Grain yield and interspecific competition in an oat-common vetch intercropping system at varying sowing density.

Introduction: Oat ( L.) and common vetch ( L.) intercropping in the northern regions of China has resulted in substantial production capabilities.

Loneliness, spiritual well-being, and death perception, as well as their risk factors in urological cancer patients.

Cancer patients commonly suffer from loneliness, poor spiritual status, and fear of death; however, these evaluations are rarely revealed in urological cancer patients. Thus, this study aimed to assess the loneliness, spiritual well-being, and death perception, as well as their risk factors in urological cancer patients. A total of 324 urological (including renal, bladder, and prostate) cancer patients and 100 healthy controls were included.

Hair follicle stem cell proliferation and differentiation are achieved by miR-1285-3P through targeted regulation of NOTCH pathway.

The purpose of this experiment is to understand how miR-1285-3P regulates the NOTCH signaling pathway by targeting, thereby affecting the proliferation and differentiation of hair follicle stem cells. The cultured Inner Mongolia hair follicle stem cells were used in this experiment, and they were divided into control group, blank transfection group and miR-1285-3P transfection group. Among them, the control group was left untreated; the blank group was given miR-NC transfection; at the same time, the miR-1285-3P transfection group was given miR-1285-3P mimics for transfection.

Celastrol enhances tamoxifen sensitivity in the treatment of triple negative breast cancer via mitochondria mediated apoptosis pathway.

Objective: To investigate the enhancement of chemosensitivity of tamoxifen (TAM) in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) by celastrol (CEL) through mitochondrial mediated pathway.

Methods: Human TNBC MDA-MB-231 cells were divided to the control group (medium treatment), TAM-L group (low concentration TAM treatment, 0.5 μM TAM treatment), TAM-H group (1 μM TAM treatment), CEL-L group (low concentration CEL treatment, 1 μM CEL), CEL-H group (high concentration CEL treatment, 3 μM CEL), CEL-L+TAM group (low concentration CEL and TAM co-treatment) and CEL-H+TAM group (high concentration of CEL co-treated with TAM).

[Effects of long-term fertilization on pH buffer system of sandy loam calcareous fluvor-aquic soil].

Soil samples (0-80 cm) were collected from a 30-year fertilization experimental site in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province of East China to study the variations of the pH, calcium carbonate and active calcium carbonate contents, and pH buffer capacity of sandy loam calcareous fluvor-aquic soil under different fertilization treatments. Thirty-year continuous application of different fertilizers accelerated the acidification of topsoil (0-20 cm), with the soil pH decreased by 0.41-0.