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The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) plays a crucial role in regulating blood pressure and the cardio-renal system. The classical RAS, mainly mediated by angiotensin I, angiotensin-converting enzyme, and angiotensin II, has been reported to be altered in critically ill patients, such as those in vasodilatory shock. Howev...
Regulator of G protein signaling 5 (RGS5), as a negative regulator of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling, is highly expressed in arterial VSMCs and pericytes, which is involved in VSMC phenotypic heterogeneity and vascular remodeling in tumors. However, its role in normal and tumor vascular remodeling is contr...
Angiogenesis and metastasis contributes substantially to the poor outcome of patients with ovarian cancer. We aimed to explore the role and mechanisms of the long non-coding RNA NEAT1 (nuclear enriched abundant transcript 1) in regulating angiogenesis and metastasis of human ovarian cancer. NEAT1 expression in human ov...
In the diagnosis of bloodstream infection (BSI), various inflammatory markers such as C-reactive protein (CRP), procalcitonin (PCT), interleukins (IL), white blood cell count (WBC), neutrophil percentage (NE%), platelet count (PLT), and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) have been extensively utilized. However, their...
To observe the effects of electroacupuncture (EA) at "Jiaji" (EX-B 2) combined with neurodynamic mobilization (NM) on the cross-sectional area of the gastrocnemius muscle fibers after sciatic nerve injury in rabbits, and the expression of nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) and muscle-specific ring-finger protein 1 (MuRF1).
To explore the mechanism of Zhenwu Decoction (ZWD) in the treatment of heart failure (HF) by network pharmacology analysis, so as to provide a basis for the innovation and application of drugs. The effective components and targets of 5 Chinese herbal medicines in ZWD were retrieved by TCM Pharmacology Database and Anal...
Huangbaichen Sanwei formulation (HBCS) has been reported to have a good hypoglycemic effect, but its pharmacological mechanism of action remains unclear. We used network pharmacology and molecular docking to explore the potential mechanism of action of HBCS against type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Fifty-five active com...
Atherosclerosis is a chronic disease that thickens the blood vessel walls and narrows the lumen. Venous thrombosis is a blood clot that forms in the body's deep veins or pulmonary arteries. However, the relationship between NDUFB11 and NDUFS3 and atherosclerosis and venous thrombosis is unclear. We employed data files ...
To explore the anti-tumor effects of Scutellaria baicalensis on osteosarcoma and its mechanism. Network pharmacology and molecular docking techniques were applied to investigate the effect and mechanism of Scutellaria baicalensis on osteosarcoma (OS). We analyzed the protein-protein interaction (PPI) network for potent...
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Identifying effective diagnostic markers and understanding risk factors is crucial for prevention and management. This study aimed to investigate the levels of homocysteine (Hcy) and lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) in human plas...
Xiaotan Sanjie Formula (XTSJF), a traditional Chinese prescription, holds promising potential in addressing gastric cancer (GC). Despite this, the fundamental constituents and underlying mechanisms that define XTSJF's attributes remain enigmatic. Against this backdrop, this study endeavors to unravel the latent mechani...
This study aimed to investigate the angelica sinensis - radix rehmanniae (AR) role in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), employing network pharmacology and molecular docking techniques for active ingredient, targets, and pathway prediction. AR active components were obtained through TCMSP platform and literature search....
Ischemic strokes (ISs) are commonly treated by intravenous thrombolysis using a recombinant tissue plasminogen activator; however, successful treatment can only occur within 3 hours after the stroke. Therefore, it is crucial to determine the causes and underlying molecular mechanisms, identify molecular biomarkers for ...
Scar physique refers to the abnormal repair of skin injury in some people, which may easily lead to keloid or hypertrophic scar. However, the mechanism of scar physique is still unclear. GSE108110 was obtained from the gene expression omnibus database. Differently expression genes (DEGs) between normal skin tissue of n...
Traditional Chinese medicine suggests that Ginseng and Astragalus Decoction (GAD) may effectively treat postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMO). However, the exact mechanism of action for GAD remains unclear. This study aims to utilize network pharmacology and molecular docking technology to explore the potential mechanism o...
The molecular and biofunctional properties of protein and phenolic fractions in edible truffles remain largely unknown. This study examined the effect of ultrasonication on the contents, profiles, and bioactive properties of free and bound phenolics (FP and BP) from desert truffle (Tirmania nivea) and its protein fract...
