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The origin, evolution, and molecular diversity of the chemokine system. 趋化因子系统的起源、进化和分子多样性。

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Life Science Alliance Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Print Date: 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202302471

Alessandra Aleotti, Matthew Goulty, Clifton Lewis, Flaviano Giorgini, Roberto Feuda

{"title":"The origin, evolution, and molecular diversity of the chemokine system.","authors":"Alessandra Aleotti, Matthew Goulty, Clifton Lewis, Flaviano Giorgini, Roberto Feuda","doi":"10.26508/lsa.202302471","DOIUrl":"10.26508/lsa.202302471","url":null,"abstract":"Chemokine signalling performs key functions in cell migration via chemoattraction, such as attracting leukocytes to the site of infection during host defence. The system consists of a ligand, the chemokine, usually secreted outside the cell, and a chemokine receptor on the surface of a target cell that recognises the ligand. Several noncanonical components interact with the system. These include a variety of molecules that usually share some degree of sequence similarity with canonical components and, in some cases, are known to bind to canonical components and/or to modulate cell migration. Whereas canonical components have been described in vertebrate lineages, the distribution of the noncanonical components is less clear. Uncertainty over the relationships between canonical and noncanonical components hampers our understanding of the evolution of the system. We used phylogenetic methods, including gene-tree to species-tree reconciliation, to untangle the relationships between canonical and noncanonical components, identify gene duplication events, and clarify the origin of the system. We found that unrelated ligand groups independently evolved chemokine-like functions. We found noncanonical ligands outside vertebrates, such as TAFA \"chemokines\" found in urochordates. In contrast, all receptor groups are vertebrate-specific and all-except ACKR1-originated from a common ancestor in early vertebrates. Both ligand and receptor copy numbers expanded through gene duplication events at the base of jawed vertebrates, with subsequent waves of innovation occurring in bony fish and mammals.","PeriodicalId":18081,"journal":{"name":"Life Science Alliance","volume":"7 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10792014/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139478752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Accessory genes define species-specific routes to antibiotic resistance. 附属基因决定了抗生素耐药性的物种特异性途径。

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Life Science Alliance Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Print Date: 2024-04-01 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202302420

Lucy Dillon, Nicholas J Dimonaco, Christopher J Creevey

{"title":"Accessory genes define species-specific routes to antibiotic resistance.","authors":"Lucy Dillon, Nicholas J Dimonaco, Christopher J Creevey","doi":"10.26508/lsa.202302420","DOIUrl":"10.26508/lsa.202302420","url":null,"abstract":"A deeper understanding of the relationship between the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) gene carriage and phenotype is necessary to develop effective response strategies against this global burden. AMR phenotype is often a result of multi-gene interactions; therefore, we need approaches that go beyond current simple AMR gene identification tools. Machine-learning (ML) methods may meet this challenge and allow the development of rapid computational approaches for AMR phenotype classification. To examine this, we applied multiple ML techniques to 16,950 bacterial genomes across 28 genera, with corresponding MICs for 23 antibiotics with the aim of training models to accurately determine the AMR phenotype from sequenced genomes. This resulted in a >1.5-fold increase in AMR phenotype prediction accuracy over AMR gene identification alone. Furthermore, we revealed 528 unique (often species-specific) genomic routes to antibiotic resistance, including genes not previously linked to the AMR phenotype. Our study demonstrates the utility of ML in predicting AMR phenotypes across diverse clinically relevant organisms and antibiotics. This research proposes a rapid computational method to support laboratory-based identification of the AMR phenotype in pathogens.","PeriodicalId":18081,"journal":{"name":"Life Science Alliance","volume":"7 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10791901/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139478754","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The LINC complex ensures accurate centrosome positioning during prophase. LINC 复合物可确保中心体在前期阶段准确定位。

IF 3.3 2区生物学

Life Science Alliance Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Print Date: 2024-04-01 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202302404

Joana T Lima, António J Pereira, Jorge G Ferreira

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Nucleolar protein TAAP1/C22orf46 confers pro-survival signaling in non-small cell lung cancer. 核极蛋白TAAP1/C22orf46在非小细胞肺癌中传递促生存信号

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Life Science Alliance Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Print Date: 2024-04-01 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202302257

Marietta Döring, Melanie Brux, Maciej Paszkowski-Rogacz, Pedro M Guillem-Gloria, Frank Buchholz, M Teresa Pisabarro, Mirko Theis

