Anti-Scar Effects of Micropatterned Hydrogel after Glaucoma Drainage Device Implantation by Yiling Han, Qiangwang Geng, Aimeng Dong, Menglu Jiang, Jingyi Ma, Wulian Song, Pan Fan, Yuanyuan Li, Jiawen Gao, Fenghua Zhang, Jinsong Leng, Huiping Yuan

“…Although it is known that in implanted medical devices, microscale modification of the implant surface can modulate cell behavior and reduce the incidence of fibrosis, in the field of ophthalmic implants, especially the modification and effects of hydrogel micropatterns have rarely been reported. …”
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Exosomes in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type I Pathogenesis: Threat or Opportunity? by Sin-Yeang Teow, Alif Che Nordin, Syed A. Ali, Alan Soo-Beng Khoo

“…Nanometre-sized vesicles, also known as exosomes, are derived from endosomes of diverse cell types and present in multiple biological fluids. …”
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Matrine Ameliorates Colorectal Cancer in Rats via Inhibition of HMGB1 Signaling and Downregulation of IL-6, TNF-α, and HMGB1 by Huizhen Fan, Chunyan Jiang, Baoyuan Zhong, Jianwen Sheng, Ting Chen, Qingqing Chen, Jingtao Li, Hongchuan Zhao

“…Five targets, including interleukin 6 (IL-6), the 26S proteasome, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-β1) and p53, and corresponding high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) signaling and T helper cell differentiation were thought to be associated with matrine’s mechanism. …”
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Hydroelectric simulation of the phreatic water response of mining cracked soil based on microbial solidification by Gao Ying, Ismail Mohd Ashraf Mohamad, Li Tao, Li Bo, Zhang Jiarui

“…After low-temperature acclimation, Bacillus megaterium adapted to the geological environment of the study area, exhibiting a high viable cell density. When the cracked soil was filled with a 1:1 ratio of aeolian sand to clay particles, the microbially remediated soil demonstrated optimal mechanical and hydraulic properties. …”
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Synthesis of pyranopyrazolo N-glycoside and pyrazolopyranopyrimidine C-glycoside derivatives as promising antitumor and antimicrobial agents by Hafez Hend N., El-Gazzar Abdel-Rhman B. A.

“…N-(β-D-ribofuranosyl)- and N-(β-D-xylofuranosyl)-6{[(1E)-4-chlorophenyl)-methylene] amino}4-(4-florophenyl)-3-methyl-1,4-dihydropyrano[2,3-c]-pyrazole-5-carbonitrile (6a,b) were the most active compounds against three human cancer cell lines. Also, most of the newly synthesized compounds exhibited high activity towards Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. …”
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Are Onconeural Antibodies a Clinical Phenomenology in Paraneoplastic Limbic Encephalitis? by Hongliang Zhang, Chunkui Zhou, Limin Wu, Fengming Ni, Jie Zhu, Tao Jin

“…Most of these clinical syndromes in adults are associated with lung cancer, especially small cell lung cancer (SCLC), lymphoma, and gynecological tumors. …”
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Formation and stability of green and low-cost magnetoliposomes of the soy lecithin, stigmasterol, and β-sitosterol for hyperthermia treatments by Rosangela Maria Ferreira da Costa e Silva, Ângela Leão Andrade, Erico Tadeu Fraga Freitas, Thalita Marcolan Valverde, Luciano Roni Silva Lara, Darliane Aparecida Martins, Jorge Luis Lopez, Humberto Osório Stumpf, Clésia Cristina Nascentes, Alfredo Miranda de Goes, Rosana Zacarias Domingues

“…Lip-Fe3O4@lecithin with concentrations of 0.58 mg mL−1 of liposome showed high cell viability and are potential candidates for drug delivery and hyperthermia treatments in 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assays.…”
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Orphan G protein-coupled receptor GPRC5B controls macrophage function by facilitating prostaglandin E receptor 2 signaling by Jeonghyeon Kwon, Haruya Kawase, Kenny Mattonet, Stefan Guenther, Lisa Hahnefeld, Jamal Shamsara, Jan Heering, Michael Kurz, Sina Kirchhofer, Cornelius Krasel, Michaela Ulrich, Margherita Persechino, Sripriya Murthy, Cesare Orlandi, Christian D. Sadik, Gerd Geisslinger, Moritz Bünemann, Peter Kolb, Stefan Offermanns, Nina Wettschureck

