The Possible Role of TLR2 in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients with Precore Mutation by Malihe Moradzadeh, Sirous Tayebi, Hossein Poustchi, Kourosh Sayehmiri, Parisa Shahnazari, Elnaz Naderi, Ghodratollah Montazeri, Ashraf Mohamadkhani

“…Serum TLR2 was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Interactions of truncated HBeAg and TLR2 proteins were evaluated with molecular docking software. …”
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Saline–CO₂ Solution Effects on the Mechanical Properties of Sandstones: An Experimental Study by Motao Duan, Haijun Mao, Guangquan Zhang, Junxin Liu, Sinan Zhu, Di Wang, Hao Xie

“…The mechanics, temperature, chemical interaction mechanism and fracture propagation mechanism of sandstone under a salt–CO₂ environment are discussed.…”
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Medieval Overexploitation of Peat Triggered Large-Scale Drowning and Permanent Land Loss in Coastal North Frisia (Wadden Sea Region, Germany) by Hanna Hadler, Antonia Reiß, Timo Willershäuser, Dennis Wilken, Ruth Blankenfeldt, Bente Majchczack, Stefanie Klooß, Ulf Ickerodt, Andreas Vött

“…Since the Middle Ages, these interactions between humans and natural forces have induced major coastal changes. …”
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Responses of Soil Profile Hydrology, Structure and Microbial Respiration to Organic Amendments Under Different Tillage Systems on the Loess Plateau by Lili Zhao, Lusheng Li, Xiangjie Chen, Yanbin Li, Jiankun Ge, Xiaowen Wang

“…We conducted a two-year field experiment to explore the effects of organic amendments, tillage and their interaction on soil microbial respiration, aggregate stability, pore parameters, and hydraulic conductivity on the Loess Plateau. …”
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Towards the Sustainable Removal of Heavy Metals from Wastewater Using <i>Arthrospira platensis</i>: A Laboratory-Scale Approach in the Context of a Green Circular Economy by Lamprini Malletzidou, Eleni Kyratzopoulou, Nikoletta Kyzaki, Evangelos Nerantzis, Nikolaos A. Kazakis

“…In particular, Cu, Cd, Pb, and Zn removal of multi-MT cultures is elevated or relative to the respective removal of the mono-metal-treated (mono-MT) cultures, showing a synergistic or cooperative interaction between the metals, while the removal of Ni of multi-MT cultures decreased compared to Ni of mono-MT cultures, showing an antagonistic interaction to the other metals. …”
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Pheromones in Crane Flies: Behaviorally Active Cuticular Compounds in <i>Tipula autumnalis</i> Loew (Diptera: Tipulidae) by Vincas Būda, Violeta Apšegaitė, Laima Blažytė-Čereškienė, Sigitas Podėnas, João Pedro de A. Souza, Paulo H. G. Zarbin, Linas Labanauskas, Tomas Paškevičius, Vilma Baužienė, Sandra Radžiutė

“…In addition to the compounds involved in female–male interactions, it is evident that <i>T. autumnalis</i> also employs CHCs in male–male interactions. …”
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Experimental evidence of flexural phonons in low-temperature heat capacity of carbon nanotubes by M.S. Barabashko, A.I. Krivchikov, A. Jeżowski, O. Bezkrovnyi, M.I. Bagatskii, V.V. Sumarokov, V. Boiko, D. Szewczyk

“…The contributions of phonon spectrum characteristics and intertube interactions were found to be significant factors influencing the heat capacity both in the case of MWCNTs and bundles of SWCNTs. …”
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The histone demethylase KDM5C enhances the sensitivity of acute myeloid leukemia cells to lenalidomide by stabilizing cereblon by Lu Zou, Dan Cao, Qing Sun, Wenjun Yu, Bingzong Li, Guoqiang Xu, Liang Zhou

“…Results We identified that histone demethylase KDM5C was a CRBN-interacting protein. Biochemical experiments found that the CRBN-interacting protein KDM5C could stabilize CRBN and enhance the antileukemia effect of Len in an enzyme activity-independent manner. …”
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Improving the binding affinity of plastic degrading cutinase with polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polyurethane (PU); an in-silico study by Deves Sabari V L, Gokulnath Rajmohan, Roshine S B, Srivaishnavi S, Kishore Nagasubramanian, Senthil Kumar G, Ponnusami Venkatachalam

“…Nevertheless, the interaction of the cutinase's active site with the ligands by hydrogen bond formation was promising. …”
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Fish Gut Metabarcoding Detects Diets and Parasites Simultaneously by Dilli Prasad Rijal, Per Arneberg, Tanja Hanebrekke, Torild Johansen, Daniela Sint, Michael Traugott, Mette Skern‐Mauritzen, Jon‐Ivar Westgaard

