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Microbial profile of the appendix niche in acute appendicitis: a novel sampling approach

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
This study utilized a novel sampling method, ERAT (i.e. endoscopic retrograde appendicitis treatment)‐guided lumen aspiration, to obtain samples from the appendix, and shotgun metagenomic sequencing was performed for in situ characterization of the appendix microbiome in patients with acute appendicitis.
Huimin Ma, Mingfei Wang, Yanhu Feng, Wanqi Zhang, Wenbo Wang, Yanfeng Xie, Guixiang Kong, Jie Feng, Pengfei Wang, Qi Wang, Xiaojun Huang   +10 more
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U-CAN-seq: A Universal Competition Assay by Nanopore Sequencing

Viruses
RNA viruses quickly evolve subtle genotypic changes that can have major impacts on viral fitness and host range, with potential consequences for human health.
Jennifer Diaz, John Sears, Che-Kang Chang, Jane Burdick, Isabella Law, Wes Sanders, Colton Linnertz, Paul Sylvester, Nathaniel Moorman, Martin T. Ferris, Mark T. Heise   +10 more
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Key role for inhibins in effective T cell activation, migration and Th17 differentiation

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Activins/inhibins modulate immune responses. Here, we show that inhibins can be produced very early after T cell activation and can act in an autocrine way, favoring Th1 versus Th17 differentiation and CCL19/CCL21 mediated migration. Recombinant inhibin A can restore the Th1/Th17 balance, highlighting the role of inhibins as key regulators of T cell ...
Sandra Ortega‐Francisco, Roxana Olguín‐Alor, Lizbeth Bolaños‐Castro, Alexandra Morales‐Cruz, Marisol De La Fuente‐Granada, Gloria Soldevila   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inducible competitors and adaptive diversification

Current Zoology, 2013
Identifying the causes of diversification is central to evolutionary biology. The ecological theory of adaptive diversification holds that the evolution of phenotypic differences between populations and species––and the formation of new species––stems ...
Beren W. ROBINSON, David W. PFENNIG
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Gaming for the Education of Biology in High Schools

Encyclopedia
Game-based learning refers to an educational approach where games (digital or analogue) are used in order to engage students in interactive and immersive experiences designed to teach specific concepts, skills or subjects.
Marina Lantzouni, Vassilis Poulopoulos, Manolis Wallace   +2 more
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Transcriptional regulation of neuropeptide receptors underlies context‐dependent adaptation in Drosophila melanogaster

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Under environmental changes, the expression level of neuropeptide (NP) and neuropeptide receptor (NPR) genes changes to confer context‐dependent adaptation to the model organism Drosophila melanogaster. Through finding more regulatory elements in the NPR genes in comparison with their ligands (NPs), we found that NPR‐biased transcriptional regulation ...
SeungHeui Ryu, Yanan Wei, Zekun Wu, Tianmu Zhang, DoHoon Lee, Hadi Najafi, Woo Jae Kim   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rethinking plastic waste: innovations in enzymatic breakdown of oil‐based polyesters and bioplastics

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Plastic pollution remains a critical environmental challenge, and current mechanical and chemical recycling methods are insufficient to achieve a fully circular economy. This review highlights recent breakthroughs in the enzymatic depolymerization of both oil‐derived polyesters and bioplastics, including high‐throughput protein engineering, de novo ...
Elena Rosini, Nicolò Antonelli, Gianluca Molla   +2 more
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Interplay between RNA‐protein interactions and RNA structures in gene regulation

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Methodological advances in mapping transcriptome‐wide RNA‐protein interactions and RNA structures have started to uncover the potential of RNP conformations in gene regulation. Competing RNA–RNA, RNA‐protein and protein–protein interactions shape the compaction and function of RNPs throughout their lifetime and may provide novel therapeutic targets in ...
Jenni Rapakko, Mauro Scaravilli, Minna‐Liisa Änkö   +2 more
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A general model for analysis of linear and hyperbolic enzyme inhibition mechanisms

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We developed a general enzyme kinetic model that integrates these six basic inhibition mechanism onto a single one. From this model, we deduced a general enzyme kinetic equation that through modulation of simple parameters, γ (the relative inhibitor affinity for two binding sites) and β (the reactivity of the enzyme–substrate–inhibitor complex), is ...
Rafael S. Chagas, Sandro R. Marana
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HSP70 governs permeability and mechanotransduction in primary human endothelial cells

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HSP70 chemical inhibition reduces endothelial cell proliferation and increases permeability, the latter supported by normal interendothelial junctional protein distribution. HSP70 also plays a role in shear stress response, a hemodynamic force naturally present in blood vessels and correlated with vessel protection.
Andrea Pinto‐Martinez, Everton G. Melo, Isadora C. B. Pavan, Percíllia V. S. Oliveira, Luiza B. C. T. Coimbra, Thaís L. S. Araujo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source