Lifetime glucocorticoid profiles in baleen of right whale calves: Potential relationships to chronic stress of repeated wounding by Kelp Gulls [PDF]
, 2018 Baleen tissue accumulates stress hormones (glucocorticoids, GC) as it grows, along with other adrenal, gonadal and thyroid hormones. The hormones are deposited in a linear fashion such that a single plate of baleen allows retrospective assessment and ...
Ajó, Alejandro A. Fernández +7 more
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Horticulture Research, 2019 Genetics: one small tweak, one giant leap for tomatoes A single gene has been identified in tomatoes that regulates multiple aspects of fruit quality, including levels of health-promoting anthocyanins, opening the door to engineering more nutritious and ...
Wei Jian +15 more
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Ras Guanine Nucleotide-Releasing Protein-4 Inhibits Erythropoietin Production in Diabetic Mice with Kidney Disease by Degrading HIF2A [PDF]
Diabetes & Metabolism JournalBackground In acute and chronic renal inflammatory diseases, the activation of inflammatory cells is involved in the defect of erythropoietin (EPO) production.
Junmei Wang +9 more
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Cell Death and Disease, 2021 The altered homeostasis of mitochondria-associated endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membranes (MAM) was closely associated with the pathological process of nervous system diseases and insulin resistance.
Mei Xue +9 more
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The role of hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA)-like axis in inflammatory pilosebaceous disorders [PDF]
, 2020 Skin is the largest peripheral endocrine organ and functions as a hormone target and endocrine gland. A cutaneous hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA)-like axis enables the skin to respond to stress and regulates its steroidogenic activity.
Clark, Ashley K +3 more
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Role for growth regulation by estrogen in breast cancer 1 (GREB1) in hormone-dependent cancers [PDF]
, 2018 Sex hormones play important roles in the onset and progression of several cancers, such as breast, ovarian, and prostate cancer. Although drugs targeting sex hormone function are useful in treating cancer, tumors often develop resistance.
Cheng, Meng +2 more
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Dissociation between Cervical Mucus and Urinary Hormones during the Postpartum Return of Fertility in Breastfeeding Women [PDF]
, 2018 Identifying the return of fertility with cervical mucus observations is challenging during the postpartum period. Use of urinary measurements of estrogen and progesterone can assist in understanding the return to fertility during this period.
Blackwell, Len +4 more
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Citrus Postharvest Green Mold: Recent Advances in Fungal Pathogenicity and Fruit Resistance
Microorganisms, 2020 As the major postharvest disease of citrus fruit, postharvest green mold is caused by the necrotrophic fungus Penicillium digitatum (Pd), which leads to huge economic losses worldwide.
Yulin Cheng +3 more
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Development and application of an UHPLC-MS/MS method for the simultaneous determination of 17 steroidal hormones in equine serum [PDF]
, 2017 A new, fast and simple analytical method that is able to identify and quantify simultaneously 17 steroid hormones and metabolites (Pregnenolone, 17-OH-Pregnenolone, Progesterone, 17-OH Progesterone, Androsterone, Androstenedione, DHEA, DHEAS ...
Allis +20 more
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Horticulture Research, 2019 Auxin response factors (ARFs) are involved in auxin-mediated transcriptional regulation in plants. In this study, we performed functional characterization of SlARF6A in tomato.
Yujin Yuan +17 more
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