“…In other models such as myocardial infarction, increased myeloid cell recruitment has adverse effects. Mechanistically, we found that GPRC5B physically interacts with GPCRs of the prostanoid receptor family, resulting in enhanced signaling through the prostaglandin E receptor 2 (EP2). …”
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Long Noncoding RNA LOC100129940-N Is Upregulated in Papillary Thyroid Cancer and Promotes the Invasion and Progression by Manting Choy, Yan Guo, Hai Li, Guohong Wei, Runyi Ye, Weiwei Liang, Haipeng Xiao, Yanbing Li, Hongyu Guan

“…Moreover, our results showed that overexpression of LOC100129940-N promoted, whereas silencing of LOC100129940-N suppressed, PTC cell proliferation, invasion, and migration. Mechanistically, LOC100129940-N played an important role in activating Wnt/β-catenin signaling and upregulating downstream target genes. …”
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Computational problems of analysis of short next generation sequencing reads by R. te Boekhorst, F. M. Naumenko, N. G. Orlova, E. R. Galieva, A. M. Spitsina, I. V. Chadaeva, Y. L. Orlov, I. I. Abnizova

“…Short read next generation sequencing (NGS) has significant impacts on modern genomics, genetics, cell biology and medicine, especially on meta-genomics, comparative genomics, polymorphism detection, mutation screening, transcriptome profiling, methylation profiling, chromatin remodelling and many more applications. …”
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The Role of Virtual Cystoscopy, after Multidetector Computed Tomography Imaging Reconstruction without the Use of Contrast Medium, in the Diagnosis and Evaluations of Bladder Tumor... by Kyriaki Kalokairinou, Achilles Ploumidis, Theodoros Kalogeropoulos, Lampros Vlachos, Kyriakos Stringaris, Ageliki Tavernaraki, Anastasios Thanos, Xenofon Papacharalampous, Vasilios Koutoulidis, Julien Letendre, Olivier Traxer, Athanasios Gouliamos

“…The pathological report revealed noninvasive transitional cell carcinomas in all cases. Conclusion. VC has promising results in detecting exophytic bladder lesions. …”
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Mosaic Trisomy 18 in a Five-Month-Old Infant by Ana Laura Fitas, Mafalda Paiva, Ana Isabel Cordeiro, Luís Nunes, Gonçalo Cordeiro-Ferreira

“…Individuals with mosaic trisomy 18, only approximately 5% of all trisomy 18 cases, carry both a trisomy 18 and an euploid cell line. Their clinical findings are highly variable, from the absence of dysmorphic features to the complete trisomy 18 syndrome. …”
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Biomimetic Versatile Anisotropic, Electroactive Cellulose Hydrogel Scaffolds Tailored from Fern Stem Serving as Nerve Conduit and Cardiac Patch by Qinghui Liang, Shuhui Chen, Shaofeng Hua, Weihong Jiang, Jiamian Zhan, Chunyi Pu, Rurong Lin, Yutong He, Honghao Hou, Xiaozhong Qiu

“…Both nerve and cardiac tissues exhibit structural anisotropy and electrophysiological activity, providing a wide range of biophysical cues for cell and tissue repair. However, balancing microstructural anisotropy, electroactivity, and biocompatibility is challenging. …”
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N-Cadherin promotes cardiac regeneration by potentiating pro-mitotic β-Catenin signaling in cardiomyocytes by Yi-Wei Tsai, Yi-Shuan Tseng, Yu-Shuo Wu, Wei-Lun Song, Min-Yi You, Yun-Chia Hsu, Wen-Pin Chen, Wei-Han Huang, Jia-Ci Chng, Chai-Ling Lim, Ke-Hsuan Wei, Shih-Lei Ben Lai, Wen-Chih Lee, Kai-Chien Yang

