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May 11, 2021

Prokaryotic communities from a lava tube cave in La Palma Island (Spain) are involved in the biogeochemical cycle of major elements

Jose Luis Gonzalez-Pimentel, Tamara Martin-Pozas, Valme Jurado, Ana Zelia Miller, Ana Teresa Caldeira, Octavio Fernandez-Lorenzo, Sergio Sanchez-Moral, Cesareo Saiz-Jimenez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11386 PubMed 34026356

May 7, 2021

The regulation of immune checkpoints by the hypoxic tumor microenvironment

Min Hu, Yongfu Li, Yuting Lu, Miao Wang, Yingrui Li, Chaoying Wang, Qin Li, Hong Zhao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11306 PubMed 34012727

May 3, 2021

Prediction of DNA binding proteins using local features and long-term dependencies with primary sequences based on deep learning

Guobin Li, Xiuquan Du, Xinlu Li, Le Zou, Guanhong Zhang, Zhize Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11262 PubMed 33986992

May 5, 2021

Comparison of ultrafiltration and iron chloride flocculation in the preparation of aquatic viromes from contrasting sample types

Kathryn Langenfeld, Kaitlyn Chin, Ariel Roy, Krista Wigginton, Melissa B. Duhaime

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11111 PubMed 33996275

May 6, 2021

First complete mitogenomes of Diamesinae, Orthocladiinae, Prodiamesinae, Tanypodinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) and their implication in phylogenetics

Chen-Guang Zheng, Xiu-Xiu Zhu, Li-Ping Yan, Yuan Yao, Wen-Jun Bu, Xin-Hua Wang, Xiao-Long Lin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11294 PubMed 33996279

May 28, 2021

Resveratrol improves cardiac function and left ventricular fibrosis after myocardial infarction in rats by inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome activity and the TGF-β1/SMAD2 signaling pathway

Jinjin Jiang, Xiuping Gu, Huifeng Wang, Shibin Ding

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11501 PubMed 34123595

May 25, 2021

Evaluation of pro-apoptotic potential of taxifolin against liver cancer

Sania Safdar Butt, Khushbukhat Khan, Yasmin Badshah, Mehak Rafiq, Maria Shabbir

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11276 PubMed 34113483

May 3, 2021

Coverage and quality of DNA barcode references for Central and Northern European Odonata

Matthias Geiger, Stephan Koblmüller, Giacomo Assandri, Andreas Chovanec, Torbjørn Ekrem, Iris Fischer, Andrea Galimberti, Michał Grabowski, Elisabeth Haring, Axel Hausmann, Lars Hendrich, Stefan Koch, Tomasz Mamos, Udo Rothe, Björn Rulik, Tomasz Rewicz, Marcia Sittenthaler, Elisabeth Stur, Grzegorz Tończyk, Lukas Zangl, Jerome Moriniere

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11192 PubMed 33986985

May 24, 2021

The effects of genotypes and media composition on callogenesis, regeneration and cell suspension culture of chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.)

Aqeel Ahmad, Muhammad Tahir ul Qamar, Almeera Shoukat, Mehtab Muhammad Aslam, Mohsin Tariq, Mansor Hakiman, Faiz Ahmad Joyia

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11464 PubMed 34113490

May 18, 2021

Microsatellite instability and Epstein-Barr virus combined with PD-L1 could serve as a potential strategy for predicting the prognosis and efficacy of postoperative chemotherapy in gastric cancer

Na Yang, Yanhua Wu, Meishan Jin, Zhifang Jia, Yueqi Wang, Donghui Cao, Lili Qin, Xueying Wang, Min Zheng, Xueyuan Cao, Jing Jiang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11481 PubMed 34046266

May 19, 2021

MicroRNA panel in serum reveals novel diagnostic biomarkers for prostate cancer

Shiyu Zhang, Cheng Liu, Xuan Zou, Xiangnan Geng, Xin Zhou, XingChen Fan, Danxia Zhu, Huo Zhang, Wei Zhu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11441 PubMed 34055487

May 12, 2021

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor increases cell number of neural progenitor cells derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells

