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Changes in the Association between GDP and Night-Time Lights during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Subnational-Level Analysis for the US

Taohan Lin, Nataliya Rybnikova • Geomatics (2023)

Night-time light (NTL) data have been widely used as a remote proxy for the economic performance of regions. The use of these data is more advantageous than the traditional census approach is due to its timeliness, low cost, and comparabili...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/geomatics3010008

Red Blood Cells as Potential Repositories of MicroRNAs in the Circulatory System

Liping Sun, Yang Yu, Beifang Niu, Beifang Niu et al. • Frontiers in Genetics (2020)

The amount of erythrocyte-derived microRNAs (miRNAs) represents the majority of miRNAs expressed in whole blood. miR-451, miR-144, and miR-486, which are abundant in red blood cells (RBCs), are involved in the process of erythropoiesis and ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00442

Conjunctival lymphangioma in a 4-year-old girl revealed tuberous sclerosis complex

Freiberg, Florentina Joyce, Kunstmann, Erdmute, König, Thomas, Matlach, Juliane et al. • GMS Ophthalmology Cases (2016)

Background: To present a case of conjunctival lymphangioma in a girl with tuberous sclerosis complex.Methods/results: A 4-year-old girl presented with a relapsing cystic lesion of the bulbar conjunctiva in the right eye with string-of-pear...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3205/oc000046

Divergent biological consequences of APOE isoforms across industrialized and non-industrial environments.

Marina M Watowich, Rachel M Petersen, Layla Brassington, Audrey M Arner et al. • PLoS Genetics (2026)

The apolipoprotein ε4 (APOE ε4) isoform directly alters cholesterol and immune biology and is associated with an increased risk of neurodegenerative and cardiometabolic disease in industrialized settings; nevertheless, APOE ε4-which is ance...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1012285

miRNA-mediated loss of m6A increases nascent translation in glioblastoma.

John P Zepecki, David Karambizi, J Eduardo Fajardo, Kristin M Snyder et al. • PLoS Genetics (2021)

Within the glioblastoma cellular niche, glioma stem cells (GSCs) can give rise to differentiated glioma cells (DGCs) and, when necessary, DGCs can reciprocally give rise to GSCs to maintain the cellular equilibrium necessary for optimal tum...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009086

Cracking rare disorders: a new minimally invasive RNA-seq protocol

Laurenz De Cock, Erika D’haenens, Lies Vantomme, Lynn Backers et al. • npj Genomic Medicine (2025)

Abstract RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) has become key to complementing exome and genome sequencing for variant interpretation. We present a minimally invasive RNA-seq protocol using short-term cultured peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41525-025-00502-7

Expert projections on the development and application of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage technologies

Tobias Heimann, Lara-Sophie Wähling, Tomke Honkomp, Ruth Delzeit et al. • Environmental Research Letters (2025)

Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) is a crucial element in most modelling studies on emission pathways of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to limit global warming. BECCS can substitute fossil fuels in energy prod...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ada16f

Bone Diagenesis in Short Timescales: Insights from an Exploratory Proteomic Analysis

Noemi Procopio, Caley A. Mein, Sefora Starace, Andrea Bonicelli et al. • Biology (2021)

The evaluation of bone diagenetic phenomena in archaeological timescales has a long history; however, little is known about the origins of the microbes driving bone diagenesis, nor about the extent of bone diagenesis in short timeframes—suc...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/biology10060460

Medico-Legal Applications of the Human Microbiome and Critical Issues Due to Environmental Transfer: A Review

Giulia Ricchezze, Erika Buratti, Francesco De Micco, Mariano Cingolani et al. • Microorganisms (2024)

Microbiome has recently seen an increase in its forensic applications. It could be employed to identify a suspect when DNA is not available; it can be used to establish postmortem interval (PMI). Furthermore, it could prove to be fundamenta...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms12122424

miR-3113-5p, miR-223-3p, miR-133a-3p, and miR-499a-5p are sensitive biomarkers to diagnose sudden cardiac death

Fengping Yan, Yuanyuan Chen, Xing Ye, Fu Zhang et al. • Diagnostic Pathology (2021)

Abstract Background Sudden cardiac death (SCD) remains a great health threat and diagnostic challenge, especially those cases without positive autopsy findings. Molecular biomarkers have been urgently needed for the diagnosis of SCD display...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13000-021-01127-x

Lipofuscin: Wear Pigment or Alarm Signal for Cardiac AlloGraft Vasculopathy?

