Background Satellite cells (SCs) are critical to skeletal muscle regeneration. Inactivation of
SCs is linked to skeletal muscle loss. Transferrin receptor 1 (Tfr1) is associated with muscular …

Microplastics will definitely increase the potential health risks to humans through food chain,
especially by commercial fishes. Here, we studied species-specific effect of microplastics on …

Microplastics (MPs) (< 5 mm) and nanoplastics (NPs) (< 100 nm) are emerging environmental
pollutants and have been proved could cause a series of toxicity in aquatic organisms. In …

Clarifying mechanisms underlying the ecological succession of gut microbiota is a central
theme of gut ecology. Under experimental manipulations of zebrafish hatching and rearing …

Crop productivity relies heavily on nitrogen (N) fertilization. Production and application of N
fertilizers consume huge amounts of energy, and excess is detrimental to the environment; …

Crop performance is severely affected by high salt concentrations in soils. To engineer
more salt-tolerant plants it is crucial to unravel the key components of the plant salt-tolerance …

Abiotic stresses and soil nutrient limitations are major environmental conditions that reduce
plant growth, productivity and quality. Plants have evolved mechanisms to perceive these …

Insomnia is a type of sleep disorder which is associated with various diseases’ development
and progression, such as obesity, type II diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Recent …

Plant phosphate (Pi) transporters mediate the uptake and translocation of this nutrient within
plants. A total of 13 sequences in the rice (Oryza sativa) genome can be identified as …

Iron homeostasis is essential for maintaining cellular function in a wide range of cell types.
However, whether iron affects the thermogenic properties of adipocytes is currently unknown. …