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Biology, Volume 10, Issue 3

March 2021 - 82 articles

Cover Story: Lichens and endolichenic fungi (ELF) are prolific sources of valuable compounds. In this study, we compare the metabolic profiles of lichens collected from Malaysia and the Philippines, and their associated ELF using LC-MS-based metabolomics. Multivariate data analyses were done to capture potential antibacterial key metabolites such as 2-amino-1,3-hexadecanediol, piliformic acid and methyl xylariate C against Staphylococcus aureus. The application of metabolomics in this study allowed the rapid identification of bioactive metabolites that are of significance to drug discovery. The distinction of the metabolites produced by lichens and ELF was also presented that showed an interesting insight into the significant role of ELF toward their lichen hosts. These results serve as an excellent stimulus to explore the metabolic pathways and metabolite production of both lichens and ELF. View this paper
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Articles (82)

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,739 Views
17 Pages

Quantitative Proteomics Analysis of Berberine-Treated Colon Cancer Cells Reveals Potential Therapy Targets

  • Pengfei Li,
  • Zhifang Hao,
  • Huanhuan Liu,
  • Bojing Zhu,
  • Liuyi Dang,
  • Chen Ma,
  • Yintai Xu,
  • Yiyan Zhang,
  • Daidi Fan and
  • Shisheng Sun

23 March 2021

Colon cancer is one of the most lethal malignancies worldwide. Berberine has been found to exert potential anti-colon cancer activity in vitro and in vivo, although the detailed regulatory mechanism is still unclear. This study aims to identify the u...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,255 Views
11 Pages

Association between 30-s Chair Stand-Up Test and Anthropometric Values, Vibration Perception Threshold, FHSQ, and 15-D in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

  • Francisco Javier Domínguez-Muñoz,
  • Jorge Carlos-Vivas,
  • Santos Villafaina,
  • Miguel A. García-Gordillo,
  • Miguel Ángel Hernández-Mocholi,
  • Daniel Collado-Mateo,
  • Narcis Gusi and
  • José C. Adsuar

22 March 2021

Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic, worldwide disease affecting more than 400 million people. This pathology involves several associated problems, such as diabetic neuropathy complications, obesity, and foot problems, both in te...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,600 Views
15 Pages

22 March 2021

Currently, there is scant information about the biodiversity and functional diversity of microbes in the eastern Indian Ocean (EIO). Here, we used a combination of high-throughput sequencing of 16S rRNA genes and a metagenomic approach to investigate...

  • Review
  • Open Access
28 Citations
6,620 Views
21 Pages

Small Ruminants and Its Use in Regenerative Medicine: Recent Works and Future Perspectives

  • Rui Damásio Alvites,
  • Mariana Vieira Branquinho,
  • Ana Catarina Sousa,
  • Bruna Lopes,
  • Patrícia Sousa,
  • Carla Mendonça,
  • Luís Miguel Atayde and
  • Ana Colette Maurício

22 March 2021

Medical and translational scientific research requires the use of animal models as an initial approach to the study of new therapies and treatments, but when the objective is an exploration of translational potentialities, classical models fail to ad...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,598 Views
26 Pages

Prognostic and Functional Significant of Heat Shock Proteins (HSPs) in Breast Cancer Unveiled by Multi-Omics Approaches

  • Miriam Buttacavoli,
  • Gianluca Di Cara,
  • Cesare D’Amico,
  • Fabiana Geraci,
  • Ida Pucci-Minafra,
  • Salvatore Feo and
  • Patrizia Cancemi

22 March 2021

Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are a well-characterized molecular chaperones protein family, classified into six major families, according to their molecular size. A wide range of tumors have been shown to express atypical levels of one or more HSPs, sug...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,593 Views
8 Pages

PNPLA3 Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Prevalence and Association with Liver Disease in a Diverse Cohort of Persons Living with HIV

  • Kenneth E. Sherman,
  • Susan D. Rouster,
  • Heidi Meeds,
  • Javier Tamargo,
  • Jun Chen,
  • Richard Ehman and
  • Marianna Baum

21 March 2021

In persons living with HIV (PLWH), there are multiple sources of liver injury. Gene polymorphisms of PNPLA3 (patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing protein 3) have been identified as an important cofactor for increased disease severity in both...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,958 Views
10 Pages

FLT3-ITD Allelic Burden and Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia Risk Stratification

  • Andrew Y. Li,
  • Sarah M. Kashanian,
  • Bryan C. Hambley,
  • Kyle Zacholski,
  • Vu H. Duong,
  • Firas El Chaer,
  • Noa G. Holtzman,
  • Ivana Gojo,
  • Jonathan A. Webster and
  • Kelly J. Norsworthy
  • + 7 authors

21 March 2021

The significance of FLT3-ITD in acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is not well-established. We performed a bi-center retrospective study of 138 APL patients, 59 (42.8%) of whom had FLT3-ITD. APL patients with FLT3-ITD had higher baseline white blood...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,438 Views
16 Pages

Equine Genital Squamous Cell Carcinoma Associated with EcPV2 Infection: RANKL Pathway Correlated to Inflammation and Wnt Signaling Activation

  • Samanta Mecocci,
  • Ilaria Porcellato,
  • Federico Armando,
  • Luca Mechelli,
  • Chiara Brachelente,
  • Marco Pepe,
  • Rodolfo Gialletti,
  • Benedetta Passeri,
  • Paola Modesto and
  • Alessandro Ghelardi
  • + 2 authors

21 March 2021

Equine genital squamous cell carcinomas (egSCCs) are among the most common equine tumors after sarcoids, severely impairing animal health and welfare. Equus caballus papillomavirus type 2 (EcPV2) infection is often related to these tumors. The aim of...

  • Review
  • Open Access
59 Citations
17,676 Views
39 Pages

Dietary Antioxidants in the Treatment of Male Infertility: Counteracting Oxidative Stress

  • Elizabeth Torres-Arce,
  • Barbara Vizmanos,
  • Nancy Babio,
  • Fabiola Márquez-Sandoval and
  • Albert Salas-Huetos

20 March 2021

Infertility affects about 15% of the population and male factors only are responsible for ~25–30% of cases of infertility. Currently, the etiology of suboptimal semen quality is poorly understood, and many environmental and genetic factors, including...

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