Killer Function | List of Frontiers open access articles

Original Research

Accepted on 26 Feb 2026

Multi-environment Phenotyping of Ricebean (Vigna umbellata (Thunb.) Ohwi & Ohashi) Germplasm and Identification of Core Set for Accelerating the Crop Improvement Programs

in Functional and Applied Plant Genomics

Gayacharan .
Dinesh Joshi
Aravind J.
Dhammaprakash P Wankhede
Badal Singh
Prakash Kumar
Rajkumar S
SWARUP KUMAR PARIDA
Dinesh P Semwal
Paras Sharma

Frontiers in Plant Science

Original Research

Accepted on 26 Feb 2026

Regional Metabolomic Profiling Reveals Lipid Metabolic Signatures Associated with Oil Content in Flue-Cured Tobacco

in Plant Metabolism and Chemodiversity

Guanhui LI
Qi Xu
Zeyu Zhao
Wei Kesu
Jiati Tang
Xueyan Jing
Cheng Zhang
Chenghong Shen
Yingchao Lin
Xuekun Zhang

Frontiers in Plant Science

Original Research

Accepted on 26 Feb 2026

Public Awareness, Knowledge Gaps, and Health Anxiety Concerning Microplastics in Human Blood: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Indian Adults

in Environmental Health and Exposome

S Rehan Ahmad
Dr Abdullah Alshahrani
Anupriya Kumari
Ajay Kumar Behera

Frontiers in Public Health

Original Research

Accepted on 26 Feb 2026

Influence of planting density on growth performance, salt dynamics, and nitrogen uptake in Suaeda salsa L

in Crop and Product Physiology

XinZhi Feng
Yanyan Wang
Jinxiu Hao
Ke Zhang
Wenxuan Mai
Wentai Zhang
Ahmad Azeem

Frontiers in Plant Science

Original Research

Accepted on 26 Feb 2026

TM9SF4 acts as a receptor mediating Glaesserella parasuis Cytolethal Distending Toxin–induced cytotoxicity in PK15 cells

in Molecular Bacterial Pathogenesis

Li Lei
Shiyu Xu
Zhen Yang
Xingyu Pan
Jiali Xu
Senyan Du
Qin Zhao
Xiaobo Huang
Sanjie Cao
Rui Wu

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Original Research

Accepted on 26 Feb 2026

Impact of Air pollution on Life expectancy: The Role of Digitalization, Urbanization and Institutional Quality in BRICS Economies

in Environmental Health and Exposome

Hong Zhang
Haixiang Qiao
Ijaz Uddin
Xiuping Li
Xiao Gu
Xiaolan Zhang
Zhenhua He

Frontiers in Public Health

Original Research

Accepted on 26 Feb 2026

Population genomics reveals genetic structure and dispersal sources of the invasive herb Solanum rostratum in Northern China

in Plant Systematics and Evolution

LiFen HAO
Yabin Liu
Qianmei Wu
Yuyu Li
Lizhu Guo
Hui Wang
Rui Wang
Kejian Lin

Frontiers in Plant Science

Original Research

Accepted on 26 Feb 2026

Proteomic analysis of dimorphic sperm in the Cabbage White Butterfly, Pieris rapae

in Insect Molecular Genetics

Melissa Plakke
Katherine McLaughlin
Timothy Karr
James Richmond Walters

Frontiers in Insect Science

Original Research

Accepted on 26 Feb 2026

BRG1 exacerbates myocardial fibrosis after myocardial infarction by interacting with ZEB1

in Cardiovascular and Smooth Muscle Pharmacology

Yunfeng Cui
Jing Jin
Yingtao Cui
Ziyue Ma
Tingting Tong
Lisi Xiong
Meimei Shen
Yu Zhao
Xin Guo
Wen Liang

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Original Research

Accepted on 26 Feb 2026

Evaluating Digital Resources as a Supplement to Traditional Anatomy Teaching in Dental Education

in Systems Integration

Noora Helene Thune
Anna Tostrup Kristensen
Hugo Lewi Hammer
Qalbi Khan
Tor Paaske Utheim
Amer Sehic

