FANGLIAN HE¹, WEIQING DONG^1,*, SHAOLONG WEI^2,*, ZUYANG QIU³, JINGLI HUANG⁴, HUIPING JIANG¹, SHIYU HUANG¹, LILI LIU³

BIOCELL, Vol.45, No.3, pp. 785-796, 2021, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2021.014418 - 03 March 2021

Abstract Taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) is an important crop in Africa, Southeast Asia, and subtropics and is used as a food and medicine. The purple color pigmentation is an appealing character in taro. We sampled taro corms of the cultivar ‘Lipu Taro’ at four developmental stages, including LPYS1 (without purple pigment, 50 days of development (DOD)), LPYS2 (very few purple pigments, 75 DOD), LPYS3 (moderate purple pigments, 115 DOD) and LPYS4 (high purple pigments, 205 DOD). The purpose of our study was to identify the key genes underpinning the purple pigmentation in taro based on RNA-sequencing.… More >

AMAYNA ZAKARIA, SYED ABDULLAH IBN ASADUZZAMAN, ZOBAYDA NAHAR, HAFSA JARIN SNIGDHA, TASKINA MURSHED, RASHED NOOR^*

BIOCELL, Vol.45, No.3, pp. 483-487, 2021, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2021.014704 - 03 March 2021

Abstract The extent and aggression of colorectal cancer is a worldwide public health threat. Extensive research has been conducted on the pre-requisites leading to this fatal cancer. An array of genes along with their mutations and the signal transduction pathways leading to the cellular transformation into the cancerous cells have been investigated. Based on the knowledge gained so far, present review shortly discussed the role of the major genes especially those are involved in instigating abnormalities in the cellular cycles, cellular proliferation and differentiation. A simple but novel molecular scheme of the colorectal cancer development has More >

Ahmed Talal, Osama Abu-Elnasr^*, Samir Elmougy

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.67, No.3, pp. 3487-3503, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.015759 - 01 March 2021

Abstract Due to the demand of high computational speed for processing big data that requires complex data manipulations in a timely manner, the need for extending classical logic to construct new multi-valued optical models becomes a challenging and promising research area. This paper establishes a novel octal-valued logic design model with new optical gates construction based on the hypothesis of Light Color State Model to provide an efficient solution to the limitations of computational processing inherent in the electronics computing. We provide new mathematical definitions for both of the binary OR function and the PLUS operation More >

Paul Chege^1,2, Erzsébet Kiss², Csaba Lantos¹, Andrea Palágyi¹, János Pauk^1,2,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.90, No.2, pp. 475-487, 2021, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2021.013557 - 07 February 2021

Abstract Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] can benefit from accelerated breeding and release of improved varieties through doubled haploid technology. The technology has been used in speeding up the breeding of other major cereals such as wheat, maize and rice, for which generally widely applied optimised protocols exist. A reproducible protocol for the crop, that can overcome genotype dependency and other species-specific challenges such as phenolic exudation is however lacking. This study aimed at sorghum doubled haploids production thereby contributing to the development of an improved protocol. From the 28 hybrid genotypes, both F₁ registered- and experimental hybrids… More >

Nazli Sanam^1,*, Asif Ali¹, Tariq Shah¹, Ghazanfar Farooq²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.67, No.1, pp. 1-21, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.014442 - 12 January 2021

Abstract The substitution box (S-box) is a fundamentally important component of symmetric key cryptosystem. An S-box is a primary source of non-linearity in modern block ciphers, and it resists the linear attack. Various approaches have been adopted to construct S-boxes. S-boxes are commonly constructed over commutative and associative algebraic structures including Galois fields, unitary commutative rings and cyclic and non-cyclic finite groups. In this paper, first a non-associative ring of order 512 is obtained by using computational techniques, and then by this ring a triplet of 8 × 8 S-boxes is designed. The motivation behind the… More >

Lu Hong¹, Biqing Shu^1,2, Qian He¹, Zehui Ju¹, Haiyang Zhang¹, Xiaoning Lu^1,*

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.9, No.1, pp. 49-59, 2021, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2021.013833 - 30 November 2020

