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Area integrity index with random rearrangement (AIIRR): A new concept for quantifying disruptive colorations

Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Disruptive coloration is one of the camouflaging strategies that use conspicuous coloration patterns to destroy the visual integrity of an object and interfere with the observer's visual perception.
Masahiko Tanahashi, Min‐Chen Lin, Chung‐Ping Lin   +2 more
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Peripheral lysosomes recruit PLEKHG3 to focal adhesions and restrain protrusion dynamics

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Proximity‐dependent labeling at the LAMTOR complex revealed the Rho GEF PLEKHG3 as a lysosome‐proximal protein directing the study toward the influence of lysosome positioning on actin dynamics and cell motility. We show that PLEKHG3 colocalizes with lysosomes at focal adhesion sites and observe that forced peripheral dispersion of lysosomes hinders ...
Rainer Ettelt, Ana‐Maria Sandru, Georg Vucak, Sebastian Didusch, Biljana Riemelmoser, Karin Ehrenreiter, Markus Hartl, Lukas A. Huber, Manuela Baccarini   +8 more
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Diversification across an altitudinal gradient in the Tiny Greenbul (Phyllastrephus debilis) from the Eastern Arc Mountains of Africa

BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2011
Background The Eastern Arc Mountains of Africa have become one of the focal systems with which to explore the patterns and mechanisms of diversification among montane species and populations.
Fjeldså Jon, Fuchs Jérôme, Bowie Rauri CK   +2 more
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The effects of pattern symmetry on detection of disruptive and background-matching coloration [PDF]

Behavioral Ecology, 2006
Two, logically distinct but sometimes compatible, mechanisms of camouflage are background-matching and disruptive coloration. In the former, an animal’s coloration comprises a random sample of the background, and so target‐background discrimination is impeded.
Cuthill, IC, Stevens, M, Windsor, AMM, Walker, HJ   +3 more
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Engineered extracellular vesicles enriched with the miR‐214/199a cluster enhance the efficacy of chemotherapy in ovarian cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Loss of the miR‐214/199a cluster is associated with recurrence in ovarian cancer. Engineered small extracellular vesicles (m214‐sEVs) elevate miR‐214‐3p/miR‐199a‐5p in tumor cells, suppress β‐catenin, TLR4, and YKT6 signaling, reprogram tumor‐derived sEV cargo, reduce chemoresistance and migration, and enhance carboplatin efficacy and survival in ...
Weida Wang, Ayesha Alvero, Yi Qin, Mingjin Wang, Alexandra Fox, Yanfeng Li, Michael Millman, Amy Kemper, Gil Mor, Xian Shuang Liu, Michael Chopp, Zheng Gang Zhang, Yi Zhang   +12 more
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IMPDH inhibition enhances cytarabine efficacy in SAMHD1‐expressing leukaemia cells via guanine nucleotide depletion

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Cytarabine is a key therapy for acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), but its efficacy is limited by the dNTPase SAMHD1, which hydrolyses its active metabolite. Screening nucleotide biosynthesis inhibitors revealed that IMPDH inhibitors selectively sensitise SAMHD1‐proficient AML cells to cytarabine.
Miriam Yagüe‐Capilla, Christopher Dirks, Caroline Eiden, Sonja K. Fesenmayer, Femke M. Hormann, Yolande Klootsema, Ingrid Lilienthal, Si Min Zhang, Nikolas Herold, Sean G. Rudd   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Plastral Patterns Serve an Anti‐Predator Function in Freshwater Turtle Hatchlings

Ecology and Evolution
Color and pattern serve as a range of anti‐predator defense mechanisms across taxa, from crypsis to warning coloration, and these phenomena are well described across invertebrate and vertebrate systems.
Morgan A. Clark, Claudia Crowther, Beth A. Reinke   +2 more
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USP29‐regulated noncanonical stabilization of the hypoxia‐inducible factor‐α in aggressive prostate cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
We identify USP29 as the only DUB mirroring CA9 expression, a marker of hypoxia and HIF pathway activation associated with PCA aggressiveness. USP29 stabilizes HIF‐1α and HIF‐2α via a noncanonical mechanism that is independent of PHD/pVHL activity yet relies on proteasomal regulation, establishing USP29 as a previously unrecognized regulator of hypoxic
Amelie S Schober, Leire Moreno‐Cugnon, Laura Martínez‐Pérez, Amaia Ercilla, Amaia Zabala‐Letona, Adrián Vicente‐Barrueco, Maider Fagoaga‐Eugui, Saioa Garcia‐Longarte, Blanca Calle‐Ciborro, Encarnación Pérez‐Andrés, Onintza Carlevaris, Sara Pozo, Isabel Mendizabal, Ugo Mayor, Arkaitz Carracedo, Violaine Sée, Edurne Berra   +16 more
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Finding novel vulnerabilities of hypomorphic BRCA1 alleles

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Synthetic lethality screens performed to identify novel vulnerabilities often model complete gene loss, thereby overlooking patient‐derived hypomorphic mutations. In this study, we have performed genome‐wide CRISPR screens on BRCA1 hypomorphic mutations, showing BRCA1I26A behaves like wild‐type, while BRCA1R1699Q mimics deficiency. Furthermore, we have
Anne Schreuder, Klaas de Lint, Hồ Mỹ Phúc Võ, Mariana M. Góis, Rosalie A. Kampen, Marta San Martin Alonso, Ilse Nootenboom, Veronica Garzero, Tiemen J. Wendel, Rob M. F. Wolthuis, Sylvie M. Noordermeer   +10 more
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Light at night disrupts nocturnal rest and elevates glucocorticoids at cool color temperatures [PDF]

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, 2018
AbstractNighttime light pollution is quickly becoming a pervasive, global concern. Since the invention and proliferation of light‐emitting diodes (LED), it has become common for consumers to select from a range of color temperatures of light with varying spectra. Yet, the biological impacts of these different spectra on organisms remain unclear.
Valentina J. Alaasam, Richard Duncan, Stefania Casagrande, Scott Davies, Abhijaat Sidher, Brett Seymoure, Yantao Shen, Yong Zhang, Jenny Q. Ouyang   +8 more
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