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IL-10 was significantly reduced in collagen-stimulated B cells from patients with RA and increased in controls, thus mirroring an altered response to collagen self-epitopes in RA. Tofacitinib partially prevented the IL-10 down-modulation in RA B cells stimulated with collagen epitopes. In conclusion, the use of tofacitinib exerts a rapid regulatory effect on B cells from patients with RA following stimulation with collagen epitopes while not reducing inflammatory cytokine production by lymphocytes.Following the publication of the above article, the authors have realized that one of the data panels featured in Fig. 5D was selected incorrectly. Specifically, the wrong image was selected for the A1 (28‑30), HCT116 experiment. The authors have revisited their original sources to identify the correct data panel, and can confirm that the error arose unintentionally during the process of compiling the figure. The correct version of Fig. 5, featuring corrected data panel for Fig. 5D, is shown on the next page. The authors confirm that this error did not affect the conclusions reported in this study, and are grateful to the Editor of International Journal of Oncology for allowing them the opportunity to publish this corrigendum. Furthermore, the authors apologize to the readership of the Journal for any inconvenience caused. [the original article was published in International Journal of Oncology 57 1203‑1213, 2020; DOI 10.3892/ijo.2020.5119].Following the publication of the above article, an interested reader drew to the authors' attention that the data shown in Fig. 2D representing the P53 and Bax data were strikingly similar. After having re‑examined their raw data, the authors have realized that this error arose inadvertently; the data shown for Bax in the original figure were selected incorrectly. In the article, the expression levels of the apoptosis‑regulatory factors P53 and Bax were investigated by western blot analysis and reverse transcription‑quantitative PCR analysis. The authors were also able to confirm that this error regarding the image placement did not influence the statistical analysis shown for the effect of PIAS1 gene silencing on pancreatic acinar cell apoptosis. The corrected version of Fig. 2, containing the correct data for Bax protein expression in Fig. 2D, is shown below. The authors are grateful to the Editor of International Journal of Molecular Medicine for granting them the opportunity to publish this Corrigendum, and stress that this error did not significantly influence either the results or the conclusions of the paper. Furthermore, the authors apologize to the readership for any inconvenience caused. [the original article was published in International Journal of Molecular Medicine 26 919-926, 2010; DOI 10.3892/ijmm_00000507].
The role of Parechovirus A (PeV-A) in hospitalized children with respiratory tract infections (RTIs) is unclear. We studied the occurrence and impact of PeV-A over 10 years.

Children from Sør-Trøndelag County, Norway, hospitalized with RTI and a comparison group of asymptomatic children admitted to elective surgery, were prospectively enrolled from 2006 to 2016. Nasopharyngeal aspirates were cultured and analyzed with polymerase chain reaction tests for PeV-A and 19 other pathogens. The cycle threshold levels of PeV-A were reported as measures of viral genomic loads. Parechovirus A-positive samples were genotyped by amplification and sequencing of the VP3/VP1 junction.

Parechovirus A was detected in 8.8% (323/3689) patients with RTI and in 10.1% (45/444) of the children in the comparison group (P = .34). Omaveloxolone Parechovirus A genotyping (n = 188) revealed PeV-A1 (n = 121), PeV-A3 (n = 15), PeV-A5 (n = 6), and PeV-A6 (n = 46). Viral codetections occurred in 95% of patients and in 84% of the children in the comparison group (P = .016). In multivariable logistic regression analysis, RTI was unrelated to PeV-A genomic loads, adjusted for other viruses and covariates. Similar results were found for PeV-A1 and PeV-A6.

