Metformin activates the PI3K/AKT/BDNF axis to attenuate postoperative cognitive dysfunction.

Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is a prevalent neurocognitive complication of anesthesia and surgery. Metformin, a widely used antidiabetic drug, has neuroprotective properties and improves cognitive impairment and memory deficits. However, the mechanisms underlying its action in improving cognitive dysfunction after anesthesia and surgery remain unclear.

C. elegans BLMP-1 controls apical epidermal cell morphology by repressing expression of mannosyltransferase bus-8 and molting signal mlt-8.

Skin epidermis secretes apical extracellular matrix (aECM) as a protective barrier from the external environment. The aECM is highly dynamic and constantly undergoes remodeling during animal development. How aECM dynamics is temporally regulated during development, and whether and how its mis-regulation may impact epidermal cell morphology or function remains to be fully elucidated.

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Japanese buttercup Thunb.

is an important medicinal herb widely used in East Asia. In this study, we report the first complete chloroplast genome sequence of using next-generation sequencing technology. The chloroplast genome size of was 156,981 bp.

BLMP-1 promotes developmental cell death in C. elegans by timely repression of ced-9 transcription.

Programmed cell death (PCD) is a common cell fate in metazoan development. PCD effectors are extensively studied, but how they are temporally regulated is less understood. Here, we report a mechanism controlling tail-spike cell death onset during Caenorhabditis elegans development.

The complete chloroplast genome of balsam aster ( Turcz. var (Miq.) Ling., Asteraceae).

The first complete chloroplast genome of Turcz. var (Miq.) Ling.

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of wild Japanese pepper Makino (Solanaceae).

As an important medicinal herb, no complete organelle molecular data has been reported for . In this study, the first complete chloroplast genome of Makino was sequenced and assembled. The genome is 155,802 bp in length and contained 124 encoded genes in total, including 75 protein-coding genes, 10 ribosomal RNA genes, and 39 transfer RNA genes.

BLMP-1/Blimp-1 regulates the spatiotemporal cell migration pattern in C. elegans.

Spatiotemporal regulation of cell migration is crucial for animal development and organogenesis. Compared to spatial signals, little is known about temporal signals and the mechanisms integrating the two. In the Caenorhabditis elegans hermaphrodite, the stereotyped migration pattern of two somatic distal tip cells (DTCs) is responsible for shaping the gonad.