Overexpression of KIAA1199 is an independent prognostic marker in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma.

abstract：:Schemes to reduce road impacts on amphibians have been implemented for decades in Europe, yet, several aspects on the effectiveness of such schemes remain poorly understood. Particularly in northern Europe, including Sweden, there is a lack of available information on road mitigation for amphibians, which is hampering...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Helldin JO,Petrovan SO

更新日期：2019-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The exoskeleton is an important source of characters for the taxonomy of Hydroidolina. It originates as epidermal secretions and, among other functions, protects the coenosarc of the polypoid stage. However, comparative studies on the exoskeletal tissue origin, development, chemical, and structural characteristics, as...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Mendoza-Becerril MA,Marian JE,Migotto AE,Marques AC

更新日期：2017-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The highest rate of cancer-related deaths worldwide is from lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) annually. Metabolism was associated with tumorigenesis and cancer development. Metabolic-related genes may be important biomarkers and metabolic therapeutic targets for LUAD. Materials and Methods:In this study, the glean...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Zhao Z,He B,Cai Q,Zhang P,Peng X,Zhang Y,Xie H,Wang X

更新日期：2020-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:According to Spearman's law of diminishing returns (SLODR), IQ test scores are more g saturated among those with low, compared to those with high, ability. The present simulation shows that such difference in saturation can be observed if test scores are affected by a disturbing factor, for example, low motivation, il...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Sorjonen K,Melin B

更新日期：2020-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) worldwide. Despite recommendations for HPV vaccination of young women from health authorities, parental concerns were raised whether vaccination could induce unsafe sexual behaviour in young women. Therefore, the primary aim...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Soudeyns C,Speybroeck N,Brisson M,Mossong J,Latsuzbaia A

更新日期：2020-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The exploration of the evolution of RNA viruses has been aided recently by the discovery of copies of fragments or complete genomes of non-retroviral RNA viruses (Non-retroviral Endogenous RNA Viral Elements, or NERVEs) in many eukaryotic nuclear genomes. Among the most prominent NERVEs are partial copies of the RNA d...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Bruenn JA,Warner BE,Yerramsetty P

更新日期：2015-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:With rising environmental concerns on potable water safety and eutrophication, increased media attention and tighter environmental regulations, managing animal waste in an environmentally responsible and economically feasible way can be a challenge. In this study, the possibility of using granular anammox process for ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Ni SQ,Yang N

更新日期：2014-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：Background:During their long evolution, Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 developed a remarkable capacity to acclimate to diverse environmental conditions. In this study, Raman spectroscopy and Raman chemometrics tools (RametrixTM) were employed to investigate the phenotypic changes in response to external stressors and correl...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Tanniche I,Collakova E,Denbow C,Senger RS

更新日期：2020-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Monkeypox (MPX) is a zoonotic disease similar to smallpox. Its fatality rate is about 11% and it is endemic to the Central and West African countries. In this paper, we analyze a compartmental model of MPX dynamics. Our goal is to see whether MPX can be controlled and eradicated by voluntary vaccinations. We show that...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Bankuru SV,Kossol S,Hou W,Mahmoudi P,Rychtář J,Taylor D

更新日期：2020-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Despite clinical trials with antioxidant supplementation, few studies have been conducted to evaluate the nutritional status of antioxidant vitamins and minerals, and none have reported on the status of these serum antioxidants associated with the dietary intake of antioxidants by non-alcoholic fatty liver d...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Coelho JM,Cansanção K,Perez RM,Leite NC,Padilha P,Ramalho A,Peres W

更新日期：2020-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Maize (Zea mays L.) is a principal cereal crop cultivated worldwide for human food, animal feed, and more recently as a source of biofuel. However, as a direct consequence of water insufficiency and climate change, frequent occurrences of both biotic and abiotic stresses have been reported in various regions...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Kimotho RN,Baillo EH,Zhang Z

更新日期：2019-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A strong argument can be made that the European Union has the most rigorous regulatory system for pesticides in the world, and that modern pesticide use poses fewer environmental threats than older regimes. Nevertheless, the impacts of pesticides on bees and other non-target organisms are much debated in Europe as els...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Goulson D,Thompson J,Croombs A

更新日期：2018-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:It can be challenging to identify scleractinian corals from the genus Pocillopora Lamarck 1816 in the field because of their large range of inter- and intra-specific morphological variation that co-occur with changes in the physical environment. This task is made more arduous in the context of a depth gradient, where ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： De Palmas S,Soto D,Denis V,Ho MJ,Chen CA

更新日期：2018-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, herbal drugs and their bioactive compounds have gained popularity in the management of diabetes mellitus (DM), which has become an epidemic disease all over the world and is especially prevalent in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). This study aimed to investigate the antidiabetic effect of ethanolic and aqu...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Gad-Elkareem MAM,Abdelgadir EH,Badawy OM,Kadri A

