Fraction Reduction in Membrane Systems by Ping Guo, Hong Zhang, Haizhu Chen, Ran Liu

“…In this paper, we propose a method of fraction reduction and discuss how to carry it out in cell-like P systems with the membrane structure and the rules with priority designed. …”
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Role of aspirin in cancer prevention by Meng Sun, Jun Yu, Jie Wan, Xiaoyun Dou, Xiaoying Chen, Fang Ye

“…In recent years, studies have found that the potential mechanism of aspirin in the prevention and treatment of cancer may lie in immune regulation, the role of DNA repair pathways, the regulation of cell metabolism, anti-inflammatory effects and antiplatelet effects.…”
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Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology of Ewing’s Sarcoma of Thoracic Spine with Extension into the Intradural Space by Sandhya Bordia, Sweta Meena, Bijendar Kumar Meena, Vijay Rajak

“…Ewing’s sarcoma/peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor is a small, round, and blue cell malignancy that occurs most often in bone and soft tissues of children and young adults. …”
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Page Kidney: An Unusual Complication of a Renal Transplant Biopsy by Jacob D. McFadden, Jason S. Hawksworth

“…This is a case report of a patient with acute T-cell-mediated rejection and no other risk factors for postprocedural bleeding that developed Page kidney. …”
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Nonsecretory Multiple Myeloma Presenting as an Intestinal Tumor by Diana Triantafyllopoulou, Stuart Mellor, Catherine Cargo, Ioannis Gkikas, Jagdish Adiyodi, Ayub Ali Bin, Neil Sahasrabudhe, Margaret Rokicka

“…A bone marrow biopsy showed plasma cell myeloma. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of nonsecretory multiple myeloma presenting as plasmacytoma of the colon.…”
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A Patient with Fibroepithelial Polyp of the Ureter—A Rare Condition Mimicking Malignancy: A Case Report by Wolfgang Brummeisl, Hans-Martin Fritsche, Elisabeth Huber, Wolf F. Wieland, Roman Ganzer

“…A fibroepithelial polyp is a rare benign lesion that can occur in childhood but is an important differential diagnosis of an upper urinary tract urothelial cell carcinoma in adults.…”
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Les ilots ethniques touristiques by Rémy Tremblay

“…Dans cet article, nous montrons comment une destination touristique peut se transformer en un îlot ethnique touristique En s’inspirant de l’étude de cas des Québécois en Floride, nous proposons un modèle dans lequel nous explorons un processus, développé par le chercheur américain Dallen Timothy, reposant sur trois phases : l’adoption de la destination, la transformation de la destination en îlot ethnique touristique et le déclin de celle-ci.…”
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Expansion of the Genetic Alphabet: Unnatural Nucleobases and Their Applications by Subhendu Sekhar Bag, Jennifer M. Heemstra, Yoshio Saito, David M. Chenoweth

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Small Bowel Review - Part II by ABR Thomson, G Wild

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A Molecular, Genetic, and Diagnostic Spotlight on Fanconi Anemia by Laura E. Hays, Stefan Meyer, Henri J. van de Vrugt

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Circadian Plasticity of Mammalian Inhibitory Interneurons by Malgorzata Jasinska, Elzbieta Pyza

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Editorial: Activation of the cGAS-STING pathway by extra-nuclear DNA and its pharmacognostic modulation in human disease by Preston M. McCourt, Charles A. Day, Souren Paul, Souren Paul

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Pirfenidone Inhibits Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension through the NADPH/ROS/p38 Pathway in Adventitial Fibroblasts in the Pulmonary Artery by Song Zhang, ZongXiu Yin, WeiDong Qin, XiaoLi Ma, Yao Zhang, EnXiu Liu, YanBiao Chu

“…These findings demonstrate that PFD is a novel therapeutic agent to prevent cell proliferation, migration, and fibrosis, which might be useful in inhibiting vascular remodeling in patients with HPH.…”
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Enhanced intestinal epithelial co-culture model with orbital mechanical stimulation: a proof-of-concept application in food nanotoxicology by Mattia Santoni, Giovanni Piccinini, Giovanni Piccinini, Giovanni Liguori, Maria Roberta Randi, Massimo Baroncini, Liliana Milani, Francesca Danesi