Abstract Chinese fir was compressed by vacuum hot pressing and conventional hot pressing at different temperatures (180°C, 200°C and 220°C), respectively. The color parameters of the heat-compressed sample were measured, the relative mechanical properties of the material were tested and changes in the chemistry of fir were investigated using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and Xray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The results indicated that the color difference between compressed and untreated wood increased gradually with the increase of temperature. Compared with the conventional hot pressing treatment, the color difference (ΔE*) of the Chinese fir treated by vacuum More >

Wilber Montejo-Mayo¹, Eduardo Días-Rivera¹, Mauro Martínez-Pacheco², Abril Munro-Rojas¹, Enrique Ambriz-Parra¹, Crisanto Velázquez-Becerra^1,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.90, No.1, pp. 193-206, 2021, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2020.011402 - 20 November 2020

Abstract Wood is an organic material that is a source of carbon of organisms called Wood-decay fungi, and to preserve the wood, various toxic compounds to man and the environment have been used. To analyze the effect of N,N-Dimethylhexadecylamine (DMHDA) on wood attacked by the rotting fungus Trametes versicolor L. We used an in vitro system to expose the fungus T. versicolor to different concentrations of the DMHDA (50, 150 and 450 μM). We quantified the diameter of mycelial growth and laccase activity, also, under these experimental conditions we studied morphological details of the organisms using different scanning equipment including scanning… More >

Jing Li^*†, Lian-mei Zhao^‡, Cong Zhang^‡, Meng Li^§, Bo Gao^†, Xu-hua Hu^†, Jian Cao^†, Gui-ying Wang^†

Oncology Research, Vol.28, No.1, pp. 51-63, 2020, DOI:10.3727/096504019X15619783964700

Abstract Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) participate in and regulate the biological process of colorectal cancer (CRC) progression. Our previous research identified differentially expressed lncRNAs in 10 CRC tissues and 10 matched nontumor tissues by next-generation sequencing (NGS). In this study, we identified an lncRNA, FEZF1 antisense RNA 1 (FEZF1-AS1), and further explored its function and mechanism in CRC. We verified that FEZF1-AS1 is highly expressed in CRC tissues and cell lines. Through functional experiments, we found that reduced levels of FEZF1-AS1 significantly suppressed CRC cell migration, invasion, and proliferation and inhibited tumor growth in vivo. Mechanistically,… More >

Wei Wei^*1, Xiao-Dong Ma^†1, Guan-Min Jiang^‡, Bin Shi^§, Wen Zhong^¶, Chun-Lei Sun^§, Liang Zhao^*, Yan-Jiao Hou^*, Hao Wang^*

Oncology Research, Vol.28, No.4, pp. 423-438, 2020, DOI:10.3727/096504020X15877284857868

Abstract Although oxaliplatin serves as one of the first-line drugs prescribed for treating colorectal cancer (CRC), the therapeutic effect is disappointing due to drug resistance. So far, the molecular mechanisms mediating oxaliplatin resistance remain unclear. In this study, we found the chemoresistance in oxaliplatin-resistant HCT116 cells (HCT116/OXA) was mediated by the upregulation of ERCC1 expression. In addition, the acquisition of resistance induced epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) as well as the Slug overexpression. On the contrary, Slug silencing reversed the EMT phenotype, decreased ERCC1 expression, and ameliorated drug resistance. Further mechanistical studies revealed the enhanced Slug expression resulted More >

Fen Liu^*†, Shaojun Liu^*, Feiyan Ai^*†, Decai Zhang^*†, Zhiming Xiao^*, Xinmin Nie^‡, Yunfeng Fu^§

Oncology Research, Vol.28, No.5, pp. 553-557, 2020, DOI:10.3727/096504020X16032056440094

Abstract Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common malignancies in the world, with a high incidence and a high mortality. However, the pathogenesis of CRC carcinogenesis is still unexplored. In this study, we investigated the role of miR-107 in the regulation of CRC cell proliferation and apoptosis. First, the expression of miR-107 was observed to be aberrantly increased in human CRC tumor tissues and cell lines when compared to the colonic control tissues and colon epithelial cells. Further study showed that the proliferative and apoptotic capacities of human CRC SW480 and LoVo cells were… More >