Ask about this productRelated genes to: UBL7 antibody
- Gene:
- UBL7 NIH gene
- Name:
- ubiquitin like 7
- Previous symbol:
- -
- Synonyms:
- BMSC-UbP, MGC14421
- Chromosome:
- 15q24.1
- Locus Type:
- gene with protein product
- Date approved:
- 2005-04-20
- Date modifiied:
- 2016-10-05
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- Systemic sclerosis is an immune-mediated inflammatory disease with marked sex differences in prevalence and severity. Although genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have advanced the understanding of systemic sclerosis genetics, sex-aware approaches remain scarce. We aimed to address this gap by examining autosomal sex-specific genetic factors in systemic sclerosis. - Source: PubMed
Publication date: 2026/04/15
Rodriguez-Martin InmaculadaKerick MartinRangel-Peláez CarlosRosa-Baez CarlosBorrego-Yaniz GonzaloOrtiz-Fernández LourdesGuillen-Del-Castillo AlfredoSimeón-Aznar Carmen PCallejas José LuisDistler OliverProudman Susanna MNikpour MandanaHunzelmann Nicolasde Vries-Bouwstra Jeska KHerrick Ariane LAllanore YannickAlarcón-Riquelme Marta EBeretta LorenzoAssassi ShervinDenton Christopher PMayes Maureen DMartin JavierAcosta-Herrera Marialbert - Located in the southwestern corner of Europe, the Iberian Peninsula is separated from the rest of the continent by the Pyrenees Mountains and from Africa by the Strait of Gibraltar. This geographical position may have conditioned distinct selective pressures compared to the rest of Europe and influenced differential patterns of gene flow. In this work, we analyse 704 whole-genome sequences from the GCAT reference panel to quantify gene flow into Spain from various historical sources and identify the top signatures of positive (adaptive) selection. While we found no clear evidence of a 16th-century admixture event putatively related to the French diaspora during the Wars of Religion, we detected signals of North African admixture matching the Muslim period and the subsequent Christian Reconquista. Notably, besides finding that well-known candidate genes previously described in Eurasians also seem to be adaptive in Spain, we discovered novel top candidates for positive selection putatively associated with immunity and diet (UBL7, SMYD1, VAC14 and FDFT1). Finally, local ancestry deviation analysis revealed that the MHCIII genomic region underwent post-admixture selection following the post-Neolithic admixture with Steppe ancestry. - Source: PubMed
Publication date: 2025/04/24
Garcia-Calleja JorgeBiagini Simone Ade Cid RafaelCalafell FrancescBosch Elena - Spermiogenesis is a tightly regulated process to produce mature sperm cells. The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) plays a crucial role in controlling protein half-life and is essential for spermiogenesis. Recently, proteins containing ubiquitin-like domains and ubiquitin-associated domains (UBL-UBA proteins) have emerged as novel regulators within the UPS. In this study, we demonstrate that UBL7, a testis-enriched UBL-UBA protein, is indispensable for sperm formation. Deficiency of UBL7 leads to severe malformations of both the sperm tail and head. Mechanistically, UBL7 interacts with the valosin-containing protein (VCP) complex and proteasomes, and shuttles substrates between them. Notably, UBL7 slows down the degradation rates of substrates involved in endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation (ERAD) within cells. Through a two-step immunoprecipitation method, we identify several essential factors in spermatids that are protected by UBL7, including factors involved in the development of manchette (such as IFT140), head-tail coupling apparatus (such as SPATA20) and cytoplasmic droplets (such as HK1 and SLC2a3). In summary, our findings highlight UBL7 as a guardian that protects crucial factors from excessive degradation and thereby ensures successful spermiogenesis. - Source: PubMed
Publication date: 2025/04/23
Yuan TianyiYang JiajunXu DanLi HuiqiMin WanpingWang Fengchao - Atopic dermatitis is a common inflammatory skin disease which is treated with narrowband ultraviolet B (NB-UVB). Exploring the critical targeted genes in patients by UV radiation is the main aim of this study. Gene expression profiles of lesional and non-lesional skin samples of atopic dermatitis patients after treatment with NB-UVB and the non-irradiated samples were extracted from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database and analyzed via protein-protein interaction (PPI) network analysis to find the critical targeted genes. A total of 357 significant differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were included in the PPI network. CTNNB1, SRSF1, YWHAB, SMC3, GNB2, ARF3, UBL7, RAB2A, YWHAE, EIF5B, SNRPE, PPIG, RC3H2, CFL1, SMARCB1. LAPTM5, PRPF40A, and RBBP4 were introduced as hub-bottlenecks. In conclusion, five central genes including SMC3, ARF3, EIF5B, SMARCB1, and LAPTM5 were highlighted as the critical genes in response to NB-UVB radiation in the skin of the treated atopic dermatitis patients. The introduced crucial genes are involved in essential cellular functions such as apoptosis, cell cycle, cell proliferation, and inflammation. It seems that applied NB-UVB radiation is a suitable therapeutic method for atopic dermatitis disease. - Source: PubMed
Publication date: 2024/07/30
Rezaei Tavirani MostafaBandarian FatemehRazi FaridehRazzaghi ZahraArjmand BabakRostami Nejad Mohammad - Precise diagnostic biomarkers of anticitrullination protein antibody (ACPA)-negative and early-stage RA are still to be improved. We aimed to screen autoantibodies in ACPA-negative patients and evaluated their diagnostic performance. The human genome-wide protein arrays (HuProt arrays) were used to define specific autoantibodies from the sera of 182 RA patients and 261 disease and healthy controls. Statistical analysis was performed with SPSS 17.0. In Phase I study, 51 out of 19,275 recombinant proteins covering the whole human genome were selected. In Phase II validation study, anti-ANAPC15 (anaphase promoting complex subunit 15) exhibited 41.8% sensitivity and 91.5% specificity among total RA patients. There were five autoantibodies increased in ACPA-negative RA, including anti-ANAPC15, anti-LSP1, anti-APBB1, anti-parathymosin, and anti-UBL7. Anti-parathymosin showed the highest prevalence of 46.2% ( = 0.016) in ACPA-negative early stage (<2 years) RA. To further improve the diagnostic efficacy, a prediction model was constructed with 44 autoantibodies. With increased threshold for RA calling, the specificity of the model is 90.8%, while the sensitivity is 66.1% (87.8% in ACPA-positive RA and 23.8% in ACPA-negative RA) in independent testing patients. Therefore, HuProt arrays identified RA-associated autoantibodies that might become possible diagnostic markers, especially in early stage ACPA-negative RA. - Source: PubMed
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