Transcriptome analysis of resistance mechanism to potato wart disease
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Peihua Li
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Yuan Qing
Abstract
To understand the molecular mechanism of the resistance to potato wart disease, we used the potato cultivar Qingshu 9 as the experimental material and prepared potato samples with different levels of disease through inoculation. The RNAs of the samples were extracted, and transcriptome analysis was performed on the samples not infected by the disease (control group) and also on the samples with different levels of disease, with the aid of high-throughput sequencing. Next, the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) associated with the resistance to potato wart disease were identified based on the analysis results. Using bioinformatic tools, the DEGs were functionally annotated, classified, and enriched in related metabolic pathways. The main results are as follows: Compared with the control group, 4 DEGs were identified in the samples with light disease, 52 were found in the samples with medium disease, and 214 were discovered in the samples with heavy disease. Potato mainly resists the wart disease by suppressing its gene expression, and the degree of suppression depends on the level of the disease; the disease resistance might be dominated by cellular nucleic acid-binding protein, AP2-like transcription factor, and E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase. This research provides new insights into the molecular mechanism of potato resistance against wart disease.
1 Introduction
Hailed as the “second apple” and the “second bread,” potato is the fourth biggest food crop worldwide after wheat, rice, and maize [1]. In China, the planting area of potatoes reaches 5.3333 million hm2, only after that of wheat, maize, and rice. The annual output of potatoes in China stands at 100 million tons, more than anywhere else [2]. As China strives to make potato a staple food, the high and stable output of potatoes is increasingly important to food security in the country [3].
Potato wart disease, also called potato canker and black wart of potato, is a devastating soil-borne disease widely distributed in cold, rainy mountain areas [4,5]. The disease is caused by Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb.) Percival, a soil-borne obligate parasitic fungus. Belonging to Synchytrium, Synchytriaceae, Chytridiales, and Chytridiomycota, the fungus has no mycelium and cannot be artificially cultivated yet.
The pathogenic fungus, i.e., S. endobioticum (Schilb.) Percival, mainly damages the underground parts of potatoes. The fungus causes the host cells to continuously divide, forming large and small cauliflower-shaped tumors and chapped skins on tuber or stolon. The canker tissues are yellowish white in the early stage. With the elapse of time, these tissues become dark brown, soft, and highly putrescible, giving off a foul odor [6,7,8].
Potato cancer was first discovered in Hungary in 1896. With the expansion of planting scale and the inflow of foreign potato varieties, it gradually spread to Central and Northern European countries. It was introduced in North America in 1912 and successively in South America, India, New Zealand, and other places. Now it has spread to about 50 countries on the five continents of the world.
The dormant sporangia of the fungus exist in tubers infected with wart disease and the tiny soil particles on the tuber surface. After the tubers rot, the dormant sporangia are released into the soil. These dormant sporangia can survive in the soil for more than 30 years [9,10,11]. Despite the huge damage caused by the fungus, still no way has been found to effectively prevent S. endobioticum (Schilb.) Percival from infecting potatoes, other than breeding for disease resistance.
Two defining features of potato wart disease are serious damage and high-potential threat. On the one hand, the disease directly affects the output and quality of potatoes in the field and causes potatoes to rot in the late harvest and storage period. The inflected potatoes are of poor quality and inedible, resulting in dull sale and major economic losses. On the other hand, it is difficult to remove the pathogenic fungus that contaminates the soil in the short-term. Over the years, various chemical and biological measures have been tried to clean the soil, but to no avail [4].
Therefore, many countries have treated the wart disease as a serious threat and quarantine infected objects in potato production. The disease is characterized by high incidence and fast spread. On average, the output of plots is reduced by 20–30%. In severe cases, the disease could reduce the output by 80% and even cause total crop failure [12]. This calls for in-depth research on the pathogenic mechanism of potato wart disease. The research results help identifying the genes related to the disease, breeding disease-resistant varieties, and ensuring high and stable output and also high-quality potatoes.
In the research work of potato cancer-resistance gene location, Brugmans et al. used the densification of amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers and the use of bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) capture and sequencing technology, and Ballvaora et al. used one highly resistant and two different highly susceptible varieties of tetraploid potatoes to hybridize. Then molecular marker methods such as simple sequence repeat (SSR), inter simple sequence repeat (ISSR), and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) were used on the F1 population. Obidiegwu et al. used the F1 population obtained by crossing the tetraploid potato high-resistant variety and the high-susceptible variety and used SSR markers and single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) chips to analyze. The transcriptome is the sum of all RNAs transcribed by a specific tissue or cell at a developmental stage or functional state, including messenger RNAs (mRNAs), small RNAs, and noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs). Relying on high-throughput sequencing (HTS), transcriptome sequencing determines mRNAs, small RNAs, or ncRNA sequences and quickly obtains the expression level of almost all transcripts of an organ or a tissue of a species under a certain state [13,14]. At present, transcriptome sequencing has been widely applied to major food crops. However, there is no report on its application on potato wart disease.
