Translational relevance of forward genetic screens in animal models for the study of psychiatric disease

E Sheardown, AM Mech, MEM Petrazzini… - Neuroscience & …, 2022 - Elsevier
… Forward genetic screens in animal models have helped elucidate causal links. … genetic
approaches in common animal model species: two invertebrates, nematodes (Caenorhabditis

Elucidation of ALG10B as a Novel Long-QT Syndrome–Susceptibility Gene

W Zhou, D Ye, DJ Tester, S Bains… - Circulation: Genomic …, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
… We utilized genome sequencing to identify a novel LQTS genetic substrate in a … Therefore,
ALG10B is a novel LQTS-susceptibility gene underlying the LQTS phenotype observed in a …

Repurposing drugs as COVID-19 therapies: A toxicity evaluation

DK Ngan, T Xu, M Xia, W Zheng, R Huang - Drug discovery today, 2022 - Elsevier
… a correlation analysis to identify assays with activity patterns similar … the activities of the
anti-SARS-CoV-2 compounds identified … in vitro assays against new targets typically identify many …

Time is a critical factor when evaluating oligonucleotide therapeutics in hERG assays

Y Qu, R Kirby, R Davies, A Jinat, S Stabilini… - nucleic acid …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
vitro human ether-a-go-go-related gene (hERG) assay is one component of an integrated risk
assessment for delayed ventricular repolarization. Functionchange of KCNH2 expression

Recent advances in drug discovery toxicology

B Tang, V More - International Journal of Toxicology, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
… in vitro screening, if a compound shows the potential to inhibit hERG (human ether-a-go-go
related gene… investigating how xenobiotics/toxicants affect gene expression (transcriptomics), …

[HTML][HTML] Temperature regulates synaptic subcellular specificity mediated by inhibitory glutamate signaling

M Wang, D Witvliet, M Wu, L Kang, Z Shao - PLoS Genetics, 2021 - journals.plos.org
… Environmental factors such as temperature affect neuronal activity and development. … how
they affect synaptic subcellular specificity. Here, using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans …

Small molecules targeting different cellular pathologies for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

MF Elmansy, CT Reidl, M Rahaman… - Medicinal Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
… a contribution of endogenously modified SOD1 to protein … The in vivo rat plasma half-life was
3.6 h, with an oral … no effect on the human ether-a-go-go related gene (hERG) channel or on …

A holistic analysis of the intrinsic and delivery-mediated toxicity of siRNA therapeutics

S Ranjbar, X Zhong, J Manautou, X Lu - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
… of the ability of NPs to affect gene expression in cells. An in vitro study showed that cationic
… While in vitro human ether-a-go-go-related gene (hERG) testing, safety pharmacology for non…

[HTML][HTML] A functional pipeline of genome-wide association data leads to midostaurin as a repurposed drug for Alzheimer's disease

A Esteban-Martos, AM Brokate-Llanos… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
… Next, we performed a two-stage in vivo functional assay. We … Drugs known to affect the
proteins of interest in the desired … ] was used for Caenorhabditis elegans ortholog assignation. …

[HTML][HTML] … Optogenetic Arrhythmia Model—Insertion of Several Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia Mutations Into Caenorhabditis elegans UNC …

MA Engel, YR Wörmann, H Kaestner… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Caenorhabditis elegans is highly suited to study the effects of … be easily achieved in other
in vivo models. Certainly, there … We observed no change in the amplitude of ΔF/F 0 for CPVT-…