New developments in the biology of fibroblast growth factors

DM Ornitz, N Itoh - WIREs mechanisms of disease, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The fibroblast growth factor (FGF) family is composed of 18 secreted signaling proteins
consisting of canonical FGFs and endocrine FGFs that activate four receptor tyrosine …

A Supportive Role of Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Insulin-Producing Langerhans Islets with a Specific Emphasis on The Secretome

RV Sionov, R Ahdut-HaCohen - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by a gradual
destruction of insulin-producing β-cells in the endocrine pancreas due to innate and specific …

[HTML][HTML] Maternal treatment with sodium butyrate reduces the development of autism-like traits in mice offspring

C Cristiano, E Hoxha, P Lippiello, I Balbo… - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Several studies indicate a relationship between maternal gut microbiota alteration and
increased risk of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in offspring. The possibility of …

FGF14‐related episodic ataxia: delineating the phenotype of Episodic Ataxia type 9

J Piarroux, F Riant, V Humbertclaude… - Annals of Clinical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We report four patients from two families who presented attacks of childhood‐onset episodic
ataxia associated with pathogenic mutations in the FGF14 gene. Attacks were triggered by …

NURR1 deficiency is associated to ADHD-like phenotypes in mice

F Montarolo, S Martire, S Perga, M Spadaro… - Translational …, 2019 - nature.com
The transcription factor NURR1 regulates the dopamine (DA) signaling pathway and exerts
a critical role in the development of midbrain dopaminergic neurons (mDA). NURR1 …

Exploring the genomic patterns in human and mouse cerebellums via single-cell sequencing and machine learning method

ZD Li, D Wang, HP Liao, SQ Zhang, W Guo… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In mammals, the cerebellum plays an important role in movement control. Cellular research
reveals that the cerebellum involves a variety of sub-cell types, including Golgi, granule …

Broader phenotypic traits and widespread brain hypometabolism in spinocerebellar ataxia 27

M Paucar, J Lundin, T Alshammari… - Journal of internal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The goal of this study was to characterize a Swedish family with members affected
by spinocerebellar ataxia 27 (SCA27), a rare autosomal dominant disease caused by …

The genomic basis of high-elevation adaptation in wild house mice (Mus musculus domesticus) from South America

EJ Beckman, F Martins, TA Suzuki, K Bi, S Keeble… - Genetics, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Understanding the genetic basis of environmental adaptation in natural populations is a
central goal in evolutionary biology. The conditions at high elevation, particularly the low …

[HTML][HTML] FGF14 functions as a tumor suppressor through inhibiting PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway in colorectal cancer

T Su, L Huang, N Zhang, S Peng, X Li, G Wei… - Journal of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract We identified that Fibroblast Growth Factor 14 (FGF14) was preferentially
methylated in colorectal cancer (CRC). In this study, we aimed to investigate the epigenetic …

Methcathinone and 3-fluoromethcathinone stimulate spontaneous horizontal locomotor activity in mice and elevate extracellular dopamine and serotonin levels in the …

J Wojcieszak, D Andrzejczak, A Wojtas… - Neurotoxicity …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Methcathinone (MC) and 3-fluoromethcathinone (3-FMC) are well-known members
of the synthetic cathinone derivatives, the second most abused group of novel psychoactive …