{"title":"Nucleolar protein TAAP1/C22orf46 confers pro-survival signaling in non-small cell lung cancer.","authors":"Marietta Döring, Melanie Brux, Maciej Paszkowski-Rogacz, Pedro M Guillem-Gloria, Frank Buchholz, M Teresa Pisabarro, Mirko Theis","doi":"10.26508/lsa.202302257","DOIUrl":"10.26508/lsa.202302257","url":null,"abstract":"Tumor cells subvert immune surveillance or lytic stress by harnessing inhibitory signals. Hence, bispecific antibodies have been developed to direct CTLs to the tumor site and foster immune-dependent cytotoxicity. Although applied with success, T cell-based immunotherapies are not universally effective partially because of the expression of pro-survival factors by tumor cells protecting them from apoptosis. Here, we report a CRISPR/Cas9 screen in human non-small cell lung cancer cells designed to identify genes that confer tumors with the ability to evade the cytotoxic effects of CD8+ T lymphocytes engaged by bispecific antibodies. We show that the gene C22orf46 facilitates pro-survival signals and that tumor cells devoid of C22orf46 expression exhibit increased susceptibility to T cell-induced apoptosis and stress by genotoxic agents. Although annotated as a non-coding gene, we demonstrate that C22orf46 encodes a nucleolar protein, hereafter referred to as \"Tumor Apoptosis Associated Protein 1,\" up-regulated in lung cancer, which displays remote homologies to the BH domain containing Bcl-2 family of apoptosis regulators. Collectively, the findings establish TAAP1/C22orf46 as a pro-survival oncogene with implications to therapy.","PeriodicalId":18081,"journal":{"name":"Life Science Alliance","volume":"7 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10791977/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139478757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Chromatin targeting of the RNF12/RLIM E3 ubiquitin ligase controls transcriptional responses. RNF12/RLIM E3 泛素连接酶的染色质靶向控制转录反应。

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Life Science Alliance Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Print Date: 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202302282

Carmen Espejo-Serrano, Catriona Aitken, Beatrice F Tan, Danielle G May, Rachel J Chrisopulos, Kyle J Roux, Jeroen Aa Demmers, Samuel G Mackintosh, Joost Gribnau, Francisco Bustos, Cristina Gontan, Greg M Findlay

{"title":"Chromatin targeting of the RNF12/RLIM E3 ubiquitin ligase controls transcriptional responses.","authors":"Carmen Espejo-Serrano, Catriona Aitken, Beatrice F Tan, Danielle G May, Rachel J Chrisopulos, Kyle J Roux, Jeroen Aa Demmers, Samuel G Mackintosh, Joost Gribnau, Francisco Bustos, Cristina Gontan, Greg M Findlay","doi":"10.26508/lsa.202302282","DOIUrl":"10.26508/lsa.202302282","url":null,"abstract":"Protein ubiquitylation regulates key biological processes including transcription. This is exemplified by the E3 ubiquitin ligase RNF12/RLIM, which controls developmental gene expression by ubiquitylating the REX1 transcription factor and is mutated in an X-linked intellectual disability disorder. However, the precise mechanisms by which ubiquitylation drives specific transcriptional responses are not known. Here, we show that RNF12 is recruited to specific genomic locations via a consensus sequence motif, which enables co-localisation with REX1 substrate at gene promoters. Surprisingly, RNF12 chromatin recruitment is achieved via a non-catalytic basic region and comprises a previously unappreciated N-terminal autoinhibitory mechanism. Furthermore, RNF12 chromatin targeting is critical for REX1 ubiquitylation and downstream RNF12-dependent gene regulation. Our results demonstrate a key role for chromatin in regulation of the RNF12-REX1 axis and provide insight into mechanisms by which protein ubiquitylation enables programming of gene expression.","PeriodicalId":18081,"journal":{"name":"Life Science Alliance","volume":"7 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10781586/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139417453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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E. hellem Ser/Thr protein phosphatase PP1 targets the DC MAPK pathway and impairs immune functions. E. hellem Ser/Thr 蛋白磷酸酶 PP1 靶向直流 MAPK 通路并损害免疫功能。

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Life Science Alliance Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Print Date: 2024-04-01 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202302375

Jialing Bao, Yunlin Tang, Yebo Chen, Jiangyan Jin, Xue Wang, Guozhen An, Lu Cao, Huarui Zhang, Gong Cheng, Guoqing Pan, Zeyang Zhou

