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Protein phosphorylation via protein kinases is an inevitable process that alters physiological and pathological functions of the cells. Thus, protein kinases play key roles in the regulation of cell life or death decisions. Protein kinases are frequently a driving factor in a variety of human diseases including aging and cellular senescence, immune system and endothelial dysfunctions, cancers, insulin resistance, cholestasis and neurodegenerative diseases, as well as bacterial resistance in persistent infections. Recent developments in quantitative proteomics provide important opinions on kinase inhibitor selectivity and their modes of action in the biological context. Protein Kinase-mediated Decisions Between Life and Death aims to have the reader catch insights about up-to-date opinions on “Protein Kinases” related pathways that threaten human health and life. As “Protein Kinases” are related to many health problems, clinicians, basic science researchers and students need this information. Chapter “Signal Transduction in Immune Cells and Protein Kinases” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Pharmacology. --- Pharmacology/Toxicology. --- Drug effects --- Medical pharmacology --- Medical sciences --- Chemicals --- Chemotherapy --- Drugs --- Pharmacy --- Physiological effect --- Protein kinases. --- Proteomics. --- Molecular biology --- Proteins --- Protein kinase --- Protein phosphotransferases --- Phosphotransferases

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Apomixis is the consequence of a concerted mechanism that harnesses the sexual machinery and coordinates developmental steps in the ovule to produce an asexual (clonal) seed. Altered sexual developments involve widely characterized functional and anatomical changes in meiosis, gametogenesis, and embryo and endosperm formation. The ovules of apomictic plants skip meiosis and form unreduced female gametophytes whose egg cells develop into a parthenogenetic embryo, and the central cells may or may not fuse to a sperm to develop the seed endosperm. Thus, functional apomixis involves at least three components, apomeiosis, parthenogenesis, and endosperm development, modified from sexual reproduction that must be coordinated at the molecular level to progress through the developmental steps and form a clonal seed. Despite recent progress uncovering specific genes related to apomixis-like phenotypes and the formation of clonal seeds, the molecular basis and regulatorynetwork of apomixis is still unknown. This is a central problem underlying the current limitations of apomixis breeding. This book collates twelve publications addressing different topics around the molecular basis of apomixis, illustrating recent discoveries and advances toward understanding the genetic regulation of the trait, discussing the possible origins of apomixis and the remaining challenges for its commercial deployment in plants.

apomixis --- evolution --- germline --- gene regulation --- sporogenesis --- plant reproduction --- ribosome --- RNA helicase --- sexual development --- stress response --- apomeiosis --- clonal seeds --- endosperm --- heterosis capture --- molecular breeding --- parthenogenesis --- differentially expressed genes --- hybridization --- microarrays --- polyploidy --- Ranunculus --- sexuality --- character segregation --- crop biotechnology --- heterosis --- meiosis --- recombination --- agamospermy --- basal angiosperms (ANA-grade) --- sporocyteless --- polycomb-group proteins --- reproductive systems --- apomixis evolution --- APOSTART --- Poa pratensis --- diplospory --- autonomous endosperm --- genetics --- Taraxacum --- dandelion --- weeping lovegrass --- drought stress --- RNA-seq --- plant breeding --- plant development --- Hieracium piloselloides --- CRISPR/Cas9 --- PHYTOENE DESATURASE (PDS) --- amplicon sequencing --- genome editing --- tissue culture --- haploid progeny --- dicotyledon --- PsASGR-BBML --- pseudogamy --- 5-azacytidine --- abscisic acid --- apospory --- expression profiling --- fluridone --- metabolic homeostasis --- oxidative stress --- sucrose non-fermenting-related protein kinase --- n/a

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p38 Mitogen activated protein kinases (p38MAPK) are a group of evolutionary conserved protein kinases which are central for cell adaptation to environmental changes as well as for immune response, inflammation, tissue regeneration and tumour formation. The interest in this group of protein kinases has grown continually since their discovery. Recent studies using new genetic and pharmacological tools are providing helpful information on the function of these stress-activated protein kinases and show that they have an acute impact on the development of prevalent diseases related to inflammation, diabetes, neurodegeneration, and cancer. In this Special Issue we present novel advances and review the knowledge on the identification of p38MAPK substrates, functions, and regulation; mechanisms underlying the role of p38MAPK in malignant transformation and other pathologies; and therapeutic opportunities associated with regulation of p38MAPK activity.

Research & information: general --- arginine methylation --- erythroid differentiation --- MKK3 --- phosphorylation, PRMT1 --- p38 MAPK --- cocaine --- conditioned place preference --- reward --- stress --- anxiety --- depression --- nucleus accumbens --- social interaction --- k opioid receptors --- p38α --- Rab5 --- endosome --- Alzheimer’s --- Lewy Bodies --- amyloid-β --- tau --- α-synuclein --- p38-MAPK α inhibitor --- Alzheimer’s disease --- synaptic plasticity --- neuroinflammation --- β-amyloid --- Tau --- Kv4.2 --- seizure --- temporal lobe epilepsy --- hippocampus --- neuronal firing and excitability --- p38MAPK --- nuclear translocation --- β-like importins --- inflammation --- cancer --- skeletal muscle --- energy metabolism --- signal transduction --- exercise --- type 2 diabetes --- p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase --- bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis --- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis --- RNA sequencing --- alveolar epithelial type II cells --- MAPK --- p38 --- physiology --- metabolism --- signaling --- hypoxia --- arrhythmia --- MAPK11 --- p38β --- n/a --- Alzheimer's --- Alzheimer's disease

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In this book is reported novel information on diagnosis, treatment, and control of parasites that are naturally transmitted from animal reservoirs to humans. Subjects: Public Health and Healthcare: Prevention; Medicine and Pharmacology: Therapy.

