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A novel dietary intervention reduces circulatory branched-chain amino acids by 50%: A pilot study of relevance for obesity and diabetes (2020)
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Ramzan, I., Taylor, M., Phillips, B., Wilkinson, D., Smith, K., Hession, K., …Atherton, P. (2021). A novel dietary intervention reduces circulatory branched-chain amino acids by 50%: A pilot study of relevance for obesity and diabetes. Nutrients, 13(1), Article 95. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13010095

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Elevated circulating branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs; isoleucine, leucine, and valine) are associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D). Reducing circulatory BCAAs by dietary restrictio... Read More about A novel dietary intervention reduces circulatory branched-chain amino acids by 50%: A pilot study of relevance for obesity and diabetes.

The mechanisms of skeletal muscle atrophy in response to transient knockdown of the vitamin D receptor in vivo (2020)
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Bass, J. J., Kazi, A. A., Deane, C. S., Nakhuda, A., Ashcroft, S. P., Brook, M. S., …Atherton, P. J. (2021). The mechanisms of skeletal muscle atrophy in response to transient knockdown of the vitamin D receptor in vivo. Journal of Physiology, 599(3), 963-979. https://doi.org/10.1113/JP280652

Key points: Reduced vitamin D receptor (VDR) expression prompts skeletal muscle atrophy. Atrophy occurs through catabolic processes, namely the induction of autophagy, while anabolism remains unchanged. In response to VDR-knockdown mitochondrial func... Read More about The mechanisms of skeletal muscle atrophy in response to transient knockdown of the vitamin D receptor in vivo.

Stat3 oxidation-dependent regulation of gene expression impacts on developmental processes and involves cooperation with Hif-1? (2020)
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Grillo, M., Palmer, C., Holmes, N., Sang, F., Larner, A. C., Bhosale, R., & Shaw, P. E. (2020). Stat3 oxidation-dependent regulation of gene expression impacts on developmental processes and involves cooperation with Hif-1?. PLoS ONE, 15(12), Article e0244255. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244255

© 2020 Grillo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are cre... Read More about Stat3 oxidation-dependent regulation of gene expression impacts on developmental processes and involves cooperation with Hif-1?.

Ligand-directed covalent labelling of a GPCR with a fluorescent tag in live cells (2020)
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Stoddart, L. A., Kindon, N. D., Otun, O., Harwood, C. R., Patera, F., Veprintsev, D. B., …Kellam, B. (2020). Ligand-directed covalent labelling of a GPCR with a fluorescent tag in live cells. Communications Biology, 3(1), Article 722. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01451-w

© 2020, The Author(s). To study the localisation of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) in their native cellular environment requires their visualisation through fluorescent labelling. To overcome the requirement for genetic modification of the recept... Read More about Ligand-directed covalent labelling of a GPCR with a fluorescent tag in live cells.

The Sustainable Path to a Circular Bioeconomy (2020)
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Hadley Kershaw, E., Hartley, S., Mcleod, C., & Polson, P. (2021). The Sustainable Path to a Circular Bioeconomy. Trends in Biotechnology, 39(6), 542-545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2020.10.015

Circular bioeconomy is gaining prominence in academic, policy, and industry contexts, linking circular economy and bioeconomy agendas in service of sustainability. However, it is at risk of developing in narrow, unsustainable ways. A sustainable path... Read More about The Sustainable Path to a Circular Bioeconomy.

Purinergic signalling in the cardiovascular system—a tribute to Geoffrey Burnstock (2020)
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Ralevic, V. (2021). Purinergic signalling in the cardiovascular system—a tribute to Geoffrey Burnstock. Purinergic Signalling, 17, 63-69. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11302-020-09734-x

© 2020, The Author(s). Geoffrey Burnstock made groundbreaking discoveries on the physiological roles of purinergic receptors and led on P2 purinergic receptor classification. His knowledge, vision and leadership inspired and influenced the internatio... Read More about Purinergic signalling in the cardiovascular system—a tribute to Geoffrey Burnstock.

