The Effect of Lithium on Inflammation-Associated Genes in Lipopolysaccharide-Activated Raw 264.7 Macrophages by Raymond T. Makola, Vusi G. Mbazima, Matlou P. Mokgotho, Vincent S. Gallicchio, Thabe M. Matsebatlela

“…Raw 264.7 macrophages were treated with up to 10 mM lithium, and no change in cell proliferation, viability, growth, and cell adhesion was observed in real time. Pretreatment with low doses of lithium was shown to reduce nitric oxide (NO) production in LPS-activated macrophages. …”
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The in vitro anticancer effects of FS48 from salivary glands of Xenopsylla cheopis on NCI-H460 cells via its blockage of voltage-gated K+ channels by Xiong Weichen, Fan Huizhen, Zeng Qingye, Deng Zhenhui, Li Guanhui, Lu Wancheng, Zhang Bei, Lai Shian, Chen Xin, Xu Xueqing

“…The present study highlights for the first time that blood-sucking arthropod saliva-derived protein can inhibit the physiological activities of tumour cells via the Kv channels. …”
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Mechanism of Electroacupuncture on Neuropathic Pain via Regulation of CD137L in Hippocampal Glia by ZHENG Changyue, LAN Yanyan, HUANG Qiuling, JIANG Menghong, WANG Zhifu

“…From the 7th day after modeling, the electroacupuncture group received electroacupuncture intervention in the right side Huantiao (GB30) and Yanglingquan (G34) acupoints, 30 minutes each time, once a day, lasting for 21 days. Rats in the model and the sham operation groups were equally grasped and fixed without any intervention. …”
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A recent large-scale intraspecific IR expansion and evolutionary dynamics of the plastome of Peucedanum japonicum by Ho Jun Joh, Young Sang Park, Jong-Soo Kang, Jin Tae Kim, Jickerson P. Lado, Sang Il Han, Young-Won Chin, Hyun-Seung Park, Jee Young Park, Tae-Jin Yang

“…Calculation of synonymous substitution rates and divergence time estimation suggested that the 17 kbp IR expansion occurred recently. …”
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Enhancing Camera Source Identification: A Rapid Algorithm with Enhanced Discriminative Power by Zhimao Lai, Lijuan Cheng, Renhai Feng

“…Experimental results show that in a database containing fingerprints from 70 cameras, our algorithm is 50% faster in average search time than BFSA, and its matching accuracy rate exceeds 90% under various noise levels. …”
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Whole-Genome Expression Analysis and Signal Pathway Screening of Synovium-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in Rheumatoid Arthritis by Jingyi Hou, Yi Ouyang, Haiquan Deng, Zhong Chen, Bin Song, Zhongyu Xie, Peng Wang, Jinteng Li, Weiping Li, Rui Yang

“…A Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes analysis showed that the MAPK signaling and rheumatoid arthritis pathways were upregulated and that the p53 signaling pathway was downregulated in RA SMSCs. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction was applied to verify the expression variations of the partial genes mentioned above, and a western blot analysis was used to determine the expression levels of p53, p-JNK, p-ERK, and p-p38. …”
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The influence of different crosslinking agents onto the physical properties, integration behavior and immune response of collagen-based barrier membranes by Yanru Ren, Said Alkildani, Kim Burckhardt, Alexander Köwitsch, Milena Radenkovic, Sanja Stojanovic, Sanja Stojanovic, Stevo Najman, Stevo Najman, Ole Jung, Luo Liu, Mike Barbeck, Mike Barbeck

“…Cross-linking enhances the tensile strength and collagenase resistance, effectively prolonging the membrane’s standing time in vivo. Using (immune-) histochemistry and histomorphometrical analyses, the cellular inflammatory responses, tissue integration and vascularization patterns at 10-, 30-, and 90-day post-implantation in a subcutaneous implantation model in rats were analyzed. …”
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Burden of hospitalizations in newly diagnosed heart failure patients in Poland: real world population based study in years 2013–2019 by Przemysław Leszek, Daniel Waś, Kinga Bartolik, Kladiusz Witczak, Andrzej Kleinork, Bohdan Maruszewski, Katarzyna Brukało, Paulina Rolska‐Wójcik, Małgorzata Celińska‐Spodar, Tomasz Hryniewiecki, Marta Załęska‐Kocięcka

“…The median observation time was 946 days. As many as 49% experienced at least one acute heart failure hospitalization. …”
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Changing dynamics of bloodstream infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Germany, 2017–2023: a continued burd... by Simon Brinkwirth, Marcel Feig, Ines Noll, Tim Eckmanns, Achim Dörre, Sebastian Haller, Niklas Willrich

“…Despite their clinical impact, comprehensive assessments of changes of the burden of bloodstream infections in terms of Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) and attributable deaths over time are lacking, particularly in Germany. Methods We used data from the Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance system, which covered about 30% of German hospitals. …”
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TransRAUNet: A Deep Neural Network with Reverse Attention Module Using HU Windowing Augmentation for Robust Liver Vessel Segmentation in Full Resolution of CT Images by Kyoung Yoon Lim, Jae Eun Ko, Yoo Na Hwang, Sang Goo Lee, Sung Min Kim

