C. Silva

EMMPRIN confers metabolic advantage for monocytes and macrophages to promote disease in a model of multiple sclerosis

This study shows that EMMPRIN promotes pro-inflammatory metabolism in monocytes/macrophages, worsening multiple sclerosis, and its deletion reduces disease severity.

Growth increases but regeneration declines in response to warming and drying at Arctic treeline in white spruce (Picea glauca)

This study shows that warming and drying at an Arctic treeline site increased tree growth in mature trees but reduced sapling regeneration, suggesting potential limits to treeline advancement.

Targeting C5aR1 signaling reduced neutrophil extracellular traps and ameliorates COVID-19 pathology

This study shows that inhibiting C5aR1 signaling reduces neutrophil extracellular traps and improves lung pathology in COVID-19.

Botrytis cinerea infection accelerates ripening and cell wall disassembly to promote disease in tomato fruit

This study shows Botrytis cinerea accelerates tomato fruit ripening and cell wall disassembly to promote infection, dependent on pectin-degrading enzymes.

Effect of Adolescent Stress on Adult Morphine-Induced Behavioral Sensitization is Dependent Upon Genetic Background

This study investigates how adolescent stress affects adult morphine behavior, finding genetic differences in how C57BL/6J and BALB/cJ mice respond to stress and morphine.

Specific quorum sensing molecules are possibly associated with responses to herbicide toxicity in a Pseudomonas strain

This study investigates whether a Pseudomonas fluorescens strain uses quorum sensing to respond to herbicide toxicity, finding possible QS molecule involvement in reactive oxygen species production and biofilm formation under herbicide exposure.

The genetic structure and adaptation of Andean highlanders and Amazonian dwellers is influenced by the interplay between geography and culture

This paper examines the genetic structure and adaptation of Andean highlanders and Amazonian dwellers, showing how geography and culture influence genetic differentiation and natural selection.

Endozoochory of a dry fruited tree aids quarry passive restoration and seed soaking further increases seedling emergence

The paper examines how carnivore-mediated endozoochory and seed soaking affect seedling emergence in quarry restoration, finding that endozoochorous carob seeds perform similarly to untreated seeds and soaking improves emergence.

Molecular mechanisms of Evening Complex activity in Arabidopsis

This paper identifies the molecular mechanisms of the Evening Complex (EC) in Arabidopsis, showing how ELF3 and ELF4 modulate LUX DNA binding and demonstrating structure-based engineering of a modified LUX allele that alters plant growth.