In this research, the potato cultivar Qingshu 9 was taken as the material. Potato samples with different levels of disease were obtained through inoculation. The samples were subjected to RNA extraction, library construction and sequencing, and preliminary screening of key genes involved in the resistance to the disease. The research results provide new insights into the resistance mechanism of potato wart disease.
2 Materials and methods
2.1 Materials
Our experiment uses the potato cultivar Qingshu 9 (selection and breeding of Qinghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China), which was provided by Sichuan Potato Key Laboratory, Xichang University.
2.2 Experimental method
2.2.1 Sample preparation
To identify the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) of the potato infected with the wart disease, three noninfected potatoes were allocated to the control group (L0), and the other potatoes were inoculated with the wart disease of seven different levels (L1–L7) by the Glynne–Lemmerzahl method [6]. The samples with all eight levels of disease are shown in Figure 1.
Potato samples with different levels of wart disease.
The inoculation was implemented in the following steps: Apply a 1- to 2-mm-thick warm Vaseline on the eyes of tubers, creating a water-retaining ring. Then drop sterilized distilled water over the eyes. Place disease-causing canker tissues, which has been developed for 3–4 weeks, on the eyes, and cover them up to avoid infection. After incubating at 10 ℃ for 48 h, remove the inoculum, remove Vaseline, and cover the samples with moist sterile soil or peat. Then cultivate the samples at 15–17℃ in the dark for 25–28 days. Observe the growth and cancerization of the samples every other day under the dissecting microscope.
2.2.2 Transcriptome sequences
The total RNAs of potato samples (L0–L7) in Figure 1 were extracted and purified with BioFit plant total RNA purification kit (http://www.biofit.com), where L0 is the control group, L1 and L2 are infected with light disease (light), L4 and L5 are infected with medium disease (medium), and L6 and L7 are infected with heavy disease (heavy).
After passing the test, the RNA samples were sent to BioMarker for library construction and transcriptome analysis by standard methods. The sequencing depth was 6G per sample. The samples in each group were sequenced twice.
2.2.3 Analysis of transcriptome data
The transcriptome data were completely analyzed by CLC Genomics Workbench 10. For the reads of the original sequences obtained through sequencing, the Trim reads program was called to remove the reads with an N (the base information that cannot be determined) proportion greater than 10%, the connectors between the reads of the original sequences, and then the reads with more than half length occupied by bases whose Qpred ≤20. In this way, the reads suitable for transcriptome analysis were obtained.
Next the RNA-Seq analysis program of CLC Genomics Workbench 10 was called to compare the suitable reads with Solanum tuberosum (SolTub_3.0) (http://plants.ensembl.org/Solanum_tuberosum/Info/Index), the reference genome of potatoes, revealing the amount of expressed genes under different treatment conditions. The number of expressed genes was estimated by the fragments per kilobase of transcript per million mapped reads; the fold change of the DEGs was expressed in log 2; and the false discovery rate was controlled <0.05.
The DEGs was subjected to Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG), Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analysis, and dynamic GO enrichment analysis, respectively, using KafamKOALA (KEGGs) [15], AgriGO 2.0 [16], and omicshare software (https://www.omicshare.com/).
3 Results
Transcriptome analysis showed that seven groups (L0, L1, L2, L4, L5, L6, and L7) were consistent in the number of original reads and the mean length (Table S1). After the unsuitable reads were eliminated by Trim reads program, eight groups had a slight difference in the number of high-quality reads and the mean length. The high-quality reads were located against the reference genome. The results show that the different groups were basically the same in the number of reads that could be identified in the genome. However, both the number of identifiable reads and the number of expressed genes increased with the level of disease.
A total of 214 DEGs were identified through the transcriptome analysis. Only 10 of them witnessed an increase in the number of expressions. Merely four genes were upregulated only under L7 condition (Table S2). For the 204 downregulated genes, 64 genes had log 2 values of less than −2 in at least one of the eight groups.
Through principal component analysis (PCA), the seven groups (L0, L1, L2, L4, L5, L6, and L7) could be clearly divided into four clusters based on gene expression (Figure 2). L0 is the only group in the lower right cluster, indicating a significant difference between the control samples and infected samples. This proves the success of sample processing. With the growing level of disease, the number of expressed genes gradually shifted to the left, i.e., the gene expression continuously changed as the disease became increasingly severe.
