20 articles in this issue
Sumeyye Aydogan Turkoglu,Derya Okuyan,Feray Kockar
Paper description:Anormal TGF-ß expression is observed at different stages of colon carcinoma. Carbonic anhydrase III (CAIII) is involved in acute myeloid leukemia and hepatic carcinoma.TGF-ß downregulated CAIII gene expression at the level of mRNA and pr... see more
Emilija Djuric,Dragan Hrncic,Nikola Šutulovic,Daniel Škrijelj,Željko Grubac,Valentina Cirkovic,Aleksandra Rašic-Markovic,Olivera Stanojlovic
Paper description:Lindane poisoning evokes tonic and clonic seizures which are refractory to many antiepileptic drugs. Therefore, lindane is suitable for novel antiepileptic substance assessment and testing. Folic acid was shown to possess neuroprotective... see more
Sandra Dragicevic,Draginja Kovacevic,Aleksandra Divac Rankov,Aleksandra Nikolic,Dragica Radojkovic,Svetlana Radovic
Paper description:T. farfara and V. thapsus have long been used as natural supplements for treating respiratory disorders.This is the first study to investigate the toxicity of T. farfara and V. thapsus extracts in zebrafish and their anti-oxidative prope... see more
Jelena Brkljacic,Nataša Velickovic,Ivana Elakovic,Ana Teofilovic,Danijela Vojnovic Milutinovic,Ana Ðordevic,Gordana Matic
Abstract: An increase in fructose consumption coincides with a rising incidence of metabolic disorders. Dietary fructose has been shown to affect hepatic lipid metabolism in a way that may lead to lipid deposition in the liver. In this study, we tested th... see more
Sanja Ðurovic,Vesna Dragicevic,Hadi Waisi,Maja Pagnacco,Nevena Lukovic,Zorica Kneževic-Jugovic,Bogdan Nikolic
Abstract: Polyphenols present in different plant cell organelles increase the resistance of plants to various types of environmental stresses. We investigated the possibility of increasing the content of bioactive compounds in the seed of yellow soybean v... see more
Eleonora V. Boškovic,Vladislava O. Galovic,Maja A. Karaman
Abstract: Saprotrophic basidiomycetes play a crucial role in leaf-litter decomposition, especially in nitrogen-limited boreal and temperate forests. Populations of this group of fungi have been inadequately investigated. We examined the populations of thr... see more
Milan B. Dragicevic,Katarina B. Cukovic,Snežana R. Zdravkovic-Korac,Ana D. Simonovic,Milica D. Bogdanovic,Sladana I. Todorovic
Abstract: Glutamine synthetase (E.C. 6.3.1.2) is a key enzyme of plant nitrogen metabolism that assimilates ammonia into glutamine. The Arabidopsis thaliana genome encodes one chloroplastic (GLN2) and five cytosolic (GLN1;1 – GLN1;5) isoforms with differe... see more
Anja Z. Tolic,Jovana J. Rajic,Marija B. Ðordevic,Miloš M. Ðordevic,Svetlana S. Dinic,Nevena M. Grdovic,Jelena D. Arambašic Jovanovic,Mirjana V. Mihailovic,Goran Ð. Poznanovic,Tomasz P. Jurkowski,Melita S. Vidakovic,Aleksandra S. Uskokovic
Abstract: Previously, we described the link between C-X-C motif chemokine 12 (Cxcl12) gene induction and DNA hypomethylation in the absence of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP-1). We have now firmly established that demethylation is the primary cause o... see more
Tijana Cubric,Gorana Stamenkovic,Marija Ilic,Jelka Crnobrnja-Isailovic
Paper description:Seven main genetic clades have been previously recognized within Vipera ammodytes but the distribution boundaries between those groups have not been clearly defined.Our study used sequences of the 16S rRNA mitochondrial DNA gene to deter... see more
Xinying Li,Jingmei Li,Jiao Yang
Paper description: Dysregulation of liprin-ß1 has been implicated in several types of human cancers. However, the expression of liprin-ß1 and its clinicopathologic significance in human hepatocellular carcinoma remains elusive.Protein expression of liprin... see more
Taylan Kösesakal,Mustafa Yildiz
Paper description: Azolla is a floating fern that is usually found in paddy water, streams, and pools, in symbiosis with the nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium Anabaena azollae in the dorsal lobe cavity of the leaves.We determined that in greenhouse A. pinnat... see more
Donghyun Kim,Nok Hyun Park,Jeong Ah Hwang,Jeongkee Kim,Yong-Joo Na,Jae Sung Hwang,Chang Seok Lee,Deok Chun Yang
Paper description:Green tea (Camelia sinensis) polyphenol catechins have been studied extensively for their health benefits and for their anti-melanogenic properties. Bioactive components such as polysaccharides, amino acids and lipids have received littl... see more
Xiting Zhao,Lingyu Song,Mengdan Ma,Ke Liu,Meng Lv,Yuting Zhu,Liwei Jiang
Paper description:Chrysanthemum morifolium cv. ‘Huaihuang’ is a medicinal plant of China with a huge medicinal and commercial value.Limited genomic and transcriptional information restricts further research on the biosynthesis of active components, its ge... see more
Marko Mirc,Nataša Tomaševic Kolarov,Srdan Stamenkovic,Tanja D. Vukov
Paper description:Fluctuating asymmetry (FA), as a measure of developmental instability induced by environmental stress, is widely used but with different methodological approaches that result in discordant conclusions.We tested for the first time whether... see more
Ana Golubovic,Ljiljana Tomovic,Marko Nikolic,Sonja Nikolic,Marko Andelkovic,Dragan Arsovski,Vuk Ikovic,Sladana Gvozdenovic,Miloš Popovic
Paper description: The Hermann’s tortoise and its habitats are among conservation priorities in the European Union. Populations of western subspecies are closely monitored and basic information about eastern subspecies is just starting to emerge.We used p... see more
Ram S. Singh,Amandeep K. Walia
Paper description: The purification and physico-chemical characterization of Penicillium duclauxii, P. proteolyticum and P. griseoroseum lectins has been reported.This is the first report of the antimicrobial and antioxidant potential of lectins from Peni... see more
Dong-sheng Wang,Erihemu Erihemu,Bin Yang
Paper description:Paeonia jishanensis is a significant ancestral species and many cultivated tree peony species were bred from it. P. jishanensis is also a traditional Chinese herbal medicine. The species is facing extinction.This study describes for the ... see more
Hui-jian Chen,Jie Xiang,Wan-xia Zhang,Ao Sun,Gai-ling Li,You-e Yan
Paper description:The influence of nicotine on the beige-like phenotype in adipocytes has not been examined.We detected the expression of beige-related genes and proteins at different stages of differentiation of the preadipocyte 3T3-L1 cell line.Nicotine... see more
Jie-Mei She,Hui-Hui Yuan,Jin Zhang,Zhao-Nian Si,Min-Bo Lan
Paper description:Rubus chingii Hu possesses antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-aging activities.The ethanol extract of the fruit (E-EA) demonstrated significant anti-photoaging properties in UVB-induced human fibroblast (HFF-1) cells, observed as a ... see more
Yilin Xie,Zhaoxia Wang,Haiyun Lin,Yajun Pan,Lianyun Wang,Zhiqiang Yan,Zhongdong Qiao,Zhihua Han
Paper description:Resveratrol inhibits the cholesterol-induced production of interleukin-1 beta (IL-1ß) in macrophages and reduces adhesion of monocyte to the endothelium. Resveratrol could also exert its anti-inflammatory roles by stimulating reversed ch... see more