Benchmark Dose Assessment for Coke Oven Emissions-Induced Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number Damage Effects.

Objective: The study aimed to estimate the benchmark dose (BMD) of coke oven emissions (COEs) exposure based on mitochondrial damage with the mitochondrial DNA copy number (mtDNAcn) as a biomarker.

Methods: A total of 782 subjects were recruited, including 238 controls and 544 exposed workers. The mtDNAcn of peripheral leukocytes was detected through the real-time fluorescence-based quantitative polymerase chain reaction.

Understanding the Transcriptional Changes During Infection of Eggs by the Egg-Parasitic Fungus .

The egg-pathogenic fungus parasitizes on nematode eggs, and thus, it is used as a good biocontrol agent against plant root-knot nematodes. However, little is known about the transcriptional response of while infecting nematode eggs. This study presents the whole transcriptome sequencing of and transcriptome-wide gene expression analysis of upon infecting the eggs of compared to non-infecting controls.