Discovery of a novel Mediterranean Haemaphysalis (Ornithophysalis) doenitzi group tick species infesting Falco eleonorae on Antikythira Island, Greece by Lidia Chitimia-Dobler, Christos Barboutis, Anastasios Bounas, Christina Kassara, Ben J. Mans, Anastasios Saratsis, Ala Tabor

“…All ticks, apart from 2 nymphs, exhibited broadly salient palpi and did not possess the pronounced palpal segment 2 spurs or spur-like angles that are characteristic of adults, nymphs and most larvae of Rhipistoma, thus placed them in the Ornithophysalis subgenus. …”
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Isolation and Bioactivity of Natural Products from <i>Streptomyces</i> sp. MA37 by Fleurdeliz Maglangit, Qing Fang, Jioji N. Tabudravu, Kwaku Kyeremeh, Marcel Jaspars, Hai Deng

“…We also demonstrate that legonoxamine A possesses potent anticancer activity (IC₅₀ = 2.2 µM), exhibiting a remarkable ~30-fold increase in potency against MCF-7 ATCC HTB-22 breast cancer cells compared to desferrioxamine B, a structural analogue of legonoxamine A (IC₅₀ = 61.1 µM). …”
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Integrated Transcriptomic and Proteomic Analyses Reveal Molecular Mechanism of Response to Heat Shock in <i>Morchella sextelata</i> by Jiexiong Zhang, Yanxia Li, Yifan Mao, Yesheng Zhang, Botong Zhou, Wei Liu, Wen Wang, Chen Zhang

“….), as one of the rare macroascomycetes that can be cultivated artificially, possess significant economic and scientific values. …”
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Natural <i>Bletilla striata</i> Polysaccharide-Based Hydrogels for Accelerating Hemostasis by Hui-Fang Lin, Yue-Yue Wang, Feng-Zhen Liu, Zi-Wei Yang, Hao Cui, Si-Yu Hu, Feng-He Li, Pei Pan

“…The results show that the hydrogel possesses excellent self-healing properties, as well as a good biocompatibility and hemostatic performance, thus paving the way for the development of a potential hemostatic green hydrogel.…”
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Engineered CRISPR-Cas9 for Streptomyces sp. genome editing to improve specialized metabolite production by Duck Gyun Kim, Boncheol Gu, Yujin Cha, Jeonghan Ha, Yongjae Lee, Gahyeon Kim, Byung-Kwan Cho, Min-Kyu Oh

“…In this study, we implement innovative modification to Cas9, strategically addressing challenges encountered during gene manipulation using Cas9 within strains possessing high GC content genome. The Cas9-BD, a modified Cas9 with the addition of polyaspartate to its N- and C-termini, is developed with decreased off-target binding and cytotoxicity compared with wild-type Cas9. …”
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Enhancement of Lignin Biopolymer Isolation from Hybrid Poplar by Organosolv Pretreatments by Miao Wu, Jinhui Pang, Xueming Zhang, Runcang Sun

“…The results showed that the lignin fraction obtained with aqueous ethanol (EOL) possessed the highest yield and the strongest thermal stability compared with other lignin fractions. …”
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The Role of Dendritic Cell Subsets in Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion and the Regulatory Effect of Baicalin on It by Nannan Lai, Xiaoxiao Fu, Guozhen Hei, Weiwei Song, Ran Wei, Xiaoxiao Zhu, Qiang Guo, Zhen Zhang, Chu Chu, Ke Xu, Xia Li

“…Baicalin from Radix Scutellariae possesses a wide range of pharmacological and biological activities. …”
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An analysis of the cultivation, consumption and composition of home-grown cannabis following decriminalisation in the Australian Capital Territory by Cilla Zhou, Isobel Lavender, Rebecca Gordon, Danielle McCartney, Richard C. Kevin, Miguel A. Bedoya-Pérez, Iain S. McGregor

“…Abstract The Australian Capital Territory (ACT), a region that includes Australia’s capital, Canberra, decriminalised small-scale cannabis cultivation and possession in January 2020. Here, we examined cannabis use and cultivation behaviours, experiences and attitudes of current and past small-scale ACT cannabis cultivators. …”
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Research on the Genetic Improvement Effects of Lodging Resistance-Related Traits in Maize Core Germplasm by Kaizhi Yang, Jian Tan, Qiyuan Zhang, Tianhang Bai, Shuna Zhou, Junheng Hao, Xinling Yu, Zhenyuan Zang, Dan Zhang

“…These findings suggest that the improved female lines J133A and JM25, along with male lines JM115 and JM1895, not only possess strong lodging resistance but also exhibit high yield potential in the cross J133A × JM115, offering new materials and varieties for maize mechanization.…”
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Connexin-Based Therapeutics and Tissue Engineering Approaches to the Amelioration of Chronic Pancreatitis and Type I Diabetes: Construction and Characterization of a Novel Prevascu... by J. Matthew Rhett, Hongjun Wang, Heather Bainbridge, Lili Song, Michael J. Yost

“…Immunoconfocal microscopy showed that constructs containing islets express insulin and possess a vascular network similar to constructs without islets. …”
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Cysteinyl Leukotriene Receptor-1 Antagonists as Modulators of Innate Immune Cell Function by A. J. Theron, H. C. Steel, G. R. Tintinger, C. M. Gravett, R. Anderson, C. Feldman

