Construction and integrated analysis of crosstalking ceRNAs networks in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma.

abstract：:Vitiligo is a chronic asymptomatic disorder affecting melanocytes from the basal layer of the epidermis which leads to a patchy loss of skin color. Even though it is one of the neglected disease conditions, people suffering from vitiligo are more prone to psychological disorders. As of now, various studies have been d...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Srivastava P,Choudhury A,Talwar M,Mohanty S,Narad P,Sengupta A

更新日期：2020-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Much of the shape variation found in animals is based on allometry and heterochrony. Horses represent an excellent model to investigate patterns of size-shape variation among breeds that were intentionally bred for extreme small and large sizes. Methods:We tested whether ponies (wither height < 148 cm) have...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Heck L,Sanchez-Villagra MR,Stange M

更新日期：2019-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Parrotfish are fundamental species in controlling algal phase-shifts and ensuring the resilience of coral reefs. Nevertheless, little is known on their ecological role in the south-western Atlantic Ocean. The present study analysed the ontogenetic foraging activity and feeding selectivity of the Brazilian endemic parr...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Pereira PH,Santos M,Lippi DL,Silva P

更新日期：2016-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Among helminth parasites, Paragonimus (zoonotic lung fluke) gains considerable importance from veterinary and medical points of view because of its diversified effect on its host. Nearly fifty species of Paragonimus have been described across the globe. It is estimated that more than 20 million people are infected wor...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Biswal DK,Chatterjee A,Bhattacharya A,Tandon V

更新日期：2014-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Parallelism is important because it reveals how inherently stochastic adaptation is. Even as we come to better understand evolutionary forces, stochasticity limits how well we can predict evolutionary outcomes. Here we sought to quantify parallelism and some of its underlying causes by adapting a bacteriophage (ID11) ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Miller CR,Nagel AC,Scott L,Settles M,Joyce P,Wichman HA

更新日期：2016-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the physiological tolerances of ectotherms, such as thermal limits, is important in predicting biotic responses to climate change. However, it is even more important to examine these impacts alongside those from other landscape changes: such as the reduction of native vegetation cover, landscape fragment...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Andrew NR,Miller C,Hall G,Hemmings Z,Oliver I

更新日期：2019-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a belligerent carcinoma that is unresponsive to targeted receptor therapies. Development of new treatment strategies would benefit from an expanded repertoire of in vitro cell culture systems, such as those that support tridimensional growth in the presence of hydrogel scaffolds...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Jogalekar MP,Serrano EE

更新日期：2018-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Endometriosis (EMs) is a non-malignant gynecological disease, whose pathogenesis remains to be clarified. Recent studies have found that hypoxia induces epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) as well as epigenetic modification in EMs. However, the relationship between EMT and demethylation modification unde...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Wu J,Li X,Huang H,Xia X,Zhang M,Fang X

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Tandem-repeat protein domains, composed of repeated units of conserved stretches of 20-40 amino acids, are required for a wide array of biological functions. Despite their diverse and fundamental functions, there has been no comprehensive assessment of their taxonomic distribution, incidence, and associations with org...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Jernigan KK,Bordenstein SR

更新日期：2015-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The interplay between historical and contemporary processes can produce complex patterns of genetic differentiation in the marine realm. Recent mitochondrial and nuclear sequence analyses revealed cryptic speciation in the Japanese mantis shrimp Oratosquilla oratoria. Herein, we applied nuclear microsatellite markers ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Cheng J,Zhang N,Sha Z

更新日期：2020-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential of soils to naturally suppress inherent plant pathogens is an important ecosystem function. Usually, pathogen infection assays are used for estimating the suppressive potential of soils. In natural soils, however, co-occurring pathogens might simultaneously infect plants complicating the estimation of a ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Rall BC,Latz E

更新日期：2016-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：Background/Aims:Medical and behavioral needs are relevant in organizing and providing support strategies that improve the quality of life for children, along with their families. The present study aims to examine the impact of medical and behavioral needs on the need for support of children with disabilities. Methods:...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Arias VB,Aguayo V,Verdugo MA,Amor AM

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Overweight (OW) is considered a risk for various metabolic diseases. However, its effects as a mechanism that alters the metabolite profiles remain unclear. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects that OW has on the lipid and metabolite profiles in young adults. Methods:The serum metabolite ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Pasanta D,Chancharunee S,Tungjai M,Kim HJ,Kothan S

更新日期：2019-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of material collected during routine monitoring surveys dealing with oil extraction and aquaculture in waters off Myanmar (North Andaman Sea) and in the Gulf of Thailand, respectively, allowed us to analyse the taxonomy and diversity of the polychaete genus Terebellides (Annelida). Three species were found, ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Parapar J,Moreira J,Martin D

更新日期：2016-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Ticks are globally distributed arthropods and a public health concern due to the many human pathogens they carry and transmit, including the causative agent of Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi. As tick species' ranges increase, so do the number of reported tick related illnesses. The microbiome is a critical part of...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Gil JC,Helal ZH,Risatti G,Hird SM

