EMBO/sd-character-level-ner huggingface dataset:
(A) Surface expression of PD-1 in vivo in 99LN-BrM quantified by flow cytometry (n=3). (B) PD-L1 in 99LN BrM quantified by flow cytometry (n=3). (C) Flow cytometric analysis of PD-L1 in tumor-free brain and 99LN-BrM (n=3). (D) Flow cytometric analysis of PD-L1 expression on 99LN-BrM associated my myeloid cell types. (n=6).
(E) TIRF microscopy of actin polymerization from 2uM actin in the absence (upper panel) or presence of near-saturating amounts of WAVE1 WCA.
(B) Beeswarm plots of another line of CLIP-170 S311A overexpressing mice (line 9). Number of mice, (Control, S311A), Pre (7, 3), Tx 2w (4, 7), Tx 8w (6, 4), Tx 12w (5, 4), Tx 52w (3, 3). Data means ±S.D. Statistical significance was determined by two-way ANOVA followed by post hoc Tukey's multiple comparison test. ##: p < 0.01 vs Duration-matched Cre Control, *: p < 0.05, **: p < 0.01 vs Duration-matched Control; †: p < 0.05, ††: p < 0.01, S311A TG mice 12 weeks vs 52 weeks.
(A) 293 cells were cotransfected with p55/TNFR1 in combination with DAPk death domain fused to GFP or DRP-1 K42A and pEGFP-N1 vector. A control luciferase vector was also used. GFP-positive cells were visualized by fluorescent microscopy and scored for the appearance of membrane blebbing 24 h after transfection.
F. Western blot showing caspase 3 cleavage occurring within 24 hours of TPO withdrawal in TPO dependent TF-1 TpoR cells. An increase in cleaved caspase 3 is observed after 48 hours of treatment with 20 µg/mL 4D7 in TF-1 TpoR CALRdel61 and TF-1 TpoR CALRdel52 cells.
HepG2 cells were transfected with lentiviruses expressing KLF10 and/or shRNA targeting zDHHC7. n=3 independent experiments. (J) Immunofluorescence staining of CD36 and Na+/K+-ATPase (left), and the quantitation of CD36 colocalization rate (right). Data information: ** P < 0.01. Results are shown as mean ± SD. 1-way ANOVA
Effects of select transport route activation on the spatial organization of late compartments. A. Representative confocal images of fixed HeLa cells ectopically expressing Arl8b-GFP or Arl8b-Myc (green), in combination with HA-RILP (cyan) and/or Myc-SKIP, PLEKHM1-FLAG, or GFP-FYCO1 (red), immunolabeled against endogenous Rab7 (eRab7, magenta) and the indicated epitope tags. Cell and nuclear boundaries are demarcated with solid and dashed lines respectively, zoom insets (3.5x) highlight select peripheral (PP) and perinuclear (PN) cell regions, scale bar: 10µm. B. Colocalization (Mander's overlap) between the indicated pairs of proteins, n≥3 images (3≥ cells per image) analysed per condition from 2 independent experiments.
(F) Mean percentage of nuclei positive for oxidative DNA damage marker 8-oxoG in post-natal murine lungs, as determined by immunofluorescence analysis (mean ± SEM, : p<0.01; : p<0.001; N=8). (G) Mean percentage of nuclei positive for DNA damage marker pATM in post-natal murine lungs, as determined by immunofluorescence analysis (mean ± SEM, : p<0.01; N=8).
Images and comparisons of the number of Prox1+ LECs within initial 100 μm portion (F) presented as relative fluorescence intensity (FI)) in CD31+/LYVE-1+ lacteals of jejunum from vehicle- or ABX-treated mice. Dotted lines outline villi. Each dot indicates mean value of 5-10 villi in a mouse (n = 6 mice/group). AU, arbitrary unit.
(D) Selected sections deriving from TEM analysis of A549 wild-type versus myosin VI KO cells. The cells were immunogold-labelled with anti-myosin VI antibody. The centrioles in the images are indicated with white dashed circles. Scale bar, 200 nm. Top: representation of the estimated localisation of myosin VI at the centrioles.
B Analysis of anti-Bax and anti-Bak antibody specificity using whole cell lysates from HCT116 wild-type, Bax KO, Bak KO and Bax/Bak DKO. After detection of Bax the membrane was redecorated with anti-Bak antibodies (Bax/Bak). Actin is used as loading control.
