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Design Of A Synthetic Temperature-Activated Epigenetic Biocontainment System, Owen Rivers Page
Design Of A Synthetic Temperature-Activated Epigenetic Biocontainment System, Owen Rivers Page
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The need for an internal control to govern engineered strain survival is becoming apparent when considering the biosafety and ethics within biotechnological research. Using understudied regulatory elements known as RNA thermometers (RNATs) that can modulate protein translation based on temperature changes and a Type II restriction modification system, we posit the creation of a synthetic temperature-activated epigenetic biocontainment system, termed the ‘sentinel switch’. We have mined a wide variety of bacteria from Yersinia pestis to Synechocystis sp. looking for novel RNATs. A complementary synthetic biology approach based on library generation and screening of chimeric RNATs (ChRNATs) was also conducted. RNATs …
Regulation Of Interferon- Induced Interleukin-8 And Pd-L1 Expression In Ovarian Cancer Cells, Sveta Padmanabhan
Regulation Of Interferon- Induced Interleukin-8 And Pd-L1 Expression In Ovarian Cancer Cells, Sveta Padmanabhan
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Interferon-γ (IFNγ) is a pleiotropic cytokine that has a crucial role in immune response and tumor immunity. Because of its anti-tumor effects, IFNγ has been used in cancer treatment. However, IFNγ also has tumor-promoting functions that are less well understood. Here, I show that IFNγ induces expression of the pro-inflammatory and pro-angiogenic chemokine interleukin-8 (IL-8, CXCL8) in ovarian cancer (OC) cells. The IFNγ-induced IL-8 expression is dependent on JAK1, STAT1, and p65 NFκB, and is associated with an increased occupancy of K314/ 315 acetylated p65 NFκB and Ser-727 phosphorylated STAT1 at the IL-8 promoter. Neutralization of IL-8 using anti-IL-8 antibody …
Functional Modulation Of The Cav3.1 Calcium Channel By Alternative Splicing At The C-Terminus, Ruizhi Wang
Functional Modulation Of The Cav3.1 Calcium Channel By Alternative Splicing At The C-Terminus, Ruizhi Wang
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The CACNA1G gene encodes for Cav3.1, the alpha-1G subunit of a low-voltage-activated T-type calcium channel, which plays crucial roles in cardiac and smooth muscle cells and neurons by influencing the transmembrane potentials and regulating intracellular Ca2+ signaling. Heterozygous missense mutations in the CACNA1G gene cause spinocerebellar ataxia-42 (SCA42), a heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative disorders characterized by brainstem and cerebellum degeneration, and mice that are null for this gene present severe motor coordination defects, abnormal electrical conductance in the heart, aberrant action potentials in the brain, disrupted sleeping patterns, and absence epilepsy. Different splice variants of Cav3.1 have been described, and …