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The Role of Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering and Molecular Simulations in 3D Structure Elucidation of a DNA Aptamer Against Lung Cancer
2021
Aptamers are short, single-stranded DNA or RNA oligonucleotide molecules that function as synthetic analogs of antibodies and bind to a target molecule with high specificity. Aptamer affinity entirely depends on its tertiary structure and charge distribution. Therefore, length and structure optimization are essential for increasing aptamer specificity and affinity. Here we present a general optimization procedure for finding most populated atomistic structures of DNA aptamers. Based on the existed aptamer LC-18 for lung adenocarcinoma, a new truncated aptamer LC-18t was developed. A three-dimensional shape of LC-18t was reported based on small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) experiments and m…
Terapia Celular en Enfermedades Desmielinizantes
2021
Antecedentes y estado actual del tema: La Esclerosis Múltiple es una enfermedad autoinmune y neurodegenerativa crónica de base inflamatoria que afecta a la sustancia gris y blanca del sistema nervioso central. Se caracteriza por la presencia de lesiones focales desmielinizantes y afectación difusa del tejido nervioso aparentemente normal, siendo la discapacidad consecuencia de la neurodegeneración progresiva, a la que se superpone la discapacidad que pueda aparecer como consecuencia de un brote. Los llamados tratamientos modificadores de la Esclerosis Múltiple limitan los brotes de inflamación que acontecen en la forma remitente-recurrente pero apenas modifican la progresión de la discapaci…
Desarrollo y efecto antitumoral de vacunas génicas celulares y silenciamiento génico
2015
La presente tesis utiliza las vacunas antitumorales basadas en células modificadas genéticamente como principal estrategia para intentar lograr una respuesta inmune antitumoral eficaz. La vacunación preventiva con células tumorales modificadas genéticamente ha logrado muy buenos resultados en ratones consiguiendo la inhibición del crecimiento tumoral y la supervivencia final de los mismos. Sin embargo, en la clínica la disponibilidad de ciertas células tumorales es muy baja y su transfección es poco reproducible. Por ello, en esta tesis se plantea como uno de los objetivos principales desarrollar y evaluar el efecto antitumoral de vacunas basadas en complejos celulares formados por células …
A library of monoalkenylsilsesquioxanes as potential comonomers for synthesis of hybrid materials
2018
In this paper we demonstrate a facile and efficient synthesis of monoalkenylsubstituted POSS compounds, i.e., R7(Si8O12)-alkenyl and R7(Si8O12)(OSiMe2)-alkenyl with a functional alkenyl group of chain length (from vinyl to dec-9-enyl, with or without additional –OSiMe2– spacer between the silsesquioxane core and alkenyl moiety) and with five types of inert groups (Et, iBu, iOc, Cy, Ph) at the POSS core. These compounds constitute a library of monosubstituted POSS systems, including thorough spectroscopic and thermal characteristics. These findings could be especially useful for material chemists applying the compounds as modifiers or comonomers for copolymerization reaction, e.g., with olef…
Evolutionary advantage conferred by an eukaryote-to-eukaryote gene transfer event in wine yeasts
2015
Although an increasing number of horizontal gene transfers have been reported in eukaryotes, experimental evidence for their adaptive value is lacking. Here, we report the recent transfer of a 158-kb genomic region between Torulaspora microellipsoides and Saccharomyces cerevisiae wine yeasts or closely related strains. This genomic region has undergone several rearrangements in S. cerevisiae strains, including gene loss and gene conversion between two tandemly duplicated FOT genes encoding oligopeptide transporters. We show that FOT genes confer a strong competitive advantage during grape must fermentation by increasing the number and diversity of oligopeptides that yeast can utilize as a s…
Regulation of type 1 fimbriae synthesis and biofilm formation by the transcriptional regulator LrhA of Escherichia coli
2005
Type 1 fimbriae ofEscherichia colifacilitate attachment to the host mucosa and promote biofilm formation on abiotic surfaces. The transcriptional regulator LrhA, which is known as a repressor of flagellar, motility and chemotaxis genes, regulates biofilm formation and expression of type 1 fimbriae. Whole-genome expression profiling revealed that inactivation oflrhAresults in an increased expression of structural components of type 1 fimbriae.In vitro, LrhA bound to the promoter regions of the twofimrecombinases (FimB and FimE) that catalyse the inversion of thefimApromoter, and to the invertible element itself. TranslationallacZfusions with these genes and quantification offimEtranscript le…
Proapoptotic effects of oligodendroglioma cells on primary brain cells in culture.
2009
The AQP2 mutation V71M causesnephrogenic diabetes insipidus in humans but does not impair the function of a bacterial homolog
2015
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