A cytoskeletal function for PBRM1 reading methylated microtubules (open access)

A cytoskeletal function for PBRM1 reading methylated microtubules

This article shows that that the coordinated read-write activity of the epigenetic machinery extends to the cytoskeleton, with PBRM1 in the PBAF chromatin remodeling complex reading microtubule methyl marks written by the SETD2 histone methyltransferase. This article opens a previously unknown window into how chromatin remodeler defects can drive disease via both epigenetic and cytoskeletal dysfunction.
Date: April 2, 2021
Creator: Karki, Menuka; Jangid, Rahul K.; Anish, Ramakrishnan; Seervai, Riyad N. H.; Bertocchio, Jean-Phillipe; Hotta, Takashi et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Exposure to diesel exhaust particles results in altered lung microbial profiles, associated with increased reactive oxygen species/reactive nitrogen species and inflammation, in C57Bl/6 wildtype mice on a high-fat diet (open access)

Exposure to diesel exhaust particles results in altered lung microbial profiles, associated with increased reactive oxygen species/reactive nitrogen species and inflammation, in C57Bl/6 wildtype mice on a high-fat diet

Article investigating if the exposure to diesel exhaust particles (DEP) can alter commensal lung microbiota, thereby promoting alterations in the lung’s immune and inflammatory responses. This article also explores if diet contributes to the alteration of the commensal lung microbiome.
Date: January 8, 2021
Creator: Daniel, Sarah; Phillippi, Danielle; Schneider, Leah J.; Nguyen, Kayla N.; Mirpuri, Julie & Lund, Amie K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elucidating the role of negative parenting in the genetic v. environmental influences on adult psychopathic traits (open access)

Elucidating the role of negative parenting in the genetic v. environmental influences on adult psychopathic traits

Article states that though adult psychopathic traits emerge from both genetic and environmental risk, no studies have examined etiologic associations between adult psychopathic traits and experiences of parenting in childhood, or the extent to which parenting practices may impact the heritability of adult psychopathic traits using a genetically-informed design. Utilizing a genetically-informed design, the authors found that both genetic and non-shared environmental factors contribute to the emergence of psychopathic traits.
Date: August 12, 2021
Creator: Dotterer, Hailey L.; Vazquez, Alexandra Y.; Hyde, Luke W.; Neumann, Craig S.; Santtila, Pekka; Pezzoli, Patrizia et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Actinide tetra-N-heterocyclic carbene ‘sandwiches’ (open access)

Actinide tetra-N-heterocyclic carbene ‘sandwiches’

Article preparing highly-symmetrical, thorium and uranium octakis-carbene ‘sandwich’ complexes by ‘sandwiching’ the An(IV) cations between two anionic macrocyclic tetra-NHC ligands. The complexes are characterized by a range of experimental methods and DFT calculations.
Date: May 10, 2021
Creator: DeJesus, Joseph F.; Kerr, Ryan W. F.; Penchoff, Deborah A.; Carroll, Xian B.; Peterson, Charles C.; Arnold, Polly L. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The use of digital technology for social wellbeing reduces social isolation in older adults: A systematic review (open access)

The use of digital technology for social wellbeing reduces social isolation in older adults: A systematic review

Article is a systematic review emphasizes the need for technology use in older adults to reduce social isolation.
Date: December 31, 2021
Creator: Sen, Keya; Prybutok, Gayle & Prybutok, Victor R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The allometric propagation of COVID-19 is explained by human travel (open access)

The allometric propagation of COVID-19 is explained by human travel

Article develops an allometric model capable of fitting the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and predicting the propagation of the illness for up to 100 days.
Date: December 18, 2021
Creator: Tuladhar, Rohisha; Grigolini, Paolo & Santamaria, Fidel
System: The UNT Digital Library
Using the Lonsdorf model for estimating habitat loss and fragmentation effects on pollination service (open access)

Using the Lonsdorf model for estimating habitat loss and fragmentation effects on pollination service

Article examining the effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on pollination separately according to the Lonsdorf model. Results show that the effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on pollination are completely different at the landscape and farm levels. This article shows that using the Lonsdorf model could lead to confusing results for the landscape ecologists and farmers who want to reduce the adverse effects of fragmentation on their products by creating new forest patches.
Date: March 22, 2021
Creator: Rahimi, Ehsan; Barghjelveh, Shahindokht & Dong, Pinliang
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recent advances in processing negation (open access)

Recent advances in processing negation

This article surveys previous work on negation with an emphasis on computational approaches.
Date: December 17, 2021
Creator: Morante, Roser & Blanco, Eduardo
System: The UNT Digital Library
Re-engineering Plant Phenylpropanoid Metabolism With the Aid of Synthetic Biosensors (open access)

Re-engineering Plant Phenylpropanoid Metabolism With the Aid of Synthetic Biosensors

Article that provides a brief overview of current research on synthetic biology and metabolic engineering approaches to control phenylpropanoid synthesis and phenylpropanoid-related biosensors, advocating for the use of biosensors and genetic circuits as a step forward in plant synthetic biology to develop autonomously-controlled phenylpropanoid-producing plant biofactories.
Date: September 16, 2021
Creator: Ferreira, Savio S. & Antunes, Mauricio S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Excited State Charge Separation in an Azobenzene-Bridged Perylenediimide Dimer – Effect of Photochemical Trans-Cis Isomerization (open access)

Excited State Charge Separation in an Azobenzene-Bridged Perylenediimide Dimer – Effect of Photochemical Trans-Cis Isomerization

Article demonstrating photoinduced charge transfer and separation events in a newly synthesized azobenzene-bridged perylenediimide-dimer (PDI-dimer). Results offer key insights on the role of the azobenzene bridge and the dimer geometry in governing the excited state charge transfer and separation in symmetrically linked PDI dimer.
Date: September 20, 2021
Creator: Zink-Lorre, Nathalie; Seetharaman, Sairaman; Gutiérrez-Moreno, David; Fernández-Lázaro, Fernando; Karr, Paul A. & D'Souza, Francis
System: The UNT Digital Library
A review on the modeling and validation of biomass pyrolysis with a focus on product yield and composition (open access)

A review on the modeling and validation of biomass pyrolysis with a focus on product yield and composition

Article reviewing the modeling and verification of products derived from biomass pyrolysis and discussing the possible solutions towards more accurate modeling of biomass pyrolysis.
Date: March 1, 2021
Creator: Xia, Changlei; Cai, Liping; Zhang, Haifeng; Zuo, Lei; Shi, Sheldon & Lam, Su Shiung
System: The UNT Digital Library
Application of Genome Editing in Tomato Breeding: Mechanisms, Advances, and Prospects (open access)

Application of Genome Editing in Tomato Breeding: Mechanisms, Advances, and Prospects

This article is a review presenting examples of gene editing responsible for conferring both biotic and abiotic stresses in tomato simultaneously. The literature on using this powerful technology to improve fruit quality, yield, and nutritional aspects in tomato is highlighted.
Date: January 12, 2021
Creator: Salava, Hymavathi; Thula, Sravankumar; Mohan, Vijee; Kumar, Rahul & Maghuly, Fatemeh
System: The UNT Digital Library