{"title":"E. hellem Ser/Thr protein phosphatase PP1 targets the DC MAPK pathway and impairs immune functions.","authors":"Jialing Bao, Yunlin Tang, Yebo Chen, Jiangyan Jin, Xue Wang, Guozhen An, Lu Cao, Huarui Zhang, Gong Cheng, Guoqing Pan, Zeyang Zhou","doi":"10.26508/lsa.202302375","DOIUrl":"10.26508/lsa.202302375","url":null,"abstract":"Microsporidia are difficult to be completely eliminated once infected, and the persistence disrupts host cell functions. Here in this study, we aimed to elucidate the impairing effects and consequences of microsporidia on host DCs. Enterocytozoon hellem, one of the most commonly diagnosed zoonotic microsporidia species, was applied. In vivo models demonstrated that E. hellem-infected mice were more susceptible to further pathogenic challenges, and DCs were identified as the most affected groups of cells. In vitro assays revealed that E. hellem infection impaired DCs' immune functions, reflected by down-regulated cytokine expressions, lower extent of maturation, phagocytosis ability, and antigen presentations. E. hellem infection also detained DCs' potencies to prime and stimulate T cells; therefore, host immunities were disrupted. We found that E. hellem Ser/Thr protein phosphatase PP1 directly interacts with host p38α (MAPK14) to manipulate the p38α(MAPK14)/NFAT5 axis of the MAPK pathway. Our study is the first to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of the impairing effects of microsporidia on host DCs' immune functions. The emergence of microsporidiosis may be of great threat to public health.","PeriodicalId":18081,"journal":{"name":"Life Science Alliance","volume":"7 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10781585/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139417454","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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CLN3 deficiency leads to neurological and metabolic perturbations during early development. CLN3 缺乏症会导致早期发育过程中的神经和代谢紊乱。

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Life Science Alliance Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Print Date: 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202302057

Ursula Heins-Marroquin, Randolph R Singh, Simon Perathoner, Floriane Gavotto, Carla Merino Ruiz, Myrto Patraskaki, Gemma Gomez-Giro, Felix Kleine Borgmann, Melanie Meyer, Anaïs Carpentier, Marc O Warmoes, Christian Jäger, Michel Mittelbronn, Jens C Schwamborn, Maria Lorena Cordero-Maldonado, Alexander D Crawford, Emma L Schymanski, Carole L Linster

{"title":"CLN3 deficiency leads to neurological and metabolic perturbations during early development.","authors":"Ursula Heins-Marroquin, Randolph R Singh, Simon Perathoner, Floriane Gavotto, Carla Merino Ruiz, Myrto Patraskaki, Gemma Gomez-Giro, Felix Kleine Borgmann, Melanie Meyer, Anaïs Carpentier, Marc O Warmoes, Christian Jäger, Michel Mittelbronn, Jens C Schwamborn, Maria Lorena Cordero-Maldonado, Alexander D Crawford, Emma L Schymanski, Carole L Linster","doi":"10.26508/lsa.202302057","DOIUrl":"10.26508/lsa.202302057","url":null,"abstract":"Juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (or Batten disease) is an autosomal recessive, rare neurodegenerative disorder that affects mainly children above the age of 5 yr and is most commonly caused by mutations in the highly conserved CLN3 gene. Here, we generated cln3 morphants and stable mutant lines in zebrafish. Although neither morphant nor mutant cln3 larvae showed any obvious developmental or morphological defects, behavioral phenotyping of the mutant larvae revealed hyposensitivity to abrupt light changes and hypersensitivity to pro-convulsive drugs. Importantly, in-depth metabolomics and lipidomics analyses revealed significant accumulation of several glycerophosphodiesters (GPDs) and cholesteryl esters, and a global decrease in bis(monoacylglycero)phosphate species, two of which (GPDs and bis(monoacylglycero)phosphates) were previously proposed as potential biomarkers for CLN3 disease based on independent studies in other organisms. We could also demonstrate GPD accumulation in human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cerebral organoids carrying a pathogenic variant for CLN3 Our models revealed that GPDs accumulate at very early stages of life in the absence of functional CLN3 and highlight glycerophosphoinositol and BMP as promising biomarker candidates for pre-symptomatic CLN3 disease.","PeriodicalId":18081,"journal":{"name":"Life Science Alliance","volume":"7 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10776888/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139403553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Centriole and transition zone structures in photoreceptor cilia revealed by cryo-electron tomography. 低温电子断层扫描揭示感光细胞纤毛的中心粒和过渡区结构

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Life Science Alliance Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Print Date: 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202302409

Zhixian Zhang, Abigail R Moye, Feng He, Muyuan Chen, Melina A Agosto, Theodore G Wensel