Frontiers in Dental Medicine

Review

Accepted on 26 Feb 2026

Revisiting the Past in Light of Current Knowledge on γδ T Cells in Leishmaniasis

in Parasite Immunology

Júlio Souza Dos-Santos
Herbert Leonel de Matos Guedes

Frontiers in Immunology

Original Research

Accepted on 26 Feb 2026

miR-495 Suppresses Osteosarcoma Growth and Metastasis by Directly Targeting RUNX3 in the PI3K/Akt Pathway In Vitro and In Vivo

in Signaling

Rongkai Shen
Meng Chen
Xia Zhu
Jianhua Lin

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Original Research

Accepted on 26 Feb 2026

Association between Triglyceride-Glucose (TyG) Index and Diabetic Foot Ulcers in Adult Inpatients with Type 2 Diabetes at Hospital Admission

in Diabetes Multiorgan Complications

Alessandro De Stefano
Donatella Pastore
Marco Infante
Francesca Pacifici
Carmine Cardillo
Manfredi Tesauro
Francesca Schinzari
Federica Fazio
Massimiliano Caprio
Alessandro Terrinoni

Frontiers in Clinical Diabetes and Healthcare

Original Research

Accepted on 26 Feb 2026

Distinct Characteristics on mixed infection of SARS-CoV-2 variants and other respiratory pathogens among patients with acute COVID-19 in central China

in Clinical Infectious Diseases

Yiman Geng
Youhua Yuan
Xuhong Lin
Jingjing Wei
Qi Zhang
Xiaohuan Mao
Xiaohuan Zhang
Xiulei Zhang
Yuan Zhang
Jing Zhao

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Original Research

Accepted on 26 Feb 2026

Genetic Loci Underlying Seed Size and Yield-Related Traits in Cowpea

in Plant Breeding

ABDOUL MOUMOUNI IRO SODO
Christian Fatokun
Bunmi Olasanmi
Patrick Obia Ongom
Ibnou Dieng
Ousmane Boukar

Frontiers in Plant Science

Original Research

Accepted on 26 Feb 2026

Efficacy and safety of Telitacicept in IgA nephropathy and its impact on urinary Gd-IgA1: insights from a real-world study

in Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Disorders : Autoimmune Disorders

Hongfen Li
Wenying Li
Fanghao Wang
Xing Yue
Zhanfei Wu
Youxia Liu
Junya Jia
Tiekun Yan

Frontiers in Immunology

Articles

Multi-environment Phenotyping of Ricebean (Vigna umbellata (Thunb.) Ohwi & Ohashi) Germplasm and Identification of Core Set for Accelerating the Crop Improvement Programs

Regional Metabolomic Profiling Reveals Lipid Metabolic Signatures Associated with Oil Content in Flue-Cured Tobacco

Public Awareness, Knowledge Gaps, and Health Anxiety Concerning Microplastics in Human Blood: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Indian Adults

Influence of planting density on growth performance, salt dynamics, and nitrogen uptake in Suaeda salsa L

TM9SF4 acts as a receptor mediating Glaesserella parasuis Cytolethal Distending Toxin–induced cytotoxicity in PK15 cells

Impact of Air pollution on Life expectancy: The Role of Digitalization, Urbanization and Institutional Quality in BRICS Economies

Population genomics reveals genetic structure and dispersal sources of the invasive herb Solanum rostratum in Northern China

Proteomic analysis of dimorphic sperm in the Cabbage White Butterfly, Pieris rapae

BRG1 exacerbates myocardial fibrosis after myocardial infarction by interacting with ZEB1

Evaluating Digital Resources as a Supplement to Traditional Anatomy Teaching in Dental Education

Revisiting the Past in Light of Current Knowledge on γδ T Cells in Leishmaniasis

miR-495 Suppresses Osteosarcoma Growth and Metastasis by Directly Targeting RUNX3 in the PI3K/Akt Pathway In Vitro and In Vivo

Association between Triglyceride-Glucose (TyG) Index and Diabetic Foot Ulcers in Adult Inpatients with Type 2 Diabetes at Hospital Admission

Distinct Characteristics on mixed infection of SARS-CoV-2 variants and other respiratory pathogens among patients with acute COVID-19 in central China

Genetic Loci Underlying Seed Size and Yield-Related Traits in Cowpea

Efficacy and safety of Telitacicept in IgA nephropathy and its impact on urinary Gd-IgA1: insights from a real-world study