Desensitization: Overcoming the Immunologic Barriers to Transplantation by Supreet Sethi, Jua Choi, Mieko Toyoda, Ashley Vo, Alice Peng, Stanley C. Jordan

“…In this review, we discuss currently available agents for desensitization and provide a brief analysis of data on novel biologics, which will likely improve desensitization outcomes, and have potential implications in treatment of antibody mediated rejection.…”
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Research Progress on Tumor Treatment Strategies Targeting TGF-β by Jian ZHANG, Binyue LYU, Xiao ZHAO

“…The TGF-β signaling pathway affects various biological processes of cancers, including proliferation, invasion, metastasis, angiogenesis, and immune escape. …”
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An embodied spirituality: perspectives for a bodily pastoral anthropology by J-A. van den Berg

“…The article investigates the effect of an emphasis on the biological for a pastoral anthropology in terms of its implications for one’s concept of God, one’s view on personal identity, the affirmation of being relation-orientated, and the importance of context. …”
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A relação entre ciência e ideologia em tempos de hegemonia financeira: a biotecnociência e o mercado de promessas by Leandro Módolo Paschoalotte

“…From the need to understand the systematic presence, in the most different media of scientific dissemination, of the figuration of the human being as being ontologically equal to other animals, mainly because of their molecular biological characteristics, such as genetic ones. This work seeks to put on the scene a critical theoretical approach about how the social construction of biotechnologies and the scientific discourses that underpin them are biased by subordination to the financial market, making in contemporary society the social relations between science and ideology are resignification. …”
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Anagyrus pseudococci Girault (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) by Theresa Chormanski, Ronald D. Cave

“… Anagyrus pseudococci is an economically important biological control agent commonly used against the vine mealybug (which infests wine grapes) and the citrus mealybug. …”
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Innovative applications of advanced nanomaterials in cerebrovascular imaging by Li Na, Xiaofu Song, Ping Luo, Jingqi Su, Zhicheng Yao

“…Nanomaterials, including metallic nanoparticles, magnetic nanoparticles, quantum dots, carbon-based nanomaterials, and polymer nanoparticles, show great potential due to their unique physical, chemical, and biological properties. This review summarizes recent advances in advanced nanomaterials for cerebrovascular imaging and their applications in various imaging techniques, and discusses challenges and future research directions. …”
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Impact of Orthodontic Decompensation on Bone Insertion by Fabio Pinto Guedes, Leopoldino Capelozza Filho, Daniela Gamba Garib, Hugo Nary Filho, Evandro José Borgo, Mauricio de Almeida Cardoso

“…There has always been concern in determining the relationship between orthodontic tooth movement and the consequent biological costs to the periodontium and tooth root. …”
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Comment définir l’humain à partir de sa diversité ? Questions épistémologiques et enjeux philosophiques by Mathilde Lequin

“…Through an approach combining epistemology and the philosophy of science, this note shows that the diversity of hominins is not only a matter of quantification, but also a biological and anthropological issue. Through a review of the history of debates on past human diversity and an analysis of the different biases that influence assessments of the number of hominin species, this note puts forward several avenues to update the theoretical framework of palaeoanthropology, by proposing a critique of the bush-like model of evolution in favour of a reticulate model, by bringing out the philosophical assumptions underlying the systematic description of new hominin species and through a discussion on the specifically anthropological dimension of past human diversity.…”
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Ecosystem Services Provided by Grass-legume Pastures by Jose C. B. Dubeux, Lynn E. Sollenberger, Mark Mauldin, Liza Garcia

“…Ecosystem services (ES) provided by grasslands include not only products such as beef and milk (provisioning services), but also biological N2-fixation (BNF) and nutrient cycling (supporting ES), carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas mitigation, water catchment and purification, shade, windbreaks, habitat for pollinators and wildlife (regulating ES), and finally cultural (e.g., hunting, bird watching) and aesthetical ES. …”
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Dual Roles of Reducing Systems in Protein Persulfidation and Depersulfidation by Zhichao Liu, Nicolas Rouhier, Jérémy Couturier

