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    Hypertension with or without adrenal hyperplasia due to different inherited mutations in the potassium channel KCNJ5 [Medical Sciences] (2012)
    National Academy of Sciences
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    Publication Date: 2012-02-15
    Description: We recently implicated two recurrent somatic mutations in an adrenal potassium channel, KCNJ5, as a cause of aldosterone-producing adrenal adenomas (APAs) and one inherited KCNJ5 mutation in a Mendelian form of early severe hypertension with massive adrenal hyperplasia. The mutations identified all altered the channel selectivity filter, producing increased Na+ conductance and membrane depolarization, the signal for aldosterone production and proliferation of adrenal glomerulosa cells. We report herein members of four kindreds with early onset primary aldosteronism of unknown cause. Sequencing of KCNJ5 revealed that affected members of two kindreds had KCNJ5G151R mutations, identical to one of the prevalent recurrent mutations in APAs. These individuals had severe progressive aldosteronism and hyperplasia requiring bilateral adrenalectomy in childhood for blood pressure control. Affected members of the other two kindreds had KCNJ5G151E mutations, which are not seen in APAs. These subjects had easily controlled hypertension and no evidence of hyperplasia. Surprisingly, electrophysiology of channels expressed in 293T cells demonstrated that KCNJ5G151E was the more extreme mutation, producing a much larger Na+ conductance than KCNJ5G151R, resulting in rapid Na+-dependent cell lethality. We infer that this increased lethality limits adrenocortical cell mass and the severity of aldosteronism in vivo, accounting for the milder phenotype among these patients. These findings demonstrate striking variations in phenotypes and clinical outcome resulting from different mutations of the same amino acid in KCNJ5 and have implications for the diagnosis and pathogenesis of primary aldosteronism with and without adrenal hyperplasia.
    Print ISSN: 0027-8424
    Electronic ISSN: 1091-6490
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General
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    JMSE, Vol. 7, Pages 255: Inversion of HF Radar Doppler Spectra Using a Neural Network (2019)
    MDPI
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    Publication Date: 2019
    Description: For a number of decades, coastal HF radar has been used to remotely measure ocean surface parameters, including waves, at distances exceeding 100 km. The information, which has value in many ocean engineering applications, is obtained using the HF radar cross-section, which relates the directional ocean spectrum to the received radar signal, through a nonlinear integral equation. The equation is impossible to solve analytically, for the ocean spectrum, and a number of numerical methods are currently used. In this study, a neural network is trained to infer the directional ocean spectrum from HF radar Doppler spectra. The neural network is trained and tested on simulated radar data and then validated with data collected off the coast of Cornwall, where there are two HF radars and a wave buoy to provide the sea-truth. Key ocean parameters are derived from the estimated directional spectra and then compared with the values measured by both the wave buoy and an existing inversion method. The results are encouraging; for example, the RMSE of the obtained mean wave direction decreases from 20.6° to 15.7°. The positive results show that neural networks may be a viable solution in certain situations, where existing methods struggle.
    Electronic ISSN: 2077-1312
    Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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    The alternative splicing factor Nova2 regulates vascular development and lumen formation (2015)
    Springer Nature
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    Publication Date: 2015-10-10
    Description: Article The alternative splicing factor Nova2 is best known for its pivotal function in the brain. Giampietro et al . reveal an important role for Nova2 in the regulation of alternative splicing of transcripts in the vascular endothelium that are crucial for the maintenance of endothelial cell polarity and vessel lumen formation in zebrafish. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms9479 Authors: Costanza Giampietro, Gianluca Deflorian, Stefania Gallo, Anna Di Matteo, Davide Pradella, Serena Bonomi, Elisa Belloni, Daniel Nyqvist, Valeria Quaranta, Stefano Confalonieri, Giovanni Bertalot, Fabrizio Orsenigo, Federica Pisati, Elisabetta Ferrero, Giuseppe Biamonti, Evelien Fredrickx, Carla Taveggia, Chris D. R. Wyatt, Manuel Irimia, Pier Paolo Di Fiore, Benjamin J. Blencowe, Elisabetta Dejana, Claudia Ghigna
    Electronic ISSN: 2041-1723
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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    Evolutionary origin and functional divergence of totipotent cell homeobox genes in eutherian mammals (2016)
    BioMed Central
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    Publication Date: 2016-06-14
    Description: A central goal of evolutionary biology is to link genomic change to phenotypic evolution. The origin of new transcription factors is a special case of genomic evolution since it brings opportunities for novel ...