Antarctic krill suffers from severe water loss after heating, and its quality deteriorates, so it is in urgent need of a green and healthy improver. In this paper, the effects of L-arginine (L-Arg) soaking on the modification of the quality of heat-treated Antarctic krill and the structure of myofibrillar proteins (MPs...
30 mainstream wheat breeds from China and 2 from Australian were evaluated to analyze the correlation between grain quality traits, protein/starch properties and the comprehensive quality of fine dried noodles (FDN), with a multiple regression analysis conducted to establish predictive equations. Results showed FDN qua...
Although wheat gluten has remarkable technological properties, it can induce adverse immune reactions in susceptible individuals, such as wheat allergy and celiac disease. Technological processing and some additives on bread formulation can modify gluten physicochemical structure, but the knowledge about the impacts on...
S. cerevisiae and L. plantarum play important roles in Suanyu fermentation. This study investigated the interaction between S. cerevisiae and L. plantarum during fermentation and its impact on metabolic pathways. Co-culturing S. cerevisiae and L. plantarum increased pH to 5.72, reduced TVB-N to 9.47 mg/mL, and achieved...
Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) fermentation is frequently employed to improve the nutritional, functional, and sensory characteristics of foods. Our study explored the effects of co-fermentation with Lacticaseibacillus paracasei ZH8 and Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis YM313 on the physicochemical properties, antioxidant a...
Eating behavior is critical for maintaining energy homeostasis. Previous studies have found that plant-based meat analogues increased diet intake in mice compared with animal meat under a free feeding mode, however the reasons were unclear. To explore the underlying mechanisms of plant-based meat analogues increasing d...
Collagen peptides play an important role in the increasing use of collagen peptides as dietary supplements in food and beverages and as bioactive ingredients in cosmetics, healthcare, and pharmaceuticals. Collagenase enzymatically cleaves gelatin to produce collagen polypeptides. However, the enzymatic activity of coll...
Excessive intake of pro-inflammatory fatty acids is related to the development of insulin resistance, impaired oxidative stress enzymes, and lipid disorders, leading to inflammation and development of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Diet and physical exercise are considered to prevent and treat metabolic disorder...
Yeast protein concentrate, a by-product of the fermentation industry waste, is a potential alternative protein source with high nutritional quality, environmental sustainability, and functional properties. However, its digestibility and digestion behavior are poorly understood. In this study, we compared the in vitro d...
Honey is a food product consumed all over the world. Besides its nutritional properties, honey presents antibacterial, antioxidant, and wound-healing properties. To ensure that the final product meets qualitative and microbiological standards, honey treatment is of great importance. Conventional honey treatment is base...
The aim of this study was to investigate the delivery of functional factor β-carotene by emulsion stabilized with whey protein isolate-Mesona chinensis polysaccharide (WPI-MCP) conjugate. Results showed that the WPI-MCP complex had better antioxidant properties than WPI. Correspondingly, the emulsions stabilized by thi...
The Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (Keap1)-nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2)-antioxidant response elements (ARE) pathway is one of the most important cellular defense mechanisms against oxidative stress. This study focuses on finding antioxidant peptides from in vitro digestion products of pork sa...
The need for protein is increasing due to the rapid growth of the global population. However, conventional animal meat production has caused severe environmental, land usage, and other issues. Meat substitutes can provide consumers with a high-quality alternative to protein. Texturized protein (TP) is a critical ingred...
Controlling the digestion features of starch-based food matrices following thermal processing plays vital roles in reducing risks of metabolic diseases such as obesity and type II diabetes. To date, it remains largely unclear how regulating the pH during thermal processing alters the microstructure and digestion featur...
Pea protein is a popular source of plant-based protein, though its application in meat and dairy analog products is still lacking. This is particularly true in the development of products with fatty and creamy textures. Cold denaturation may be a way to induce these types of textures in food since this is a universal p...
Hemp seeds have attracted the interest of the food industry recently, to be employed as functional food, considering their nutritional composition, highlighting the high content and quality of the proteins. In this study, ten hemp protein hydrolysates (HPHs) were obtained by enzymatic hydrolysis with two food-grade pro...
Hydrophobic polyphenols, with a variety of physiological activities, are often practically limited due to their low water solubility and chemical instability, among which curcumin (Cur) is a representative hydrophobic polyphenol. To improve Cur, the cod protein (CP)-Cur composite particles (CP-Cur) were successfully pr...
Considering the significance and scarcity of quality protein, this study aims to obtain a novel safe protein source through fermenting the black soldier fly larvae (BSFL). Lactobacillus crispatus M1027 and Pichia kudriavzevii DHX19 were added as starters together with neutral protease for enzymolysis during fermentatio...