“…Science‐based fisheries management requires large‐scale data of prey and parasites of fish species that enables the analysis of multitrophic interactions in an ecosystem. Using one of the commercially exploited beaked redfish (Sebastes mentella) from the Barents Sea, our study aims to understand its diet composition and parasites. …”
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Brillouin–Mandelstam scattering in telecommunications optical fiber at millikelvin temperatures by E. A. Cryer-Jenkins, A. C. Leung, H. Rathee, A. K. C. Tan, K. D. Major, M. R. Vanner

“…At millikelvin temperatures, our experiment observes coherent acoustic interactions with microscopic defects in the amorphous material—two-level-systems (TLSs)—which has not been previously observed in optical fibers. …”
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The future of plant lectinology: Advanced technologies and computational tools by Vinicius J.S. Osterne, Kyria S. Nascimento, Benildo S. Cavada, Els J.M. Van Damme

“…Techniques such as glycan microarrays allow rapid assessment of lectin specificity across a diverse range of glycans by evaluating interactions with immobilized glycans on solid surfaces. …”
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Investigation of in situ gelling alginate formulations as a sustained release vehicle for co-precipitates of dextromethrophan and Eudragit S 100 by Maghraby Gamal Mohamed El, Elzayat Ehab Mostafa, Alanazi Fars Kaed

“…Drug-polymer compatibility and possible solid-state interactions suggested physical interaction through hydrogen bonding between the drug and the polymer. …”
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Validation of <i>Monilinia fructicola</i> Putative Effector Genes in Different Host Peach (<i>Prunus persica</i>) Cultivars and Defense Response Investigation by Lucia Landi, Annamaria Lucrezia D’Ortenzio, Sarah Mojela Makau, Rita Milvia De Miccolis Angelini, Gianfranco Romanazzi

“…Knowledge of gene expression mediating host–pathogen interaction is essential to manage fungal plant diseases. …”
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Accumulation and distribution of cadmium at organic-mineral micro-interfaces across soil aggregates by Qi Li, Linfeng Li, Bohao Yin, Xiaoyang Lin, Anwen Xiao, Weijie Xue, Hengjie Liu, Yichun Li

“…Directly observing the Cd distribution within aggregates and understanding their interactions with minerals and carbon at the submicron scale remain significant challenges. …”
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Description of Methodology for Testing the Synergistic and Additive Effects of Antibiotics in Vitro by Kmiecikowski Paweł Z., Gabriel Aniela, Depka Dagmara, Bogiel Tomasz

“…Effective therapy of infections with multidrug-resistant microorganisms may be enabled by the use of additive and synergistic interactions, resulting from the combination of different groups of antibiotics with the same or different modes of action – including those to which a particular bacterial strain is resistant. …”
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Ultrastructural Characteristics of Rat Hepatic Oval Cells and Their Intercellular Contacts in the Model of Biliary Fibrosis: New Insights into Experimental Liver Fibrogenesis by Joanna Maria Lotowska, Maria Elzbieta Sobaniec-Lotowska, Dariusz Marek Lebensztejn, Urszula Daniluk, Piotr Sobaniec, Krzysztof Sendrowski, Jaroslaw Daniluk, Joanna Reszec, Wojciech Debek

“…Better understanding of the complex cellular interactions between HPCs and adjacent NPCs, especially T-HSCs, may help develop antifibrotic therapies in the future.…”
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MHD flow of Williamson nanofluid using effective similarity variable considering viscous dissipation and thermal radiation over a non-linear stretching surface via OHAM by Muhammad Awais Sherani, Muhammad Sohail, Ibrahim Mahariq, Syed Tehseen Abbas

“…The mass transfer rate of −g'(0) is found to rise positively with Sc, Cr, and Nbt, which indicates an interacting relationship between the temperature and concentration fields in the fluid system.…”
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Study on factors influencing the transport and transformation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil–groundwater systems by Wenxiang Hu, Jie Zhang, Dan Li, Ying Yuan, Ying Tang, Kunlong Hui, Yu Jiang, Wenbing Tan

“…In this review, the migration and transformation behavior of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the soil–groundwater system and their interaction with environmental factors are discussed. …”
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Investigation of TGFβ1-Induced Long Noncoding RNAs in Endothelial Cells by Krishna K. Singh, Pratiek N. Matkar, Adrian Quan, Laura-Eve Mantella, Hwee Teoh, Mohammed Al-Omran, Subodh Verma

“…Bioinformatics analyses indicated that the differentially expressed upregulated mRNAs are primarily enriched in hippo signaling, Wnt signaling, focal adhesion, neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction, and pathways in cancer. The most downregulated are notably involved in olfactory transduction, PI3-Akt signaling, Ras signaling, neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction, and apoptosis. …”
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