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Does Regulated Deficit Irrigation Affect Pear Fruit Texture by Modifying the Stone Cells?

Plants, 2023
Regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) strategies aim to improve water usage without reducing yield. Generally, irrigation strategy effectiveness is measured as fruit yield, with little consideration of fruit quality.
Jesús D. Peco, Hava F. Rapoport, Ana Centeno, David Pérez-López   +3 more
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Molecular Characterization, Evolution, and Expression Profiling of the Dirigent (DIR) Family Genes in Chinese White Pear (Pyrus bretschneideri)

Frontiers in Genetics, 2018
Stone cells content and size are the key factors determining the internal quality of the pear fruit. Synthesis of lignin and thickening of secondary cell wall are the keys to the development of stone cells. The polymerization of monolignols and secondary
Xi Cheng, Xueqiang Su, Abdullah Muhammad, Manli Li, Jinyun Zhang, Jinyun Zhang, Yanming Sun, Guohui Li, Qing Jin, Yongping Cai, Yi Lin   +10 more
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A systems genetics approach reveals PbrNSC as a regulator of lignin and cellulose biosynthesis in stone cells of pear fruit

Genome Biology, 2021
Background Stone cells in fruits of pear (Pyrus pyrifolia) negatively influence fruit quality because their lignified cell walls impart a coarse and granular texture to the fruit flesh.
Runze Wang, Yongsong Xue, Jing Fan, Jia-Long Yao, Mengfan Qin, Tao Lin, Qun Lian, Mingyue Zhang, Xiaolong Li, Jiaming Li, Manyi Sun, Bobo Song, Jiaying Zhang, Kejiao Zhao, Xu Chen, Hongju Hu, Zhangjun Fei, Cheng Xue, Jun Wu   +18 more
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Pearprocess: A new phenotypic tool for stone cell trait evaluation in pear fruit

Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2020
The content of stone cells is an important factor for pear breeding as a high content indicates severely reduced fruit quality in terms of fruit taste.
Yong-song XUE, Shao-zhuo XU, Cheng XUE, Run-ze WANG, Ming-yue ZHANG, Jia-ming LI, Shao-ling ZHANG, Jun WU   +7 more
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Obesity and cancer: existing and new hypotheses for a causal connection [PDF]

, 2018
Existing explanations of obesity-associated cancer emphasise direct mutagenic effects of dietary components or hormonal imbalance. Some of these hypotheses are reviewed briefly, but recent evidence suggests a major role for chronic inflammation in cancer
Darlington, L. Gail, McPherson, Megan, Stone, Trevor W.   +2 more
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In Silico Genome-Wide Analysis of the Pear (Pyrus bretschneideri) KNOX Family and the Functional Characterization of PbKNOX1, an Arabidopsis BREVIPEDICELLUS Orthologue Gene, Involved in Cell Wall and Lignin Biosynthesis

Frontiers in Genetics, 2019
Stone cells are a characteristic trait of pear fruit, but the contents and sizes of stone cells negatively correlate with fruit texture and flavor.
Xi Cheng, Manli Li, Muhammad Abdullah, Guohui Li, Jingyun Zhang, Jingyun Zhang, Muhammad Aamir Manzoor, Han Wang, Qing Jin, Taoshan Jiang, Yongping Cai, Dahui Li, Yi Lin   +12 more
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The kynurenine pathway and the brain: challenges, controversies and promises [PDF]

, 2017
Research on the neurobiology of the kynurenine pathway has suffered years of relative obscurity because tryptophan degradation, and its involvement in both physiology and major brain diseases, was viewed almost exclusively through the lens of the well ...
Schwarcz, Robert, Stone, Trevor W.
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A spatially anchored transcriptomic atlas of the human kidney papilla identifies significant immune injury in patients with stone disease

Nature Communications, 2023
Kidney stone disease causes significant morbidity and increases health care utilization. In this work, we decipher the cellular and molecular niche of the human renal papilla in patients with calcium oxalate (CaOx) stone disease and healthy subjects.
Victor Hugo Canela, William S. Bowen, Ricardo Melo Ferreira, Farooq Syed, James E. Lingeman, Angela R. Sabo, Daria Barwinska, Seth Winfree, Blue B. Lake, Ying-Hua Cheng, Joseph P. Gaut, Michael Ferkowicz, Kaice A. LaFavers, Kun Zhang, Fredric L. Coe, Elaine Worcester, the Kidney Precision Medicine Project, Sanjay Jain, Michael T. Eadon, James C. Williams, Tarek M. El-Achkar   +20 more
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Effects on stone cell development and lignin deposition in pears by different pollinators

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023
IntroductionThe pear pulp is formed by the development of the ovary wall, which is the somatic cell of the female parent, and its genetic traits are identical to those of the female parent, so that its phenotypic traits should also be identical to those ...
Chongchong Yan, Chongchong Yan, Nan Zhang, Nan Zhang, Chao Xu, Qing Jin, Yongjie Qi, Yongjie Qi, Yongping Cai   +8 more
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An expanding range of targets for kynurenine metabolites of tryptophan [PDF]

, 2013
The kynurenine pathway of tryptophan metabolism accounts for most of the tryptophan that is not committed to protein synthesis and includes compounds active in the nervous and immune systems.
Darlington, L. Gail, Stone, Trevor W., Stoy, Nicholas   +2 more
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