“…N-Cadherin knockdown reduces, whereas overexpression increases, the proliferation activity of neonatal mouse CMs and human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived CMs. Mechanistically, N-Cadherin binds and stabilizes pro-mitotic transcription regulator β-Catenin, driving CM self-renewal. …”
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Human Serum Eye Drops in Eye Alterations: An Insight and a Critical Analysis by Maria Rosaria De Pascale, Michele Lanza, Linda Sommese, Claudio Napoli

“…Human serum contains a physiological plethora of bioactive elements naturally released by activated platelets which might have a significant effect on the regeneration of corneal layers by stimulating the cell growth. This mechanism supported the use of human serum eye drops in some ocular diseases associated with dystrophic changes and alterations of the tear film, such as persistent corneal epithelial defects and dry eye syndrome. …”
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A Hybrid Approach Incorporating WSO-HO and the Newton-Raphson Method to Enhancing Photovoltaic Solar Model Parameters Optimisation by Jeridi Ahmed, Moulahi Mohamed Hedi, Khaterchi Hechmi, Zaafouri Abderrahmen

“…The effectiveness of the WSO-HO algorithm was rigorously evaluated through intensive testing on three different solar panels, including the RTC France solar cell using the single diode model (SDM) and the double diode model (DDM), over 30 iterations. …”
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Exploring glycolytic enzymes in disease: potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets in neurodegeneration, cancer and parasitic infections by Maura Rojas-Pirela, Diego Andrade-Alviárez, Verónica Rojas, Miguel Marcos, Daniel Salete-Granado, Marirene Chacón-Arnaude, María Á. Pérez-Nieto, Ulrike Kemmerling, Juan Luis Concepción, Paul A. M. Michels, Wilfredo Quiñones

“…It has great relevance at a physiological level because it is responsible for generating ATP in the cell through the conversion of glucose into pyruvate and reducing nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) (that may be fed into the electron chain in the mitochondria to produce additional ATP by oxidative phosphorylation), as well as for producing intermediates that can serve as substrates for other metabolic processes. …”
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Proteogenomic analysis reveals Arp 2/3 complex as a common molecular mechanism in high risk pancreatic cysts and pancreatic cancer by A. K. M. Firoj Mahmud, Dina Gamaleldin Mansour Aly, Yelin Zhao, Mikael Benson, Martin Smelik, Oleg Sysoev, Hui Wang, Xinxiu Li

“…Differential expression of these genes was observed across various cell types in PC, indicating their involvement in the tumor microenvironment. …”
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New Benzoxazole Derivatives as Antiprotozoal Agents: In Silico Studies, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation by Mohamed A. Abdelgawad, Mohammad M. Al-Sanea, Mohamed A. Zaki, Enas I. A. Mohamed, Shabana I. Khan, Babu L. Tekwani, Amar G Chittiboyina, Ikhlas A Khan, Tarfah Al-Warhi, Nada Aljaeed, Ohoud J. Alotaibi, Abdulsalam A. M. Alkhaldi, Heba A. H. Elshemy

“…The biological evaluation of all target compounds as potential antimalarial, antileishmanial, antitrypanosomal, and antimicrobial agents was performed by various well-established cell-based methods. Results. Compounds 6d and 5a showed promising biological screening data. …”
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Protective effects of olive oil phenolics oleuropein and hydroxytyrosol against hydrogen peroxide-induced DNA damage in human peripheral lymphocytes by Zorić Nataša, Kopjar Nevenka, Rodriguez Jadranka Vuković, Tomić Siniša, Kosalec Ivan

“…Pretreatment of human lymphocytes with each of the substances for 120 min produced a dose-dependent reduction of primary DNA damage in the tested cell type. Hydroxytyrosol showed a better protective effect against H2O2-induced DNA breaks than oleuropein which could be associated with their free radical-scavenging efficacy.…”
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