Principal component analysis of the gene expression under different treatments.
It can also be seen that L1 and L2, L4 and L5, and L6 and L7 form three close clusters, respectively. For convenience, L1 and L2 were defined as light disease cluster (light), L4 and L5 as medium disease cluster (medium), and L6 and L7 as heavy disease cluster (heavy).
Compared with the control group, only 10 genes were downregulated and no gene was upregulated in group L1; 12 genes were downregulated and no gene was upregulated in group L2; 40 genes were downregulated and 3 genes were upregulated in group L4; 74 genes were downregulated and 2 genes were upregulated in group L5; 161 genes were downregulated and 5 genes were upregulated in group L6, that is, 166 genes in this group significantly differed from their counterparts in group L0 in expression; and 204 genes were downregulated and 10 genes were upregulated in group L7, putting the number of DEGs in this group at 214.
To sum up, compared with the control group, the light cluster (a combined analysis of the original data of L1 and L2, rather an addition of the DEGs of L1 and L2) had 4 downregulated genes and no upregulated gene; the medium cluster (a combined analysis of the original data of L4 and L5) had 2 downregulated genes and 3 upregulated genes; the heavy cluster (a combined analysis of the original data of L6 and L7) had 204 downregulated genes and 10 upregulated genes (Table S2). This means the potato mainly responds to the stress of the wart disease through the downregulation of gene expression.
Next the overlaps of DEGs in three clusters were analyzed. The results (Figure 3) show that the potato genes were expressed with significant difference between disease conditions. With light disease, the potato samples had no difference from the control group in gene expression. With heavy disease, the potato samples covered the DEGs of those with light and medium diseases. Hence, the gene expression of the potato gradually changes in response to the wart disease.
Overlaps of DEGs in three clusters.
Figure 4 is the expression trends of 214 DEGs in L1, L2, L4, L5, L6, and L7 obtained through hierarchical clustering. Obviously, the expression of the DEGs either increased or decreased with the growing severity of the wart disease: the expression of most DEGs gradually weakened, while that of a few DEGs gradually enhanced. This further indicates that potato resists the wart disease mainly by suppressing its gene expression.
Heat map of the expression of 214 DEGs under six levels of the wart disease.
As shown in Table S3, the DEGs with known functions were distributed on 56 KEGG pathways. Many of these pathways may be closely related to the resistance to potato wart disease. For instance, K09250, the cellular nucleic acid-binding protein, was enriched three times; K09286, an AP2/EREBP transcription factor, was enriched six times; and E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase was enriched three times.
The results of GO enrichment are displayed in Figure 5. In terms of the biological process, the DEGs were heavily enriched in the metabolic process, cellular process, biological regulation, single-organism process, and response to stimulus. In terms of the molecular function, the DEGs were abundantly enriched in binding, catalytic activity, and nucleic acid-binding transcription factor activity. In terms of cellular components, the DEGs were significantly enriched in cells, cell parts, organelles, macromolecular complexes, and membranes.
GO classification of the 214 DEGs.
4 Discussion
With serious damage and high-potential threat, the wart disease is a major ailment of potato. Southwestern China used to suffer heavy loss of potato production due to the disease, which severely restricts the growth, output, and quality of the crop. Depending on the level of disease, potato will undergo changes in phenotype, physiology, biochemistry, and molecules. In the previous studies, except for the Sen1 locus on the long arm of chromosome XI, which was recognized by researchers, there were obvious differences in other locus; and so far, these molecular markers have not accurately been located in genes (sequences). Many of these changes are the result of the regulation of the complex inherent molecular network. Therefore, this article screens and identifies the DEGs through bioinformatics analysis, aiming to disclose the potato wart disease resistance mechanism.
With the aid of the HTS, potato samples with different levels of disease were subjected to transcriptome sequencing. Through the PCA and DEGs distribution analysis, the authors learned that the samples with different levels of disease greatly differed from those not infected with the disease. Based on the PCA results on gene expression (Figure 2), L1 and L2 were assigned to the light cluster, L4 and L5 to the medium cluster, and L6 and L7 to the heavy cluster. Compared with the control group, the downregulated DEGs were 3 times that of the upregulated DEGs in the light cluster; the downregulated DEGs were 20 times that of the upregulated DEGs in the medium cluster and the heavy cluster; 198 DEGs were detected in the heavy cluster.
