Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

November 17, 2023

Genome-wide analysis of sugar transporter genes in maize (Zea mays L.): identification, characterization and their expression profiles during kernel development

Nan Sun, Yanfeng Liu, Tao Xu, Xiaoyan Zhou, Heyang Xu, Hongxia Zhang, Renhui Zhan, Limin Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16423 PubMed 38025667

November 24, 2023

Assessment of genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationship of local coffee populations in southwestern Saudi Arabia using DNA barcoding

Habib Khemira, Mosbah Mahdhi, Muhammad Afzal, Mohammed D.Y. Oteef, Taieb Tounekti, Zarraq AL-Faifi, Wail Alsolami

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16486 PubMed 38025745

November 6, 2023

PCMT1 knockdown attenuates malignant properties by globally regulating transcriptome profiles in triple-negative breast cancer cells

Aili Saiding, Dilinuer Maimaitiyiming, Minglan Chen, Futian Yan, Dong Chen, Xinyu Hu, Ping Shi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16006 PubMed 37953789

November 7, 2023

RBM25 binds to and regulates alternative splicing levels of Slc38a9, Csf1, and Coro6 to affect immune and inflammatory processes in H9c2 cells

Xin Tian, Guangli Zhou, Hao Li, Xueting Zhang, Lingmin Zhao, Keyi Zhang, Luqiao Wang, Mingwei Liu, Chen Liu, Ping Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16312 PubMed 37953772

November 8, 2023

Elucidating the role of nicotinamide N-methyltransferase-p53 axis in the progression of chronic kidney disease

Xin Zhen, Yuxiang Sun, Hongchun Lin, Yuebo Huang, Tianwei Liu, Yuanqing Li, Hui Peng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16301 PubMed 37953778

November 29, 2023

Niraparib restrains prostate cancer cell proliferation and metastasis and tumor growth in mice by regulating the lncRNA MEG3/miR-181-5p/GATA6 pathway

Ji Cheng, Yi Sun, Huacai Zhao, Wei Ren, Dan Gao, Zhigang Wang, Wei Lv, Qingchuan Dong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16314 PubMed 38047026

November 21, 2023

Light wavelength and pulsing frequency affect avoidance responses of Canada geese

Ryan Lunn, Patrice E. Baumhardt, Bradley F. Blackwell, Jean Paul Freyssinier, Esteban Fernández-Juricic

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16379 PubMed 38025716

November 3, 2023

Drone images afford more detections of marine wildlife than real-time observers during simultaneous large-scale surveys

Amanda J. Hodgson, Nat Kelly, David Peel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16186 PubMed 37941930

November 3, 2023

Increased academic stress is associated with decreased plasma BDNF in Chilean college students

Juan-Luis Castillo-Navarrete, Claudio Bustos, Alejandra Guzman-Castillo, Benjamin Vicente

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16357 PubMed 37941931

November 1, 2023

A benzochalcone derivative synchronously induces apoptosis and ferroptosis in pancreatic cancer cells

Xiaoqing Guan, Bing Zhao, Xiaodan Guan, Jinyun Dong, Jieer Ying

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16291 PubMed 37927794

November 7, 2023

A new pseudoscorpion genus (Garypinoidea: Garypinidae) from the Eocene supports extinction and range contraction in the European paleobiota

Nova Stanczak, Mark S. Harvey, Danilo Harms, Jörg U. Hammel, Ulrich Kotthoff, Stephanie F. Loria

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15989 PubMed 37953786

November 17, 2023

TMUB1 expression is associated with the prognosis of colon cancer and immune cell infiltration

Yan Lu, Kang Wang, Yuanhong Peng, Jun Zhang, Qinuo Ju, Qihuan Xu, Manzhao Ouyang, Zhiwei He

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16334 PubMed 38025742

November 7, 2023

Participatory ethnobotany: comparison between two quilombos in the Atlantic Forest, Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil

