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2. Molecular subtypes based on cuproptosis-related genes and tumor microenvironment infiltration characteristics in pancreatic adenocarcinoma
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Li, Jian, Yin, Jingyang, Li, Wenhua, Wang, Huaizhi, and Ni, Bing
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- 2023
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3. Circular RNA circLOC101928570 suppresses systemic lupus erythematosus progression by targeting the miR-150-5p/c-myb axis
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Zhao, Xingwang, Dong, Rui, Tang, Zhongwei, Wang, Juan, Wang, Chunyou, Song, Zhiqiang, Ni, Bing, Zhang, Longlong, He, Xiaochong, and You, Yi
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- 2022
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4. N6-methyladenosine-dependent modification of circGARS acts as a new player that promotes SLE progression through the NF-κB/A20 axis
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Zhao, Xingwang, Dong, Rui, Zhang, Longlong, Guo, Junkai, Shi, Ying, Ge, Lan, Wang, Juan, Song, Zhiqiang, Ni, Bing, and You, Yi
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- 2022
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5. Hair follicle-derived mesenchymal stem cells decrease alopecia areata mouse hair loss and reduce inflammation around the hair follicle
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Deng, Weiyue, Zhang, Yuying, Wang, Wei, Song, Aishi, Mukama, Omar, Huang, Jiarong, Han, Xiaobo, Deng, Sihao, Lin, Zuoxian, Habimana, Jean du Dieu, Huang, Rongqi, Peng, Kexin, Ni, Bing, Zhang, Shusheng, Yan, Xiaoxin, Li, Ji, Wu, Lin-Ping, and Li, Zhiyuan
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- 2021
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6. Identification of key biomarkers and immune infiltration in systemic lupus erythematosus by integrated bioinformatics analysis
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Zhao, Xingwang, Zhang, Longlong, Wang, Juan, Zhang, Min, Song, Zhiqiang, Ni, Bing, and You, Yi
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- 2021
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7. Correction to: Identification of key biomarkers and immune infiltration in systemic lupus erythematosus by integrated bioinformatics analysis
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Zhao, Xingwang, Zhang, Longlong, Wang, Juan, Zhang, Min, Song, Zhiqiang, Ni, Bing, and You, Yi
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- 2021
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8. Noncoding RNAs in multiple sclerosis
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Yang, Xuan, Wu, Yuzhang, Zhang, Bei, and Ni, Bing
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- 2018
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9. Correction: CircPTPN22 modulates T‑cell activation by sponging miR‑4689 to regulate S1PR1 expression in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
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Jiang, Zhuyan, Li, Shifei, Jia, Yuying, Wu, Qijun, Chen, Xuemeng, Zhang, Mengjie, Miao, Qingqing, Zhong, Zhiting, Zhai, Zhifang, Ni, Bing, Xiao, Jun, and Tang, Jun
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- 2024
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10. Dissecting microbial community structure and methane-producing pathways of a full-scale anaerobic reactor digesting activated sludge from wastewater treatment by metagenomic sequencing.
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Guo J, Peng Y, Ni BJ, Han X, Fan L, and Yuan Z
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- Anaerobiosis, Archaea classification, Archaea genetics, Archaea metabolism, Archaeal Proteins genetics, Archaeal Proteins metabolism, Bacteria classification, Bacteria genetics, Bacteria metabolism, Bacterial Proteins genetics, Bacterial Proteins metabolism, Biosynthetic Pathways genetics, DNA, Archaeal chemistry, DNA, Archaeal genetics, DNA, Bacterial chemistry, DNA, Bacterial genetics, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing methods, Metagenomics methods, Methanosarcina genetics, Methanosarcina metabolism, Methanosarcinales genetics, Methanosarcinales metabolism, Sewage chemistry, Waste Disposal, Fluid, Wastewater chemistry, Bioreactors microbiology, Metagenome genetics, Methane biosynthesis, Microbial Consortia genetics, Sewage microbiology, Wastewater microbiology
