Astrocytes in multiple sclerosis and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis: Star-shaped cells illuminating the darkness of CNS autoimmunity

W Yi, D Schlueter, X Wang - Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 2019 - Elsevier
Neuropathology in the human autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis (MS) is considered to
be mediated by autoreactive leukocytes, such as T cells, B cells, and macrophages …

Single-Cell Transcriptomics and In Situ Morphological Analyses Reveal Microglia Heterogeneity Across the Nigrostriatal Pathway

O Uriarte Huarte, D Kyriakis, T Heurtaux… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Microglia are the resident immune effector cells of the central nervous system (CNS) rapidly
reacting to various pathological stimuli to maintain CNS homeostasis. However, microglial …

Spontaneous metastasis xenograft models link CD44 isoform 4 to angiogenesis, hypoxia, EMT and mitochondria‐related pathways in colorectal cancer

A Everest‐Dass, S Nersisyan, H Maar… - Molecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Hematogenous metastasis limits the survival of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. Here, we
illuminated the roles of CD44 isoforms in this process. Isoforms 3 and 4 were predominantly …

Knockdown of the α5 laminin chain affects differentiation of colorectal cancer cells and their sensitivity to chemotherapy

D Maltseva, M Raygorodskaya, E Knyazev, V Zgoda… - Biochimie, 2020 - Elsevier
The interaction of tumor cells with the extracellular matrix (ECM) may affect the rate of cancer
progression and metastasis. One of the major components of ECM are laminins, the …

LAMA4-Regulating miR-4274 and Its Host Gene SORCS2 Play a Role in IGFBP6-Dependent Effects on Phenotype of Basal-Like Breast Cancer

M Shkurnikov, S Nikulin, S Nersisyan… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Specificity of RNAi to selected target is challenged by off-target effects, both canonical and
non-canonical. Notably, more than half of all human microRNAs are co-expressed with …

Incautious design of shRNAs for stable overexpression of miRNAs could result in generation of undesired isomiRs

D Maltseva, I Kirillov, A Zhiyanov, D Averinskaya… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract shRNA-mediated strategy of miRNA overexpression based on RNA Polymerase
(Pol III) expression cassettes is widely used for miRNA functional studies. For some miRNAs …

Effects of laminins 332 and 411 on the epithelial—mesenchymal status of colorectal cancer cells

DV Mal'tseva, YA Makarova, MP Raigorodskaya… - Bulletin of Experimental …, 2019 - Springer
The effects of laminins 332 and 411 (LM-332 and LM-411) on the epithelial—mesenchymal
transformation of colorectal cancer cells (lines HT-29, HCT-116, and RKO) with different …

Connexin 43 controls the astrocyte immunoregulatory phenotype

AC Boulay, A Gilbert, V Oliveira Moreira, C Blugeon… - Brain Sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Astrocytes are the most abundant glial cells of the central nervous system and have recently
been recognized as crucial in the regulation of brain immunity. In most neuropathological …

Epithelial to mesenchymal transition marker in 2D and 3D colon cancer cell cultures in the presence of laminin 332 and 411

DV Maltseva, JA Makarova, AY Khristichenko… - Molecular Biology, 2019 - Springer
The loss of apical-basal cell polarity is a necessary stage of the epithelial-mesenchymal
transition (EMT). Polarized epithelial cells interact with the basement membrane (BM) and …

Structure–Activity Relationships and Transcriptomic Analysis of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor Prolyl Hydroxylase Inhibitors

AA Poloznikov, SV Nikulin, DM Hushpulian… - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
To evaluate the differences in action of commercially available 2-oxoglutarate mimetics and
“branched-tail” oxyquinoline inhibitors of hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase (HIF …