A Scheme for activation of the integrated stress response (ISR) and effects on UPF1-dependent decay.
E. Abundance of β-gal+ cells in control and injured BASC viewer animals. The percentage of terminal bronchioles containing 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, ≥ 5 β-gal+ cells is shown. Data depicted as mean±SD, n=3.
(A) The Drosophila proteome was screened to identify TA proteins using the PolyPhobius algorithm within the TOPCONS web server. Proteins with a single TMD within 35 AAs or less upstream of the C terminus and lacking a signal peptide or mitochondrial targeting peptide were selected for further interrogation. The DeepLoc predictor of protein sub-cellular localization was used to eliminate soluble proteins from the list. These procedures yielded 254 proteins, which were scored for their tail charge and hydrophobicity using the "transmembrane tendency" score of Zhao & London
E-F. Phos-tag band-shift assay of Hog1 phosphorylation. Yeast strains of the indicated genotypes (shown below the graph) were transformed with pRS416-Hog1 (WT) or its indicated mutant derivatives (shown inside the graph). Strain used: (E) FP4, KT259, KT260, KT292, and KY523; and (F) KY523, KT293, KT294, and KT295. N/H, N149H; D/G, D162G. Data information: Error bars are SEM (n=3).
F Flow cytometry analysis of cell cycle distribution of SKMEL5 cells cultured on plastic, Coll-1 or the indicated fibroblast-derived ECMs and treated with vehicle or 2 µM BRAFi combined with 0.01 µM MEKi. The percentage of cells in different phases of the cell cycle is indicated.
Northern blot analysis of Tf2 retrotransposons, U6 snRNA, and act1+ mRNA (loading control) in wt, cay1Δ, and prp1‐1 cells. prp1‐1 cells were grown at 36°C for 4 h before harvesting. Black arrowhead indicates unprocessed Tf2 transcripts. The asterisk indicates unspliced U6. Numbers at the bottom are the ratios between Tf2 and act1+ signals (Tf2/Act1) and expressed as fold increase over wt.
(C) sh-NC or sh-p38IP Jurkat E6.1 T cells were stimulated with 10 μg/ml anti-CD3 plus 2 μg/ml anti-CD28 for the indicated times and lysed, followed byTAK1 immunoprecipitation. TAK1 beads were washed three times with lysis buffer and two times with kinase buffer, then resuspended in kinase buffer containing 100 μM ATP and 1μg recombinant GST-IKKβ(111-250aa) protein as substrate to perform in vitro kinase assay, and then immunoblot analysis with p-IKKβ antibody.
(H) HeLa cells from (G) were lysed, and HA-CLEC12A expression levels were assessed by western blot. Data are representative of three independent experiments.
A) (left) t-sne plot from scRNAseq data of human organoids and cluster assignment of colonic cell populations. Red color corresponds to undifferentiated cells, light green corresponds to surface colonocytes (enterocytes). t-sne plot for selected genes from single cell RNAseq of human colon epithelial cells revealing expression of ACE2 specifically in differentiated surface colonocytes expressing KRT20 and AQP8, which also express the IFN-γ receptor IFNGR2. B) Immunofluorescence staining for ACE2 (red) and KRT20 (green) of human colon tissue section indicating ACE2 expression in surface colonocytes. Scale bar: 50 µm.
(A) The right panel shows successful TMEM59 depletion (rabbit anti‐TMEM59immunoprecipitation plus chicken anti‐TMEM59WB).
HUVECs were transduced with the tandem mCherry-EGFP-LC3 and with shRNA TCHP or control vectors. Left panels: Representative picture of mCherrry-EGFP-LC3 reporters. Scale bars, 25μm. Right panel: Quantification of the number of mCherry-only (red bars, autolysosomes) or double-positive (mCherry+/EGFP+; yellow bars, autophagosomes). (n=80 cells, one-way ANOVA; *p=0.0447 vs control; ##p=0.0007 vs shTCHP).
