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The CLE family (CLAVATA3/embryo surrounding region-related), a class of small secreted proteins, play important roles in plant development and stress responses. Members of the CLE family have been characterized in a number of plant species, including...

The peptide ligands of the CLAVATA3/EMBRYO SURROUNDING REGION-RELATED (CLE) family have been previously identified as essential signals for both short- and long-distance communication in plants, particularly during stem cell homeostasis, cell fate de...

Legume plants form nitrogen-fixing nodules in symbiosis with soil bacteria rhizobia. The number of symbiotic nodules is controlled at the whole-plant level with autoregulation of nodulation (AON), which includes a shoot-acting CLV1-like receptor kina...

CLAVATA3/EMBRYO SURROUNDING REGION (CLE) peptides are post-translationally cleaved and modified peptides from their corresponding pre-propeptides. Although they are only 12 to 13 amino acids in length, they are important ligands involved in regulatin...

Plant root system architecture changes drastically in response to availability of macronutrients in the soil environment. Despite the importance of root sulfur (S) uptake in plant growth and reproduction, molecular mechanisms underlying root developm...

CLE genes encode a group of small secretory peptides, which regulate cell proliferation and differentiation in plants. CLE genes have been studied in many plants; however, little is known about this gene family in potato. In this study, we characteri...

The CLAVATA3/EMBRYO-SURROUNDING REGION (CLE) genes encode signaling peptides that play important roles in various developmental and physiological processes. However, the systematic identification and characterization of CLE genes in foxtail millet (S...

Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), renowned for its rapid growth, is attributed to the dynamic changes in its apical meristem. The CLAVATA3/EMBRYO SURROUNDING REGION-RELATED (CLE) family genes are known to play crucial roles in regulating meristem a...

CLE peptides are well-known hormonal regulators of plant development, but their role in somatic embryogenesis remains undetermined. CLE genes are often regulated by WOX transcription factors and, in their turn, regulate the expression level of WOX ge...

Background: The antitumor activity of CLE-10 (4-epi-isoinuviscolide), a sesquiterpene lactone compound, isolated from Carpesium abrotanoides L. has rarely been reported. The aim of this study is to investigate the antitumor activity of CLE-10 and giv...

CLAVATA3 (CLV3)/endosperm surrounding region (CLE) peptides have been reportedly involved in plant growth and development, as well as responses to abiotic stresses. However, the stress resilience of most CLE genes in cotton remains largely unknown. H...

In potato, high levels of nitrogen (N) can lead to excessive vegetative growth at the expense of tuber development, resulting in lower yield and poor-quality tubers. We found that Solanum tuberosum CLE4 (StCLE4) is expressed most strongly in the...

The CLE41 peptide, like all other TRACHEARY ELEMENT DIFFERENTIATION INHIBITORY FACTOR (TDIF) family CLE peptides, promotes cell division in (pro-)cambium vascular meristem and prevents xylem differentiation. In this work, we analyzed the differential...

De novo root regeneration is the process by which adventitious roots form around the wound site from wounded or detached plant organs. The de novo root regeneration process has been widely exploited in cutting technology used for vegetative propagati...

Legume plants form nitrogen-fixing nodules on their roots in symbiosis with soil bacteria rhizobia. The number of symbiotic nodules is controlled by a host plant via a systemic mechanism known as autoregulation of nodulation (AON). The key players of...

Legume plants have the ability to establish a symbiotic relationship with soil bacteria known as rhizobia. The legume–rhizobium symbiosis results in the formation of symbiotic root nodules, where rhizobia fix atmospheric nitrogen. A host plant...

The balance between cell proliferation and differentiation into other cell types is crucial for meristem indeterminacy, and both growth aspects are under genetic control. The peptide-receptor signaling module regulates the activity of the cambial ste...

Background: Clinical Learning Environments (CLEs) are essential to nursing education as a platform for students to develop professional identity; consolidate knowledge with clinical practice; and to gain cognitive, communication, and psychomotor skil...

WUSCHEL (WUS)-related homeobox (WOX) protein family members play important roles in the maintenance and proliferation of the stem cells in the cambium, the lateral meristem that forms all the wood structural elements. Most studies have examined the f...

Intercellular communication mediated by CLAVATA3/EMBRYO SURROUNDING REGION-RELATED (CLE) peptides and their receptors is crucial for plant development and environmental adaptation. In this study, 45 and 89 CLEs were identified in Populus tomentosa an...

Tumid lupus erythematosus (TLE) has been the subject of heated debate regarding its correct nosographic classification. The definition of TLE has changed over time, varying according to the different studies performed. In this review, we address the...

Thermal infrared technology is utilized for detecting mastitis in cows owing to its non-invasive and efficient characteristics. However, the presence of surrounding regions and obstacles can impede accurate temperature measurement, thereby compromisi...

Induced point mutations are important genetic resources for their ability to create hypo- and hypermorphic alleles that are useful for understanding gene functions and breeding. However, such mutant populations have only been developed for a few temp...

In potato, phloem tissues transport sugars and signal molecules to the tuber for growth and storage. The CLAVATA3/ESR-like (CLE) family of plant peptides plays an important role in regulating plant development. In this study, we identified a set of p...

Cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) is a chronic autoimmune skin disorder with limited therapeutic options, particularly for refractory discoid lupus (DLE), which often results in scarring and atrophy. Recent studies have identified miR-31, miR-485-3...

CLE (CLAVATA3/Embryo Surrounding Region) peptides regulate different aspects of plant development. In legumes, CLE peptides are known as key components of autoregulation of nodulation (AON), which systemically controls the number of nitrogen-fixing n...

(1) Background: Confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE) has emerged as a transformative tool in head and neck surgery, with applications spanning oncologic insights and functional evaluations. This study delves into CLE’s potential in these domains...

Cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) is divided into the following four clinical subtypes: acute CLE (ACLE), subacute (SCLE), chronic CLE (CCLE) and lupus erythematosus tumidus (LET). The aim of this study was to describe the dermoscopic patterns of C...

CLAVATA3 (CLV3)/EMBRYO SURROUNDING REGION (ESR)-related (CLE) genes encode a group of peptide hormones, which coordinate cell proliferation and differentiation in plants. Tiger nut (Cyperus esculentus L.) is a perennial monocot plant that produces oi...

Esophageal and gastric cancers are common diseases with high morbidity and mortality; thus, early detection and treatment are beneficial to improve prognosis. Confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE) is a novel imaging technique that permits the histologi...

Spontaneous tumour formation in higher plants can occur in the absence of pathogen invasion, depending on the plant genotype. Spontaneous tumour formation on the taproots is consistently observed in certain inbred lines of radish (Raphanus sativus va...

Cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) in humans encompasses multiple subtypes that exhibit a wide array of skin lesions and, in some cases, are associated with the development of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We investigated dogs with exfoliative...

There is large intersubject variability in cerebrovascular hemodynamic and systemic physiological responses induced by a verbal fluency task (VFT) under colored light exposure (CLE). We hypothesized that machine learning would enable us to classify t...

Probe-based confocal laser endoscopy (pCLE) has emerged as a powerful tool for disease diagnosis, yet it faces challenges such as the formation of hexagonal patterns in images due to the inherent characteristics of fiber bundles. Recent advancements...

This research aims to improve the existing methodology by quantifying the effects of climate change on social vulnerability by developing a set of vulnerability indicators. It delimits for the first time in Romania the most vulnerable areas from this...

The xylem is the main pathway for the transport of water and molecules from roots to shoots. To date, it has been reported that secreted oligopeptides mediate root-to-shoot signaling, and some long-distance mobile oligopeptides have been detected in...

Objective: This paper explores machine learning methods for exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction (EILO) diagnostics. Traditional diagnostic approaches like CLE scoring face subjectivity, limiting precise objective assessments. Machine learning is i...

Attached to the outer surface of the corneocyte lipid envelope (CLE), omega-hydroxy ceramides (ω-OH-Cer) link to involucrin and function as lipid components of the stratum corneum (SC). The integrity of the skin barrier is highly dependent on t...

Plants engage in symbiotic relationships with soil microorganisms to overcome nutrient limitations in their environment. Among the best studied endosymbiotic interactions in plants are those with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi and N-fixing bacteri...

Monitoring the air particulate concentration both outdoors and indoors is becoming a more relevant issue in the past few decades. An innovative, fully automatic, monitoring system called CleAir is presented. Such a system wants to go beyond the tradi...

Objectives: The aims of this study were to: (1) explore sleep problems in preschool children with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), selective mutism (SM), and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) and (2) examine the relationship between stressful li...

This study investigates the potential of fluorescence imaging in conjunction with an original, fused segmentation framework for enhanced detection and delineation of brain tumor margins. By means of a test bed optical microscopy system, autofluoresce...

Learning content in mathematics, such as vector geometry, is still predominantly taught in an abstract manner, as the visualization and interaction of three-dimensional problems are limited with classical forms of teaching such as blackboard lessons...

West Nile virus (WNV) and Usutu virus (USUV) are zoonotic arboviruses. These flaviviruses are mainly maintained in the environment through an enzootic cycle involving mosquitoes and birds. Horses and humans are incidental, dead-end hosts, but can dev...

Stakeholder engagement is a central tenet for understanding and solving sustainability challenges. Given the existing stakeholder knowledge base and the fact that practitioners mostly focus on the engagement of high-power and salience stakeholders, t...

Duration is a rarely investigated marker of exercise prescription. The aim of this study was to test the feasibility of the methodological approach, assessing effects of different duration constant-load exercise (CLE) on physiological responses (inte...

Cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) is an autoimmune disease, which can be limited to the skin or associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Gene expression analysis has revealed that both the innate and adaptive immune pathways are activate...

Castanopsis lamontii is traditionally used to prevent inflammatory diseases such as periodontitis and pharyngitis by residents in southwest China. However, little scientific evidence has been found to support this. In this research, the antibacterial...

Cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) is an autoimmune disorder like systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Both SLE and CLE characterize autoantibody secretion and immune cell recruitment. In particular, CLE can be divided into three more frequent types,...

Chemically synthesized copper oxide nanoparticles (CuONPs) involve the generation of toxic products, which narrowed its biological application. Hence, we have developed a one-pot, green method for CuONP production employing the leaf extract of Cymbop...