Recently, the ribosomes — molecularly well-characterized cell organelles where the process of translation of messenger RNA into polypeptides occurs — have attracted new interest since they can be considered as a huge ribozyme-like complex consisting of different proteins and RNA — the RNAs mainly ...
viruses induce a series of cellular changes, promoting normal cells to become cancer cells, after which the virus leaves while the cancer cells develop [12]. However, HBV and HCV can create a microenvironment conducive to tumorigenesis through chronic inflammation. Persistent inflammation leads to the...
it’s springtime.”— Alnylam CEO John Maraganore, NYT, February 7, 2011. Patisiran — designed to silence messenger RNA and block the production of TTR protein before it is made — is number 6 on Clarivate’s list of blockbusters ( https://endpts.com/12-blockbuste...
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Platelets, the most abundant anucleate cells except red blood cells in the circulation, originate from megakaryocytes in the bone marrow with a short average lifespan of 7 days [1]. Besides its role in hemostasis, platelets also play an important role in tumorigenesis and tumor progression [2]...
Volkov, Francisco Javier Medina, Ulrike Zentgraf, and Vera Hemleben 1 Introduction Recently, the ribosomes - molecularly well-characterized cell organelles where the process of translation of messenger RNA into polypeptides occurs - have attracted new interest since they can be considered as a huge ...
Intriguingly, we now know that the main product of mitochondrial energy metabolism, that is, ATP, is also an extracellular messenger released by virtually all cells, T cells included. Thus, the mitochondria participate in immunomodulation not only as sources of energy but also by producing a ...
To probe the heterogeneity of cell function, we propose a multiplexed approach based on real-time imaging of the secondary messenger levels within each cell of the tissue, fol- lowed by extraction of the changes of single-cell fluorescence over time. By utilizing a piecewise baseline correction,...
4.8. Messenger RNA Isolation and Quantitative PCR Messenger RNA was isolated from the CTC lysates by oligo(dT)25-coated magnetic beads and was reverse-transcribed (Adna-Test EMT-2/StemCell Detect, QIAGEN; [42]). The AdnaTest TNBC Panel prototype (QIAGEN), consisting of multimarker real-time...
Ceramide acts as a second messenger in activating the apoptotic cascade, the NF-κB pathway as well as pro-inflammatory cytokines up-regulation, contributing to chronic inflammation and increased neutrophils and macrophages in the lungs (Figure 2). In conclusion, a number of studies suggest that ...