Parechovirus A and viral codetections were common in hospitalized children with RTI and asymptomatic children in a comparison group. Our findings suggest that PeV-A has a limited role in hospitalized children with RTI.
Parechovirus A and viral codetections were common in hospitalized children with RTI and asymptomatic children in a comparison group. Our findings suggest that PeV-A has a limited role in hospitalized children with RTI.Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) provide biodegradable and bio-based alternatives to conventional plastics. Incorporation of 2-hydroxy acid monomers into polymer, in addition to 3-hydroxy acids, offers possibility to tailor the polymer properties. In this study, poly(D-lactic acid) (PDLA) and copolymer P(LA-3HB) were produced and characterized for the first time in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Expression of engineered PHA synthase PhaC1437Ps6-19, propionyl-CoA transferase Pct540Cp, acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase PhaA, and acetoacetyl-CoA reductase PhaB1 resulted in accumulation of 3.6% P(LA-3HB) and expression of engineered enzymes PhaC1Pre and PctMe resulted in accumulation of 0.73% PDLA of the cell dry weight (CDW). According to NMR, P(LA-3HB) contained D-lactic acid repeating sequences. For reference, expression of PhaA, PhaB1, and PHA synthase PhaC1 resulted in accumulation 11% poly(hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) of the CDW. Weight average molecular weights of these polymers were comparable to similar polymers produced by bacterial strains, 24.6, 6.3, and 1 130 kDa for P(LA-3HB), PDLA, and PHB, respectively. The results suggest that yeast, as a robust and acid tolerant industrial production organism, could be suitable for production of 2-hydroxy acid containing PHAs from sugars or from 2-hydroxy acid containing raw materials. Moreover, the wide substrate specificity of PHA synthase enzymes employed increases the possibilities for modifying copolymer properties in yeast in the future.One of the challenges to implementing the modeling of the biological reductive dechlorination (RD) process is the evaluation of biological parameters that represent the abundance/activity levels of the microorganisms involved in the biodegradation of chloroethenes. Here we report a combined analysis of kinetic and specific biomass parameters conducted on three dechlorinating consortia enriched on PCE, TCE and cis-1,2-DCE. In these consortia, Dehalococcoides mccartyi (Dhc) represented ≥70% of the bacterial population identified via 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. Quantitative biomolecular methods were used to generate specific biomass parameters targeting either the Dhc population (16S rRNA genes or cells) or specific genes encoding RD process-involved reductive dehalogenases. The correlation factor between the abundance of active Dhc cells or tceA gene copies and maximum RD rates allowed to predict an increment of 7E+09 of active Dhc cells or 5E+09 tceA gene copies/L under controlled conditions. Diversely, the utilization of gene transcripts as biomass parameters for RD modeling did not provide reliable correlations with kinetic performances. This study provides valuable insights for further modeling of the RD process through the utilization of specific biomass parameters.Microbial interconnections in soil are pivotal to ecosystem services and restoration. However, little is known about how soil microbial interconnections respond to slash-and-burn agriculture and to the subsequent ecosystem restoration after the practice. Here, we used amplicon sequencing and co-occurrence network analyses to explore the interconnections within soil bacterial and fungal communities in response to slash-and-burn practice and a spontaneous restoration (spanning ca. 60 years) of tropical forests after the practice, in Papua New Guinea. We found significantly higher complexity and greater variations in fungal networks than in those of bacteria, despite no significant changes observed in bacterial or fungal networks across successional stages. Within most successional stages, bacterial core co-occurrences (co-occurrences consistently present across all sub-networks in a stage) were more frequent than those of fungi, indicating higher stability of interconnections between bacteria along succession. The stable interconnections occurred frequently between bacterial taxa (i.e. Sporosarcina, Acidimicrobiale and Bacillaceae) and between ectomycorrhizal fungi (Boletaceae and Russula ochroleuca), implying important ecological roles of these taxa in the ecosystem restoration. Collectively, our results provide new insight into microbial interconnections in response to slash-and-burn agriculture and the subsequent ecosystem restoration, thus promoting a better understanding of microbial roles in ecosystem services and restoration.Non-toxic bismuth salts are used in anti-ulcer medications and to protect against nephrotoxicity from anticancer drugs. Bismuth salts also induce metallothionein (MT), a metal-binding protein that lacks a formal secondary structure. We report the impact on the metallation properties of Bi(III) to the 9-cysteine β fragment of MT as a function of cysteine accessibility using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. At pH 7.4, Bi2βMT formed cooperatively. Cysteine modification shows that each Bi(III) was terminally bound to three cysteinyl thiolates. Non-cooperative Bi(III) binding was observed at pH 2.3, where cysteine accessibility is increased. However, competition from H4EDTA inhibited Bi(III) binding. When GdmCl, a well-known denaturing agent, was used to increase cysteine accessibility of the apoβMT at pH 7.4, a greater fraction of Bi3βMT formed using all nine cysteines. The change in binding profile and equilibrium of Bi2βMT was determined as a function of acidification, which changed as a result of competition with H4EDTA. There was no Bi(III) transfer between Bi2βMT, Cd3βMT, and Zn3βMT. This lack of metal exchange and the resistance towards binding the third Bi(III) suggest a rigidity in the Bi2βMT binding sites that inhibits Bi(III) mobility. These experiments emphasize the conformational control of metallation that results in substantially different metallated products at pH 7.4 (many cysteines buried) Bi2βMT, whereas at pH 7.4 (all cysteines accessible) enhanced formation of Bi3βMT. These data suggest that the addition of the first two Bi(III) crosslinks the protein, blocking access to the remaining three cysteines for the third Bi(III), as a result of tangle formation.Konosirus punctatus is an important species for the structure of marine ecosystems. Meanwhile, it is a native species in the northwest Pacific Ocean and supports important commercial fishery. In the present study, we generated the whole transcriptome of K. punctatus from combined tissues (muscle, liver, gill, heart, kidney, swim bladder and sexual gland) using Illumina RNA-seq technology and a total of 46087110 clean reads were obtained, corresponding to 6531521430 nucleotides. Meanwhile, 10000 clean reads were randomly selected and compared with NT database to examine the possible contamination. Results showed that 6754 clean reads were distributed among some species closely related with K. punctatus, indicating no-pollution. De novo assembly was performed and all clean reads were assembled to produce 71610 longest unigenes with an N50 of 906 bp. Among all the unigenes, 43974 unigenes were annotated in at least one database and 3172 unigenes were annotated in all databases. All unigenes were further analyzed to predict the gene structure and we have obtained a total of 54864 coding sequences (CDSs) and 17326 simple sequence repeats (SSRs).
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