Knee osteoarthrosis (OA) is a multifactorial disease with genetic factors playing an important part in its development. Our research goal was to examine associations between polymorphic variants rs1060105 and rs56116847 of SBNO1 gene, rs6499244 NFAT5 gene rs34195470 WWP2 developing stage 4 knee people living the Central Chernozem Region Russia. Genotyping loci candidate genes accomplished 95 pa...

When activated by high NaCl, tonicity-responsive enhancer-binding protein/osmotic response element-binding protein (TonEBP/OREBP) increases transcription of osmoprotective genes. High NaCl activates TonEBP/OREBP by increasing its phosphorylation, nuclear localization, and transactivating activity. In HEK293 cells, mass spectrometry shows phosphorylation of TonEBP/OREBP-S120, -S134, -T135, and -...

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease mainly characterized by cartilage degradation. Interleukin-1β (IL-1β) contributes to OA pathogenesis by enhancing oxidative stress and inflammation. Melatonin reportedly elicits potent protection against OA. However, the role of melatonin and underlying mechanism in IL-1β-stimulated chondrocytes remain largely unclear. In this study, we found ...

BACKGROUND Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease induced by periodontopathogens such as Porphyromonas gingivalis (P. gingivalis). MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small single-stranded noncoding RNAs that regulate gene expression at the level of translation. MiRNAs have been reported to be involved in inflammatory processes. In this study, we examined the effects of P. gingivalis-induced inflam...

BACKGROUND Although systemic hypertension is a risk factor of age-related macular degeneration, antihypertensive medications do not affect the risk of the disease. One condition that induces hypertension is high intake of dietary salt resulting in increased blood osmolarity. In order to prove the assumption that, in addition to hypertension, high osmolarity may aggravate neovascular retinal dis...

When cells are challenged by hyperosmotic stress, one of the crucial adaptive responses is the expression of osmoprotective genes that are responsible for raising the intracellular level of compatible osmolytes such as sorbitol, betaine, and myo-inositol. This is achieved by the activation of the transcription factor called OREBP (also known as TonEBP or NFAT5) that specifically binds to the os...

A female with very early onset inflammatory bowel disease (VEO-IBD) was shown to carry two compound heterozygous missense variants in Nuclear Factor of Activated T cells 5 and have impaired induction iTregs. The NFAT5 may be the cause lack iTregs consequently development VEO-IBD. Primary immunodeficiencies (PID) are inborn errors immunity causing an increased susceptibility infections, or dysre...

INTRODUCTION Canonical and non-canonical Wnt pathways are involved in the genesis of multiple tumors; however, their role in pituitary tumorigenesis is mostly unknown. OBJECTIVE This study evaluated gene and protein expression of Wnt pathways in pituitary tumors and whether these expression correlate to clinical outcome. MATERIALS AND METHODS Genes of the WNT canonical pathway: activating l...