(E) Changes in deuterium incorporation PI4KB in the presence of c10orf76 showed a profound ordering of the kinase domain N-lobe linker and smaller changes in the helical domain and C-lobe of the kinase domain. The sum of the difference mapped as the difference in number of deuterons incorporated for PI4KB (400 nM) in the presence and absence of c10orf76 (400 nM) over all time points (3s at 1 oC; 3s, 30s, and 300s at 23 oC). Each dot represents a peptide graphed on the x-axis according to the central residue. The red boxes highlight key regions that showed significant changes (>7% decrease in exchange, >0.5 Da difference, and unpaired two-tailed student t-test p<0.05). Error bars represent standard deviation of independent technical replicates (n=3).
B) Caco-2 cysts stably expressing empty vector (pGIPZ) or 2 distinct shFARP1 or shFARP2 were treated with Y27632, allowed to invade for 2 days, fixed and stained for F-actin (Phalloidin). Boxed regions i, ii, iii and iv are shown at high magnification. Arrowheads point to non-protruding cells, arrows point to protruding cells. White stars show nuclei that engage in protrusions. Scale bars: 20μm. C) Bar graphs representing the percentage of protrusive cysts formed from Caco-2 cells transduced with lentiviruses encoding pGIPZ or shRNA against FARP1 and FARP2 after treatment with Y27632 from at least 3 independent experiments (Means ± SEM, paired t-test, ns: non significant, **p<0.01).
A, B RNF123 interacts with RIG-I/MDA5 CARD. HEK293T cells (1×106) were transfected with expression plasmids for Flag-RNF123 together with HA-RIG-I or its truncations (8 μg each). Co-immunoprecipitation and whole-cell lysates were analyzed as described in the legend of Fig. 3D.
PC9 cells (exon 19 deletion) were subcutaneously implanted in the flank of CD1-nu/nu mice (3X106/mouse). When tumors became palpable, mice were randomized in groups of 5-9 animals and treated for 90 days (grey areas) with 2XmAbs (cetuximab plus trastuzumab, each at 0.1 mg/mouse/injection) once every three days, or daily with different TKIs: osimertinib (5 mg/kg), afatinib (5 mg/kg) or imatinib (100 mg/kg), either alone or in combination with the two antibodies. Following 60 days of treatment, the frequency of TKI administration was reduced to once every other day (underneath dotted lines), while mAb treatment remained unaltered. Tumor growth (A) are shown. Mice were euthanized when tumor size reached 1,500 mm3.
B. LN229 cells were transfected with vector control, FoxM1, FoxM1 plus sh-β-catenin or FoxM1 plus ICAT plasmid. The proliferation percentage was determined as described in (A).
(A) Schematic diagram describing enhancer-promoter pairing methods. With the 'nearest' (N, top), 'correlated neighboring' (CN, middle), and 'correlated window' (CW, bottom) approach, enhancers are paired to the nearest transcribed promoter, the neighboring upstream and downstream transcribed promoters, and all transcribed promoters within ± 500 kbp distance, respectively. For CN and CW only pairs with correlated transcription rates over all cell lines (Pearson correlation coefficient r > 0.6) were analyzed further
(B) The proportion of insertions versus microhomology regions of various lengths in the Sμ-Sα junctions presented as a pie chart. The number of clones analyzed from control and Phf5a-depleted samples are indicated at the center.
Tumor maximal section of Trf1+/+K-Ras+/G12Vp53−/− and Trf1Δ/ΔK-Ras+/G12Vp53−/−lungs measured by histological analysis before death point by CT.
TEM tomograms from high-pressure frozen embryos. (A-A') Low magnification (2.5 nm voxels) tomogram and 3D reconstruction from 10 serial 300 nm sections that cover one terminal cell. (A''-A''') 3D reconstructions derived from higher resolution tomograms showing different organelles in the cell.
All analyses were performed using AhCre Eed+/+ and AhCre Eedfl/fl mice (n=5) injected with β-naphthoflavone and sacrificed after 15 days.D) Immunohistochemistry analysis of small intestinal sections, using specific antibodies for the proliferation marker KI67.
Expression of the proliferation marker Ki67 in CD8 T cells stimulated ex vivo by A549-SC3 cells from the indicated patient groups, before the start of immunotherapy. Relevant statistical comparisons are shown with the test of Mann-Whitney. but in the presence of an isotype control antibody or an anti-PD-1 antibody molecularly equivalent to pembrolizumab. Relevant statistical comparisons are shown with comparisons carried out with paired Student´s t test.
