Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

December 5, 2024

CYP3A4 and CYP3A5: the crucial roles in clinical drug metabolism and the significant implications of genetic polymorphisms

Yuqing Zhang, Ziying Wang, Yuchao Wang, Weikai Jin, Zheyan Zhang, Lehao Jin, Jianchang Qian, Long Zheng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18636 PubMed 39650550

December 16, 2024

Insights and progress on the biosynthesis, metabolism, and physiological functions of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA): a review

Qingli Zhang, Lei Zhu, Hailong Li, Qu Chen, Nan Li, Jiansheng Li, Zichu Zhao, Di Xiao, Tingting Tang, Chunhua Bi, Yan Zhang, Haili Zhang, Guizhen Zhang, Mingyang Li, Yanli Zhu, Jingjing Zhang, Jingjing Kong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18712 PubMed 39703920

December 5, 2024

Nonadjacent dependencies and sequential structure of chimpanzee action during a natural tool-use task

Elliot Howard-Spink, Misato Hayashi, Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Daniel Schofield, Thibaud Gruber, Dora Biro

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18484 PubMed 39650560

December 4, 2024

A computational framework for processing time-series of earth observation data based on discrete convolution: global-scale historical Landsat cloud-free aggregates at 30 m spatial resolution

Davide Consoli, Leandro Parente, Rolf Simoes, Murat Şahin, Xuemeng Tian, Martijn Witjes, Lindsey Sloat, Tomislav Hengl

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18585 PubMed 39650555

December 24, 2024

Description of two new Apseudopsis species (A. larnacensis sp. nov and A. salinus sp. nov.) (Tanaidacea: Crustacea) from the Mediterranean and a biogeographic overview of the genus

Anna Stępień, Piotr Jóźwiak, Sergio C. Garcia Gómez, Eleni Avramidi, Kleopatra Grammatiki, Myrsini Lymperaki, Frithjof C. Küpper, Patricia Esquete

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18740 PubMed 39735564

December 12, 2024

The largest sauropodomorph skull from the Lower Jurassic Lufeng Formation of China

Qian-Nan Zhang, Lei Jia, Tao Wang, Yu-Guang Zhang, Hai-Lu You

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18629 PubMed 39677945

December 9, 2024

The role of CD47 in immune escape of colon cancer and its correlation with heterogeneity of tumor immune microenvironment

Qiu-Si Tian, ChunMei Zhang, Zhi-Jun Bao, ZhiGang Pei

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18579 PubMed 39670101

December 10, 2024

Interspecies differences in the transcriptome response of corals to acute heat stress

Jeric Da-Anoy, Niño Posadas, Cecilia Conaco

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18627 PubMed 39677947

December 12, 2024

Preoperative 3D printing planning technology combined with orthopedic surgical robot-assisted minimally invasive screw fixation for the treatment of pelvic fractures: a retrospective study

YuLong Jing, LiMing Chang, Bo Cong, JianHang Wang, MingQi Chen, ZhiFeng Tang, JingJie Luan, ZiYin Han, YangDe Liu, Tao Sun

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18632 PubMed 39677955

December 19, 2024

Updated range distribution of the non-native Asian green mussel Perna viridis (Linnaeus, 1758) at Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Luciana V. R. de Messano, José E. A. Gonçalves, Alexandre D. Kassuga, Alexandre R. da Silva, Bruno P. Masi, Héctor F. Messano, Denny Fardin, Ricardo Coutinho

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18649 PubMed 39713141

December 23, 2024

DNA metabarcoding reveals diet diversity and niche partitioning by two sympatric herbivores in summer

Ruofei Li, Dandan Wang, Zhiming Cao, Yuqin Liu, Wenguo Wu, Wuhua Liu, Jianwen Zhan, Yongtao Xu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18665 PubMed 39726746

December 23, 2024

Unique dental arrangement in a new species, Groenlandaspis howittensis (Placodermi, Arthrodira) from the Middle Devonian of Mount Howitt, Victoria, Australia.

Austin N. Fitzpatrick, Alice M. Clement, John A. Long

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18759 PubMed 39726751

December 6, 2024

The epigenetic role of EZH2 in acute myeloid leukemia

Jinyong Fang, Jingcheng Zhang, Lujian Zhu, Xiaoru Xin, Huixian Hu