    Electronic ISSN: 1741-7007
    Topics: Biology
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    The HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins: fusogens, antigens, and immunogens (1998)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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    Publication Date: 1998-06-25
    Description: The human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 (HIV-1) envelope glycoproteins interact with receptors on the target cell and mediate virus entry by fusing the viral and cell membranes. The structure of the envelope glycoproteins has evolved to fulfill these functions while evading the neutralizing antibody response. An understanding of the viral strategies for immune evasion should guide attempts to improve the immunogenicity of the HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins and, ultimately, aid in HIV-1 vaccine development.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wyatt, R -- Sodroski, J -- AI 31783/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- AI 39420/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- AI28691/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jun 19;280(5371):1884-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Cancer Immunology/AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9632381" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: AIDS Vaccines/chemistry/immunology ; Animals ; Gene Products, env/chemistry/immunology/*physiology ; HIV Antibodies/biosynthesis ; HIV Antigens/immunology ; HIV Envelope Protein gp41/physiology ; HIV Infections/*immunology ; HIV-1/chemistry/immunology/*physiology ; Humans ; Membrane Fusion ; Receptors, HIV/metabolism
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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    A conserved HIV gp120 glycoprotein structure involved in chemokine receptor binding (1998)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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    Publication Date: 1998-06-25
    Description: The entry of primate immunodeficiency viruses into target cells depends on a sequential interaction of the gp120 envelope glycoprotein with the cellular receptors, CD4 and members of the chemokine receptor family. The gp120 third variable (V3) loop has been implicated in chemokine receptor binding, but the use of the CCR5 chemokine receptor by diverse primate immunodeficiency viruses suggests the involvement of an additional, conserved gp120 element. Through the use of gp120 mutants, a highly conserved gp120 structure was shown to be critical for CCR5 binding. This structure is located adjacent to the V3 loop and contains neutralization epitopes induced by CD4 binding. This conserved element may be a useful target for pharmacologic or prophylactic intervention in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Rizzuto, C D -- Wyatt, R -- Hernandez-Ramos, N -- Sun, Y -- Kwong, P D -- Hendrickson, W A -- Sodroski, J -- AI 40895/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- AI 41851/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jun 19;280(5371):1949-53.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Cancer Immunology and AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9632396" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Substitution ; Animals ; Antigens, CD4/metabolism ; Binding Sites ; Crystallization ; HIV Antibodies/immunology ; HIV Envelope Protein gp120/*chemistry/genetics/immunology/*metabolism ; HIV-1/*chemistry/immunology ; Humans ; Models, Molecular ; Peptide Fragments/chemistry ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Receptors, CCR5/*metabolism ; Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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    Structures of the CCR5 N terminus and of a tyrosine-sulfated antibody with HIV-1 gp120 and CD4 (2007)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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    Publication Date: 2007-09-29
    Description: The CCR5 co-receptor binds to the HIV-1 gp120 envelope glycoprotein and facilitates HIV-1 entry into cells. Its N terminus is tyrosine-sulfated, as are many antibodies that react with the co-receptor binding site on gp120. We applied nuclear magnetic resonance and crystallographic techniques to analyze the structure of the CCR5 N terminus and that of the tyrosine-sulfated antibody 412d in complex with gp120 and CD4. The conformations of tyrosine-sulfated regions of CCR5 (alpha-helix) and 412d (extended loop) are surprisingly different. Nonetheless, a critical sulfotyrosine on CCR5 and on 412d induces similar structural rearrangements in gp120. These results now provide a framework for understanding HIV-1 interactions with the CCR5 N terminus during viral entry and define a conserved site on gp120, whose recognition of sulfotyrosine engenders posttranslational mimicry by the immune system.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2278242/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2278242/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Huang, Chih-Chin -- Lam, Son N -- Acharya, Priyamvada -- Tang, Min -- Xiang, Shi-Hua -- Hussan, Syed Shahzad-Ul -- Stanfield, Robyn L -- Robinson, James -- Sodroski, Joseph -- Wilson, Ian A -- Wyatt, Richard -- Bewley, Carole A -- Kwong, Peter D -- P30 AI060354/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- U19 AI067854/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- U19 AI067854-03/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- Z99 AI999999/Intramural NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2007 Sep 28;317(5846):1930-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17901336" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Antigens, CD4/*chemistry/immunology ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; HIV Antibodies/*chemistry/immunology ; HIV Envelope Protein gp120/*chemistry/immunology/metabolism ; HIV-1/metabolism ; Humans ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Mimicry ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular ; Peptide Fragments/chemistry/metabolism ; Receptors, CCR5/*chemistry/metabolism ; Sulfates/metabolism ; Tyrosine/metabolism ; Virus Internalization
