Asiaticoside Attenuates Chronic Restraint Stress-Induced Hippocampal CA1 Neuronal Ferroptosis via Activating BDNF/Nrf2/GPX4 Signaling Pathway by Zhou A, Feng HY, Fan CN, Wang J, Yuan ZY, Xu GH, Li CF, Huang WF, Yi LT

“…An Zhou,1– 3 Hao-Yinghua Feng,4 Chu-Ning Fan,3 Jun Wang,3 Zhong-Yu Yuan,3 Guang-Hui Xu,5 Cheng-Fu Li,6 Wei-Feng Huang,1 Li-Tao Yi3,7,8 1Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, 361003, People’s Republic of China; 2School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Innovative Drug Target Research, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, 361102, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, 361021, People’s Republic of China; 4College of Pharmacy, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong province, 510006, People’s Republic of China; 5Xiamen Medicine Research Institute, Xiamen, Fujian Province, 361008, People’s Republic of China; 6Xiamen Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xiamen, Fujian Province, 361009, People’s Republic of China; 7Institute of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, 361021, People’s Republic of China; 8Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Biochemical Technology, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, 361021, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Li-Tao Yi, Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Huaqiao University, 668 Jimei Avenue, Xiamen, Fujian Province, 361021, People’s Republic of China, Email litaoyi@hqu.edu.cn Wei-Feng Huang, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, 55 Zhenhai Road, Xiamen, Fujian Province, 361003, People’s Republic of China, Email hwf0625@xmu.edu.cnPurpose: Ferroptosis, characterized by iron-dependent lipid reactive oxygen species accumulation, plays a critical role in the pathophysiology of depression. …”
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Broad Diversity of Fungi in Hospital Water by Máira Gazzola Arroyo, Adriano Menis Ferreira, Oleci Pereira Frota, Natalia Seron Brizzotti-Mazuchi, Jacqueline Tanury Macruz Peresi, Marcelo Alessandro Rigotti, Carlos Eduardo Macedo, Alvaro Francisco Lopes de Sousa, Denise de Andrade, Margarete Teresa Gottardo de Almeida

“…Free chlorine residual content was measured at the time of sample collection. Results. Seventy species of fungi were identified in the water samples and about 56% of the water samples contained culturable fungi. …”
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Anti-blastocystis activity of hop extracts in vitro by S.I. Pokhil, V.V. Kazmirchuk, O.M. Tymchenko, V.Y. Yevsiukova, A.L. Melnyk

“…Blastocystis sp. are the most common, unicellular, anaerobic parasites of the intestinal tract of many animal and human species that can cause various digestive diseases. …”
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Genome skimming provides evidence to accept two new genera (Apiaceae) separated from the Peucedanum s.l. by Bo-Ni Song, Chang-Kun Liu, Chang-Kun Liu, Jiao-Jiao Deng, Wei-Yan Tan, Song-Dong Zhou, Xing-Jin He

“…Among these Peucedanum s.l. members, plastid-based phylogenies recognized two monophyletic clades, clade A (four species) and clade B (10 taxa). Meanwhile, obvious recognized features for morphology, plastome, and chromosome number for each clade were detected: dorsally compressed and glabrous mericarps with filiform dorsal ribs, winged lateral ribs, numerous vittae in commissure and each furrow, IRa/LSC border falling into rpl23 gene, an overall plastome size of 152,288-154,686 bp, and chromosome numbers of 2n=20 were found in clade A; whereas dorsally compressed and pubescent mericarps with filiform dorsal ribs, winged lateral ribs, numerous vittae in commissure and each furrow, IRa/LSC border falling into the ycf2 gene, an overall plastome size of 146,718-147,592 bp, and chromosome numbers of 2n=22 were discovered in clade B. …”
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FORCE platform overcomes barriers of oligonucleotide delivery to muscle and corrects myotonic dystrophy features in preclinical models by Timothy Weeden, Tyler Picariello, Brendan Quinn, Sean Spring, Pei-Yi Shen, Qifeng Qiu, Benjamin F. Vieira, Lydia Schlaefke, Ryan J. Russo, Ya-An Chang, Jin Cui, Monica Yao, Aiyun Wen, Nelson Hsia, Tama Evron, Katy Ovington, Pei-Ni Tsai, Nicholas Yoder, Bo Lan, Reshmii Venkatesan, John Hall, Cody A. Desjardins, Mo Qatanani, Scott Hilderbrand, John Najim, Zhenzhi Tang, Matthew K. Tanner, Romesh Subramanian, Charles A. Thornton, Oxana Ibraghimov-Beskrovnaya, Stefano Zanotti