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Background: Anaerobic digestion has been widely applied to treat the waste activated sludge from biological wastewater treatment and produce methane for biofuel, which has been one of the most efficient solutions to both energy crisis and environmental pollution challenges. Anaerobic digestion sludge contains highly complex microbial communities, which play crucial roles in sludge treatment. However, traditional approaches based on 16S rRNA amplification or fluorescent in situ hybridization cannot completely reveal the whole microbial community structure due to the extremely high complexity of the involved communities. In this sense, the next-generation high-throughput sequencing provides a powerful tool for dissecting microbial community structure and methane-producing pathways in anaerobic digestion., Results: In this work, the metagenomic sequencing was used to characterize microbial community structure of the anaerobic digestion sludge from a full-scale municipal wastewater treatment plant. Over 3.0 gigabases of metagenomic sequence data were generated with the Illumina HiSeq 2000 platform. Taxonomic analysis by MG-RAST server indicated that overall bacteria were dominant (~93%) whereas a considerable abundance of archaea (~6%) were also detected in the anaerobic digestion sludge. The most abundant bacterial populations were found to be Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, and Actinobacteria. Key microorganisms and related pathways involved in methanogenesis were further revealed. The dominant proliferation of Methanosaeta and Methanosarcina, together with the functional affiliation of enzymes-encoding genes (acetate kinase (AckA), phosphate acetyltransferase (PTA), and acetyl-CoA synthetase (ACSS)), suggested that the acetoclastic methanogenesis is the dominant methanogenesis pathway in the full-scale anaerobic digester., Conclusions: In short, the metagenomic sequencing study of this work successfully dissected the detail microbial community structure and the dominated methane-producing pathways of a full-scale anaerobic digester. The knowledge garnered would facilitate to develop more efficient full-scale anaerobic digestion systems to achieve high-rate waste sludge treatment and methane production.
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- 2015
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11. Gastric cancer-associated enhancement of von Willebrand factor is regulated by vascular endothelial growth factor and related to disease severity.
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Yang X, Sun HJ, Li ZR, Zhang H, Yang WJ, Ni B, and Wu YZ
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- Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Animals, Cats, Female, Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Prognosis, Stomach Neoplasms genetics, Stomach Neoplasms metabolism, Stomach Neoplasms pathology, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A genetics, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A metabolism, von Willebrand Factor genetics, von Willebrand Factor metabolism
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Background: von Willebrand factor (vWF) is a potent regulator of angiogenesis, tumor growth, and metastasis. Yet, the expression pattern of vWF in human gastric cancer (GC) tissues and its relation to clinicopathological features of these cases remains unknown., Methods: Tumor and 5-cm adjacent non-tumoral parenchyma specimens were collected from 99 patients with GC (early stages I/II and late stages III/IV), and normal specimens were collected from 32 healthy controls (reference group). Plasma vWF antigen (vWF:Ag) and vWF activity were assessed by ELISA. The role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in differential vWF expression was investigated using cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). vWF and VEGF protein and mRNA expression levels were investigated by qRT-PCR, western blotting and immunohistochemistry (IHC) respectively. The correlation of IHC-detected vWF expression with patient clinicopathological characteristics was analyzed., Results: Compared to the reference group, the patients with late GC showed significantly higher levels of vWF:Ag (72% (21-115) vs. 101% (40-136)) and vWF activity (62% (20-112) vs. 117% (33-169)) (both P < 0.001). The GC tumor tissues also showed higher vWF mRNA and protein levels than the adjacent non-tumoral parenchyma. Patients at late GC stage had significantly higher median number of vWF-positive cells than patients at early GC stage (P < 0.05). VEGF induced vWF mRNA and protein expression in HUVECs in dose- and time-dependent manners. Patients with late GC stage also had significantly higher serum VEGF than patients at early GC stage (23 ± 26 vs. 10 ± 12 pg/mL, P < 0.01). Most of the undifferentiated GC tumor tissues at late disease stage exhibited strong VEGF and VEGFR2 protein staining, which co-localized with the vWF protein staining pattern., Conclusions: GC-related plasma vWF:Ag and vWF activity levels become substantially elevated in the late stage of disease. The higher mRNA and protein expression of vWF in GC tumor stroma may be regulated by the VEGF-VEGFR2 signaling pathway in vitro and may contribute to GC progression in vivo.
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- 2015
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12. Aberrant ADAM10 expression correlates with osteosarcoma progression.
