LIVIVO - The Search Portal for Life Sciences

zur deutschen Oberfläche wechseln
Advanced search

Search results

Result 1 - 10 of total 451

Search options

  1. Article ; Online: Tripartite motif 2b (

    Fang, Hong / Wu, Xiao Man / Zheng, Si Yao / Chang, Ming Xian

    Journal of virology

    2024  , Page(s) e0015824

    Abstract: Tripartite motif (TRIM) proteins are involved in different cellular functions, including regulating virus infection. In teleosts, two orthologous genes of mammalian TRIM2 are identified. However, the functions and molecular mechanisms of piscine TRIM2 ... ...

    Abstract Tripartite motif (TRIM) proteins are involved in different cellular functions, including regulating virus infection. In teleosts, two orthologous genes of mammalian TRIM2 are identified. However, the functions and molecular mechanisms of piscine TRIM2 remain unclear. Here, we show that
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-05-02
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 80174-4
    ISSN 1098-5514 ; 0022-538X
    ISSN (online) 1098-5514
    ISSN 0022-538X
    DOI 10.1128/jvi.00158-24
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

  2. Book ; Thesis: Towards onions and shallots (Allium cepa L.) resistant to beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua Hübner) by transgenesis and conventional breeding

    Zheng, Si-Jun

    2000  

    Author's details Si-Jun Zheng
    Keywords Küchenzwiebel ; Zuckerrübeneule ; Resistenzzüchtung ; Transgene Pflanzen
    Subject Laphygma exigua ; Spodoptera exigua ; Caradrina exigua ; Laphygma flavimaculata ; Heerwurm ; Allium cepa ; Gemeine Zwiebel ; Speisezwiebel ; Zwiebel ; Gentechnisch veränderte Pflanzen
    Language English
    Size 146 S. : Ill., graph. Darst.
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Book ; Thesis
    Thesis / German Habilitation thesis Wageningen, Univ., Diss., 2000
    Note Zsfassung in chines. und niederländ. Sprache
    HBZ-ID HT012882854
    ISBN 90-5808-296-2 ; 978-90-5808-296-1
    Database Catalogue ZB MED Nutrition, Environment, Agriculture

    More links

    Kategorien

  3. Article ; Online: Biomimetic Design of Peptide Inhibitor to Block CD47/SIRPα Interactions.

    Zheng, Si / Ji, Yufan / Li, Nanxing / Zhang, Lin

    Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids

    2023  Volume 39, Issue 49, Page(s) 18101–18112

    Abstract: CD47 on the surface of tumor cells has become a research hot spot in immunotherapy and anticancer therapy, as it can bind to SIRPα protein on the surface of macrophages, which ultimately leads to immune escape of tumor cells. In the present study, ... ...

    Abstract CD47 on the surface of tumor cells has become a research hot spot in immunotherapy and anticancer therapy, as it can bind to SIRPα protein on the surface of macrophages, which ultimately leads to immune escape of tumor cells. In the present study, molecular interactions between CD47 and human SIRPα proteins (including variant 1, V1 and variant 2, V2) were analyzed through molecular dynamics (MD) simulation and the molecular mechanics-Poisson-Boltzmann surface area (MM-PBSA) method. Hydrophobic interactions were found as the main driving force for the binding of CD47 on SIRPα. The residues including pyroglutamate acid (Z)1, L2, E35, Y37, E97, L101, and T102 of CD47 were identified with a significant favorable contribution to the binding of CD47 on SIRPα (both V1 and V2). Based on this, a peptide inhibitor library with the sequence ZLXRTLXEXY was designed (X represents the arbitrary residue of 20 standard amino acids) and then screened using molecular docking, MD simulations, and experimental validation. Finally, a peptide ZLIRTLHEWY was determined with high affinity with SIRPα from 8000 candidates, containing 6/10 residues favorable for the binding on SIRPα V1 and 8/10 residues favorable for the binding on SIRPα V2, which was thus considered to have potential anticancer function.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; CD47 Antigen/genetics ; CD47 Antigen/metabolism ; Receptors, Immunologic/genetics ; Receptors, Immunologic/metabolism ; Molecular Docking Simulation ; Biomimetics ; Antigens, Differentiation/chemistry ; Antigens, Differentiation/metabolism ; Peptides/pharmacology ; Peptide Library ; Phagocytosis ; Neoplasms
    Chemical Substances CD47 Antigen ; Receptors, Immunologic ; Antigens, Differentiation ; Peptides ; Peptide Library ; CD47 protein, human
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-12-01
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2005937-1
    ISSN 1520-5827 ; 0743-7463
    ISSN (online) 1520-5827
    ISSN 0743-7463
    DOI 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02898
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

  4. Article ; Online: Profiling DNA Cargos in Single Extracellular Vesicles via Hydrogel-Based Droplet Digital Multiple Displacement Amplification.

