Summary: Browning induction or transplantation of brown adipose tissue (BAT) or brown/beige adipocytes derived from progenitor or induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) can represent a powerful strategy to treat metabolic diseases.However, our poor understanding of the mechanisms that govern the differentiation and activation of brown adipocytes Pe
Dispersal routes of Cercospora zeina causing maize gray leaf spot in China
The gray leaf spot caused by Cercospora Mens athletic-sweaters zeina has become a serious disease in maize in China.The isolates of C.zeina from Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Hubei, Chongqing, Gansu, and Shaanxi were collected.From those, 127 samples were used for genetic diversity analysis based on inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) and 108 samples w
Molecular characterization of the Newcastle disease virus that caused an outbreak in backyard birds in Costa Rica in 2015
Costa Rica gained its Newcastle Disease Virus NDV-free status with vaccination according to OIE proceedings in 1996, and its declaration as a country free of the velogenic, viscerotropic form of this disease (G/SPS/GEN/119) presented to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1999.On April 24th, 2015, SENASA (National Animal Health Service) attended
Transition to Multicellularity and Peto Paradox
This paper aims to explain the transition to Measuring Cup Sets multicellularity as a consequence of the evolutionary response to stress.The proposed model is composed of three parts.The first part details stochastic biochemical kinetics within a reactor (potentially compartmentalized), where kinetic rates are influenced by random stress parameters