Ultrasound therapy for pain reduction in musculoskeletal disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Ultrasound therapy is a non-invasive technique used to address a variety of health issues.

Objectives: This systematic review and meta-analysis aim to assess the effectiveness of ultrasound therapy in alleviating pain associated with musculoskeletal diseases.

Design: This study was conducted following PRISMA guidelines, with relevant articles identified through comprehensive searches in electronic databases.

A large deletion conferring pale green leaves of maize.

Background: The structural basis of chloroplast and the regulation of chloroplast biogenesis remain largely unknown in maize. Gene mutations in these pathways have been linked to the abnormal leaf color phenotype observed in some mutants. Large scale structure variants (SVs) are crucial for genome evolution, but few validated SVs have been reported in maize and little is known about their functions though they are abundant in maize genomes.

Epifriedelinol Ameliorates the Neuropathic Pain and Recovers the Function in Spinal Cord Injury by Downregulation of Neuronal Apoptosis and NMDA Receptor.

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is commonly associated with neuropathic pain, which affects large population. Thus, the presented investigation evaluates the beneficial effect of epifriedelinol against SCI-associated neuropathic pain. SCI injury was induced in rats by clip-compression and rats were treated with epifriedelinol 100 and 200 mg/kg, i.

Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection Versus Radical Surgery for T1 Superficial Esophageal Cell Carcinoma: a Subgroup Survival Analysis.

Background: With the continuous advent of magnifying endoscopy, endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) has gradually become the mainstream treatment for early esophageal cancer. We aimed to compare the outcomes of patients with T1 superficial esophageal cell carcinoma treated with ESD vs. esophagectomy.

Suppressing chlorophyll degradation by silencing OsNYC3 improves rice resistance to Rhizoctonia solani, the causal agent of sheath blight.

Necrotrophic fungus Rhizoctonia solani Kühn (R. solani) causes serious diseases in many crops worldwide, including rice and maize sheath blight (ShB). Crop resistance to the fungus is a quantitative trait and resistance mechanism remains largely unknown, severely hindering the progress on developing resistant varieties.

Heterologous expression of ZmGS5 enhances organ size and seed weight by regulating cell expansion in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Maize ZmGS5 was reported to be positively associated with kernel-related traits, however, its regulatory mechanism on plant development and seed size remains unknown. In this study, ZmGS5 was demonstrated to be widely expressed in various maize tissues with the highest expression level in developing embryos, indicating its critical roles in early kernel development process. The ZmGS5 protein was subcellularly localized to both the nucleus and cytoplasm.

Overexpression of an Antisense RNA of Maize Receptor-Like Kinase Gene Enlarges the Organ and Seed Size of Transgenic Plants.

Leucine-rich repeat (LRR)-receptor-like protein kinases (LRR-RLKs) play vital roles in plant growth, development, and responses to environmental stresses. In this study, a new LRR-RLK gene, , was isolated from maize, and its function within plant development was investigated through ectopic expression in . The spatial expression pattern analysis reveals that is highly expressed in embryos prior to programmed cell death (PCD) of starchy endosperm tissues, and its encoded protein has been localized to both plasm and nuclear membranes subcellularly.

Genome-wide characterization of the abscisic acid-, stress- and ripening-induced (ASR) gene family in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.).

Background: Abscisic acid-, stress-, and ripening-induced (ASR) genes are a class of plant specific transcription factors (TFs), which play important roles in plant development, growth and abiotic stress responses. The wheat ASRs have not been described in genome-wide yet.

Methods: We predicted the transmembrane regions and subcellular localization using the TMHMM server, and Plant-mPLoc server and CELLO v2.

Overexpression of maize sucrose non-fermenting-1-related protein kinase 1 genes, ZmSnRK1s, causes alteration in carbon metabolism and leaf senescence in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Sucrose non-fermenting-1 (SNF1) -related protein kinase 1 (SnRK1) is a key regulator of catabolic homeostasis and plays critical roles in plant development and stress response. In this study, three SNF1-related protein kinase 1 genes, ZmSnRK1.1, ZmSnRK1.

Dissection of Recombination Attributes for Multiple Maize Populations Using a Common SNP Assay.

Recombination is a vital characteristic for quantitative trait loci mapping and breeding to enhance the yield potential of maize. However, recombination characteristics in globally used segregating populations have never been evaluated at similar genetic marker densities. This study aimed to divulge the characteristics of recombination events, recombinant chromosomal segments, and recombination frequency for four dissimilar populations.

Complexes of Felodipine Nanoparticles With Zein Prepared Using a Dual Shift Technique.

To improve the dissolution of felodipine, felodipine-zein complexes were prepared using a dual shift technique, with zein as both stabilizer and carrier. The complexes were characterized by particle size, zeta potential, morphology, crystalline properties, and release behavior. The complexes could be prepared in high yield and showed good redispersibility.

Fine Mapping and Candidate Gene Analysis of the Leaf-Color Gene ygl-1 in Maize.

A novel yellow-green leaf mutant yellow-green leaf-1 (ygl-1) was isolated in self-pollinated progenies from the cross of maize inbred lines Ye478 and Yuanwu02. The mutant spontaneously showed yellow-green character throughout the lifespan. Meanwhile, the mutant reduced contents of chlorophyll and Car, arrested chloroplast development and lowered the capacity of photosynthesis compared with the wild-type Lx7226.

Characterization, fine mapping and expression profiling of Ragged leaves1 in maize.

The Ragged leaves1 (Rg1) maize mutant frequently develops lesions on leaves, leaf sheaths, and ear bracts. Lesion formation is independent of biotic stress. High-level accumulation of H(2)O(2) revealed by staining Rg1 leaves, with 3',3'-diaminobenzidine and trypan blue, suggested that lesion formation appeared to be due to cell death.

Identification and fine mapping of rhm1 locus for resistance to Southern corn leaf blight in maize.

rhm1 is a major recessive disease resistance locus for Southern corn leaf blight (SCLB). To further narrow down its genetic position, F(2) population and BC(1) F(1) population derived from the cross between resistant (H95(rhm) ) and susceptible parents (H95) of maize (Zea mays) were constructed. Using newly developed markers, rhm1 was initially delimited within an interval of 2.

Extensive, clustered parental imprinting of protein-coding and noncoding RNAs in developing maize endosperm.

Although genetic imprinting was discovered in maize 40 years ago, its exact extent in the triploid endosperm remains unknown. Here, we have analyzed global patterns of allelic gene expression in developing maize endosperms from reciprocal crosses between inbreds B73 and Mo17. We have defined an imprinted gene as one in which the relative expression of the maternal and paternal alleles differ at least fivefold in both hybrids of the reciprocal crosses.

Genetic and comparative genomics mapping reveals that a powdery mildew resistance gene Ml3D232 originating from wild emmer co-segregates with an NBS-LRR analog in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.).

Powdery mildew caused by Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici is one of the most important wheat diseases worldwide and breeding for resistance using diversified disease resistance genes is the most promising approach to prevent outbreaks of powdery mildew.