Research & information: general --- canine vector-borne disease --- blocking primers --- blood DNA extraction --- next-generation sequencing --- kit contaminant bacteria --- mosquito-borne disease --- pest control --- insecticide resistance --- biological control --- paratransgenesis --- Wolbachia --- Asaia --- Bacillus --- Strongyloides stercoralis --- soil-transmitted helminths --- hookworms --- zoonotic parasites --- Australian remote communities --- One Health --- biting midges --- vector --- mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I --- C. gornostaevae --- C. griseidorsum --- C. pallidicornis --- onchocerciasis --- Onchocerca volvulus --- antibodies --- diagnosis --- OV16 testing --- microfilariae --- epilepsy --- Dirofilaria immitis --- modified Knott’s test --- ELISA --- immune complex dissociation --- serological assays --- bacterial profile --- cox1 --- Haemaphysalis bancrofti --- Ixodes holocyclus --- Ixodes trichosuri --- Ixodes tasmani --- V3-V4 16S rRNA gene --- mosquito virome --- CRESS-DNA viruses --- CyCV-VN --- insect-specific viruses --- ISV --- BatCV --- Leishmania --- protozoan parasite --- epidemiology --- environment --- Toxocara --- multiple sclerosis --- association --- meta-analysis --- Transphlebotomus --- Central Europe --- autoimmunofluorescence --- MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry --- genotyping --- leishmaniasis --- Polygonum salicifolium --- chalcone --- flavanone --- Leishmania mexicana --- Trypanosoma brucei brucei --- Trypanosoma congolense --- Canis lupus --- Vulpes vulpes --- Sarcoptes scabiei --- PCR --- serology --- Iberian Peninsula --- toxoplasmosis --- animals --- native antigens --- recombinant antigens --- Echinococcus --- NaOH --- LAMP --- DNA extraction --- taeniid egg isolation --- schistosomiasis --- Schistosoma japonicum --- right open reading frame protein kinase (riok) genes --- riok-1 --- RIOK-1 --- double-stranded RNA interference (RNAi) --- chemical inhibition --- toyocamycin --- developmental and reproductive biology --- blood filter paper --- Chagas disease --- Nobuto strip --- Trypanosoma cruzi --- mammalian surveillance --- neglected tropical diseases --- Culex pipiens s. l. --- Culex torrentium --- Culiseta glaphyroptera --- caves --- subterranean environment --- Luxembourg --- Germany --- n/a --- modified Knott's test

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In this Special Issue, we have published papers on the health-promoting effects of nutraceuticals from different sources, and their effects in different pathologies. Extracts from plants have been analyzed, for example, extracts from olive leaves, Mikania micrantha, the devil’s claw, raspberries and others, alongside marine phytoplankton, egg-yolk and marketed dietary supplements. The effects of these extracts and dietary supplements have been studied in diseases associated with obesity, and in diseases where inflammation pathways are involved. The effectiveness of resveratrol and curcumin to support the anticancer activity of cisplatin has also been reported, as well as the ability of devil’s claw root extract to stimulate the CB2 receptors in synoviocytes in osteoarthritis patients. The anti-oxidant effect of marine phytoplankton has been studied on muscle damage, both in humans and in an animal model, and the effects of the metabolite of antocianin were analyzed in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Finally, reviews on the use of lactoferrin, ω3 and ω6 and abscisic acid have been reported, in addition to the crosstalk between prostate cancer and microbiota inflammation. Although it is not yet possible to draw definitive conclusions on the use of nutraceuticals, several mechanisms of action for many of them have been further clarified.

Humanities --- Social interaction --- fertility --- ingredients --- male reproduction --- semen parameters --- supplements --- allithiamine --- garlic --- hyperglycaemia --- advanced glycation end-products --- cytokines --- abscisic acid --- prediabetes --- type 2 diabetes mellitus --- metabolic syndrome --- insulin resistance --- adipocyte browning --- AMP-activated protein kinase --- food supplement --- frambinone --- meal frequency --- open-field test --- elevated plus maze --- sensory motor gating --- pre-pulse inhibition --- c-Fos --- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis --- anti-inflammatory --- antioxidant --- phenolic acid --- neuroprotective --- neurodegeneration --- obesity --- overweight --- beta-glucans --- chitosan --- follow up study --- weight loss programs --- weight gain --- weight loss --- body weight changes --- phytoplankton --- antioxidants --- muscle damage --- muscle recovery --- muscle soreness --- Viburnum opulus --- phenolic compounds --- adipogenesis --- PPARγ --- lipase inhibition --- green tea --- epigallocatechin --- lipid profile --- high-fat diet --- fast food --- osteoarthritis --- nutraceuticals --- polyphenols --- volatile compounds --- β-caryophyllene --- eugenol --- FAAH --- cannabinoid receptors --- phospholipases --- lactoferrin --- bovine milk --- nutraceutical --- human health --- resveratrol --- curcumin --- cisplatin --- head and neck cancer --- cell cycle --- apoptosis --- prostate cancer --- microbiota --- nutraceutical compounds --- fecundation --- inflammation --- cytokine --- growth factors --- metabolomics --- lipidomics --- ω-3PUFAs --- ω-6PUFAs --- endocannabinoids --- CRC --- fatty acids --- Gymnema inodorum --- gymnemic acid --- Mikania micrantha --- anti-hypercholesterolemia --- steatosis --- olive leaf --- macrophages