Integrating omics and gene editing tools for rapid improvement of traditional food plants for diversified and sustainable food security

A Kumar, T Anju, S Kumar, SS Chhapekar… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Indigenous communities across the globe, especially in rural areas, consume locally
available plants known as Traditional Food Plants (TFPs) for their nutritional and health …

A comprehensive review on microbial production of 1, 2-propanediol: Micro-organisms, metabolic pathways, and metabolic engineering

Y Tao, C Bu, L Zou, Y Hu, ZJ Zheng, J Ouyang - Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2021 - Springer
Propanediol is an important building block as a component used in the manufacture of
unsaturated polyester resin, antifreeze, biofuel, nonionic detergent, etc. Commercial …

Immobility-associated thromboprotection is conserved across mammalian species from bear to human

M Thienel, JB Müller-Reif, Z Zhang, V Ehreiser, J Huth… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) comprising deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary
embolism is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Short-term immobility-related …

Characterization and bioactivity of extracellular vesicles isolated from pomegranate

CM Sánchez-López, MC Manzaneque-López… - Food & function, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In the current study, extracellular vesicles from pomegranate juice (PgEVs) were isolated for
the first time using size exclusion chromatography (SEC). This method permitted us to obtain …

Antiviral responses in a Jamaican fruit bat intestinal organoid model of SARS-CoV-2 infection

M Hashimi, TA Sebrell, JF Hedges, D Snyder… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Bats are natural reservoirs for several zoonotic viruses, potentially due to an enhanced
capacity to control viral infection. However, the mechanisms of antiviral responses in bats …

Snake venomics: fundamentals, recent updates, and a look to the next decade

CH Tan - Toxins, 2022 - mdpi.com
Venomic research, powered by techniques adapted from proteomics, transcriptomics, and
genomics, seeks to unravel the diversity and complexity of venom through which knowledge …

Rapid adaptation to a novel pathogen through disease tolerance in a wild songbird

AE Henschen, M Vinkler, MM Langager… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Animal hosts can adapt to emerging infectious disease through both disease resistance,
which decreases pathogen numbers, and disease tolerance, which limits damage during …

Quantification of snake venom proteomes by mass spectrometry‐considerations and perspectives

JJ Calvete, B Lomonte, AJ Saviola… - Mass Spectrometry …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The advent of soft ionization mass spectrometry‐based proteomics in the 1990s led to the
development of a new dimension in biology that conceptually allows for the integral analysis …

Extracellular vesicles from the trematodes Fasciola hepatica and Dicrocoelium dendriticum trigger different responses in human THP‐1 macrophages

CM Sánchez‐López, A González‐Arce… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) released by the helminths Dicrocoelium dendriticum and
Fasciola hepatica are important modulators of the host immune response, contributing to the …

Diversifying the concept of model organisms in the age of-omics

F Bertile, S Matallana-Surget, A Tholey… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
In today's post-genomic era, it is crucial to rethink the concept of model organisms. While a
few historically well-established organisms, eg laboratory rodents, have enabled significant …