Notch signalling is involved in a multitude of developmental decisions and its aberrant activation is linked to many diseases, including cancers. One example is the neural stem cell tumours that arise from constitutive Notch activity in Drosophila neuroblasts. To investigate how hyperactivation of Notch in larval neuroblasts leads to tumours, we combined results from profiling the upregulated m...

The thiouracil derivative PF-06282999 [2-(6-(5-chloro-2-methoxyphenyl)4-oxo-2-thioxo-3,4-dihydropyrimidin-1(2H)-yl)acetamide] is an irreversible inactivator of myeloperoxidase and is currently in clinical trials for the potential treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Concerns over idiosyncratic toxicity arising from bioactivation of the thiouracil motif to reactive species in the liver have bee...

In this work, we developed a microfluidic device for the imitation of drug metabolism in human liver and its cytotoxicity on cells. The integrated microfluidic device consists of three sections: (1) bioreactors containing poly(ethylene) glycol (PEG) hydrogel encapsulated human liver microsomes (HLMs); (2) cell culture chambers for cytotoxicity assay; and (3) integrated micro solid-phase extract...

Our previous study has suggested that downregulated microRNA (miR)-29a in denatured dermis might be involved in burn wound healing. However, the exact role of miR-29a in healing of burn injury still remains unclear. Here, we found that expression of miR-29a was notably upregulated in denatured dermis tissues and skin fibroblast cells after thermal injury, and thereafter gradually downregulated ...

Geopolitical competition between Russia and the US and EU on the periphery of the former USSR has complicated efforts to resolve lingering conflicts in Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Transnistria. Regional and great power rivalries often obscure the distinctive local factors in each of these conflicts, which are ultimately crucial to their resolution. In addition, changes in loc...

Results: BAI scores (26.6 ± 11.8 vs. 3.4 ± 3.3, p< 0.001) and BDI scores (12.6 ± 4 vs. 3.7 ± 4.5, p< 0.001) were signifi cantly higher in the patient group compared to the controls. P wave dispersion (Pd) [50.0 ± 17.5 miliseconds (ms) vs. 23.4 ± 7.7 ms, p< 0.001] and mean QT dispersion (QTd) (50.5 ± 18.1 ms vs. 28.3 ± 11.4 ms, p< 0.001) signifi cantly increased in the GAD patient group compared...