Nest Emigration Behavior of the Asian Needle Ant, Brachyponera (=Pachycondyla) chinensis Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Ant colonies change nest location in response to physical disturbance, climate fluctuation, and resource availability.During the emigration process, worker recruitment is vital to ensuring that individual colony members are moved to the new nest site.Recruitment methods used during emigration differ between ant species.In a laboratory study, we inv

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Synergism of the receptor tyrosine kinase Axl with ErbB receptors mediates resistance to regorafenib in hepatocellular carcinoma

IntroductionHepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients at advanced stages receive immunotherapy or treatment with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) such as Sorafenib (Sora) or Lenvatinib in frontline as well as Regorafenib (Rego) or Cabozantinib in second-line.A major hindrance of TKI therapies is the development of resistance, which renders drug trea

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