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• Physical activity modulates mononuclear phagocytes in mammary tissue and inhibits tumor growth in mice.

  Authors:Donald M. Lamkin, Karen P. Bradshaw, Janice Chang, Ma'ayan Epstein, Jack Gomberg, Krupa P. Prajapati, et al.From:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 19, 202110,365 words Article 1560LThe risk for breast cancer is significantly reduced in persons who engage in greater amounts of physical activity, and greater physical activity before or after diagnosis associates with reduced disease-specific...

• Genome-wide analysis of growth-regulating factors (GRFs) in Triticum aestivum.

  Authors:Wendi Huang, Yiqin He, Lei Yang, Chen Lu, Yongxing Zhu, Cai Sun, et al.From:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 19, 20218,886 words Article 1420LThe Growth-Regulating Factor (GRF) family encodes a type of plant-specific transcription factor (TF). GRF members play vital roles in plant development and stress response. Although GRF family genes have been...

• Bacterial contamination of Nigerian currency notes: A comparative analysis of different denominations recovered from local food vendors.

  Authors:Chigozie E. Ofoedu, Jude O. Iwouno, Ijeoma M. Agunwah, Perpetual Z. Obodoechi, Charles Odilichukwu R. Okpala, and Malgorzata KorzeniowskaFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 19, 20216,863 words Article 1650LMicrobial transmission, on the surface of any currency note, can either be through direct (hand-to-hand contact) or indirect (food or other inanimate objects) means. To ascertain the degree of bacterial load enumerated...

• Trends in the incidence, prevalence and years lived with disability of facial fracture at global, regional and national levels from 1990 to 2017.

  Authors:Jin Wu, Anjie Min, Weiming Wang, and Tong SuFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 19, 20217,322 words Article 1420LBackground Facial fracture is one of the most common injuries globally. Some types of facial fractures may cause irreversible damage and can be life-threatening. This study aimed to investigate the health burden of...

• Effect of Elaeagnus umbellata (Thunb.) fruit extract on H.sub.2 O.sub.2 -induced oxidative and inflammatory responses in normal fibroblast cells.

  Authors:Klara Zglinska, Tomasz Niemiec, Andrzej Lozicki, Magdalena Matusiewicz, Jaroslaw Szczepaniak, Kamila Puppel, et al.From:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 19, 20219,174 words Article 1380LBackground Elaeagnus umbellata is a plant commonly used in traditional Asian medicine for its many health benefits and strong antioxidative activity. Its therapeutic potential is believed to be connected to its effect...

• The functional analysis of ABCG transporters in the adaptation of pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) to abiotic stresses.

  Authors:Lili Niu, Hanghang Li, Zhihua Song, Biying Dong, Hongyan Cao, Tengyue Liu, et al.From:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 19, 20219,103 words Article 1370LATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters are a class of proteins found in living organisms that mediate transmembrane transport by hydrolyzing ATP. They play a vital role in the physiological processes of growth and...

• Identification of hub genes and biological pathways in hepatocellular carcinoma by integrated bioinformatics analysis.

  Authors:Qian Zhao, Yan Zhang, Shichun Shao, Yeqing Sun, and Zhengkui LinFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 19, 20217,943 words Article 1430LBackground Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the main type of liver cancer in human, is one of the most prevalent and deadly malignancies in the world. The present study aimed to identify hub genes and key biological...

• Knowledge and attitudes towards stem cells and the significance of their medical application among healthcare sciences students of Jouf University.

  Authors:Abdulrahman Almaeen, Farooq Ahmed Wani, and Ashokkumar ThirunavukkarasuFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 19, 20214,807 words Article 1380LBackground Adequate knowledge and positive attitude of the medical and dental students towards the stem cells and their utilization in medical science is extremely important keeping in view the ever-increasing...

• Comparison of response to Chinese and Western videos of mental-health-related emotions in a representative Chinese sample.

  Authors:Ting Wang, Yitong Zhao, Yifeng Xu, and Zhuoying ZhuFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 19, 20217,148 words Article 1310LBackground Emotion plays an important role in mental health. Studying the relationship between emotion and mental health requires effective emotion-eliciting materials. Most standardized emotional stimuli, however,...

• Impact of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae on juvenile bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) survival in the northern Basin and Range ecosystem.

  Authors:Robert S. Spaan, Clinton W. Epps, Rachel Crowhurst, Donald Whittaker, Mike Cox, and Adam DuarteFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 19, 202111,718 words Article 1510LDetermining the demographic impacts of wildlife disease is complex because extrinsic and intrinsic drivers of survival, reproduction, body condition, and other factors that may interact with disease vary widely....

• Relationship between mitochondrial changes and seed aging as a limitation of viability for the storage of beech seed (Fagus sylvatica L.).

  Authors:Arleta Malecka, Liliana Ciszewska, Aleksandra Staszak, and Ewelina RatajczakFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 19, 20214,980 words Article 1410LAging is one of the most fundamental biological processes occurring in all forms of eukaryotic life. Beech trees (Fagus sylvatica L.) produce seeds in intervals of 5-10 years. Its yearly seed yield is usually very low,...

• The longitudinal associations between bone mineral density and appendicular skeletal muscle mass in Chinese community-dwelling middle aged and elderly men.

  Authors:Xuejuan Xu, Nuo Xu, Ying Wang, Jinsong Chen, Lushi Chen, Shengjian Zhang, et al.From:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 19, 20217,405 words Clinical report 1380LBackground The present study aimed to investigate longitudinal associations between bone mineral densities (BMDs) and appendicular skeletal muscle (ASM) mass in different regions of the body using three different...

• Patients with coronary heart disease, dilated cardiomyopathy and idiopathic ventricular tachycardia share overlapping patterns of pathogenic variation in cardiac risk genes.

  Authors:Christian Guelly, Zhannur Abilova, Omirbek Nuralinov, Katrin Panzitt, Ainur Akhmetova, Saule Rakhimova, et al.From:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 19, 20219,124 words Article 1450LBackground Ventricular tachycardia (VT) is a major cause of sudden cardiac death (SCD). Clinical investigations can sometimes fail to identify the underlying cause of VT and the event is classified as idiopathic (iVT)....

• A three-dimensional approach to visualize pairwise morphological variation and its application to fragmentary palaeontological specimens.

  Authors:Matt A. White and Nicolás E. CampioneFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 19, 20218,805 words Article 1390LClassifying isolated vertebrate bones to a high level of taxonomic precision can be difficult. Many of Australia's Cretaceous terrestrial vertebrate fossil-bearing deposits, for example, produce large numbers of isolated...