{"title":"Centriole and transition zone structures in photoreceptor cilia revealed by cryo-electron tomography.","authors":"Zhixian Zhang, Abigail R Moye, Feng He, Muyuan Chen, Melina A Agosto, Theodore G Wensel","doi":"10.26508/lsa.202302409","DOIUrl":"10.26508/lsa.202302409","url":null,"abstract":"Primary cilia mediate sensory signaling in multiple organisms and cell types but have structures adapted for specific roles. Structural defects in them lead to devastating diseases known as ciliopathies in humans. Key to their functions are structures at their base: the basal body, the transition zone, the \"Y-shaped links,\" and the \"ciliary necklace.\" We have used cryo-electron tomography with subtomogram averaging and conventional transmission electron microscopy to elucidate the structures associated with the basal region of the \"connecting cilia\" of rod outer segments in mouse retina. The longitudinal variations in microtubule (MT) structures and the lumenal scaffold complexes connecting them have been determined, as well as membrane-associated transition zone structures: Y-shaped links connecting MT to the membrane, and ciliary beads connected to them that protrude from the cell surface and form a necklace-like structure. These results represent a clearer structural scaffold onto which molecules identified by genetics, proteomics, and superresolution fluorescence can be placed in our emerging model of photoreceptor sensory cilia.","PeriodicalId":18081,"journal":{"name":"Life Science Alliance","volume":"7 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10770417/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139106294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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USP27X variants underlying X-linked intellectual disability disrupt protein function via distinct mechanisms. X 连锁智力障碍的基础 USP27X 变异通过不同的机制破坏蛋白质功能。

IF 3.3 2区生物学

Life Science Alliance Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Print Date: 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202302258

Intisar Koch, Maya Slovik, Yuling Zhang, Bingyu Liu, Martin Rennie, Emily Konz, Benjamin Cogne, Muhannad Daana, Laura Davids, Illja J Diets, Nina B Gold, Alexander M Holtz, Bertrand Isidor, Hagar Mor-Shaked, Juanita Neira Fresneda, Karen Y Niederhoffer, Mathilde Nizon, Rolph Pfundt, Meh Simon, Apa Stegmann, Maria J Guillen Sacoto, Marijke Wevers, Tahsin Stefan Barakat, Shira Yanovsky-Dagan, Boyko S Atanassov, Rachel Toth, Chengjiang Gao, Francisco Bustos, Tamar Harel

{"title":"USP27X variants underlying X-linked intellectual disability disrupt protein function via distinct mechanisms.","authors":"Intisar Koch, Maya Slovik, Yuling Zhang, Bingyu Liu, Martin Rennie, Emily Konz, Benjamin Cogne, Muhannad Daana, Laura Davids, Illja J Diets, Nina B Gold, Alexander M Holtz, Bertrand Isidor, Hagar Mor-Shaked, Juanita Neira Fresneda, Karen Y Niederhoffer, Mathilde Nizon, Rolph Pfundt, Meh Simon, Apa Stegmann, Maria J Guillen Sacoto, Marijke Wevers, Tahsin Stefan Barakat, Shira Yanovsky-Dagan, Boyko S Atanassov, Rachel Toth, Chengjiang Gao, Francisco Bustos, Tamar Harel","doi":"10.26508/lsa.202302258","DOIUrl":"10.26508/lsa.202302258","url":null,"abstract":"Neurodevelopmental disorders with intellectual disability (ND/ID) are a heterogeneous group of diseases driving lifelong deficits in cognition and behavior with no definitive cure. X-linked intellectual disability disorder 105 (XLID105, #300984; OMIM) is a ND/ID driven by hemizygous variants in the USP27X gene encoding a protein deubiquitylase with a role in cell proliferation and neural development. Currently, only four genetically diagnosed individuals from two unrelated families have been described with limited clinical data. Furthermore, the mechanisms underlying the disorder are unknown. Here, we report 10 new XLID105 individuals from nine families and determine the impact of gene variants on USP27X protein function. Using a combination of clinical genetics, bioinformatics, biochemical, and cell biology approaches, we determined that XLID105 variants alter USP27X protein biology via distinct mechanisms including changes in developmentally relevant protein-protein interactions and deubiquitylating activity. Our data better define the phenotypic spectrum of XLID105 and suggest that XLID105 is driven by USP27X functional disruption. Understanding the pathogenic mechanisms of XLID105 variants will provide molecular insight into USP27X biology and may create the potential for therapy development.","PeriodicalId":18081,"journal":{"name":"Life Science Alliance","volume":"7 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10770416/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139106293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Variable PD-1 glycosylation modulates the activity of immune checkpoint inhibitors. 可变的 PD-1 糖基化调节免疫检查点抑制剂的活性。

IF 3.3 2区生物学

Life Science Alliance Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Print Date: 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202302368

Chih-Wei Chu, Tomislav Čaval, Frederico Alisson-Silva, Akshaya Tankasala, Christina Guerrier, Gregg Czerwieniec, Heinz Läubli, Flavio Schwarz

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