• Bioactivity of recombinant hFSH glycosylation variants in primary cultures of porcine granulosa cells 

  Liang, Aixin; Plewes, Michele R.; Hua, Guohua; Hou, Xiaoying; Blum, Haley R.; Przygrodzka, Emilia; George, Jitu W.; Clark, Kendra L.; Bousfield, George R.; Butnev, Viktor Y.; May, Jeffrey V.; Davis, John S. (Elsevier, 2020-06-15)

  Previous studies have reported hypo-glycosylated FSH and fully-glycosylated FSH to be naturally occurring in humans, and these glycoforms exist in changing ratios over a woman's lifespan. The precise cellular and molecular ...

• Mars Extant Life: What's Next? Conference Report 

  Schneegurt, Mark A. (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc, 2020-06-10)

  On November 5-8, 2019, the "Mars Extant Life: What's Next?" conference was convened in Carlsbad, New Mexico. The conference gathered a community of actively publishing experts in disciplines related to habitability and ...

• Effects of nitrogen and phosphorus limitation on lipid accumulation by Chlorella kessleri str. UTEX 263 grown in darkness 

  Shrestha, Nayan; Dandinpet, Kiran K.; Schneegurt, Mark A. (Springer, 2020-06-08)

  Growing algae in darkness for biodiesel production eliminates the challenges of evaporation and light penetration reported for open ponds and the costs and fouling that plague photobioreactors. The current study demonstrated ...

• Preparation of bioscaffolds delivering stem cells for neural regeneration 

  Yao, Li; DeBrot, Ashley (Humana, New York, NY, 2020-05-31)

  Bioscaffolds have been proven for their feasibility in neural repair. Neural conduits have been investigated in the repair of wounded peripheral nerve and spinal cord. These conduits support axonal growth by providing ...

• Cobalt-chromium particles inducing preosteoblasts may aggravate periprosthetic inflammation 

  Jiang, Jianhao; Li, Peng; Du, Gangqiang; Liu, Hongzhi; Wang, Hui; Zhang, Kai; Yang, Shang-You; Yang, Shuye (Journal of Clinical Rehabilitative Tissue Engineering Research, 2019)

  BACKGROUND: Arthroplasty has been the most effective treatment for the end-stage osteoarthritis. However, aseptic loosening is the main long-term complication of arthroplasty. How to ameliorate aseptic loosening is an issue ...

• Post-dispersal factors influence recruitment patterns but do not override the importance of seed limitation in populations of a native thistle 

  Rand, Tatyana A.; West, Natalie M.; Russell, F. Leland; Louda, Svata M. (Springer, 2020-04-22)

  Whether plant populations are limited by seed or microsite availability is a long-standing debate. However, since both can be important, increasing emphasis is placed on disentangling their relative importance and how they ...

• In Vitro Impact of FSH Glycosylation Variants on FSH Receptor-stimulated Signal Transduction and Functional Selectivity 

  Zarinan, Teresa; Butnev, Viktor Y.; Gutierrez-Sagal, Ruben; Maravillas-Montero, Jose Luis; Martinez-Luis, Ivan; Mejia-Dominguez, Nancy R.; Juarez-Vega, Gillermo; Bousfield, George R.; Ulloa-Aguirre, Alfredo (Oxford University Press, 2020-05)

  FSH exists as different glycoforms that differ in glycosylation of the hormone-specific β-subunit. Tetra-glycosylated FSH (FSH24) and hypo-glycosylated FSH (FSH18/21) are the most abundant glycoforms found in humans. ...

• A basic ddRADseq two‐enzyme protocol performs well with herbarium and silica‐dried tissues across four genera 

  Jordon‐Thaden, Ingrid E.; Beck, James B.; Rushworth, Catherine; Windham, Michael D.; Diaz, Nicolas; Cantley, Jason T.; Martine, Christopher T.; Rothfels, Carl J. (Wiley, 2020-04-23)

  Premise The ability to sequence genome‐scale data from herbarium specimens would allow for the economical development of data sets with broad taxonomic and geographic sampling that would otherwise not be possible. Here, ...

• Urine screening for opioid and Illicit drugs in the total joint arthropiasty population 

  Vopat, Matthw L; Messamore, William G.; Trent, Jesse J.; Schumanke, Ken E.; Zackula, Rosalee E.; Yang, Shang-You; Bhargava, Tarun (Kansas Journal of Medicine, 2020-04-17)

  Recent studies have shown an increase in post-operative orthopaedic complications associated with pre-operative opioid use. It is, therefore, important to know if patients use opioids before scheduled surgery. The purpose ...

