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Analysis of taxonomic distinctness and priority conservation areas as a basis for heritage enhancement of floristic diversity: the case of the ‘hotspot’ of the islands of Numidia (North-eastern Algeria)

Tarek Hamel, Noelia Hidalgo Triana, Amel Meddad-Hamza, Amir Boulemtafes et al. • Mediterranean Botany (2022)

The identification of priority conservation areas (PCA) plays an important role in biodiversity conservation, but uncertainties create challenges for conservation planning. The objective was to test a method based on 'taxonomic distinctness...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5209/mbot.81125

RESPOSTA DIFERENCIAL DAS CULTURAS DE MILHO RR E SOJA RR À EXPOSIÇÃO A GLYPHOSATE E ADUBAÇÃO FOSFATADA

L.B. CARVALHO, M.D.C. PEREIRA, P.E.V. BORGES, F.J. SILVA et al. • Planta Daninha (2015)

RESUMO A adubação fosfatada pode influenciar a resposta das culturas tolerantes ao glyphosate em razão de a absorção ativa do herbicida ser mediada por carreadores de fosfato. O objetivo desta pesquisa foi analisar características de cresci...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1590/S0100-83582015000400013

Functional relation of Actinidia species phytohormonal status with regeneration ability and sex of plants

N.V. Skripchenko, L.I. Musatenko, P.A. Moroz, V.A. Vasjuk • Інтродукція Рослин (1999)

Endogenous content of phytohormones has been investigated in one-year shoots of different actinidia species, which were introduced in Ukraine. Relationship between phytohormon status of plants and their ability to rooting was established. O...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3366272

Functional MRI of Handwriting Tasks: A Study of Healthy Young Adults Interacting with a Novel Touch-Sensitive Tablet

Mahta Karimpoor, Nathan W. Churchill, Fred Tam, Corinne E. Fischer et al. • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (2018)

Handwriting is a complex human activity that engages a blend of cognitive and visual motor skills. Current understanding of the neural correlates of handwriting has largely come from lesion studies of patients with impaired handwriting. Tas...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2018.00030

Graphene Oxide and Reduced Derivatives, as Powder or Film Scaffolds, Differentially Promote Dopaminergic Neuron Differentiation and Survival

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...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2020.570409

Sexual Dimorphism in Growth Rate and Gene Expression Throughout Immature Development in Wild Type Chrysomya rufifacies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Macquart

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...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.696638

Doublecortin-like kinase 1 compromises DNA repair and induces chromosomal instability

Yuxiong Lu, Junichi Maruyama, Keiko Kuwata, Hiroyuki Fukuda et al. • Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports (2018)

Doublecortin-like kinase 1 (DCLK1) is a serine/threonine-kinase with two doublecortin (DCX) domains. DCLK1 is associated with microtubules via DCX domains and regulates microtubule polymerization. DCLK1 is known to be expressed in cancer st...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2018.10.014

tRNA sequences can assemble into a replicator

Alexandra Kühnlein, Simon A Lanzmich, Dieter Braun • eLife (2021)

Can replication and translation emerge in a single mechanism via self-assembly? The key molecule, transfer RNA (tRNA), is one of the most ancient molecules and contains the genetic code. Our experiments show how a pool of oligonucleotides, ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.7554/eLife.63431

Advances in Imaging and Physiology-Guided Personalized Care in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Lucas Rodrigues Moraes, Pedro Leme Silva, Denise Battaglini, Patricia Rieken Macedo Rocco • Medicina (2026)

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a heterogeneous inflammatory lung injury marked by increased alveolar–capillary permeability, reduced respiratory system compliance, and impaired gas exchange. Despite advances in supportive car...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/medicina62020420

Polymer brush in articular cartilage lubrication: Nanoscale modelling and simulation

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...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2142/biophysico.16.0_466

Revisiting Hyaluronan Catabolism in Bacteroides: Pathway Conservation, Overlooked Proteins, and Predictive Accuracy

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) ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.70227

Dielectric Properties of Phosphatidylcholine Membranes and the Effect of Sugars

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...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/membranes11110847

Clinical evaluation of DIAGNOVIR SARS-CoV-2 ultra-rapid antigen test performance compared to PCR-based testing

Ali Aytac Seymen, Ezgi Gulten, Erol Ozgur, Bülend Ortaç et al. • Scientific Reports (2023)

Abstract Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) is a highly contagious infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The development of rapid antigen tests has contributed to easing the burden on ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-31177-8

Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain protein-1 is expressed and involved in the inflammatory response in human sebocytes

Natsuko Kitajima, Takahisa Nakajo, Takeshi Katayoshi, Kentaro Tsuji-Naito • Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports (2023)

Sebocytes express Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain (NOD)-like receptors (NLRs), which participate in the innate immune response of the skin. Although the roles of TLRs and NLR family pyrin domain-cont...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2023.101561

FAM83A as a Potential Biological Marker Is Regulated by miR-206 to Promote Cervical Cancer Progression Through PI3K/AKT/mTOR Pathway

Li Rong, Haiyu Li, Zhaodong Li, Jing Ouyang et al. • Frontiers in Medicine (2020)

Background and Objective: Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are effective treatment options for cervical cancer (CC), but their efficacy is limited by short survival rate of about 5 years particularly for advance stage CC. Bioinformatics analys...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2020.608441

Synergistic effect of mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicle and miR-137 alleviates autism-like behaviors by modulating the NF-κB pathway

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...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12967-024-05257-w

Identification of functional pathways for regenerative bioactivity of selected renal cells

Wei Sha, Timothy Bertram, Deepak Jain, Cory Brouwer et al. • Stem Cell Research & Therapy (2022)

Abstract Background Selected renal cells (SRC) are in Phase II clinical trials as a kidney-sourced, autologous, tubular epithelial cell-enriched cell-based therapy for chronic kidney disease (CKD). In preclinical studies with rodent models ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13287-022-02713-6

Can Bacillus paranthracis cause bacteremia in a T-ALL patient? WGS-based diagnosis

Serap Süzük Yıldız, Ayşegül Polat, Süleyman Yalçın, Mert Emre Ölmez et al. • Journal of Infection in Developing Countries (2025)

Introduction: Most of Bacillus spp. generally avirulent species in healthy patients, but if there is a fragile in the patient, especially their immune system, Bacillus spp. can be an agent for infections. Case Report: In this case, we rep...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3855/jidc.20080

Proteomic analysis of synergetic neuroprotective effect of adenosine, thiamine, niacin and cyanocobalamin in pathophysiology of diabetic polyneuropathy

O. A. Gromova, I. Yu. Torshin, A. G. Moiseenok • Фармакоэкономика (2025)

Background. Neurotransmitter adenosine and B-group vitamins have neuroprotective, remyelinizing and anti-neuroinflammatory properties. Despite the studies of these molecules for decades, the molecular mechanisms of their synergistic effect ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.17749/2070-4909/farmakoekonomika.2024.285

Dysregulation of Angiogenesis and Inflammatory Genes in Endometrial Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Their Contribution to Endometriosis

Shermineh Heydari, Ladan Kashani, Mehrdad Noruzinia • Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (2021)

Endometriosis is a common, chronic, inflammatory disorder in women, characterized by the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterus cavity. The disease affects ~10% of women during their reproductive age. There is some debates on the...

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