Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

September 8, 2023

EXOSC10 is a novel hepatocellular carcinoma prognostic biomarker: a comprehensive bioinformatics analysis and experiment verification

Zhi-Yong Meng, Yu-Chun Fan, Chao-Sheng Zhang, Lin-Li Zhang, Tong Wu, Min-Yu Nong, Tian Wang, Chuang Chen, Li-He Jiang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15860 PubMed 37701829

September 11, 2023

Pramipexole has a neuroprotective effect in spinal cord injury and upregulates D2 receptor expression in the injured spinal cord tissue in rats

Xuchen Liu, Chengqiang Wang, Qingshan Peng, Birong Peng, Lixin Zhu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16039 PubMed 37719118

September 20, 2023

Identification of anthropogenic debris in the stomach and intestines of giant freshwater prawns from the Trang River in southern Thailand

Kanyarat Tee-hor, Thongchai Nitiratsuwan, Siriporn Pradit

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16082 PubMed 37744235

September 4, 2023

A novel signaling transduction pathway of melatonin on lactose synthesis in cows via melatonin receptor 1 (MT1) and prolactin receptor (PRLR)

Yunjie Liu, Songyang Yao, Qinggeng Meng, Xuening Liu, Huigang Han, Chunli Kan, Tiankun Wang, Wenjuan Wei, Shujing Li, Wenli Yu, Zengyuan Zhao, Changwang He, Guoshi Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15932 PubMed 37692118

September 25, 2023

Berberine protects hepatocyte from hypoxia/reoxygenation-induced injury through inhibiting circDNTTIP2

Yi Zhu, Junhui Li, Pengpeng Zhang, Bo Peng, Cai Li, Yingzi Ming, Hong Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16080 PubMed 37780378

September 7, 2023

Temporal variation of the relationships between rice yield and climate variables since 1925

Hungyen Chen, Yi-Chien Wu, Chih-Yung Teng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16045 PubMed 37701832

September 21, 2023

Fishery catch is affected by geographic expansion, fishing down food webs and climate change in Aotearoa, New Zealand

Charles Patrick Lavin, Daniel Pauly, Donna Dimarchopoulou, Cui Liang, Mark John Costello

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16070 PubMed 37750081

September 4, 2023

Vertical contact forces affect vibration perception in human hairy skin

Daniel Schmidt, Guenther Schlee, Thomas L. Milani, Andresa M. C. Germano

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15952 PubMed 37692116

September 11, 2023

Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) crop adaptation to residual moisture stress: conserved water use and canopy temperature modulation are better adaptive mechanisms

Chennamsetti Manikanta, Ratnakumar Pasala, Sivasakthi Kaliamoorthy, P. S. Basavaraj, Brij Bihari Pandey, Dinesh Rahul Vadlamudi, Mukta Nidamarty, Arti Guhey, Palchamy Kadirvel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15928 PubMed 37719114

September 12, 2023

Comparative expression analysis of sucrose phosphate synthase gene family in a low and high sucrose Pakistani sugarcane cultivars

Robi Niazi, Gulnaz Parveen, Muhammad Noman, Naila Mukhtar, Naila Hadayat, Amtul Sami, Binish Khaliq, Jiban Shrestha, Irfan Ullah

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15832 PubMed 37719124

September 27, 2023

CESCProg: a compact prognostic model and nomogram for cervical cancer based on miRNA biomarkers

Sangeetha Muthamilselvan, Ashok Palaniappan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15912 PubMed 37786580

September 11, 2023

M6ATMR: identifying N6-methyladenosine sites through RNA sequence similarity matrix reconstruction guided by Transformer

Shuang Xiang, Te Zhang, Minghao Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15899 PubMed 37719113

September 18, 2023

Essential role of multi-element data in interpreting elevated element concentrations in areas impacted by both natural and anthropogenic influences

Marija Petrović, Gordana Medunić, Željka Fiket

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15904 PubMed 37744221

September 29, 2023

Genome-wide identification of DUF506 gene family in Oryza sativa and expression profiling under abiotic stresses

Wei Dong, Jian Tu, Wei Deng, Jianhua Zhang, Yuran Xu, Anyu Gu, Hua An, Kui Fan, Rui Wang, Jianping Zhang, Limei Kui, Xiaolin Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16168 PubMed 37790624

September 6, 2023

Analysis of the rhizosphere bacterial diversity of Angelica dahurica var. formosana from different experimental sites and varieties (strains)

Meiyan Jiang, Fei Yao, Yunshu Yang, Yang Zhou, Kai Hou, Yinyin Chen, Dongju Feng, Wei Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15997 PubMed 37692115

September 11, 2023

Identification of quality markers for Cyanotis arachnoidea and analysis of its physiological mechanism based on chemical pattern recognition, network pharmacology, and experimental validation

Jingnan Hu, Yu Feng, Baolin Li, Fengxia Wang, Qi Qian, Wei Tian, Liying Niu, Xinguo Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15948 PubMed 37719108

September 7, 2023

Cross species/genera transferability of simple sequence repeat markers, genetic diversity and population structure analysis in gladiolus (Gladiolus × grandiflorus L.) genotypes

Varun Hiremath, Kanwar Pal Singh, Neelu Jain, Kishan Swaroop, Pradeep Kumar Jain, Sapna Panwar, Nivedita Sinha

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15820 PubMed 37701831

September 22, 2023

Immunosuppressive effect of Plantago major on the innate immunity of Galleria mellonella

Serhat Kaya

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15982 PubMed 37753175

September 22, 2023

Trophic assessment of three sympatric batoid species in the Southern Gulf of California

Arturo Bell Enríquez-García, Víctor Hugo Cruz-Escalona, José D. Carriquiry, Nicolás R. Ehemann, Paola A. Mejía-Falla, Emigdio Marín-Enríquez, Christina Treinen-Crespo, José R. Vélez-Tacuri, Andrés F. Navia

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16117 PubMed 37753172

September 4, 2023

Interaction of Val66Met BDNF and 5-HTTLPR polymorphisms with prevalence of post-earthquake 27-F PTSD in Chilean population

Juan-Luis Castillo-Navarrete, Benjamin Vicente, Kristin Schmidt, Esteban Moraga-Escobar, Romina Rojas-Ponce, Paola Lagos, Ximena Macaya, Alejandra Guzman-Castillo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15870 PubMed 37692110

September 27, 2023

Enhancing survivorship and growth of juvenile Montipora capitata using the Hawaiian collector urchin Tripneustes gratilla

Andrew R. Barrows, Joshua R. Hancock, David L. Cohen, Patrick Gorong, Matthew Lewis, Sean Louie, Lani Musselman, Carlo Caruso, Spencer Miller, Crawford Drury

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16113 PubMed 37790625

September 29, 2023

Analysis of cerebral Interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor alpha patterns following different ventilation strategies during cardiac arrest in pigs

Miriam Renz, Lea Müller, Manuel Herbst, Julian Riedel, Katja Mohnke, Alexander Ziebart, Robert Ruemmler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16062 PubMed 37790622

September 25, 2023

Exploring the relationship between nutritional intake and menstrual cycle in elite female athletes

Mana Miyamoto, Kenichi Shibuya

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16108 PubMed 37780394

September 18, 2023

Whole-genome resequencing analysis of the medicinal plant Gardenia jasminoides

Xinyu Xu, Bihua Chen, Juan Zhang, Siren Lan, Shasha Wu