58 (4): 1283-1297. Epub 2010 December 01.”
“Two new species of Angiostoma Dujardin, 1845 taken from the intestines of terrestrial molluscs (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora) collected in the UK are described and illustrated. Angiostoma milacis n. sp. is parasitic in milacid and agriolimacid slugs and is closely related to A. asamati Spiridonov, 1985. Angiostoma zonitidis n. sp. was found in a zonitid snail and is most closely related to A. kimmeriense Korol & Spiridonov, 1992 (emend.), a species also from zonitid snails. An amended generic diagnosis is proposed. The distribution of A. limacis and A. milacis sp. n. in hosts is discussed and

a key to the species of Angiostoma is presented.”
“Current agricultural technology Stattic depends on synthetic fertilizers and enhances the growth of herbivorous insect populations. Some organic farming uses bio-based nutrients instead and is considered the most promising way to mitigate the negative effects of conventional farming. The rice grasshopper Oxya japonica (Thunberg) (Orthoptera: Acrididae) is the most abundant herbivore in both conventional and organic fields in northern

Japan. This study investigated the effects of soil nutrients associated with conventional versus Selleck LY2606368 organic farming on rice plant quality,and the growth and performance of O. japonica in paddy fields at Sakata, Yamagata Prefecture. A laboratory experiment was also conducted to understand the effects, as mediated by host Linsitinib plant quality, of organic and conventional soil nutrients on the growth and feeding (as measured by the leaf area consumed) of O. japonica. Nymphs of O. japonica that fed on nitrogen-rich, carbon-poor plants cultivated in conventional soil grew and developed faster than those feeding on organic plants. The rice plants in conventional fields had greater biomasses, suggesting that they

were more likely to tolerate grasshopper damage. These results support the importance of soil nutrient management as a factor that influences plant-herbivore interactions.”
“To establish a system to study differentiation therapy drugs, we used the androgen-independent human prostate PC-3 tumor cell line as a target and alpha- and gamma-tocopherol as inducers. Effects of alpha- and gamma-tocopherol on the cell cycle, proliferation and differentiation, were examined. A more significant growth inhibition activity for gamma- than for alpha-tocopherol was observed. Flow cytometry analysis of alpha- and gamma-tocopherol-treated prostate carcinoma PC3 cells showed decreased progression into the S-phase. This effect, particularly evident for gamma-tocopherol, was associated with an up-regulation and increased activity of transglutaminase 2 (TG2), a reduced DNA synthesis and a remarkable decreased levels of cyclin D1 and cyclin E. Activation of TG2 suggests that gamma-tocopherol has an evident differentiative capacity on PC3 cells, leading to an increased expression of TG2, and reduced cyclin D1 and cyclin E levels, affecting cell cycle progression.