Protein-bound N<sup>&#949;</sup>-(carboxymethyl)lysine (CML), an advanced glycation end product within meat products, poses a potential health risk to humans. The objective of this study was to explore the impact of various edible oils on the formation of protein-bound CML in roasted pork patties. Eleven commercially e...
The trend of incorporating faba bean (Vicia faba L.) in breadmaking has been increasing, but its application is still facing technological difficulties. The objective of this study was to understand the influence of substituting the wheat flour (WF) with 10, 20, 30 and 40 % mass of whole bean flour (FBF) or 10 and 20 %...
Dairy-derived angiotensin-I-converting enzyme inhibitory peptides (ANGICon-EIPs) have been regarded as a relatively safe supplementary diet-therapy strategy for individuals with hypertension, and short-chain peptides may have more relevant antihypertensive benefits due to their direct intestinal absorption. Our previou...
Soy protein isolate (SPI) has become a promising plant-based material as an animal protein products alternative. However, its application was limited due to the weak gelling properties. To investigate the effect of kefir fermentation on SPI gels properties, SPI-polysaccharide gels was produced by unfermented and kefir-...
Improving the technical functionality to adapt to the application of complex food systems is an important challenge for the development of plant protein ingredients. Herein, the correlation between the physicochemical properties and interfacial adsorption behavior of rapeseed protein isolate (RPI) at the air-water inte...
Wet-heating Maillard reaction (MR) has been applied to improve the function of proteins by conjugating with soluble carbohydrates. However, the impact of soluble solutes particularly in plant protein on the degree of MR and the properties of the corresponding conjugates has yet to be discussed. In this study, high-inte...
This study investigated the relationship between tenderness and protein phosphorylation levels of normal ultimate pH (pH<sub>u</sub>, 5.4-5.8, NpH<sub>u</sub>), intermediate pH<sub>u</sub> (5.8-6.2, IpH<sub>u</sub>) and high pH<sub>u</sub> (&#8805;6.2, HpH<sub>u</sub>) Longissimus lumborum from beef. During 21 d of age...
Digestibility is an important factor in accessing the nutritional quality and potential health benefits of protein. In this study, exudates were utilized to incubate myofibrillar proteins (MPs) for simulating the oxidation of MPs in frozen-thawed fish fillets. An in vitro gastrointestinal system was used to investigate...
The rapid advancement of nanotechnology has opened up new avenues for applications in all stages of the food industry. Over the past decade, extensive research has emphasized that when nanoparticles (NPs) enter organisms, they spontaneously adsorbed biomolecules, leading to the formation of biocorona. This paper provid...
Chickpea protein (CPI) is a promising dietary protein and potential substitute for soy protein in food product development due to its high protein content and low allergenicity. However, CPI possesses denser tertiary and quaternary structures and contains certain amount of anti-nutritional factors, both of which constr...
Sipunculus nudus, an edible marine invertebrate, has long been used as traditional Chinese medicine in folk remedies. In order to assess the immunoregulatory activity of glycoproteins in Sipunculus nudus and conduct a structure-activity relationship, a glycoprotein (SGP1) with molecular mass of 9.26 kDa was purified fr...
Alkaloids are naturally occurring compounds containing basic nitrogen atoms. They are biosynthesized mainly by plants but also by some fungi species. Many alkaloids are toxic to humans and animals, and they have been classified as food contaminants. Among them, ergot, tropane, and pyrrolizidine alkaloids have maximum l...
Photosynthesis is one of the most important reactions for sustaining our environment. Photosystem II (PSII) is the initial site of photosynthetic electron transfer by water oxidation. Light in excess, however, causes the simultaneous production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), leading to photo-oxidative damage in PSII...
O-Linked attachment of β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) on serine and threonine residues of nuclear, cytoplasmic, and mitochondrial proteins is a highly dynamic and ubiquitous post-translational modification that impacts the function, activity, subcellular localization, and stability of target proteins. Physiologically...
Most proteins function by forming complexes within a dynamic interconnected network that underlies various biological mechanisms. To systematically investigate such interactomes, high-throughput techniques, including CF-MS, have been developed to capture, identify, and quantify protein-protein interactions (PPIs) on a ...
Combined malonic and methylmalonic aciduria is a rare genetic disorder caused by <i>ACSF3</i> biallelic variants that results in impaired protein and fat metabolism and the accumulation of malonic and methylmalonic acids. A 52-day-old infant with a fever and a history of possible meningitis during the neonatal period w...