“…Cynomolgus monkeys were used to determine translatability of DYNE-101 pharmacology to higher species. Results In HSALR mice, a surrogate FORCE conjugate achieves durable correction of spliceopathy and improves myotonia to a greater extent than unconjugated ASO. …”
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Zooarchaeological investigation of the Hoabinhian exploitation of reptiles and amphibians in Thailand and Cambodia with a focus on the Yellow-headed Tortoise (Indotestudo elongata... by Bochaton, Corentin, Chantasri, Sirikanya, Maneechote, Melada, Claude, Julien, Griggo, Christophe, Naksri, Wilailuck, Forestier, Hubert, Sophady, Heng, Auertrakulvit, Prasit, Bowonsachoti, Jutinach, Zeitoun, Valéry

“…Our study focuses on the bone remains attributed to the Yellow-headed Tortoise (Indotestudo elongata) as it is the most represented taxon in archaeological assemblages in the region of study. For this species, we developed osteometric equations enabling the estimation of the carapace size of the archaeological individuals. …”
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Investigation of the dose and structure effects of lipid oxidation products aldehydes on the generation of heterocyclic amines: A case study of 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo [4,... by Mantong Zhao, Zhongyuan Liu, Mengyin Zha, Ying Sun, Haohao Shi, Xueying Zhang, Chuan Li, Guanghua Xia

“…During pan-frying, massive aldehydes were generated in a time-dependent manner with acrolein, propanal, hexanal, 4-hydroxy-nonenal (HNE), and 2,4-decadienal (DDE) as the abundant species. In the established chemical model, these aldehydes congruously promoted PhIP formation with the increased concentration, especially acrolein, HNE and DDE. …”
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Hypocrellin A-mediated photodynamic antibacterial activity against Cutibacterium acnes: An in vitro study by Muqiu Zhang, Xinyao Liu, Xin Ran, Runyan Gao, Jitong Sun, Kaiwen Zhuang, Zimeng You, Zhi Zhang, Yuping Ran

“…The results showed that hypocrellin initiates type II photodynamic reactions by inducing amount of reactive oxygen species, particularly singlet oxygen. Within a certain concentration range, hypocrellin effectively maintained the antibacterial efficacy with minimal damage to keratinocyte cells. …”
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Impact of gut microbial diversity on egg production performance in chickens by Liping Wu, Tao Zhang, Zhihua Luo, Huiyuan Xiao, Di Wang, Cailong Wu, Xinyan Fang, Jiawei Li, Jing Zhou, Junjie Miao, Hongli Tan, Yanan Wang, Qing Liu, Jianhua Huang

“…ABSTRACT Chickens are one of the most economically important poultry species, and their egg-laying performance is a crucial economic trait. …”
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Salvia deserti Decne., an endemic and rare subshrub from Arabian desert: antidiabetic and antihyperlipidemic effects of leaf hydroethanolic extracts by Arbi Guetat, Slimen Selmi, Abdelrhman T. Abdelwahab, Marwa A. Abdelfattah, Abd Ealrhman M. Elhaj, Roaa T. Mogharbel, M. J. A. Abualreish, Abdullah F. Alanazi, Karim Hosni, Naceur Mejri, Abdennacer Boulila

“…Although their effectiveness, the antidiabetic drugs have many side effects such as cardiovascular diseases, kidney failure, and hepatic complications. Many plant species of the genus Salvia L. such as “Arabian desert sage” (Salvia deserti) should began to be the focus of phytochemical and bioactivity studies.MethodsThe study aims to investigate, first-ever, the antidiabetic and antihyperlipidemic effects of the leaf hydroethanolic extract of S. deserti, an endemic and rare subshrub from Arabian desert. …”
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Oxidative Stress, Antioxidant Capacity, and Inflammatory Markers in Patients with Idiopathic Complete Heart Block by Shobhit Shah, Monika Bhandari, Pravesh Vishwakarma, Wahid Ali, Mohammad Kaleem Ahmad, Abhishek Singh, Ayush Shukla, Akhil Kumar Sharma, Gaurav Chaudhary, Akshyaya Pradhan, Sharad Chandra, Rishi Sethi, S. K. Dwivedi

“…High significant increases in MDA (P ≤ 0.001) were indicative of increased reactive oxygen species-mediated tissue damage. Serum IL-5 (pg/ml) has a mean value of 67.347 ± 20.445 (P < 0.001) in controls and 481.442 ± 28.8995 in patients. …”
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Nest Site Selection by Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) and Implications for Conservation on Qilianyu, Xisha Islands, South China Sea by Ting Zhang, Xiaoyu An, Chenglong Zhang, Yunteng Liu, Yupei Li, Yangfei Yu, Jichao Wang, Liu Lin, Hai‐Tao Shi

“…ABSTRACT The green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) is the only sea turtle species that breeds in China, and the largest remaining nesting grounds for green sea turtles in Chinese waters is found on the Qilianyu atoll of the Xisha Islands. …”
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In Vitro Activities of Ceftobiprole and Doripenem Tested against Frequently Encountered Aerobic and Facultative Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacterial Pathogens Isolated from Pa... by James A Karlowsky, Mel DeCorby, Daryl J Hoban, George G Zhanel