Repurposing Nonantifungal Approved Drugs for Synergistic Targeting of Fungal Pathogens (2020)
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Vallières, C., Singh, N., Alexander, C., & Avery, S. V. (2020). Repurposing Nonantifungal Approved Drugs for Synergistic Targeting of Fungal Pathogens. ACS Infectious Diseases, 6(11), 2950-2958. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsinfecdis.0c00405

With the spread of drug resistance, new antimicrobials are urgently needed. Here, we set out to tackle this problem by high-throughput exploration for novel antifungal synergies among combinations of approved, nonantifungal drugs; a novel strategy ex... Read More about Repurposing Nonantifungal Approved Drugs for Synergistic Targeting of Fungal Pathogens.

Neonatal complete Freund's adjuvant-induced inflammation does not induce or alter hyperalgesic priming or alter adult distributions of C-fibre dorsal horn innervation (2020)
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Cooper, A. H., Hanmer, J. M., Chapman, V., & Hathway, G. J. (2020). Neonatal complete Freund's adjuvant-induced inflammation does not induce or alter hyperalgesic priming or alter adult distributions of C-fibre dorsal horn innervation. PAIN Reports, 5(6), Article e872. https://doi.org/10.1097/PR9.0000000000000872

Introduction: Inflammation during the neonatal period can exacerbate pain severity following reinjury in adulthood. This is driven by alterations in the postnatal development of spinal and supraspinal nociceptive circuitry. However, the contribution... Read More about Neonatal complete Freund's adjuvant-induced inflammation does not induce or alter hyperalgesic priming or alter adult distributions of C-fibre dorsal horn innervation.

Global sexual fertility in the opportunistic pathogen aspergillus fumigatus and identification of new supermater strains (2020)
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Swilaiman, S. S., O’Gorman, C. M., Du, W., Sugui, J. A., Del Buono, J., Brock, M., …Dyer, P. S. (2020). Global sexual fertility in the opportunistic pathogen aspergillus fumigatus and identification of new supermater strains. Journal of Fungi, 6(4), https://doi.org/10.3390/jof6040258

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. A sexual cycle in Aspergillus fumigatus was first described in 2009 with isolates from Dublin, Ireland. However, the extent to which worldwide isolates can undergo sexual reproduction has rema... Read More about Global sexual fertility in the opportunistic pathogen aspergillus fumigatus and identification of new supermater strains.

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated generation and analysis of N terminus polymorphic models of ?2AR in isogenic hPSC-derived cardiomyocytes (2020)
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Kondrashov, A., Mohd Yusof, N. A., Hasan, A., Goulding, J., Kodagoda, T., Hoang, D. M., …Denning, C. (2021). CRISPR/Cas9-mediated generation and analysis of N terminus polymorphic models of β2AR in isogenic hPSC-derived cardiomyocytes. Molecular Therapy - Methods and Clinical Development, 20, 39-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omtm.2020.10.019

© 2020 During normal- and patho-physiological situations, the behavior of the beta2-adrenoreceptor (β2AR) is influenced by polymorphic variants. The functional impact of such polymorphisms has been suggested from data derived from genetic association... Read More about CRISPR/Cas9-mediated generation and analysis of N terminus polymorphic models of ?2AR in isogenic hPSC-derived cardiomyocytes.

Transactivation of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs): Recent insights using luminescence and fluorescence technologies (2020)
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Kilpatrick, L. E., & Hill, S. J. (2021). Transactivation of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs): Recent insights using luminescence and fluorescence technologies. Current Opinion in Endocrine and Metabolic Research, 16, 102-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coemr.2020.10.003

© 2020 The Authors Alterations in signalling due to bidirectional transactivation of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCRs) and receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) are well established. Transactivation significantly diversifies signalling networks within a... Read More about Transactivation of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs): Recent insights using luminescence and fluorescence technologies.

Plasmodium berghei Kinesin-5 Associates With the Spindle Apparatus During Cell Division and Is Important for Efficient Production of Infectious Sporozoites (2020)
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Zeeshan, M., Brady, D., Stanway, R. R., Moores, C., Holder, A. A., & Tewari, R. (2020). Plasmodium berghei Kinesin-5 Associates With the Spindle Apparatus During Cell Division and Is Important for Efficient Production of Infectious Sporozoites. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 10, Article 583812. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2020.583812

© Copyright © 2020 Zeeshan, Brady, Stanway, Moores, Holder and Tewari. Kinesin-5 motors play essential roles in spindle apparatus assembly during cell division, by generating forces to establish and maintain the spindle bipolarity essential for prope... Read More about Plasmodium berghei Kinesin-5 Associates With the Spindle Apparatus During Cell Division and Is Important for Efficient Production of Infectious Sporozoites.