After that, the DEGs were annotated in the KEGG and GO databases. Only a few DEGs could be found in these databases. This result is common in many plants that have been sequenced [17]. A possible reason is that many nonmodel plants have not been sequenced, failing to provide the relevant research data. These unannotated genes should be further analyzed to determine their role in plant growth and enrich the gene databases.
According to our research results, after GO functional annotation and KEGG pathway analysis, the DEGs were found to mainly enrich in the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites of metabolic pathway, biosynthesis of amino acids, intercellular signaling, negative regulation of enzyme activity, and hormone response. These pathways might promote the response to potato wart disease.
The molecular response of potato disease resistance is a complex process. Besides metabolite synthesis and the regulation of disease-resistant cell-signaling pathways, the immune response induced by elicitors also plays an important role, including the nucleotide-binding site (NBS)–leucine-rich repeat (LRR) genes [18]. The NBS-LRR are a family of disease-resistant genes widely present in plants. However, our transcriptome analysis did not find any differentially expressed NBS-LRR genes. This highlights the complexity of potato resistance to wart disease and the difficulty in breeding wart-resistant potatoes.
Transcriptome sequencing is a nondestructive and efficient technique to process many genes. This technique has been extensively applied to optimize gene organization, discover unknown genes, and analyze differential gene expression. Many crops have been studied through transcriptome sequencing, such as wheat [17], rapeseed [19], Brachypodium [14], and sunflower [20]. This article is the first to apply transcriptome sequencing to analyze the molecular response mechanism of potato wart disease. Our efforts expand the understanding of the complex mechanism of crop disease resistance.
The future research needs to systematically analyze the resistance components of the potato to the wart disease, especially the DEGs critical to disease resistance. The systematic analysis will lay a theoretical basis for the breeding of disease-resistant potatoes and the prevention of potato wart disease.
5 Conclusion
This article carries out transcriptome sequencing of potatoes with different levels of disease, revealing that the potato mainly resists the wart disease by downregulating its gene expression. In addition, the DEGs were found to enrich pathways like cell metabolism, cell cycle, biosynthesis, and enzyme catalysis. This means the response to potato wart disease might be dominated by such pathways as bioregulation, chemical reaction, abiotic stimulus response, oxygenated compound response, organic matter response, etc. The research results lay the theoretical basis for screening disease-resistant genes and breeding disease-resistant potatoes.
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Funding information: This work was supported by the Breeding and Promotion of New Special Cultivars for Potato as Staple Food in Panzhihua and Xichang (Grant No.: 2016NYZ0032-4), and Sichuan Tuber Crop Innovation Team, National Modern Agricultural Industry Technology System (Grant No.: [2019] No. 59).
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Conflict of interest: The authors state no conflict of interest.
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Data availability statement: The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
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- Effects of inorganic and organic selenium sources on the growth performance of broilers in China: A meta-analysis
- Crop-livestock integration practices, knowledge, and attitudes among smallholder farmers: Hedging against climate change-induced shocks in semi-arid Zimbabwe
- Food Science and Nutrition
- Effect of food processing on the antioxidant activity of flavones from Polygonatum odoratum (Mill.) Druce
- Vitamin D and iodine status was associated with the risk and complication of type 2 diabetes mellitus in China
- Diversity of microbiota in Slovak summer ewes’ cheese “Bryndza”
- Comparison between voltammetric detection methods for abalone-flavoring liquid
- Composition of low-molecular-weight glutenin subunits in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and their effects on the rheological properties of dough
- Application of culture, PCR, and PacBio sequencing for determination of microbial composition of milk from subclinical mastitis dairy cows of smallholder farms
- Investigating microplastics and potentially toxic elements contamination in canned Tuna, Salmon, and Sardine fishes from Taif markets, KSA
- From bench to bar side: Evaluating the red wine storage lesion
- Establishment of an iodine model for prevention of iodine-excess-induced thyroid dysfunction in pregnant women
- Plant Sciences
- Characterization of GMPP from Dendrobium huoshanense yielding GDP-D-mannose
- Comparative analysis of the SPL gene family in five Rosaceae species: Fragaria vesca, Malus domestica, Prunus persica, Rubus occidentalis, and Pyrus pyrifolia
- Identification of leaf rust resistance genes Lr34 and Lr46 in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L. ssp. aestivum) lines of different origin using multiplex PCR
- Investigation of bioactivities of Taxus chinensis, Taxus cuspidata, and Taxus × media by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
- Morphological structures and histochemistry of roots and shoots in Myricaria laxiflora (Tamaricaceae)
- Transcriptome analysis of resistance mechanism to potato wart disease
- In silico analysis of glycosyltransferase 2 family genes in duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza) and its role in salt stress tolerance
- Comparative study on growth traits and ions regulation of zoysiagrasses under varied salinity treatments
- Role of MS1 homolog Ntms1 gene of tobacco infertility
- Biological characteristics and fungicide sensitivity of Pyricularia variabilis
- In silico/computational analysis of mevalonate pyrophosphate decarboxylase gene families in Campanulids
- Identification of novel drought-responsive miRNA regulatory network of drought stress response in common vetch (Vicia sativa)
- How photoautotrophy, photomixotrophy, and ventilation affect the stomata and fluorescence emission of pistachios rootstock?
