Published in Scientific Data
Measurement(s) organic material • aboveground biomassTechnology Type(s)digital curationSample Characteristic - Environmentforested areaSample Characteristic - LocationCentral Africa Machine-accessible metadata file describing the reported data: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12504911
Published in Genetics Selection Evolution
BackgroundBovine paratuberculosis is a contagious disease, caused by Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP), with adverse effects on animal welfare and serious economic consequences. Published results on host genetic resistance to MAP are inconsistent, mainly because of difficulties in characterizing the infection status of cows. The obj...
Published in Scientific Reports
While Ocean modeling has made significant advances over the last decade, its complex biological component is still oversimplified. In particular, modeling organisms in the ocean system must integrate parameters to fit both physiological and ecological behaviors that are together very difficult to determine. Such difficulty occurs for modeling Pelag...
Published in Genetics Selection Evolution
BackgroundA multi-population genomic prediction (GP) model in which important pre-selected single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are differentially weighted (MPMG) has been shown to result in better prediction accuracy than a multi-population, single genomic relationship matrix (GRM\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{was...
Published in Veterinary Research
Interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs) play an important role in antiviral innate immune responses. Although many ISGs have been identified in mammals, researchers commonly recognize that many more ISGs are yet to be discovered. Current information is still very limited particularly for the systematic identification of type III ISGs. Similarly, current...
Published in Veterinary Research
The cysteine proteases of parasites are vital contributors that induce parasite migration to and invasion of host tissue. In this study, we analysed the cysteine protease ATG4B of Trichinella spiralis (TsATG4B) isolated from the soluble proteins of Trichinella spiralis (T. spiralis) adult worms to ascertain its biochemical properties and functions ...
Published in Particle and Fibre Toxicology
BackgroundFood-grade TiO2 (E171 in the EU) is widely used as a coloring agent in foodstuffs, including sweets. Chronic dietary exposure raises concerns for human health due to proinflammatory properties and the ability to induce and promote preneoplastic lesions in the rodent gut. Characterization of intestinal TiO2 uptake is essential for assessin...
Published in Scientific Reports
The knowledge about a potential in vivo uptake and subsequent toxicological effects of aluminum (Al), especially in the nanoparticulate form, is still limited. This paper focuses on a three day oral gavage study with three different Al species in Sprague Dawley rats. The Al amount was investigated in major organs in order to determine the oral bioa...
Published in Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
BackgroundA utility value is a health-related quality of life metric (HRQoL) metric used in a cost-effectiveness analysis. While utilities as outcomes in the treatment of advanced Parkinson’s disease (PD) with deep brain stimulation (DBS) are available, they do not currently exist for PD with early motor complications. The objectives of this study ...
Published in Communications Biology
Coureux et al. describe a cryo-EM structure of a 30S initiation complex of Pyrococcus abyssi at 3.2Å resolution. The structure uncovers a novel archaeal ribosomal protein aS21, N-terminal extension of eL41 and brings insights into base modifications of the rRNA.
