February 2024 in “Frontiers in plant science” This study found that Plant Elicitor Peptides enhance root hair growth through a mechanism independent of their known receptors, with PROPEP2 playing a key role in this process by influencing gene expression related to root hair formation.
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November 2011 in “Nature” This study found that the circadian clock regulates the activation state of murine epidermal stem cells, affecting tissue homeostasis and susceptibility to tumorigenesis when disrupted.
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April 2016 in “International journal of molecular sciences” This study found that shift nurses exhibited lower circadian variations compared to daytime nurses, indicating an adjustment of their biological clocks to continuous shift schedules.
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August 2012 in “Biochemical and biophysical research communications” This study found that leukocytes and beard hair follicle cells have an endogenous circadian clock, with PER1 and PER3 expression possibly serving as biomarkers for assessing individual biological clock traits.
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October 2012 in “Journal of circadian rhythms” This study found that extracting RNA from equine hair follicles can effectively identify 24-hour oscillations of specific circadian clock genes, offering a valuable non-invasive method to evaluate the equine circadian clock.