Follistatin-Like 1: A Potential Mediator of Inflammation in Obesity by Nengguang Fan, Haiyan Sun, Yufan Wang, Yifei Wang, Lijuan Zhang, Zhenhua Xia, Liang Peng, Yanqiang Hou, Weiqin Shen, Rui Liu, Jiajing Yin, Yongde Peng

“…Moreover, FSTL1 impaired insulin signaling in 3T3-L1 adipocytes, as revealed by attenuated phosphorylation of both Akt and IRS-1 in response to insulin stimulation. …”
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Chlorogenic Acids Inhibit Adipogenesis: Implications of Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Pathway by Mengting Liu, Jian Qin, Jing Cong, Yubin Yang

“…Methods. In this study, 3T3-L1 cells were induced adipogenic differentiation and then treated with CGA. …”
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Correlation of Gleason Scores with Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Findings of Prostate Cancer by Rajakumar Nagarajan, Daniel Margolis, Steven Raman, Ke Sheng, Christopher King, Robert Reiter, M. Albert Thomas

“…Patients whose GS met these criteria (GS 3+3, GS 3+4, and GS 4+3) were included in this study. …”
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Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of S-Substituted Perhalo-2-nitrobuta-1,3-dienes as Novel Xanthine Oxidase, Tyrosinase, Elastase, and Neuraminidase Inhibitors by Nihal Onul, Onur Ertik, Neşe Mermer, Refiye Yanardag

“…S-substituted perhalo-2-nitrobuta-1,3-dienes 3a, b were synthesized by the reaction of polyhalo-2-nitrobuta-1,3-dienes 1a, b with allyl mercaptan. 1-(2,3-Dibromopropanethio)-4-bromo-1,3,4-trichloro-2-nitrobuta-1,3-diene 4 was obtained from the addition of bromine to S-substituted polyhalo-2-nitrobuta-1,3-diene 3b in carbon tetrachloride. …”
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Design of Frequency- and Pattern-Reconfigurable Wideband Slot Antenna by Liping Han, Caixia Wang, Wenmei Zhang, Runbo Ma, Qingsheng Zeng

“…A wideband slot antenna with frequency- and pattern-reconfigurable characteristics for TD-LTE (3.4–3.8 GHz) and C-band (3.7–4.2 GHz) applications is proposed. …”
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Some Oriental Neuropteroid Insects by Nathan Banks

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NACIONALNA BEZBEDNOST – ALTERNATIVE I PERSPEKTIVE by Zoran Dragišić

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Q-Switched and Mode-Locked Nd/Cr:YAG Ceramic Pulse Laser by T. Saiki, N. Hirota, S. Kanemori, Y. Iida

“…A mode-locked and Q-switched short pulse laser using the Nd3+/Cr3+:YAG ceramic has been constructed with a SESAM and Cr4+:YAG crystal optical switch based on excite state absorption (ESA). …”
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Some aspects concerning the State Emblem of feudal Lithuania by Stasys Pamerneckis

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Professor V.N. Durdenevsky – an Outstanding Scientist and Diplomat (1889– 1963) by Y. V. Dubinin

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Concentrating solutions for double critical fractional Schrödinger-Poisson system with p-Laplacian in ℝ3 by Liang Shuaishuai, Song Yueqiang, Shi Shaoyun

“…In this article, we consider the following double critical fractional Schrödinger-Poisson system involving p-Laplacian in R3{{\mathbb{R}}}^{3} of the form: εsp(−Δ)psu+V(x)∣u∣p−2u−ϕ∣u∣ps♯−2u=∣u∣ps*−2u+f(u)inR3,εsp(−Δ)sϕ=∣u∣ps♯inR3,\left\{\begin{array}{l}{\varepsilon }^{sp}{\left(-\Delta )}_{p}^{s}u+{\mathcal{V}}\left(x){| u| }^{p-2}u-\phi {| u| }^{{p}_{s}^{\sharp }-2}u={| u| }^{{p}_{s}^{* }-2}u+f\left(u)\hspace{1em}\hspace{0.1em}\text{in}\hspace{0.1em}\hspace{0.33em}{{\mathbb{R}}}^{3},\\ {\varepsilon }^{sp}{\left(-\Delta )}^{s}\phi ={| u| }^{{p}_{s}^{\sharp }}\hspace{1em}\hspace{0.1em}\text{in}\hspace{0.1em}\hspace{0.33em}{{\mathbb{R}}}^{3},\end{array}\right. where ε>0\varepsilon \gt 0 is a positive parameter, s∈(34,1)s\in \left(\frac{3}{4},1), (−Δ)ps{\left(-\Delta )}_{p}^{s} is the fractional p-Laplacian operator, p∈(32,3)p\in \left(\frac{3}{2},3), ps*=3p3−sp{p}_{s}^{* }=\frac{3p}{3-sp} is the Sobolev critical exponent, ps♯=p2(3+2s)(3−sp){p}_{s}^{\sharp }=\frac{p}{2}\frac{\left(3+2s)}{\left(3-sp)} is the upper exponent in the sense of the Hardy-Littlewood-Sobolev inequality, V(x):R3→R{\mathcal{V}}\left(x):{{\mathbb{R}}}^{3}\to {\mathbb{R}} symbolizes a continuous potential function with a local minimum, and the continuous function ff possesses subcritical growth. …”
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Inhibition of Ultraviolet B-induced Apoptosis in Fibroblasts by Human Umbilical Cord Blood Mesenchymal Stem Cell Conditioned Media via the Phosphatidylinositol-3-Kinase/Akt Pathway by Ferry Sandra, Dian Andriani Ratna Dewi, I Nyoman Mantik Astawa, Wimpie Pangkahila, Angliana Chouw, Maria Celinna, Nurrani Mustika Dewi

