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Life, Volume 11, Issue 4

April 2021 - 100 articles

Cover Story: Is it possible to improve the efficiency of bioremediation technologies? The use of mixed cultures of bacteria and fungi (BFs) inoculated at the rhizosphere level can promote the growth of the associated hyperaccumulating plant species and increase the absorption of metals in polluted soils. To this aim, we screened the potential synergic co-growth activities of bacterial and fungal strains. Among the Ni-tolerant bacteria and fungi isolated from the rhizosphere of a hyperaccumulating plant, Pseudomonas fluorescens and Penicillium ochrochloron were the best candidates, efficiently co-growing in vitro and showing beneficial effects on plant growth in vivo. Employing selected bacterial and fungal strain mixes, able to synergically operate, opens new scenarios for plant growth promotion and soil bioremediation. View this paper.
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Articles (100)

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,129 Views
21 Pages

20 April 2021

Lipid synthesis pathways of toothed whales have evolved since their movement from the terrestrial to marine environment. The synthesis and function of these endogenous lipids and affecting factors are still little understood. In this review, we focus...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,179 Views
11 Pages

20 April 2021

Increased levels of type I (T1) interferon (IFN)-inducible POP3 protein in myeloid cells inhibit activation of the AIM2 inflammasome and production of IL-1β and IL-18 proinflammatory cytokines. The AIM2 mRNA levels were significantly higher in benign...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,771 Views
14 Pages

Inhibition of Autophagy Enhances the Antitumor Effect of Thioridazine in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Cells

  • Carina Colturato-Kido,
  • Rayssa M. Lopes,
  • Hyllana C. D. Medeiros,
  • Claudia A. Costa,
  • Laura F. L. Prado-Souza,
  • Letícia S. Ferraz and
  • Tiago Rodrigues

20 April 2021

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is an aggressive malignant disorder of lymphoid progenitor cells that affects children and adults. Despite the high cure rates, drug resistance still remains a significant clinical problem, which stimulates the deve...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
42 Citations
6,784 Views
28 Pages

Evaluation of Blood Levels of C-Reactive Protein Marker in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Systematic Review, Meta‐Analysis and Meta-Regression

  • Mohammad Moslem Imani,
  • Masoud Sadeghi,
  • Farid Farokhzadeh,
  • Habibolah Khazaie,
  • Serge Brand,
  • Kenneth M. Dürsteler,
  • Annette Brühl and
  • Dena Sadeghi-Bahmani

19 April 2021

(1) Introduction: High sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and CRP are inflammatory biomarkers associated with several inflammatory diseases. In both pediatric and adult individuals with Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) higher hs-CRP and CRP were ob...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,329 Views
15 Pages

A Comparative Analysis of Erythropoietin and Carbamoylated Erythropoietin Proteome Profiles

  • Neeraj K. Tiwari,
  • Monica Sathyanesan,
  • Vikas Kumar and
  • Samuel S. Newton

19 April 2021

In recent years, erythropoietin (EPO) has emerged as a useful neuroprotective and neurotrophic molecule that produces antidepressant and cognitive-enhancing effects in psychiatric disorders. However, EPO robustly induces erythropoiesis and elevates r...

  • Review
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,280 Views
11 Pages

The Use of Upconversion Nanoparticles in Prostate Cancer Photodynamic Therapy

  • Michał Osuchowski,
  • Filip Osuchowski,
  • Wojciech Latos and
  • Aleksandra Kawczyk-Krupka

19 April 2021

Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) is a cancer treatment that uses light, a photosensitizer, and oxygen to destroy tumors. This article is a review of approaches to the treatment of prostate cancer applying upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs). UCNPs have beco...

  • Review
  • Open Access
21 Citations
9,090 Views
17 Pages

Next-Generation Sequencing Technologies and Neurogenetic Diseases

  • Hui Sun,
  • Xiao-Rong Shen,
  • Zi-Bing Fang,
  • Zong-Zhi Jiang,
  • Xiao-Jing Wei,
  • Zi-Yi Wang and
  • Xue-Fan Yu

19 April 2021

Next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology has led to great advances in understanding the causes of Mendelian and complex neurological diseases. Owing to the complexity of genetic diseases, the genetic factors contributing to many rare and common ne...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
8,714 Views
14 Pages

Volatile Constituents of Endophytic Fungi Isolated from Aquilaria sinensis with Descriptions of Two New Species of Nemania

  • Saowaluck Tibpromma,
  • Lu Zhang,
  • Samantha C. Karunarathna,
  • Tian-Ye Du,
  • Chayanard Phukhamsakda,
  • Munikishore Rachakunta,
  • Nakarin Suwannarach,
  • Jianchu Xu,
  • Peter E. Mortimer and
  • Yue-Hu Wang

19 April 2021

Algae, bacteria, and fungi, as well as higher plants, produce a wide variety of secondary metabolites known as natural products. Natural products are well known as remarkable sources of many therapeutic agents. The genus Nemania is a wood-decaying fu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,055 Views
17 Pages

18 April 2021

Cyanobacteria are known as rich repositories of natural products. One cyanobacterial-microbial consortium (isolate HT-58-2) is known to produce two fundamentally new classes of natural products: the tetrapyrrole pigments tolyporphins A–R, and the dit...

  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,950 Views
7 Pages

The Three Pillars of COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Therapy

  • Massimo Franchini,
  • Giancarlo Maria Liumbruno,
  • Giorgio Piacentini,
  • Claudia Glingani and
  • Marco Zaffanello

18 April 2021

The new severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has spread rapidly around the world in the last year causing the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which still is a severe threat for public health. The therapeutic man...

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