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Human-derived NLS enhance the gene transfer efficiency of chitosan
Bitoque, Diogo; Morais, Joana; Oliveira, Ana; Sequeira, Raquel L.; Calado, Sofia; Fortunato, Tiago M.; Simão, Sónia; Rosa Da Costa, AnaNuclear import is considered as one of the major limitations for non-viral gene delivery systems and the incorporation of nuclear localization signals (NLS) that mediate nuclear intake can be used as a strategy to enhance internalization of exogenous DNA. In this work, human-derived endogenous NLS peptides based on insulin growth factor binding proteins (IGFBP), namely IGFBP-3 and IGFBP-5, were tested for their...
The cholesterol 24-hydroxylase activates autophagy and decreases mutant hunting...
Nóbrega, Clévio; Conceição, André; Costa, Rafael G; Koppenol, Rebekah; Sequeira, Raquel L.; Nunes, Ricardo; Carmo-Silva, Sara; Marcelo, AdrianaObjective Compromised brain cholesterol turnover and altered regulation of brain cholesterol metabolism have been allied with some neurodegenerative diseases, including Huntington’s disease (HD). Following our previous studies in HD, in this study we aim to investigate in vitro in a neuroblastoma cellular model of HD, the effect of CYP46A1 overexpression, an essential enzyme in cholesterol metabolism, on huntin...