Songjiang CPB rice (cultivated by a 'combination of planting and breeding') and Chongming NCFP rice (cultivated by using 'no chemical fertilizers and pesticides') are two high quality special rice products developed for Shanghai urban agriculture. Protecting these products from geographical origin mislabeling or cultivation method fraud are very important. To verify the origin of Songjiang and Chongming rice and discriminate their cultivation methods (CPB or N (non) CPB, NCFP or chemical fertilizers and pesticides (CFP)), NIR and IRMS methods combined with chemometrics were developed. Results showed complete separation of Songjiang and Chongming rice from other geographic origins using NIR combined with PLSDA and LVQNN; CPB and NCPB Songjiang rice could be completely identified using NIR or IRMS, while the optimal identification accuracy rate of NCFP from CFP in Chongming rice was 87.5%. It provided a rapid and robust method to identify the origin and cultivation methods of Shanghai special rice.
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Elife
January 2025
Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
Natural killer (NK) cells can control metastasis through cytotoxicity and IFN-γ production independently of T cells in experimental metastasis mouse models. The inverse correlation between NK activity and metastasis incidence supports a critical role for NK cells in human metastatic surveillance. However, autologous NK cell therapy has shown limited benefit in treating patients with metastatic solid tumors.
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January 2025
Plant Production Department, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Wheat, a staple food crop globally, faces the challenges of limited water resources and sustainable soil management practices. The pivotal elements of the current study include the integration of activated acacia biochar (AAB) in wheat cultivation under varying irrigation regimes (IR). A field trial was conducted in the Botanical Garden, University of the Punjab, Lahore during 2023-2024, designed as a split-split-plot arrangement with RCBD comprising three AAB levels (0T, 5T, and 10T, T = tons per hectare) three wheat cultivars (Dilkash-2020, Akbar-2019, and FSD-08) receiving five IR levels (100%, 80%, 70%, 60%, and 50% field capacity).
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January 2025
Water Resources Research Center, Arba Minch Water Technology Institute, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia.
This study investigates the integrative effects of irrigation water management allowable depletion (MAD), furrow irrigation methods (FIM), and nitrogen fertilizer application rate (NFAR) on tomato yield components. These yield components include marketable, unmarketable, and total yield. Additionally, the study examines crop agronomy components such as plant height, number of branches, and root depth in semi-arid Southern Ethiopia.
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January 2025
Acupuncture and Tuina School, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
Aim: Given that electroacupuncture (EA) pretreatment inhibits lactate production and lactate-derived lysine lactation (Kla) aggravates ischemic brain injury, we aimed to investigate whether the formation of Kla protein is involved in EA pretreatment to alleviate ischemic brain injury.
Methods: EA was performed on the Baihui acupoint (GV20) of male C57BL/6J mice before receiving the permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion (pMCAO) surgery. Western blot and immunofluorescent staining were used to observe neuronal survival, astrocyte activation, and protein Kla levels, and the lactate levels in ischemic brains were assayed with a commercial kit.
J Transl Med
January 2025
Fujian-Macao Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Traditional Chinese Medicine-Oriented Chronic Disease Prevention and Treatment, Academy of Integrative Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, 350001, China.
Background: Death-Associated Protein Kinase 1 (DAPK1) family members are calcium/calmodulin-regulated serine/threonine kinases implicated in cell death, normal development, and human diseases. However, the regulation of DAPK1 expression in cancer remains unclear.
Methods: We examined the expression and functional impact of a DAPK1 splice variant, DAPK1-215, in multiple cancer cell lines.
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