Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

December 19, 2023

Impacts of tilapia aquaculture on native fish diversity at an ecologically important reservoir

Muzzalifah Abd Hamid, Amir Shah Ruddin Md Sah, Izwandy Idris, Siti Azizah Mohd Nor, Mashhor Mansor

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15986 PubMed 38144186

December 12, 2023

New insights into the role of GSK-3β in the brain: from neurodegenerative disease to tumorigenesis

Shenjin Lai, Peng Wang, Jingru Gong, Shuaishuai Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16635 PubMed 38107562

December 11, 2023

Replacement of milk fat by rapeseed oil stabilised emulsion in commercial yogurt

Mirosław M. Kasprzak, Marek Sady, Joanna Kruk, Simona Bartkova, Immanuel Sanka, Ott Scheler, Ewelina Jamróz, Wiktor Berski, Sylwia Onacik-Gür, Rafał Szram, Charles Odilichukwu R. Okpala, Joanna Tkaczewska, Marzena Zając, Jacek Domagała, Stanisław Ptasznik

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16441 PubMed 38099312

December 11, 2023

A deep learning method for drug-target affinity prediction based on sequence interaction information mining

Mingjian Jiang, Yunchang Shao, Yuanyuan Zhang, Wei Zhou, Shunpeng Pang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16625 PubMed 38099302

December 5, 2023

Dark kinase annotation, mining, and visualization using the Protein Kinase Ontology

Saber Soleymani, Nathan Gravel, Liang-Chin Huang, Wayland Yeung, Elika Bozorgi, Nathaniel G. Bendzunas, Krzysztof J. Kochut, Natarajan Kannan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16087 PubMed 38077442

December 5, 2023

Fascin actin-bundling protein 1 regulates non-small cell lung cancer progression by influencing the transcription and splicing of tumorigenesis-related genes

Qingchao Sun, Ruixue Liu, Haiping Zhang, Liang Zong, Xiaoliang Jing, Long Ma, Jie Li, Liwei Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16526 PubMed 38077434

December 20, 2023

Shedding light on the Ophel biome: the trans-Tethyan phylogeography of the sulfide shrimp Tethysbaena (Peracarida: Thermosbaenacea) in the Levant

Tamar Guy-Haim, Oren Kolodny, Amos Frumkin, Yair Achituv, Ximena Velasquez, Arseniy R. Morov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16690 PubMed 38144178

December 8, 2023

Riding the wave of innovation: immunoinformatics in fish disease control

Siti Aisyah Razali, Mohd Shahir Shamsir, Nur Farahin Ishak, Chen-Fei Low, Wan-Atirah Azemin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16419 PubMed 38089909

December 6, 2023

Genomic DNA extraction optimization and validation for genome sequencing using the marine gastropod Kellet’s whelk

Benjamin N. Daniels, Jenna Nurge, Olivia Sleeper, Andy Lee, Cataixa López, Mark R. Christie, Robert J. Toonen, Crow White, Jean M. Davidson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16510 PubMed 38077446

December 19, 2023

Covariation between microeukaryotes and bacteria associated with Planorbidae snails

Camille Clerissi, Camille Huot, Anaïs Portet, Benjamin Gourbal, Eve Toulza

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16639 PubMed 38144201

December 7, 2023

Changes of the gut microbiota composition and short chain fatty acid in patients with atrial fibrillation

Lingzhi Chen, Jinxin Chen, Yuheng Huang, Yanran Wu, Junfeng Li, Weicheng Ni, Yucheng Lu, Zhenzhen Li, Chuhuan Zhao, Shuting Kong, Hao Zhou, Xiang Qu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16228 PubMed 38084144

December 1, 2023

Identification of potential glioma drug resistance target proteins based on ultra-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry differential proteomics

Da Li, Jun Yan, Kang Li, Qingcheng Yang, Liping Bian, Bencheng Lin, Xiaohua Liu, Zhuge Xi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16426 PubMed 38054015

December 12, 2023

Involvement of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in p300/p53-mediated age-related atrial fibrosis