“…The oxidative modification of specific cysteine residues to persulfides is thought to be the main way by which hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) exerts its biological and signaling functions. Therefore, protein persulfidation represents an important thiol-switching mechanism as other reversible redox post-translational modifications. …”
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Salvinia weevil, Cyrtobagous salviniae (Calder & Sands) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Patricia Prade, Eutychus Kariuki, Adam Dale

“…This insect is an effective classical biological control agent used in several countries to control the invasive giant salvinia, Salvinia molesta (D. …”
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Physalin B Suppresses Inflammatory Response to Lipopolysaccharide in RAW264.7 Cells by Inhibiting NF-κB Signaling by Yanjun Yang, Lang Yi, Qing Wang, Bingbing Xie, Congwei Sha, Yan Dong

“…(Solanaceae) is a naturally occurring secosteroid with multiple biological activities. But its anti-inflammatory activity and mechanism remain unclear. …”
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A Review of Subsequence Time Series Clustering by Seyedjamal Zolhavarieh, Saeed Aghabozorgi, Ying Wah Teh

“…Subsequence time series clustering is used in different fields, such as e-commerce, outlier detection, speech recognition, biological systems, DNA recognition, and text mining. …”
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First record of Violet Dropwing Trithemis annulata (Palisot de Beauvois, 1807) (Odonata: Libellulidae) in Slovenia by Damjan Vinko, Ali Šalamun

“… One adult male dragonfly Violet Dropwing Trithemis annulata was recorded at Lake Vogršček in the Vipava Valley (W Slovenia) during the Biological Students Research Camp – Otlica 2021. This first record for the country is presented and the species’ distribution in Europe outlined. …”
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Recent Advances: The Imbalance of Cytokines in the Pathogenesis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Qingdong Guan, Jiguo Zhang

“…In this review, we will discuss the recent advances of novel biologics in clinics and clinical trials, and novel proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines found in IBD with focusing on IL-12 family and IL-1 family members as well as their relevance to the potential therapy of IBD.…”
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How does the tea L-theanine buffer stress and anxiety by Liwen Wang, Margaret Brennan, Shiming Li, Hui Zhao, Klaus W. Lange, Charles Brennan

“…This review focuses on the relaxation effect of L-theanine, including animal models and the latest human trials as well as the potential molecular mechanisms regarding neuron stem cells. The biological efficacy of dietary L-theanine in the food matrix has been further discussed in this review in relation to the physiological changes in the gastrointestinal tract and bindings of L-theanine with other food components.…”
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A Multilayer Structure Facilitates the Production of Antifragile Systems in Boolean Network Models by Hyobin Kim, Omar K. Pineda, Carlos Gershenson

“…Our measure and findings will be useful for various applications such as exploring properties of biological systems with multilayer structures and creating more antifragile engineered systems.…”
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New perspectives on djulis (Chenopodium formosanum Koidz.) and its potential application in functional food by Amanda Tresiliana Mulio, Chien-Shan Chiu, Yung-Jia Chan, Wen-Chien Lu, Po-Hsien Li

“…This review summarizes comprehensive information regarding proximate composition, phytochemical compounds, biological activities, and recent industrial applications. …”
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Salvinia weevil, Cyrtobagous salviniae (Calder & Sands) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Patricia Prade, Eutychus Kariuki, Adam Dale

“…This insect is an effective classical biological control agent used in several countries to control the invasive giant salvinia, Salvinia molesta (D. …”
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Does Smoking Reduce Infliximab’s Effectiveness against Crohn’s Disease? by Neeraj Narula, Richard N Fedorak

“…CD symptoms are treated using an array of medicines, including biological agents such as infliximab. However, infliximab therapy is expensive; therefore, identifying variables that can help predict response to infliximab is worthwhile. …”
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