Genetic divergence in the Snail Kite S. E. Haas t al. HORT COMMUNICATION Genetic divergence among Snail Kite subspecies: implications for the conservation of the endangered Florida Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis S. E. HAAS, 1 R. T. KIMBALL, 1 J. MARTIN 2 & W. M. KITCHENS 2 * 1 Department of Zoology, University of Florida, PO Box 118525, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA 2 Florida Cooperative Fi...

BACKGROUND Snail transcription factor can induce epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), associated with decreased cell adhesion-associated molecules like E-cadherin, increased mesenchymal markers like vimentin, leading to increased motility, invasion and metastasis. Muscadine grape skin extract (MSKE) has been shown to inhibit prostate cancer cell growth and induce apoptosis without affecting...

Shell damage and parasitic infections are frequent in gastropods, influencing key snail host life-history traits such as survival, growth, and reproduction. However, their interactions and potential effects on hosts and parasites have never been tested. Host-parasite interactions are particularly interesting in the context of the recently discovered division of labor in trematodes infecting mar...

BACKGROUND Metastasis is the most common cause of disease failure and mortality for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after surgical resection. Snail and TWIST1 are epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) regulators which induce metastasis. Intratumoral hypoxia followed by stabilisation of hypoxia-inducible factor 1alpha (HIF-1alpha) promotes metastasis through regulation of certain EMT regula...

use of molluscicides in the attractant food pellet (afp) is an effective method of snail control. different concentrations of these molluscicides viz. azadirachta indica bark powder, allium sativum bulb powder, polianthes tuberosa bulb powder, annona squamosa seed powder, their active components azadirachtin, allicin, hecogenin, acetogenin; herbal molluscicide pestoban and a synthetic molluscic...

ABSTRACT The Gaia snail is a spiral feature in the distribution of solar-neighbourhood stars position and velocity normal to Galactic midplane. probably arises from phase mixing gravitational disturbances that perturbed disc distant past. most common hypothesis primary disturbance resulted passage Sagittarius dwarf galaxy close solar neighbourhood. In this paper, we investigate alternative crea...

Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease caused by the schistosoma worm. A snail can act as intermediate host for parasite. Snail-population control considered to be an effective way schistosomiasis spread. In this paper, we discuss model incorporating predator biological agent. We prove that solutions of are non-negative and bounded. The existence condition equilibrium points investigated. deter...

BACKGROUND The preferential use of aerobic glycolysis by tumor cells lead to high accumulation of lactate in tumor microenvironment. Clinical evidence has linked elevated lactate concentration with cancer outcomes. However, the role and molecular mechanisms of lactate in cellular senescence and tumor progression remain elusive. METHODS The function of Snail in lactate-induced EMT in lung canc...

—The faucet snail Bithynia tentaculata, a nonindigenous aquatic snail from Eurasia, was introduced into Lake Michigan in 1871 and has spread to the mid-Atlantic states, the Great Lakes region, Montana, and most recently, the Mississippi River. The faucet snail serves as intermediate host for several trematodes that have caused large-scale mortality among water birds, primarily in the Great Lake...