Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

July 4, 2022

Metabolome and transcriptome profiling reveal regulatory network and mechanism of flavonoid biosynthesis during color formation of Dioscorea cirrhosa L.

Lin Yan, Haijun Yang, Qiang Ye, Zhihua Huang, Hongying Zhou, Dafang Cui

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13659 PubMed 35811818

July 13, 2022

Synthesis of geological data and comparative phylogeography of lowland tetrapods suggests recent dispersal through lowland portals crossing the Eastern Andean Cordillera

Erika Rodriguez-Muñoz, Camilo Montes, Fernando J. M. Rojas-Runjaic, Andrew J. Crawford

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13186 PubMed 35855906

July 11, 2022

GABRP promotes CD44s-mediated gemcitabine resistance in pancreatic cancer

Chen Chen, Binfeng Wu, Mingge Wang, Jinghua Chen, Zhaohui Huang, Jin-Song Shi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12728 PubMed 35846884

July 4, 2022

Curcumin effect on Acanthamoeba triangularis encystation under nutrient starvation

Rachasak Boonhok, Suthinee Sangkanu, Suganya Phumjan, Ramita Jongboonjua, Nawarat Sangnopparat, Pattamaporn Kwankaew, Aman Tedasen, Chooi Ling Lim, Maria de Lourdes Pereira, Mohammed Rahmatullah, Polrat Wilairatana, Christophe Wiart, Karma G. Dolma, Alok K. Paul, Madhu Gupta, Veeranoot Nissapatorn

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13657 PubMed 35811814

July 28, 2022

Drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Oman: resistance-conferring mutations and lineage diversity

Sara Al Mahrouqi, Amal Gadalla, Saleh Al Azri, Salama Al-Hamidhi, Amina Al-Jardani, Abdullah Balkhair, Amira Al-fahdi, Laila Al Balushi, Samiya Al Zadjali, Asmahan Mohammed Nasser Al Marhoubi, Hamza A. Babiker

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13645 PubMed 35919400

July 21, 2022

Variability within a clonal population of Erwinia amylovora disclosed by phenotypic analysis

Rafael J. Mendes, Conceição Amaro, João Pedro Luz, Fernando Tavares, Conceição Santos

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13695 PubMed 35891645

July 12, 2022

Comparative full-length transcriptome analysis by Oxford Nanopore Technologies reveals genes involved in anthocyanin accumulation in storage roots of sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas L.)

Jun Xiong, Xiuhua Tang, Minzheng Wei, Wenjin Yu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13688 PubMed 35846886

July 22, 2022

Genetic dissection of grain iron concentration in hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) using a genome-wide association analysis method

Jiansheng Wang, Xia Shi, Zhengfu Zhou, Maomao Qin, Yahuan Wang, Wenxu Li, Pan Yang, Zhengqing Wu, Zhensheng Lei

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13625 PubMed 35898941

July 19, 2022

Diversity and distribution of air-breathing sea slug genus Peronia Fleming, 1822 (Gastropoda: Onchidiidae) in southern Japanese waters

Iori Mizukami, Chloé Julie Loïs Fourreau, Sakine Matsuo, James Davis Reimer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13720 PubMed 35873908

July 15, 2022

Tumor budding of cervical squamous cell carcinoma: epithelial-mesenchymal transition-like cancer stem cells?

Shaoqiu Zheng, Jing Luo, Shoucheng Xie, Shanming Lu, Qinghua Liu, Huanqin Xiao, Wenjuan Luo, Yanfang Huang, Kun Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13745 PubMed 35860042

July 11, 2022

TBX3 regulates the transcription of VEGFA to promote osteoblasts proliferation and microvascular regeneration

Lichuang Wu, Chenxian Su, Chuanhua Yang, Jinxing Liu, Yiheng Ye

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13722 PubMed 35846885

July 12, 2022

Characterization of human tear proteome reveals differentially abundance proteins in thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy

Xiaoqing Zhou, Ruili Wei, Rui Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13701 PubMed 35846879

July 12, 2022

Downregulation of the enhancer of zeste homolog 1 transcriptional factor predicts poor prognosis of triple-negative breast cancer patients

Wei Peng, Wei Tang, Jian-Di Li, Rong-Quan He, Jia-Yuan Luo, Zu-Xuan Chen, Jiang-Hui Zeng, Xiao-Hua Hu, Jin-Cai Zhong, Yang Li, Fu-Chao Ma, Tian-Yi Xie, Su-Ning Huang, Lian-Ying Ge

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13708 PubMed 35846880

July 8, 2022

Multi-locus evaluation of gastrointestinal bacterial communities from Zalophus californianus pups in the Gulf of California, México

David Ramirez-Delgado, Francesco Cicala, Ricardo A. Gonzalez-Sanchez, Rosalia Avalos-Tellez, Elena Solana-Arellano, Alexei Licea-Navarro

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13235 PubMed 35833012

July 22, 2022

Analysis of microRNA expression profiles in exosomes derived from acute myeloid leukemia by p62 knockdown and effect on angiogenesis

Chuan Li, Xinyi Long, Peiqi Liang, Zhuogang Liu, Chen Wang, Rong Hu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13498 PubMed 35898936

July 19, 2022

Comparative genomic analysis of the COBRA genes in six Rosaceae species and expression analysis in Chinese white pear (Pyrus bretschneideri)

Yu Zhao, Xueqiang Su, Xinya Wang, Mengna Wang, Xiaofeng Feng, Muhammad Aamir Manzoor, Yongping Cai

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13723 PubMed 35873912

July 1, 2022

Genetic diversity of enterotoxigenic Bacillus cereus strains in coriander in southwestern Mexico

Daniel Alexander Castulo-Arcos, Roberto Adame-Gómez, Natividad Castro-Alarcón, Aketzalli Galán-Luciano, María Cristina Santiago Dionisio, Marco A. Leyva-Vázquez, Jose-Humberto Perez-Olais, Jeiry Toribio-Jiménez, Arturo Ramirez-Peralta

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13667 PubMed 35795180

July 8, 2022

Identification and subcellular localization analysis of membrane protein Ycf 1 in the microsporidian Nosema bombycis

Yong Chen, Erjun Wei, Ying Chen, Ping He, Runpeng Wang, Qiang Wang, Xudong Tang, Yiling Zhang, Feng Zhu, Zhongyuan Shen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13530 PubMed 35833014

July 4, 2022

Effect of icaritin on autophagy-related protein expression in TDP-43-transfected SH-SY5Y cells

Yanjun Zhou, Nanqu Huang, Yuanyuan Li, Zhisheng Ba, Yong Luo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13703 PubMed 35811810

July 21, 2022

Identification and validation of immune related core transcription factors GTF2I in NAFLD

Minbo Zhang, Yu Zhang, Xiaoxiao Jiao, Linying Lai, Yiting Qian, Bo Sun, Wenzhuo Yang