Pan-caspase inhibitor protects against noise-induced hearing loss in a rodent model by Maria Fernanda Yepes, Kayla Minesinger, Federica M. Raciti, Maria Camila Salazar, Suhrud M. Rajguru, Suhrud M. Rajguru, Suhrud M. Rajguru

“…Underlying mechanisms behind NIHL include elevated reactive oxygen species and inflammation, all which ultimately lead to cellular apoptosis. …”
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Endophytic Colletotrichum siamense for Biocontrol and Resistance Induction in Guarana Seedlings by Luana L. Casas, José O. Pereira, Pedro Q. Costa-Neto, José F. Silva, Lucas N. Almeida, Roberto A. Bianco, João L. Azevedo

“…It is a native Brazilian species of great economic and social importance, particularly in the Amazon region. …”
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Ecological and Functional Changes in the Hindgut Microbiome of Holstein Cows at High Altitudes by Gong Chen, Haibo Lu, Shangzhen Huang, Congcong Zhang, Xiaojuan Ma, Bin Li, Lingling Hou, Qing Xu, Yachun Wang

“…Our analysis revealed that the hindgut microbiota of the plateau group exhibited lower species richness but higher evenness than that in the plain group. …”
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Genome-resolved year-round dynamics reveal a broad range of giant virus microdiversity by Yue Fang, Lingjie Meng, Jun Xia, Yasuhiro Gotoh, Tetsuya Hayashi, Keizo Nagasaki, Hisashi Endo, Yusuke Okazaki, Hiroyuki Ogata

“…By profiling the intra-species nucleotide-resolved microdiversity through read mapping, we also identified year-round recovery dynamics at subpopulation level for viruses classified as persistent or seasonal. …”
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Stage-specific function of sphingolipid synthases in African trypanosomes by Norton Heise, Carolina M. Koeller, Mohamed Sharif, James D. Bangs

“…Uniquely, they synthesize all three major phosphosphingolipid species using four distinct sphingolipid synthases (SLS). …”
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Peptide hormones in plants by Zhenbiao Zhang, Huibin Han, Junxiang Zhao, Zhiwen Liu, Lei Deng, Liuji Wu, Junpeng Niu, Yongfeng Guo, Guodong Wang, Xiaoping Gou, Chao Li, Chuanyou Li, Chun-Ming Liu

“…Since the discovery of the first plant peptide hormone, systemin, in tomato in 1991, putative peptide hormones have continuously been identified in different plant species, showing their importance in both short- and long-range signal transductions. …”
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The Back Mutation in Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide by Fırat Yıldız

“…She is back to her country of origin, Bengal, to work on a special species of dolphins. In a Bengali setting, excluding her skin color, she appears as a complete American. …”
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NCOA4 linked to endothelial cell ferritinophagy and ferroptosis:a key regulator aggravate aortic endothelial inflammation and atherosclerosis by Li Zhu, Zijian Liu, Jiahui Liu, Zhenglong Li, Youli Bao, Xin Sun, Wenchen Zhao, An Zhou, Hongfei Wu

“…Ferroptosis is a novel mode of cell death induced by decreased antioxidant capacity of the organism and accumulation of reactive oxygen species. Nuclear receptor coactivator 4 (NCOA4)-mediated ferritinophagy is an important regulator of sudden ferroptosis in cells. …”
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Harnessing defects in Ag/CeO2 for enhanced photocatalytic degradation of antibiotic in water: Structural characteristics, in-depth insights on mechanism, degradation pathway by Ajit Kumar Dhanka, Emerson C. Kohlrausch, Raghabendra Samantray, Vinod Kumar, Balaram Pani, Nityananda Agasti

“…We investigated the effect of silver (Ag) on increasing oxygen vacancies in Ag/CeO2.Trapping experiments were conducted to identify the reactive species participating in the photocatalytic degradation process. …”
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Distribution of Microbes and Drug Susceptibility in Patients with Diabetic Foot Infections in Southwest China by Mingxia Wu, Hang Pan, Weiling Leng, Xiaotian Lei, Liu Chen, Ziwen Liang

“…We reexamined 67 patients with poor anti-infection efficacy and analyzed microbial species. Results: The 354 positive samples included 201 cases (56.8%) of single-pathogen infections and 153 cases (43.2%) of multiple-pathogen infections before antibiotic therapy. …”
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Degradation of amyloid β-peptides catalyzed by nattokinase in vivo and in vitro by Aixin Ni, He Li, Ruya Wang, Rentong Sun, Yingjiu Zhang