(E-F) Steady-state kinetic analysis of IDH1 and variants in HEK293T cells. Comparison of IDH1 WT and K224R and K224Q showed that the K224 site was important in catalysis. Data information: All results were expressed as mean ± SD of three independent experiments (n ≥ 3 per experimental condition). For (E-F), statistical significance was determined using the two-way ANOVA followed by Tukey's post hoc test. *P<0.05 and **P<0.01.
G. Detection of Fbxl17 using anti-Myc antibody in Ptch1-/- MEFs stably expressing Myc(N)-Fbxl17 (Fbxl17 tagged at the N-terminus) and Myc(C)-Fbxl17 (Fbxl17 tagged at the C-terminus).
Distributions of log2 fold change in CAGE signal corresponding to 2 nt upstream motif-dependent piRNAs upon ints-11 RNAi knockdown in an N2 and a tfiis mutant background calculated from two merged replicates. N2 empty vector was used as a baseline for fold change calculation. Boxplots show the interquartile range with a line at the median; the whiskers extend to the greatest point no more than 1.5 times the interquartile range.
B. Superimpositions of four molecules in one asymmetric unit. The dash circles indicate the sandwiched structure composed of Loop region 1, β-sheet core, and Loop region 2. The β-strand is labeled with β1 to β7, the 310 helix is labeled with η1
(D) Immunoblots of Aurkb and Aurka in total lung lysates of normal (CCSP/-) and fibrotic (CCSP/TGFα) mice fed with Dox for 6wks. Quantification was performed using phosphor imager software and normalization was done using loading control GAPDH. *P < 0.05, unpaired t-test, (n=4).
(E, F) Recycled BACE1 levels after 20 min of HA antibody pulse in HA-BACE1-eGFP-overexpressing WT and KO neurons, calculated as the HA(recycled)/eGFP(total) signal intensity ratio (WT: 0.29±0.031, KO: 0.53±0.040, p<000, 30 WT and 32 KO neurons, N=4 biological replicates). Scale bar: 5 µm. Data information: Experimental designs are depicted in the top panels where analyzed BACE1 fraction is marked with the red square. All graphs show mean ± SEM, statistical analysis was performed by unpaired two-tailed Student's t‐test n.s.-non-significant. * indicates p≤0.05, ** indicates p≤0.01, *** indicates p≤0.001.
(a) Western blot analysis showing the effects of siRNA-mediated Vps34 (siVps34) downregulation on the expression levels of HA-PLD1 and Vps34 compared with control cells (siCtrl). Cells were incubated in normal medium (Nm) or subjected to 2 h of nutrient deprivation in the presence of 50 nM bafilomycin (St+B). HeLa cells were transfected for 48 h with siRNA directed to Vps34 (siVps34) or a control sequence (siCtrl) and then transfected for 24 h with a plasmid encoding HA-PLD1.
mRNA expression levels of Mmp9 (C) or Tgfb1, Tgfb2 and Tgfb3 (D) in indicated FACS sorted cell types isolated from mouse colon tumors (n=4). Data are derived from RNA-sequencing and are displayed as reads per kilo base per million mapped reads (rpkm).
(A) Dot plot showing the distance between parent centrioles pairs in A549 cells following the indicated treatments (ZM = ZM447439; REV = reversine). Nocodazole concentrations are 0.03 μM, 0.1 μM, 0.33 μM, 1 μM, 3.3 μM. Median (red) and 95% confidence interval thereof (black) are shown. N > 50 cells were analysed. (B) Immunoblot of A549 cells subjected to the indicated treatments for 24h as in (A). N = 3 independent experiments. (C) DNA content analysis of A549 cells subjected to the indicated treatments as in (A) either for 24h (left panels) or 48h (right panels). N = 2 independent experiments.
(b) Experimental validation of predicted synergistic SR-based combinational therapies in head and neck cancer: A table summarizing the experimentally observed synergism between primary drugs and their predicted rescuer-targeting treatments in 5 HNSC cell lines, based on drug treatment experiments. Synergism was estimated using standard Fa-CI analysis. The table displays the average combination index (CI; synergism CI < 1, additivity effect CI = 1, antagonism CI > 1, NAN indeterminate CI) at 50% growth inhibition (Fraction affected). Combinations that are synergistic are colored blue (black otherwise) for each cell lines tested. The inset shows an example of CI calculation for BYL719 and Dasatinib combination in HN12 cell lines based on the corresponding dose matrix (number indicates % cell viability at 48h, n = 3), and Fa-CI curve.