To investigate the role and underlying mechanism of human myeloid differentiation protein 2 (MD2) in the process of neuronal death induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) by establishing an in vitro model of sepsis-associated encephalopathy (SAE) by LPS.
To investigate the predictive value of pancreatitis activity scoring system (PASS) combined with Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and C-reactive protein (CRP) for infected pancreatic necrosis (IPN) in patients with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP).
Mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) are primary fibroblasts purified from mouse embryos at a defined time post-fertilization. MEFs have versatile applications, including use as feeder cell layers or sources of untransformed primary cells for a variety of biological assays. MEFs are most commonly isolated between embryon...
In structural biology, atomic displacement parameters, commonly used in the form of B values, describe uncertainties in atomic positions. Their distribution over the structure can provide hints on local structural reliability and mobility. A spatial macromolecular model can be represented by a graph whose nodes are ato...
Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is a membrane protein originally discovered in prostate cancer cells. It is widely used at all stages of prostate cancer diagnosis. Several studies have highlighted its possible wide application in other cancers. This review discusses the potential use of positron emission tomo...
Lysosomes are degradative organelles and signaling hubs that maintain cell and tissue homeostasis, and lysosomal dysfunction is implicated in aging and reduced longevity. Lysosomes are frequently damaged, but their repair mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we demonstrate that damaged lysosomal membranes are repaired by m...
In a 1-year survey of wild terrestrial predators in northern Germany, we found that 5 of 110 foxes were infected with contemporary avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses, forming a temporal cluster during January‒March 2023. Encephalitis and strong cerebral virus replication but only sporadic mammalian-adaptive viral polymera...
The covalent inhibition of a target protein has gained widespread attention in the field of drug discovery. Most of the current covalent drugs utilize the high reactivity of cysteines toward modest electrophiles. However, there is a growing need for warheads that can target lysine residues to expand the range of covale...
Nitrogenase is the only enzyme that can cleave the strong triple bond in N<sub>2</sub>, making nitrogen available for biological life. There are three isozymes of nitrogenase, differing in the composition of the active site, viz., Mo, V, and Fe-nitrogenase. Recently, the first crystal structure of Fe-nitrogenase was pr...
<i>Campylobacter fetus</i> is a Gram-negative bacillus typically associated with bacteremia in immunocompromised patients. Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) is a serious complication of prosthetic valve surgery, with a high mortality rate if not treated promptly. We present a rare case of PVE caused by <i>C. fetus</...
Pork is a widely consumed source of animal protein worldwide, and the intramuscular fat (IMF) content in pork plays a crucial role in determining its quality. In this study, we sought to identify candidate genes that regulate IMF deposition in pigs. We performed tandem mass tags (TMT)-based quantitative proteomics anal...
A&#160;new surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) biosensor of Graphene@Ag-MLF composite structure has been fabricated&#160;by loading AgNPs on graphene films. The response of the biosensor is&#160; based on plasmonic sensing. The results showed that&#160;the enhancement factor of three different spores reached 10<...
The proteolytic enzyme ficin exhibits peroxidase-like activity but it is low and insufficient for real applications. Herein, we developed ficin-copper hybrid nanoflowers and demonstrated that they have significantly enhanced peroxidase-like activity of over 6-fold higher than that of free ficin, with one of the lowest ...
Infection by positive-strand RNA viruses induces extensive remodeling of the host endomembrane system in favor of viral replication and movement. The integral membrane protein 6K2 of potyviruses induces the formation of membranous virus replication vesicles at the endoplasmic reticulum exit site (ERES). The intracellul...
Bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) is an assay widely used for studying protein-protein interactions and determining the subcellular localization of proteins. This technique involves fusing the proteins of interest to separate structural domains of a fluorescent protein, followed by transient expression in...
Proteins usually do not function as monomers but rather perform their functions by interacting with themselves or other proteins. Co-immunoprecipitation is an essential assay for detecting protein interactions in vivo. In this chapter, we describe how to use co-immunoprecipitation to detect protein interactions in Arab...
Protein-protein interactions constitute the interface between a virus and the cell it infects and are crucial determinants of the outcome of the viral infection. Multiple techniques have been developed to study how viral and host proteins interact in plants; among them, the split-luciferase complementation imaging assa...
Proteins form complex networks through interaction to drive biological processes. Thus, dissecting protein-protein interactions (PPIs) is essential for interpreting cellular processes. To overcome the drawbacks of traditional approaches for analyzing PPIs, enzyme-catalyzed proximity labeling (PL) techniques based on pe...