Anca Otilia Farcas, Mihai Ciprian Stoica, Septimiu Voidazan, Carmen Corina Radu et al. • Diagnostics (2026)

Background: CAV (cardiac allograft vasculopathy) is considered the leading cause of late post-transplant mortality and affects approximately 50% of transplant patients at 10 years post-transplant. Its etiopathogenetic mechanism is considere...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics16152432

Cadmium sulfide-induced toxicity in the cortex and cerebellum: In vitro and in vivo studies

Atefeh Varmazyari, Ali Taghizadehghalehjoughi, Cigdem Sevim, Ozlem Baris et al. • Toxicology Reports (2020)

Living organisms have an innate ability to regulate the synthesis of inorganic materials, such as bones and teeth in humans. Cadmium sulfide (CdS) can be utilized as a quantum dot that functions as a unique light-emitting semiconductor nano...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2020.04.011

UPLC-MS/MS Metabolomics Reveals Babao Dan’s Mechanisms in MASH Treatment with Integrating Network Pharmacology and Molecular Docking

Shijiao Zhang, Yanding Su, Ao Han, He Qi et al. • Pharmaceuticals (2025)

Background: Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) is a progressive disease that easily develops into cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, but its pathogenesis is not clear, and most therapeutic drugs have obvious limita...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/ph18081111

Impact of <i>Chlorella vulgaris</i> Bioremediation and Selenium on Genotoxicity, Nephrotoxicity and Oxidative/Antioxidant Imbalance Induced by Polystyrene Nanoplastics in African Catfish (<i>Clarias gariepinus</i>)

Shimaa A. Abdelbaky, Zakaria M. Zaky, Doha Yahia, Mohamed H. Kotob et al. • Fishes (2024)

Contamination of the environment with nano- and microplastic particles exerts a threatening impact on the aquatic ecosystems and sustainable catfish aquaculture. The presence of nanoplastics has been found to have a detrimental impact on bo...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/fishes9020076

Alterations in the gut microbiota and its metabolites contribute to metabolic maladaptation in dairy cows during the development of hyperketonemia

Zhengzhong Luo, Zhenlong Du, Yixin Huang, Tao Zhou et al. • mSystems (2024)

ABSTRACTMetabolic maladaptation in dairy cows after calving can lead to long-term elevation of ketones, such as β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB), representing the condition known as hyperketonemia, which greatly influences the health and production ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00023-24

Evaluation of nutrients in bread: a systematic review

Zahra Aghalari, Hans-Uwe Dahms, Mika Sillanpää • Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition (2022)

Abstract Background A balanced and optimized amount of nutrients in bread, which is the main food in many countries, is necessary to maintain human health. Considering the importance of nutritional values of bread in the food basket of Iran...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s41043-022-00329-3

ETNK1 mutations induce a mutator phenotype that can be reverted with phosphoethanolamine

Diletta Fontana, Mario Mauri, Rossella Renso, Mattia Docci et al. • Nature Communications (2020)

ETNK1 mutations are recurrent in leukemia but how they contribute to oncogenesis is still unclear. Here, the authors show that ETNK1 mutations increase mitochondrial activity, ROS and H2AX levels and that these effects can be rescued upon p...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19721-w

Anti-inflammatory activity of two varieties of pumpkin seed oil in an adjuvant arthritis model in rats

S. Y. Al-Okbi, D. A. Mohamed, E. Kandil, M. A. Abo-Zeid et al. • Grasas y Aceites (2017)

The aim of the present research was to evaluate the anti-inflammatory activity of pumpkin seed oils (PSOs) of an Egyptian and European variety, in a rat model of adjuvant arthritis. Edema thickness, plasma tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) an...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3989/gya.0796161

TRACK-CF prospective cohort study: Understanding early cystic fibrosis lung disease

Eva Steinke, Eva Steinke, Eva Steinke, Olaf Sommerburg et al. • Frontiers in Medicine (2023)

BackgroundLung disease as major cause for morbidity in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) starts early in life. Its large phenotypic heterogeneity is partially explained by the genotype but other contributing factors are not well delineated...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.1034290