Smaller sizes of polyethylene terephthalate microplastics mainly stimulate heterotrophic NO production in aerobic granular sludge systems.

Widespread polyethylene terephthalate microplastics (PET MPs) have played unintended role in nitrous oxide (NO) turnovers (i.e., production and consumption) at wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs).

Comprehensive analysis reveals PLK3 as a promising immune target and prognostic indicator in glioma.

Background: PLK3, which played an important role in cell cycle progression and stress response, was identified as highly expressed in various carcinomas. However, the functions, molecular characteristics, and prognostic value of PLK3 in glioma remained unexplored.

Methods: We analyzed PLK3 expression in glioma samples from multiple databases.

Circular RNA circAGAP1 promotes sunitinib sensitivity in renal cell carcinoma via sponging multiple PDGFR-targeted miRNAs.

Background: Sunitinib resistance is a major challenge in advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Clinically, elucidating the underlying mechanisms and developing practical countermeasures for sunitinib resistance in RCC is desirable. In previous studies, we found that circAGAP1 expression was significantly upregulated in clear cell RCC (ccRCC) and was strongly associated with poor prognosis.

An isolable boron-centered radical anion stabilized by a carbazole moiety.

The isolation of a stable persistent carbazole-stabilized boron-centered monoradical anion 1˙, which has a high spin density at the B atom, has been reported. It is characterized using the crystal structure and UV-vis absorption spectrum, as well as electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy. Interestingly, the B-N bond was activated by the boron-centered radical anion 1˙, which had not been reported before.

Chromosome-scale genomes of ecologically and economically important rabbitfish Siganus guttatus and Siganus oramin.

Siganus guttatus and Siganus oramin are two major species that are naturally distributed along the Eastern Pacific coast and possess considerable ecological and economic value. Here, we present the construction and comparative analysis of the chromosome-level genomes of these two Siganus species. Employing a hybrid assembly strategy, we partitioned and independently assembled the PacBio, Illumina and Hi-C reads of S.