Carbohydrates digestion and metabolism in the spiny lobster (Panulirus argus): biochemical indication for limited carbohydrate utilization.

abstract：:We often expect that investigations of the patterns, causes, and consequences of among-individual variation in a trait of interest will reveal how selective pressures or ecological conditions influence that trait. However, many endocrine traits, such as concentrations of glucocorticoid (GC) hormones, exhibit adaptive ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Schoenemann KL,Bonier F

更新日期：2018-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The species of poorly known but charismatic genera Haematodes Laporte, 1835 and Weiserianum Bernhauer, 1927 are revised. Weiserianumsyn. nov. is considered a junior synonym of Haematodes, with Haematodes kuntzeni (Scheerpeltz, 1936) comb. nov.Weiserianum woltersi Bernhauer, 1927 syn. nov. is treated as a synonym of Ha...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Brunke AJ,Chatzimanolis S

更新日期：2018-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Climate change will significantly affect plant distribution as well as the quality of medicinal plants. Although numerous studies have analyzed the effect of climate change on future habitats of plants through species distribution models (SDMs), few of them have incorporated the change of effective content of medicina...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Guo Y,Wei H,Lu C,Gao B,Gu W

更新日期：2016-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a novel method based on the Fourier analysis of protein molecular surfaces to speed up the analysis of the vast structural data generated in the post-genomic era. This method computes the power spectrum of surfaces of the molecular electrostatic potential, whose three-dimensional coordinates have been eit...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Carvalho CS,Vlachakis D,Tsiliki G,Megalooikonomou V,Kossida S

更新日期：2013-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is demonstrated to be a risk factor in the development of cancers of various organs, such as colon, prostate, pancreas and so on. Leptine (LEP) is the most renowned of the adipokines. As a hormone, it mediates its effect through leptin receptor (LEPR), which is widely expressed in various tissues including col...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Al-Shibli SM,Harun N,Ashour AE,Mohd Kasmuri MHB,Mizan S

更新日期：2019-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Digital medicine and smartphone-enabled health technologies provide a novel source of human health and human biology data. However, in part due to its intricacies, few methods have been established to analyze and interpret data in this domain. We previously conducted a six-month interventional trial examinin...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Gollamudi SS,Topol EJ,Wineinger NE

更新日期：2016-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Leucojum aestivum L. is an important medicinal plant which produces Amaryllidaceae alkaloids, especially galanthamine and lycorine. Research is currently exploring the possibility of producing these alkaloids using biotechnological methods, including in vitro cultures. The biosynthesis of alkaloids may be af...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Ptak A,Morańska E,Skrzypek E,Warchoł M,Spina R,Laurain-Mattar D,Simlat M

更新日期：2020-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Saururaceae, a very small family of Piperales comprising only six species in four genera, have a relatively scanty fossil record outside of Europe. The phylogenetic relationships of the four genera to each other are resolved, with the type genus Saururus occurring in both eastern North America and East A...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Grímsson F,Grimm GW,Zetter R

更新日期：2017-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Almost all extant testudinids are highly associated with terrestrial habitats and the few tortoises with high affinity to aquatic environments are found within the genus Manouria. Manouria belongs to a clade which forms a sister taxon to all remaining tortoises and is suitable as a model for studying evolutionary tran...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Natchev N,Tzankov N,Werneburg I,Heiss E

更新日期：2015-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Bioactive peptides can prevent damage associated with oxidative stress in humans when consumed regularly. Recently, peptides have attracted immense interest because of their beneficial functional properties, safety and little or no side effects when used at high concentration. Most antioxidant peptides are s...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Sonklin C,Laohakunjit N,Kerdchoechuen O

更新日期：2018-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. India accounts for 24% to all under-five mortality in the world. Residence in rural area, poverty and low levels of mother's education are known confounders of under-five mortality. Since two-thirds of India's population lives in rural areas, mothers employed in agriculture present a particularly vulnerabl...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Singh R,Tripathi V

更新日期：2015-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Crop landraces are fundamental resources to increase the eroded genepool of modern crops in order to adapt agriculture to future challenges; plus, they are of immeasurable heritage and cultural value. Between the 1940s and the 1960s open-pollinated varieties (OPVs) of flint and semi-flint maize in Europe were almost c...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Ardenghi NMG,Rossi G,Guzzon F

更新日期：2018-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Wildlife biologists often use grid-based designs to sample animals and generate abundance estimates. Although sampling in grids is theoretically sound, in application, the method can be logistically difficult and expensive when sampling elusive species inhabiting extensive areas. These factors make it challenging to s...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Harris G,Farley S,Russell GJ,Butler MJ,Selinger J

更新日期：2013-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent years have seen a growing awareness of the role the immune system plays in successful cancer treatment, especially in novel therapies like immunotherapy. The characterization of the immunological composition of tumors and their micro-environment is thus becoming a necessity. In this paper we introduce a deep le...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Aprupe L,Litjens G,Brinker TJ,van der Laak J,Grabe N

更新日期：2019-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:While studying organisms living in association with the solitary tunicate Phallusia nigra (Ascidiacea, Ascidiidae) from a shallow fringing reef at Zeytouna Beach (Egyptian Red Sea), one of the collected ascidians showed peculiar perforations on its tunic. Once dissected, the perforations revealed to be the openings of...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Martin D,Nygren A,Cruz-Rivera E