    Jiao, Yufeng / Gao, Liyang / Zhang, Tao / He, Ziyi / Zheng, Si-Yang / Liu, Wu

    Analytical chemistry

    2024  Volume 96, Issue 3, Page(s) 1293–1300

    Abstract: Due to the substantial heterogeneity among extracellular vesicle (EV) subpopulations, single-EV analysis has the potential to elucidate the mechanisms behind EV biogenesis and shed light on the myriad functions, leading to the development of novel ... ...

    Abstract Due to the substantial heterogeneity among extracellular vesicle (EV) subpopulations, single-EV analysis has the potential to elucidate the mechanisms behind EV biogenesis and shed light on the myriad functions, leading to the development of novel diagnostics and therapeutics. While many studies have been devoted to reveal between-EV variations in surface proteins and RNAs, DNA cargos (EV-DNA) have received little attention. Here, we report a hydrogel-based droplet digital multiple displacement amplification approach for the comprehensive analysis of EV-DNA at the single-EV level. Single EVs are dispersed in thousands of hydrogel droplets and lysed for DNA amplification and identification. The droplet microfluidics strategy empowers the assay with single-molecule sensitivity and capability for absolute quantification of DNA-containing EVs. In particular, our findings indicate that 5-40% EVs are associated with DNA, depending on the cell of origin. Large EVs exhibit a higher proportion of DNA-containing EVs and a more substantial presence of intraluminal DNA, compared to small EVs. These DNA-containing EVs carry multiple DNA fragments on average. Furthermore, both double-stranded DNA and single-stranded DNA were able to be detected at the single-EV level. Utilizing this method, the abundance, distribution, and biophysical properties of EV-DNA in various EV populations are evaluated. The DNA level within EVs provides insight into the status of the originating cells and offers valuable information on the outcomes of anticancer treatments. The utilization of single-EV analysis for EV-DNA holds significant promise for early cancer detection and treatment response monitoring.
    MeSH term(s) Hydrogels/metabolism ; Extracellular Vesicles/metabolism ; DNA/metabolism ; RNA/metabolism ; Membrane Proteins/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Hydrogels ; DNA (9007-49-2) ; RNA (63231-63-0) ; Membrane Proteins
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-08
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1508-8
    ISSN 1520-6882 ; 0003-2700
    ISSN (online) 1520-6882
    ISSN 0003-2700
    DOI 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c04666
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

  5. Article ; Online: Anti-stroke biologics: from recombinant proteins to stem cells and organoids.

    Miao, Zhu-Wei / Wang, Zhi / Zheng, Si-Li / Wang, Shu-Na / Miao, Chao-Yu

    Stroke and vascular neurology

    2024  

    Abstract: The use of biologics in various diseases has dramatically increased in recent years. Stroke, a cerebrovascular disease, is the second most common cause of death, and the leading cause of disability with high morbidity worldwide. For biologics applied in ... ...

    Abstract The use of biologics in various diseases has dramatically increased in recent years. Stroke, a cerebrovascular disease, is the second most common cause of death, and the leading cause of disability with high morbidity worldwide. For biologics applied in the treatment of acute ischaemic stroke, alteplase is the only thrombolytic agent. Meanwhile, current clinical trials show that two recombinant proteins, tenecteplase and non-immunogenic staphylokinase, are most promising as new thrombolytic agents for acute ischaemic stroke therapy. In addition, stem cell-based therapy, which uses stem cells or organoids for stroke treatment, has shown promising results in preclinical and early clinical studies. These strategies for acute ischaemic stroke mainly rely on the unique properties of undifferentiated cells to facilitate tissue repair and regeneration. However, there is a still considerable journey ahead before these approaches become routine clinical use. This includes optimising cell delivery methods, determining the ideal cell type and dosage, and addressing long-term safety concerns. This review introduces the current or promising recombinant proteins for thrombolysis therapy in ischaemic stroke and highlights the promise and challenges of stem cells and cerebral organoids in stroke therapy.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-29
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ISSN 2059-8696
    ISSN (online) 2059-8696
    DOI 10.1136/svn-2023-002883
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