Thamara Sauini, Paulo Henrique Gonçalves Santos, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque, Priscila Yazbek, Cremilda da Cruz, Eduardo Hortal Pereira Barretto, Maria Alice dos Santos, Maria Angélica Silva Gomes, Ginacil dos Santos, Silvestre Braga, Ricardo José Francischetti Garcia, Sumiko Honda, Priscila Matta, Sonia Aragaki, Anderson Ueno, Eliana Rodrigues

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16231 PubMed 37953791

November 28, 2023

A novel long noncoding RNA (lncRNA), LINC02657(LASTR), is a prognostic biomarker associated with immune infiltrates of lung adenocarcinoma based on unsupervised cluster analysis

Fanming Kong, Xinyu Yang, Zhichao Lu, Zongheng Liu, Yang Yang, Ziheng Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16167 PubMed 38047034

November 7, 2023

Diversity and conservation of mammals in indigenous territories of southern Mexico: proposal for an “Archipelago Reserve”

Miguel Briones-Salas, Rosa E. Galindo-Aguilar, Graciela E. González, María Delfina Luna-Krauletz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16345 PubMed 37953770

November 1, 2023

Mechanism of LEF1-AS1 regulating HUVEC cells by targeting miR-489-3p/S100A11 axis

Haoran Zhang, Wenqiu Wang, Junjie Lin, Junbo Qiao, Xinjun Wang, Bin Fang, Changkuan Chen, Yujiao Wang, Gaozan Zhu, Wenbo Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16128 PubMed 37927791

November 28, 2023

Lymphoid-specific helicase inhibits cervical cancer cells ferroptosis by promoting Nrf2 expression

Weiwei Tie, Fenfen Ge

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16451 PubMed 38047020

November 1, 2023

Genome-wide identification of CaARR-Bs transcription factor gene family in pepper and their expression patterns under salinity stress

Rana M. Alshegaihi, Salha Mesfer Alshamrani

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16332 PubMed 37927789

November 27, 2023

Ropivacaine inhibits the malignant behavior of lung cancer cells by regulating retinoblastoma-binding protein 4

Weiai Jia, Junmei Shen, Sisi Wei, Chao Li, Jingpu Shi, Lianmei Zhao, Huiqun Jia

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16471 PubMed 38034873

November 3, 2023

Comparative analysis of shotgun metagenomics and 16S rDNA sequencing of gut microbiota in migratory seagulls

Feng Liao, Yilan Xia, Wenpeng Gu, Xiaoqing Fu, Bing Yuan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16394 PubMed 37941936

November 30, 2023

Potential of psychrotolerant rhizobacteria for the growth promotion of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Muhammad Abdullah, Mohsin Tariq, Syeda Tahseen Zahra, Azka Ahmad, Marriam Zafar, Shad Ali

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16399 PubMed 38050608

November 7, 2023

Leaf defenses of subtropical deciduous and evergreen trees to varying intensities of herbivory

Xiaoyu Liu, Carri J. LeRoy, Guobing Wang, Yuan Guo, Shuwang Song, Zhipei Wang, Jingfang Wu, Fenggang Luan, Qingni Song, Xiong Fang, Qingpei Yang, Dongmei Huang, Jun Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16350 PubMed 37953769

November 27, 2023

Predictive value of machine learning for the risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) in hospital intensive care units (ICU) patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yuan Hong Du, Cheng Jing Guan, Lin Yu Li, Ping Gan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16405 PubMed 38034868

November 15, 2023

Determining Minnesota bee species’ distributions and phenologies with the help of participatory science

Colleen D. Satyshur, Elaine C. Evans, Britt M. Forsberg, Thea A. Evans, Robert Blair

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16146 PubMed 38025759

November 24, 2023

Differentiating wild from captive animals: an isotopic approach

Luiza Brasileiro, Rodrigo Ribeiro Mayrink, André Costa Pereira, Fabio José Viana Costa, Gabriela Bielefeld Nardoto