Yingyu Lai, Jintao He, Xiaoyan Gao, Dewei Peng, Huishan Zhou, Yuwen Xu, Xueshan Luo, Hui Yang, Mengzhen Zhang, Chunyu Deng, Shulin Wu, Yumei Xue, Feng Zhou, Fang Rao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16545 PubMed 38107584

December 18, 2023

Identification and validation of prognostic and tumor microenvironment characteristics of necroptosis index and BIRC3 in clear cell renal cell carcinoma

Kai Wei, Xi Zhang, Dongrong Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16643 PubMed 38130918

December 15, 2023

Late Cretaceous coprolite from the Opole area (southern Poland) as evidence for a variable diet in shell-crushing shark Ptychodus (Elasmobranchii: Ptychodontidae)

Dawid Mazurek, Mateusz Antczak

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16598 PubMed 38111662

December 11, 2023

The Aurora kinase inhibitor AT9283 inhibits Burkitt lymphoma growth by regulating Warburg effect

Kaiming Jiang, Lihong Bai, Canfei Wang, Xiang Xiao, Zhao Cheng, Hongling Peng, Sufang Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16581 PubMed 38099309

December 4, 2023

Cytogenotoxic potential and toxicity in adult Danio rerio (zebrafish) exposed to chloramine T

Carla Letícia Gediel Rivero-Wendt, Ana Luisa Miranda Vilela, Luana GarciaFernandes, Andreza Negreli Santos, Igor Leal, Jeandre Jaques, Carlos Eurico Fernandes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16452 PubMed 38077413

December 4, 2023

Estimation of serum C-reactive protein activity in periodontal health and disease and response to treatment: a clinico-biochemical study

Shahabe Saquib Abullais, Yogesh Wykole, Mohasin Abdul Khader, Shaik Mohamed Shamsudeen, Sultan Alanazi, Shafait Ullah Khateeb, Mohammad Yunis Saleem Bhat, Shaheen Shamsuddin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16495 PubMed 38077410

December 15, 2023

A SNP variation in the Sucrose synthase (SoSUS) gene associated with sugar-related traits in sugarcane

Supaporn Khanbo, Suthasinee Somyong, Phakamas Phetchawang, Warodom Wirojsirasak, Kittipat Ukoskit, Peeraya Klomsa-ard, Wirulda Pootakham, Sithichoke Tangphatsornruang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16667 PubMed 38111652

December 5, 2023

miR-4270 suppresses hepatocellular carcinoma progression by inhibiting DNMT3A-mediated methylation of HGFAC promoter

Qiang Zou, Shasha Cao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16566 PubMed 38077422

December 4, 2023

Characterization of trade-offs between immunity and reproduction in the coral species Astrangia poculata

Natalie Villafranca, Isabella Changsut, Sofia Diaz de Villegas, Haley Womack, Lauren E. Fuess

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16586 PubMed 38077420

December 21, 2023

Response of nine triticale genotypes to different salt concentrations at the germination and early seedling stages

Ebrahim Ramadan, Haytham A. Freeg, Nagwa Shalaby, Mosa S. Rizk, Jun Ma, Wenhua Du, Omar M. Ibrahim, Khairiah M. Alwutayd, Hamada AbdElgawad, Ick-Hyun Jo, Amira M. El-Tahan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16256 PubMed 38152345

December 5, 2023

Inhibition of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) proliferation through targeting G6PD

Makamas Chanda, Pornchai Anuntasomboon, Komkrit Ruangritchankul, Poonlarp Cheepsunthorn, Chalisa L. Cheepsunthorn

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16503 PubMed 38077440

December 8, 2023

Trapping liquids may bias the results of beetle diversity assessment

Oto Nakládal, Eliška Havránková, Václav Zumr

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16531 PubMed 38089907

December 19, 2023

Increased contribution of parasites in microbial eukaryotic communities of different Aegean Sea coastal systems

Alexandra Meziti, Evangelia Smeti, Daniil Daniilides, Sofie Spatharis, George Tsirtsis, Konstantinos A. Kormas