“…More recently these agents have also been reported to possess secondary anti-inflammatory activities, distinct from cysLTR1 antagonism, which appear to be particularly effective in targeting neutrophils and monocytes/macrophages. …”
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Gene expression of psychiatric disorder-related kinesin superfamily proteins (Kifs) is potentiated in alternatively activated primary cultured microglia by Suguru Iwata, Mitsuhiro Hyugaji, Yohei Soga, Momo Morikawa, Tetsuya Sasaki, Yosuke Takei

“…Furthermore, the microglia derived from a mouse line which possesses a mutation inducing truncated KIF17 indicated disrupted morphological phenotype of alternatively activated microglia. …”
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Clonal Heterogeneity in the Neuronal and Glial Differentiation of Dental Pulp Stem/Progenitor Cells by Fraser I. Young, Vsevolod Telezhkin, Sarah J. Youde, Martin S. Langley, Maria Stack, Paul J. Kemp, Rachel J. Waddington, Alastair J. Sloan, Bing Song

“…Neuronally differentiated DPSCs possessed a membrane capacitance comparable with primary cultured striatal neurons and small inward voltage-activated K+ but not outward Na+ currents were recorded suggesting a functionally immature phenotype. …”
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Adeno-associated virus mediated artificial circular RNA for triggering cancer immunotherapy to treat prostate cancer by Chujin Ye, Chujin Ye, Zhiye Liu, Zhiye Liu, Qifan Xie, Qifan Xie, Yanlin Tang, Yanlin Tang, Jiayi Zeng, Jiayi Zeng, Ziwei Feng, Ziwei Feng, Jiumin Liu, Jiumin Liu, Haibiao Xie, Haibiao Xie

“…In addition, we used the ScircRNA inhibiting CDK5 expression to trigger T-cell mediated cancer immunotherapy for treating prostate cancer in vivo.DiscussionThe ScircRNAs possessed the advantages of stable structure and simple construction, and can specifically inhibit the function of target miRNAs, which has a potential therapeutic application prospect in prostate cancer.…”
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Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma Metastatic to the Kidney: Report of a Case with Cytohistologic Correlation by Vikas Nath, Mithra Baliga, Jack Lewin, Frederico Souza, Israh Akhtar

“…The differential diagnoses of renal metastasis of FTC include the encapsulated follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), which possesses some of the nuclear features seen in conventional PTC but may occasionally be indistinguishable from FTC in cytologic preparations, and renal lesions such as benign thyroidization of the kidney and thyroid-like follicular carcinoma of the kidney, which mimic FTC in histologic appearance but do not stain with thyroid markers.…”
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Response of Sorghum to Cold Stress at Early Developmental Stage by Amandin Rutayisire, Geoffrey Lubadde, Alice Mukayiranga, Richard Edema

“…The highland regions of Africa possess important sources of germplasm with adaptation to cold stress, since they tend to be cooler than the low land regions. …”
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Developing human upper, lower, and deep lung airway models: Combining different scaffolds and developing complex co-cultures by Rasika S Murkar, Cornelia Wiese-Rischke, Tobias Weigel, Sascha Kopp, Heike Walles

“…Meanwhile standard electrospun polymer membrane (50–60 µm thick), which possesses a considerably low modulus of elasticity, offered higher flexibility and supported co-cultures of primary alveolar epithelial (huAEC) and endothelial cells (hEC) in concert with lung biopsy-derived fibroblasts which enhanced maturation of the tissue model. …”
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Inter- and intra-varietal clonal differences influence the aroma compound profiles of wines analyzed by GC–MS and GC-IMS by Huawei Chen, Shijian Bai, Bowei Yang, Ruihua Ren, Zizhu Tang, Zhenwen Zhang, Qingqing Zeng

“…Our results revealed that white wine CH VCR6 and red wine CS VCR11 possessed the most complex aromas. These findings address the research gap concerning the genetic determinants of wine aroma, highlighting the significance of grape variety and clone selection in developing wines with desirable sensory attributes.…”
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Antimalarial Efficacy and Antioxidant Activity of Lophira lanceolata Stem Bark Ethanol Extract Using Plasmodium berghei Induced-Malaria in Swiss Albino’s Mice by Mounvera Abdel Azizi, Noumedem Anangmo Christelle Nadia, Yamssi Cedric, Ngouyamsa Nsapkain Aboubakar Sidiki, Gamago Nkadeu Guy-Armand, Djeussi Doriane Esther, Tientcheu Noutong Jemimah Sandra, Tako Djimefo Alex Kevin, Vincent Khan Payne

“…The ethanol extract of L. lanceolata possesses both antimalarial and antioxidant activities. …”
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Hematopoietic Stem Cell Function in a Murine Model of Sickle Cell Disease by Elisabeth H. Javazon, Mohamed Radhi, Bagirath Gangadharan, Jennifer Perry, David R. Archer

“…In vitro colony-forming assays showed a significant decrease in progenitor colony formation derived from sickle compared to control bone marrow (BM). Sickle BM possessed a significant decrease in the KSL (c-kit+, Sca-1+, Lineage−) progenitor population, and cell cycle analysis showed that there were fewer KSL cells in the G0 phase of the cell cycle compared to controls. …”
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