RALA is a cationic amphipathic peptide which has shown great promise as an efficient, multifunctional delivery system for the of nucleic acids. Rational design was utilised in this study to understand essential amino acids required and if any improvements could be made. Six peptides were synthesised with strategic sequences acid substitutions reduce sequence, while maintaining functional charac...

The Viruses Editorial Office wishes to notify its readers of a correction in [1]. The third paragraph of Section 2.5 should be replaced with the following: “To detect autophagic flux, BSR cells were transfected with pEGFP-LC3, infected with BTV or left untreated as described above for the indicated time. Then the cells were stained with 50 nM LysoTracker Red DND-99 (acidic compartments marker) ...

Objective(s) Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are nonhematopoietic stromal cells that are capable of differentiating into and contribute to the regeneration of mesenchymal tissues. Human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) are ideal targets in cell transplantation and tissue engineering. Enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) has been an important reporter gene for gene therapy. The aim of this stu...

Electroporation is an effective method for delivery of biological components into mammalian cells and is of great importance for modern life science. Here we report a novel continuous electroporation chip with great performance. Integration of the microfluid channel, micromachined Au electrodes and hydrodynamic focusing enables high-throughput and high-efficiency electroporation. Using the stan...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Advances in the treatment of cervical cancer over the last decade have predominantly involved the development of genes directed at molecular targets. Gene therapy is recognized to be a novel method for the treatment of cervical cancer. Genes can be administered into target cells via nanocarriers. This study aimed to develop systemically administrable nano-vectors. Floate (Fa...

Atg8 proteins fused with tags are commonly used to detect autophagy. The expression patterns of Lepidopteran insect Atg8 are relatively well documented. However, the influence of protein tags on characterization of Atg8 is still not very clear. Our results showed that endogenous Spodoptera litura Atg8 and HA tagged Atg8 driven by the baculovirus ie2 promoter were enriched in cytoplasm. The reco...

The aim of this study was to explore the use of a contrast agent to study the effects of exposure to ultrasound, in combination with microbubbles, on liposome-mediated transfection of genes into human prostate cancer cells. A contrast agent was used to study the effects of ultrasound exposure in combination with microbubbles on liposomes, which tr...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of zinc finger protein A20 on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced pulmonary inflammation/anti-inflammatory mediators in an acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS) rat model. MATERIAL AND METHODS Forty-eight ALI/ARDS rats were selected and assigned into normal saline (NS) (injected with NS), LPS (injected with ...

Alternative splicing of the voltage-gated Ca(2+) (CaV) α1-subunit adds to the functional diversity of Ca(2+) channels. A variant with a 73-nt deletion in exon 15 of the Cav1.2 α1-subunit (Cav1.2Δ73) produced by alternative splicing that predicts a truncated protein has been described, but its function, if any, is unknown. We sought to determine if, by analogy to other truncated CaV α1-subunits,...

OBJECTIVE CatSper is a voltage-sensitive calcium channel that is specifically expressed in the testis and it has a significant role in sperm performance. CatSper (1-4) ion channel subunit genes, causes sperm cell hyperactivation and male fertility. In this study, we have explored targeting of the extracellular loop as an approach for the generation of antibodies with the potential ability to bl...