Life Science Research | List of Frontiers open access articles

Original Research

Accepted on 13 Oct 2025

Major Depressive Disorders in Children Aged 5–14 Years: A Global Burden of Disease Analysis from the Perspective of Exercise Psychology

in Children and Health

Wei Wei
Yongsheng Sun
Shuting Yin
Wei Lyu
Rui Liang

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1671222

Original Research

Accepted on 13 Oct 2025

Design and Analysis of Retaining Structure for Transformer Stations in Hilly Areas

in Structural Materials

Weixian Che
Wenwei Zhu
Yanfeng Wang
Jingen Guo
Xin Gao
Lei Li
Han Zhang
Xiangyu Li
Guangzhe Zhang

Frontiers in Materials

doi 10.3389/fmats.2025.1711125

Original Research

Accepted on 13 Oct 2025

Learning to fear: Predator recognition in giraffes is shaped by evolved sensitivity and ecological experience

in Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology

Anton Baotic
Georgine Szipl

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2025.1634218

Systematic Review

Accepted on 13 Oct 2025

Development of siRNA therapeutics to combat microbial infections: A bibliometric analysis

in Microbes and Innate Immunity

Yi He
Yulin Yuan
Meihua Zhou
Miao Li
Lingjin Li
Chunhong Li
Xiaocui Liang
Panyan Liu
Wei Wang
Zhenfeng Deng

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fcimb.2025.1697880

Original Research

Accepted on 13 Oct 2025

Modified Zhujing pill regulates RPE cholesterol metabolism and gut microbiota in an age-related macular degeneration mouse model

in Intestinal Microbiome

Shuibin Cen
Shiqin Xie
KHALID IBRAHIM
Michal R. Baran
Xing Li
James Reilly
Zhoujin Tan
Zhiming He
Xinhua Shu

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fcimb.2025.1691360

Original Research

Accepted on 13 Oct 2025

Coupling Ecosystem Service Value and Ecological Vulnerability for Spatial Zoning and Adaptive Pathways under Future Scenarios: A Case Study of Northern Shaanxi, China

in Social-Ecological Urban Systems

Meng Wang
Jianmei Fu
Xin Huang
Yu Bai

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1686860

Review

Accepted on 13 Oct 2025

Surgical Considerations in Hyperopic Cataract Patients: Optimizing Outcomes and Reducing Complications

in Ophthalmology

Reem AlHuthail

Frontiers in Medicine

doi 10.3389/fmed.2025.1624054

Perspective

Accepted on 13 Oct 2025

The First 1000 Days of Life and Early Childhood Caries: Closing the Global Data Gap

in Oral Epidemiology

Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan
Balgis Gaffar
Carlos Alberto Feldens
Robert Schroth
Francisco Ramos-Gomez
Jorma I Virtanen
Hyewon Lee
Abiola Adeniyi
Maha El Tantawi

Frontiers in Oral Health

doi 10.3389/froh.2025.1701839

Original Research

Accepted on 13 Oct 2025

Burden of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in Ghana and Globally from 1990 to 2021, with Projections through 2050: A Systematic Analysis Based on the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

in Pulmonary Medicine

Emmanuel Mensah
Min Liu
Lingling Pan
Wei Lu
Susheng Zhou
Liqin Zhang
Yusheng Cheng
Shuoshuo Wei
Lei Yusheng Zha

Frontiers in Medicine

doi 10.3389/fmed.2025.1681411

Mini Review

Accepted on 13 Oct 2025

Regional Anesthesia for Pain Management in Critically Ill Patients with Thoracoabdominal Conditions in the ICU

in Critical Care Anesthesiology

Jing Li
Yaping Lu

Frontiers in Anesthesiology

doi 10.3389/fanes.2025.1694905

Systematic Review

Accepted on 13 Oct 2025

Saline and N-Acetylcysteine-Based Strategies and Other Approaches to Prevent the Risk of CA-AKI: A Meta-Analysis

in Nephrology

I Chen Lin
Wen-Wen Tsai
Vin-Cent Wu
Heng-Chih Pan
Min-Hsiang Chuang
Jui-Yi Chen

Frontiers in Medicine

doi 10.3389/fmed.2025.1608626

Systematic Review

Accepted on 13 Oct 2025

Extracellular Vesicles from Mesenchymal Stromal Cells as a Promising Therapy for ARDS: A Systematic Review of Preclinical Studies

in Pulmonary Medicine

Samuel Couto
Miqueias Lopes-Pacheco
Vanderson Rocha
Claudia C Dos Santos
Patricia R. M. Rocco