更新日期：2019-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：Background and Objective:Docker is a light containerization program that shows almost the same performance as a local environment. Recently, many bioinformatics tools have been distributed as Docker images that include complex settings such as libraries, configurations, and data if needed, as well as the actual tools. ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Kwon C,Kim J,Ahn J

更新日期：2018-11-27 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：:Osteosarcoma is a common malignancy seen mainly in children and adolescents. The disease is characterized by poor overall prognosis and lower survival due to a lack of predictive markers. Many gene signatures with diagnostic, prognostic, and predictive values were evaluated to achieve better clinical outcomes. Two pub...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Qiu Z,Du X,Chen K,Dai Y,Wang S,Xiao J,Li G

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to investigate the effects of Clostridium butyricum as a dietary probiotic supplement in fishmeal based diet on growth, gut microbiota and immune performance of marron (Cherax cainii). Marron were randomly distributed into two different treatment groups, control and probiotic fed group. After 42 days ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Foysal MJ,Nguyen TTT,Chaklader MR,Siddik MAB,Tay CY,Fotedar R,Gupta SK

更新日期：2019-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosomal co-existence of metal and antibiotic resistance genes in bacteria offers a new perspective to the bacterial resistance proliferation in contaminated environment. In this study, an arsenotrophic bacterium Achromobacter xylosoxidans BHW-15, isolated from Arsenic (As) contaminated tubewell water in the Bogra ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Istiaq A,Shuvo MSR,Rahman KMJ,Siddique MA,Hossain MA,Sultana M

更新日期：2019-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：Background:In the predator-sea urchin-macrophyte trophic cascade, the ecological effect of sea urchins as grazers depends both on their density and the changes in foraging activity, which are influenced by various disturbing factors. However, the complete duration of the alarm reactions of echinoids has not been studie...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Zhadan PM,Vaschenko MA

更新日期：2019-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:In highly biodiverse systems, such as coral reefs, prey species are faced with predatory threats from numerous species. Recognition of predators can be innate, or learned, and can help increase the chance of survival. Research suggests that parental exposure to increased predatory threats can affect the development, b...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Atherton JA,McCormick MI

更新日期：2020-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Species traits may provide a short-cut to predicting generalities in species turnover in response to environmental change, particularly for poorly known taxa. We ask if morphological traits of assemblages respond predictably to macrohabitats across a large scale. Ant assemblages were collected at nine paired pasture a...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Yates ML,Andrew NR,Binns M,Gibb H

更新日期：2014-03-04 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：:Bcl-2 (B-cell lymphoma 2) protein is localized in the outer membrane of mitochondria, where it plays an important role in promoting cellular survival and inhibiting the actions of pro-apoptotic proteins. PRDM10 is a member of the PR/SET family of epigenetic regulators and may play a role in development and cell differ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Chen N,Hu T,Gui Y,Gao J,Li Z,Huang S

更新日期：2019-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Urmia Lake, the largest natural habitat of the brine shrimp Artemia urmiana, has progressively desiccated over the last two decades, resulting in a loss of 80% of its surface area and producing thousands of hectares of arid salty land. This ecological crisis has seriously affected the lake's native biodiversity. Artem...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Asem A,Eimanifar A,van Stappen G,Sun SC

更新日期：2019-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Divergences between agricultural management can result in different types of biological interactions between plants and microorganisms, which may affect food quality and productivity. Conventional practices are well-established in the agroindustry as very efficient and lucrative; however, the increasing demand for sus...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Carvalho CR,Dias AC,Homma SK,Cardoso EJ

更新日期：2020-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Oral cancer progresses from hyperplastic epithelial lesions through dysplasia to invasive carcinoma. The critical needs in oral cancer treatment are expanding our knowledge of malignant tumour progression and the development of useful approaches to prevent dysplastic lesions. This study was designed to gain ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Ge S,Zhou H,Zhou Z,Liu L,Lou J

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. Blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) are important disease vectors in the United States, known to transmit a variety of pathogens to humans, including bacteria, protozoa, and viruses. Their importance as a disease vector necessitates reliable and comparable methods for extracting microbial DNA from ticks....

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Ammazzalorso AD,Zolnik CP,Daniels TJ,Kolokotronis SO

更新日期：2015-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Development of incisional complications following ventral median celiotomy might depend on suture pattern for skin closure. Methods:In this prospective study, 21 healthy male horses underwent celiotomy. Skin closure was either performed via a continuous percutaneous pattern (CO group; 5 warmbloods/5 ponies)...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Scharner D,Gittel C,Winter K,Blaue D,Schedlbauer C,Vervuert I,Brehm W

更新日期：2018-11-09 00:00:00