Defect Engineering | List of Frontiers open access articles

Original Research

Published on 04 Mar 2026

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockout of DFR alters pigmentation and shifts flavonoid accumulation in red leaf lettuce without detectable growth penalties

in Genome Editing in Plants

Ai Nagamine
Masaki Ono
Osuke Sato
Eiji Goto
Hiroshi Ezura

Frontiers in Genome Editing

doi 10.3389/fgeed.2026.1755922

Original Research

Published on 04 Mar 2026

The impact of family parenting styles on behavioral and emotional problems in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: the mediating role of mobile phone addiction

in Addictive Behaviors

Fang Sun
Ying Wang

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1729300

163 views

Original Research

Published on 04 Mar 2026

University governance and institutional management for sustainability: teachers’ perspectives on policy implementation in higher education

in Higher Education

Johnatan Castro-Gómez
Natalia Marulanda-Grisales
César Zapata-Molina
Javier A. Sánchez-Torres

Frontiers in Education

doi 10.3389/feduc.2026.1731067

Perspective

Published on 04 Mar 2026

Redefining precision in biliary surgery: a paradigm shift from operative mastery to prognostic-driven strategy

in Visceral Surgery

Zhi-Yuan Bai
Peng-Fei Zhang

Frontiers in Surgery

doi 10.3389/fsurg.2026.1748054

Editorial

Published on 04 Mar 2026

Editorial: The role of nutritional supplements and oral complementary or alternative medicine supplements for the management of chronic conditions in children

in Children and Health

Angharad Vernon-Roberts
Andrew S. Day

Frontiers in Pediatrics

doi 10.3389/fped.2026.1803405

Original Research

Published on 04 Mar 2026

Analyses on patterns of lymph node metastasis and its impact on prognosis in thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma treated with neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone: a single-center, retrospective cohort study

in Cancer Immunity and Immunotherapy

Weibin Liu
Yujie Deng
Xuejin Zheng
Weikun Su
Jianqing Zheng
Yijin Lin
Weijin Xiao
Yi Shi
Jiarong Zhang
Weimin Fang

Frontiers in Immunology

doi 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1762746

Original Research

Published on 04 Mar 2026

Willingness to pay for supplementary medical insurance and its influencing factors among rural residents in ethnic minority areas

in Health Economics

Yao Li
Daiqing Cao
Mingwei Zhu
Lili Zhu
Liang Shen
Xiang He

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1733751

163 views

Review

Published on 04 Mar 2026

Epidemiological relevant effect biomarkers for thyroid hormone system related adverse outcome pathways: a literature review

in Predictive Toxicology

Maria Wielsøe
Manhai Long
Antonios K. Stratidakis
Elisavet Renieri
Dimosthenis A. Sarigiannis
Eva Cecilie Bonefeld-Jørgensen

Frontiers in Pharmacology

doi 10.3389/fphar.2026.1760820

102 views

Original Research

Published on 04 Mar 2026

Digital legal awareness intervention reduces anxiety through enhanced coping strategies: a cluster RCT among Chinese vocational students

in Educational Psychology

Han Xiao
Rui Wen
Qiuyan Peng

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1641844

Case Report

Published on 04 Mar 2026

Case Report: a 28-year-old female patient presented with recurrent fevers and episodes of shock due to ZBTB24 pathogenic variant

in Primary Immunodeficiencies

Jie Gao
Xiaoling Jiang
Ye Tian
Rui Zhai
Yan Chen
Jinling Guo
Liulin Wu
Mei Hu

Frontiers in Immunology

doi 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1703785

161 views

Original Research

Published on 04 Mar 2026

Leveraging PANoptosis-associated genes for unraveling implication of decidualization deficiency in pre-eclampsia via transcriptome data and experiment validation

in Cell Death and Survival

Xiaoxuan Zhao
Yuanyuan Zhang
Qingnan Fan
Yang Zhao
Meiping Ding
Yiming Ma
Yan Yang
Aiwu Huang
Hongying Tang
Yuepeng Jiang

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

doi 10.3389/fcell.2026.1677798

131 views

Original Research

Published on 04 Mar 2026

A climate- and stage-sensitive stand growth and yield model of natural Larix gmelinii forests in northeast China

in Plant Biophysics and Modeling

Lingbo Dong
Xuesong Mei
Zhaogang Liu

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2026.1761805

Original Research

Published on 04 Mar 2026

Tonal modulation influences on musical sight-reading

in Performance Science

Yumo Zhang
Olivia Podolak Lewandowska
Spencer Jones
Mark A. Schmuckler

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1736951

Original Research

Published on 04 Mar 2026

Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid intake and pain, inflammatory cytokines, and quality of life in endometriosis

in Nutritional Immunology

Ying Huang
Wen-Jing Zhou
Lin Zhu
Dong-Dong Ni

Frontiers in Nutrition

doi 10.3389/fnut.2026.1768244

243 views

Original Research

Published on 04 Mar 2026

Spatiotemporal evolution and obstacle factors of agricultural green development in China's major grain-producing areas

in Land, Livelihoods and Food Security

Huaicheng Xiang
Zhiling Li
Xinhao Zhou

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems

doi 10.3389/fsufs.2026.1774733

121 views

Original Research

Published on 04 Mar 2026

Broad innate immune activation enhances the protective efficacy of rBCG-LTAK63 against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

in Vaccines and Molecular Therapeutics

Ana Carolina de Oliveira Carvalho
Monalisa Martins Trentini
Dunia Rodriguez
Lázaro Moreira Marques-Neto
Paulo Henrique Santana Silveira
Nancy Starobinas
Sergio Costa Oliveira
Luciana Cezar de Cerqueira Leite
Alex Issamu Kanno

Frontiers in Immunology

doi 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1758476

149 views

Articles

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockout of DFR alters pigmentation and shifts flavonoid accumulation in red leaf lettuce without detectable growth penalties

The impact of family parenting styles on behavioral and emotional problems in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: the mediating role of mobile phone addiction

University governance and institutional management for sustainability: teachers’ perspectives on policy implementation in higher education

Redefining precision in biliary surgery: a paradigm shift from operative mastery to prognostic-driven strategy

Editorial: The role of nutritional supplements and oral complementary or alternative medicine supplements for the management of chronic conditions in children

Analyses on patterns of lymph node metastasis and its impact on prognosis in thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma treated with neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone: a single-center, retrospective cohort study

Willingness to pay for supplementary medical insurance and its influencing factors among rural residents in ethnic minority areas

Epidemiological relevant effect biomarkers for thyroid hormone system related adverse outcome pathways: a literature review

Digital legal awareness intervention reduces anxiety through enhanced coping strategies: a cluster RCT among Chinese vocational students

Case Report: a 28-year-old female patient presented with recurrent fevers and episodes of shock due to ZBTB24 pathogenic variant

Leveraging PANoptosis-associated genes for unraveling implication of decidualization deficiency in pre-eclampsia via transcriptome data and experiment validation

A climate- and stage-sensitive stand growth and yield model of natural Larix gmelinii forests in northeast China

Tonal modulation influences on musical sight-reading

Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid intake and pain, inflammatory cytokines, and quality of life in endometriosis

Spatiotemporal evolution and obstacle factors of agricultural green development in China's major grain-producing areas

Broad innate immune activation enhances the protective efficacy of rBCG-LTAK63 against Mycobacterium tuberculosis