Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

August 2, 2023

Transcriptomic characterization revealed that METTL7A inhibits melanoma progression via the p53 signaling pathway and immunomodulatory pathway

Duoli Zhang, Tao Zou, Qingsong Liu, Jie Chen, Mintao Xiao, Anfu Zheng, Zhuo Zhang, Fukuan Du, Yalan Dai, Shixin Xiang, Xu Wu, Mingxing Li, Yu Chen, Yueshui Zhao, Jing Shen, Guiquan Chen, Zhangang Xiao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15799 PubMed 37547717

August 30, 2023

Carboxypeptidase E is a prognostic biomarker co-expressed with osteoblastic genes in osteosarcoma

Dafu Chen, Ben Wan, Yuning Cheng, Yuwen Luo, Xueshan Bai, Jianxun Guo, Guangping Li, Tao Jin, Jingjun Nie, Weifeng Liu, Renxian Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15814 PubMed 37663298

August 2, 2023

Mutation-derived, genomic instability-associated lncRNAs are prognostic markers in gliomas

Shenglun Li, Yujia Chen, Yuduo Guo, Jiacheng Xu, Xiang Wang, Weihai Ning, Lixin Ma, Yanming Qu, Mingshan Zhang, Hongwei Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15810 PubMed 37547724

August 24, 2023

Development and validation of the Exteroceptive Body Awareness (EBA-q) questionnaire

Alisha Vabba, Giuseppina Porciello, Maria Serena Panasiti, Salvatore Maria Aglioti

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15382 PubMed 37641601

August 21, 2023

Crown-of-thorns starfish spines secrete defence proteins

Adam K. Hillberg, Meaghan K. Smith, Blake S. Lausen, Saowaros Suwansa-ard, Ryan Johnston, Shahida A. Mitu, Leah E. MacDonald, Min Zhao, Cherie A. Motti, Tianfang Wang, Abigail Elizur, Keisuke Nakashima, Noriyuki Satoh, Scott F. Cummins

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15689 PubMed 37637177

August 23, 2023

CTRP3 attenuates inflammation, oxidative and cell death in cisplatin induced HK-2 cells

Chenglin Zou, Xun Tang, Tingting Guo, Tingting Jiang, Wenying Zhang, Jun Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15890 PubMed 37637169

August 22, 2023

Comparative genomics of bacteria from amphibian skin associated with inhibition of an amphibian fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Noah Wax, Jenifer B. Walke, David C. Haak, Lisa K. Belden

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15714 PubMed 37637170

August 23, 2023

Investigating microbial size classes associated with the transmission of stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD)

James S. Evans, Valerie J. Paul, Blake Ushijima, Kelly A. Pitts, Christina A. Kellogg

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15836 PubMed 37637172

August 17, 2023

Using repeatability of performance within and across contexts to validate measures of behavioral flexibility

Kelsey McCune, Aaron Blaisdell, Zoe Johnson-Ulrich, August Sevchik, Dieter Lukas, Maggie MacPherson, Benjamin Seitz, Corina J. Logan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15773 PubMed 37605750

August 21, 2023

Variations in bacterial diversity and community structure in the sediments of an alkaline lake in Inner Mongolia plateau, China

Jumei Liu, Jingli Yu, Wantong Si, Ge Ding, Shaohua Zhang, Donghui Gong, Jie Bi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15909 PubMed 37637159

August 3, 2023

Effects of harvest stages and lactic acid bacteria additives on the nutritional quality of silage derived from triticale, rye, and oat on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Jun Ma, Hanling Dai, Hancheng Liu, Wenhua Du

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15772 PubMed 37551342

August 21, 2023

Feeding ecology and reproductive biology of small coastal sharks in Malaysian waters

Kean Chong Lim, Amy Yee-Hui Then, Kar-Hoe Loh

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15849 PubMed 37637173

August 28, 2023

First report of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris’ associated with yellowing, scorching and decline of almond trees in India

Shivani Gupta, Anil Handa, Ajay Brakta, Gulshan Negi, Rahul Kumar Tiwari, Milan Kumar Lal, Ravinder Kumar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15926 PubMed 37663297

August 11, 2023

Effects of passages through an insect or a plant on virulence and physiological properties of the fungus Metarhizium robertsii

Oksana G. Tomilova, Vadim Y. Kryukov, Natalia A. Kryukova, Khristina P. Tolokonnikova, Yuri S. Tokarev, Arina S. Rumiantseva, Alexander A. Alekseev, Viktor V. Glupov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15726 PubMed 37583910

August 18, 2023

Process optimization, antioxidant, antibacterial, and drug adjuvant properties of bioactive keratin microparticles derived from porcupine (Hystrix indica) quills

Zahid Majeed, Hoorulain Farhat, Basharat Ahmad, Atia Iqbal, Abu ul Hassan Faiz, Mater H. Mahnashi, Ali O. Alqarni, Omaish Alqahtani, Amer Al Ali, Aiman M. Momenah

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15653 PubMed 37609437

August 16, 2023

Hub gene associated with prognosis in bladder cancer is a novel therapeutic target

Dengpan Fang, Yuanqiao He, Yun Yi, Jiaqi Mei, Cundong Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15670 PubMed 37601252

August 25, 2023

NEAL: an open-source tool for audio annotation

Anthony Gibbons, Ian Donohue, Courtney Gorman, Emma King, Andrew Parnell

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15913 PubMed 37645015

August 1, 2023

Protist taxonomic and functional diversity in aquatic ecosystems of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Vanessa Carvalho da Silva, Noemi Fernandes