Excessive salt intake is a widespread health issue observed in almost every country around the world. A high salt diet (HSD) has a strong correlation with numerous diseases, including hypertension, chronic kidney disease and autoimmune disorders. However, the mechanisms underlying HSD-promotion o...
CCAT1-L is a highly expressed long noncoding RNA located in the colorectal cancer specific super enhance region about 500 kb upstream of MYC gene. Knockdown of CCAT1-L significantly down-regulated interaction frequency between CCAT1 and MYC locus and repress MYC expression, suggesting a long-range c...
Among the three major genetic lineages of L. monocytogenes (i.e. LI, LII, and LIII), LI and LII are predominantly associated with foodborne listeriosis outbreaks, whereas LIII is rarely implicated in human infections. In a previous study, we identified a Crp/Fnr family transcription factor lmo0753 t...
To elucidate the PP6-upregulation mechanism of L-menthol, we took advantage of an unbiased target identification approach, DARTS, to identify the target of L-menthol in keratinocytes.
The transcription factor IRF8 is a critical regulator of plasmacytoid dendritic cell (pDC) and classical dendritic cell (cDC) development in both mouse and man. Yet the downstream molecular targets that regulate DC homeostasis and development are largely unknown. A recent study using gene expressi...
Traditional Chinese medicines (TCM), usually composed of a mixture of components, may simultaneously target multiple genes/pathways and thus achieve superior efficacy for complex diseases such as cancer. To identify novel mechanisms of action and potential health benefits for a TCM formula Si-Wu-Tan...
Alkaline salts (e.g., NaHCO3 and Na2CO3) causes more severe morphological and physiological damage to plants than neutral salts (e.g., NaCl and Na2SO4) due to differences in pH. The mechanism by which plants respond to alkali stress is not fully understood, especially in plants having symbotic relat...
Bee pollen is consumed for its nutritional and pharmacological benefits, but it also contains hazardous allergens which has not been identified. Here, we identified 2 potential allergens, glutaredoxin and oleosin-B2, in Brassica napus (B. napus) bee pollen using mass spectrometr...
Bcl-2-accociated transcription factor 1(BCLAF1) has been reported to be involved in diverse biological processes. Alternative splicing leads to mutiple transcript virants in human cells and we are interested in functions of its full length isoform(BCLAF1-L) in human colon cancer cells, thus to under...
