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Open AccessCXCL13 expressed on inflamed cerebral blood vessels recruit IL-21 producing TFH cells to damage neurons following stroke
Ischemic stroke is a leading cause of mortality worldwide, largely due to the inflammatory response to brain ischemia during post-stroke reperfusion. Despite ongoing intensive research, there have not been any...
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History, Botanical and Taxonomic Description, Domestication, and Spread
Finger millet (Eleusine coracana L. Gaertn) is an annual small-seeded cereal mainly grown in Africa and Asia for both grain and forage. Once considered an orphan crop for subsistence agriculture, it is today’s ma...
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Genomics-Assisted Improvement of Grain Quality and Nutraceutical Properties in Millets
Current projections suggest that the global population could reach nine billion by 2050. To meet the food demand of such a huge population, a 70% increase in global food production is projected by 2050. The co...
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Millets for Life: A Brief Introduction
Millets or nutri-cereals are high-energy foods; that were domesticated and cultivated as early as 10,000 years ago. The millets cultivation is taken up usually in degraded and marginal lands that receive very ...
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Global Scenario of Millets Cultivation
Millets are staple food in the develo** world, especially in the drylands of Africa and Asia. Most of the millets are indigenous to Africa and later domesticated to other parts of the world. Globally, millet...
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Tailoring crops to withstand rising temperature and declining precipitation may be unrewarding, therefore the potential of alternative undervalued crops such as horse gram can be explored for safeguarding food...
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Open AccessMitophagy is required for brown adipose tissue mitochondrial homeostasis during cold challenge
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is a specialized thermogenic organ in mammals. The ability of BAT mitochondria to generate heat in response to cold-challenge to maintain core body temperature is essential for organ...
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Genetic Manipulation of Root System Architecture to Improve Drought Adaptation in Sorghum
Drought is one of the most important abiotic stresses and severely affects global agricultural production. Root system architecture (RSA) is the key determinant of water acquisition under moisture stress, and ...