更新日期：2020-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The taxon Beloniformes represents a heterogeneous group of teleost fishes that show an extraordinary diversity of jaw morphology. I present new anatomical descriptions of the jaw musculature in six selected beloniforms and four closely related species. A reduction of the external jaw adductor (A1) and a changed morpho...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Werneburg I

更新日期：2015-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The marine gastropod, Coralliophila abbreviata, is an obligate corallivore that causes substantial mortality in Caribbean Acropora spp. Considering the imperiled status of Acropora cervicornis and A. palmata, a better understanding of ecological interactions resulting in tissue loss may enable more effective conservat...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Bright AJ,Cameron CM,Miller MW

更新日期：2015-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Artifacts removal and rhythms extraction from electroencephalography (EEG) signals are important for portable and wearable EEG recording devices. Incorporating a novel grouping rule, we proposed an adaptive singular spectrum analysis (SSA) method for artifacts removal and rhythms extraction. Based on the EEG signal am...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Hu H,Guo S,Liu R,Wang P

更新日期：2017-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Many tilapia species or varieties have been widely introduced and have become an economically important food fish in China. Information on the genetic backgrounds of these populations is deficient and requires more research, especially for red tilapia strains. Methods:In the present study, displacement loop...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Jiang B,Fu J,Dong Z,Fang M,Zhu W,Wang L

更新日期：2019-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotic resistance in our pathogens is medicine's climate change: caused by human activity, and resulting in more extreme outcomes. Resistance emerges in microbial populations when antibiotics act on phenotypic variance within the population. This can arise from either genotypic diversity (resulting from a mutation...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Kurenbach B,Hill AM,Godsoe W,van Hamelsveld S,Heinemann JA

更新日期：2018-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Several data loggers deployed to monitor temperature and humidity of Crocodylus acutus (American crocodile) nests in South Florida could not be located after hatching. One badly damaged data logger was retrieved, providing insight into the possible fate of the others. Using a taphonomic approach, we identified numerou...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Drumheller SK,Nestler JH,Hackett Farris CE,Farris SC,Mazzotti FJ

更新日期：2020-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Cedecea neteri is a very rare human pathogen. We have isolated a strain of C. neteri SSMD04 from pickled mackerel sashimi identified using molecular and phenotypics approaches. Using the biosensor Chromobacterium violaceum CV026, we have demonstrated the presence of short chain N-acyl-homoserine lactone (AHL) type quo...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Tan KH,Tan JY,Yin WF,Chan KG

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:What are the greatest sizes that the largest marine megafauna obtain? This is a simple question with a difficult and complex answer. Many of the largest-sized species occur in the world's oceans. For many of these, rarity, remoteness, and quite simply the logistics of measuring these giants has made obtaining accurate...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： McClain CR,Balk MA,Benfield MC,Branch TA,Chen C,Cosgrove J,Dove AD,Gaskins LC,Helm RR,Hochberg FG,Lee FB,Marshall A,McMurray SE,Schanche C,Stone SN,Thaler AD

更新日期：2015-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Nephila clavata L Koch, known as the Joro spider and native to East Asia (Japan, China, Korea, and Taiwan), is newly reported from North America. Specimens from several locations in northeast Georgia were collected from around residential properties in Barrow, Jackson, and Madison counties in late October and early No...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Hoebeke ER,Huffmaster W,Freeman BJ

更新日期：2015-02-05 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：:Apis cerana cerana relies on its sensitive olfactory system to perform foraging activities in the surrounding environment. Olfactory receptors (ORs) are a primary requirement for odorant recognition and coding. However, the molecular recognition of volatile compounds with ORs in A. cerana cerana is still not clear. He...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Guo L,Zhao H,Jiang Y

更新日期：2018-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Stoichiometric relations drive powerful constraints in several fundamental ecosystem processes. However, limited studies have been conducted on the ecological stoichiometry of plants after the change of community composition induced by Stellera chamaejasme removal in alpine grassland in the Qinghai-Tibetan P...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Song M,Wang Y,Bao G,Wang H,Yin Y,Li X,Zhang C

更新日期：2020-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modifications can be found in eukaryotic messenger RNA (mRNA), long non-coding RNA (lncRNA), and microRNA (miRNA). Several studies have demonstrated a close relationship between m6A modifications and cancer cells. Methyltransferase-like enzyme 3 (METTL3) and methyltransferase-like enzyme 14 (M...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Tao Z,Zhao Y,Chen X

更新日期：2020-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Estimating the depth of anaesthesia (DoA) in operations has always been a challenging issue due to the underlying complexity of the brain mechanisms. Electroencephalogram (EEG) signals are undoubtedly the most widely used signals for measuring DoA. In this paper, a novel EEG-based index is proposed to evaluate DoA for...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Liu Q,Ma L,Fan SZ,Abbod MF,Shieh JS

更新日期：2018-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. In recent years, there has been an explosion in the number of technical and medical diagnostic platforms being developed. This has greatly improved our ability to more accurately, and more comprehensively, explore and characterize human biological systems on the individual level. Large quantities of biomed...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： O'Rawe JA,Fang H,Rynearson S,Robison R,Kiruluta ES,Higgins G,Eilbeck K,Reese MG,Lyon GJ

更新日期：2013-10-03 00:00:00