FGFR4 AND EZH2 INHIBITORS SYNERGISTICALLY INDUCE HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA APOPTOSIS VIA REPRESSING YAP SIGNALING

FGFR4 and EZH2 inhibitors synergistically induce hepatocellular carcinoma apoptosis via repressing YAP signaling

Abstract Background Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common and lethal cancers worldwide, but current treatment options remain limited and cause serious life-threatening side effects.Aberrant FGFR4 signaling has been validated as an oncogenic driver of HCC, and EZH2, the catalytic subunit of the PRC2 complex, is a potential factor

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Systematic literature review of Rift Valley fever virus seroprevalence in livestock, wildlife and humans in Africa from 1968 to 2016.

BACKGROUND:Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is a zoonotic arbovirus that causes severe disease in livestock and humans.The virus has caused recurrent outbreaks in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula since its discovery in 1931.This review sought to evaluate RVFV seroprevalence across the African continent in livestock, wildlife and humans in order to un

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When kidneys get old: an essay on nephro-geriatrics

Abstract Aging is a nearly universal phenomenon in biology only partially controlled by genetic apac1/60/1/cw endowment.Individuals and their organs age at varying rates.The kidneys manifest the aging process by steady loss of nephrons and a corresponding decrease in glomerular filtration rate (GFR) beginning about age 30 years.The mechanisms respo

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SPAG5 upregulation contributes to enhanced c-MYC transcriptional activity via interaction with c-MYC binding protein in triple-negative breast cancer

Abstract Background Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive breast cancer subtype that lacks effective therapeutic targets.Sperm-associated antigen 5 (SPAG5) is a mitotic spindle-associated protein that is involved in various biological processes in cervical cancer and bladder urothelial carcinoma.However, the role of SPAG5 in TNBC re

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