Not only climate: The importance of biotic interactions in shaping species distributions at macro scales [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Francesca Cosentino, Luigi Maiorano
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A Comprehensive Review on the Roles of Metals Mediating Insect–Microbial Pathogen Interactions
Metabolites, 2023 Insects and microbial pathogens are ubiquitous and play significant roles in various biological processes, while microbial pathogens are microscopic organisms that can cause diseases in multiple hosts.
Subhanullah Khan, Minglin Lang
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Structure, function, and pathology of protein O-glucosyltransferases
Cell Death and Disease, 2021 Protein O-glucosylation is a crucial form of O-glycosylation, which involves glucose (Glc) addition to a serine residue within a consensus sequence of epidermal growth factor epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like repeats found in several proteins, including
Muhammad Zubair Mehboob, Minglin Lang
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New insight into protein glycosylation in the development of Alzheimer’s disease
Cell Death Discovery, 2023 Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disease that seriously endangers the physical and mental health of patients, however, there are still no effective drugs or methods to cure this disease up to now.
Jingwei Zhao, Minglin Lang
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Light-Engineering Technology for Enhancing Plant Disease Resistance
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 Insect vector-borne diseases are a major constraint to a wide variety of crops. Plants integrate environmental light and internal signalings to defend dual stresses both from the vector insects and vector-transmitted pathogens.
Duan Wang +7 more
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Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2020 Invasions by non-native pathogens represent a major threat to managed and natural ecosystems worldwide. Although necessary for adopting preventive strategies, the identification of invasive species before they are introduced is particularly difficult ...
Francesca Dennert +6 more
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Key players in the regulation of iron homeostasis at the host-pathogen interface
Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 Iron plays a crucial role in the biochemistry and development of nearly all living organisms. Iron starvation of pathogens during infection is a striking feature utilized by a host to quell infection.
Inam Ullah, Minglin Lang, Minglin Lang
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Aedes aegypti CLIPB9 activates prophenoloxidase-3 in the presence of CLIPA14 after fungal infection
Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 Melanization is an integral part of the insect defense system and is often induced by pathogen invasion. Phenoloxidases (POs) are critical enzymes that catalyze melanin formation.
Yannan Ji +7 more
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Transcriptome profiling of Fraxinus excelsior genotypes infested by emerald ash borer
Scientific Data, 2023 European ash, Fraxinus excelsior is facing the double threat of ongoing devastation by the invasive fungal pathogen, Hymenoscyphus fraxineus and the imminent arrival of the non-native emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis.
James M. Doonan +9 more
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Effects of High-Fat Diet During Childhood on Precocious Puberty and Gut Microbiota in Mice
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Precocious puberty mostly stems from endocrine disorders. However, more and more studies show that a high-fat diet (HFD) is closely related to precocious puberty, but its mechanism is unknown. Since gut microbiota is associated with hormone secretion and
Tingbei Bo +11 more
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