  6. Article ; Online: Complete Chloroplast Genomes of Four Oaks from the Section

    Wang, Ling-Ling / Li, Yu / Zheng, Si-Si / Kozlowski, Gregor / Xu, Jin / Song, Yi-Gang

    Genes

    2024  Volume 15, Issue 2

    Abstract: ... ...

    Abstract Quercus
    MeSH term(s) Phylogeny ; Genome, Chloroplast ; Quercus/genetics ; Ecosystem ; Genomics
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-11
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2527218-4
    ISSN 2073-4425 ; 2073-4425
    ISSN (online) 2073-4425
    ISSN 2073-4425
    DOI 10.3390/genes15020230
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

  7. Article: Editorial: Microbial interaction with banana: mechanisms, symbiosis, and integrated diseases control.

    Zheng, Si-Jun / Hu, Huigang / Li, Yunfeng / Chen, Jian / Li, Xundong / Bai, Tingting

    Frontiers in microbiology

    2024  Volume 15, Page(s) 1390969

    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-05
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Editorial
    ZDB-ID 2587354-4
    ISSN 1664-302X
    ISSN 1664-302X
    DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1390969
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

  8. Article: Development of the Antithrombotic Peptide LEKNSTY Targeting the Collagen Surface: I. Design and Validation

    Zheng, Si / Hao, Tanyi / Zhang, Lin

    Langmuir. 2022 May 27, v. 38, no. 23

    2022  

    Abstract: Exposed collagen on the diseased vessel wall is crucial for arterial thrombosis. The currently developed antithrombotic drugs mostly target blood components such as platelets and suffer from the risk of bleeding. Therefore, anticollagen therapy of ... ...

    Abstract Exposed collagen on the diseased vessel wall is crucial for arterial thrombosis. The currently developed antithrombotic drugs mostly target blood components such as platelets and suffer from the risk of bleeding. Therefore, anticollagen therapy of covering the collagen surface was proposed as an alternative in our previous study, and an antithrombotic peptide LWWNSYY was designed and validated. However, its application was hindered due to the poor water solubility. In the present study, in order to develop a novel antithrombotic peptide with enhanced water solubility, redesigning of LWWNSYY to LEKNSTY using the EK pattern was proposed. Improved solubility was obtained for LEKNSTY. Moreover, the binding of LEKNSTY on the collagen surface was confirmed by molecular docking, molecular dynamics simulations, and experimental validation. A Kd of 0.91 ± 0.44 μM was observed. The effective inhibition of platelet adhesion on the collagen surface by LEKNSTY was demonstrated at an IC₅₀ of 2.48 ± 0.59 μg/mL. Therefore, the successful design of the antithrombotic peptide LEKNSTY was confirmed, which would facilitate the research into the interface involving thrombus and the development of antithrombotic agents.
    Keywords adhesion ; collagen ; molecular dynamics ; peptides ; risk ; therapeutics ; thrombosis ; water solubility
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2022-0527
    Size p. 7107-7113.
    Publishing place American Chemical Society
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 2005937-1
    ISSN 1520-5827 ; 0743-7463
    ISSN (online) 1520-5827
    ISSN 0743-7463
    DOI 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c00586
    Database NAL-Catalogue (AGRICOLA)

    More links

    Kategorien

  9. Article ; Online: MGREL: A multi-graph representation learning-based ensemble learning method for gene-disease association prediction.

    Wang, Ziyang / Gu, Yaowen / Zheng, Si / Yang, Lin / Li, Jiao

    Computers in biology and medicine

    2023  Volume 155, Page(s) 106642

    Abstract: The identification of gene-disease associations plays an important role in the exploration of pathogenic mechanisms and therapeutic targets. Computational methods have been regarded as an effective way to discover the potential gene-disease associations ... ...