As obligate intracellular parasites, viruses rely on the efficient manipulation of the cell they invade in order to multiply and spread. Protein-protein interactions between viral proteins (or their complexes) and cellular proteins are at the interface between virus and host and hence crucial for the outcome of the inf...
The protein-protein interactions (PPI) by protein array technology complement other PPI assay technologies such as AP-MS and Y2H. The in situ protein array technology (NAPPA) enables low-cost, rapid, and comprehensive protein detection. It allows standardized and simultaneous assay of a wide range of proteins with a br...
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has evolved as a new therapeutic modality for cancer treatment with fewer side effects and drug resistance. Curcumin exhibits PDT activity, but its low bioavailability restricts its clinical application. Here, the bioavailability of curcumin was increased by its complex formation with the Zn(...
Mapping molecular deformation and forces in protein biomaterials is critical to understanding mechanochemistry. Here we use intramolecular F&#246;rster resonance energy transfer (FRET) of dual-labeled fibrin to distinguish molecular conformations of proteins <i>in situ</i> during mechanical loading. The FRET approach o...
Recent studies have highlighted the significant involvement of tryptophan metabolism in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, a comprehensive investigation of the precise role of tryptophan metabolism in the context of AD is still lacking. This study employed a bioinformatics approach to identify and v...
Reading is a complex cognitive skill that involves visual, attention, and linguistic skills. Because attention is one of the most important cognitive skills for reading and learning, the current study intends to examine the functional brain network connectivity implicated during sustained attention in dyslexic children...
Ufmylation plays a crucial role in various cellular processes including DNA damage response, protein translation, and ER homeostasis. To date, little is known about how the enzymes responsible for ufmylation coordinate their action. Here, we study the details of UFL1 (E3) activity, its binding to UFC1 (E2), and its rel...
BACKGROUND Malignant rhabdoid tumors are rare and aggressive pediatric tumors that usually arise in the kidney and have a characteristic appearance on histology. Extrarenal malignant rhabdoid tumors originating in the liver are extremely rare. This report is of a 5-month-old girl who presented with a rapidly enlarging ...
Signalling pathways in malaria parasite remain poorly defined and major reason for this is the lack of understanding of the function of majority of parasite protein kinases and phosphatases in parasite signalling and its biology. In the present study, we have elucidated the function of Protein Kinase 2 (PfPK2), which i...
In Trypanosoma cruzi DNA is packaged into chromatin by octamers of histone proteins that form nucleosomes. Transcription of protein coding genes in trypanosomes is constitutive producing polycistronic units and gene expression is primarily regulated post-transcriptionally. However, chromatin organization influences DNA...
Nutritional deprivation triggers a switch from a saprotrophic to predatory lifestyle in soil-dwelling nematode-trapping fungi (NTF). In particular, the NTF Arthrobotrys oligospora secretes food and sex cues to lure nematodes to its mycelium and is triggered to develop specialized trapping devices. Captured nematodes ar...
This Cleavage Under Targets and Release Using Nuclease (CUT&RUN) protocol produces genomic occupancy data for a protein of interest in the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei. The data produced is analyzed in a similar way as that produced by ChIP-seq. While we describe the protocol for parasites carrying an epitope ...
Inflammation in the intestines causes abdominal pain that is challenging to manage. The terminals of sensory neurons innervating the gut are surrounded by glia. Here, using a mouse model of acute colitis, we found that enteric glia contribute to visceral pain by secreting factors that sensitized sensory nerves innervat...
Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascades are essential for eukaryotic cells to integrate and respond to diverse stimuli. Maintaining specificity in signaling through MAPK networks is key to coupling distinct inputs to appropriate cellular responses. Docking sites-short linear motifs found in MAPK substrates, re...
A lead aryl pyrrolidinone anilide identified using high-throughput in vivo screening was optimized for efficacy, crop safety, and weed spectrum, resulting in tetflupyrolimet. Known modes of action were ruled out through in vitro enzyme and in vivo plant-based assays. Genomic sequencing of aryl pyrrolidinone anilide-res...
Constitutive activation of the MALT1 paracaspase in conventional T cells of <i>Malt1</i><sup>TBM/TBM</sup> (TRAF6 Binding Mutant = TBM) mice causes fatal inflammation and autoimmunity, but the involved targets and underlying molecular mechanisms are unknown. We genetically rendered a single MALT1 substrate, the RNA-bin...
