A NUTRIENT-DRIVEN TRNA MODIFICATION ALTERS TRANSLATIONAL FIDELITY AND GENOME-WIDE PROTEIN CODING ACROSS AN ANIMAL GENUS.

A nutrient-driven tRNA modification alters translational fidelity and genome-wide protein coding across an animal genus.

Natural selection favors efficient expression of encoded proteins, but the causes, mechanisms, and fitness consequences of evolved coding changes remain an area of aggressive inquiry.We report a large-scale reversal in the relative translational accuracy of codons across 12 fly species in the Drosophila/Sophophora genus.Because the reversal involve

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A STUDY TO EVALUATE AND COMPARE THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF TOPICAL CYCLOSPORINE-A 0.5% WITH TOPICAL PLACEBO (ARTIFICIAL TEARS) IN ALLEVIATING THE CLINICAL FEATURES ASSOCIATED WITH VERNAL KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS

Introduction: Vernal keratoconjunctivitis is a severe, typically seasonal recurrent ocular inflammatory disorder.Topical cyclosporine-A is inhibitory to many T-cell dependent inflammatory mechanisms which are likely to play role in treatment of vernal keratoconjunctivitis.Methodology: The study was conducted on 100 patients of vernal keratoconjunct

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Therapeutically targeting type I interferon directly to XCR1+ dendritic cells reveals the role of cDC1s in anti-drug antibodies

Conventional type 1 dendritic cells (cDC1s) are superior in antigen cross-presentation and priming CD8+ T cell anti-tumor immunity and thus, are a target of high interest for cancer immunotherapy.Type I interferon (IFN) is a potent inducer of antigen cross-presentation, but, unfortunately, shows only modest results in the clinic given the short hal

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