Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

September 14, 2020

Potential role of cellular miRNAs in coronavirus-host interplay

Stepan Nersisyan, Narek Engibaryan, Aleksandra Gorbonos, Ksenia Kirdey, Alexey Makhonin, Alexander Tonevitsky

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9994 PubMed 32983652

September 17, 2020

Evidence of transfer of miRNAs from the diet to the blood still inconclusive

Fermín Mar-Aguilar, Alejandra Arreola-Triana, Daniela Mata-Cardona, Vianey Gonzalez-Villasana, Cristina Rodríguez-Padilla, Diana Reséndez-Pérez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9567 PubMed 32995073

September 17, 2020

One becomes two: second species of the Euwallacea fornicatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) species complex is established on two Hawaiian Islands

Paul F. Rugman-Jones, Michelle Au, Valeh Ebrahimi, Akif Eskalen, Conrad P.D.T. Gillett, David Honsberger, Deena Husein, Mark G. Wright, Fazila Yousuf, Richard Stouthamer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9987 PubMed 32995100

September 3, 2020

Comparing the gastrointestinal barrier function between growth-retarded and normal yaks on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Jian Ma, Ali Mujtaba Shah, Zhisheng Wang, Rui Hu, Huawei Zou, Xueying Wang, Guang Cao, Quanhui Peng, Bai Xue, Lizhi Wang, Suonan Zhao, Xiangying Kong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9851 PubMed 32953274

September 29, 2020

Identification of hub genes and small molecule therapeutic drugs related to breast cancer with comprehensive bioinformatics analysis

Mingqian Hao, Wencong Liu, Chuanbo Ding, Xiaojuan Peng, Yue Zhang, Huiying Chen, Ling Dong, Xinglong Liu, Yingchun Zhao, Xueyan Chen, Sadia Khatoon, Yinan Zheng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9946 PubMed 33083112

September 25, 2020

The mechanism and detection of alternative splicing events in circular RNAs

Xiaohan Li, Bing Zhang, Fuyu Li, Kequan Yu, Yunfei Bai

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10032 PubMed 33033662

September 29, 2020

Global RNA editome landscape discovers reduced RNA editing in glioma: loss of editing of gamma-amino butyric acid receptor alpha subunit 3 (GABRA3) favors glioma migration and invasion

Vikas Patil, Jagriti Pal, Kulandaivelu Mahalingam, Kumaravel Somasundaram

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9755 PubMed 33062411

September 21, 2020

Identification of NUF2 and FAM83D as potential biomarkers in triple-negative breast cancer

Xiuming Zhai, Zhaowei Yang, Xiji Liu, Zihe Dong, Dandan Zhou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9975 PubMed 33005492

September 17, 2020

Salinity impairs photosynthetic capacity and enhances carotenoid-related gene expression and biosynthesis in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L. cv. Micro-Tom)

Andrés Leiva-Ampuero, Mario Agurto, José Tomás Matus, Gustavo Hoppe, Camila Huidobro, Claudio Inostroza-Blancheteau, Marjorie Reyes-Díaz, Claudia Stange, Paulo Canessa, Andrea Vega

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9742 PubMed 32995076

September 11, 2020

Unexpected diversity in the host-generalist oribatid mite Paraleius leontonychus (Oribatida, Scheloribatidae) phoretic on Palearctic bark beetles

Sylvia Schäffer, Stephan Koblmüller

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9710 PubMed 32974091

September 17, 2020

Role of reactive oxygen species and isoflavonoids in soybean resistance to the attack of the southern green stink bug

Ivana Sabljic, Jesica A. Barneto, Karina B. Balestrasse, Jorge A. Zavala, Eduardo A. Pagano

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9956 PubMed 32995095

September 4, 2020

Five new pseudocryptic land planarian species of Cratera (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida) unveiled through integrative taxonomy

Ana Paula Goulart Araujo, Fernando Carbayo, Marta Riutort, Marta Álvarez-Presas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9726 PubMed 32983634

September 21, 2020

Transcriptomic analysis reveals insights into the response to Hop stunt viroid (HSVd) in sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) fruits

Li Xu, Xiaojuan Zong, Jiawei Wang, Hairong Wei, Xin Chen, Qingzhong Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10005 PubMed 33005494

September 11, 2020

ProminTools: shedding light on proteins of unknown function in biomineralization with user friendly tools illustrated using mollusc shell matrix protein sequences

Alastair W. Skeffington, Andreas Donath

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9852 PubMed 32974096

September 28, 2020

Identification of an 8-miRNA signature as a potential prognostic biomarker for glioma

Baowei Ji, Lihua Chen, Qiang Cai, Qiao Guo, Zhibiao Chen, Du He

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9943 PubMed 33062427

September 15, 2020

Development of a novel nanoflow liquid chromatography-parallel reaction monitoring mass spectrometry-based method for quantification of angiotensin peptides in HUVEC cultures

Chuan He, Simiao Hu, Wanxing Zhou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9941 PubMed 32983648

September 24, 2020

Identification and expression profiles of candidate chemosensory receptors in Histia rhodope (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae)

Haibo Yang, Junfeng Dong, Ya-Lan Sun, Zhenjie Hu, Qi-Hui Lyu, Dingxu Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10035 PubMed 33024644

September 22, 2020

Fungal infection, decline and persistence in the only obligate troglodytic Neotropical salamander

Mizraim Olivares-Miranda, Vance T. Vredenburg, Julio C. García-Sánchez, Allison Q. Byrne, Erica B. Rosenblum, Sean M. Rovito

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9763 PubMed 33024623

September 18, 2020

Differences in small noncoding RNAs profile between bull X and Y sperm

Hao Zhou, Jiajia Liu, Wei Sun, Rui Ding, Xihe Li, Aishao Shangguan, Yang Zhou, Tesfaye Worku, Xingjie Hao, Faheem Ahmed Khan, Liguo Yang, Shujun Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9822 PubMed 32999759

September 7, 2020

Characterization of the transcriptional response of Candida parapsilosis to the antifungal peptide MAF-1A

Rong Cheng, Wei Li, Klarke M. Sample, Qiang Xu, Lin Liu, Fuxun Yu, Yingjie Nie, Xiangyan Zhang, Zhenhua Luo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9767 PubMed 33194346

September 4, 2020

Platelet factor 4 inhibits human hair follicle growth and promotes androgen receptor expression in human dermal papilla cells

Ke Sha, Mengting Chen, Fangfen Liu, San Xu, Ben Wang, Qinqin Peng, Yiya Zhang, Hongfu Xie, Ji Li, Zhili Deng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9867 PubMed 32953277

September 7, 2020

Overexpression of KIAA1199 is an independent prognostic marker in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma

Meixiang Huang, Feifei Liao, Yexun Song, Gang Zuo, Guolin Tan, Ling Chu, Tiansheng Wang