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Therefore, accurate and reliable annotated features resulted from the UHPLC-MS/MS data while FTICR-MS provided an overall cartography of metabolites thanks to van Krevelen diagrams. Various small molecules such as amino acids derivatives and indole alkaloids have been determined for the first time in this yeast. The complementarity of FTICR-MS and UHPLC-MS/MS for secondary metabolite annotation brought this new mapping of S. cerevisiae.Schizophrenia is associated with memory disorders that affect patients in their daily life. Patients complain about difficulty to remember knowledge that has been recently learnt together with its context (episodic memory, EM) but also more complex events that have been personally experienced (autobiographical memory, AM). While deficits at both encoding and retrieval have been shown to account for EM disorders in schizophrenia, the cognitive mechanisms involved in AM disorders are more difficult to approach. TAS120 This is partly explained by the conceptual difference between EM and AM. Some methodological limitations inherent to the AM research also reduce the possibility to investigate the early processing of complex and dynamic real-life events at encoding; rather the retrieval processes engaged have therefore been the focus of the bulk of extant research. The aim of this review is to summarize the main findings related to EM and AM research in patients with schizophrenia, to discuss the putative mechanisms that may account for patients' AM impairment, based in particular on the literature about EM, and to provide an agenda for future research aiming to further elucidate the role of encoding deficits in AM in patients.The tent sign is a subtle mammographic finding that is not well delineated in current literature. It refers to localized retraction of the breast parenchyma causing a characteristic inverted "V" shape, or tent sign. It can often be the only indication that an underlying malignancy exists. We present the case of a 50 year-old female who presented on screening mammogram with a tent sign with pathology yielding invasive carcinoma.The perceived contrast of a central stimulus is reduced in the presence of a high contrast surround. A number of stimulus features influence the amount of suppression. A two-mechanism model has been proposed for stationary patterns involving a narrowly-tuned process, requiring very similar stimuli in the centre and surround, and a weaker, untuned or very broadly tuned process unselective for stimulus features. This study examines whether a similar model applies to the motion pathway in human participants by varying the orientation and direction of motion of the surround relative to the centre. Four experienced observers completed a two-interval forced-choice contrast matching task. The stimuli were drifting sinusoidal grating patterns with high contrast surrounds (95%) differing in direction of motion and orientation relative to the centre grating. All surround conditions produced suppression but a common orientation and direction of motion produced significantly more suppression than either opposite direction of motion conditions or orthogonal direction conditions. The tuning for motion direction differences was assessed for same and opposite directions of motion. These findings support the extension of the two-mechanism model of contrast suppression to motion direction.SARS-CoV-2 has a high transmission rate and shows frequent mutations, thus making vaccine development an arduous task. link2 However, researchers around the globe are working hard to find a solution e.g. synthetic vaccine. Here, we have performed genome-wide analysis of 566 Indian SARS-CoV-2 genomes to extract the potential conserved regions for identifying peptide based synthetic vaccines, viz. link3 epitopes with high immunogenicity and antigenicity. In this regard, different multiple sequence alignment techniques are used to align the SARS-CoV-2 genomes separately. Subsequently, consensus conserved regions are identified after finding the conserved regions from each aligned result of alignment techniques. Further, the consensus conserved regions are refined considering that their lengths are greater than or equal to 60nt and their corresponding proteins are devoid of any stop codons. Subsequently, their specificity as query coverage are verified using Nucleotide BLAST. Finally, with these consensus conserved regions, T-cell and B-cell epitopes are identified based on their immunogenic and antigenic scores which are then used to rank the conserved regions. As a result, we have ranked 23 consensus conserved regions that are associated with different proteins. This ranking also resulted in 34 MHC-I and 37 MHC-II restricted T-cell epitopes with 16 and 19 unique HLA alleles and 29 B-cell epitopes. After ranking, the consensus conserved region from NSP3 gene is obtained that is highly immunogenic and antigenic. In order to judge the relevance of the identified epitopes, the physico-chemical properties and binding conformation of the MHC-I and MHC-II restricted T-cell epitopes are shown with respect to HLA alleles.Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder which manifests itself in early childhood and is distinguished by recurring behavioral patterns, and dysfunction in social/communication skills. Ubiquitous environmental pollutant, di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) is one of the most frequently used plasticizers in various industrial products, e.g. vinyl flooring, plastic toys, and medical appliances. DEHP gets easily released into the environment and leads to human exposure through various routes. DEHP has been described to be linked with oxidative stress in various organs in animal/human studies. Increased concentration of DEHP has also been detected in ASD children which indicates an association between phthalates exposure and ASD. However, effect of DEHP on autism-like behavior has not been investigated previously. Therefore, this study probed the effect of DEHP on autism-like behavior (marble burying, self-grooming and sociability) and innate immune cells (dendritic cells/neutrophils)/cerebellar oxidant-antioxidant balance (NFkB, iNOS, NADPH oxidase, nitrotyrosine, lipid peroxides, Nrf2, SOD, GPx) in BTBR and C57 mice. Our data show that DEHP treatment causes worsening of autism-like behavior in BTBR mice which is associated with enhancement of oxidative stress in innate immune cells and cerebellum with concomitant lack of antioxidant protection. DEHP also causes oxidative stress in C57 mice in both innate immune cells and cerebellar compartment, however there is Nrf2-mediated induction of enzymatic antioxidants which protects them from upregulated oxidative stress. This proposes the notion that ubiquitous environmental pollutants such as DEHP may be involved in the pathogenesis/progression of ASD through dysregulation of antioxidant-antioxidant balance in innate immune cells and cerebellum.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) has evolved to utilize different mechanisms to evade the host immune response. Several microRNAs (miRNAs) have been found to regulate innate immune response in M.tb replication and infection, but the roles and detailed molecular mechanisms of miRNAs in M.tb infection remain to be clarified.

