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Noela Rodriguez-Losada, Noela Rodriguez-Losada, Rune Wendelbob, M. Carmen Ocaña et al. • Frontiers in Neuroscience
(2020)
Emerging scaffold structures made of carbon nanomaterials, such as graphene oxide (GO) have shown efficient bioconjugation with common biomolecules. Previous studies described that GO promotes the differentiation of neural stem cells and ma...
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DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2020.570409
Meaghan L. Pimsler, Meaghan L. Pimsler, Meaghan L. Pimsler, Carl E. Hjelmen et al. • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
(2021)
Reliability of forensic entomology analyses to produce relevant information to a given case requires an understanding of the underlying arthropod population(s) of interest and the factors contributing to variability. Common traits for analy...
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DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.696638
Feng Li, Tsz Y. Lo, Leann Miles, Qin Wang et al. • Nature Communications
(2021)
The Atr-Check1 pathway is involved in cell cycle and the DNA damage response. Here, the authors show that the Atr-Check1 pathway can inhibit axon regeneration in response to Piezo-mediated mechanosensation, affecting functional recovery....
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24131-7
S. Vasanthakumar, M. Manikandan, Muthu Arumugam • Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports
(2024)
Selenium, an essential micronutrient with potent anticancer and antioxidant properties, the inorganic form of selenium is highly toxic, while organic and elemental nanoforms are more bioavailable and less toxic and have gained attention owi...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2024.101760
Dimitri Vanhecke, Dagmar A. Kuhn, Dorleta Jimenez de Aberasturi, Sandor Balog et al. • Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology
(2017)
Little is known about the simultaneous uptake of different engineered nanoparticle types, as it can be expected in our daily life. In order to test such co-exposure effects, murine macrophages (J774A.1 cell line) were incubated with gold (A...
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DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.8.239
Zvereva Elvira, Makarova Anastasiya, Ilyin Nikolay, Ageeva Marina et al. • E3S Web of Conferences
(2023)
The possibility of reuse of heavy residues (oily sludge) of low-sulfur, highly paraffinic Mangyshlak oils as a basis for fuel with improved environmental characteristics for engines to marine, river and railway transport, gas turbine and bo...
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DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202337604020
Nobuhiko Kajinami, Mitsuhiro Matsumoto • Biophysics and Physicobiology
(2019)
Human knee joints move smoothly under high load conditions due to articular cartilage and synovial fluid. Much attention is paid to the role of proteoglycans. It is suggested that a part of proteoglycan forms aggregate on the cartilage surf...
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DOI: 10.2142/biophysico.16.0_466
Qinghua Luo, Xintan Dong, Zhaxi Zerang, Yujiao Chen et al. • Cell Reports
(2026)
Summary: The β-barrel assembly machinery (BAM) is essential for outer membrane protein (OMP) biogenesis in Gram-negative bacteria and represents a validated target for antibiotic development. Its evolutionary relative, the translocation and...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2026.117733
Martin Sindelar, Anna Kocurkova, Matej Simek, Pavel Roudnicky et al. • MicrobiologyOpen
(2026)
ABSTRACT The ability of gut microbes to degrade host‐ and diet‐derived glycans is central to microbiome ecology and host interactions, yet predicting these functions in silico remains challenging. Hyaluronan (HA), a glycosaminoglycan (GAG) ...
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DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.70227
Yi-Lei Zhang, Ruo-Chen Wang, Ken Cheng, Brian Z. Ring et al. • Cancer Biology & Medicine
(2017)
Ras-associated protein-1 (Rap1), a small GTPase in the Ras-related protein family, is an important regulator of basic cellular functions (e.g., formation and control of cell adhesions and junctions), cellular migration, and polarization. Th...
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DOI: 10.20892/j.issn.2095-3941.2016.0086
Khushboo Singh, Roon Banerjee, Chandrakanta Potdar, Anisha Shaw et al. • Cells
(2026)
Mutations in leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) are among the most common genetic causes of Parkinson’s disease (PD), yet substantial heterogeneity exists among pathogenic variants. How mutations in distinct functional domains of LRRK2 di...
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DOI: 10.3390/cells15040342
Victoria Vitkova, Vesela Yordanova, Galya Staneva, Ognyan Petkov et al. • Membranes
(2021)
Simple carbohydrates are associated with the enhanced risk of cardiovascular disease and adverse changes in lipoproteins in the organism. Conversely, sugars are known to exert a stabilizing effect on biological membranes, and this effect is...
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DOI: 10.3390/membranes11110847
Yashar Bashirzadeh, Hossein Moghimianavval, Allen P. Liu • iScience
(2022)
Summary: Cell shape changes from locomotion to cytokinesis are, to a large extent, driven by myosin-driven remodeling of cortical actin patterns. Passive crosslinkers such as α-actinin and fascin as well as actin nucleator Arp2/3 complex la...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104236
Maria Angelova, Petko Alov, Ivanka Tsakovska, Dessislava Jereva et al. • Molecules
(2025)
Scoring functions are key elements in docking protocols as they approximate the binding affinity of a ligand (usually a small bioactive molecule) by calculating its interaction energy with a biomacromolecule (usually a protein). In this stu...
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DOI: 10.3390/molecules30132777
Qian Qin, Zhiyan Shan, Lei Xing, Yutong Jiang et al. • Journal of Translational Medicine
(2024)
Abstract Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a multifaceted neurodevelopmental disorder predominant in childhood. Despite existing treatments, the benefits are still limited. This study explored the effectiveness of mesenchymal stem cell-deri...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12967-024-05257-w
Balamurugan Jagadeesan, Leen Baert, Martin Wiedmann, Renato H. Orsi • Frontiers in Microbiology
(2019)
As WGS is increasingly used by food industry to characterize pathogen isolates, users are challenged by the variety of analysis approaches available, ranging from methods that require extensive bioinformatics expertise to commercial softwar...
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DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00947
Xhulio Dhori, Silvia Gioiosa, Stefania Gonfloni • Scientific Data
(2024)
Abstract Granulosa cells (GCs) play crucial roles in oocyte maturation. Through gap junctions and extracellular vesicles, they mediate the exchange of molecules such as microRNAs and messenger RNAs. Different ovarian cell types exhibit uniq...
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DOI: 10.1038/s41597-024-03715-0
Bruna Scalia, Marco Andrea Nicola Saporito, Laura Mauceri, Alessandro Valerio Saporito et al. • Italian Journal of Pediatrics
(2024)
Abstract Background SARS-CoV-2’s potential consequences on the developing brain are still unknown. The aim of this study was to describe cranial ultrasonographic (cUS) findings in a population of newborns exposed to SARS-CoV-2 born at San M...
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DOI: 10.1186/s13052-024-01826-3
Walaa E. Hussein, Walaa E. Hussein, Ahmed G. Abdelhamid, Ahmed G. Abdelhamid et al. • Frontiers in Microbiology
(2020)
An Enterococcus durans strain, designated OSY-EGY, was previously isolated from artisanal cheese. In this work, comparative genomic and phenotypic analyses were utilized to assess the safety characteristics and probiotic traits of the bacte...
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DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.608314
Jing Yang, Pengfei Li, Pengfei Li, Pengfei Li et al. • Frontiers in Immunology
(2022)
ObjectiveExtranodal natural killer/T cell lymphoma (NKTCL) is an aggressive EBV-related lymphoma, originating from NK cells or T cells. Previous study demonstrated that CD56 negative NKTCL should be recognized as a distinct subtype. In this...
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DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.829366