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In Vitro Antioxidant Activities of Plant Polyphenol Extracts and Their Combined Effect with Flaxseed on Raw and Cooked Breast Muscle Fatty Acid Content, Lipid Health Indices and Oxidative Stability in Slow-Growing Sasso Chickens (2022)
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Tadesse, D., Retta, N., Girma, M., Ndiwa, N., Dessie, T., Hanotte, O., …Maak, S. (2023). In Vitro Antioxidant Activities of Plant Polyphenol Extracts and Their Combined Effect with Flaxseed on Raw and Cooked Breast Muscle Fatty Acid Content, Lipid Health Indices and Oxidative Stability in Slow-Growing Sasso Chickens. Foods, 12(1), Article 115. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12010115

Adding flaxseed was found to decrease oxidative stability in feed and increase the antioxidant needs of chicken. This has also been associated with a decrease in the nutritional value and oxidative stability of meat if sufficient dietary antioxidants... Read More about In Vitro Antioxidant Activities of Plant Polyphenol Extracts and Their Combined Effect with Flaxseed on Raw and Cooked Breast Muscle Fatty Acid Content, Lipid Health Indices and Oxidative Stability in Slow-Growing Sasso Chickens.

Use of NanoBiT and NanoBRET to characterise interleukin-23 receptor dimer formation in living cells (2022)
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Lay, C. S., Kilpatrick, L. E., Craggs, P. D., & Hill, S. J. (2023). Use of NanoBiT and NanoBRET to characterise interleukin-23 receptor dimer formation in living cells. British Journal of Pharmacology, 180(11), 1444-1459. https://doi.org/10.1111/bph.16018

Background and Purpose: Interleukin-23 (IL-23) and its receptor are important drug targets for the treatment of auto-inflammatory diseases. IL-23 binds to a receptor complex composed of two single transmembrane spanning proteins IL23R and IL12Rβ1. In... Read More about Use of NanoBiT and NanoBRET to characterise interleukin-23 receptor dimer formation in living cells.

Genome Reference Assembly for Bottlenecked Southern Australian Koalas (2022)
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Blanchard, A. M., Emes, R. D., Greenwood, A. D., Holmes, N., Loose, M. W., McEwen, G. K., …Tarlinton, R. E. (2023). Genome Reference Assembly for Bottlenecked Southern Australian Koalas. Genome Biology and Evolution, 15(1), Article evac176. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evac176

Koala populations show marked differences in inbreeding levels and in the presence or absence of the endogenous Koala retrovirus (KoRV). These genetic differences among populations may lead to severe disease impacts threatening koala population viabi... Read More about Genome Reference Assembly for Bottlenecked Southern Australian Koalas.

A Comparison of Primary Human Hepatocytes and Hepatoma Cell Lines to Model the Effects of Fatty Acids, Fructose and Glucose on Liver Cell Lipid Accumulation (2022)
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Huggett, Z. J., Smith, A., De Vivo, N., Gomez, D., Jethwa, P., Brameld, J. M., …Salter, A. M. (2022). A Comparison of Primary Human Hepatocytes and Hepatoma Cell Lines to Model the Effects of Fatty Acids, Fructose and Glucose on Liver Cell Lipid Accumulation. Nutrients, 15(1), Article 40. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15010040

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) begins with lipid accumulation within hepatocytes, but the relative contributions of different macronutrients is still unclear. We investigated the impact of fatty acids, glucose and fructose on lipid accumul... Read More about A Comparison of Primary Human Hepatocytes and Hepatoma Cell Lines to Model the Effects of Fatty Acids, Fructose and Glucose on Liver Cell Lipid Accumulation.

Comparative analysis of protein expression systems and PTM landscape in the study of transcription factor ELK-1 (2022)
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Ducker, C., Ratnam, M., Shaw, P. E., & Layfield, R. (2023). Comparative analysis of protein expression systems and PTM landscape in the study of transcription factor ELK-1. Protein Expression and Purification, 203, Article 106216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pep.2022.106216

Post-translational modifications (PTMs) are important for protein folding and activity, and the ability to recreate physiologically relevant PTM profiles on recombinantly-expressed proteins is vital for meaningful functional analysis. The ETS transcr... Read More about Comparative analysis of protein expression systems and PTM landscape in the study of transcription factor ELK-1.

Kinetic analysis of endogenous β2-adrenoceptor-mediated cAMP GloSensorTM responses in HEK293 cells (2022)
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Cullum, S. A., Veprintsev, D. B., & Hill, S. J. (2023). Kinetic analysis of endogenous β2-adrenoceptor-mediated cAMP GloSensorTM responses in HEK293 cells. British Journal of Pharmacology, 180(10), 1304-1315. https://doi.org/10.1111/bph.16008

Background and Aim: Standard pharmacological analysis of agonist activity utilises measurements of receptor-mediated responses at a set time-point, or at the peak response level, to characterise ligands. However, the occurrence of non-equilibrium con... Read More about Kinetic analysis of endogenous β2-adrenoceptor-mediated cAMP GloSensorTM responses in HEK293 cells.

