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The Journal of Biological Research – Bollettino della Società Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale is one of the oldest journals in Biology. Founded in 1925 the journal is available in Medline until 2001 and Scopus since 2014. The Journal of Biological Research – Bollettino della Società Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale is an online-only peer-reviewed journal which welcomes papers dealing with any aspect of experimental biology. Papers concerning clinical topics can be accepted only if they include experimental laboratory data. Original communications, review articles or short communications may be submitted.

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• MICRO- AND NANOPLASTIC CONTAMINATION IN HUMAN ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUES AND ITS IMPACT ON CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS Raffaele MARFELLA | Department of Advanced clinical and surgical sciences, University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14548

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• D-ASPARTATE ALLEVIATES THE TESTICULAR DAMAGE INDUCED BY POLYSTYRENE MICROPLASTICS Sara FALVO¹, Giulia GRILLO¹, Gabriella CHIEFFI BACCARI¹, Alessandra SANTILLO¹, Imed MESSAOUDI², Maria Maddalena DI FIORE¹, Alessandra BIASI³, Maria Rosaria AMBRUOSI³, Massimo VENDITTI³ | ¹Dept. of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Campania L. Vanvitelli, Caserta, Italy; ²LR11ES41: Génétique, Biodiversité et Valorisation des Bioresources, Institut Supérieur de Biotechnologie, Université de Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia; ³Dept of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’, Napoli, Italy

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14564

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• AIRBORNE MICROPLASTICS IN WORKPLACES: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM A MULTI-SITE INVESTIGATION OF PLASTIC HANDLING AND PROCESSING FACILITIES Claudia CAMPANALE¹, Leonardo BARLUCCHI², Augusta PICCARDI¹, Marcello DE ROSSI^3, Giordano MORELLI³, Jacopo LA NASA², Francesca MODUGNO², Lorenzo PALUMBO¹ | ¹Dept. of Environment & Health, National Institute of Health (ISS), Rome; ²Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa; ³Laboratory of Industryal Hygiene – ASL Viterbo, Viterbo, Italy

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14554

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• EVALUATION OF TRANS-EPITHELIAL PENETRATION AND MICROPLASTIC-INDUCED TISSUE DAMAGE IN A 3D MODEL OF HUMAN RESPIRATORY MUCOSA Adelaide CARISTA¹, Domiziana PICONE¹, Giulia Maria Giorgia LO PIANO¹, Olga Maria MANNA^2,3, Stefano BURGIO^3,4, Giuseppa D’AMICO¹, Margherita FERRANTE⁵, Gea OLIVERI CONTE⁵, Francesca RAPPA¹, Rosario BARONE¹, Fabio BUCCHIERI¹, Alessandro PITRUZZELLA¹, Alberto FUCARINO⁶ | ¹Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (BiND), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy; ²Pathologic Anatomy Unit, Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy; ³Euro-Mediterranean Institute of Science and Technology (IEMEST), Palermo, Italy; ⁴Department of Medicine and Surgery, Kore University of Enna, Enna, Italy; ⁵Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Chirurgiche e Tecnologie Avanzate "G.F. Ingrassia", Università degli Studi di Catania, Igiene e Sanità Pubblica; ⁶Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, eCampus University, Novedrate, Italy

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14562

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• BIODEGRADATION OF POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE MICROPLASTIC IN THE RUMEN OF CATTLE Sonia TASSONE¹, Salvatore BARBERA¹, Valentina BALESTRA², Rabeb ISSAOUI¹, Hatsumi KAIHARA¹, Stefania PRAGLIOLA³, Vincenzo VENDITTO³, Khalil ABID¹ | ¹Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari – Università di Torino; ²Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Ambiente, del Territorio e delle Infrastrutture, Politecnico di Torino; ³Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia – Università di Salerno, Italy

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14536

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• Growing patterns of multi-drug resistance in wound infections: a retrospective cross-sectional study from northern Iraq

  Khanda A. Anwar, Sharaza Q. Omer, Ayman M. Mustafa, Rawezh Q. Salih, Hidayat A. Yaseen, Hawnaz S. Abdullah, Wafa A. Hamaameen, Berun A. Abdalla, Shnya H. Ahmed, Dlsoz M. Hussein, Dahat A. Hussein, Awara K. Hama Rashid, Sasan M. Ahmed, Fahmi Kakamad

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.13807

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• Impact of subclinical hypothyroidism on clinical, hormonal, and metabolic parameters in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: the role of levothyroxine therapy

  Zana Sabri Qasim, Suzan Omer Rasool

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.13712

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• Impact of niacin combined with ubiquinone on inhibition of lipoprotein lipase as a mechanism of anti-obesity and antiatherogenic agents in rats fed on high-fat diet

  Fatma A. Eissa, Taha A. Kumosani, Elie K. Barbour, Soonham S. Yaghmoor, Khalid M. El-Say, May M.M. Tadros, Said S. Moselhy

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.13730

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• Sexual dysfunction in women with newly diagnosed thyroid dysfunction: a novel report from Basrah, Iraq