Panetha Pansri, Phetcharat Phanthong, Nopparat Suthprasertporn, Yindee Kitiyanant, Alisa Tubsuwan, Andras Dinnyes, Julianna Kobolak, Narisorn Kitiyanant

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11388 PubMed 34026357

May 12, 2021

Comparative transcriptome profiling of a resistant vs susceptible bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivar in response to water deficit and cold stress

Dmitrii K. Konstantinov, Ulyana S. Zubairova, Anton A. Ermakov, Alexey V. Doroshkov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11428 PubMed 34026365

May 18, 2021

Native to designed: microbial α-amylases for industrial applications

Si Jie Lim, Siti Nurbaya Oslan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11315 PubMed 34046253

May 27, 2021

Molecular diversity within the genus Laeonereis (Annelida, Nereididae) along the west Atlantic coast: paving the way for integrative taxonomy

Bruno R. Sampieri, Pedro E. Vieira, Marcos A. L. Teixeira, Victor C. Seixas, Paulo R. Pagliosa, Antonia Cecília Z. Amaral, Filipe O. Costa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11364 PubMed 34123584

May 12, 2021

Genome-wide identification of the Tubby-Like Protein (TLPs) family in medicinal model plant Salvia miltiorrhiza

Kai Wang, Yating Cheng, Li Yi, Hailang He, Shaofeng Zhan, Peng Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11403 PubMed 34026360

May 26, 2021

Integrative species delimitation based on COI, ITS, and morphological evidence illustrates a unique evolutionary history of the genus Paracercion (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)

Haiguang Zhang, Xin Ning, Xin Yu, Wen-Jun Bu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11459 PubMed 34123590

May 31, 2021

Lipid accumulation of Chlorella sp. TLD6B from the Taklimakan Desert under salt stress

Hong Li, Jun Tan, Yun Mu, Jianfeng Gao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11525 PubMed 34131525

May 25, 2021

Biotin-streptavidin-guided two-step pretargeting approach using PLGA for molecular ultrasound imaging and chemotherapy for ovarian cancer

Hang Zhou, Jing Fu, Qihuan Fu, Yujie Feng, Ruixia Hong, Pan Li, Zhigang Wang, Xiaoling Huang, Fang Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11486 PubMed 34113492

May 18, 2021

Description of three new species of Geometridae (Lepidoptera) using species delimitation in an integrative taxonomy approach for a cryptic species complex

Simeão S. Moraes, Ygor Montebello, Mariana A. Stanton, Lydia Fumiko Yamaguchi, Massuo J. Kato, André V.L. Freitas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11304 PubMed 34046252

May 26, 2021

New insight into the divergent responses of plants to warming in the context of root endophytic bacterial and fungal communities

Xiaoting Wei, Fengyan Jiang, Bing Han, Hui Zhang, Ding Huang, Xinqing Shao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11340 PubMed 34123582

May 3, 2021

Centromere protein N may be a novel malignant prognostic biomarker for hepatocellular carcinoma

Qingqing Wang, Xiaoyan Yu, Zhewen Zheng, Fengxia Chen, Ningning Yang, Yunfeng Zhou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11342 PubMed 33987018

May 14, 2021

DZNep, an inhibitor of the histone methyltransferase EZH2, suppresses hepatic fibrosis through regulating miR-199a-5p/SOCS7 pathway

Rongrong Ding, Jianming Zheng, Ning Li, Qi Cheng, Mengqi Zhu, Yanbing Wang, Xinlan Zhou, Zhanqing Zhang, Guangfeng Shi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11374 PubMed 34040893

May 5, 2021

Genome-wide identification and characterization of NAC genes in Brassica juncea var. tumida

Longxing Jiang, Quan Sun, Yu Wang, Pingan Chang, Haohuan Kong, Changshu Luo, Xiaohong He

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11212 PubMed 33996278

May 4, 2021

The Sugar Transporter family in wheat (Triticum aestivum. L): genome-wide identification, classification, and expression profiling during stress in seedlings

Hongzhan Liu, Chaoqiong Li, Lin Qiao, Lizong Hu, Xueqin Wang, Junsheng Wang, Xianle Ruan, Guangyu Yang, Guihong Yin, Chunping Wang, Zhongke Sun, Keshi Ma, Lili Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11371 PubMed 33987032

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