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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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• CO-EXPOSURE TO MICROPLASTICS AND CADMIUM: EFFECTS ON DNA DAMAGE IN MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS Marina PISCOPO, Giulio SANTANIELLO, Simona AMORE, Carmela MARINARO, Anna Rita BIANCHI, Martina FALACE, Bruno BERMAN, Gennaro LETTIERI, Anna DE MAIO | Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14535

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• EFFECTS OF POLYLACTIC ACID-NANOPLASTICS ON THE INTESTINAL BARRIER: IN VITRO ANALYSIS ON HUMAN EPITHELIAL CELLS Maria Gerarda LULLO¹, Raffaella D’AURIA¹, Marianna MARINO¹, Martina LOMBARDI¹, Giovanna DELLA PORTA^1,2, Erwin Pavel LAMPARELLI¹, Rosaria MECCARIELLO³, Andrea VIGGIANO^1,2, Antonietta SANTORO^1,2 | ¹Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, “Scuola Medica Salernitana”, University of Salerno, Fisciano, Salerno, Italy; ²Interdepartmental Observatory for Scientific Health Initiatives in Environmental Legislation and Disease Prevention, SHIELD, University of Salerno, Italy; ³Department of Medical, Motor and Wellness Sciences, University of Naples Parthenope, Naples, Italy

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14560

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• UNPACKING INNOVATION ECOSYSTEMS FOR PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT: THE CASE OF THE CìCLiCOM INITIATIVE Francesco CALZA, Ilaria TUTORE, Laura CHIANESE | University of Naples “Parthenope”, Italy

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14580

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• PRELIMINARY RESULTS ON MICROPLASTIC AND NANOPLASTIC IMPACT IN VIRUS AND BACTERIAL REPLICATION Nicoletta CAPUANO^1,2, Alessia GIANNATTASIO³, Noemi CAFA’^1,2, Anna BARBATO^1,2, Mariarosa SCOGNAMIGLIO⁴, Vincenzo BELGIORNO⁵, Luca RINALDI^6, Veronica FOLLIERO^1,2, Antonio BUONERBA³, Gianluigi FRANCI^1,2 | ¹Dipartimento di Medicina, Chirurgia e Odontoiatria, Scuola Medica Salernitana, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Baronissi (SA), Italia; ²UOS di Microbiologia e Virologia, AOU San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi D’Aragona, Salerno, Italia; ³Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Fisciano (SA), Italia; ⁴Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Fisciano (SA), Italia; ⁵Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Fisciano (SA), Italia; ⁶Dipartimento di Medicina e Scienze della Salute, Università degli Studi del Molise, Italy

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14541

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• INNOVATIVE MULTI-OMIC STRATEGIES TO EXPLORE MICRO- AND NANOPLASTIC EFFECTS Andrea INGENITO^1,2, Nicole PALMIERI^1,2,3, Alessio TROTTA^1,2, Vera ABENANTE^1,2, Jacopo TROISI^1,2,4 | ¹Theoreo srl, Montecorvino Pugliano, SA, Italy; ²European Institute of Metabolomics - Fondazione EIM, Baronissi (SA) Italy; ³Department of Chemistry and Biology, “A. Zambelli”, University of Salerno, Fisciano (SA); ⁴Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, “Scuola Medica Salernitana”, University of Salerno, Baronissi (SA), Italy

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14568

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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