Makorin RING finger protein 3 and central precocious puberty

L Maione, L Naulé, UB Kaiser - Current opinion in endocrine and metabolic …, 2020 - Elsevier
Makorin RING finger protein 3 (MKRN3) is a key inhibitor of the hypothalamic–pituitary–
gonadal axis. Loss-of-function mutations in MKRN3 cause familial and sporadic central …

Bioinformatics Approaches to Explore the Phylogeny and Role of BRCA1 in Breast Cancer

F Jabbir, M Irfan, G Mustafa… - Critical Reviews™ in …, 2019 - dl.begellhouse.com
ABSTRACT BRCA1 and BRCA2 are the two major vulnerability genes involved in hereditary
breast cancer. BRCA1 gene programs for a tumor suppressor protein that helps in repairing …

Molecular evolution of the bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (BPIFA1) regulating the innate immune responses in mammals

HI Ahmad, FA Khan, MA Khan, S Imran, RW Akhtar… - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein, a primary factor of the innate immune system of
mammals, participates in natural immune protection against invading bacteria. BPIFA1 …

Structural and evolutionary adaptations of Nei‐like DNA glycosylases proteins involved in base excision repair of oxidative DNA damage in vertebrates

HI Ahmad, G Afzal, S Sadia, G Haider… - Oxidative medicine …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Oxidative stress is a type of stress that damages DNA and can occur from both endogenous
and exogenous sources. Damage to DNA caused by oxidative stress can result in base …

Adaptive evolution of peptidoglycan recognition protein family regulates the innate signaling against microbial pathogens in vertebrates

HI Ahmad, AR Asif, MJ Ahmad, F Jabbir, M Adnan… - Microbial …, 2020 - Elsevier
The innate immune system is the first line of defense in vertebrates against microbial
pathogens. This defense system depends on the peptidoglycan pathogen recognition of …

[Retracted] Molecular Evolution of the Activating Transcription Factors Shapes the Adaptive Cellular Responses to Oxidative Stress

HI Ahmad, A Iqbal, N Ijaz, MI Ullah… - Oxidative Medicine …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play an essential part in physiology of individual cell. ROS
can cause damage to various biomolecules, including DNA. The systems that have …

[HTML][HTML] Adaptive selection in the evolution of programmed cell death-1 and its ligands in vertebrates

HI Ahmad, J Zhou, MJ Ahmad, G Afzal, H Jiang… - Aging (Albany …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) and its ligands, particularly PD-L1 and PD-L2, are
the most important proteins responsible for signaling T-cell inhibition and arbitrating immune …

IAPs Gene Expansion in the Scallop Patinopecten yessoensis and Their Expression Profiles After Exposure to the Toxic Dinoflagellate

X Zhu, F Zhang, S Lian, Y Wang, N Hu, X Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Inhibitors of apoptosis proteins (IAPs) are conserved regulators involved in cell cycle, cell
migration, cell death, immunity and inflammation, should be due to the fact that they can …

Adaptive evolution and functional significance of the PPARGC1A gene across diverse animal species

SM Hosseini, F Ullah, MZ Ahmad… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Codon‐based analyses of the PPARGC1A gene across 38 vertebrate species were
deployed to elucidate patterns of evolutionary change. Employing maximum likelihood …

Adaptation to host-specific bacterial pathogens drive rapid evolution of novel PhoP/PhoQ regulation pathway modulating the virulence

MA Raheem, M Xue, HI Ahmad, MZ Ahmad… - Microbial …, 2020 - Elsevier
The presence of the PhoP-PhoQ system is usually different in various bacterial groups,
suggesting that PhoP can control the expression of different genes in species. However, little …