Genetics of circadian rhythms and sleep in human health and disease

JM Lane, J Qian, E Mignot, S Redline… - Nature Reviews …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Circadian rhythms and sleep are fundamental biological processes integral to human
health. Their disruption is associated with detrimental physiological consequences …

Genome-wide meta-analyses of restless legs syndrome yield insights into genetic architecture, disease biology and risk prediction

B Schormair, C Zhao, S Bell, M Didriksen, MS Nawaz… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) affects up to 10% of older adults. Their healthcare is impeded
by delayed diagnosis and insufficient treatment. To advance disease prediction and find …

Natural killer cell-derived exosomal miR-1249-3p attenuates insulin resistance and inflammation in mouse models of type 2 diabetes

Y Wang, M Li, L Chen, H Bian, X Chen… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2021‏ - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells have been suggested to be associated with type 2 diabetes by
regulating systemic inflammation. However, the mechanism by which NK cells regulate …

Multimodal spatiotemporal transcriptomic resolution of embryonic palate osteogenesis

JO Piña, R Raju, DM Roth, EW Winchester… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
The terminal differentiation of osteoblasts and subsequent formation of bone marks an
important phase in palate development that leads to the separation of the oral and nasal …

[HTML][HTML] Insulin and IGF-1 elicit robust transcriptional regulation to modulate autophagy in astrocytes

SJ Geffken, S Moon, CO Smith, S Tang, HH Lee… - Molecular …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Objective Insulin is a principal metabolic hormone. It regulates a plethora of metabolic
pathways in peripheral tissues. The highly homologous insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) …

Human α‐synuclein overexpression upregulates SKOR1 in a rat model of simulated nigrostriatal ageing

N Morales‐Prieto, R Bevans, A O'Mahony… - Aging …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterised by progressive loss of dopaminergic (DA)
neurons from the substantia nigra (SN) and α‐synuclein (αSyn) accumulation. Age is the …

Molecular analyses of zebrafish V0v spinal interneurons and identification of transcriptional regulators downstream of Evx1 and Evx2 in these cells

SJ England, AK Rusnock, A Mujcic, A Kowalchuk… - Neural …, 2023‏ - Springer
Background V0v spinal interneurons are highly conserved, glutamatergic, commissural
neurons that function in locomotor circuits. We have previously shown that Evx1 and Evx2 …

Overexpression of PDSS2-Del2 in HCC promotes tumor metastasis by interacting with macrophages

G Li, D Suo, Y Ma, T Zeng, J Zhan, Y Yuan… - Cell Death …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most frequent solid tumors worldwide.
According to the Global Cancer Statistics 2020, liver cancer remains the third cause of …

SKOR1 mediates FER kinase-dependent invasive growth of breast cancer cells

LM Sluimer, E Bullock, MAK Rätze… - Journal of cell …, 2023‏ - journals.biologists.com
High expression of the non-receptor tyrosine kinase FER is an independent prognostic
factor that correlates with poor survival in breast cancer patients. To investigate whether the …

NK-derived exosome miR-1249-3p inhibits Mycobacterium tuberculosis survival in macrophages by targeting SKOR1

F Ma, X Wang, Z Qiu, S Ding, W Du, Y Dai, T Ma, L Yue… - Cytokine, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Murine Natural Killer cells were cultivated in vitro to isolate NK-derived exosomes.
Subsequent quantification via qPCR confirmed enrichment of miR-1249-3p. Ana-1 murine …