Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

March 27, 2025

MicroRNA-99 family in cancer: molecular mechanisms for clinical applications

Yueyuan Wang, Dan Huang, Mingxi Li, Ming Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19188 PubMed 40161350

March 6, 2025

Investigating passive eDNA samplers and submergence times for marine surveillance

Ulla von Ammon, Gert-Jan Jeunen, Olivier Laroche, Xavier Pochon, Neil J. Gemmell, Jo-Ann L. Stanton, Anastasija Zaiko

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19043 PubMed 40061223

March 12, 2025

Synergistic effects of foliar applied glycine betaine and proline in enhancing rice yield and stress resilience under salinity conditions

Sobhi F. Lamlom, Aly A. A. El-Banna, Honglei Ren, Bassant A. M. El-Yamany, Ehab A. A. Salama, Gawhara A. El-Sorady, Mohamed M. Kamara, Amal Mohamed AlGarawi, Ashraf Atef Hatamleh, Abdelsalam A. Shehab, Ahmed M. Abdelghany

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18993 PubMed 40098812

March 11, 2025

Tree height-diameter allometry and implications for biomass estimates in Northeastern Amazonian forests

Aldine Luiza Pereira Baia, Henrique E. M. Nascimento, Marcelino Guedes, Renato Hilário, José Julio Toledo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18974 PubMed 40093411

March 31, 2025

Triple negative breast cancer cells acquire lymphocyte proteins and genomic DNA during trogocytosis with T cells

Anutr Sivakoses, Haley Q. Marcarian, Anika M. Arias, Alice R. Lam, Olivia C. Ihedioha, Juan A. Santamaria-Barria, Geoffrey C. Gurtner, Alfred L. M. Bothwell

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19236 PubMed 40183054

March 18, 2025

Advancing the environmental DNA and RNA toolkit for aquatic ecosystem monitoring and management

Xavier Pochon, Holly A. Bowers, Anastasija Zaiko, Susanna A. Wood

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19119 PubMed 40124618

March 14, 2025

Susceptibility of lymnaeid snails to Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica (Digenea: Fasciolidae): a systematic review and meta-analysis

Philile Ignecious Ngcamphalala, Ignore Nyagura, Mokgadi Pulane Malatji, Samson Mukaratirwa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18976 PubMed 40098811

March 26, 2025

EGCG’s anticancer potential unveiled: triggering apoptosis in lung cancer cell lines through in vitro investigation

Al Moutassem Billah Khair, Alexander Maniangat Luke, Rajashree Patnaik, Luca Testarelli

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19135 PubMed 40161336

March 11, 2025

Clinical, molecular, and resistance features of Listeria monocytogenes in non-perinatal patients with listeriosis: 8-year retrospective data from four tertiary hospitals in Shandong, China

Yan Liu, Yuan Xie, Lei Liu, Jie Wang, Wenjing Li, Chengfan Yang, Shuhua Lu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19126 PubMed 40093420

March 18, 2025

Multiplex vs. singleplex assay for the simultaneous identification of the three components of avian malaria vector-borne disease by DNA metabarcoding

Eduard Mas-Carrió, Judith Schneider, Victor Othenin-Girard, Romain Pigeault, Pierre Taberlet, Philippe Christe, Olivier Glaizot, Luca Fumagalli

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19107 PubMed 40124602

March 19, 2025

Effects of different grazing intensities on plant species diversity at different spatial scales in a desert steppe in Inner Mongolia

Changlin Xue, Shijie Lv, Yanling Wu, Jie Yun, Rui Dong, Wentao Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19087 PubMed 40124617

March 31, 2025

A new specimen of Plesiopterys wildi reveals the diversification of cryptoclidian precursors and possible endemism within European Early Jurassic plesiosaur assemblages

Miguel Marx, Sven Sachs, Benjamin P. Kear, Mats E. Eriksson, Klaus Nilkens, Johan Lindgren