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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    CD4-independent binding of SIV gp120 to rhesus CCR5 (1997)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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    Publication Date: 1997-12-31
    Description: CCR5 and CD4 are coreceptors for immunodeficiency virus entry into target cells. The gp120 envelope glycoprotein from human immunodeficiency virus strain HIV-1(YU2) bound human CCR5 (CCR5hu) or rhesus macaque CCR5 (CCR5rh) only in the presence of CD4. The gp120 from simian immunodeficiency virus strain SIVmac239 bound CCR5rh without CD4, but CCR5hu remained CD4-dependent. The CD4-independent binding of SIVmac239 gp120 depended on a single amino acid, Asp13, in the CCR5rh amino-terminus. Thus, CCR5-binding moieties on the immunodeficiency virus envelope glycoprotein can be generated by interaction with CD4 or by direct interaction with the CCR5 amino-terminus. These results may have implications for the evolution of receptor use among lentiviruses as well as utility in the development of effective intervention.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Martin, K A -- Wyatt, R -- Farzan, M -- Choe, H -- Marcon, L -- Desjardins, E -- Robinson, J -- Sodroski, J -- Gerard, C -- Gerard, N P -- AI41581/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- HL36162/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- HL51366/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1997 Nov 21;278(5342):1470-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Perlmutter Laboratory, Children's Hospital, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9367961" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Antibodies, Monoclonal ; Antigens, CD4/*physiology ; Cell Line ; HIV Antibodies/immunology ; HIV Envelope Protein gp120/chemistry/*metabolism ; HIV-2/immunology ; Humans ; Macaca mulatta ; Macrophages/virology ; *Membrane Glycoproteins ; Mutation ; Receptors, CCR5/chemistry/*metabolism ; Simian Immunodeficiency Virus/*metabolism ; Transfection ; *Viral Envelope Proteins
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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    Obesity and the environment: where do we go from here? (2003)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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    Publication Date: 2003-02-08
    Description: The obesity epidemic shows no signs of abating. There is an urgent need to push back against the environmental forces that are producing gradual weight gain in the population. Using data from national surveys, we estimate that affecting energy balance by 100 kilocalories per day (by a combination of reductions in energy intake and increases in physical activity) could prevent weight gain in most of the population. This can be achieved by small changes in behavior, such as 15 minutes per day of walking or eating a few less bites at each meal. Having a specific behavioral target for the prevention of weight gain may be key to arresting the obesity epidemic.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hill, James O -- Wyatt, Holly R -- Reed, George W -- Peters, John C -- DK42549/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- DK48520/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2003 Feb 7;299(5608):853-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Center for Human Nutrition, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA. james.hill@uchsc.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12574618" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adult ; Child ; *Energy Intake ; *Energy Metabolism ; Exercise ; Feeding Behavior ; *Health Behavior ; Humans ; Life Style ; Motor Activity ; Obesity/complications/*epidemiology/*prevention & control ; Physical Exertion ; Prevalence ; Public Health ; Risk Factors ; United States/epidemiology ; Walking ; Weight Gain
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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    Structure of a V3-containing HIV-1 gp120 core (2005)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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    Publication Date: 2005-11-15
    Description: The third variable region (V3) of the HIV-1 gp120 envelope glycoprotein is immunodominant and contains features essential for coreceptor binding. We determined the structure of V3 in the context of an HIV-1 gp120 core complexed to the CD4 receptor and to the X5 antibody at 3.5 angstrom resolution. Binding of gp120 to cell-surface CD4 would position V3 so that its coreceptor-binding tip protrudes 30 angstroms from the core toward the target cell membrane. The extended nature and antibody accessibility of V3 explain its immunodominance. Together, the results provide a structural rationale for the role of V3 in HIV entry and neutralization.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2408531/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2408531/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Huang, Chih-chin -- Tang, Min -- Zhang, Mei-Yun -- Majeed, Shahzad -- Montabana, Elizabeth -- Stanfield, Robyn L -- Dimitrov, Dimiter S -- Korber, Bette -- Sodroski, Joseph -- Wilson, Ian A -- Wyatt, Richard -- Kwong, Peter D -- AI24755/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- AI31783/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- AI39429/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- AI40895/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- GM46192/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- Z99 AI999999/Intramural NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2005 Nov 11;310(5750):1025-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16284180" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Antigens, CD4/chemistry/*metabolism ; Binding Sites ; Crystallization ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; HIV Antibodies/immunology ; HIV Envelope Protein gp120/*chemistry/immunology/metabolism ; HIV-1/*chemistry/immunology/metabolism ; Humans ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Immunodominant Epitopes ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Peptide Fragments/*chemistry/immunology/metabolism ; Protein Binding ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Receptors, CCR5/chemistry/metabolism ; Receptors, CXCR4/chemistry/metabolism
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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