{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["57(3)"],"submitter":["Fischer A"],"pubmed_abstract":["Coenzyme Q (CoQ) is necessary for mitochondrial energy production and modulates the expression of genes that are important for inflammatory processes, growth and detoxification reactions. A cellular surveillance-activated detoxification and defenses (cSADDs) pathway has been recently identified in C. elegans. The down-regulation of the components of the cSADDs pathway initiates an aversion behavior of the nematode. Here we hypothesized that CoQ regulates genes of the cSADDs pathway. To verify this we generated CoQ-deficient worms (\"CoQ-free\") and performed whole-genome expression profiling. We found about 30% (120 genes) of the cSADDs pathway genes were differentially regulated under CoQ-deficient condition. Remarkably, 83% of these genes were down-regulated. The majority of the CoQ-sensit"],"journal":["Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition"],"pagination":["171-7"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4639588"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Coenzyme Q regulates the expression of essential genes of the pathogen- and xenobiotic-associated defense pathway in C. elegans."],"pmcid":["PMC4639588"],"pubmed_authors":["Niklowitz P","Fischer A","Doring F","Menke T"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Coenzyme Q regulates the expression of essential genes of the pathogen- and xenobiotic-associated defense pathway in C. elegans.","description":"Coenzyme Q (CoQ) is necessary for mitochondrial energy production and modulates the expression of genes that are important for inflammatory processes, growth and detoxification reactions. A cellular surveillance-activated detoxification and defenses (cSADDs) pathway has been recently identified in C. elegans. The down-regulation of the components of the cSADDs pathway initiates an aversion behavior of the nematode. Here we hypothesized that CoQ regulates genes of the cSADDs pathway. To verify this we generated CoQ-deficient worms (\"CoQ-free\") and performed whole-genome expression profiling. We found about 30% (120 genes) of the cSADDs pathway genes were differentially regulated under CoQ-deficient condition. Remarkably, 83% of these genes were down-regulated. The majority of the CoQ-sensit","dates":{"release":"2015-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2015 Nov","modification":"2025-05-29T20:31:29.589Z","creation":"2025-05-29T20:31:29.589Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC4639588","cross_references":{"pubmed":["26566301"],"doi":["10.3164/jcbn.15-46"]}}