Search results for "Phosphate-Binding Proteins"

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Progressive Characterization of Visual Phenotype in Bardet-Biedl Syndrome Mutant Mice

2019

Purpose Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is an archetypical ciliopathy caused by defective ciliary trafficking and consequent function. Insights gained from BBS mouse models are applicable to other syndromic and nonsyndromic retinal diseases. This progressive characterization of the visual phenotype in three BBS mouse models sets a baseline for testing therapeutic interventions. Methods Longitudinal acquisition of electroretinograms, optical coherence tomography scans, and visual acuity using the optomotor reflex in Bbs6/Mkks, Bbs8/Ttc8, and Bbs5 knockout mice. Gene and protein expression analysis in vivo and in vitro. Results Complete loss of BBS5, BBS6, or BBS8 leads to different rates of reti…

0301 basic medicineRetinal degenerationAgingBBSomeGenotyping Techniquesgenetic structuresBlotting WesternGroup II ChaperoninsBBS5030105 genetics & heredityBiologyReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionRetinaMKKSMice03 medical and health sciencesBardet–Biedl syndromeElectroretinographymedicineAnimalsBardet-Biedl SyndromeVision OcularMice Knockoutmedicine.diagnostic_testRetinal DegenerationPhosphate-Binding Proteinsmedicine.diseaseImmunohistochemistryMice Mutant StrainsCytoskeletal ProteinsDisease Models AnimalCiliopathyPhenotype030104 developmental biologyKnockout mouseCarrier ProteinsMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsNeuroscienceTomography Optical CoherenceSignal TransductionElectroretinographyInvestigative Opthalmology & Visual Science
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Cigarette smoke promotes inflammasome‐independent activation of caspase‐1 and ‐4 leading to gasdermin D cleavage in human macrophages

2022

Mechanisms and consequences of gasdermin D (GSDMD) activation in cigarette smoke (CS)-associated inflammation and lung disease are unknown. GSDMD is a downstream effector of caspase-1, -8, and -4. Upon cleavage, GSDMD generates pores into cell membranes. Different degrees of GSDMD activation are associated with a range of physiological outputs ranging from cell hyperactivation to pyroptosis. We have previously reported that in human monocyte-derived macrophages CS extract (CSE) inhibits the NLRP3 inflammasome and shifts the response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) towards the TLR4-TRIF axis leading to activation of caspase-8, which, in turn, activates caspase-1. In the present work, we investig…

InflammationLipopolysaccharidesPore Forming Cytotoxic Proteinsalveolar macrophages caspasecigarette smoke inflammasome lung Caspase 1 Caspases Caspases Initiator Humans Inflammation Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins Lipopolysaccharides Lipopolysaccharides NLR Family Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein Phosphate-Binding Proteins Pore Forming Cytotoxic Proteins Tobacco Cigarette Smoking Inflammasomes.InflammasomesSettore BIO/16 - Anatomia UmanaMacrophagesCaspase 1Intracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsPhosphate-Binding ProteinsBiochemistryCaspases InitiatorCigarette SmokingCaspasesNLR Family Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinTobaccoGeneticsHumansMolecular BiologyBiotechnologyThe FASEB Journal
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