- Apoplastic histochemical features of plant root walls that may facilitate ion uptake and retention
- Ecology and Environmental Sciences
- The impact of sewage sludge on the fungal communities in the rhizosphere and roots of barley and on barley yield
- Domestication of wild animals may provide a springboard for rapid variation of coronavirus
- Response of benthic invertebrate assemblages to seasonal and habitat condition in the Wewe River, Ashanti region (Ghana)
- Molecular record for the first authentication of Isaria cicadae from Vietnam
- Twig biomass allocation of Betula platyphylla in different habitats in Wudalianchi Volcano, northeast China
- Animal Sciences
- Supplementation of probiotics in water beneficial growth performance, carcass traits, immune function, and antioxidant capacity in broiler chickens
- Predators of the giant pine scale, Marchalina hellenica (Gennadius 1883; Hemiptera: Marchalinidae), out of its natural range in Turkey
- Honey in wound healing: An updated review
- NONMMUT140591.1 may serve as a ceRNA to regulate Gata5 in UT-B knockout-induced cardiac conduction block
- Radiotherapy for the treatment of pulmonary hydatidosis in sheep
- Retraction
- Retraction of “Long non-coding RNA TUG1 knockdown hinders the tumorigenesis of multiple myeloma by regulating microRNA-34a-5p/NOTCH1 signaling pathway”
- Special Issue on Reuse of Agro-Industrial By-Products
- An effect of positional isomerism of benzoic acid derivatives on antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli
- Special Issue on Computing and Artificial Techniques for Life Science Applications - Part II
- Relationship of Gensini score with retinal vessel diameter and arteriovenous ratio in senile CHD
- Effects of different enantiomers of amlodipine on lipid profiles and vasomotor factors in atherosclerotic rabbits
- Establishment of the New Zealand white rabbit animal model of fatty keratopathy associated with corneal neovascularization
- lncRNA MALAT1/miR-143 axis is a potential biomarker for in-stent restenosis and is involved in the multiplication of vascular smooth muscle cells
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- Biomedical Sciences
- Research progress on the mechanism of orexin in pain regulation in different brain regions
- Adriamycin-resistant cells are significantly less fit than adriamycin-sensitive cells in cervical cancer
- Exogenous spermidine affects polyamine metabolism in the mouse hypothalamus
- Iris metastasis of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma misdiagnosed as primary angle-closure glaucoma: A case report and review of the literature
- LncRNA PVT1 promotes cervical cancer progression by sponging miR-503 to upregulate ARL2 expression
- Two new inflammatory markers related to the CURB-65 score for disease severity in patients with community-acquired pneumonia: The hypersensitive C-reactive protein to albumin ratio and fibrinogen to albumin ratio
- Circ_0091579 enhances the malignancy of hepatocellular carcinoma via miR-1287/PDK2 axis
- Silencing XIST mitigated lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced inflammatory injury in human lung fibroblast WI-38 cells through modulating miR-30b-5p/CCL16 axis and TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway
- Protocatechuic acid attenuates cerebral aneurysm formation and progression by inhibiting TNF-alpha/Nrf-2/NF-kB-mediated inflammatory mechanisms in experimental rats
- ABCB1 polymorphism in clopidogrel-treated Montenegrin patients
- Metabolic profiling of fatty acids in Tripterygium wilfordii multiglucoside- and triptolide-induced liver-injured rats
- miR-338-3p inhibits cell growth, invasion, and EMT process in neuroblastoma through targeting MMP-2
- Verification of neuroprotective effects of alpha-lipoic acid on chronic neuropathic pain in a chronic constriction injury rat model
- Circ_WWC3 overexpression decelerates the progression of osteosarcoma by regulating miR-421/PDE7B axis
- Knockdown of TUG1 rescues cardiomyocyte hypertrophy through targeting the miR-497/MEF2C axis
- MiR-146b-3p protects against AR42J cell injury in cerulein-induced acute pancreatitis model through targeting Anxa2
- miR-299-3p suppresses cell progression and induces apoptosis by downregulating PAX3 in gastric cancer
- Diabetes and COVID-19
- Discovery of novel potential KIT inhibitors for the treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumor
- TEAD4 is a novel independent predictor of prognosis in LGG patients with IDH mutation
- circTLK1 facilitates the proliferation and metastasis of renal cell carcinoma by regulating miR-495-3p/CBL axis
- microRNA-9-5p protects liver sinusoidal endothelial cell against oxygen glucose deprivation/reperfusion injury
