Evaluation of Hypoglycemic Efficacy of Tangningtongluo Formula, a Traditional Chinese Miao Medicine, in Two Rodent Animal Models by Long Cheng, Xiang-bao Meng, Shan Lu, Ting-ting Wang, Yue Liu, Gui-bo Sun, Xiao-bo Sun

“…Taken together, our results show that TNTL exerted a strong hypoglycemic effect in two diabetic rodent animal models, preserving β-cells in the pancreas islet and reducing the risk of diabetic retinopathy and nephropathy.…”
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Flavonoids in Juglans regia L. Leaves and Evaluation of In Vitro Antioxidant Activity via Intracellular and Chemical Methods by Ming-Hui Zhao, Zi-Tao Jiang, Tao Liu, Rong Li

“…The in vitro intracellular antioxidation indicated that flavonoids from J. regia leaves could reduce the reactive oxygen species (ROS) level in RAW264.7 cells and showed good radical scavenging activities. …”
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Serum Prohepcidin Levels Are Lower in Patients with Atrophic Gastritis by Hyung-Keun Kim, Eun-Chul Jang, Ju-Ok Yeom, Sun-Young Kim, Hyunjung Cho, Sung Soo Kim, Hiun-Suk Chae, Young-Seok Cho

“…It suggests that hepcidin may decrease due to gastric atrophy, a condition that causes a loss of hepcidin-producing parietal cells. Further investigations with a larger number of patients are necessary to substantiate this point.…”
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Repurposing brucine as a chemopreventive agent in mammary gland carcinoma: Regulating lactate transport through MCT-4 by Asma Khatoon Zaidi, Anurag Kumar, Rohit Kumar, Jyoti Singh, Sneha Yadav, Archana Bharti Sonkar, Dharmendra Kumar, Neeraj Kumar Shrivastava, Mohd Nazam Ansari, Abdulaziz S. Saeedan, Gaurav Kaithwas

“…BRU demonstrated significant cytotoxicity and increased the extracellular lactate levels in MCF-7 cells. The findings strongly encouraged BRU's effectiveness, offering promising paths for subsequent investigations.…”
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Glioblastoma drives protease-independent extracellular matrix invasion of microglia by Chia-Wen Chang, Ashwin Bale, Rohit Bhargava, Brendan A.C. Harley

“…Taken together, this study suggests that the presence of GBM cells can enhance microglia invasion via increased cellular contractility, independent of MMP activity and cellular glycolysis.…”
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Recent Advances in the Pathogenesis of Syndromic Autisms by A. Benvenuto, B. Manzi, R. Alessandrelli, C. Galasso, P. Curatolo

“…Metabolic and mitochondrial defects may have toxic effects on the brain cells, causing neuronal loss and altered modulation of neurotransmission systems. …”
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Nanoformulation of Spirooxindole and Methods for Treating Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Assem Barakat, Fardous F. El-Senduny, Mohammad Shahidul Islam, Abdullah Mohammed Al-Majid, Yaseen A. M. M. Elshaier, Eman A. Mazyed, Farid A. Badria

“…<b>Results:</b> The data revealed efficacy of spirooxindole derivative in halting the progression of liver cancer, metastasis, and portal vein thrombosis, with potential implications for enhancing regeneration and recovery of early-stage cancer cells in multiple organs, thereby improving recovery rates and remission among cancer patients. …”
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Comparison of Standard and Transepithelial Corneal Cross-Linking for the Treatment of Keratoconus: A Meta-analysis by Yu Di, Jingyi Wang, Ying Li, Yang Jiang

“…Secondary outcomes were change in corrected distance visual acuity, mean refractive spherical equivalent (MRSE), spherical and cylindrical error, endothelial cells density (ECD), and central corneal thickness (CCT). …”
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Nuciferine relieves type 2 diabetes mellitus via enhancing GLUT4 expression and translocation by Tongxi Zhou, Guanjun Song, Di Tian, Qinghua Liu, Jinhua Shen, Xinzhou Yang, Ping Zhao

“…A laser scanning confocal microscope was used to track the translocation of glucose transporter 4 (GLUT4) in L6 cells and the changes in intracellular Ca2+ levels in real time, and related protease inhibitors combined with western blotting were used to explore the mechanism of nuciferine. …”
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Investigation of the Protective Effects of Taurine against Alloxan-Induced Diabetic Retinal Changes via Electroretinogram and Retinal Histology with New Zealand White Rabbits by Samuel Tung-Hsing Chiang, Shang-Min Yeh, Yi-Chen Chen, Shiun-Long Lin, Jung-Kai Tseng

“…Histologically, the amount of Bipolar and Müller cells showed no difference (P>0.05) between all groups and when compared with those of Group I. …”
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Carbon Monoxide Inhibits Tenascin-C Mediated Inflammation via IL-10 Expression in a Septic Mouse Model by Md. Jamal Uddin, Chun-shi Li, Yeonsoo Joe, Yingqing Chen, Qinggao Zhang, Stefan W. Ryter, Hun Taeg Chung

