Effect of lethal yellow (AY) mutation and photoperiod alterations on mouse behavior by E. Y. Bazhenova, D. V. Fursenko, N. V. Khotskin, I. E. Sorokin, A. V. Kulikov

“…Mice heterozygous for AY mutation (AY/a) are obese compared to their wild-type littermates (a/a). The main aims of the study were to investigate the effects of AY mutation, photoperiod and the interaction between these factors on daily activity dynamics, feeding, locomotor and exploratory activities, anxiety-related and depressive-like behaviors in mild stress condition. …”
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A Novel Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease with Chronic Estrogen Deficiency Leads to Glial Cell Activation and Hypertrophy by Annik Prat, Maik Behrendt, Edwige Marcinkiewicz, Sebastien Boridy, Ram M. Sairam, Nabil G. Seidah, Dusica Maysinger

“…Similar glia abnormalities were obtained in wild-type primary cortical neural cultures treated with letrozole, an aromatase inhibitor. …”
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The protective effect of oleic acid on Lactiplantibacillus plantarum during freeze-drying by Yongjun Xia, Yizhen Wang, Jing Pu, Yan Wu, Zhiqiang Xiong, Xin Song, Hui Zhang, Lianzhong Ai, Guangqiang Wang

“…The addition of oleic acid restored the rates to those of wild type strains. Moreover, the membrane integrity and fluidity of knockout strains markedly decreased. …”
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Significant Contribution of Mouse Mast Cell Protease 4 in Early Phases of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis by Louisane Desbiens, Catherine Lapointe, Marjan Gharagozloo, Shaimaa Mahmoud, Gunnar Pejler, Denis Gris, Pedro D’Orléans-Juste

“…The aim of this study was to determine the impact of mMCP-4 on acute inflammatory stages in EAE. C57BL/6 wild type (WT) or mMCP-4 knockout (KO) mice were immunized with MOG35–55 plus complete Freund’s adjuvant followed by pertussis toxin. …”
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Case report: A rare case of a long-term survivor of glioblastoma who underwent two courses of hypofractionated radiotherapy as part of her care by Midhad Mrvoljak, Midhad Mrvoljak, Shubhendu Mishra, Liam Chen, Liam Chen, Elizabeth Neil, Elizabeth Neil, Eric Ehler, Stephanie Terezakis, Stephanie Terezakis, Lindsey Sloan, Lindsey Sloan

“…The patient is a 75-year-old woman who presented with progressive aphasia and was diagnosed with GB (WHO grade 4, IDH1/IDH2 wild type, ATRX intact, p53 and PTEN mutant, BRAF non-mutated, O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase promoter methylated) and who underwent surgical resection, hypofractionated radiotherapy (HFRT) using intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) (4,005 cGy in 15 fractions) alone, and adjuvant temozolomide (TMZ). …”
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Clerodendrum trichotomum Thunb.: a review on phytochemical composition and pharmacological activities by Linzhen Li, Linzhen Li, Linzhen Li, Zhiyi Tang, Zhiyi Tang, Shengjia Xiao, Shengjia Xiao, Xiangjie Dai, Xiangjie Dai, Yutong Wang, Yutong Wang, Xi Wei

“…C. trichotomum is a kind of medicinal and edible plant which integrates ecological afforestation, garden greening, herbal medicine and flavor wild vegetable. As a traditional Chinese medicine, C. trichotomum is used to treat various diseases and conditions, which has inspired research on the pharmacological activities of its different parts, including roots, stems, leaves, flowers and fruits. …”
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The potential of the amaranth collection maintained at VIR in the context of global plant breeding and utilization trends by D. V. Sokolova, A. E. Solovieva, A. M. Zaretsky, T. V. Shelenga

“…For 70 years it has been replenished with local varieties, commercial cultivars, and wild species supplied by collecting missions, research centers, botanical gardens, genebanks, and experimental breeding stations from all over the world. …”
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Snake-DETR: a lightweight and efficient model for fine-grained snake detection in complex natural environments by Heng Wang, Shuai Zhang, Cong Zhang, Zheng Liu, Qiuxian Huang, Xinyi Ma, Yiming Jiang

“…Snake-DETR demonstrates excellent performance in complex environments and is suitable for wild snake fauna monitoring and edge device deployment, providing key technical support for ecological research.…”
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An approach to predict and inhibit Amyloid Beta dimerization pattern in Alzheimer’s disease by Sreekanya Roy, Sima Biswas, Anirban Nandy, Dipanjan Guha, Rakhi Dasgupta, Angshuman Bagchi, Parames Chandra Sil

“…In this study, we selected a few significant mutations present in the Aβ stretch of the APP and tried to differentiate the wild-type Aβ dimers formed in sAD and the mutant dimers formed in fAD through molecular modelling as there are no structures available from wet-lab studies till date. …”
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Nutritional Diversity and Antioxidant Activity of Two Indigenous Quince Ecotypes from Rawalakot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir by Noosheen Zahid, Mehdi Maqbool, Majid Mahmood Tahir, Abdul Hamid, Aqeel Ahmad, Muhammad Shafique Khalid, Haseeb ur Rehman, Nasir Masood, Shahid Iqbal Awan, Javaid Riffat Khan, Asgar Ali, Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah

“…The state of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and specifically Rawalakot, District Poonch, is blessed with climatic conditions which are very much suitable for quince production, and therefore, a huge plantation could be found in wild. In this regard, this study was designed to collect two different accessions of quince (apple-shaped quince (ASQ) and pear-shaped quince (PSQ)) from three different locations (Dhamni (elevation: 5431 ft), Shamsabad (elevation: 5374 ft), and Drake (elevation: 3378 ft)) of Rawalakot, District Poonch, and analyze their physicochemical and mineral nutrients of fruit and the soil. …”
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Analysis of genetic relationships of genotypes of the genus Rosa L. from the collection of Nikita Botanical Gardens using ISSR and IRAP DNA markers by I. I. Suprun, S. A. Plugatar, I. V. Stepanov, T. S. Naumenko

“…They included 18 cultivated varieties and 8 accessions of wild species. The species sample included representatives of two subgenera, Rosa and Platyrhodon. …”
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A <i>SMALL AUXIN UP-REGULATED RNA</i> Gene Isolated from Watermelon (<i>ClSAUR1</i>) Positively Modulates the Chilling Stress Response in Tobacco via Multiple Signaling Pathways by Duo Wang, Gangli Ma, Jia Shen, Xinyang Xu, Weisong Shou, Zhengying Xuan, Yanjun He

“…This was evidenced by a reduced degree of wilting and chlorosis compared to wild-type (WT) plants. Furthermore, the overexpressed lines showed reduced reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation and increased antioxidant enzyme activity. …”
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Effects of Diet on Larval Survival, Growth, and Development of the Sea Cucumber Holothuria leucospilota by Zonghe Yu, Hong Wu, Youkai Tu, Zesen Hong, Jiewen Luo

“…Restocking and aquaculture of H. leucospilota using hatchery-produced seeds could both enhance declining wild populations and provide sufficient beche-de-mer product to satisfy increasing market demand. …”
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Managing Friends and Foes: Sanctioning Mutualists in Mixed‐Infection Nodules Trades off With Defense Against Antagonists by Camille E. Wendlandt, Saumik Basu, Angeliqua P. Montoya, Paige Roberts, Justin D. Stewart, Allison B. Coffin, David W. Crowder, E. Toby Kiers, Stephanie S. Porter

“…We studied interactions among wild and domesticated pea plants, pea aphids, an aphid‐vectored virus (Pea Enation Mosaic Virus, PEMV), and mutualistic rhizobial bacteria that fix nitrogen in root nodules. …”
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Parent-of-origin effects on nuclear chromatin organization and behavior in a Drosophila model for Williams–Beuren Syndrome by A. V. Medvedeva, E. V. Tokmatcheva, A. N. Kaminskaya, S. A. Vasileva, E. A. Nikitina, A. V. Zhuravlev, G. A. Zakharov, O. G. Zatsepina, E. V. Savvateeva-Popova

“…As is shown in this study, the polytene X chromosome bands in reciprocal hybrids between agnts3 and the wild type strain Berlin are heterogeneous in modes of FEC regulation depending either on maternal or paternal gene origin. …”
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Molecular biological research and molecular homologous modeling of Bw.03 subgroup by WANG Li, KONG Yongkui, JIN Huifang, LIU Xin, XIE Ying, LIU Xue, CHANG Yanli, WANG Yafang, YANG Shumiao, ZHU Di, YANG Qiankun

“…Arg 241 Trp. Compared with the wild type, the structure of Bw.03GT was partially changed, and the intermolecular force analysis showed that the original three hydrogen bonds at 241 position disappeared. …”
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Genomic and Metabolomic Analyses of <i>Streptomyces albulus</i> with Enhanced ε-Poly-<span style="font-variant: small-caps">l</span>-lysine Production Through Adaptive Laboratory E... by Xidong Ren, Xinjie Sun, Yan Chen, Xiangheng Xi, Yunzhe Ma, Xinyue Jiang, Xian Zhang, Chenying Wang, Deqiang Zhu, Xinli Liu

“…It is mainly produced by <i>Streptomyces albulus</i>, but the production by wild-type strains fails to meet the demands of industrialization. …”
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Effects of Neural Stem Cells combine with Nerve Growth Factor Nanoparticles Transplantation in Alzheimer's Disease Transgenic Mice by Qing ZHU, Shuai SHAO, Nan HU, Yan CHEN

“…A total of 12-month-old wild type(WT)mice were selected as the WT control group. …”
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Traditional Knowledge and Efficacy Analysis of an Emerging Medicinal Food Plant: <i>Disporopsis aspersa</i> by Qingyu Chen, Miaomiao Wang, Xian Hu, Jihai Zhang, Qing Zhang, Congli Xu, Chunlin Long

“…Krause, locally known as <i>kucai</i> (bitter greens) or <i>yexiahua</i>, is a widely consumed wild vegetable and traditional herbal medicine in western Yunnan. …”
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Glutathione reductase plays a role in the metabolism of methylmercury degradation in Rhodotorula mucilaginosa by Yi Guo, Wenlong Deng, Qigui Mo, You Yu, Zhenwang Zhang, Mingjie Wei, Ruiling Tang, Surui Lu, Yanting Su

“…Here, a R. mucilaginosa strain Rm4 with high methylmercury resistance was obtained by wild-strain screening. Its minimal inhibitory concentration and minimum lethal concentration reached 3 and 6 mg/L, respectively. …”
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