Frontiers in Medicine

doi 10.3389/fmed.2025.1665948

Original Research

Accepted on 13 Oct 2025

RIG-I drives protective type I interferon responses by glial cells in response to Neisseria meningitidis and Streptococcus pneumoniae challenge.

in Molecular Innate Immunity

Morgan Brittany Johnson
Krishna J. Majithia

Frontiers in Immunology

doi 10.3389/fimmu.2025.1692421

Mini Review

Accepted on 13 Oct 2025

Protective effects of medicinal plant-derived metabolites in cardiovascular disease: from exosomal pathway

in Ethnopharmacology

Liwen Fu
Jiaxiu Han
Rong Lu
Aifeng Song
Ao Shen
Changjiang Xiong
Yanzhu Liu
Zu Gao

Frontiers in Pharmacology

doi 10.3389/fphar.2025.1681625

Original Research

Accepted on 13 Oct 2025

Identification and Validation of Key Mitophagy-Related Biomarkers in the Pathogenesis of Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy

in Diabetes: Molecular Mechanisms

Yifan Liu
Ye Zhou
Jie Chen
Jiahui Jin
Xueying Wang
Xi Wang
Jieping Zhang
Jiao Li
Junfang Zhang
Ling Zhu

Frontiers in Endocrinology

doi 10.3389/fendo.2025.1652898

Original Research

Accepted on 13 Oct 2025

Clinical imaging features and outcomes of intrathyroidal thymic carcinoma: An analysis of fourteen patients at a single medical institution

in Head and Neck Cancer

Lingling Gu
Lanfang Zhang
Wenxuan Huang
Xue Song
xiaodong Xie
deqin Ding

Frontiers in Oncology

doi 10.3389/fonc.2025.1664612

Articles

Major Depressive Disorders in Children Aged 5–14 Years: A Global Burden of Disease Analysis from the Perspective of Exercise Psychology

Design and Analysis of Retaining Structure for Transformer Stations in Hilly Areas

Learning to fear: Predator recognition in giraffes is shaped by evolved sensitivity and ecological experience

Development of siRNA therapeutics to combat microbial infections: A bibliometric analysis

Modified Zhujing pill regulates RPE cholesterol metabolism and gut microbiota in an age-related macular degeneration mouse model

Coupling Ecosystem Service Value and Ecological Vulnerability for Spatial Zoning and Adaptive Pathways under Future Scenarios: A Case Study of Northern Shaanxi, China

Surgical Considerations in Hyperopic Cataract Patients: Optimizing Outcomes and Reducing Complications

The First 1000 Days of Life and Early Childhood Caries: Closing the Global Data Gap

Burden of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in Ghana and Globally from 1990 to 2021, with Projections through 2050: A Systematic Analysis Based on the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Regional Anesthesia for Pain Management in Critically Ill Patients with Thoracoabdominal Conditions in the ICU

Saline and N-Acetylcysteine-Based Strategies and Other Approaches to Prevent the Risk of CA-AKI: A Meta-Analysis

Extracellular Vesicles from Mesenchymal Stromal Cells as a Promising Therapy for ARDS: A Systematic Review of Preclinical Studies

RIG-I drives protective type I interferon responses by glial cells in response to Neisseria meningitidis and Streptococcus pneumoniae challenge.

Protective effects of medicinal plant-derived metabolites in cardiovascular disease: from exosomal pathway

Identification and Validation of Key Mitophagy-Related Biomarkers in the Pathogenesis of Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy

Clinical imaging features and outcomes of intrathyroidal thymic carcinoma: An analysis of fourteen patients at a single medical institution