and Propolis in Cattle Nutrition: Characterization of Metabolic Activities in the Rumen In Vitro.

Moringa oleifera by-products such as seed cake and leaves are protein-rich ingredients, while raw propolis has the potential to influence ruminal protein metabolism. These substances are also known to be sources of functional compounds. With these properties, they could modulate ruminal fermentation activities.

Association of polymorphisms in lipid and energy metabolism-related genes with fattening performance in Simmental cattle.

Lipid and energy metabolism are major constituents of mammal growth and thus fattening performance of cattle. This study was designed to evaluate the effects of polymorphisms in lipid and energy metabolism-related genes including oxidized low-density lipoprotein receptor 1 (), lactoferrin (), stearoyl-CoA desaturase (), beta-lactoglobulin (), thyroglobulin (), annexin A9 (), myogenic factor 5 (), protein kinase AMP-activated non-catalytic subunit gamma 3 (), and pituitary-specific transcriptional factor 1 (), on fattening performance in Simmental cattle. A total of 72 purebred Simmental bulls with a similar initial age and weight were fattened on the same farm for 10 months.

Possibility of paclitaxel to induce the stemness-related characteristics of prostate cancer cells.

Background: Drug resistance poses a crucial problem in the treatment of prostate cancer. Recent studies have shown that chemotherapy agents may cause cancer cells to acquire stem cell-like properties, resulting in drug resistance and, eventually, treatment failure.

Objectives: To evaluate whether long-term paclitaxel exposure causes an increase in the stem cell-like properties of prostate cancer cells.

Postmenopausal estrogen receptor positive breast cancer and obesity associated gene variants.

Obesity is one of the most important health risks in postmenopausal women. Molecular pathways that are connected with obesity are believed to interact with the pathogenesis of breast cancer (BC). The aim of this research was to study the polymorphisms of two obesity-associated genes ADIPOQ and FTO that are also related to the pathogenesis of BC.

Low-penetrance susceptibility variants and postmenopausal oestrogen receptor positive breast cancer.

The risk of breast cancer (BC) in women is high and many factors including genetic factors increase the risk for the disease. It is revealed that the variations of low-penetrance susceptibility genes are important for carcinogenesis as they interact with the environmental and hereditary factors. Recently, the list of BC-associated common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and chromosomal loci in low-penetrance susceptibility genes have been expanded in genomewide association studies.