1. The rookie and the old-timer: challenges and future prospects

   • Rodrigo Guimarães

   Editorial 01 March 2019 Pages: 1 - 2

2. Nucleolar PTEN in human colorectal adenomas

   • Adriana Handra-Luca

   Letter to the Editor 13 November 2018 Pages: 3 - 4

   

3. Comment on “Estrogen receptor alpha (ERS1) SNPs c454-397T>C (PvuII) and c454-351A>G (XbaI) are risk biomarkers for breast cancer development”

   • Bei Wang
   • Fenlai Yuan

   Letter to the Editor 26 October 2018 Pages: 5 - 5

4. Study of gene expression and steviol glycosides accumulation in Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni under various mannitol concentrations

   • Matin Ghaheri
   • Danial Kahrizi
   • Hamid-Reza Mohammadi-Motlagh

   Original Article 01 December 2018 Pages: 7 - 16

   

5. Genetic polymorphism analysis of mitochondrial DNA from Chinese Xinjiang Kazak ethnic group by a novel mitochondrial DNA genotyping panel

   • Tong Xie
   • Li Hu
   • Bo-Feng Zhu

   Original Article 17 November 2018 Pages: 17 - 25

   

6. Effects of JUN and NFE2L2 knockdown on oxidative status and NFE2L2/AP-1 targets expression in HeLa cells in basal conditions and upon sub-lethal hydrogen peroxide treatment

   • Anna A. Belanova
   • Victor K. Chmykhalo
   • Peter V. Zolotukhin

   Original Article 04 December 2018 Pages: 27 - 39

   

7. Microsatellite marker set for genetic diversity assessment of primitive Chitala chitala (Hamilton, 1822) derived through SMRT sequencing technology

   • Nimisha Dutta
   • Rajeev K. Singh
   • Kuldeep K. Lal

   Original Article 11 December 2018 Pages: 41 - 49

   

8. Synthesis of terpenoid oxo derivatives with antiureolytic activity

   • Agata Kozioł
   • Katarzyna Macegoniuk
   • Stanisław Lochyński

   Original Article 22 October 2018 Pages: 51 - 58

   

9. Moderation of physiological responses in rice plants with Azolla under 2,4-Dichlorophenoxy acetic acid stress

   • Arnab Kumar De
   • Arijit Ghosh
   • M. K. Adak

   Original Article 22 October 2018 Pages: 59 - 66

   

10. Exploring nanoscale structure change of dermal tissues suffering injury by small angle X-ray scattering and transmission electron microscopy

    • Yuzhi Jiang
    • Feng Tian
    • Shuliang Lu

    Original Article 29 October 2018 Pages: 67 - 76

    

11. ARA lncRNA, is upregulated in liver and breast tumor tissues

    • Farzaneh Raeisi
    • Mahdieh Abolfathi
    • Asghar Arshi

    Original Article 26 October 2018 Pages: 77 - 82

    

12. Reciprocal regulation of pro-inflammatory Annexin A2 and anti-inflammatory Annexin A1 in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis

    • Vikram Haridas
    • Praveenkumar Shetty
    • U. S. Dinesh

    Original Article 13 November 2018 Pages: 83 - 95

    

13. Development of a new tobamovirus-based viral vector for protein expression in plants

    • Raquel Medeiros Vasques
    • Cristiano Lacorte
    • Tatsuya Nagata

    Original Article 26 October 2018 Pages: 97 - 103

    

14. Fisetin, a plant flavonoid ameliorates doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity in experimental rats: the decisive role of caspase-3, COX-II, cTn-I, iNOs and TNF-α

    • Tao Ma
    • Amit D. Kandhare
    • Subhash L. Bodhankar

    Original Article 25 October 2018 Pages: 105 - 118

    

15. Royal jelly mitigates cadmium-induced neuronal damage in mouse cortex

    • Rafa S. Almeer
    • Rami B. Kassab
    • Ahmed E. Abdel Moneim

    Original Article 09 November 2018 Pages: 119 - 131

    

16. Extracellular urease from Arthrobacter creatinolyticus MTCC 5604: scale up, purification and its cytotoxic effect thereof

    • Ramesh Rajendran
    • Ajitha Pandi
    • Kamini Numbi Ramudu

    Original Article 29 October 2018 Pages: 133 - 141

    

17. Inherent anti-HIV activity of biocompatible anionic citrate-PEG-citrate dendrimer

    • Mohammad Reza Kandi
    • Javad Mohammadnejad
    • Kazem Baesi

    Original Article 09 November 2018 Pages: 143 - 149

    

