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Mechanistically, we found that ENT1-mediated adenosine transport is critical for cyclic adenosine monophosphate homeostasis and the regulation of erythroid transcription factors. Notably, genetic investigation of 2 ENT1null individuals demonstrated a compensation by a loss-of-function variant in the ABCC4 cyclic nucleotide exporter. Indeed, pharmacological inhibition of ABCC4 in Ent1-/- mice rescued erythropoiesis. Overall, our results highlight the importance of ENT1-mediated nucleotide metabolism in erythropoiesis.

Dysfunction of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) contributes to the etiology of IBD by regulating autophagy, immune response, and mucosal permeability. VDR directly controls the paracellular tight junction protein Claudin-2. Claudin-2 and Claudin-15 are unique in maintaining para-cellular permeability. Interestingly, claudin-15 mRNA was downregulated in patients with ulcerative colitis. However, the exact mechanism of Claudin-15 regulation in colitis is still unknown. Here, we investigated the protective role of VDR against intestinal inflammation via upregulating Claudin-15.

We analyzed the correlation of Claudin-15 with the reduction of VDR in human colitis. We generated intestinal epithelial overexpression of VDR (O-VDR) mice to study the gain-of-function of VDR in colitis. Intestinal epithelial VDR knockout (VDR ∆IEC) mice were used for the loss-of-function study. Colonoids and SKCO15 cells were used as in vitro models.

Reduced Claudin-15 was significantly correlated with decreased VDR along the colonic epithelium of human IBD. O-VDR mice showed decreased susceptibility to chemical- and bacterial-induced colitis and marked increased Claudin-15 expression (both mRNA and protein) in the colon. Correspondingly, colonic Claudin-15 was reduced in VDR∆IECmice, which were susceptible to colitis. Overexpression of intestinal epithelial VDR and vitamin D treatment resulted in a significantly increased Claudin-15. ChIP assays identified the direct binding of VDR to the claudin-15 promoter, suggesting that claudin-15 is a target gene of VDR.

We demonstrated the mechanism of VDR upregulation of Claudin-15 to protect against colitis. This might enlighten the mechanism of barrier dysfunction in IBD and potential therapeutic strategies to inhibit inflammation.

We demonstrated the mechanism of VDR upregulation of Claudin-15 to protect against colitis. This might enlighten the mechanism of barrier dysfunction in IBD and potential therapeutic strategies to inhibit inflammation.Mutations in the transcription factors GATA1, GFI1B and RUNX1 (GATA Binding Factor 1, Growth Factor Independence 1B, Runt-related transcription factor 1) cause familial platelet and bleeding disorders. Mutant platelets exhibit common abnormalities including an α-granule reduction resulting in a grayish appearance in blood smears. This suggests that similar pathways are deregulated by different transcription factor mutations. To identify common factors, full platelet proteomes from 11 individuals with either mutant GATA1R216Q, GFI1BQ287*,RUNX1TD2-6, or RUNX1Q154Rfs, and 28 healthy controls were examined by label free quantitative mass spectrometry. In total, 2875 platelet proteins were reliably quantified. Clustering analysis of over 300 differentially expressed proteins revealed profound differences between cases and controls. Among cases, 44 of 143 significantly downregulated proteins were assigned to platelet function, hemostasis and granule biology, in line with platelet dysfunction and bleedings. Remarkably, none of these proteins were significantly diminished in all affected cases. Similarly, no proteins were commonly overrepresented in all affected cases compared to controls. These data indicate that the here studied transcription factor mutations alter platelet proteomes in distinct largely non-overlapping manners. This work provides the quantitative landscape of proteins that affect platelet function when deregulated by mutated transcription factors in inherited bleeding disorders.Identifying dynamic changes in biomarkers and clinical profiles is essential for understanding the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The relevant studies have primarily relied on patients with autosomal dominant AD; however, relevant studies in sporadic AD are poorly understood. Here, we analyzed longitudinal data from 665 participants (mean follow-up 4.90 ± 2.83 years). By aligning normal cognition (CN) baseline with a clinical diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or AD, we studied the progression of AD using a linear mixed model to estimate the clinical and biomarker changes from stable CN to MCI to AD. The results showed that the trajectory of hippocampal volume and fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) was consistent with the clinical measures in that they did not follow a hypothetical sigmoid curve but rather showed a slow change in the initial stage and accelerated changes in the later stage from MCI conversion to AD. Dramatic hippocampal atrophy and the ADAS13 increase were, respectively, 2.5 and 1 years earlier than the MCI onset. EGFR inhibitor Besides, cognitively normal people with elevated and normal amyloid showed no significant differences in clinical measures, hippocampal volume, or FDG. These results reveal that pre-MCI to pre-AD may be a better time window for future clinical trial design.This clinical report describes a digital process of using a 3-dimensional (3D) virtual patient at an exaggerated smile view for the pre-treatment simulation of the prosthetic outcome. In addition, the virtual patient can be used to assist with the formulation of a prosthetically - driven surgical plan for static computer-aided implant surgery (s-CAIS) and the design of the computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD-CAM) prostheses.

Border closure is one of the policy changes implemented to mitigate against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We evaluated the effect of border closure on the incidence rate of COVID-19 across nine African countries.

An interrupted time series analysis was used to assess COVID-19 incidence rates in Egypt, Tunisia, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa (SA). Data were collected between 14 February and 19 July 2020 from online data repositories. The linear trend and magnitude of change were evaluated using the itsa function with ordinary least-squares regression in Stata with a 7-d deferred interruption point, which allows a period of diffusion post-border closure.

Overall, the countries recorded an increase in the incidence rate of COVID-19 after border closure. However, when compared with matched control groups, SA, Nigeria, Ghana, Egypt and Kenya showed a higher incidence rate trend. In contrast, Ethiopia, DRC and Tunisia showed a lower trend compared with their controls.