Editorial: Host-diet-microbiome interactions in obesity prevention and treatment by Javad Barouei, Javad Barouei, Mary E. Kable, Mahta Moussavi, Mahta Moussavi, Yu-Hsin Hsieh

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Asthma Control in Canada Remains Suboptimal: The Reality of Asthma Control (TRAC) Study by J Mark FitzGerald, Louis-Philippe Boulet, R Andrew McIvor, Sabrina Zimmerman, Kenneth R Chapman

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Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures (PNES) in the Setting of Trauma and Schizophrenia by Sikander Chohan, Ali Chohan, Muhamid Asif

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Non-Integer Valued Winding Numbers and a Generalized Residue Theorem by Norbert Hungerbühler, Micha Wasem

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Determination of the response of a class of nonlinear time invariant systems by Sudhangshu B. Karmakar

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Nuclear Policy and the Changing Dynamics of Decision-Making by Keith Gottschalk

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Adherence with Drug Therapy in Pregnancy by Doreen Matsui

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The Social Construction of Motherhood in Bengali Folklore by Sraboni Chatterjee, Pranab Chatterjee

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Comprehensive Analysis of Oil Sludge from The Absheron Peninsula to Solve Environmental Problems by Aliyev Goshgar, Aliyev Emin

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Long Term Improvements in Activities of Daily Living in Patients with Hemispatial Neglect by Monika Harvey, Keith Muir, Ian Reeves, George Duncan, Philip Birschel, Margaret Roberts, Katrina Livingstone, Hazel Jackson, Caroline Hogg, Pauline Castle, Gemma Learmonth, Stéphanie Rossit

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Predictors of Longitudinal Changes in Pulmonary Function among Swine Confinement Workers by Shelley P Kirychuk, Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan, James A Dosman, Chen Zhou, Ernie M Barber, Chuck S Rhodes, Tom S Hurst

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Low Expression of FFAR2 in Peripheral White Blood Cells May Be a Genetic Marker for Early Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction by Jianjun Ruan, Heyu Meng, Xue Wang, Weiwei Chen, Xiaomin Tian, Fanbo Meng

“…Real-time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction was used to detect the expression of the FFAR2 gene. Western blot analysis was applied to detect the relative expression of the FFAR2 gene at the level of protein. …”
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Involvement of Cholesterol Metabolic Pathways in Recovery from Noise-Induced Hearing Loss by Na Sai, Xi Shi, Yan Zhang, Qing-qing Jiang, Fei Ji, Shuo-long Yuan, Wei Sun, Wei-Wei Guo, Shi-Ming Yang, Wei-Ju Han

“…Proteomic Isobaric Tags for Relative and Absolute Quantification (iTRAQ) was used to observe changes in proteins of the miniature pig inner ear following noise exposure. Western blot and immunofluorescence were performed for further quantitative and qualitative analysis of proteomic changes. …”
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High Concentration of Glucose Increases Reactive Oxygen Species Generation and Apoptosis Induced by Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Pathway in Rabbit Corneal Epithelial Cells by Jiajun Lu, Minjie Sheng, Panpan Yao, Chaochao Ran, Hao Liu, Li Chen, Rui Liu, Bing Li

“…The expressions of PERK, p-PERK, Akt, p-Akt, and CHOP were determined by western blot, and the cell viability was measured by Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8). …”
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Decarbonizing Saudi Arabia energy and industrial sectors: Assessment of carbon capture cost by Feras Rowaihy, Ali Hamieh, Naser Odeh, Mohamad Hejazi, Mohammed Al-Juaied, Abdulkader M. Afifi, Hussein Hoteit

“…In contrast, the Western region requires additional focus on storage alternatives such as mineralization. …”
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CD137 Signaling Promotes Endothelial Apoptosis by Inhibiting Nrf2 Pathway, and Upregulating NF-κB Pathway by Tianxin Geng, Yang Yan, Yue Zhang, Liangjie Xu, Guangyao Zang, Jin Chuan Yan

“…Confocal microscopy and Western blot analysis showed that the nuclear translocation of Nrf2 in the agonist-CD137 group was significantly inhibited, and the expression of its downstream antioxidant enzymes was also decreased when compared with control. …”
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MiR-125b-5p ameliorates ox-LDL-induced vascular endothelial cell dysfunction by negatively regulating TNFSF4/TLR4/NF-κB signaling by Wenshuai He, Limin Zhao, Pengfei Wang, Maojia Ren, Yunfei Han

“…TNFSF4/TLR4/NF-κB pathway-related protein expressions were measured by Western blot. Molecular mechanisms were elucidated through quantitative real-time PCR, western blot analysis, and luciferase reporter assays. …”
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Molecular Data Confirm the Occurrence of the Allochthonous <i>Gambusia holbrooki</i> (Pisces: Poeciliidae) in Sicily and the Maltese Archipelago by Luca Vecchioni, Mirko Liuzzo, Arnold Sciberras, Jeffrey Sciberras, Justin Formosa, Alan Deidun, Gabriele Giacalone, Vincenzo Arizza, Marco Arculeo, Federico Marrone, Francesco Paolo Faraone

“…Two of the most pernicious IAS are the eastern and western mosquitofish, i.e., <i>Gambusia holbrooki</i> and <i>G</i>. …”
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MSCs with upregulated lipid metabolism block hematopoietic stem cell differentiation via exosomal CTP-1A in MDS by Chunlai Yin, Xue Yan, Jinyi Ren, Cheng Zhang, Jiaqing Liu, Zilong Wang, Jing Liu, Weiping Li, Xia Li

“…Expression levels of metabolic molecules were used as indicators to screen MSCs with different metabolic pathways and were detected by RT-PCR and Western blotting. Exosome derived from MSCs were isolated from the culture supernatant and confirmed by Transmission Electron Microscope, Dynamic Light Scattering and Western blotting. …”
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T lymphocytes induce human cancer cells derived from solid malignant tumors to secrete galectin-9 which facilitates immunosuppression in cooperation with other immune checkpoint pr... by Stephanie Schlichtner, Inna M Yasinska, Gurprit S Lall, Steffen M Berger, Sabrina Ruggiero, Dietmar Cholewa, Nijas Aliu, Bernhard F Gibbs, Elizaveta Fasler-Kan, Vadim V Sumbayev

“…Our aims were to elucidate whether T cells can induce galectin-9 secretion in human cancer cells derived from solid malignant tumors and whether this soluble form displays higher systemic immunosuppressive activity compared with the cell surface-based protein.Methods A wide range of human cancer cell lines derived from solid tumours, keratinocytes and primary embryonic cells were employed, together with helper and cytotoxic T cell lines and human as well as mouse primary T cells. Western blot analysis, ELISA, quantitative reverse transcriptase-PCR, on-cell Western and other measurement techniques were used to conduct the study. …”
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