The dolabellane diterpenes as potential inhibitors of the SARS-CoV-2 main protease: molecular insight of the inhibitory mechanism through computational studies.

An investigation has been carried out on natural products from dolabellane derivatives to understand their potential in inhibiting the SARS-CoV-2 main protease (3CL) using an approach. Inhibition of the 3CL enzyme is a promising target in stopping the replication of the SARS-CoV-2 virus through inhibition of the subsite binding pocket. The redocking process aims to determine the 3CL active sites.

Ignoring non-English-language studies may bias ecological meta-analyses.

Meta-analysis plays a crucial role in syntheses of quantitative evidence in ecology and biodiversity conservation. The reliability of estimates in meta-analyses strongly depends on unbiased sampling of primary studies. Although earlier studies have explored potential biases in ecological meta-analyses, biases in reported statistical results and associated study characteristics published in different languages have never been tested in environmental sciences.

Regucalcin confers resistance to amyloid-β toxicity in neuronally differentiated PC12 cells.

Amyloid-β (Aβ), a primary component of amyloid plaques, has been widely associated with the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. The Ca-binding protein regucalcin (RGN) plays multiple roles in maintaining cell functions by regulating intracellular calcium homeostasis, various signaling pathways, and gene expression systems. Here, we investigated the functional role of RGN against Aβ-induced cytotoxicity in neuronally differentiated PC12 cells.