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Effects of carnosine on the embryonic development and TiO2 nanoparticles-induced oxidative stress on Zebrafish
(Frontiers Media, 2023-03-23)Oxidative stress is due to an unbalance between pro-oxidants, such as reactive oxygen (ROS) and nitrogen (RNS) species, and antioxidants/antioxidant system. Under physiological conditions these species are involved in ... -
Microfluidic/HPLC combination to study carnosine protective activity on challenged human microglia: Focus on oxidative stress and energy metabolism
(Frontiers Media, 2023-03-29)Carnosine (β-alanyl-L-histidine) is a naturally occurring endogenous peptide widely distributed in excitable tissues such as the brain. This dipeptide possesses well-demonstrated antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and ... -
Structural Elucidation of a Protective B Cell Epitope on Outer Surface Protein C (OspC) of the Lyme Disease Spirochete, Borreliella burgdorferi
(American Society for Microbiology, 2023-03-28)Outer surface protein C (OspC) plays a pivotal role in mediating tick-to-host transmission and infectivity of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borreliella burgdorferi. OspC is a helical-rich homodimer that interacts with tick ... -
Geochemical properties of blue carbon sediments through an elevation gradient: study of an anthropogenically impacted coastal lagoon
(Springer, 2023-02-08)Global research is showing that coastal blue carbon ecosystems are vulnerable to climate change driven threats including accelerated sea-level rise and prolonged periods of drought. Furthermore, direct anthropogenic impacts ... -
Spatiotemporal Imaging of Zinc Ions in Zebrafish Live Brain Tissue Enabled by Fluorescent Bionanoprobes
(MDPI, 2023-02-28)The zebrafish is a powerful model organism to study the mechanisms governing transition metal ions within whole brain tissue. Zinc is one of the most abundant metal ions in the brain, playing a critical pathophysiological ... -
Biogeochemical properties of blue carbon sediments influence the distribution and monomer composition of bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA)
(Springer, 2023-01-10)Coastal wetlands are highly efficient ‘blue carbon’ sinks which contribute to mitigating climate change through the long-term removal of atmospheric CO2 and capture of carbon (C). Microorganisms are integral to C sequestration ... -
Advances, obstacles, and opportunities for machine learning in proteomics
(Elsevier, 2022-10-19)The fields of proteomics and machine learning are both large disciplines, each producing well over 5,000 publications per year. However, studies combining both fields are still relatively rare, with only about 2% of recent ... -
Microfluidic affinity selection of active SARS-CoV-2 virus particles
(American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2022-09-28)We report a microfluidic assay to select active severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) viral particles (VPs), which were defined as intact particles with an accessible angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 ... -
Preparation of Chiral Enantioenriched Densely Substituted Cyclopropyl Azoles, Amines, and Ethers via Formal SN2′ Substitution of Bromocylopropanes
(MDPI, 2022-10-20)Enantiomerically enriched cyclopropyl ethers, amines, and cyclopropylazole derivatives possessing three stereogenic carbon atoms in a small cycle are obtained via the diastereoselective, formal nucleophilic substitution ... -
A Convenient Way to Quinoxaline Derivatives through the Reaction of 2-(3-Oxoindolin-2-yl)-2-phenylacetonitriles with Benzene-1,2-diamines
(MDPI, 2022-09-22)Microwave-assisted reaction between 2-(3-oxoindolin-2-yl)-2-phenylacetonitriles andbenzene-1,2-diamines leads to the high-yielding formation of the corresponding quinoxalines as sole, easily isolaable products. The featured ... -
Advances, obstacles, and opportunities for machine learning in proteomics
(Elsevier, 2022-10-19)The fields of proteomics and machine learning are both large disciplines, each producing well over 5,000 publications per year. However, studies combining both fields are still relatively rare, with only about 2% of recent ... -
A 3D–Predicted Structure of the Amine Oxidase Domain of Lysyl Oxidase–Like 2
(MDPI, 2022-11-02)Lysyl oxidase–like 2 (LOXL2) has been recognized as an attractive drug target for anti–fibrotic and anti–tumor therapies. However, the structure–based drug design of LOXL2 has been very challenging due to the lack of ... -
Peptide Carbocycles: From −SS– to −CC– via a Late-Stage “Snip-and-Stitch”
(American Chemical Society, 2022-10-28)One way to improve the therapeutic potential of peptides is through cyclization. This is commonly done using a disulfide bond between two cysteine residues in the peptide. However, disulfide bonds are susceptible to reductive ... -
Insight into the Spatial Arrangement of the Lysine Tyrosylquinone and Cu2+ in the Active Site of Lysyl Oxidase-like 2
(MDPI, 2022-11-12)Lysyl oxidase-2 (LOXL2) is a Cu2+ and lysine tyrosylquinone (LTQ)-dependent amine oxidase that catalyzes the oxidative deamination of peptidyl lysine and hydroxylysine residues to promote crosslinking of extracellular ... -
Simultaneous N-Deglycosylation and Digestion of Complex Samples on S-Traps Enables Efficient Glycosite Hypothesis Generation
(American Chemical Society, 2023-01-20)N-linked glycosylation is an important post-translational modification that is difficult to identify and quantify in traditional bottom-up proteomics experiments. Enzymatic deglycosylation of proteins by peptide:N-glycosidase ... -
Annulation of Perimidines with 5-Alkynylpyrimidines en Route to 7-Formyl-1,3-Diazopyrenes
(MDPI, 2022-12-10)Unusual rearrangements were shown to accompany Brønsted acid-assisted peri-annulations of 1H-perimidines with 5-alkynylpyrimidines. These transformations take different routes depending on the nature of acetylene precursor, ... -
Affinity enrichment of extracellular vesicles from plasma reveals mRNA changes associated with acute ischemic stroke
(Nature Research, 2020-10-26)Currently there is no in vitro diagnostic test for acute ischemic stroke (AIS), yet rapid diagnosis is crucial for effective thrombolytic treatment. We previously demonstrated the utility of CD8(+) T-cells’ mRNA expression ... -
Synthesis of imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines via cyclocondensation of 2-(aminomethyl)pyridines with electrophilically activated nitroalkanes
(Beilstein-Institut, 2020-11-26)Imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines were efficiently prepared via the cyclization of 2-picolylamines with nitroalkanes electrophilically activated in the presence of phosphorous acid in polyphosphoric acid (PPA) medium. -
Facile assembly of 1,5-diazocan-2-ones via cyclization of tethered sulfonamides to cyclopropenes
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2020-12-15)The sulfonamide moiety was evaluated as an activating and stabilizing functional group in the metal-templated strain release-driven intramolecular nucleophilic addition of amines to cyclopropenes to generate 1,5-diazocan-2-ones. -
Unexpected cyclization of ortho-nitrochalcones into 2-alkylideneindolin-3-ones
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2020-05-14)An original, facile, and highly efficient method for the preparation of 2-(3-oxoindolin-2-ylidene)acetonitriles from ortho-nitrochalcones is described. The featured transformation is a triggered Michael addition of the ...