• Variation in effect of insect herbivory on Platte thistle (Cirsium canescens) between biogeographic range center and edge 

  Taylor, Mason (Wichita State University, 2020-05-01)

  INTRODUCTION: Insect herbivory can reduce plant fitness and population sizes, but the strength of these effects varies greatly in space. The position of a plant population within the plant species' biogeographic range is ...

• Ecological succession of the microbial community of a spacecraft assembly facility in enriched brines relevant to Mars 

  Carte, Meris (Wichita State University, 2020-05-01)

  Life detection missions to Mars should be as free of microbial organisms as possible to avoid transporting contaminants on spacecraft surfaces. Any microbes that make the trip to Mars or the round-trip back to Earth may ...

• RNAi-mediated knockdown of β-1,3-glucan synthase suppresses growth of the phytopathogenic fungus Macrophomina phaseolina 

  Forster, Heather; Shuai, Bin (Elsevier, 2020-04)

  Charcoal rot, caused by the fungus Macrophomina phaseolina, affects wide varieties of plant species and may result in serious crop losses. Exogenous siRNAs were applied to target a β-1,3-glucan synthase (MpGLS2) gene in ...

• Plant community changes on restored grasslands across a largescale environmental gradient 

  Watson, Daniel F. (Wichita State University, 2019-12)

  Identifying the factors that structure communities across an environmental gradient is a commonly studied and often debated topic in plant community ecology. Despite substantial attention, a consensus has not been reached ...

• Navigating nuance in native bee responses to grassland restoration management: A multi-ecoregional approach in the Great Plains 

  Morphew, Alex (Wichita State University, 2019-12)

  Habitat fragmentation due to agricultural intensification leads to losses of biodiversity and ecosystem services such as pollination. Wild bee declines pose a serious threat to pollination stability and are expected to be ...

• Proteomic assessment of pharynx (FADU) and tongue (CAL27) cell lines of head and neck squamous cell cancer 

  Nguyen, Bach (Wichita State University, 2019-12)

  Head and neck cancer are the sixth most common cancer worldwide and its diagnostic rate is approximately 630,000 new patients a year with more than 350,000 deaths every year. The majority (approximately 90%) of head and ...

• Modeling control methods to manage the sylvatic plague in black-tailed prairie dog towns 

  Elzinga, David C.; Stowe, Shelby R.; Russell, F. Leland (Rocky Mountain Mathematics Consortium, 2020-01-24)

  Black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) are a keystone species of shortgrass and midgrass prairies, and they are essential for successful reintroduction efforts of endangered black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes). ...

• Graphis and Allographa (lichenized Ascomycota: Graphidaceae) in Sri Lanka, with six new species and a biogeographical comparison investigating a potential signature of the 'biotic ferry' species interchange 

  Weerakoon, Gothamie; Aptroot, Andre; Lucking, Robert K.; Arachchige, Omal; Wijesundara, Siril (Cambridge University Press, 2019-12-09)

  We provide an updated survey for Sri Lanka of species of Graphis sensu Staiger, recently divided into Graphis s. str. and Allographa, including brief descriptions and a key to all 124 species currently known. Six new species ...

• Recombinant FSH glycoforms are bioactive in mouse preantral ovarian follicles 

  Simon, Leah E.; Liu, Zhenghui; Bousfield, George R.; Kumar, T. Rajendra; Duncan, Francesca E. (Society for Reproduction and Fertility, 2019-12)

  Female reproductive aging is characterized by a rise in follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) levels during peri-menopause. N-linked glycans are co-translationally attached to the Asn7 and Asn24 residues on the FSHβ subunit. ...

• Investigating MTX-Loaded magnetic nanocomposite particles for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis 

  Usta, Aybala; Man, Ka-Poh; Strong, Nora M.; Misak, Heath Edward; Wooley, Paul H.; Asmatulu, Ramazan (Elsevier B.V., 2020-04-01)

  Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disorder that initially leads to inflammation in the lining of a joint and other parts of the body, then progresses and causes deformity. It occurs when the immune system ...

• A comprehensive approach to analyzing community dynamics using rank abundance curves 

  Avolio, Meghan L.; Carroll, Ian T.; Collins, Scott L.; Houseman, Gregory R.; Hallett, Lauren M.; Isbell, Forest I.; Koerner, Sally E.; Komatsu, Kimberly J.; Smith, Melinda D.; Wilcox, Kevin R. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2019-10-17)

  Univariate and multivariate methods are commonly used to explore the spatial and temporal dynamics of ecological communities, but each has limitations, including oversimplification or abstraction of communities. Rank ...

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