“…Although nattokinase (NK) degrades Aβ40, the details of NK’s capture of various Aβ species and reduction of plasma Aβ42/Aβ40 are uncharacterized. …”
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Importance of appropriate genome information for the design of mating type primers in black and yellow morel populations by Melissa Cravero, Aaron J. Robinson, Patrick Hilpisch, Patrick S. Chain, Saskia Bindschedler, Pilar Junier

“…Genomic sequencing of black (Elata clade) and yellow (Esculenta clade) morel species has led to the development of PCR primers designed to amplify genes from the two idiomorphs for rapid genotyping of isolates from these two clades. …”
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Anatomical and pathological findings in longlived female Bubalus bubalis by Rosaura Pérez-Gil, Yaritza Salas, Adelys Márquez, Oriana Gavidia

“…These anatomopathological findings in long-lived female Bubalus bubalis propose the need to study long-lived animals that are sacrificed or die naturally to obtain information on organ damage that can contribute to establishing the basis for the possible causes of low productivity and fertility. This species, considered resistant to tropical diseases, is resilient enough to survive up to 19 years, some with severe damage to vital organs. …”
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Research Review and Prospect of Litchi Fruit Cracking by Xiwen LI, Haoshuang SUN, Xuequn PANG, Zhaoqi ZHANG

“…Litchi is the most important high-quality fruit tree species in South China, and is also a representative fruit tree with aril as the edible part in the Sapindaceae family. …”
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Metabolomic approach to investigate <i>Dactylis glomerata</i> L. from the VIR collection by N. Yu. Malysheva, T. V. Shelenga, A. E. Solovyeva, T. B. Nagiev, N. V. Kovaleva, L. L. Malyshev

“…The perennial grass cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata L.) is a valuable early highly nutritious crop used as green fodder in agricultural production. The species is widespread across the Eurasian continent; it is characterized by plasticity and high ecological and geographical variability. …”
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Biomass allocation between reproductive and vegetative organs of Artemisia along a large environmental gradient by Tumenjargal Tsogtsaikhan, Xuejun Yang, Ruiru Gao, Jiangrui Liu, Wenqiang Tang, Guofang Liu, Xuehua Ye, Zhenying Huang

“…Methods We collected 22 Artemisia species along a large environmental gradient in China and measured reproductive (infructescences including seeds) and vegetative (leaves, stems and roots) mass for each plant. …”
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A hypomorphic mutation in the mouse Csn1s1 gene generated by CRISPR/Cas9 pronuclear microinjection by A. V. Smirnov, T. A. Shnaider, A. N. Korablev, A. M. Yunusova, I. A. Serova, N. R. Battulin

“…Sequence variations in the casein genes affect milk composition in livestock species. Regulatory elements of the casein genes could be used to direct the expression of desired transgenes into the milk of transgenic animals. …”
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The Influence of Physical Activity on Inflammatory Markers, Intestinal Microbiota Composition and Disease Activity in Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Paulina Jakubczyk, Piotr Widera, Justyna Helis, Maciej Michalik, Aleksandra Buczek, Hubert Bigajski, Aleksandra Banaś, Olga Bilczewska, Wiktoria Janik, Marta Handschuh

“…State of Knowledge Moderate-intensity aerobic and resistance exercises reduce systemic inflammatory markers, (CRP and cytokines) and enhance gut microbiota diversity, increasing anti-inflammatory species. Low-to-moderate intensity activities improve quality of life in IBD patients. …”
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Mutations in the <i>A34R</i> gene increase the immunogenicity of vaccinia virus by S. N. Shchelkunov, T. V. Bauer, S. N. Yakubitskiy, A. A. Sergeev, A. S. Kabanov, S. A. Pyankov

“…This new situation allows orthopoxviruses to circulate in the human population and, as a consequence, to alter several established concepts of the ecology and range of sensitive hosts for various orthopoxvirus species. Classic VACV-based live vaccine for vaccination against orthopoxvirus infections is out of the question, because it can cause severe side effects. …”
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Host-symbiont-gene phylogenetic reconciliation by Menet, Hugo, Trung, Alexia Nguyen, Daubin, Vincent, Tannier, Eric

“…The evolution of such systems is approached by phylogenetic reconciliation, which describes the common patterns of diversification between two different levels, e.g. genes and species, or hosts and symbionts for example. The limit to two levels hides the multi-level inter-dependencies that characterize complex systems. …”
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