Increasing drought phenomena pose a serious threat to agricultural productivity. Although plants have multiple ways to respond to the complexity of drought stress, the underlying mechanisms of stress sensing and signaling remain unclear. The role of the vasculature, in particular the phloem, in facilitating inter-organ communication is critical and...
Virome research is a rapidly growing area in the microbiome field that is increasingly associated with human diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Although substantial progress has been made, major methodological challenges limit our understanding of the virota. In this review, we describe challenges that must be considered to accurat...
Published in Frontiers in Plant Science
The potential of whole genome duplication to increase plant biomass yield is well-known. In Arabidopsis tetraploids, an increase in biomass yield was accompanied by a reduction in lignin content and, as a result, a higher saccharification efficiency was achieved compared with diploid controls. Here, we evaluated whether the results obtained in Arab...
Microglia, the resident macrophages of the central nervous system, are highly motile cells that support brain development, provision neuronal signaling, and protect brain cells against damage. Proper microglial functioning requires constant cell movement and morphological changes. Interestingly, the transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) ...
The integration of life-history, behavioural and physiological traits into a 'pace-of-life syndrome' is a powerful concept in understanding trait variation in nature. Yet, mechanisms maintaining variation in 'pace-of-life' are not well understood. We tested whether decreased thermal performance is an energetic cost of a faster pace-of-life. We char...
Published in Frontiers in Nutrition
Potential mechanisms how supplementation of resistant starch improved the tibia mass of meat duck. Dietary supplementation of 12% raw potato starch modulated gut microbiota and concomitant short-chain fatty acids production, followed by inhibition of inflammation. Consequently, the bone resorption mediated by inflammatory cytokine was decreased, an...
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Published in Biology of Sport
The aim of the study was to identify benchmarks for anthropometric, physical performance, motor coordination, and psychological characteristics by comparing youth badminton players of different levels through the use of a multifactorial test battery. Sixty-one male participants aged 12–18 years were divided into three groups: elite (N = 10), sub-el...
The choroid plexus (CP), a highly vascularized structure protruding into the ventricles of the brain, is one of the most understudied tissues in neuroscience. As it is becoming increasingly clear that this tiny structure plays a crucial role in health and disease of the central nervous system (CNS), it is of utmost importance to properly dissect th...
Background: Escherichia coli (E. coli) infection in humans and animals usually comes with gut dysbiosis, which is potential culprit to skeletal health, it is still unclear to whether diet interfered gut microbiome changes can be a protective strategy to bone loss development. Here, the effects of resistant starch from raw potato starch (RPS), a typ...