- Long noncoding RNA TUG1 regulates degradation of chondrocyte extracellular matrix via miR-320c/MMP-13 axis in osteoarthritis
- Duodenal adenocarcinoma with skin metastasis as initial manifestation: A case report
- Effects of Loofah cylindrica extract on learning and memory ability, brain tissue morphology, and immune function of aging mice
- Recombinant Bacteroides fragilis enterotoxin-1 (rBFT-1) promotes proliferation of colorectal cancer via CCL3-related molecular pathways
- Blocking circ_UBR4 suppressed proliferation, migration, and cell cycle progression of human vascular smooth muscle cells in atherosclerosis
- Gene therapy in PIDs, hemoglobin, ocular, neurodegenerative, and hemophilia B disorders
- Downregulation of circ_0037655 impedes glioma formation and metastasis via the regulation of miR-1229-3p/ITGB8 axis
- Vitamin D deficiency and cardiovascular risk in type 2 diabetes population
- Circ_0013359 facilitates the tumorigenicity of melanoma by regulating miR-136-5p/RAB9A axis
- Mechanisms of circular RNA circ_0066147 on pancreatic cancer progression
- lncRNA myocardial infarction-associated transcript (MIAT) knockdown alleviates LPS-induced chondrocytes inflammatory injury via regulating miR-488-3p/sex determining region Y-related HMG-box 11 (SOX11) axis
- Identification of circRNA circ-CSPP1 as a potent driver of colorectal cancer by directly targeting the miR-431/LASP1 axis
- Hyperhomocysteinemia exacerbates ischemia-reperfusion injury-induced acute kidney injury by mediating oxidative stress, DNA damage, JNK pathway, and apoptosis
- Potential prognostic markers and significant lncRNA–mRNA co-expression pairs in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma
- Gamma irradiation-mediated inactivation of enveloped viruses with conservation of genome integrity: Potential application for SARS-CoV-2 inactivated vaccine development
- ADHFE1 is a correlative factor of patient survival in cancer
- The association of transcription factor Prox1 with the proliferation, migration, and invasion of lung cancer
- Is there a relationship between the prevalence of autoimmune thyroid disease and diabetic kidney disease?
- Immunoregulatory function of Dictyophora echinovolvata spore polysaccharides in immunocompromised mice induced by cyclophosphamide
- T cell epitopes of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and conserved surface protein of Plasmodium malariae share sequence homology
- Anti-obesity effect and mechanism of mesenchymal stem cells influence on obese mice
- Long noncoding RNA HULC contributes to paclitaxel resistance in ovarian cancer via miR-137/ITGB8 axis
- Glucocorticoids protect HEI-OC1 cells from tunicamycin-induced cell damage via inhibiting endoplasmic reticulum stress
- Prognostic value of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in acute organophosphorus pesticide poisoning
- Gastroprotective effects of diosgenin against HCl/ethanol-induced gastric mucosal injury through suppression of NF-κβ and myeloperoxidase activities
- Silencing of LINC00707 suppresses cell proliferation, migration, and invasion of osteosarcoma cells by modulating miR-338-3p/AHSA1 axis
- Successful extracorporeal membrane oxygenation resuscitation of patient with cardiogenic shock induced by phaeochromocytoma crisis mimicking hyperthyroidism: A case report
- Effects of miR-185-5p on replication of hepatitis C virus
- Lidocaine has antitumor effect on hepatocellular carcinoma via the circ_DYNC1H1/miR-520a-3p/USP14 axis
- Primary localized cutaneous nodular amyloidosis presenting as lymphatic malformation: A case report
- Multimodal magnetic resonance imaging analysis in the characteristics of Wilson’s disease: A case report and literature review
- Therapeutic potential of anticoagulant therapy in association with cytokine storm inhibition in severe cases of COVID-19: A case report
- Neoadjuvant immunotherapy combined with chemotherapy for locally advanced squamous cell lung carcinoma: A case report and literature review
- Rufinamide (RUF) suppresses inflammation and maintains the integrity of the blood–brain barrier during kainic acid-induced brain damage
- Inhibition of ADAM10 ameliorates doxorubicin-induced cardiac remodeling by suppressing N-cadherin cleavage
- Invasive ductal carcinoma and small lymphocytic lymphoma/chronic lymphocytic leukemia manifesting as a collision breast tumor: A case report and literature review
- Clonal diversity of the B cell receptor repertoire in patients with coronary in-stent restenosis and type 2 diabetes
- CTLA-4 promotes lymphoma progression through tumor stem cell enrichment and immunosuppression
