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Role of pyroptosis in spinal cord injury and its therapeutic implications

Abdullah Al Mamun, Yanqing Wu, Ilma Monalisa, Chang Jia et al. • Journal of Advanced Research (2021)

Background: Currently, spinal cord injury (SCI) is a pathological incident that triggers several neuropathological conditions, leading to the initiation of neuronal damage with several pro-inflammatory mediators' release. However, pyroptosi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.jare.2020.08.004

Characterization of low-nitrogen quantum diamond for pulsed magnetometry applications

Jiashen Tang, Jiashen Tang, Connor A. Roncaioli, Andrew M. Edmonds et al. • Frontiers in Quantum Science and Technology (2025)

Ensembles of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond are versatile quantum sensors with broad applications in the physical and life sciences. The concentration of neutral substitutional nitrogen ([Ns0]) strongly influences NV electronic sp...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/frqst.2025.1701548

Prediction of metabolic status of dairy cows in early lactation using milk fatty acids and test-day variables

Muluken Girma, A.T.M. van Knegsel, S. Heirbaut, L. Vandaele et al. • Journal of Dairy Science (2023)

ABSTRACT: Early lactation metabolic imbalance is an important physiological change affecting the health, production, and reproduction of dairy cows. The aims of this study were (1) to evaluate the potential of test-day (TD) variables with o...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3168/jds.2022-22702

Tissue-specific responses of antioxidant pathways to poor hygiene conditions in growing pigs divergently selected for feed efficiency

K. Sierżant, M-H. Perruchot, E. Merlot, N. Le Floc’h et al. • BMC Veterinary Research (2019)

Abstract Background Poor hygiene of housing induces a systemic inflammatory response. Because inflammation and oxidative stress are processes that can sustain each other, the ways pigs are able to activate their antioxidant defenses are cri...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12917-019-2107-2

Masterbatch-enabled acceleration of polyolefin biodegradation under open air terrestrial environmental conditions

Ceren Kütahya, Catalina Cruañas Pániker, Faith Ly, Arjun Jerath et al. • npj Materials Degradation (2026)

Abstract Polyolefins, commonly used in packaging and single-use products, are notoriously persistent in the environment, contributing significantly to environmental pollution. In scientific literature to date, polyolefins have not been repo...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41529-026-00817-5

The Composition Analysis of Endophytic Bacteria Community and Genetic Investigation of Major Strains in Jimai 44 Seeds

Yang Fengning, Wang Jinpeng • BIO Web of Conferences (2026)

In this research, the community composition and specific strains of endophytic bacteria in the seeds of Triticum aestivum L. cv. Jimai 44 were cultured in vitro and initially identified. Sequencing information revealed the main composition ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1051/bioconf/202623205002

Metabolic modeling-based drug repurposing in Glioblastoma

Claudio Tomi-Andrino, Alina Pandele, Klaus Winzer, John King et al. • Scientific Reports (2022)

Abstract The manifestation of intra- and inter-tumor heterogeneity hinders the development of ubiquitous cancer treatments, thus requiring a tailored therapy for each cancer type. Specifically, the reprogramming of cellular metabolism has b...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-14721-w

The Prehistoric Indian Ayurvedic Rice Shashtika Is an Extant Early Domesticate With a Distinct Selection History

Mariet Jose, R. Dinesh Raj, M. R. Vinitha, Remya Madhu et al. • Frontiers in Plant Science (2018)

Fully domesticated rice is considered to have emerged in India at approximately 2000 B.C., although its origin in India remains a contentious issue. The fast-growing 60-days rice strain described in the Vedic literature (1900–500 B.C.) and ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01203

Post-fire forest management effects on soil metal dynamics in Mediterranean forests

Yener Ulus, Yener Ulus, Shaoyi Wang, Shaoyi Wang et al. • Frontiers in Environmental Science (2025)

Wildfires are an integral component of Mediterranean ecosystems. The forest management practices implemented following such forest fires can significantly influence soil chemistry and metal dynamics. This study investigates the effects of d...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1661652

Role of hypothetical protein PA1-LRP in antibacterial activity of endolysin from a new Pantoea phage PA1

Ye Tian, Xinyan Xu, Munazza Ijaz, Ying Shen et al. • Frontiers in Microbiology (2024)

IntroductionPantoea ananatis has emerged as a significant plant pathogen affecting various crops worldwide, causing substantial economic losses. Bacteriophages and their endolysins offer promising alternatives for controlling bacterial infe...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1463192

Biomass burning fuel consumption rates: a field measurement database

T. T. van Leeuwen, G. R. van der Werf, A. A. Hoffmann, R. G. Detmers et al. • Biogeosciences (2014)

Landscape fires show large variability in the amount of biomass or fuel consumed per unit area burned. Fuel consumption (FC) depends on the biomass available to burn and the fraction of the biomass that is actually combusted, and can be com...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-7305-2014

Improved chromosomal-level genome assembly and re-annotation of leopard coral grouper

Wentao Han, Shaoxuan Wu, Hui Ding, Mingyi Wang et al. • Scientific Data (2023)

Abstract Plectropomus leopardus, as known as leopard coral grouper, is a valuable marine fish that has gradually been bred artificially. To promote future conservation, molecular breeding, and comparative studies, we generated an improved h...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-02051-z

Nestedness of benthic diatom metacommunity in relation to species niche width and environmental variables in a large near-natural catchment

Xinxin Qi, Xinxin Qi, Guohao Liu, Guohao Liu et al. • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (2024)

Insight into the non-random distribution patterns of species in different regions is a foundational aim of research in community ecology and biogeography. The nestedness pattern, which investigates changes in species composition and abundan...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2024.1339946

Temperature orchestrates phytoplankton community and environment in mountain stream for enhancing resource use efficiency

Li Ji, Huayong Zhang, Huayong Zhang, Zhongyu Wang et al. • Frontiers in Marine Science (2025)

Warming is a key factor influencing the function of the structure and function of phytoplankton communities. However, the impacts of temperature on phytoplankton resource use efficiency (RUE) in mountain rivers remain poorly understood. Her...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2025.1565858

Impacts of land use and cover changes on ecosystem service values from 1992 to 2052 in Gena District, Southwest Ethiopia

Tesfaye Tadesse, Yericho Berhanu, Ginjo Gitima, Meseret Kassie et al. • Scientific African (2024)

Land use and cover changes alter the functions and structures of ecosystem, resulting in variations in Ecosystem Service Values (ESVs). Thus, we examined the impacts of land use/land cover (LULC) changes on ESVs from 1992 to 2052 using geos...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.sciaf.2024.e02244

Evolutionary Analysis of Four Recombinant Viruses of the Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus From a Pig Farm in China

Jiankui Liu, Jiankui Liu, Jiankui Liu, Liling Lai et al. • Frontiers in Veterinary Science (2022)

The porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is one of the most important pathogens causing substantial economic losses to the Chinese swine industry. In this study, we analyzed the complete genome sequences of four PRRSV...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2022.933896

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

Building evidences in Public Health Emergency Preparedness (“BePHEP” Project)—a systematic review

Michelangelo Mercogliano, Gloria Spatari, Chiara Noviello, Francesca Di Serafino et al. • International Journal for Equity in Health (2025)

Abstract Introduction Humanitarian crises exacerbate the vulnerability of already fragile healthcare systems and significantly increase the risk of infectious disease outbreaks in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This systematic re...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12939-025-02382-w

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