Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

July 22, 2024

Co-administration of either curcumin or resveratrol with cisplatin treatment decreases hepatotoxicity in rats via anti-inflammatory and oxidative stress-apoptotic pathways

Osama I. Ramadan, Lashin S. Ali, Fatma M. Abd-Allah, Rafik E. A. Ereba, Humeda S. Humeda, Ahmed A. Damanhory, Ahmed E. Moustafa, Amr M. Younes, Moaaz M. Y. Awad, Nassar A. A. Omar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17687 PubMed 39056050

July 5, 2024

Elucidating the regulatory role of long non-coding RNAs in drought stress response during seed germination in leaf mustard

Jinxing Wei, Haibo Li, Xiaoer Huang, Yongguo Zhao, Lejun Ouyang, Mingken Wei, Chun Wang, Junxia Wang, Guangyuan Lu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17661 PubMed 38978758

July 12, 2024

Estimates of the vitality and performances of Apis mellifera mellifera and hybrid honey bee colonies in Siberia: a 13-year study

Nadezhda V. Ostroverkhova, Svetlana A. Rosseykina, Ilona A. Yaltonskaya, Michail S. Filinov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17354 PubMed 39011374

July 12, 2024

Effect of carbon nanoparticles on the growth and photosynthetic property of Ficus tikoua Bur. plant

Nian Chen, Xiaojian Tian, Mingli Yang, Jiajun Xu, Tinghong Tan, Jiyue Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17652 PubMed 39011381

July 4, 2024

Urine manganese, cadmium, lead, arsenic, and selenium among autism spectrum disorder children in Kuala Lumpur

Muhammad Ridzwan Rafi’i, Mohd Hasni Ja’afar, Mohd Shahrol Abd Wahil, Shahrul Azhar Md Hanif

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17660 PubMed 38974411

July 18, 2024

Classification of major species in the sericite–Artemisia desert grassland using hyperspectral images and spectral feature identification

Wenhao Liu, Wanqiang Han, Guili Jin, Ke Gong, Jian Ma

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17663 PubMed 39035157

July 12, 2024

In field use of water samples for genomic surveillance of infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus (ISKNV) infecting tilapia fish in Lake Volta, Ghana

Shayma Alathari, Andrew Joseph, Luis M. Bolaños, David J. Studholme, Aaron R. Jeffries, Patrick Appenteng, Kwaku A. Duodu, Eric B. Sawyerr, Richard Paley, Charles R. Tyler, Ben Temperton

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17605 PubMed 39011377

July 15, 2024

Aspergillus niger as an efficient biological agent for separator sludge remediation: two-level factorial design for optimal fermentation

Paveethra Thegarathah, Jegalakshimi Jewaratnam, Khanom Simarani, Amal A.M. Elgharbawy

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17151 PubMed 39026538

July 2, 2024

HaMADS3, HaMADS7, and HaMADS8 are involved in petal prolongation and floret symmetry establishment in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.)

Qian Wang, Zhou Su, Jing Chen, Weiying Chen, Zhuoyuan He, Shuhong Wei, Jun Yang, Jian Zou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17586 PubMed 38974413

July 31, 2024

Immune infiltration and prognosis in gastric cancer: role of NAD+ metabolism-related markers

Yu Xing, Zili Zhang, Wenqing Gao, Weiliang Song, Tong Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17833 PubMed 39099656

July 8, 2024

Mechanism of action of miR-15a-5p and miR-152-3p in paraquat-induced pulmonary fibrosis through Wnt/β-catenin signaling mediation

Dong Liu, Yan Guan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17662 PubMed 38993979

July 19, 2024

Physiological thermal responses of three Mexican snakes with distinct lifestyles

Ricardo Figueroa-Huitrón, Anibal Díaz de la Vega-Pérez, Melissa Plasman, Hibraim Adán Pérez-Mendoza

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17705 PubMed 39040933

July 31, 2024

Short-term microplastic effects on marine meiofauna abundance, diversity and community composition

Flávia J.L. de França, Tom Moens, Renan B. da Silva, Giovanna L. Pessoa, Débora A.A. França, Giovanni A.P. Dos Santos

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17641 PubMed 39099655

July 17, 2024

Genome-wide identification of gene families related to miRNA biogenesis in Mangifera indica L. and their possible role during heat stress

Andrés G. López-Virgen, Mitzuko Dautt-Castro, Lourdes K. Ulloa-Llanes, Sergio Casas-Flores, Carmen A. Contreras-Vergara, Miguel A. Hernández-Oñate, Rogerio R. Sotelo-Mundo, Rosabel Vélez-de la Rocha, Maria A. Islas-Osuna

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17737 PubMed 39035161

July 12, 2024

Two new Cortinarius species in subgenus Leprocybe from Southwest China

Peng Hong, Ke Wang, Zhuo Du, Ming-Jun Zhao, Meng-Le Xie, Di Liu, Tie-Zheng Wei

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17599 PubMed 39011378

July 4, 2024

Conditioned culture medium of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells promotes phenotypic transformation of microglia by regulating mitochondrial autophagy

Hangyu Ji, Weiming Chu, Yong Yang, Xin Peng, Xiaoli Song

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17664 PubMed 38974415

July 16, 2024

Production of recombinant human epidermal growth factor fused with HaloTag protein and characterisation of its biological functions

Mengru Bai, Yezhuo Liu, Hongyin Liu, Yangyang Jia, Xiangqin Tian, Changye Sun