- WDR74 promotes proliferation and metastasis in colorectal cancer cells through regulating the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway
- Down-regulation of IGHG1 enhances Protoporphyrin IX accumulation and inhibits hemin biosynthesis in colorectal cancer by suppressing the MEK-FECH axis
- Curcumin suppresses the progression of gastric cancer by regulating circ_0056618/miR-194-5p axis
- Scutellarin-induced A549 cell apoptosis depends on activation of the transforming growth factor-β1/smad2/ROS/caspase-3 pathway
- lncRNA NEAT1 regulates CYP1A2 and influences steroid-induced necrosis
- A two-microRNA signature predicts the progression of male thyroid cancer
- Isolation of microglia from retinas of chronic ocular hypertensive rats
- Changes of immune cells in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma treated by radiofrequency ablation and hepatectomy, a pilot study
- Calcineurin Aβ gene knockdown inhibits transient outward potassium current ion channel remodeling in hypertrophic ventricular myocyte
- Aberrant expression of PI3K/AKT signaling is involved in apoptosis resistance of hepatocellular carcinoma
- Clinical significance of activated Wnt/β-catenin signaling in apoptosis inhibition of oral cancer
- circ_CHFR regulates ox-LDL-mediated cell proliferation, apoptosis, and EndoMT by miR-15a-5p/EGFR axis in human brain microvessel endothelial cells
- Resveratrol pretreatment mitigates LPS-induced acute lung injury by regulating conventional dendritic cells’ maturation and function
- Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2T promotes tumor stem cell characteristics and migration of cervical cancer cells by regulating the GRP78/FAK pathway
- Carriage of HLA-DRB1*11 and 1*12 alleles and risk factors in patients with breast cancer in Burkina Faso
- Protective effect of Lactobacillus-containing probiotics on intestinal mucosa of rats experiencing traumatic hemorrhagic shock
- Glucocorticoids induce osteonecrosis of the femoral head through the Hippo signaling pathway
- Endothelial cell-derived SSAO can increase MLC20 phosphorylation in VSMCs
- Downregulation of STOX1 is a novel prognostic biomarker for glioma patients
- miR-378a-3p regulates glioma cell chemosensitivity to cisplatin through IGF1R
- The molecular mechanisms underlying arecoline-induced cardiac fibrosis in rats
- TGF-β1-overexpressing mesenchymal stem cells reciprocally regulate Th17/Treg cells by regulating the expression of IFN-γ
- The influence of MTHFR genetic polymorphisms on methotrexate therapy in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- Red blood cell distribution width-standard deviation but not red blood cell distribution width-coefficient of variation as a potential index for the diagnosis of iron-deficiency anemia in mid-pregnancy women
- Small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma expressing alpha fetoprotein in the endometrium
- Superoxide dismutase and the sigma1 receptor as key elements of the antioxidant system in human gastrointestinal tract cancers
- Molecular characterization and phylogenetic studies of Echinococcus granulosus and Taenia multiceps coenurus cysts in slaughtered sheep in Saudi Arabia
- ITGB5 mutation discovered in a Chinese family with blepharophimosis-ptosis-epicanthus inversus syndrome
- ACTB and GAPDH appear at multiple SDS-PAGE positions, thus not suitable as reference genes for determining protein loading in techniques like Western blotting
- Facilitation of mouse skin-derived precursor growth and yield by optimizing plating density
- 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylethanol ameliorates lipopolysaccharide-induced septic cardiac injury in a murine model
- Downregulation of PITX2 inhibits the proliferation and migration of liver cancer cells and induces cell apoptosis
- Expression of CDK9 in endometrial cancer tissues and its effect on the proliferation of HEC-1B
- Novel predictor of the occurrence of DKA in T1DM patients without infection: A combination of neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio and white blood cells
- Investigation of molecular regulation mechanism under the pathophysiology of subarachnoid hemorrhage
- miR-25-3p protects renal tubular epithelial cells from apoptosis induced by renal IRI by targeting DKK3
- Bioengineering and Biotechnology
- Green fabrication of Co and Co3O4 nanoparticles and their biomedical applications: A review
- Agriculture
- Effects of inorganic and organic selenium sources on the growth performance of broilers in China: A meta-analysis
- Crop-livestock integration practices, knowledge, and attitudes among smallholder farmers: Hedging against climate change-induced shocks in semi-arid Zimbabwe
