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Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2022 Aug 10;626:58-65. Epub 2022 Aug 10.

Department of Biology and Biochemistry, The University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA. Electronic address:

Serum response factor (SRF) cooperates with various co-factors to manage the specification of diverse cell lineages during heart development. Many microRNAs mediate the function of SRF in this process. However, how are miR210 and miR30c involved in the decision of cardiac cell fates remains to be explored. Read More

Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2022 Aug 8;626:51-57. Epub 2022 Aug 8.

Molecular Biosciences, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station A5000, Austin TX, 78712, USA. Electronic address:

STYK1/NOK functions in a ligand independent and constitutive fashion to provoke tumor formation and to be up-regulated in many types of cancer cells. However, how STYK1/NOK functions at the whole animal level is completely unknown. Here, we found that STYK1/NOK-transgenic (tg) mice spontaneously developed immunosuppressive B-CLL-like disease with generally shorter life spans. Read More

J Environ Manage 2022 Aug 12;321:115839. Epub 2022 Aug 12.

KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business, Department of Accountancy, Finance and Insurance, Naamsestraat 69, 3000, Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address:

This paper explores how cross-country differences in environmental regulatory stringency among member states of the world's largest multinational cap-and-trade system, the European Union Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS), influenced the FDI location choice of listed multinationals (MNEs) regulated by the environmental policy. After controlling for other country characteristics driving FDI location choice, we find that the likelihood of EU ETS-covered MNEs locating new FDI projects in less environmentally stringent member states strongly depends on firm- and industry-specific environmental characteristics during the system's first two phases. Our results are robust to different measures of environmental stringency and provide evidence for the existence of an intra-regional pollution haven effect (PHE). Read More

J Anim Sci Technol 2022 Jul 31;64(4):727-739. Epub 2022 Jul 31.

Department of Animal Industry Convergence, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea.

Mycotoxin contamination in pig feeds has a negative impact on growth performance, the immune system, and major body organs. Arginine (Arg) plays an important role in animals' body biochemistry and physiology. This study aimed to determine the effect of dietary Arg supplementation on mitigating the negative effects of mycotoxins in growing pigs. Read More

Geroscience 2022 Aug 15. Epub 2022 Aug 15.

Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.

The reported primary dementia-protective benefits of angiotensin II type 1 receptor (ATR) blockers (ARB) are believed, at least in part, to arise from systemic effects on blood pressure. However, there is a specific and independently regulated brain renin-angiotensin system (RAS). Brain RAS acts mainly through three receptor subtypes; ATR, ATR, and ATR. Read More