Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

August 15, 2023

Non-destructive insect metabarcoding for surveillance and biosecurity in citrus orchards: recording the good, the bad and the psyllids

Francesco Martoni, Reannon Smith, Alexander M. Piper, Jessica Lye, Conrad Trollip, Brendan C. Rodoni, Mark J. Blacket

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15831 PubMed 37601253

August 4, 2023

Vitamin D receptor-deficient keratinocytes-derived exosomal miR-4505 promotes the macrophage polarization towards the M1 phenotype

Wen Sun, Jianqin Chen, Jingting Li, Xiaoguang She, Hu Ma, Shali Wang, Jing Liu, Yuan Yuan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15798 PubMed 37554338

August 4, 2023

Parvovirus B19 DNA and antibodies in Chinese plasma donors, plasma pools and plasma derivatives

Pan Sun, Peng Jiang, Qing Liu, Rong Zhang, Zongkui Wang, Haijun Cao, Xiangzhong Ye, Shangzhi Ji, Jinle Han, Kuilin Lu, Xuexin He, Jiajin Fan, Dawei Cao, Yu Zhang, Yongsheng Yin, Yunhua Chen, Xuemei Zhao, Shengliang Ye, Na Su, Xi Du, Li Ma, Changqing Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15698 PubMed 37554334

August 17, 2023

Review of knockout technology approaches in bacterial drug resistance research

Chunyu Tong, Yimin Liang, Zhelin Zhang, Sen Wang, Xiaohui Zheng, Qi Liu, Bocui Song

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15790 PubMed 37605748

August 28, 2023

Low-dose lipopolysaccharide inhibits spinal cord injury-induced neuronal apoptosis by regulating autophagy through the lncRNA MALAT1/Nrf2 axis

Jianhua Hu, Kun Huang, Feilong Bao, Shixiao Zhong, Qianbo Fan, Weichao Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15919 PubMed 37663283

August 16, 2023

MMP12 serves as an immune cell–related marker of disease status and prognosis in lung squamous cell carcinoma

Wei Zhang, Guo-Sheng Li, Xiang-Yu Gan, Zhi-Guang Huang, Rong-Quan He, Hong Huang, Dong-Ming Li, Yu-Lu Tang, Deng Tang, Wen Zou, Jun Liu, Yi-Wu Dang, Gang Chen, Hua-Fu Zhou, Jin-Liang Kong, Hui-ping Lu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15598 PubMed 37601247

August 30, 2023

RNA N6-methyladenosine reader IGF2BP3 promotes acute myeloid leukemia progression by controlling stabilization of EPOR mRNA

Jin Fan, Mengqi Zhuang, Wei Fan, Ming Hou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15706 PubMed 37663284

August 30, 2023

Identification and characterization of novel sesquiterpene synthases TPS9 and TPS12 from Aquilaria sinensis

Cuicui Yu, Shixi Gao, Mei Rong, Mengjun Xiao, Yanhong Xu, Jianhe Wei

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15818 PubMed 37663295

August 9, 2023

Review of intervention methods for language and communication disorders in children with autism spectrum disorders

Mengmeng Cui, Qingbin Ni, Qian Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15735 PubMed 37576502

August 1, 2023

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

Vanessa Carvalho da Silva, Noemi Fernandes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15762 PubMed 37547721

August 22, 2023

Icariin activates far upstream element binding protein 1 to regulate hypoxia-inducible factor-1α and hypoxia-inducible factor-2α signaling and benefits chondrocytes

Pengzhen Wang, Pingping Zhu, Shaoheng Zhang, Wei Yuan, Zhihe Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15917 PubMed 37637163

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 28, 2023

Diversity analysis of Populus euphratica endophytic bacteria in Tarim River Basin, China

Gang Cheng, Yan Cheng, Erkin Rahman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15934 PubMed 37663304

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 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 9, 2023

EDIL3 is a potential prognostic biomarker that correlates with immune infiltrates in gastric cancer

Bin Ke, Zheng-Kai Liang, Bin Li, Xue-Jun Wang, Ning Liu, Han Liang, Ru-Peng Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15559 PubMed 37576496

August 4, 2023

Metagenomics of African Empogona and Tricalysia (Rubiaceae) reveals the presence of leaf endophytes

Brecht Verstraete, Steven Janssens, Petra De Block, Pieter Asselman, Gabriela Méndez, Serigne Ly, Perla Hamon, Romain Guyot

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15778 PubMed 37554339

August 30, 2023

Regulation of HDAC11 gene expression in early myogenic differentiation

Qiao Li, Yan Z. Mach, Munerah Hamed, Saadia Khilji, Jihong Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15961 PubMed 37663282

August 30, 2023

Co-inhibition of adenosine 2b receptor and programmed death-ligand 1 promotes the recruitment and cytotoxicity of natural killer cells in oral squamous cell carcinoma

Bing Wang, Tao Wang, Chengzhe Yang, Zhaodi Nan, Dan Ai, Xin Wang, Huayang Wang, Xun Qu, Fengcai Wei

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15922 PubMed 37663280

August 9, 2023

BAG3 regulates bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell proliferation by targeting INTS7

Yubo Liu, Renjie Xu, Jinfu Xu, Tiantian Wu, Xiangxin Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15828 PubMed 37576499

August 21, 2023

Ethanolamine-phosphate phospho-lyase (ETNPPL) contributes to the diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy of hepatocellular carcinoma

Yun Zhang, Li Shen, Bojun Wang, Xiaohong Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15834 PubMed 37637156

August 14, 2023

Prevalence and virulence genes of Staphylococcus aureus from food contact surfaces in Thai restaurants

Kannipa Tasanapak, Siriwat Kucharoenphaibul, Jintana Wongwigkarn, Sutthirat Sitthisak, Rapee Thummeepak, Plykaeow Chaibenjawong, Wassana Chatdumrong, Kunsuda Nimanussornkul

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15824 PubMed 37601259

August 18, 2023

Identification of hub genes associated with oxidative stress in heart failure and their correlation with immune infiltration using bioinformatics analysis

Jianjun Gu, Li Na Zhang, Xiang Gu, Ye Zhu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15893 PubMed 37609434

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 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