“…Greater than 99% of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-negative Escherichia coli (n=1528) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (n=436) were susceptible to ceftobiprole (MIC 1 μg/mL or less); against other genera/species of Enterobacteriaceae, susceptibility to ceftobiprole ranged from 80.7% for Enterobacter cloacae (n=166) to 99.2% for Proteus mirabilis (n=119). …”
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Multifunctional drug delivery nanoparticles for combined chemotherapy/chemodynamic/photothermal therapy against colorectal cancer through synergistic cuproptosis/ferroptosis/apopto... by Xiuzhang Yan, Heshi Liu, Lei Guo, Chang Liu, Shichen Zhang, Xue Wang, Yixin Tang, Rui Zhou, Xin Jiang, Erlei Wang, Shuohui Gao, Caina Xu

“…On the other hand, DFMTCH NPs could produce reactive oxygen species (ROS) and consume glutathione (GSH) by amplifying cellular oxidative stress, while causing intracellular mitochondrial dysfunction, inducing effective cuproptosis/ferroptosis/apoptosis to inhibit tumor growth. …”
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Spatiotemporal dynamics of early oogenesis in pigs by Wei Ge, Yi-Lin Niu, Yu-Kang Li, Li Li, Han Wang, Wen-Wen Li, Tian Qiao, Yan-Ni Feng, Yu-Qing Feng, Jing Liu, Jun-Jie Wang, Xiao-Feng Sun, Shun-Feng Cheng, Lan Li, Wei Shen

“…Projection of the germ cell clusters at different stages of oogenesis into the spatial atlas unveils a “cortical to medullary (C-M)” distribution of germ cells in the developing porcine ovaries. Cross-species analysis between pigs and humans unveils a conserved C-M distribution pattern of germ cells during oogenesis, highlighting the utility of pigs as valuable models for studying human oogenesis in a spatial context. …”
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Genomic epidemiology of third-generation cephalosporin-resistant Escherichia coli from companion animals and human infections in Europe by Adrien Biguenet, Benoit Valot, Farid El Garch, Xavier Bertrand, Didier Hocquet

“…Because of this proximity, it has been suggested that pets and humans might exchange bacterial species from their gut microbiota, with multidrug resistant bacteria being of particular concern. …”
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Exploring the role of curcumin in mitigating oxidative stress to alleviate lipid metabolism disorders by Maojun Cheng, Maojun Cheng, Fang Ding, Fang Ding, Liyang Li, Liyang Li, Changmao Dai, Changmao Dai, Xiaolan Sun, Xiaolan Sun, Jia Xu, Jia Xu, Feier Chen, Feier Chen, Mingxiu Li, Xueping Li

“…Curcumin, known for its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, has been shown to enhance cellular antioxidant activity, mitigate oxidative stress, and alleviate lipid metabolism disorders by reducing reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation. These effects include decreasing fat deposition, increasing fatty acid uptake, and improving insulin sensitivity. …”
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Sex Variations in the Oral Microbiomes of Youths with Severe Periodontitis by Ya-Qiong Zhao, Ying-Hui Zhou, Jie Zhao, Yao Feng, Zheng-Rong Gao, Qin Ye, Qiong Liu, Yun Chen, Shao-Hui Zhang, Li Tan, Marie Aimee Dusenge, Jing Hu, Yun-Zhi Feng, Fei Yan, Yue Guo

“…The Kruskal-Wallis test based on the relative abundance of species, combined with the LEfSe analysis showed that the dominant bacteria in males were Pseudomonas and Papillibacter, whereas the dominant bacteria in women were Fusobacteriales and Tannerella. …”
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O-GlcNAcylation attenuates ischemia-reperfusion-induced pulmonary epithelial cell ferroptosis via the Nrf2/G6PDH pathway by Liuqing Yang, Hexiao Tang, Jin Wang, Dawei Xu, Rui Xuan, Songping Xie, Pengfei Xu, Xinyi Li

“…Thus, we generated Ogt1-conditional knockout mice and found that Ogt1 deficiency aggravated ferroptosis, as evidenced by lipid reactive oxygen species (lipid ROS), malondialdehyde (MDA), Fe2+, as well as alterations in critical protein expression glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4) and solute carrier family 7 member 11 (SLC7A11). …”
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The utilization of seagrass and macroalgae substrate for settlement of sandfish Holothuria scabra larvae by Lisa Fajar Indriana, , Marjuky, Sitti Hilyana

“…ABSTRACT   Sandfish (Holothuria scabra) is one of endangered species, which has high economical value but has not been commonly cultivated. …”
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