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Zhao R, Ni D, Tian Y, Ni B, and Wang A
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- ADAM Proteins analysis, ADAM10 Protein, Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases analysis, Bone Neoplasms metabolism, Disease Progression, Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Giant Cells metabolism, Giant Cells pathology, Humans, Membrane Proteins analysis, Osteosarcoma metabolism, Prognosis, ADAM Proteins biosynthesis, Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases biosynthesis, Biomarkers, Tumor analysis, Bone Neoplasms pathology, Membrane Proteins biosynthesis, Osteosarcoma pathology
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Background: Osteosarcoma is the most common type of bone cancer and is notorious for its rapid progression. The Notch signaling pathway has recently been shown to be involved in osteosarcoma. As a major sheddase of Notch receptors, ADAM10 has been implicated in many types of cancers, but its role in osteosarcoma has not been investigated. Previous studies have shown that the expression of CD31 was significantly elevated in metastatic osteosarcoma; however, its expression in nonmetastatic groups is not known. In addition, the mysterious multinucleated giant cell in giant cell-rich osteosarcoma was previously regarded as an osteoclast-like cell, but its exact identity is unclear., Method: Tissue chip samples from 40 cases of nonmetastatic osteosarcoma were stained for cytoplasmic ADAM10, activated Notch1 and CD31. Osteoclasts in tumor sections were also stained for tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP)., Results: Immunofluorescence staining revealed that ADAM10 expression significantly increased with the progression of osteosarcoma as well as in osteoblastic osteosarcoma, whereas the expression of the Notch intracellular domain (NICD) and CD31 was not significantly altered between different pathological stages. In addition, multinucleated giant cells in giant cell-rich osteosarcoma were also found to coexpress CD31, ADAM10 and NICD, but were negative for TRAP staining., Conclusions: Our results highlight the importance of ADAM10 in the progression of osteosarcoma and suggest that the protein might be a potential therapeutic target in osteosarcoma treatment. This study also demonstrates that the multinucleated giant cell is an angiogenic tumor cell, rather than an osteoclast, and involves ADAM10/Notch1 signaling activation.
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- 2014
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13. A novel splice variant of folate receptor 4 predominantly expressed in regulatory T cells.
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Tian Y, Wu G, Xing JC, Tang J, Zhang Y, Huang ZM, Jia ZC, Zhao R, Tian ZQ, Wang SF, Chen XL, Wang L, Wu YZ, and Ni B
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- Animals, Base Sequence, Blotting, Western, Cell Proliferation, Female, Flow Cytometry, Mice, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Molecular Sequence Data, Protein Isoforms genetics, Protein Isoforms metabolism, Receptors, Cell Surface genetics, Sequence Analysis, RNA, T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory physiology, Alternative Splicing, Receptors, Cell Surface metabolism, T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory metabolism
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Background: Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are required for proper maintenance of immunological self-tolerance and immune homeostasis. Folate receptor 4 (FR4) is expressed at high levels in transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β)-induced Tregs and natural Tregs. Moreover, antibody-mediated targeting of FR4 is sufficient to mediate Treg depletion., Results: In this study, we describe a novel FR4 transcript variant, FR4D3, in which exon 3 is deleted. The mRNA of FR4D3 encodes a FR4 variant truncated by 189 bp. FR4D3 was found to be predominantly expressed in CD4(+)CD25(+) Treg cells. Overexpression of FR4D3 in CD4(+)CD25(+) Treg cells in vitro stimulated proliferation, which may modulate the ability of these cells to bind and incorporate folic acid., Conclusions: Our results suggested that high levels of FR4D3 may be critical to support the substantial proliferative capacity of Treg cells.
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- 2012
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14. Preparation and characterization of silk fibroin as a biomaterial with potential for drug delivery.
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Zhang H, Li LL, Dai FY, Zhang HH, Ni B, Zhou W, Yang X, and Wu YZ
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- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Microscopy, Electron, Scanning, Molecular Weight, Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared, X-Ray Diffraction, Biocompatible Materials, Drug Delivery Systems, Fibroins chemistry, Silk chemistry
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Background: Degummed silk fibroin from Bombyx mori (silkworm) has potential carrier capabilities for drug delivery in humans; however, the processing methods have yet to be comparatively analyzed to determine the differential effects on the silk protein properties, including crystalline structure and activity., Methods: In this study, we treated degummed silk with four kinds of calcium-alcohol solutions, and performed secondary structure measurements and enzyme activity test to distinguish the differences between the regenerated fibroins and degummed silk fibroin., Results: Gel electrophoresis analysis revealed that Ca(NO3)2-methanol, Ca(NO3)2-ethanol, or CaCl2-methanol treatments produced more lower molecular weights of silk fibroin than CaCl2-ethanol. X-ray diffraction and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy showed that CaCl2-ethanol produced a crystalline structure with more silk I (α-form, type II β-turn), while the other treatments produced more silk II (β-form, anti-parallel β-pleated sheet). Solid-State 13C cross polarization and magic angle spinning-nuclear magnetic resonance measurements suggested that regenerated fibroins from CaCl2-ethanol were nearly identical to degummed silk fibroin, while the other treatments produced fibroins with significantly different chemical shifts. Finally, enzyme activity test indicated that silk fibroins from CaCl2-ethanol had higher activity when linked to a known chemotherapeutic drug, L-asparaginase, than the fibroins from other treatments., Conclusions: Collectively, these results suggest that the CaCl2-ethanol processing method produces silk fibroin with biomaterial properties that are appropriate for drug delivery.
