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Original Research

Published on 06 Mar 2026

Dual effects of slightly acidic electrolyzed water on rice seed germination: insights from water dynamics via low-field NMR

in Crop and Product Physiology

Tiangang Hou
Fangming Cui
Mengnan Yang
Wenzhong Zhang
Jiping Gao
Mingjin Xin
Hongguang Cui
Cuihong Liu
Liyan Wu

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2026.1740753

Review

Published on 06 Mar 2026

Role of lactylation-induced macrophage failed phenotypic switching in sustaining inflammation of diabetic wounds

in Inflammation

Jiatong Wang
Kairui Wang
Zhihan Hu
Yunwei Wang
Yuchen Kang
Xiaohui Liu
Yuheng Zhang
Yi Liu

Frontiers in Immunology

doi 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1777272

Original Research

Published on 06 Mar 2026

Navigating language learning through metalinguistic beliefs: a theoretical exploration informed by multilingual narratives

in Bilingualism

Constanza Quinteros Ortiz

Frontiers in Language Sciences

doi 10.3389/flang.2026.1757671

102 views

Original Research

Published on 06 Mar 2026

Pan-immune-inflammation value: racial variations and differences in prognostic accuracy across breast cancer subtypes at a single institution

in Breast Cancer

Indigo Johnson
Atif Bacchus
Ross Budziszewski
Scott D. Siegel
Jennifer Sims-Mourtada

Frontiers in Oncology

doi 10.3389/fonc.2026.1694711

Original Research

Published on 06 Mar 2026

Acute effect of citrulline malate on flow-mediated dilation and serum pharmacodynamics in healthy young males

in Vascular Physiology

Johan Grannes
Nigel A. Callender
Adam M. Gonzalez
Jonny Hisdal
Fredrik T. Vårvik
Thomas Bjørnsen

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2026.1773582

229 views

Mini Review

Published on 06 Mar 2026

Endonasal flap reconstruction in sinonasal malignancy

in Head and Neck Cancer

Kalpesh Hathi
Christopher J. Chin

Frontiers in Oncology

doi 10.3389/fonc.2026.1777655

Original Research

Published on 06 Mar 2026

Interpretable AI for treatment decision-making in immunoradiotherapy of locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma

in Pharmacology of Anti-Cancer Drugs

Guili Cao
Bin Zeng
Zifu Yuan
Xiao Hu
Hai Ou

Frontiers in Oncology

doi 10.3389/fonc.2026.1775802

Original Research

Published on 06 Mar 2026

Genome-wide identification of the HSF gene family in Chinese chestnut and functional characterization of CmHSF4 under temperature stress

in Plant Abiotic Stress

XiuRong Xu
ZiQi Wu
Xibing Jiang
Shiming Cheng

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2026.1749489

184 views

Original Research

Published on 06 Mar 2026

Effect of building representation on pluvial flood risk in urban areas: the Podoniftis basin, Greece

in Urban Science

Marcos Julien Alexopoulos
Panayiotis Dimitriadis
Emela Mitsi
Demetris Koutsoyiannis
Denis Istrati
Theano Iliopoulou

Frontiers in Built Environment

doi 10.3389/fbuil.2026.1757749

174 views

Original Research

Published on 06 Mar 2026

Sperm whale hotspots off western Ireland and the importance of dynamic variables as shown by a multiscale Bayesian additive regression trees workflow

in Marine Megafauna

Cynthia Barile
Simon Berrow
Jonathan Gordon
Rossa Meade
Morgane Pommier
Joanne O’Brien

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2026.1767540

149 views

Case Report

Published on 06 Mar 2026

Next generation sequencing guided treatment of ALK tyrosine kinase inhibitor induced long survival in lung squamous cell carcinoma harboring ROS1 gene fusions: a case report and literature review

in Precision Medicine

Mei Liu
Fenge Li
Ning Mu
Ning Kang
Shengnan Wu
Yue Xu
Xinyi Wang
Huan Lü
Chunhua Ma