    Abstract The identification of gene-disease associations plays an important role in the exploration of pathogenic mechanisms and therapeutic targets. Computational methods have been regarded as an effective way to discover the potential gene-disease associations in recent years. However, most of them ignored the combination of abundant genetic, therapeutic information, and gene-disease network topology. To this end, we re-organized the current gene-disease association benchmark dataset by extracting the newest gene-disease associations from the OMIM database. Then, we developed a multi-graph representation learning-based ensemble model, named MGREL to predict gene-disease associations. MGREL integrated two feature generation channels to extract gene and disease features, including a knowledge extraction channel which learned high-order representations from genetic and therapeutic information, and a graph learning channel which acquired network topological representations through multiple advanced graph representation learning methods. Then, an ensemble learning method with 5 machine learning models was used as the classifier to predict the gene-disease association. Comprehensive experiments have demonstrated the significant performance achieved by MGREL compared to 5 state-of-the-art methods. For the major measurements (AUC = 0.925, AUPR = 0.935), the relative improvements of MGREL compared to the suboptimal methods are 3.24%, and 2.75%, respectively. MGREL also achieved impressive improvements in the challenging tasks of predicting potential associations for unknown genes/diseases. In addition, case studies implied potential applications for MGREL in the discovery of potential therapeutic targets.
    MeSH term(s) Machine Learning ; Computational Biology/methods
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-02-10
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 127557-4
    ISSN 1879-0534 ; 0010-4825
    ISSN (online) 1879-0534
    ISSN 0010-4825
    DOI 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2023.106642
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

  10. Article ; Online: Employing Molecular Conformations for Ligand-Based Virtual Screening with Equivariant Graph Neural Network and Deep Multiple Instance Learning.

    Gu, Yaowen / Li, Jiao / Kang, Hongyu / Zhang, Bowen / Zheng, Si

    Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)

    2023  Volume 28, Issue 16

    Abstract: Ligand-based virtual screening (LBVS) is a promising approach for rapid and low-cost screening of potentially bioactive molecules in the early stage of drug discovery. Compared with traditional similarity-based machine learning methods, deep learning ... ...

    Abstract Ligand-based virtual screening (LBVS) is a promising approach for rapid and low-cost screening of potentially bioactive molecules in the early stage of drug discovery. Compared with traditional similarity-based machine learning methods, deep learning frameworks for LBVS can more effectively extract high-order molecule structure representations from molecular fingerprints or structures. However, the 3D conformation of a molecule largely influences its bioactivity and physical properties, and has rarely been considered in previous deep learning-based LBVS methods. Moreover, the relative bioactivity benchmark dataset is still lacking. To address these issues, we introduce a novel end-to-end deep learning architecture trained from molecular conformers for LBVS. We first extracted molecule conformers from multiple public molecular bioactivity data and consolidated them into a large-scale bioactivity benchmark dataset, which totally includes millions of endpoints and molecules corresponding to 954 targets. Then, we devised a deep learning-based LBVS called EquiVS to learn molecule representations from conformers for bioactivity prediction. Specifically, graph convolutional network (GCN) and equivariant graph neural network (EGNN) are sequentially stacked to learn high-order molecule-level and conformer-level representations, followed with attention-based deep multiple-instance learning (MIL) to aggregate these representations and then predict the potential bioactivity for the query molecule on a given target. We conducted various experiments to validate the data quality of our benchmark dataset, and confirmed EquiVS achieved better performance compared with 10 traditional machine learning or deep learning-based LBVS methods. Further ablation studies demonstrate the significant contribution of molecular conformation for bioactivity prediction, as well as the reasonability and non-redundancy of deep learning architecture in EquiVS. Finally, a model interpretation case study on CDK2 shows the potential of EquiVS in optimal conformer discovery. The overall study shows that our proposed benchmark dataset and EquiVS method have promising prospects in virtual screening applications.
    MeSH term(s) Ligands ; Molecular Conformation ; Benchmarking ; Data Accuracy ; Neural Networks, Computer
    Chemical Substances Ligands
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-08-09
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1413402-0
    ISSN 1420-3049 ; 1431-5165 ; 1420-3049
    ISSN (online) 1420-3049
    ISSN 1431-5165 ; 1420-3049
    DOI 10.3390/molecules28165982
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

To top