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- 2012
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15. Expression of CD39 on FoxP3+ T regulatory cells correlates with progression of HBV infection.
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Tang Y, Jiang L, Zheng Y, Ni B, and Wu Y
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- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Asymptomatic Diseases, CD4 Antigens metabolism, CD4 Lymphocyte Count, Disease Progression, Female, Forkhead Transcription Factors immunology, Hepatitis B, Chronic complications, Hepatitis B, Chronic physiopathology, Humans, Liver Failure, Acute etiology, Liver Failure, Acute physiopathology, Male, Middle Aged, Viral Load, Young Adult, Antigens, CD immunology, Apyrase immunology, Hepatitis B virus immunology, Hepatitis B, Chronic immunology, Liver Failure, Acute immunology, T-Lymphocyte Subsets immunology, T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory immunology
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Background: Although it is known that regulatory T cells (Tregs) can suppress the function of effector T cells, and may contribute to impaired immune response, the precise role of Tregs during the course of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains to be elucidated. A newly identified subset of the CD4+Foxp3+ Tregs, the CD39+ Tregs, has been associated with viral infections and autoimmune diseases. Therefore, we hypothesized that this discrete Treg subset may contribute to the chronic infection of HBV., Results: Initial characterization studies of healthy peripheral CD39+FoxP3+CD4+ T cells revealed that the majority were CD45RA- Treg cells. Subsequent analysis of HBV-infected patients (38 asymptomatic HBV carriers (AsCs), 37 chronic active hepatitis B (CAH), 29 HBV-associated acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF)) and healthy individuals (25 controls) was conducted to assess association with HBV copy number and the liver injury marker alanine aminotransferase (ALT). A higher percentage of CD39+ Tregs was detected within the population of FoxP3+CD4+ T cells in peripheral blood of AsCs patients. Moreover, the percentage of CD39+ Tregs was significantly less in CAH and ACLF patients. The increased proportions of circulating CD39+ Tregs were positively correlated with serum viral load, but inversely correlated with serum ALT level., Conclusion: These findings not only suggest that CD39+ Treg cells may be involved in HBV disease progression but also identify CD39+ Tregs as a dynamic immune regulatory cell population that may represent a new target of immunomodulatory therapeutic interventions.
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- 2012
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16. Activated IL-23/IL-17 pathway closely correlates with increased Foxp3 expression in livers of chronic hepatitis B patients.
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Wang Q, Zheng Y, Huang Z, Tian Y, Zhou J, Mao Q, Wu Y, and Ni B
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- Adolescent, Adult, CD4 Antigens biosynthesis, Female, Forkhead Transcription Factors genetics, Forkhead Transcription Factors immunology, Gene Expression Regulation, Hepatitis B virus pathogenicity, Hepatitis, Chronic pathology, Hepatitis, Chronic physiopathology, Humans, Interleukin-17 genetics, Interleukin-17 immunology, Interleukin-17 metabolism, Interleukin-23 genetics, Interleukin-23 immunology, Interleukin-23 metabolism, Liver immunology, Liver pathology, Liver virology, Lymphocyte Activation, Male, Signal Transduction immunology, T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory immunology, T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory pathology, Virus Replication, Forkhead Transcription Factors metabolism, Hepatitis B virus physiology, Hepatitis, Chronic immunology, Liver metabolism, T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory metabolism
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Background: Foxp3 protein plays a critical role in mediating the inflammatory response and can inhibit the proinflammatory IL-23/IL-17 pathway. However, the molecular interplay of Foxp3 and the IL-23/IL-17 pathway in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) remains unclear. To this end, we analyzed the expression patterns of Foxp3- and IL-23/IL-17 pathway-related proinflammatory cytokines in 39 patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure, 71 patients with CHB and 32 healthy controls., Results: Foxp3 expression was found to be elevated in and mainly expressed by the CD4+ T cell sub-population of peripheral blood mononuclear cells and liver tissues of patients with hepatitis B. The intrahepatic expression of Foxp3 strongly correlated with the copies of HBV DNA and the concentration of surface antigen, HBsAg. IL-23/IL-17 pathway-related proinflammatory cytokines were also found to be significantly increased in patients' liver tissues, as compared to healthy controls. Moreover, Foxp3 expression was strikingly correlated with the production of these cytokines in liver tissues of CHB patients., Conclusions: The closely-correlated increase of Foxp3 and IL-23/IL-17 pathway activity in HBV-infected livers suggests that the proinflammatory IL-23/IL-17 pathway had not been effectively suppressed by the host immune machinery, such as Treg (Foxp3) cells. Constitutive activation of the IL-23/17 pathway, thus, may support the chronic hepatitis B state.
