Henan University Huaihe Hospital and Huaihe Clinical Institute

The landscape and plasticity of transposable element expression in an adult stem cell of high physiological and clinical significance

Abstract Transposable elements (TEs) contribute to diverse aspects of stem cell biology, particularly in germline and pluripotent stem cells, which typically exhibit more open chromatin. In human adult stem cells (ASCs), however, a comprehensive framework describing the landscape...

Benzothiazole derivatives target oligoadenylate synthetase and enhance RSV vaccine efficacy as adjuvants

2′,5’ oligoadenylate (2-5A) activates RNase L to degrade intracellular RNA and inhibit viral proliferation. The resulting nucleotide fragments bind RIG-I-like receptors to initiate type I interferon (IFN-I) signaling, enhancing maturation of antigen processing cells to trigger ad...