“…Statistical significance was determined at P<0.05.Results: CM-hUCB-MSC significantly inhibited UVB-induced apoptosis in NIH3T3 cells (P=0.002, Dunn-Bonferroni test). CM-hUCB-MSC significantly induced Akt phosphorylation at Ser 473 in UVB-irradiated NIH3T3 cells (P<0.001, Tukey’s HSD test). …”
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Targeted Inhibition of GATA-3 by Pyrrothiogatain: Implications for Adipocyte Biology and Inflammatory Response by Shamma Almuraikhy, Maha Alser, Khaled Naja, Aisha Al-Malki, Nayef A. Mazloum, Mohamed A. Elrayess

“…Pyrrothiogatain treatment reduced cell proliferation in both wild-type and GATA-3 knockout 3T3-L1 cells, but did not alter their adipogenic capacity. …”
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Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) Alleviates Brain Ischemic Injury by Regulating Neuronal Oxidative Stress, Pyroptosis, and Mitophagy by Zixuan Tan, Fang Dong, Linyu Wu, Yashuo Feng, Min Zhang, Feng Zhang

“…Moreover, western blot was performed to detect the related protein expression, including Bcl-2, Bax, TXNIP, GSDMD, caspase-1, NLRP3, BRCC3, HIF-1α, BNIP3, LC3, and P62. Real-time PCR was performed to detect NLRP3 expression. …”
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Four-Rod Stabilization of Severely Destabilized Lumbar Spine Caused by Metastatic Tumor by Isao Shibuya, Koichi Sairyo, Yasuo Kanamori, Akira Dezawa

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Design of Two Novel Dual Band-Notched UWB Antennas by Bing Li, Jing-song Hong

“…The bandwidth of the other is ranging for 2.7 to 41.1 GHz, except the bandwidth of 3.2–3.9 GHz for WiMAX applications and 4.8–5.9 GHz for WLAN applications. …”
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Comparison of Two Models for Radiative Heat Transfer in High Temperature Thermal Plasmas by Matthieu Melot, Jean-Yves Trépanier, Ricardo Camarero, Eddy Petro

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The O28 Antigen Gene Clusters of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serovar Dakar and Serovar Pomona Are Different by Clifford G. Clark, Christopher C. R. Grant, Keri M. Trout-Yakel, Helen Tabor, Lai-King Ng, Kris Rahn, Kristyn Franklin, Andrew M. Kropinski

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Synthesis of Amino Acid Analogues of 5H-Dibenz[b,f]azepine and Evaluation of their Radical Scavenging Activity by H. Vijay Kumar, C. R. Gnanendra, Nagaraja Naik

“…Further coupling of respective free amino acid to produce 2-(3-(5H-dibenz[b,f]azepine-5-yl)-3-oxopropylamino)3-(4 hydroxyphenyl) propanoic acid, 2-(3-(5H-dibenz[b,f]azepine-5-yl)-3-oxopropylamino)-3-phenyl propanoicacid,1-(3-(5H-dibenz[b,f]azepine-5-yl)-3-oxopropyl)-3-hydroxypyrolidine-2-carboxylic acid and 2-(3-(5H-dibenz[b,f] azepine-yl)-3-oxopropyl amino)-3-hydroxy butanoic acid. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Nanofiber of Oxidized Cellulose from Nata De Coco by Ditpon Kotatha, Supitcha Rungrodnimitchai

“…Oxidized cellulose (OC) nanofiber was successfully prepared from the dry sheet of Nata De Coco (DNDC) using the mixture system of HNO3/H3PO4–NaNO2 for the first time. The carboxyl content of the OC was investigated at different conditions (HNO3/H3PO4 ratios, reaction times, and reaction temperatures). …”
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