Publications by authors named "B Romero Jimenez"
Recently we demonstrated that the seed microbiome of certain spinach (Spinacia oleracea) seed lots can confer disease suppression against Globisporangium ultimum damping-off (previously known as Pythium ultimum). We hypothesised that differences in the microbial community composition of spinach seed lots correlate with the levels of damping-off suppressiveness of each seed lot. Here, we show that a large proportion of variance in seed-associated bacterial (16S) and fungal (ITS1) amplicon sequences was explained by seed lot identity, while 9.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWith the incorporation of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors in early breast cancer (BC), a better identification of biomarkers is needed. The PROMETEO II trial aimed to evaluate the antitumor activity of palbociclib plus letrozole and to identify response biomarkers in patients with operable HR+/HER2- BC and residual disease after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC). The primary endpoint was the rate of complete cell cycle arrest (CCCA), centrally determined by Ki67 ≤ 2.
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- * Resveratrol was studied for its impact on amylin aggregation and the formation of extracellular vesicles in pancreatic β cells and hippocampal cells.
- * The research found that resveratrol reduced amylin aggregation and the size of toxic exosomes, thereby lessening their harmful effects on neurons.
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- Top predators like black kites serve as indicators of ecosystem health, revealing how environmental contaminants impact them, particularly in long-lived species.
- This study measured levels of metals and arsenic in black kites from Doñana National Park, noting increases over time and variations based on sex and breeding status.
- Although contamination levels were high, particularly for lead, and negatively affected male breeding success, the research did not find clear links between metal exposure and survival or life expectancy, emphasizing the need for long-term ecological studies.
Recent patch-clamp studies of mitoplasts have challenged the traditional view that classical chemical uncoupling (by e.g. FCCP or DNP) is due to the protonophoric property of these substances themselves.
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