“…However, liver vessels have a complex structure, and the segmentation process is conducted manually, so it is time-consuming and labor-intensive. Consequently, it would be extremely useful to develop a deep learning-based automatic liver vessel segmentation method. …”
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Continuous follow-up intervention of a low-salt diet to control blood pressure among older people with hypertension in rural Indonesia by Ivana Aprilia Pehopu, Andi Masyitha Irwan, Elly Lilianty Sjattar, Sakul Changmai, Noor Azah Abd Aziz

“…The intervention group received a one-time low-salt diet education and 2-month follow-up. …”
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Minor Antigen Disparities Impede Induction of Long Lasting Chimerism and Tolerance through Bone Marrow Transplantation with Costimulation Blockade by Sinda Bigenzahn, Ines Pree, Christoph Klaus, Nina Pilat, Benedikt Mahr, Elisabeth Schwaiger, Patrick Nierlich, Friedrich Wrba, Thomas Wekerle

“…Macrochimerism was followed over time by flow cytometry and tolerance was tested by skin grafting. 20 of 21 recipients of B10.D2 BMC but only 13 of 18 of Balb/c BMC and 13 of 20 of B10.A BMC developed stable long-term multilineage chimerism (p<0.05 for each donor strain versus B10.D2). …”
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Safety and Tolerance of Donor-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Pediatric Living-Donor Liver Transplantation: The MYSTEP1 Study by Steffen Hartleif, Michael Schumm, Michaela Döring, Markus Mezger, Peter Lang, Marc H. Dahlke, Joachim Riethmüller, Alfred Königsrainer, Rupert Handgretinger, Silvio Nadalin, Ekkehard Sturm

“…A dose of 1 × 106 MSCs/kg body weight will be given at two time points: first by intraportal infusion intraoperatively and second by intravenous infusion on postoperative day 2. …”
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Clinical treatment score Post-5 Years (CTS5) predicts the benefit of postmastectomy radiotherapy in patients with T1-2N1 luminal breast cancer by Ke Liu, Guan-Qiao Li, Si-Qi Li, Xue-Qin Chen, San-Gang Wu

“…Results: A total of 11190 patients were included with a median follow-up time of 76 months. Regarding the CTS5 classification, 1641 (14.7 %), 3915 (35.0 %), and 5633 (50.3 %) patients had low-risk, intermediate-risk, and high-risk diseases, respectively. …”
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Analysis of the dynamics of occupational morbidity and its consequences in Ukraine in comparison with other countries of the world by M.H. Prodanchuk, A.V. Basanets, O.P. Kravchuk, K.Y. Hashynova, V.A. Hvozdetskyy

“…The global indicator of Disability Adjusted Life Year (DALYs) from the occupational exposure factors in the world (5.1%) is 3 times higher than the similar one in Ukraine (1.53%). …”
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Akuisisi Foreground dan Background Berbasis Fitur DTC pada Matting Citra secara Otomatis by Meidya Koeshardianto, Eko Mulyanto Yuniarno, Mochamad Hariadi

“…The MAE score from the experimental results shows that the alpha matte value produced has a difference of 0.336, and the difference in processing time is 0.4 seconds compared to the supervised matting method. …”
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A comparative study of the performance of ten metaheuristic algorithms for parameter estimation of solar photovoltaic models by Adel Zga, Farouq Zitouni, Saad Harous, Karam Sallam, Abdulaziz S. Almazyad, Guojiang Xiong, Ali Wagdy Mohamed

“…The study focuses on key performance metrics such as execution time, number of function evaluations, and solution optimality. …”
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Performance of wood bottom ash as a replacement for Portland cement in coating mortars by Leila Celin Nascimento, Gercyr Baptista Junior, Gustavo de Castro Xavier, Afonso Rangel Garcez de Azevedo, Sergio Neves Monteiro, Carla Therezinha Dalvi Borjaille Alledi

“…However, the properties that showed improvement were the setting time and the dynamic elastic modulus. Moreover, it was noticed by the calorimetry analysis that the 5% WBA replacement mortar favored nucleation during hydration. …”
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Multicenter audit of operating room staff compliance with the surgical safety checklist: a cross-sectional study from a low- and middle-income country by Sana J. Yaseen, Sari Taha, Abdulsalam Alkaiyat, Sa’ed H. Zyoud

“…The majority said that lack of time (56.3%), staff assertiveness (55.0%), and training (53.8%) were the most important barriers to implementing the SSC. …”
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Assessment of improvement in functional outcomes between a novel knee replacement design and conventional designs in 240 patients: a randomized controlled trial by Tero Irmola, Aleksi Reito, Jarmo Kangas, Antti Eskelinen, Mika Niemeläinen, Ville M Mattila, Teemu Moilanen

“…Similarly, the difference between Persona CR and NexGen CR was –0.9 (CI –3.6 to 1.9). At the time of final follow-up evaluation, OKS was equivalent between groups, as CI excluded between-group differences larger than 4 points. …”
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