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A World of Viruses Nested within Parasites: Unraveling Viral Diversity within Parasitic Flatworms (Platyhelminthes)

Microbiology Spectrum, 2022
Because parasites have an inextricable relationship with their host, they have the potential to serve as viral reservoirs or facilitate virus host shifts.
Nolwenn M. Dheilly, Pierrick Lucas, Yannick Blanchard, Karyna Rosario   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Disulfide‐Sticker Strategy for Marine Adhesive Coatings: From Deciphering Self‐Assembly Mechanism to Functional Application in Hair Regeneration

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A disulfide‐sticker strategy, coupled with Ca2+ coordination, drives the hierarchical self‐assembly of a recombinant scallop adhesive protein into fishnet‐like nanostructures, affording a coating with versatile wet adhesion and intrinsic antioxidant activity. This biocompatible coating markedly promotes hair regeneration by activating follicular niches,
Lulu Wang, Juan Yang, Xin Jiang, Zhanghui Zheng, Hongyu Wei, Na Li, Xiangqiang Chu, Weizhi Liu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adaptation of Echinococcus Multilocularis to Oxidative Stress Depends on EmPDK‐Mediated Metabolic Reprogramming

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Metabolic adaption presents a vital survival strategy for E. multilocularis. This study identifies EmPDK as a central metabolic regulator governing glucose metabolic reprogramming. Oxidative stress activates EmHIF1α to induce EmPDK expression. Mechanistic characterization reveals this ROS/EmHIF1α/EmPDK axis drives glycolytic reprogramming to sustain ...
Huijuan Wang, Zhijian Xu, Ye Tian, Yao Zhang, Zhe Cheng, Yanhai Wang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Review of the fauna associated with wild and farmed mussels and oysters in the Mediterranean

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mussels and oysters are important ecosystem engineers which modify the physical and chemical characteristics of the environment and create habitats that support highly diverse associated communities. In the Mediterranean Sea, the native Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis and the European flat oyster Ostrea edulis, together the ...
Barbara Mikac, Marina Antonia Colangelo, Alessandro Tarullo, Marco Abbiati, Eugenio Fossi, Federica Costantini   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evidence for adaptive explanations of semelparity in animals

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Semelparity, the reproductive strategy of reproducing once, is widespread but uncommon in animals. Classes of models to explain the evolution of semelparity are based either on age structure and mortality schedules – demographic models in which high post‐reproductive mortality risk favours high reproductive effort and semelparity results from ...
Diana O. Fisher, Roberto Salguero‐Gómez   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Live large flatworm in intestine

Pan African Medical Journal, 2021
A 40-year male presented to the emergency department with the complaints of fatigue that had progressively worsened over the period of 3 months. He had recently emigrated from Mexico, where he worked on a farm and eaten raw watercress. Clinical examination revels pallor of oral mucosa.
Medhavi Vivek Joshi, Chaitanya Ajay Kulkarni   +1 more
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Neuronal sources of hedgehog modulate neurogenesis in the adult planarian brain

eLife, 2016
The asexual freshwater planarian is a constitutive adult, whose central nervous system (CNS) is in a state of constant homeostatic neurogenesis. However, very little is known about the extrinsic signals that act on planarian stem cells to modulate rates ...
Ko W Currie, Alyssa M Molinaro, Bret J Pearson   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comprehensive Evaluation of Bisphenol A Toxicity Reveals Neurobehavioral, Metabolic, and Reproductive Impairments in Girardia tigrina

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bisphenol A (BPA), a common industrial chemical used in plastics and consumer products, is increasingly detected in aquatic environments, raising serious concerns about its potential ecological impacts. This study evaluated the sublethal and acute toxic effects of BPA on the freshwater planarian Girardia tigrina, a recognized model for ...
Raquel de Jesus Selestrino, Felipe Schaly, Welligton Luciano Braguini   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neurotransmitters of sleep and wakefulness in flatworms

Sleep, 2022
Abstract Study Objectives Sleep is a prominent behavioral and biochemical state observed in all animals studied, including platyhelminth flatworms. Investigations into the biochemical mechanisms associated with sleep—and wakefulness—are important for understanding how these states are regulated and ...
Shauni E T Omond, Matthew W Hale, John A Lesku   +2 more
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The Employment of Hydrogen Peroxide in Water Disinfection Poses a Threat to Aquatic Ecosystems Because of Its Toxicity to Nontarget Organisms

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hydrogen peroxide is widely used in water and wastewater treatment, particularly in advanced oxidation processes that aid in the degradation of compounds and microbial disinfection. Despite concerns about potential environmental contamination, its impact on freshwater ecosystems remains inadequately studied.
Letícia Queiroz Almeida, Thayrine Dias Carlos, Leydiane Barbosa Bezerra, Rone S. Barbosa, Nelson Luís Gonçalves Dias Souza, Douglas Henrique Pereira, Renato Almeida Sarmento, Grasiele Soares Cavallini   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source