18. Comparative analysis of three methods from dried blood spots for expeditious DNA extraction from mosquitoes; suitable for PCR based techniques

    • Barsa Baisalini Panda
    • Nitika Pradhan
    • Rupenangshu K. Hazra

    Original Article 16 November 2018 Pages: 151 - 160

    

19. Phylogenetic analysis of upland cotton MATE gene family reveals a conserved subfamily involved in transport of proanthocyanidins

    • Lei Xu
    • Zhi-Lin Shen
    • Jun-Shan Gao

    Original Article 22 November 2018 Pages: 161 - 175

    

20. Assessment of genetic variation among wild Alpinia nigra (Zingiberaceae) population: an approach based on molecular phylogeny

    • Supriyo Basak
    • Ishani Chakrabartty
    • Latha Rangan

    Original Article 10 November 2018 Pages: 177 - 189

    

21. Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles as a tool to track mouse neural stem cells in vivo

    • Ricardo Luiz Azevedo-Pereira
    • Bárbara Rangel
    • Rosalia Mendez-Otero

    Original Article 12 November 2018 Pages: 191 - 198

    

22. The endothelin 1 and endothelin receptor A gene polymorphisms increase the risk of developing papillary thyroid cancer

    • A. Fatih Aydin
    • Pervin Vural
    • Esra Çil

    Original Article 08 November 2018 Pages: 199 - 205

    

23. Preliminary study on the effect of nucleolin specific aptamer–miRNA let-7d chimera on Janus kinase-2 expression level and activity in gastric cancer (MKN-45) cells

    • Mahsa Ramezanpour
    • Puyan Daei
    • Mahmood Barati

    Original Article 10 November 2018 Pages: 207 - 215

    

24. The early detection of asthma based on blood gene expression

    • Shao-Bin Wang
    • Tao Huang

    Original Article 12 November 2018 Pages: 217 - 223

    

25. Identification of expressed R-genes associated with leaf spot diseases in cultivated peanut

    • Phat M. Dang
    • Marshall C. Lamb
    • Charles Y. Chen

    Original Article Open access 30 November 2018 Pages: 225 - 239

    

26. Allyl isothiocyanate attenuates oxidative stress and inflammation by modulating Nrf2/HO-1 and NF-κB pathways in traumatic brain injury in mice

    • Berrak Caglayan
    • Ertugrul Kilic
    • Kazim Sahin

    Original Article 08 November 2018 Pages: 241 - 250

    

27. The effects of IAM38 blocking or CD4 blocking on the binding of exogenous DNA in rabbit sperm

    • Shun Zhang
    • Xiaocan Lei
    • Fenghua Lu

    Original Article 10 November 2018 Pages: 251 - 259

    

28. Development of drug-loaded protein nanoparticles displaying enzymatically-conjugated DNA aptamers for cancer cell targeting

    • Masayasu Mie
    • Rie Matsumoto
    • Eiry Kobatake

    Original Article 12 November 2018 Pages: 261 - 269

    

29. Mutation analysis of genes related to methylmalonic acidemia: identification of eight novel mutations

    • Fatemeh Keyfi
    • Mohammad R. Abbaszadegan
    • Abdolreza Varasteh

    Original Article 02 February 2019 Pages: 271 - 285

    

30. Comparison of clinical parameters with whole exome sequencing analysis results of autosomal recessive patients; a center experience

    • M. Elmas
    • H. Yıldız
    • M. Solak

    Original Article 13 November 2018 Pages: 287 - 299

31. Protective effects of anthocyanin against apoptosis and oxidative stress induced by arsanilic acid in DF-1 cells

    • Ning Xie
    • Na Geng
    • Jianzhu Liu

    Original Article 28 November 2018 Pages: 301 - 308

    

32. Evaluation of the expression stability of β-actin under bacterial infection in Macrobrachium nipponense

    • Wen-Yi Geng
    • Feng-Jiao Yao
    • Shan-Shan Shi

    Original Article 04 December 2018 Pages: 309 - 315

    

33. Leptin is a direct transcriptional target of EGR1 in human breast cancer cells

    • JuHwan Kim
    • Euitaek Jung
    • Soon Young Shin

    Original Article 11 November 2018 Pages: 317 - 324

    

34. Association of three SNPs in adiponectin gene with lipid traits of Tianzhu Black Muscovy (Cairina moschata)

    • Yuan-Yu Qin
    • Yi-Yu Zhang
    • Lei Wu

    Original Article 03 December 2018 Pages: 325 - 332

    

35. Production of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, 20:5n-3) in transgenic peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) through the alternative Δ8-desaturase pathway

