IntAct: A nondisruptive internal tagging strategy to study the organization and function of actin isoforms. by Maxime C van Zwam, Anubhav Dhar, Willem Bosman, Wendy van Straaten, Suzanne Weijers, Emiel Seta, Ben Joosten, Jeffrey van Haren, Saravanan Palani, Koen van den Dries

“…Mammals have 6 highly conserved actin isoforms with nonredundant biological functions. The molecular basis of isoform specificity, however, remains elusive due to a lack of tools. …”
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Effect of the ActivaMotricidad Program on Improvements in Executive Functions and Interpersonal Relationships in Early Childhood Education by Nuria Ureña Ortín, Iker Madinabeitia Cabrera, Francisco Alarcón López

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Screening and functional characterization of salt-tolerant NAC gene family members in Medicago sativa L by Zhiguang Li, Qianqian Yu, Yue Ma, Fuhong Miao, Lichao Ma, Lichao Ma, Shuo Li, Huajie Zhang, Huajie Zhang, Zeng-Yu Wang, Guofeng Yang, Guofeng Yang, Kunlong Su

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Angiopoietin-Like Protein Family-Mediated Functions in Modulating Triglyceride Metabolism and Related Metabolic Diseases by Sen Yang, Xin Su, Min Lai, Xiaoxi Liu, Ye Cheng

“…In addition, the regulatory functions of those three ANGPTLs in modulating LPL were summarized to provide potential therapeutic and clinical strategies for hypertriglyceridemia and its related cardiometabolic disorders.…”
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Functional Distribution of Chechen Language in Chechen Republic: Findings from Field Research (2022–2023) by A. N. Bitkeeva, M. A. Goryacheva, S. V. Kirilenko

“…This article explores the social functions of the contemporary Chechen language and assesses its vitality within the current linguistic landscape of the Chechen Republic. …”
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Functional dicer is necessary for appropriate specification of radial glia during early development of mouse telencephalon. by Tomasz Jan Nowakowski, Karolina Sandra Mysiak, Thomas Pratt, David Jonathan Price

“…We ablate functional Dicer, which is required for the generation of mature micro RNAs, by conditionally mutating the Dicer1 gene in the early embryonic telencephalon and analyse the molecular specification of radial glia as well as their progeny, namely postmitotic neurons and basal progenitors. …”
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Studying the Functional Role of Social Cultural Dimensions of Contemporary Art from the Perspective of Sociology of Art by Sara Jahangiri, Mohammadreza Sharifzadeh, MohammadKazem Hassanvand

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Identification of a Papain-like Cysteine Protease Functioning as an Avirulence Factor in Striga–Cowpea Interactions by Danhua Zhang, Michael P. Timko

“…These data indicate that SGCP1 functions as an avirulence factor capable of activating host innate immunity and furthers our understanding of how compatible and incompatible host–parasite interactions are controlled.…”
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Serine 162, an essential residue for the mitochondrial localization, stability and anti-apoptotic function of Mcl-1. by Luke W Thomas, Connie Lam, Richard E Clark, Michael R H White, David G Spiller, Robert J Moots, Steven W Edwards

“…It has some unusual properties compared to other anti-apoptotic members of the Bcl-2 family, and its expression and function are dynamically regulated by a variety of post-transcriptional and post-translational processes. …”
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Two-photon all-optical neurophysiology for the dissection of larval zebrafish brain functional and effective connectivity by Lapo Turrini, Pietro Ricci, Michele Sorelli, Giuseppe de Vito, Marco Marchetti, Francesco Vanzi, Francesco Saverio Pavone

“…By employing a zebrafish line with pan-neuronal expression of both the calcium reporter GCaMP6s and the red-shifted opsin ReaChR, we implemented a crosstalk-free, noninvasive all-optical approach and applied it to reconstruct the functional and effective connectivity of the left habenula.…”
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Flavonoid pathway intermediates implicate UVR8 in functions beyond canonical UV-B signaling by Nan Jiang, Tatiana García Navarrete, Yun Sun Lee, Emily G. Pawlowski, Sunyoung Park, Erich Grotewold

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A Bayesian method to incorporate hundreds of functional characteristics with association evidence to improve variant prioritization. by Sarah A Gagliano, Michael R Barnes, Michael E Weale, Jo Knight

“…Functional characteristics were obtained from the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE), from published expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL), and from other sources of genome-wide characteristics. …”
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Aquaporin Channels in Skin Physiology and Aging Pathophysiology: Investigating Their Role in Skin Function and the Hallmarks of Aging by Nazli Karimi, Vahid Ahmadi

“…AQPs, primarily known for facilitating water transport, are significant for normal skin functions, including hydration and the movement of molecules like glycerol and hydrogen peroxide, which influence various cellular processes and functions. …”
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Functional analysis of lncRNAs in lipid metabolism of fat and lean line broiler embryonic livers by Huili Zhang, Xuanming Cao, Youdong Wang, Bohan Cheng, Li Leng, Peng Luan, Zhiping Cao, Yumao Li, Xue Bai

“…While long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been found to regulate liver lipid metabolism in post-hatch chickens, their functions during the embryonic stage remains unclear. …”
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The effects of restraint stress and orthodontic tooth movements on the intestinal epithelial structure and metabolic function in rats. by Ye Cheng, Yue Li, Ziqing Fan, Nannan Wang, Min Wang, Yanfen Li, Chao Liu, Huang Li, Fuhua Yan

“…This study aimed to investigate the effects of restraint stress and orthodontic treatment on the intestinal epithelial structure, barrier function, flora, and metabolism in rats. Twenty 8-week-old male Wistar rats were randomly divided into four groups: sham-stressed non-orthodontic (CC), sham-stressed orthodontic (CO), stressed non-orthodontic (SC), and stressed orthodontic (SO). …”
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Functional Roles of p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase in Macrophage-Mediated Inflammatory Responses by Yanyan Yang, Seung Cheol Kim, Tao Yu, Young-Su Yi, Man Hee Rhee, Gi-Ho Sung, Byong Chul Yoo, Jae Youl Cho

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Functional interaction of fibroblast growth factor 8b and androgen in prostate cancer cell proliferation by Wen-jun Xiao, Gui-ming Zhang, Ding-wei Ye

“…This study indicated that the functional interaction between fibroblast growth factor 8b and androgen was essential for the prostate cancer cell proliferation.…”
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Nicotinamide mononucleotide boosts the development of bovine oocyte by enhancing mitochondrial function and reducing chromosome lagging by Shu Hashimoto, Udayanga Gamage, Yuki Inoue, Hisataka Iwata, Yoshiharu Morimoto

“…The increase in intracellular NAD(H) levels led to changes in the expression of mitochondria function-related genes. As a result, NMN supplementation increased the ratio of MitoTracker Orange fluorescence to nonyl acridine orange fluorescence, as well as adenosine triphosphate levels, while decreasing reactive oxygen species levels in the oocytes. …”
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Estimation of relevant variables on high-dimensional biological patterns using iterated weighted kernel functions. by Sergio Rojas-Galeano, Emily Hsieh, Dan Agranoff, Sanjeev Krishna, Delmiro Fernandez-Reyes

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Image restoration using a discrete point spread function with consideration of finite pixel size by Victor B. Fedorov, Sergey G. Kharlamov, Alexey V. Fedorov

“…The work sets out to obtain an expression of the point scattering function (PSF) taking into account pixel size finiteness and demonstrate its utility in application.Methods. …”
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