The role of CD8 + T lymphocytes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review (2020)
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Williams, M., Todd, I., & Fairclough, L. C. (2020). The role of CD8 + T lymphocytes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review. Inflammation Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00011-020-01408-z

© 2020, The Author(s). Objective and design: This systematic review aims to establish the role of CD8 + T lymphocytes in COPD. Methods: Forty-eight papers published in the last 15years were identified for inclusion. Results: CD8 + T-cells are increas... Read More about The role of CD8 + T lymphocytes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review.

Associations between plasma branched chain amino acids and health biomarkers in response to resistance exercise training across age (2020)
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Sayda, M. H., Phillips, B. E., Williams, J. P., Greenhaff, P. L., Wilkinson, D. J., Smith, K., & Atherton, P. J. (2020). Associations between plasma branched chain amino acids and health biomarkers in response to resistance exercise training across age. Nutrients, 12(10), https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12103029

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Leucine, isoleucine and valine (i.e., the branched chain amino acids, BCAA) play a key role in the support and regulation of tissue protein regulation and also as energy substrates. However, p... Read More about Associations between plasma branched chain amino acids and health biomarkers in response to resistance exercise training across age.

Compromised barrier integrity of human feto-placental vessels from gestational diabetic pregnancies is related to downregulation of occludin expression (2020)
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Villota, S. D., Toledo-Rodriguez, M., & Leach, L. (2021). Compromised barrier integrity of human feto-placental vessels from gestational diabetic pregnancies is related to downregulation of occludin expression. Diabetologia, 64, 195-210. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-020-05290-6

© 2020, The Author(s). Aims/hypothesis: Reduced occupancy of junctional occludin is a feature of human placental vessels in the diabetic milieu. However, the functional consequence of this and whether this loss is due to differential expression of oc... Read More about Compromised barrier integrity of human feto-placental vessels from gestational diabetic pregnancies is related to downregulation of occludin expression.

Challenges and approaches in assessing the interplay between microorganisms and their physical micro-environments (2020)
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Harvey, H. J., Wildman, R. D., Mooney, S. J., & Avery, S. V. (2020). Challenges and approaches in assessing the interplay between microorganisms and their physical micro-environments. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 18, 2860-2866. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2020.09.030

© 2020 The Author(s) Spatial structure over scales ranging from nanometres to centimetres (and beyond) varies markedly in diverse habitats and the industry-relevant settings that support microbial activity. Developing an understanding of the interpla... Read More about Challenges and approaches in assessing the interplay between microorganisms and their physical micro-environments.

The mosaic genome of indigenous African cattle as a unique genetic resource for African pastoralism (2020)
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Kim, K., Kwon, T., Dessie, T., Yoo, D. A., Mwai, O. A., Jang, J., …Kim, H. (2020). The mosaic genome of indigenous African cattle as a unique genetic resource for African pastoralism. Nature Genetics, 52(10), 1099-1110. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-020-0694-2

© 2020, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature America, Inc. Cattle pastoralism plays a central role in human livelihood in Africa. However, the genetic history of its success remains unknown. Here, through whole-genome sequence an... Read More about The mosaic genome of indigenous African cattle as a unique genetic resource for African pastoralism.

Top-Down Characterization of an Antimicrobial Sanitizer, Leading From Quenchers of Efficacy to Mode of Action (2020)
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Wohlgemuth, F., Gomes, R. L., Singleton, I., Rawson, F. J., & Avery, S. V. (2020). Top-Down Characterization of an Antimicrobial Sanitizer, Leading From Quenchers of Efficacy to Mode of Action. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, Article 575157. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.575157

© Copyright © 2020 Wohlgemuth, Gomes, Singleton, Rawson and Avery. We developed a top-down strategy to characterize an antimicrobial, oxidizing sanitizer, which has diverse proposed applications including surface-sanitization of fresh foods, and with... Read More about Top-Down Characterization of an Antimicrobial Sanitizer, Leading From Quenchers of Efficacy to Mode of Action.