D. Schematic representation of the molecular lesions of cac alleles. E. Lethal staging of cac alleles.
(B) Exopher production does not improve muscle functionality. n = 11 - 38; N = 3.
Wild-type (WT) and YF-eNOS (YF) mice were treated with vehicle (Veh) or angiotensin II (AII, 1.44 mg/kg/day) for up to 28 days. Systolic blood pressure (SBP) in WT and YF mice treated for 28 days, n=10 mice per group (Unpaired Student's t test).
D Immunofluorescence using α-GFAP antibody shows significant increase in astrogliosis in SCA8 BAC mice compared to NT mice (NT n=3, SCA8 BAC n=3, ** p<0.01; mean ± SEM; unpaired t test).
Plasma levels of key enzymes and proteins directly involving lipoprotein metabolism are indicators for COVID-19 severity. Data were represented as means ± SD and differences between groups were estimated using a Student's t test. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001. Control, n=12; mild, n=29; severe, n=17; discharge, n=16; sLDLR: soluble low-density lipoprotein receptor; LCAT: lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase; CEPT: cholesteryl-ester transfer protein.
Quantification of total number of GFP+ epidermal cells by FACS analysis from DKO*-mT/mG and DKO*K15-mT/mG mice at different time points during psoriasis-like progression compared to Co-mT/mG mice. n = 3-6 per group and time point.
D Co-immunoprecipitation of XIAP and endogenous USP9X in HEK 293T cells that were treated as in (C), but with additional transfection of the FLAG-tagged XIAP single amino acid mutants G188R and G188E. Only mitotic samples are shown. The asterisk denotes ubiquitylated forms of XIAP.
Sanger-sequencing chromatograms showing the target region of sgTrp53Q97* in wild-type (WT) and base edited (BE) cells. Arrowheads highlight cytosines of the protospacer that show base editing 5 days after transduction of BE3-expressing NIH3T3 cells with Lenti-sgTrp53Q97 EditR was used to calculate the frequency (%) of C-to-T conversion at C8 of the protospacer targeted by sgTrp53Q97* in BE3-expressing NIH3T3 cells 5 days after transduction with the indicated sgRNA vectors.
Immunofluorescence of intranuclear inclusions for polyGln expressed from Alt. polyGln and Alt. Int. polyGln constructs in HEK293T cells; scale bar: 50μm; green arrow heads indicate cells positive for Alt. Int. polyGln intranuclear inclusions; dashed white box in merge panels indicates the region show in the orthogonal (Ortho) zoomed images which show cross section and localization of diffuse polyGln staining and nuclear polyGln(Arg) inclusions with alpha tubulin as a cytoplasmic marker; n=4 experiments with n>55 cells per experiment
B. Top, wild-type and KO-OFD1 cells were incubated with 50µg/ml CHX. Immunoblots were probed with indicated antibodies. Bottom, quantification of βTUBULIN and ACTIN-normalized protein levels versus untreated conditions (-), data are expressed as mean ± SEM; n=4 independent experiments. CHX=Cycloheximide, ns=not significative.
B. SDS-PAGE gel showing results of actin filament copelleting assay. Actin filaments at 3.5 μM were used to co-pellet 0.6 μM Bos taurus Arp2/3 complex in the presence or absence of the indicated concentrations of SPIN90(269-722) (S: Soluble fraction, P: Pellet) C. Plot of co-pelleting data as shown in (B), run in quadruplicate with error bars showing the standard deviation
H&E staining of a Mex3a KO and WT littermate at P19. Inserts depict high magnification of the boxed areas.
A Schematic representation of ARBE wild‐type (WT) and deletion mutant (Mut) reporters.
(E) L929 cells stably expressing d2GFP were mock transfected or transfected with the indicated Cy5-labeled dsRNA and d2GFP level was measured as in (D).
(e) Visualization of Atg19 during the envelopment of prApe1-coated beads with Atg8-containing membranes. Note that Atg19 directly binds the prApe1-coated beads (arrows). The experimental set-up is shown on the right. Scale bars, 5 μM. Abbreviations: 8, Atg8; 19, Atg19; DIC, differential interference contrast. All experiments have been conducted at least three times.