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- 2011
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17. Detection of splicing events and multiread locations from RNA-seq data based on a geometric-tail (GT) distribution of intron length.
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Lou SK, Li JW, Qin H, Yim AK, Lo LY, Ni B, Leung KS, Tsui SK, and Chan TF
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- Animals, Gene Expression, Genome, Humans, Introns, Likelihood Functions, Software, Statistical Distributions, RNA Splicing, Sequence Analysis, RNA methods
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Background: RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) measures gene expression levels and permits splicing analysis. Many existing aligners are capable of mapping millions of sequencing reads onto a reference genome. For reads that can be mapped to multiple positions along the reference genome (multireads), these aligners may either randomly assign them to a location, or discard them altogether. Either way could bias downstream analyses. Meanwhile, challenges remain in the alignment of reads spanning across splice junctions. Existing splicing-aware aligners that rely on the read-count method in identifying junction sites are inevitably affected by sequencing depths., Results: The distance between aligned positions of paired-end (PE) reads or two parts of a spliced read is dependent on the experiment protocol and gene structures. We here proposed a new method that employs an empirical geometric-tail (GT) distribution of intron lengths to make a rational choice in multireads selection and splice-sites detection, according to the aligned distances from PE and sliced reads., Conclusions: GT models that combine sequence similarity from alignment, and together with the probability of length distribution, could accurately determine the location of both multireads and spliced reads.
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- 2011
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18. Identification of a novel conserved HLA-A*0201-restricted epitope from the spike protein of SARS-CoV.
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Lv Y, Ruan Z, Wang L, Ni B, and Wu Y
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- Animals, Cell Line, Conserved Sequence, Cytotoxicity, Immunologic, Epitope Mapping, Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte genetics, Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte immunology, HLA-A Antigens genetics, HLA-A Antigens immunology, HLA-A2 Antigen, Humans, Immunization, Interferon-gamma metabolism, Membrane Glycoproteins genetics, Membrane Glycoproteins immunology, Mice, Mice, Transgenic, Peptide Fragments genetics, Peptide Fragments immunology, Protein Binding, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome immunology, Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus, T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic immunology, T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic pathology, Viral Envelope Proteins genetics, Viral Envelope Proteins immunology, Coronavirus immunology, Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte metabolism, HLA-A Antigens metabolism, Membrane Glycoproteins metabolism, Peptide Fragments metabolism, T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic metabolism, Viral Envelope Proteins metabolism
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Background: The spike (S) protein is a major structural glycoprotein of coronavirus (CoV), the causal agent of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The S protein is a potent target for SARS-specific cell-mediated immune responses. However, the mechanism CoV pathogenesis in SARS and the role of special CTLs in virus clearance are still largely uncharacterized. Here, we describe a study that leads to the identification of a novel HLA-A*0201-restricted epitope from conserved regions of S protein., Results: First, different SARS-CoV sequences were analyzed to predict eight candidate peptides from conserved regions of the S protein based upon HLA-A*0201 binding and proteosomal cleavage. Four of eight candidate peptides were tested by HLA-A*0201 binding assays. Among the four candidate peptides, Sp8 (S958-966, VLNDILSRL) induced specific CTLs both ex vivo in PBLs of healthy HLA-A2+ donors and in HLA-A2.1/Kb transgenic mice immunized with a plasmid encoding full-length S protein. The immunized mice released IFN-gamma and lysed target cells upon stimulation with Sp8 peptide-pulsed autologous dendritic cells in comparison to other candidates., Conclusion: These results suggest that Sp8 is a naturally processed epitope. We propose that Sp8 epitope should help in the characterization of mechanisms of virus control and immunopathology in SARS-CoV infection.
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- 2009
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