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Aging is defined as progressive physiological alterations in an organism that lead to senescence. In response to stress, when proliferative-competent cells undergo permanent, irreversible growth arrest (like replicative dividing limit, oncogene activation, oxidative stress, or deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) damage), it is termed as cellular senescence. Biomarkers p53, telomerase, and other inflammatory cytokines have a vital link with senescence, and directed use of these markers might be useful in manipulating cancer and the aging process. We included studies related to topics ' accelerated aging due to cancer', telomerase's relation to Aging and Cancer, p53's relation to Aging and Cancer, Atherosclerosis and Cancer from Search databases like PubMed and Google Scholar. We relied on peer-reviewed articles and included literature from the last 10 years written in the English language. Degenerative diseases in humans are usually linked to atherosclerosis, and atherosclerosis is associated with short leukocyte telomere length. Cancer itself and its treatment are linked with accelerated aging by causing progressive shortening of telomeres during cell replication, resulting in cell death. Gene p53 is known to have a dual effect that works as a tumor suppressor and has pro-aging side effects. In experimental studies, when p53 overcomes multiple regulatory mechanisms controlling its activity, then only the pro-aging side effects of p53 manifested. This might be a potential key for treating cancer without causing the side-effects of aging. In this review, we aim to explain and summarize the interdependent nature of p53, telomeres, and other conventional mechanisms of aging and cancer like inflammation, oxidative stress, uncontrolled proliferation, angiogenesis, micro ribonucleic acids (RNAs), and apoptosis, with a more synergistic approach that can help in developing new therapeutics and play a potential role in shaping modern human lifespan and revolutionize cancer treatment.Primary melanocytic tumors of the central nervous system (CNS) arise from leptomeningeal melanocytes and possess a variable degree of aggressiveness. They have been classified into melanomatosis, melanocytoma, malignant melanoma, and diffuse melanocytosis. Melanocytic lesions of the CNS include both benign (leptomeningeal melanocytosis, melanocytoma) and malignant (leptomeningeal melanomatosis, melanoma) pathologies and the extent of anatomical site involvement dictates their clinical features. Primary CNS melanoma accounts for approximately 1% of all melanoma cases with a peak incidence in the fourth decade. Though the most common location of occurrence is in the lumbar region, our patient presented with a thoracolumbar lesion. We present a case of a 66-year-old white Caucasian male who presented with complaints of headache for six months and was thoroughly evaluated leading to a rare diagnosis of primary leptomeningeal melanoma.[This corrects the article DOI 10.1002/aps3.11387.].

We report a protocol for studying the function of apple (

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) transcription factors based on the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) system, which allows the dexamethasone (DEX)-mediated activation of plant transcription factors to monitor the expression levels of their potential target genes.

Apple leaves are transformed with a vector that allows the expression of the studied transcription factor (i.e., FLOWERING LOCUS C [MdFLC]) fused to GR. Calli derived from the transformed leaves are treated with DEX and cycloheximide, a protein synthesis inhibitor. SMIFH2 order Compared with other methods, combining the GR system with cycloheximide treatments enables the differentiation between direct and indirect transcription factor target genes. Finally, the expression levels of putative

target genes are quantified using quantitative reverse transcription PCR.

We demonstrate the efficiency of our GR system to study the function of apple transcription factors. This method is accessible to any laboratory familiar with basic molecular cloning procedures and the apple leaf-mediated agro-transformation technique.

We demonstrate the efficiency of our GR system to study the function of apple transcription factors. This method is accessible to any laboratory familiar with basic molecular cloning procedures and the apple leaf-mediated agro-transformation technique.

Phosphorus (P) is an essential macronutrient that is often limited in agricultural systems. Determining inorganic phosphate (Pi) contents of plant tissues is crucial for evaluating plant P status. Here, we present a simple, high-throughput colorimetric microplate technique to measure Pi contents in rice (

) leaf tissues, based on the molybdenum blue reaction.

We used a hole puncher to sample small equal areas of leaf tissue for Pi extraction. We removed the leaf grinding and weighing steps, which are time-consuming and normally required to release Pi from the tissues and to measure the biomass for data normalization, respectively. We showed that the punching method yielded comparable results to the conventional grinding method for two rice cultivars grown under various levels of P supply.

Compared with existing techniques, this protocol is more suited to an initial screening, enabling one researcher to determine the Pi contents of thousands of rice leaf samples within a few hours.

Compared with existing techniques, this protocol is more suited to an initial screening, enabling one researcher to determine the Pi contents of thousands of rice leaf samples within a few hours.

The family Salicaceae has proved taxonomically challenging, especially in the genus

, which is speciose and features frequent hybridization and polyploidy. Past efforts to reconstruct the phylogeny with molecular barcodes have failed to resolve the species relationships of many sections of the genus.

We used the wealth of sequence data in the family to design sequence capture probes to target regions of 300-1200 bp of exonic regions of 972 genes.

We recovered sequence data for nearly all of the targeted genes in three species of

and three species of

. We present a species tree, discuss concordance among gene trees, and present population genomic summary statistics for these loci.

Our sequence capture array has extremely high capture efficiency within the genera

and

, resulting in abundant phylogenetic information. Additionally, these loci show promise for population genomic studies.

Our sequence capture array has extremely high capture efficiency within the genera Populus and Salix, resulting in abundant phylogenetic information.