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Healthy, older adults are widely reported to experience cognitive decline, including impairments in inhibitory control. However, this general proposition has recently come under scrutiny because ageing effects are highly variable between individuals, are task dependent, and are sometimes not distinguished from general...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Knox PC,Pasunuru N

更新日期：2020-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. Quotations and references are an indispensable element of scientific communication. They should support what authors claim or provide important background information for readers. Studies indicate, however, that quotations not serving their purpose-quotation errors-may be prevalent. Methods. We carried out...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Jergas H,Baethge C

更新日期：2015-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：Background:G. boninense is a hemibiotrophic fungus that infects oil palms (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) causing basal stem rot (BSR) disease and consequent massive economic losses to the oil palm industry. The pathogenicity of this white-rot fungus has been associated with cell wall degrading enzymes (CWDEs) released durin...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Ramzi AB,Che Me ML,Ruslan US,Baharum SN,Nor Muhammad NA

更新日期：2019-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Sustained-release formulations of ivermectin (IVM) are useful for controlling parasitic diseases in animals. In this work, an IVM bolus made from microcrystalline cellulose (MCC), starch and low-substituted hydroxypropyl cellulose (LS-HPC) was optimized by response surface methodology. The bolus was dissolved in a cup...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Ruan X,Gao X,Gao Y,Peng L,Ji H,Guo D,Jiang S

更新日期：2018-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a novel bio-tofu, made from mixed soy and cow milk (MSCM), using Lactobacillus helveticus MB2-1 and Lactobacillus plantarum B1-6 incorporated with microbial transglutaminase (MTGase) as coagulant. MTGase was added to improve the textural properties and suit for cooking. However, the effect of MTGase ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Xing G,Rui X,Jiang M,Xiao Y,Guan Y,Wang D,Dong M

更新日期：2016-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, four experimental assays were conducted to evaluate the use of a new silver nanoparticle formulation named Argovit-4, which was prepared with slight modifications to enhance its biological activity against white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) in shrimp culture. The goals of these assays were to (1) determin...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Romo-Quiñonez CR,Álvarez-Sánchez AR,Álvarez-Ruiz P,Chávez-Sánchez MC,Bogdanchikova N,Pestryakov A,Mejia-Ruiz CH

更新日期：2020-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Trace elements are essential for the growth and survival of plants, and their concentrations and distributions in plants are effective reflections of ecological adaptation strategies. However, this aspect has seldom been addressed. Method:Changes in the leaf and branch trace elements of Pinus massoniana Lam...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Lin T,Zheng X,Zheng H

更新日期：2020-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), two late onset neurodegenerative diseases, have been shown to share overlapping cellular pathologies and genetic origins. Studies suggest that a hexanucleotide repeat expansion in the first intron of the C9orf72 gene is the most common cause of fam...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Iyer S,Subramanian V,Acharya KR

更新日期：2018-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a prevalent progressive neurodegenerative human disease whose cause remains unclear. Numerous initially highly hopeful anti-AD drugs based on the amyloid-β (Aβ) hypothesis of AD have failed recent late-phase tests. Natural aging (AG) is a high-risk factor for AD. Here, we aim to g...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Peng YS,Tang CW,Peng YY,Chang H,Chen CL,Guo SL,Wu LC,Huang MC,Lee HC

更新日期：2020-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Single-cell analysis has the potential to provide us with a host of new knowledge about biological systems, but it comes with the challenge of correctly interpreting the biological information. While emerging techniques have made it possible to measure inter-cellular variability at the transcriptome level, no consensu...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Kippner LE,Kim J,Gibson G,Kemp ML

更新日期：2014-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The adaptative bleaching hypothesis (ABH) states that, depending on the symbiotic flexibility of coral hosts (i.e., the ability of corals to "switch" or "shuffle" their algal symbionts), coral bleaching can lead to a change in the composition of their associated Symbiodinium community and, thus, contribute to the cora...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Rouzé H,Lecellier GJ,Saulnier D,Planes S,Gueguen Y,Wirshing HH,Berteaux-Lecellier V

更新日期：2017-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction. Adolescent interpersonal violence is a global public health problem, yet gaps remain in the epidemiologic literature on adolescent violence in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Prevalence rates and risk and protective factors reported in high-income countries may be different from those reported i...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Celedonia KL,Wilson ML,El Gammal HA,Hagras AM

更新日期：2013-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of pediatric cancer is lower than that of adult cancer worldwide. However, the former has detrimental side effects on the health of individuals, even after the cancer is cured, due to the impact of treatment on development. Recently, correlations have been made between the gut microbiome and cancer in se...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Sahly N,Moustafa A,Zaghloul M,Salem TZ

更新日期：2019-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：Background and Purpose:Several studies have proposed that the advanced lung cancer inflammation index (ALI), a new inflammation-related index, can be used for the prognosis assessment of various malignancies. However, few studies have reported its prognostic value in colorectal cancer (CRC). Therefore, this study explo...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Xie H,Huang S,Yuan G,Kuang J,Yan L,Wei L,Tang S,Gan J

更新日期：2020-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term streamflow datasets inevitably include gaps, which must be filled to allow estimates of runoff and ultimately catchment water budgets. Uncertainty introduced by filling gaps in discharge records is rarely, if ever, reported. We characterized the uncertainty due to streamflow gaps in a reference watershed at ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： See CR,Green MB,Yanai RD,Bailey AS,Campbell JL,Hayward J

更新日期：2020-07-21 00:00:00