Diet, Gut Health & Microbiome
Dietitian-led intervention to manage constipation in Parkinson’s disease: Study protocol for a parallel-group randomized controlled trial (NUTRI-GUT-PD) – Juliana Heitich Brendler – PLOS ONE
Efficacy and safety of prebiotics, probiotics, and synbiotics on hemoglobin and anemia in the pediatric population: A systematic review and meta-analysis – Gladys Estheysi Elías Solís – PLOS ONE
Pharmacokinetic model selection for infliximab based on inflammatory bowel disease phenotype and severity: Toward model-informed precision dosing – Ana Homšek Ilić – PLOS ONE
Pathogens, Infection & Host–Microbe Interactions
Neotropical bats as sentinels for emerging zoonoses in Central America: A case study identifying Trypanosoma cruzi in bats from Belize using metagenomic next-generation sequencing – Elissa G. Torgerson – PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Viral replication dynamics: Coinfection and superinfection of Vero cells with Zika virus and West Nile virus or Zika virus and Mayaro virus – Larissa Krokovsky – PLOS ONE
Phenotypic and molecular characterization of Salmonella enterica isolated from retail beef in Peshawar, Pakistan – Muhammad Jawad Ullah – PLOS ONE
Longitudinal study of a rodent invasion reveals shifts in host pathogen interactions – Andrew McManus – PLOS ONE
Noncanonical bactericidal activity of teleost type I interferon is conferred by a membrane-targeting C-terminal peptide – Han Zhang – PLOS Pathogens
A single DNA methylation site regulates cell fate during Clostridioides difficile sporulation – Pola Kuhn – PLOS Genetics
Microbial Genomics & Systems Biology
A systems biology approach to find representative genes in Acute Myeloid Leukemia– Behnam Aghajan – PLOS ONE
Aquatic & Animal Microbiology
Influence of salinity on growth, nutrient utilization, and gene expression of giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) – Farhana Ahamed Shanila – PLOS ONE
Metabolism, Inflammation & Human Health
Integrated computational analysis identifies FABP4, PTGS2, and HPGD as key molecular targets linking PET microplastic exposure to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease – Yi Zhang – PLOS ONE
Exploring the mechanism of Shuangyu Granule in regulating immune-inflammatory responses in influenza through UPLC-Orbitrap-MS/MS, GC-MS, and network target analysis – Ling Sun – PLOS ONE
Cardiometabolic risk pathways in adults with disabilities: A structural equation model of diet quality and functional ability – Radwan Qasrawi – PLOS ONE
Neuroscience & Neurodegeneration
Research advances in key genes and regulatory mechanisms of posttranslational modifications in Parkinson’s disease – Bangzhi Wang – PLOS ONE
Clinical & Healthcare Research
HF-OCAQ: Oral comfort assessment in heart failure patients – Mei Lu – PLOS ONE
Mental Health
Spirituality as a coping resource: Towards integration into mental health framework – Sajama Nepali – PLOS Mental Health
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