Highly oxygenated cyclohexenes from the leaves of Uvaria grandiflora Roxb. ex Hornem and their cytotoxic and α-glucosidase inhibitory activities by Virayu Suthiphasilp, Moses Egoh Betangah, Passakorn Teerapongpisan, Narawadee Rujanapun, Boonyanoot Chaiyosang, Sarawut Tontapha, Pakit Kumboonma, Brian O. Patrick, Raymond J. Andersen, Rawiwan Charoensup, Thidarat Duangyod, Phunrawie Promnart, Tharakorn Maneerat, Surat Laphookhieo

“…. (+)-Grandifloracin (9) displayed cytotoxicity against SW480 and K562 cell lines with IC50 values of 154.9 and 60.9 μM, respectively. 6-Methoxyzeylenol (5) had α-glucosidase inhibitory activity with the IC50 value of 34.1 μM.…”
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Role of CC chemokine CCL6/C10 as a monocyte chemoattractant in a murine acute peritonitis by Andrew M. LaFleur, Nicholas W. Lukacs, Steven L. Kunkel, Akihiro Matsukawa

“…Neutralization of CCL6 significantly inhibited the macrophage infiltration (34-48% reduction), but not other cell types, without decreasing the other CC chemokines known to attract monocytes/macrophages. …”
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Evaluation of Cereals and Pseudocereals Suitability for the Development of New Probiotic Foods by Monika Kocková, Monika Dilongová, Eva Hybenová, L’ubomír Valík

“…Fermented suspensions were stored for 21 days at 5°C. Monitoring of cell counts, pH value, and concentration of organic acids during fermentation and storage was done.…”
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Pneumatosis Intestinalis and Pneumoperitoneum After Lung Transplantation: Single-Center Experience and Systematic Review by Hiroshi Kagawa, Masashi Furukawa, Ernest G. Chan, Matthew Morrell, Pablo G. Sanchez

“…It is generally recommended to proceed with laparotomy if patients have portal venous gas, elevated white blood cell count, elevated lactic acid level, decreased bicarbonate level, elevated amylase level, metabolic acidosis, abdominal tenderness, or abdominal distension. …”
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Energetics and phase diagrams of Fe-Cr and Co-Cr systems from first principles by Vreštzál J., Houserová J., Šob M.

“…Phase diagrams of Fe-Cr and Co-Cr systems containing the intermetallic sigma-phase (5 inequivalent lattice sites, 30 atoms in repeat cell) are described here as an example of application of our new model.…”
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Zinc Therapy in Dermatology: A Review by Mrinal Gupta, Vikram K. Mahajan, Karaninder S. Mehta, Pushpinder S. Chauhan

“…Its use has expanded manifold over the years for a number of dermatological conditions including infections (leishmaniasis, warts), inflammatory dermatoses (acne vulgaris, rosacea), pigmentary disorders (melasma), and neoplasias (basal cell carcinoma). Although the role of oral zinc is well-established in human zinc deficiency syndromes including acrodermatitis enteropathica, it is only in recent years that importance of zinc as a micronutrient essential for infant growth and development has been recognized. …”
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AhR governs lipid metabolism: the role of gut microbiota by Wanru Zheng, Mengkuan Liu, Xinyu Lv, Cuimei He, Jie Yin, Jie Ma

“…Under physiological conditions, AhR mainly participates in regulating the body’s immune response, cell proliferation, and apoptosis among a series of processes. …”
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Analysis and implementation of 3D bandpass frequency selective structure with high frequency selectivity by Keya Tao, Bo Li, Yiming Tang, Ming Zhang, Yaming Bo

“…A novel 3D frequency selective structure (FSS), exhibiting bandpass filtering response with high frequency selectivity, is presented. In each unit cell, multiple resonators are constructed to provide multiple transmission zeros/poles. …”
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The serological survey on bluetongue virus infection in sheep by Feridun ÖZTÜRK, Sibel YAVRU, Saffet ERÖZ

“…Glascow Eagle's MEM (Minimum Essential Medium) with 10 % calf sera for cell medium and Glascow Eagle's MEM without sera for virus medium were used in this research. …”
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Magnetodielectric and Metalomagnetic 1D Photonic Crystals Homogenization: ε-μ Local Behavior by J. I. Rodríguez Mora, J. Flores Méndez, B. Zenteno Mateo, F. Severiano Carrillo, R. C. Ambrosio Lázaro

