. (2022). Genome-Wide Expression and Anti-Proliferative Effects of Electric Field Therapy on Pediatric and Adult Brain Tumors. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(4), Article 1982. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23041982

The lack of treatment options for high-grade brain tumors has led to searches for alternative therapeutic modalities. Electrical field therapy is one such area. The Optune™ system is an FDA-approved novel device that delivers continuous alternating e... Read More about Genome-Wide Expression and Anti-Proliferative Effects of Electric Field Therapy on Pediatric and Adult Brain Tumors.

CG7379 and ING1 suppress cancer cell invasion by maintaining cell–cell junction integrity (2021)
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Rusu, A. D., Cornhill, Z. E., Coutiño, B. C., Uribe, M. C., Lourdusamy, A., Markus, Z., …Georgiou, M. (2021). CG7379 and ING1 suppress cancer cell invasion by maintaining cell–cell junction integrity. Open Biology, 11(9), Article 210077. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsob.210077

Approximately 90% of cancer-related deaths can be attributed to a tumour's ability to spread. We have identified CG7379, the fly orthologue of human ING1, as a potent invasion suppressor. ING1 is a type II tumour suppressor with well-established role... Read More about CG7379 and ING1 suppress cancer cell invasion by maintaining cell–cell junction integrity.

Mast Cell Tryptase Release Contributes to Disease Progression in Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (2021)
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Babaei-Jadidi, R., Dongre, A., Miller, S., Castellanos Uribe, M., Stewart, I. D., Thompson, Z. M., …Johnson, S. R. (2021). Mast Cell Tryptase Release Contributes to Disease Progression in Lymphangioleiomyomatosis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 204(4), 431-444. https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.202007-2854OC

Rationale: Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a multisystem disease that causes lung cysts and respiratory failure. Loss of TSC (tuberous sclerosis complex) gene function results in a clone of “LAM cells” with dysregulated mTOR (mechanistic target of... Read More about Mast Cell Tryptase Release Contributes to Disease Progression in Lymphangioleiomyomatosis.

Integrated Metabolomics and Transcriptomics Using an Optimised Dual Extraction Process to Study Human Brain Cancer Cells and Tissues (2021)
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Rahman, R., Woodward, A., Pandele, A., Abdelrazig, S., Ortori, C., Khan, I., …Kim, D. (2021). Integrated Metabolomics and Transcriptomics Using an Optimised Dual Extraction Process to Study Human Brain Cancer Cells and Tissues. Metabolites, 11(4), Article 240. https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo11040240

The integration of untargeted metabolomics and transcriptomics from the same population of cells or tissue enhances the confidence in the identified metabolic pathways and understanding of the enzyme–metabolite relationship. Here, we optimised a simu... Read More about Integrated Metabolomics and Transcriptomics Using an Optimised Dual Extraction Process to Study Human Brain Cancer Cells and Tissues.

Evaluating the influence of progesterone concentration and time of exposure on in vitro endometrial decidualisation (2021)
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Suthaporn, S., Jayaprakasan, K., Thornton, J. G., Walker, K. F., Castellanos, M., May, S., …Maalouf, W. E. (2021). Evaluating the influence of progesterone concentration and time of exposure on in vitro endometrial decidualisation. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 528, Article 111242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mce.2021.111242

This study aimed to evaluate the influence of progesterone (concentration and time of exposure) on endometrial decidualisation using an in vitro model cell line: Human Endometrial Stromal Cells (HESCs). HESCs exposed to progesterone (1 and 10 μM) had... Read More about Evaluating the influence of progesterone concentration and time of exposure on in vitro endometrial decidualisation.

Suboptimal mid-luteal progesterone concentrations are associated with aberrant endometrial gene expression, potentially resulting in implantation failure (2020)
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Suthaporn, S., Jayaprakasan, K., Thornton, J., Walker, K., Medrano, J. H., Castellanos, M., …Maalouf, W. E. (2021). Suboptimal mid-luteal progesterone concentrations are associated with aberrant endometrial gene expression, potentially resulting in implantation failure. Reproductive BioMedicine Online, 42(3), 595-608. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rbmo.2020.10.018

Research question What is the difference in endometrial transcriptomics between women with normal and with low mid-luteal progesterone during the implantation window? Design An endometrial biopsy and serum progesterone concentration were taken f... Read More about Suboptimal mid-luteal progesterone concentrations are associated with aberrant endometrial gene expression, potentially resulting in implantation failure.

TWIST1 DNA methylation is a cell marker of airway and parenchymal lung fibroblasts that are differentially methylated in asthma (2020)
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Clifford, R. L., Yang, C. X., Fishbane, N., Patel, J., MacIsaac, J. L., McEwen, L. M., …Hackett, T. L. (2020). TWIST1 DNA methylation is a cell marker of airway and parenchymal lung fibroblasts that are differentially methylated in asthma. Clinical Epigenetics, 12(1), Article 145. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-020-00931-4

© 2020 The Author(s). Background: Mesenchymal fibroblasts are ubiquitous cells that maintain the extracellular matrix of organs. Within the lung, airway and parenchymal fibroblasts are crucial for lung development and are altered with disease, but it... Read More about TWIST1 DNA methylation is a cell marker of airway and parenchymal lung fibroblasts that are differentially methylated in asthma.

Impact of neospora caninum infection on the bioenergetics and transcriptome of cerebrovascular endothelial cells (2020)
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Elsheikha, H. M., Alkurashi, M., Palfreman, S., Castellanos, M., Kong, K., Ning, E., …MacNaughtan, W. (2020). Impact of neospora caninum infection on the bioenergetics and transcriptome of cerebrovascular endothelial cells. Pathogens, 9(9), Article 710. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9090710

In this work, the effects of the protozoan Neospora caninum on the bioenergetics, chemical composition, and elemental content of human brain microvascular endothelial cells (hBMECs) were investigated. We showed that N. caninum can impair cell mitocho... Read More about Impact of neospora caninum infection on the bioenergetics and transcriptome of cerebrovascular endothelial cells.

Current status of the multinational Arabidopsis community (2020)
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Parry, G., Provart, N. J., Brady, S. M., Uzilday, B., Adams, K., Araújo, W., …The Multinational Arabidopsis Steering Committee. (2020). Current status of the multinational Arabidopsis community. Plant Direct, 4(7), https://doi.org/10.1002/pld3.248

© 2020 The Authors. Plant Direct published by American Society of Plant Biologists and the Society for Experimental Biology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd The multinational Arabidopsis research community is highly collaborative and over the past thirty... Read More about Current status of the multinational Arabidopsis community.