Genomic adaptation of Ethiopian indigenous cattle to high altitude (2022)
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Terefe, E., Belay, G., Han, J., Hanotte, O., & Tijjani, A. (2022). Genomic adaptation of Ethiopian indigenous cattle to high altitude. Frontiers in Genetics, 13, Article 960234. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.960234

The mountainous areas of Ethiopia represent one of the most extreme environmental challenges in Africa faced by humans and other inhabitants. Selection for high-altitude adaptation is expected to have imprinted the genomes of livestock living in thes... Read More about Genomic adaptation of Ethiopian indigenous cattle to high altitude.

Living with chronic infection: Persistent immunomodulation during avirulent haemoparasitic infection in a wild rodent (2022)
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Taylor, C. H., Friberg, I. M., Jackson, J. A., Arriero, E., Begon, M., Wanelik, K. M., …Bradley, J. E. (2023). Living with chronic infection: Persistent immunomodulation during avirulent haemoparasitic infection in a wild rodent. Molecular Ecology, 32(5), 1197-1210. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16819

Apicomplexans are a protozoan phylum of obligate parasites which may be highly virulent during acute infections, but may also persist as chronic infections which appear to have little fitness cost. Babesia microti is an apicomplexan haemoparasite tha... Read More about Living with chronic infection: Persistent immunomodulation during avirulent haemoparasitic infection in a wild rodent.

Sulfation at Glycopolymer Side Chains Switches Activity at the Macrophage Mannose Receptor (CD206) In Vitro and In Vivo (2022)
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Mastrotto, F., Pirazzini, M., Negro, S., Salama, A., Martinez-Pomares, L., & Mantovani, G. (2022). Sulfation at Glycopolymer Side Chains Switches Activity at the Macrophage Mannose Receptor (CD206) In Vitro and In Vivo. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144(50), 23134-23147. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c10757

The mannose receptor (CD206) is an endocytic receptor expressed by selected innate immune cells and nonvascular endothelium, which plays a critical role in both homeostasis and pathogen recognition. Although its involvement in the development of seve... Read More about Sulfation at Glycopolymer Side Chains Switches Activity at the Macrophage Mannose Receptor (CD206) In Vitro and In Vivo.

Sulfation at Glycopolymer Side Chains Switches Activity at the Macrophage Mannose Receptor (CD206) In Vitro and In Vivo (2022)
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Mastrotto, F., Pirazzini, M., Negro, S., Salama, A., Martinez-Pomares, L., & Mantovani, G. (2022). Sulfation at Glycopolymer Side Chains Switches Activity at the Macrophage Mannose Receptor (CD206) In Vitro and In Vivo. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144(50), 23134–23147. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c10757

The mannose receptor (CD206) is an endocytic receptor expressed by selected innate immune cells and nonvascular endothelium, which plays a critical role in both homeostasis and pathogen recognition. Although its involvement in the development of seve... Read More about Sulfation at Glycopolymer Side Chains Switches Activity at the Macrophage Mannose Receptor (CD206) In Vitro and In Vivo.

Bitter taste sensitivity in domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) and its relevance to bitter deterrents of ingestion (2022)
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Gibbs, M., Winnig, M., Riva, I., Dunlop, N., Waller, D., Klebansky, B., …McGrane, S. J. (2022). Bitter taste sensitivity in domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) and its relevance to bitter deterrents of ingestion. PLoS ONE, 17(11), Article e0277607. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277607

As the most favoured animal companion of humans, dogs occupy a unique place in society. Understanding the senses of the dog can bring benefits to both the dogs themselves and their owners. In the case of bitter taste, research may provide useful info... Read More about Bitter taste sensitivity in domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) and its relevance to bitter deterrents of ingestion.

Rational design, synthesis, and pharmacological evaluation of a cohort of novel beta-adrenergic receptors ligands enables an assessment of structure-activity relationships (2022)
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Tricomi, J., Landini, L., Nieddu, V., Cavallaro, U., Baker, J., Papakyriakou, A., & Richichi, B. (2023). Rational design, synthesis, and pharmacological evaluation of a cohort of novel beta-adrenergic receptors ligands enables an assessment of structure-activity relationships. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 246, Article 114961. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2022.114961

Biomedical applications of molecules that are able to modulate β-adrenergic signaling have become increasingly attractive over the last decade, revealing that β-adrenergic receptors (β-ARs) are key targets for a plethora of therapeutic interventions,... Read More about Rational design, synthesis, and pharmacological evaluation of a cohort of novel beta-adrenergic receptors ligands enables an assessment of structure-activity relationships.