“…The theory is valid for any type of Bravais lattice and arbitrary form of inclusions in the unitary cell. An equations system is obtained for macroscopic magnetic field and magnetic induction components expanding microscopic electromagnetic fields in Bloch waves. …”
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Undifferentiated Malignant Neoplasm Involving Parotid and Thyroid: Sampling and PAX8 Cross-Reactivity Can Obscure the Diagnosis of Lymphoma by Elizabeth W. Hubbard, Laurentia Nodit, Stuart Van Meter

“…Although PAX8 was immunoreactive and thus worrisome for anaplastic thyroid carcinoma, the tumor was eventually proven to represent PAX5 positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma expressing cross-reactivity with polyclonal PAX8 antibody. …”
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Lysyl oxidase inhibitors in colorectal cancer progression by Muxian Liu, Jie Wang, Meihong Liu

“…Numerous studies have demonstrated that LOX family members are dysregulated in a variety of cancers, including colorectal cancer (CRC), and play a key role in cancer cell migration, proliferation, invasion and metastasis. …”
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Allografting for Bosutinib, Imatinib, Nilotinib, Dasatinib, and Interferon Resistant Chronic Myeloid Leukemia without ABL Kinase Mutation by B. Uz, O. Bektas, E. Eliacik, H. Goker, Y. Erbilgin, M. Sayitoglu, N. Sayinalp, S. Aksu, Y. Buyukasik, O. Ozcebe, I. C. Haznedaroglu

“…The aim of this paper is to report a patient with complicated CML resistant to treatment and progressed despite the administration of bosutinib, imatinib mesylate, nilotinib, dasatinib, interferon alpha 2a, cytotoxic chemotherapy, and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. The striking point of this case story is that no Abl kinase domain mutation against TKIs has been detected during this very complicated disease course of CML. …”
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Ultrafiltration operational conditions influence in the antibacterial activity of native and thermally treated lysozyme by de Espindola, Ariane, Miron, Simona M., Dutournié, Patrick, Ponche, Arnaud

“…In this work, the antibacterial activity of lysozyme (LSZ), a protein used as antibiotic which acts by disrupting the bacterial cell wall, was studied after two operations: heating and ultrafiltration. …”
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Histological Findings of ETosis in Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome with Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Follow-Up Case Report by Sergio Michael Navarro, Aneel Ashrani, Myung Soo Park, Dong Chen

“…We present a case of HPS-PF that exhibited histological evidence of extracellular traps (ETs) ensnaring macrophages, leading to cell death in a process known as ETosis. To our knowledge, ETosis has not been previously reported in the HPS-PF population and may represent a mechanism by which pulmonary fibrosis develops in these patients. …”

Mechanisms of Alcohol-Induced Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Organ Injuries by Cheng Ji

“…Alcohol is readily distributed throughout the body in the blood stream and crosses biological membranes, which affect virtually all biological processes inside the cell. Excessive alcohol consumption induces numerous pathological stress responses, part of which is endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response. …”
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Long-Term Strength of Porous Geomaterials by a Micromechanical Model considering Alternate Wetting and Drying Condition by Jin Zhang, Shirong Fu, Tao Ni, Bei Han, Chong Shi

“…The effects of alternate wetting and drying are considered as variable water pressure imposed on the inner boundary surface of the unit cell. The cyclic responses are separated as a pure hydrostatic part under compressive/tensive loads and an additional deviatoric part to capture shear effects. …”
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Primary Hepatic Lymphoma Presenting as an Acute Abdomen in a Young Female Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review by Walid E. Abdelrahim, Kamal E. Mohamed, Salwa O. Mekki, Eltaib A. Saad

“…She underwent an uneventful extended left hemihepatectomy, and the surgical biopsy revealed a PHL—of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) type—with negative resection margins. …”
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Perpetuation of inflammation associated with experimental arthritis: the role of macrophage activation by neutrophilic myeloperoxidase by Monique P. Gelderman, Rodney Stuart, David Vigerust, Steven Fuhrmann, Doris L. Lefkowitz, Robert C. Allen, Stanley S. Lefkowitz, Susan Graham

“…A monoarticular arthritis was induced in female Lewis rats by injection of streptococcal cell wall extracts (PG-APS). After swelling and erythema subsided, joints were re-injected with one of the following: porcine MPO or partially inactivated MPO (iMPO). …”
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Rectal swab DNA collection protocol for PCR genotyping in rats by Audrey E Kaye, Jacob W Proctor-Bonbright, Jai Y Yu

“…Rectal swabbing produced PCR results with similar utility as ear clip samples, and results were unaffected by residual fecal matter or cell debris. The protocol enables fast, minimally invasive and repeatable genotyping using commercial PCR reagents.…”
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