DCLK-1

Infection of immature mice with rhinovirus (RV) induces an asthma-like phenotype consisting of type 2 inflammation, mucous metaplasia, eosinophilic inflammation, and airway hyperresponsiveness that is dependent on IL-25 and type 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s). Doublecortin-like kinase 1-positive (DCLK1+) tuft cells are a major source of IL-25. We sought to determine the requirement of tuft cells for the RV-induced asthma phenotype in wild-type mice and mice deficient in Pou2f3, a transcription factor required for tuft cell development...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE: There are studies supporting the disruption of axonal transport in multiple sclerosis, a neurodegenerative disease. The aim of our study was to determine Doublecortin-like kinase 1 (DCLK1) levels in multiple sclerosis patients, which play a part in axonal transport, and to investigate its correlation with the disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study included 30 patients above 18 years of age with the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis and 30 healthy volunteers...

Ovarian cancer is characterized by widespread peritoneal dissemination with ascites. Spheroids observed in the ascites of ovarian cancer patients are a mixture of cancer cells and mesothelial cells. In the present study, we evaluated whether mesothelial cells exfoliated from the peritoneum facilitate tumor spheroid formation and give rise to cancer stem‑like properties in ovarian cancer cells. Spheroids from the CAOV3 and A2780 ovarian cancer cell lines grew much larger in co‑culture with mesothelial cells than in monoculture under 3D conditions...

Electrical stimulation (ES) promotes neurite outgrowth and nerve regeneration, but the underlying mechanisms remain undefined. In the present study, we investigated the role of micro RNAs (miRNAs) in ES-mediated neurite outgrowth. First, we performed microarray analyses to identify changes in the miRNAs profile of dorsal root ganglion neurons (DRGNs) following ES. The expression of 16 known miRNAs was altered by ES. Bioinformatics showed that the potential targets of these differentially expressed miRNAs were involved in neurite outgrowth...

Colorectal carcinogenesis is a multi-step process. While ~25% of colorectal cancers (CRCs) arise in patients with a family history (genetic predisposition), ~75% of CRCs are due to age-associated accumulation of epigenetic alterations which can result in the suppression of key tumor suppressor genes leading to mutations and activation of oncogenic pathways. Sporadic colon-carcinogenesis is facilitated by many molecular pathways of genomic instability which include chromosomal instability (CIN), micro-satellite instability (MSI) and CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP), leading towards loss of homeostasis and onset of neoplastic transformation...

Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths in the US and no significant treatment is currently available. Here, we describe the effect of crocetinic acid, which we purified from commercial saffron compound crocetin using high performance liquid chromatography. Crocetinic acid inhibits proliferation of pancreatic cancer cell lines in a dose- and time-dependent manner. In addition, it induced apoptosis. Moreover, the compound significantly inhibited epidermal growth factor receptor and Akt phosphorylation...