“…TN-C siRNA did not affect the CORM-2-dependent increase of IL-10 expression. In cells transfected with IL-10 siRNA, CORM-2 had no effect on the LPS-induced expression of TN-C and its downstream cytokines. …”
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Screening and identification of purine degrading Lactobacillus fermentum 9-4 from Chinese fermented rice-flour noodles by Lianghua Lu, Tiantian Liu, Xiaoling Liu, Chenghua Wang

“…A new lactic acid bacteria strain designated as Lactobacillus fermentum 9-4 was screened out from 10 Shengzhamifen samples by a comprehensive method integrating agar plate selection, in vitro purine-metabolizing enzymatic activities of xanthine oxidase and urate oxidase, 16S rRNA gene sequencing and identification. The resting cells of L. fermentum 9-4 showed the maximum degradation rates of inosine and guanosine by respective 2.13 × 10−3 and 2.78 × 10−3 g/(L·min), and the highest assimilation ratio of guanosine by (55.93 ± 3.12)%, which are improvements over LAB strains characterized previously. …”
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Characterization of Escherichia coli outer membrane vesicles and the impact of pathogenic ones on NLR signaling pathways by Roghayeh Mohammadzadeh, Ava Behrouzi, Farzam Vaziri, Seyed Davar Siadat

“…Materials and Methods: OMVs were extracted by differential centrifugation and characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), SDS-PAGE, Limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) test, and nucleic acid extraction. Then, the Caco-2 cells were treated with the pathogenic OMVs to evaluate their effect on NLR signaling pathways. …”
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Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Prospects of Immunotherapy and Targeted Therapy in Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma by Lin Zhong MM, Anqing Lu MB, Xiyue Lu MM, Xiaoyin Liu MD, Lujia Cao MM, Shihong Zhu MM, SiJun Diao MM, Xu Cheng MM, Hongwei Wu MB, Jing Chen MD

“…With a deeper understanding of the pathophysiology of PCNSL, various therapies, including CD20 monoclonal antibodies, Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitors, immunomodulatory drugs, immune checkpoint inhibitors, phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3 K)/mammalian target of rapamycin(mTOR) inhibitors, and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) -T cells are increasingly being applied and have demonstrated considerable efficacy. …”
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Removal of Triphenylmethane Dyes by Bacterial Consortium by Jihane Cheriaa, Monia Khaireddine, Mahmoud Rouabhia, Amina Bakhrouf

“…UV-Visible absorption spectra, FTIR analysis and the inspection of bacterial cells growth indicated that color removal by the CM-4 was due to biodegradation. …”
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Effects of carbon sources and temperature on the formation and structural characteristics of food-related Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms by Mingming Zou, Donghong Liu

“…The highest efficiency of extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) molecule production occurred under glucose availability in the growth environment, with a higher yield of biomass and a significantly smaller number of metabolically active cells than under other tested conditions. A condensed ball-shaped structure was observed under the lactose condition. …”
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The quantitative characteristic of morphological and structural changes in the diverted regions of the large intestine by A. S. Akopyan, E. V. Manukyan, T. G. Bagdasaryan, A. F. Abramyan, A. A. Akopyan

“…Investigations demonstrated development of processes of remodeling in mucosa of defunctioning loop of atrophic type with decrease of quantity of mucus-producing epithelial cells. Simultaneously on a background of developing immunodeficiency there was progression of inflammatory processes, up to microabscess development. …”
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Bidirectional Relationship between Gastric Emptying and Plasma Glucose Control in Normoglycemic Individuals and Diabetic Patients by Bogdan Mircea Mihai, Cătălina Mihai, Cristina Cijevschi-Prelipcean, Elena-Daniela Grigorescu, Mihaela Dranga, Vasile Drug, Ioan Sporea, Cristina Mihaela Lăcătușu

“…Once nutrients enter the intestine, the secretion of incretins (hormonal products of intestinal cells) is stimulated. Among incretins, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) has multiple glycemic-regulatory effects that include delayed gastric emptying, thus triggering a feedback loop lowering postprandial serum glucose levels. …”
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Beyond the seizures: Ketogenic Diets in the battle against drug-resistant epilepsy by Natalia Domańska, Małgorzata Bojarska, Julia Bogucka, Anna Brzyska, Michalina Kosowska, Halina Piecewicz-Szczęsna

“…It improves neuronal hemostasis and increases cells’ resistance during excessive electrical discharges in the brain. …”
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Isolation and Bioactivity of Natural Products from <i>Streptomyces</i> sp. MA37 by Fleurdeliz Maglangit, Qing Fang, Jioji N. Tabudravu, Kwaku Kyeremeh, Marcel Jaspars, Hai Deng

“…We also demonstrate that legonoxamine A possesses potent anticancer activity (IC₅₀ = 2.2 µM), exhibiting a remarkable ~30-fold increase in potency against MCF-7 ATCC HTB-22 breast cancer cells compared to desferrioxamine B, a structural analogue of legonoxamine A (IC₅₀ = 61.1 µM). …”
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