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18960 PubMed 40183068

March 13, 2025

Giants in the landscape: status, genetic diversity, habitat suitability and conservation implications for a fragmented Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) population in Cambodia

Pablo Sinovas, Chelsea Smith, Sophorn Keath, Nasak Chantha, Jennifer Kaden, Saveng Ith, Alex Ball

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18932 PubMed 40093415

March 20, 2025

NCBP2 predicts the prognosis and the immunotherapy response of cancers: a pan-cancer analysis

Shichao Li, Yulan Wang, Xi Yang, Miao Li, Guoxiang Li, Qiangqiang Song, Junyu Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19050 PubMed 40124611

March 6, 2025

Optimal control simulations tracking wearable sensor signals provide comparable running gait kinematics to marker-based motion capture

Grace McConnochie, Aaron S. Fox, Clint Bellenger, Dominic Thewlis

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19035 PubMed 40061227

March 12, 2025

Extracellular vesicles in endometrial-related diseases: role, potential and challenges

Zilu Wang, Feng Li, Wenqiong Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19041 PubMed 40093416

March 19, 2025

TGF-β-mediated activation of fibroblasts in cervical cancer: implications for tumor microenvironment and prognosis

Haina Qu, Jing Zhao, Xia Zuo, Hongyue He, Xiaohan Wang, Huiyan Li, Kun Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19072 PubMed 40124621

March 28, 2025

EcoNicheS: enhancing ecological niche modeling, niche overlap and connectivity analysis using the shiny dashboard and R package

Armando Sunny, Clere Marmolejo, Rodrigo Vidal-López, Fredy A. Falconi-Briones, Ángela P. Cuervo-Robayo, René Bolom-Huet

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19136 PubMed 40166046

March 31, 2025

Chaetoglobosin A induces apoptosis in T-24 human bladder cancer cells through oxidative stress and MAPK/PI3K-AKT-mTOR pathway

Jia Song, Jinyu Qiao, Mingxue Chen, Jiahui Li, Jixia Wang, Dayong Yu, Huachuan Zheng, Liying Shi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19085 PubMed 40183046

March 31, 2025

Performance comparison of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube and QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus in detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among HIV patients in China

Peng Lu, Haitao Yang, Fang Ge, Kai Wu, Yilin Lian, Xiaoyan Ding, Jingjing Pan, Hui Ding, Wei Lu, Qiao Liu, Limei Zhu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19195 PubMed 40183043

March 12, 2025

Contribution of metabolomics to the taxonomy and systematics of octocorals from the Tropical Eastern Pacific

Karla B. Jaramillo, Paúl O. Guillén, Rubén Abad, Jenny Antonia Rodríguez León, Grace McCormack

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19009 PubMed 40093409

March 21, 2025

Construction of an immunoinformatics-based multi-epitope vaccine candidate targeting Kyasanur forest disease virus

Sunitha Manjari Kasibhatla, Lekshmi Rajan, Anita Shete, Vinod Jani, Savita Yadav, Yash Joshi, Rima Sahay, Deepak Y. Patil, Sreelekshmy Mohandas, Triparna Majumdar, Uddhavesh Sonavane, Rajendra Joshi, Pragya Yadav

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18982 PubMed 40130172

March 28, 2025

The role of endoplasmic reticulum stress in type 2 diabetes mellitus mechanisms and impact on islet function

Zhaxicao He, Qian Liu, Yan Wang, Bing Zhao, Lumei Zhang, Xia Yang, Zhigang Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19192 PubMed 40166045

March 12, 2025

A systematic review of fluralaner as a treatment for ectoparasitic infections in mammalian species

Yuanting Jiang, Julie M. Old

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18882 PubMed 40093406

March 21, 2025

Classification of red beet and sugar beet for drought tolerance using morpho-physiological and stomatal traits

Gamze Kaya, Nurgül Ergin