- Food Science and Nutrition
- Effect of food processing on the antioxidant activity of flavones from Polygonatum odoratum (Mill.) Druce
- Vitamin D and iodine status was associated with the risk and complication of type 2 diabetes mellitus in China
- Diversity of microbiota in Slovak summer ewes’ cheese “Bryndza”
- Comparison between voltammetric detection methods for abalone-flavoring liquid
- Composition of low-molecular-weight glutenin subunits in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and their effects on the rheological properties of dough
- Application of culture, PCR, and PacBio sequencing for determination of microbial composition of milk from subclinical mastitis dairy cows of smallholder farms
- Investigating microplastics and potentially toxic elements contamination in canned Tuna, Salmon, and Sardine fishes from Taif markets, KSA
- From bench to bar side: Evaluating the red wine storage lesion
- Establishment of an iodine model for prevention of iodine-excess-induced thyroid dysfunction in pregnant women
- Plant Sciences
- Characterization of GMPP from Dendrobium huoshanense yielding GDP-D-mannose
- Comparative analysis of the SPL gene family in five Rosaceae species: Fragaria vesca, Malus domestica, Prunus persica, Rubus occidentalis, and Pyrus pyrifolia
- Identification of leaf rust resistance genes Lr34 and Lr46 in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L. ssp. aestivum) lines of different origin using multiplex PCR
- Investigation of bioactivities of Taxus chinensis, Taxus cuspidata, and Taxus × media by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
- Morphological structures and histochemistry of roots and shoots in Myricaria laxiflora (Tamaricaceae)
- Transcriptome analysis of resistance mechanism to potato wart disease
- In silico analysis of glycosyltransferase 2 family genes in duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza) and its role in salt stress tolerance
- Comparative study on growth traits and ions regulation of zoysiagrasses under varied salinity treatments
- Role of MS1 homolog Ntms1 gene of tobacco infertility
- Biological characteristics and fungicide sensitivity of Pyricularia variabilis
- In silico/computational analysis of mevalonate pyrophosphate decarboxylase gene families in Campanulids
- Identification of novel drought-responsive miRNA regulatory network of drought stress response in common vetch (Vicia sativa)
- How photoautotrophy, photomixotrophy, and ventilation affect the stomata and fluorescence emission of pistachios rootstock?
- Apoplastic histochemical features of plant root walls that may facilitate ion uptake and retention
- Ecology and Environmental Sciences
- The impact of sewage sludge on the fungal communities in the rhizosphere and roots of barley and on barley yield
- Domestication of wild animals may provide a springboard for rapid variation of coronavirus
- Response of benthic invertebrate assemblages to seasonal and habitat condition in the Wewe River, Ashanti region (Ghana)
- Molecular record for the first authentication of Isaria cicadae from Vietnam
- Twig biomass allocation of Betula platyphylla in different habitats in Wudalianchi Volcano, northeast China
- Animal Sciences
- Supplementation of probiotics in water beneficial growth performance, carcass traits, immune function, and antioxidant capacity in broiler chickens
- Predators of the giant pine scale, Marchalina hellenica (Gennadius 1883; Hemiptera: Marchalinidae), out of its natural range in Turkey
- Honey in wound healing: An updated review
- NONMMUT140591.1 may serve as a ceRNA to regulate Gata5 in UT-B knockout-induced cardiac conduction block
- Radiotherapy for the treatment of pulmonary hydatidosis in sheep
- Retraction
- Retraction of “Long non-coding RNA TUG1 knockdown hinders the tumorigenesis of multiple myeloma by regulating microRNA-34a-5p/NOTCH1 signaling pathway”
- Special Issue on Reuse of Agro-Industrial By-Products
- An effect of positional isomerism of benzoic acid derivatives on antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli
- Special Issue on Computing and Artificial Techniques for Life Science Applications - Part II
- Relationship of Gensini score with retinal vessel diameter and arteriovenous ratio in senile CHD
- Effects of different enantiomers of amlodipine on lipid profiles and vasomotor factors in atherosclerotic rabbits
- Establishment of the New Zealand white rabbit animal model of fatty keratopathy associated with corneal neovascularization
- lncRNA MALAT1/miR-143 axis is a potential biomarker for in-stent restenosis and is involved in the multiplication of vascular smooth muscle cells