Transforming growth factor &#946; (TGF-&#946;) directly acts on naive, effector, and memory T cells to control cell fate decisions, which was shown using genetic abrogation of TGF-&#946; signaling. TGF-&#946; availability is altered by infections and cancer; however, the dose-dependent effects of TGF-&#946; on memory C...
RNA-DNA hybrids are epigenetic features of all genomes that intersect with many processes, including transcription, telomere homeostasis, and centromere function. Increasing evidence suggests that RNA-DNA hybrids can provide two conflicting roles in the maintenance and transmission of genomes: They can be the triggers ...
This study evaluated the chemical composition of rosemary water extract (RWE) and its influence on mechanisms by which the SARS-CoV-2 virus enters into cells as a potential route for reducing the risk of COVID-19 disease. Compounds in RWE were identified using UHPLC-MS/MS. The inhibitory effect of RWE was then evaluate...
The copper hydroxide [Cu(OH)<sub>2</sub>] nanopesticide is an emerging agricultural chemical that can negatively impact aquatic organisms. This study evaluated the behavioral changes of zebrafish larvae exposed to the Cu(OH)<sub>2</sub> nanopesticide and assessed its potential to induce neurotoxicity. Metabolomic and t...
The improvement of organic sludge destruction efficiency and methanogenic performance is a key concern during anaerobic digestion toward maximum energy recovery. In this study, a high-solid anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) was operated continuously for the treatment of organic sludge from Japanese small-scale coll...
In this research, the effect of the oxygenic groups on activated carbon on its hemocompatibility was studied by liquid-phase oxidation to introduce oxygenic groups on its surface and subsequent heat treatment under a nitrogen environment to remove these groups. Hemocompatibility was assessed through coagulation, hemoly...
Neural stem cells (NSCs) transplantation has great potential in the field of central nervous system injury repair, but the limited differentiation efficiency of transplanted NSCs often affects the therapeutic effect. In this paper, we present a stable three-dimensional (3D) conductive hydrogel prepared by cross-linking...
The high expression of BLM (Bloom syndrome) DNA helicase in tumors involves its strong association with cell expansion. Bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloids own an antitumor property and have developed as candidates for anticancer drugs. This paper aimed to study the antitumor effect of fangchinoline derivative HY-2 by targ...
Drought stress is a major factor limiting agricultural development, and exogenous polyamines (PAs) can increase plant drought resistance by enhancing antioxidant activity, but few studies have examined whether endogenous PAs enhance the plant antioxidant system. Here, to investigate the effects of endogenous PAs on the...
Lipids are the main components of plant cell biofilms and play a crucial role in plant growth, Understanding the modulation in lipid profiles under heat stress can contribute to understanding the heat tolerance mechanisms in wheat leaves. In the current study, two wheat cultivars with different heat tolerance levels we...
Heterogeneous electro-Fenton (EF) process is emerging as an attractive treatment technology for removal of sulfadiazine (SDZ), in which in situ generation of H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> and Fe(II) are crucial steps. In this study, Pt-FeO<sub>X</sub>/G was synthesized as a heterogeneous EF catalyst by incorporating Pt si...
Microplastics and antibiotics are emerging as ubiquitous contaminants in farmland soil, harming crop quality and yield, and thus threatening global food security and human health. However, few studies have examined the individual and joint effects of degradable and/or non-degradable microplastics and antibiotics on cro...
Excess acetaminophen (APAP) commonly causes severe acute liver injury (ALI), characterized by oxidative stress, pro-inflammatory responses, and hepatocyte damage. Veronica persica (VP) is a traditional medicine with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. There is a paucity of information on its medicinal value, ...
Methylglyoxal (MGO); a reducing sugar and a dicarbonyl; attaches to the biomolecules (proteins, lipids, and DNA) leading to glycation and accumulation of oxidative stress in cells and tissues. Superoxide anion formed under such conditions entraps free nitric oxide radical (NO) to form peroxynitrite (PON). Nitro-oxidati...
In this issue of Cell Reports Methods, Sadi et&#160;al. present a nuclear magnetic resonance approach for quantitative assessment of protein interactions with lipid membranes. It is sensitive, applicable to diverse membrane systems, covers a broad range of K<sub>D</sub>s, and does not require large amounts of material.
Pregnancy is marked by robust changes, including brain changes to volume, structure, connectivity and neuroplasticity. Although some brain changes are restricted to pregnancy and the postpartum, others are long-lasting. Few studies have examined possible mechanisms of these changes or the effects of multiple pregnancie...