    • Chenchen Wang
    • Xiaohe Qing
    • Xinzheng Li

    Original Article 03 December 2018 Pages: 333 - 342

    

36. Identification of O-acetylserine(thiol)lyase (OASTL) genes in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) and gene expression analysis under cadmium stress

    • M. Aydın Akbudak
    • Ertugrul Filiz
    • Senem Uylas

    Original Article 15 November 2018 Pages: 343 - 354

    

37. Curcumin prevented human autocrine growth hormone (GH) signaling mediated NF-κB activation and miR-183-96-182 cluster stimulated epithelial mesenchymal transition in T47D breast cancer cells

    • Ajda Coker-Gurkan
    • Derya Bulut
    • Narcin Palavan-Unsal

    Original Article 23 November 2018 Pages: 355 - 369

    

38. Substrate and inhibitor selectivity, and biological activity of an epoxide hydrolase from Trichoderma reesei

    • Gabriel S. de Oliveira
    • Patricia P. Adriani
    • Felipe S. Chambergo

    Original Article 13 November 2018 Pages: 371 - 379

    

39. Cytotoxic and cell cycle arrest induction of pentacyclic triterpenoides separated from Lantana camara leaves against MCF-7 cell line in vitro

    • Zahraa R. Shamsee
    • Ali Z. Al-Saffar
    • Jameel R. Al-Obaidi

    Original Article 13 November 2018 Pages: 381 - 390

    

40. Hemp (Marijuana) reverted Copper-induced toxic effects on the essential fatty acid profile of Labeo rohita and Cirrhinus mrigala

    • Azam Jan Afridi
    • Amina Zuberi
    • Sana Ullah

    Original Article 15 November 2018 Pages: 391 - 401

41. Genome-wide analysis of the MATE gene family in potato

    • Yinqiu Li
    • Huyi He
    • Long-Fei He

    Original Article 16 November 2018 Pages: 403 - 414

    

42. Resistance determination of the ACCase-inhibiting herbicide of clodinafop propargyl in Avena ludoviciana (Durieu), and study of their interaction using molecular docking and simulation

    • Ali Akbarabadi
    • Ahmad Ismaili
    • Farhad Nazarian Firouzabadi

    Original Article 17 November 2018 Pages: 415 - 424

    

43. Nonadditive expression of lipid metabolism pathway-related genes in intestine of hybrids of Nile tilapia females (Oreochromis niloticus) and blue tilapia males (Oreochromis aureus)

    • Yi Zhou
    • Xiaojin Zhang
    • Huan Zhong

    Original Article 15 November 2018 Pages: 425 - 432

    

44. Dietary supplementation with l-lysine affects body weight and blood hematological and biochemical parameters in rats

    • Chao-Wu Xiao
    • Carla Wood
    • Jesse Bertinato

    Original Article 28 November 2018 Pages: 433 - 442

45. Development and application of low-cost T-ARMS-PCR assay for AGT and CYP11B1 gene polymorphisms

    • Misbah Hussain
    • Haq Nawaz Khan
    • Fazli Rabbi Awan

    Original Article 26 November 2018 Pages: 443 - 449

    

46. Fermentative profile and lactic acid bacterial dynamics in non-wilted and wilted alfalfa silage in tropical conditions

    • Mariele Cristina Nascimento Agarussi
    • Odilon Gomes Pereira
    • Stefanie Alvarenga Santos

    Original Article 15 November 2018 Pages: 451 - 460

    

47. Antimicrobial activity of bacteriocin-like inhibitory substance produced by Pediococcus pentosaceus: from shake flasks to bioreactor

    • Pamela Oliveira de Souza de Azevedo
    • Attilio Converti
    • Ricardo Pinheiro de Souza Oliveira

    Original Article 17 November 2018 Pages: 461 - 469

    

48. Sodium houttuyfonate in vitro inhibits biofilm dispersion and expression of bdlA in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    • Tianming Wang
    • Weifeng Huang
    • Daqiang Wu

    Original Article 03 December 2018 Pages: 471 - 477

    

49. Nested and TaqMan^® probe based quantitative PCR for the diagnosis of Ca. Phytoplasma in coconut palms

    • R. Ramjegathesh
    • G. Karthikeyan
    • R. Samiyappan

    Original Article 02 January 2019 Pages: 479 - 488

    

50. The neuroprotective effect of agmatine against amyloid β-induced apoptosis in primary cultured hippocampal cells involving ERK, Akt/GSK-3β, and TNF-α

    • Etrat Hooshmandi
    • Rasoul Ghasemi
    • Maryam Moosavi

    Original Article 24 November 2018 Pages: 489 - 496