Frontiers in Medicine

doi 10.3389/fmed.2026.1771353

Original Research

Published on 06 Mar 2026

Clinical and immunological differentiation of isolated IgG and combined IgG & IgM deficiencies from common variable immunodeficiency

in Primary Immunodeficiencies

Yagmur Dogru
Faranaz Atschekzei
Damla Dogru
Torsten Witte
Georgios Sogkas

Frontiers in Immunology

doi 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1777332

Original Research

Published on 06 Mar 2026

miRNA-associated gene networks reveal potential candidate markers for Alzheimer’s disease

in RNA Networks and Biology

Shujuan Pan
Yanfang Zhou
Xiaoyu Wang
Jinghui Tong
Yanli Li
Junchao Huang
Song Chen
Yimin Cui
Zhiren Wang
Yun-Long Tan

Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences

doi 10.3389/fmolb.2025.1699404

249 views

Review

Published on 06 Mar 2026

Genetic and epigenetic determinants of vitamin D metabolism: nutrigenomic insights for precision nutrition

in Nutrigenomics

Fatima Qahtan
Salma Abu-Qiyas
Dimitrios Papandreou

Frontiers in Nutrition

doi 10.3389/fnut.2026.1772849

Original Research

Published on 06 Mar 2026

Cryopreservation duration does not affect pregnancy or neonatal outcomes in single high-quality blastocyst transfers: a multicenter retrospective study

in Reproduction

Tingting He
Xia Xue
Wei Li
Bo Huang
Xinling Ren
Bingxin Ma
Youzhu Li
Lei Jin
Juanzi Shi

Frontiers in Endocrinology

doi 10.3389/fendo.2026.1743765

Case Report

Published on 06 Mar 2026

Case report: Tumor-like mediastinal tuberculous lymphadenitis with paravertebral cold abscess under cumulative immunosuppression: a case highlighting altered host–pathogen interactions

in Microbial Immunology

Xiaoqing Zhou
Zhangjing Sun
Chen Chen
Xin Lv
Ruilin Chen
Zhen Wang

Frontiers in Immunology

doi 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1780714

Articles

Dual effects of slightly acidic electrolyzed water on rice seed germination: insights from water dynamics via low-field NMR

Role of lactylation-induced macrophage failed phenotypic switching in sustaining inflammation of diabetic wounds

Navigating language learning through metalinguistic beliefs: a theoretical exploration informed by multilingual narratives

Pan-immune-inflammation value: racial variations and differences in prognostic accuracy across breast cancer subtypes at a single institution

Acute effect of citrulline malate on flow-mediated dilation and serum pharmacodynamics in healthy young males

Endonasal flap reconstruction in sinonasal malignancy

Interpretable AI for treatment decision-making in immunoradiotherapy of locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Genome-wide identification of the HSF gene family in Chinese chestnut and functional characterization of CmHSF4 under temperature stress

Effect of building representation on pluvial flood risk in urban areas: the Podoniftis basin, Greece

Sperm whale hotspots off western Ireland and the importance of dynamic variables as shown by a multiscale Bayesian additive regression trees workflow

Next generation sequencing guided treatment of ALK tyrosine kinase inhibitor induced long survival in lung squamous cell carcinoma harboring ROS1 gene fusions: a case report and literature review

Clinical and immunological differentiation of isolated IgG and combined IgG & IgM deficiencies from common variable immunodeficiency

miRNA-associated gene networks reveal potential candidate markers for Alzheimer’s disease

Genetic and epigenetic determinants of vitamin D metabolism: nutrigenomic insights for precision nutrition

Cryopreservation duration does not affect pregnancy or neonatal outcomes in single high-quality blastocyst transfers: a multicenter retrospective study

Case report: Tumor-like mediastinal tuberculous lymphadenitis with paravertebral cold abscess under cumulative immunosuppression: a case highlighting altered host–pathogen interactions