Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

November 26, 2024

Nuclear eDNA metabarcoding primers for anthozoan coral biodiversity assessment

Luke McCartin, Emma Saso, Samuel A. Vohsen, Nicole Pittoors, Penny Demetriades, Catherine S. McFadden, Andrea M. Quattrini, Santiago Herrera

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18607 PubMed 39619181

November 27, 2024

Trends and challenges in organoid modeling and expansion with pluripotent stem cells and somatic tissue

Jian-Yun Ge, Yun Wang, Qi-Lin Li, Fan-Kai Liu, Quan-Kai Lei, Yun-Wen Zheng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18422 PubMed 39619184

November 11, 2024

Potential of epicatechin as antioxidant and antiaging in UV-induced BJ cells by regulating COL1A1, FGF-2, GPX-1, and MMP-1 gene, protein levels, and apoptosis

Wahyu Widowati, Teresa Liliana Wargasetia, Fanny Rahardja, Fen Tih, Philips Onggowidjaja, Rita Tjokropranoto, Fadhilah Haifa Zahiroh, Rizal Azis, Didik Priyandoko, Wahyu Surakusumah, Dhanar Septyawan Hadiprasetyo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18382

November 18, 2024

MALAT1 promotes colonic epithelial cell apoptosis and pyroptosis by sponging miR-22-3p to enhance NLRP3 expression

Rong Yan, Xinghua Liang, Juan Hu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18449 PubMed 39575175

November 8, 2024

Exploring the value of hybrid capture-based next-generation sequencing technology in the suspected diagnosis of bloodstream infections

Xinyuan Liu, Zhitao Gan, Zengshun Lin, Xiaojun Lin, Jianying Yuan, Lili Rong, Jiachang Chen, Jun Liu, Yingzhen Li, Chaohui Hu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18471 PubMed 39529632

November 11, 2024

CAF-derived miR-642a-3p supports migration, invasion, and EMT of hepatocellular carcinoma cells by targeting SERPINE1

Shuo Zhang, Gang Cao, Shuijie Shen, Yu Wu, Xiying Tan, Xiaoyan Jiang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18428 PubMed 39544420

November 29, 2024

Physiological and molecular response mechanisms of tomato seedlings to cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) stress

Yan Zhou, Jinyu Fu, Yuqi Ye, Qibo Xu, Jinjie Liang, Yanyan Chen, Yuxing Mo, Kaidong Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18533 PubMed 39624120

November 27, 2024

The evolution of resource management in Taiwanese fisheries: coastal and offshore perspectives

Yan-Lun Wu, Irene Chia Ling Lim, LiXliang Li, Lu-Chi Chen, Po-Yuan Hsiao, Wei-Yu Lee, Kuo-Wei Lan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18434 PubMed 39619187

November 29, 2024

Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of the Trihelix transcription factor family in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) during development

Chao Mei, Yuwei Liu, Huiyang Song, Jinghao Li, Qianna Song, Yonghong Duan, Ruiyun Feng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18578 PubMed 39624127

November 18, 2024

Systemic acquired resistance inducing chemicals mitigate black scurf disease in potato by activating defense-related enzymes

Manoj Kumar Buswal, Rakesh Punia, Mukesh Kumar, Rahul Kumar Tiwari, Milan Kumar Lal, Ravinder Kumar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18470 PubMed 39575171

November 12, 2024

Importance of feature selection stability in the classifier evaluation on high-dimensional genetic data

Tomasz Łukaszuk, Jerzy Krawczuk

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18405

November 14, 2024

Biopsy-based normalizations of gill monogenean-infected European catfish (Silurus glanis L., 1758) stocks for laboratory-based experiments

András Bognár, Muhammad Hafiz Borkhanuddin, Shion Nagase, Boglárka Sellyei

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18288 PubMed 39553726

November 27, 2024

Effects of irrigation type and fertilizer application rate on growth, yield, and water and fertilizer use efficiency of silage corn in the North China Plain

Yuchun Liu, Ning Wang, Changsong Jiang, Yao Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18315 PubMed 39619198

November 14, 2024

A review of advancements in the theory and characterization of soil macropore structure

Yanwen Cao, Kai Zhang, Shuyu Liu, Yilin Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18442 PubMed 39553716

November 4, 2024

Genomic complexity and clinical significance of the RCCX locus

Vladimir V. Shiryagin, Andrey A. Devyatkin, Oleg D. Fateev, Ekaterina S. Petriaikina, Viktor P. Bogdanov, Zoia G. Antysheva, Pavel Yu Volchkov, Sergey M. Yudin, Mary Woroncow, Veronika I. Skvortsova

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18243 PubMed 39512309

November 26, 2024

Multi-environment QTL mapping identifies major genetic loci influencing soybean main stem node architecture

Honglei Ren, Xue Qu, Huilong Hong, Lingling Sun, Sobhi F. Lamlom, Zhangxiong Liu, Wencheng Lu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18539 PubMed 39619174

November 29, 2024

A retrospective approach for evaluating ecological niche modeling transferability over time: the case of Mexican endemic rodents

Claudia N. Moreno-Arzate, Enrique Martínez-Meyer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18414 PubMed 39624131

November 18, 2024

Chemical constituents and biological activities of endophytic fungi from Fagopyrum dibotrys

Qiqi Xie, Yujie Jia, Jiwen Tao, Tongliang Bu, Qing Wang, Nayu Shen, Xinyu Zhang, Yirong Xiao, Lin Ye, Zhao Chen, Huahai Huang, Qingfeng Li, Zizhong Tang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18529 PubMed 39575167

November 12, 2024

Investigation of the efficacy of siRNA-mediated KRAS gene silencing in pancreatic cancer therapy

Büşra Küçükekmekci, Fatma Azize Budak Yıldıran

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18214 PubMed 39553720

November 13, 2024

The CLEC3B inhibits cellular proliferation and metastasis of cholangiocarcinoma through Wnt/β-catenin pathway

Shengze Wu, Guangfeng Wang, Yuwei Xie, Tingting Wu, Fangqian Du, Chen Jin, Bingzi Dong, Chengzhan Zhu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18497 PubMed 39553729

November 14, 2024

Evaluation of traditional and bootstrapped methods for assessing data-poor fisheries: a case study on tropical seabob shrimp (Xiphopenaeus kroyeri) with an improved length-based mortality estimation method

Matheus de Barros, Ronaldo Oliveira-Filho, Alexandre Aschenbrenner, Mauricio Hostim-Silva, Julien Chiquieri, Ralf Schwamborn