15 research outputs found
Exploring large-scale cortical organization in chimpanzees: Probing myeloarchitecture with qMRI
A chemical probe for BAG1 targets androgen receptor-positive prostate cancer through oxidative stress signaling pathway
BAG1 is a family of polypeptides with a conserved C-terminal BAG domain that functions as a nucleotide exchange factor for the molecular chaperone HSP70. BAG1 proteins also control several signaling processes including proteostasis, apoptosis and transcription. The largest isoform, BAG1L, controls the activity of the androgen receptor (AR) and is upregulated in prostate cancer. Here, we show that BAG1L regulates AR dynamics in the nucleus and its ablation attenuates AR target gene expression especially those involved in oxidative stress and metabolism. We show that a small molecule, A4B17 that targets the BAG domain downregulates AR target genes similar to a complete BAG1L knockout and upregulates the expression of oxidative stress-induced genes involved in cell death. Furthermore, A4B17 outperformed the clinically approved antagonist enzalutamide in inhibiting cell proliferation and prostate tumor development in a mouse xenograft model. BAG1 inhibitors therefore offer unique opportunities for antagonizing AR action and prostate cancer growth
Genome-wide analysis of 944 133 individuals provides insights into the etiology of haemorrhoidal disease
Clonally resolved single-cell multi-omics identifies routes of cellular differentiation in acute myeloid leukemia
Inter-patient variability and the similarity of healthy and leukemic stem cells (LSCs) have impeded the characterization of LSCs in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and their differentiation landscape. Here, we introduce CloneTracer, a novel method that adds clonal resolution to single-cell RNA-seq datasets. Applied to samples from 19 AML patients, CloneTracer revealed routes of leukemic differentiation. Although residual healthy and preleukemic cells dominated the dormant stem cell compartment, active LSCs resembled their healthy counterpart and retained erythroid capacity. By contrast, downstream myeloid progenitors constituted a highly aberrant, disease-defining compartment: their gene expression and differentiation state affected both the chemotherapy response and leukemia's ability to differentiate into transcriptomically normal monocytes. Finally, we demonstrated the potential of CloneTracer to identify surface markers misregulated specifically in leukemic cells. Taken together, CloneTracer reveals a differentiation landscape that mimics its healthy counterpart and may determine biology and therapy response in AML
EinfluĂ der Leberzirrhose auf Patienten mit Peritonitis mit und ohne abdominaler Sepsis. Retrospektive Analyse der Jahre 2000-2007
Correction of magnetization transfer saturation maps optimized for 7T postmortem MRI of the brain
PurposeMagnetization transfer saturation (MTsat) is a useful marker to probe tissue macromolecular content and myelination in the brain. The increased B1+ inhomogeneity at 7T and significantly larger saturation pulse flip angles which are often used for postmortem studies exceed the limits where previous B1+correction methods are applicable. Here, we develop a calibration-based correction model and procedure, and validate and evaluate it in postmortem 7T data of whole chimpanzee brains.TheoryThe B1+ dependence of was investigated by varying the off-resonance saturation pulse flip angle. For the range of saturation pulse flip angles applied in typical experiments on postmortem tissue, the dependence was close to linear. A linear model with a single calibration constant C is proposed to correct bias in MTsat by mapping it to the reference value of the saturation pulse flip angle.MethodsMTsat was estimated voxel-wise in five postmortem chimpanzee brains. âIndividual-based global parametersâ were obtained by calculating the meanC within individual specimen brains and âgroup-based global parametersâ by calculating the means of the individual-based global parameters across the five brains.ResultsThe linear calibration model described the data well, though C was not entirely independent of the underlying tissue and B1+. Individual-based correction parameters and a group-based global correction parameter (C=1.2) led to visible, quantifiable reductions of B1+-biases in high-resolution MTsat maps.ConclusionThe presented model and calibration approach effectively corrects for B1+inhomogeneities in postmortem 7T data