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Glycoengineered Recombinant Alpha1‐Antitrypsin Results in Comparable In Vitro and In Vivo Activities to Human Plasma‐Derived Protein

Biotechnology and Bioengineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Alpha‐1‐antitrypsin (A1AT) is a multifunctional, clinically important, high‐value therapeutic glycoprotein that can be used for the treatment of many diseases, such as A1AT deficiency, diabetes, graft‐versus‐host disease, cystic fibrosis, and various viral infections. Currently, the only U.S. food and drug administration‐approved treatment for
Frances Rocamora, Chen‐Lin Hsieh, Sanne Schoffelen, Johnny Arnsdorf, Eric A. Toth, Abdul S. Yunus, Thomas E. Cleveland IV, Sara Petersen Bjørn, Mina Ying Min Wu, Noel G. McElvaney, Bjørn Gunnar Rude Voldborg, Thomas R. Fuerst, Nathan E. Lewis   +12 more
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Ferritin as a Nanoparticle Scaffold for Plant‐Produced Next‐Generation Subunit Vaccines

Biotechnology and Bioengineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Protein nanoparticles offer an innovative approach to next‐generation subunit vaccine development by displaying antigenic sequences on the nanoparticle surface. Compared to traditional subunit vaccines, protein nanoparticle vaccines often show improved interaction with the immune system due to their particulate size and repetitive epitope ...
Jordan T. VanderBurgt, Richard Strasser, Christopher P. Garnham, Rima Menassa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Purification of Disassembled Capsid Protein by Hydroxyapatite Chromatography Enhances Virus‐Like Particle Recovery

Biotechnology and Bioengineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Virus‐like particles (VLPs) are a promising modality with extensive applications in prophylactic and therapeutic vaccine design. Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines are one such example where VLP vaccine applications have led to the successful reduction in HPV‐associated diseases, such as cervical cancer.
Nicholas Samuelson, Nathaniel Parker, Shiyi Wang, Sara Daley, Aaron Cote, Michael A. Winters   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Loss, persistence and reversal of phenotypic traits

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The irreversibility of complex trait loss has long been a tenet of evolutionary biology. However, this idea is increasingly at odds with the numerous documented exceptions across the Tree of Life. We synthesise this growing body of evidence across a diverse array of taxa and traits, exploring the evolutionary conditions that enable ...
Giobbe Forni, Giuseppe Fusco, Filippo Nicolini, Heather Bruce, Andrea Luchetti   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Flight of the dragons: a global review of migration in Odonata

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Insects are the most abundant and ecologically important animal migrants. Yet, we know relatively little about the patterns and processes underlying insect migration. Dragonflies (Anisoptera) and damselflies (Zygoptera) comprise the ancient insect order Odonata, whose ancestors were the first organisms to fly on Earth.
Johanna S.U. Hedlund, Myles Menz, Jason W. Chapman, Alexander Hayward   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Waders in a sea of debris: a global overview

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The impact of plastic pollution on ecosystems and marine fauna is well documented, although research into its effects on waders (also known as shorebirds) remains limited. Given that waders are exposed to coastal marine litter, this exposure could be a significant factor in the decline of their populations. This study aims to assess the global
Yada Trapletti‐Lanti, Mónica Expósito‐Granados, Elizabeth Znidersic, Marga L. Rivas   +3 more
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The costs of extra‐pair behaviours in birds

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Extra‐pair behaviours – reproductive behaviours, including those related to copulation and paternity of offspring, amongst animals outside of a social pair bond – have long intrigued behavioural ecologists, particularly from the female animal's perspective.
Jørgen S. Søraker, Jamie Dunning
wiley   +1 more source

Relationships among tissues, biofluids, and otolith selenium concentrations in wild female burbot (Lota lota)

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract In the Lake Koocanusa‐Kootenai River system (Montana, USA and British Columbia, Canada), selenium (Se) contamination has become an international concern and is suspected to contribute to the observed burbot (Lota lota) population collapse. Due to our limited ability to sample burbot in Lake Koocanusa for monitoring studies, we used a reference
Stephanie D. Graves, Noëlie Molbert, David M. Janz, Lauren D. Hayhurst, Jessica E. Brandt, Lauren Timlick, Vince P. Palace   +6 more
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Advances in causal discovery methods for ecological time series

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent advances in data collection technologies (e.g. automated sensor networks, satellite remote sensing, and high‐throughput sequencing) have greatly expanded the availability of ecological time series, enabling new opportunities for causal analyses in dynamic ecosystems.
Kenta Suzuki, Masato Yamamichi, Yutaka Osada, Masayuki Ushio, Kohei Nakajima, Hiroshi Masuya, Shohei Shimizu   +6 more
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Trade‐offs in avian parental care: a review of theory and meta‐analysis of brood size manipulations

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The selective forces shaping parental care have been studied for over 50 years. While theoretical and experimental work has yielded qualitative progress, the large body of empirical work testing predictions about parental investment based on life‐history trade‐offs has yet to be synthesized.
Rebekah A. McKinnon, Malgorzata Lagisz, Sheeraja Sridharan, David F. Westneat, Kimberley J. Mathot   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source