Chlorophyll and carotenoid are the main pigments that responsible for coloration of citrus fruit. The changes in their contents related to development stage During fruit maturation, carotenoids massively accumulated flavedo juice sacs, while chlorophyll decreased rapidly. In contrast, increase content decrease observed during regreening process. addition, plant hormones environmental conditions...

Calcium export is a key function for the enamel organ during all stages of amelogenesis. Expression of a number of ATPase calcium transporting, plasma membrane genes (ATP2B1-4/PMCA1-4), solute carrier SLC8A genes (sodium/calcium exchanger or NCX1-3), and SLC24A gene family members (sodium/potassium/calcium exchanger or NCKX1-6) have been investigated in the developing enamel organ in earlier st...

The growth of cherry fruit is generally described using a double sigmoid model, divided into four stages. Abiotic factors are considered to be significant components in modifying growth, and among these, the vapor pressure deficit (VPD) deemed most effective. In this study, we investigated sweet through continuous, hourly monitoring transversal diameter over two consecutive years (2019 2020), f...

The objective of this study is to analyse the diagnostic performance of the circumpubertal dental maturation phases for the identification of individual-specific skeletal maturation phases. A total of 354 healthy subjects, 208 females and 146 males (mean age, 11.1 ± 2.4 years; range, 6.8-17.1 years), were enrolled in the study. Dental maturity was assessed through the calcification stages from ...

Biochemical and morphological evidence is presented to support the characterization of a rat bone-marrow-derived cell line (RPM) as an analog of the promegakaryoblast. The conditions for in vitro growth and maturation of the RPM line are described. Rapid proliferation of the RPM line is readily achieved when cultures are supplemented with moderate levels of fetal bovine serum (FBS). The prolife...

  Background : Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a complicated kidney problem causing permanent renal failure in progressive stages. The final stage of CKD is called ESRD in which most accepted management is Hemodialysis (HD). Arterio-Venus Fistula (AVF) is the most practical way of making proper access to the blood circulatory system however, maturation of the AVF is a challenge, since there are...

Amelogenesis Imperfecta (AI) is a clinical diagnosis that encompasses a group of genetic mutations, each affecting processes involved in tooth enamel formation and thus, result in various enamel defects. The hypomaturation enamel phenotype has been described for mutations involved in the later stage of enamel formation, including Klk4, Mmp20, C4orf26, and Wdr72. Using a candidate gene approach ...

Mitochondria (mt) have been reported to be closely related to the maturation of mammalian oocytes, but their function in oocyte maturation has not been elucidated. In this study, we examined the kinetics of mt and chromatin configuration during in vitro maturation of mouse oocytes to clarify the relationship between oocyte maturation and mitochondrial distribution morphologically. Oocytes were ...

to describe the morphological and histological changes during the annual reproductive cycle of the gonads of cyprinion tenuiradius, a total of 341 specimens (102 female and 235 male specimens) were collected monthly from the rudbal river (in the qarah aghaj sub-basin, the persian gulf basin), firuzabad, fars province, southern iran. the randomly sampling was adequate to collect males and female...

Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) is a neuropeptide originally purified from ovine hypothalamus for its potent activity to stimulate cAMP production. However, its presence and action have also been demonstrated in various peripheral tissues including the ovary. In the zebrafish, two forms of PACAP (PACAP(38)-1, adcyap1a; and PACAP(38)-2, adcyap1b) and three PACAP recept...