Allele-distinguishable RT-PCR for detecting Hprt, G6pdx, and Rnf12 X-linked genes. Bands with the anticipated sizes expressed from XJF1 or XTX alleles are shown.
C Immunoblot analysis of HIF2α induction in T4121 GSCs expressing shUSP33 or shNT in response to low oxygen. Twenty-four hours post lentiviral transduction of shUSP33 or shNT, GSCs were incubated under 20% or 5% oxygen for 24 hours and then harvested for the immunoblot analysis. Disruption of USP33 abrogated HIF2α induction in GSCs in response to 5% oxygen.
(A) Normalized GE values of plant SR proteins in a 48-hour time course. In the first day, plants were kept at 20°C (red) and shifted to 4°C (blue) for the second day. Plants were under a 12-hour dark/light regimen (gray/yellow bars). Warm- and cold-expressed genes are indicated.
B) Representative confocal microscopy images of U2OS BAX/BAK DKO cells of the interactions between RA-BAX variants and GB-DRP1, shown as green signal, 3 h after apoptosis induction. Mitochondria labeled with mito-BFP in magenta. Scale bar 10 μm.
B) hSSU72 is required for efficient loading of hSTN1 at human telomeres. ChIP was preformed using anti-FLAG antibodies and Southern blotting was performed using a human telomeric probe. Quantification of 3 independent ChIP experiments *p ≤0.05 **p ≤0.01 based on a two-tailed Student's t-test to control sample. Error bars represent standard error of the mean (SEM).
Direct fluorescence image showing GFP-labeled LL-37-hDASCs before (left) and 7 days after (right) being engrafted onto the decellularized scaffold. Scale bar, 100 μm (right panel) and 1000 μm (right panel)
F) Representative images of lumbar spinal cord sections at 130 days immunostained with ChAT. Scale bar, 200 µm. G) Quantification of ChAT-positive MN in the spinal cord ventral horn (dotted areas) at 130 days shows that Parkin knockout decreases MN loss in the spinal cord of SOD1-G93A mice. Results are expressed as mean ± SEM; n = 10 mice per group in Non Tg, PKO and G93A (5 males and 5 females) and n= 9 for PKO/G93A (4 males and 5 females); *p=0.031, by unpaired Student's t test. H
D) Induction of PD-1 on CD11b+-microglia in vitro using 1 μM Aβ or 100 ng/ml LPS, analyzed by flow cytometry.
Potentially phosphorylated residues in the MICU1 (NM_144822) sequence were detected using the Scansite 3 software (http://scansite3.mit.edu). The different values refer to the surface accessibility scores (Scansite) or the phosphorylation scores, which were obtained with both NetPhos 3.1 (http://www.cbs.dtu.dk/services/NetPhos/) and NetPhorest (http://www.netphorest.info) software
(F) Heatmap of gene expression dynamics throughout germ cell maturation clusters. Selected genes belong to the category "early germ cell" and "meiotic". Zscore is shown.
HeLa cells were co-transfected with wildtype or K95A GFP-TDP NLS, HA-ubiquitin and iRFP or GA175-iRFP. 24h after transfection, cells were treated with rolipram (30 µM), MG132 (10 µM) or DMSO (vehicle) for 16h. Lysates were immunoprecipitated with Protein G beads coupled with anti-GFP antibody.
B, Protocol for reprogramming of miR-203 mutant MEFs into pluripotent iPSCs and subsequent differentiation into embryoid bodies. MEFs were transduced with lentiviruses expressing Oct4, Sox2, Klf4, and cMyc (OSKM) in a constitutive manner. The resulting iPSCs were then treated with doxycycline (Dox) 1 μg/ml during 5 days to induce miR-203 expression. "miiPSCs" refers to iPSCs in which miR-203 was transiently expressed during the indicated 5 days. Dox was removed for 15-30 days before starting the embryoid body generation protocol. Samples for RNA sequencing were taken 30 days after Dox withdrawal.
B Gene Ontology (GO) molecular function clusters are schematically shown on a two-dimensional scaling plot. Cluster groups 1-11 are marked by colors and explained on panel 6C. Clusters of potentially pro-nociceptive molecular functions are circled.