Previously published dataset GSE94007 from GEO database was used for screening differential-expressed miRNAs, and a significant up-regulated miR-20a-3p was chosen for further investigation. Cells were transfected with miR-20a-3p mimics, inhibitors, IKKβ siRNA, or their controls to verify the role of miR-20a-3p and IKKβ in M.tb infection and host immune response. IL-β, IL-6 and TNF-α contents in supernatant were measured by ELISA kits. The expression level of IKKβ/NF-κB pathway were also detected by western blot.

We found that miR-20a-3p was dose-and time-dependently increased during M.tb infection. Subsequently, our results demonstrated that upregulation of miR-20a-3p promoted intracellular growth of bacterial, and suppressed the release of proinflammatory cytokines in both M.tb-infected RAW264.7 and BMDM cells, while downregulation of miR-20a-3p had an opposite effect. Moreover, miR-20a-3p suppressed the activity of NF-κB pathway by directly targeting IKKβ, resulting in the suppression of pro-inflammatory cytokines, attenuation of immune response and promotion of M.tb survival.

Our findings uncover a role of miR-20a-3p and its target IKKβ in regulating M.tb induced immune responses and provide a better understanding of pathogenesis of M.tb infection.

Our findings uncover a role of miR-20a-3p and its target IKKβ in regulating M.tb induced immune responses and provide a better understanding of pathogenesis of M.tb infection.It is well-established that lysine-specific demethylase 1 (LSD1) is the first identified histone demethylase. Based on its demethylase enzymatic activity, LSD1 plays a pivotal role in vast range of cellular processes and cancers, but the understanding of its effects on inflammation is relatively limited. Using in vivo models of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced inflammation and in vitro assays in mouse mammary epithelial cells, we identified the novel regulatory roles and underlying mechanisms of LSD1 on LPS-induced mastitis. Mammary gland and cells were collected for the following experiments after treatment. Histological changes were determined by H&E. Western blot analysis was used to detect the protein expression. ELISA and real-time PCR were used to evaluate protein and mRNA expression of inflammatory genes. Our results showed that LPS treatment resulted in a significant increase in LSD1 protein expression. GSK-LSD1 is a selective inhibitor of LSD1 enzyme activity. Treatment of mice with GSK-LSD1 inhibited LSD1 activity, reduced inflammatory cells recruitment to tissues and attenuated LPS-induced damage in mammary gland. Mechanistic investigations suggested that LSD1 inhibition led to the increase of histone H3K4me2 and H3K9me2. Furthermore, GSK-LSD1 inhibition of LSD1 further inhibited nuclear factor κ-B (NF-κB) signaling cascades, and subsequently inhibited the production of cytokines (TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-1β) in mammary gland. Taken together, our data reveal LSD1 as a potential regulator of inflammation and improve our understanding of epigenetic control on inflammation.

COVID-19 is considered the most critical health pandemic of 21st century. Due to extremely high transmission rate, people are more susceptible to viral infection. COVID-19 patients having chronic type-2 asthma prevails a major risk as it may aggravate the disease and morbidities.

The present review mainly focuses on correlating the influence of COVID-19 in type-2 asthmatic patients. Besides, it delineates the treatment measures and drugs that can be used to manage mild, moderate, and severe symptoms of COVID-19 in asthmatic patients, thus preventing any exacerbation.

An in-depth research was carried out from different peer-reviewed articles till September 2020 from several renowned databases like PubMed, Frontier, MEDLINE, and related websites like WHO, CDC, MOHFW, and the information was analysed and written in a simplified manner.

The progressive results were quite conflicting as severe cases of COVID-19 shows an increase in the level of several cytokines that can augment inflammation to the bronchial tracts, worsening the asthma attacks.