“…Mechanical stimulation selectively promoted goblet cell differentiation without affecting general epithelial markers. …”
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A simple, highly sensitive and specific serological test for the detection of antibodies to Varicella-zoster virus (<i>Varicellovirus humanalpha3</i>) by Firaya G. Nagieva, Elena P. Barkova, Olga S. Kharchenko, Alexander V. Sidorov, Galina I. Alatortseva, Bogdan S. Cherepovich, Yulia N. Tarakanova, Olga A. Trubacheva, Evgeny A. Pashkov, Artem A. Rtishchev, Oksana A. Svitich, Vitaly V. Zverev

“…Materials and methods. Human and animal cell cultures; various strains of VZV; human and animal immune sera; monoclonal antibody to VZV glycoprotein (GP) E. …”
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Genetic Deletion and Pharmacological Inhibition of PI3Kγ Reduces Neutrophilic Airway Inflammation and Lung Damage in Mice with Cystic Fibrosis-Like Lung Disease by Maria Galluzzo, Elisa Ciraolo, Monica Lucattelli, Eriola Hoxha, Martina Ulrich, Carlo Cosimo Campa, Giuseppe Lungarella, Gerd Doring, Zhe Zhou-Suckow, Marcus Mall, Emilio Hirsch, Virginia De Rose

“…Tissue damage was assessed by histology and morphometry and inflammatory cell number was evaluated in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF). …”
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Efficacy of Air and Oxygen Micro-nano Bubble Waters Against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and Impacts on Postharvest Quality of ‘Fan Retief’ Guava Fruit by Harold K. Malahlela, Zinash A. Belay, Rebogile R. Mphahlele, Oluwafemi James Caleb

“…Air- and O2-MNB treatments damaged cellular structures, disrupted cell membrane integrity, and deformed hyphal morphology. …”
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NIPAL1 as a prognostic biomarker associated with pancreatic adenocarcinoma progression and immune infiltration by Youlong Zhu, Zongze Qi, Shaoqi Zu, Fangchao Yang, Yanming Wang, Lei Zhu, Xintong Li, Ruixue Li, Hong Zhu

“…Finally, high expression of NIPAL1 in tumor tissues was validated through immunohistochemistry. In pancreatic cancer cell lines, changes in phenotypes such as proliferation, migration, and invasion following the knockdown of NIPAL1 were assessed. …”
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Development of [F]FPy-WL12 as a PD-L1 Specific PET Imaging Peptide by Wojciech G. Lesniak PhD, Ronnie C. Mease PhD, Samit Chatterjee PhD, Dhiraj Kumar PhD, Ala Lisok MA, Bryan Wharram MS, Venkateswara Rao Kalagadda PhD, Leisha A. Emens MD, PhD, Martin G. Pomper MD, PhD, Sridhar Nimmagadda PhD

“…Expression of programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) within tumors is an important biomarker for guiding immune checkpoint therapies; however, immunohistochemistry-based methods of detection fail to provide a comprehensive picture of PD-L1 levels in an entire patient. …”
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Low-input redoxomics facilitates global identification of metabolic regulators of oxidative stress in the gut by Xina Xiao, Meng Hu, Li Gao, Huan Yuan, Baochen Chong, Yu Liu, Rou Zhang, Yanqiu Gong, Dan Du, Yong Zhang, Hao Yang, Xiaohui Liu, Yan Zhang, Huiyuan Zhang, Heng Xu, Yi Zhao, Wenbo Meng, Dan Xie, Peng Lei, Shiqian Qi, Yong Peng, Tao Tan, Yang Yu, Hongbo Hu, Biao Dong, Lunzhi Dai

“…Notably, the proteins modified by SOH and SSG were associated primarily with cell adhesion. In contrast, SNO-modified proteins were involved in immunity. …”
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