Microparticles Decorated with Cell‐Instructive Surface Chemistries Actively Promote Wound Healing (2022)
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Latif, A., Fisher, L. E., Dundas, A. A., Crucitti, V. C., Imir, Z., Lawler, K., …Ghaemmaghami, A. M. (2022). Microparticles Decorated with Cell‐Instructive Surface Chemistries Actively Promote Wound Healing. Advanced Materials, Article 2208364. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202208364

Wound healing is a complex biological process involving close crosstalk between various cell types. Dysregulation in any of these processes, such as in diabetic wounds, results in chronic nonhealing wounds. Fibroblasts are a critical cell type involv... Read More about Microparticles Decorated with Cell‐Instructive Surface Chemistries Actively Promote Wound Healing.

Deuterium brain imaging at 7T during D2O dosing (2022)
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Cocking, D., Damion, R. A., Franks, H., Jaconelli, M., Wilkinson, D., Brook, M., …Bowtell, R. (2023). Deuterium brain imaging at 7T during D2O dosing. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 89(4), 1514-1521. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.29539

Purpose To characterize the (2H) deuterium MR signal measured from human brain at 7T in participants loading with D2O to ˜1.5% enrichment over a six-week period. Methods 2H spectroscopy and imaging measurements were used to track the time-course... Read More about Deuterium brain imaging at 7T during D2O dosing.

The contribution of an imbalanced redox signalling to neurological and neurodegenerative conditions (2022)
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Steinert, J. R., & Amal, H. (2023). The contribution of an imbalanced redox signalling to neurological and neurodegenerative conditions. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 194, 71-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2022.11.035

Nitric oxide and other redox active molecules such as oxygen free radicals provide essential signalling in diverse neuronal functions, but their excess production and insufficient scavenging induces cytotoxic redox stress which is associated with num... Read More about The contribution of an imbalanced redox signalling to neurological and neurodegenerative conditions.

Fluorescently tagged nanobodies and NanoBRET to study ligand-binding and agonist-induced conformational changes of full-length EGFR expressed in living cells (2022)
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Comez, D., Glenn, J., Anbuhl, S. M., Heukers, R., Smit, M. J., Hill, S. J., & Kilpatrick, L. E. (2022). Fluorescently tagged nanobodies and NanoBRET to study ligand-binding and agonist-induced conformational changes of full-length EGFR expressed in living cells. Frontiers in Immunology, 13, Article 1006718. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.1006718

Introduction: The Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor is a member of the Erb receptor tyrosine kinase family. It binds several ligands including EGF, betacellulin (BTC) and TGF-α, controls cellular proliferation and invasion and is overexpressed in vari... Read More about Fluorescently tagged nanobodies and NanoBRET to study ligand-binding and agonist-induced conformational changes of full-length EGFR expressed in living cells.

Exome sequencing identifies rare damaging variants in ATP8B4 and ABCA1 as risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease (2022)
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Holstege, H., Hulsman, M., Charbonnier, C., Grenier-Boley, B., Quenez, O., Grozeva, D., …Lambert, J. (in press). Exome sequencing identifies rare damaging variants in ATP8B4 and ABCA1 as risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease. Nature Genetics, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-022-01208-7

Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the leading cause of dementia, has an estimated heritability of approximately 70%1. The genetic component of AD has been mainly assessed using genome-wide association studies, which do not capture the risk contributed by rar... Read More about Exome sequencing identifies rare damaging variants in ATP8B4 and ABCA1 as risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease.

Optimization of the pseudoparticle system for standardized assessments of neutralizing antibodies against hepatitis C virus (2022)
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Chumbe, A., Urbanowicz, R. A., Sliepen, K., Koekkoek, S. M., Molenkamp, R., Tarr, A. W., …van Gils, M. J. (2022). Optimization of the pseudoparticle system for standardized assessments of neutralizing antibodies against hepatitis C virus. Journal of General Virology, 103(11), Article 001801. https://doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.001801

A better understanding of the antibody response during natural infection and the effect on disease progression and reinfection is necessary for the development of a protective hepatitis C virus (HCV) vaccine. The HCV pseudoparticle (HCVpp) system ena... Read More about Optimization of the pseudoparticle system for standardized assessments of neutralizing antibodies against hepatitis C virus.

Transcriptome analysis of differentially expressed circRNAs miRNAs and mRNAs during the challenge of coccidiosis (2022)
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Chen, X., Wang, Z., Chen, Y., Akinci, I., Luo, W., Xu, Y., …Nie, Q. (2022). Transcriptome analysis of differentially expressed circRNAs miRNAs and mRNAs during the challenge of coccidiosis. Frontiers in Immunology, 13, Article 910860. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.910860

Avian coccidiosis is a common enzootic disease caused by infection of Eimeria species parasites. It causes huge economic losses in the global poultry industry. Current control using anticoccidial drugs or vaccination is limited due to drug resistance... Read More about Transcriptome analysis of differentially expressed circRNAs miRNAs and mRNAs during the challenge of coccidiosis.