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Genome-wide Integrative Analysis of Zika-Virus-Infected Neuronal Stem Cells Reveals Roles for MicroRNAs in Cell Cycle and Stemness.
Zika virus (ZIKV) infection is implicated in severe fetal developmental disorders, including microcephaly. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) post-transcriptionally regulate numerous processes associated with viral infection and neurodegeneration, but their contribution to ZIKV pathogenesis is unclear. We analyzed the mRNA and miRNA transcriptomes of human neuronal stem cells (hNSCs) during infection with ZIKV MR766 and Paraiba strains. Integration of the miRNA and mRNA expression data into regulatory interaction networks showed that ZIKV infection resulted in miRNA-mediated repression of genes regulating the cell cycle, stem cell maintenance, and neurogenesis. Bioinformatics analysis of Argonaute-bound RNAs in ZIKV-infected hNSCs identified a number of miRNAs with predicted involvement in microcephaly, including miR-124-3p, which dysregulates NSC maintenance through repression of the transferrin receptor (TFRC). Consistent with this, ZIKV infection upregulated miR-124-3p and downregulated TFRC mRNA in ZIKV-infected hNSCs and mouse brain tissue. These data provide insights into the roles of miRNAs in ZIKV pathogenesis, particularly the microcephaly phenotype
On the Variation of Fourier Parameters for Galactic and LMC Cepheids at Optical, Near-Infrared and Mid-Infrared Wavelengths
We present a light curve analysis of fundamental-mode Galactic and Large
Magellanic Cloud (LMC) Cepheids based on the Fourier decomposition technique.
We have compiled light curve data for Galactic and LMC Cepheids in optical
({\it VI}), near-infrared ({\it JHK}) and mid-infrared (3.6
4.5-m) bands from the literature and determined the variation of their
Fourier parameters as a function of period and wavelength. We observed a
decrease in Fourier amplitude parameters and an increase in Fourier phase
parameters with increasing wavelengths at a given period. We also found a
decrease in the skewness and acuteness parameters as a function of wavelength
at a fixed period. We applied a binning method to analyze the progression of
the mean Fourier parameters with period and wavelength. We found that for
periods longer than about 20 days, the values of the Fourier amplitude
parameters increase sharply for shorter wavelengths as compared to wavelengths
longer than the -band. We observed the variation of the Hertzsprung
progression with wavelength. The central period of the Hertzsprung progression
was found to increase with wavelength in the case of the Fourier amplitude
parameters and decrease with increasing wavelength in the case of phase
parameters. We also observed a small variation of the central period of the
progression between the Galaxy and LMC, presumably related to metallicity
effects. These results will provide useful constraints for stellar pulsation
codes that incorporate stellar atmosphere models to produce Cepheid light
curves in various bands.Comment: 22 pages, 19 figures, Accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of
the Royal Astronomical Society Main Journa
Correlations in the properties of static and rapidly rotating compact stars
Correlations in the properties of the static compact stars (CSs) and the ones
rotating with the highest observed frequency of 1122Hz are studied using a
large set of equations of state (EOSs). These EOSs span various approaches and
their chemical composition vary from the nucleons to hyperons and quarks in
-equilibrium. It is found that the properties of static CS, like, the
maximum gravitational mass and radius corresponding to t he canonical mass and supramassive or
non-supramassive nature of the CS rotating at 1122 Hz are strongly correlated.
In particular, only those EOSs yield the CS rotating at 1122Hz to be
non-supramassive for which \left (\frac{M_{\rm max}^{\rm stat}}{M_\odot}\right
)^{1/2} \left (\frac{10{\rm km}}{R_{1.4}^{\rm stat}})^{3/2} is greater than
unity. Suitable parametric form which can be used to split the plane into the regions of different
supramassive nature of the CS rotating at 1122Hz is presented. Currently
measured maximum gravitational mass 1.76 of PSR J0437-4715 suggests
that the CS rotating at 1122Hz can be non-supramassive provided km.Comment: 13 pages, 4 figures, Appearing in Phys. Rev.
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