  Samih Abed Odhaib, Mahmood Thamer Altemimi, Abbas Ali Mansour

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.13578

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• Clinical and biological significance of estrogen receptor-positive/progesterone receptor-negative in invasive breast cancer: bioinformatic analysis

  Maryam Althobiti, Raef Albugami, Mohammed Alnamnakani, Samir Alharbi, Michael Toss, Rajender Kumar, Fahad Alkhureeb

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.13361

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• Anti-inflammatory peptides and proteins from venomous snakes: a short review

  Fernando Lazcano-Pérez, Adrián Marcelo Franco-Vásquez, Ayetza Mathob Rodríguez-García, Roberto Arreguin-Espinosa

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.12996

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• Cytotoxic activity of the crude extract and derived fractions from the sea anemone Telmatactis panamensis against cancer cell lines

  María Ivonne Garcia-Quezada, Fernando Lazcano-Pérez, Judith Sánchez-Rodríguez

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.12720

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• Correlation of N-telopeptide of type 1 collagen and C-telopeptide of type 1 collagen in Iraqi women with breast cancer

  Zainab A. Salman, Rasha Abbas Azeez, Heba Kazhaal Mahmood

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.12728

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• Antioxidant and antibacterial potential of Chromolaena odorata (L.) medicinal plant extracts

  Naruemon Bunkaew, Pattarapong Saensena, Penpicha Boonpeng, Pattarawadee Sumranmak, Thunjira Hanpipatsatian, Wanida Pan-utai

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.12500

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• 97th National Congress of the Italian Society for Experimental Biology | Palermo, Italy, 10-13 April 2025

  The Editors

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.13875

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• Reduced folate carrier 1 (RFC1) gene polymorphisms among acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients

  Mashaer Taha Edris, Maye Mohammad Merghani, Shaza Salih Gafar, Ahmed Mohamed Asmeli, Elrashed B. Yasin, Raed Alserihi, Haitham M.H. Qutob, Aymen Yasin, Elshazali Ali

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.13105

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• Advanced glycation end products and human diseases

  Hamad Abu Zahra

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.12656

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• Evaluation of the activity of geraniol isolated from lemongrass (Cymbopogon commutatus Stapf.) on ochratoxin A-induced nephrotoxicity: role of the pPI3K/AKT-Nrf2 signaling pathway

  Rebai Ben Ammar, Shouq Nafea Al Mutairi, Peramaiyan Rajendran, Gamal M. Bekhet, Maged Elsayed Mohamed, Rashid Ismael Hag Ibrahim, Hamad Abu Zahra, Sarah Abdulaziz Alamer , Mohammed Salem Moqbel, Riadh Ksouri

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.13166

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• Estimation of lipid profile and some inflammatory biomarkers in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 linked to hypertension

  Raed Madhi, Nidhal A. Hashim, Zainab A.J.R. Al-Ali , Noor Thair Tahir

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2024.12484

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• Implication of depleted uranium in human carcinogenesis with a glance to implementation of novel and reliable experimental models

  Stefano Burgio, Valerio Gennaro, Olga Maria Manna, Domiziana Picone, Adelaide Carista, Francesco Cappello

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2024.12663

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• The hemolysis index as a tool for monitoring mild hemolysis in biochemical assays at the emergency laboratory

  Sofiane Bouazza, Amine Bouarfa, Ali Khalfa, Slimane Brikhou, Abbassia Demmouche

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2024.12469

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• Genetic variation in GSTP1 and TBXA2R genes: influence of Badoush cement factory pollutant

  Dema Mohammed Sabah, Mohammad Ibrahim Khalil

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2024.12892

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• Abnormal proteolytic activity profile in plasma of blood donors according to anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG titer

  Tetiana Halenova, Antonina Rachkovska , Daryna Krenytska , Oleksandra Kostiuk, Vitalii Karbovskyy, Tetiana Vovk, Nataliia Raksha, Olexii Savchuk, Liudmyla Ostapchenko

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2024.12567

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• Optimization attributes of fig (Ficus carica L.) salad dressing enrichment by Mentha pulegium L. extract and carboxymethyl cellulose

  Marjan Nouri, Farida Tromideh

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2024.12672

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• Cytological analysis of interspecific hybrids of cotton

  Gulnoza Toshpulatova, Sayfulla Boboyev, Mirvakhob Mirakhmedov, Navruzbek Khusanov, Ulug‘bek Abdukarimov

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2024.12056

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• Contribution to knowledge of the true bugs species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in the habitats of the Berati area in Albania

  Eltjon Halimi, Xhuliana Qirinxhi, Anila Paparisto, Gerta Subashaj

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2024.12479

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• On probiotic integration in the management of inflammation and the maintenance of the intestinal epithelial barrier’s integrity

  Giovanna Traina

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2024.12362

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• Sudden cardiac death in the young. From gross to molecular autopsy

  Gaetano Thiene, Cristina Basso, Monica De Gaspari, Stefania Rizzo

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2024.12184

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