Groundwater vulnerability and, risk assessment of seawater intrusion for the development of a strategy plan towards sustainability: Case of the Souss-Massa coastal area, Morocco by Yassine Ez-zaouy, Lhoussaine Bouchaou, Mohammed Hssaisoune, Abdelhaq Aangri, Gianluigi Busico, Saadou Oumarou Danni, Oumaima Attar, Mohamed Nehmadou, Aicha Saad, Yassine Ait Brahim

“…Study region: The downstream part of the Souss-Massa Basin, Central Western part of Morocco, Northwestern Africa. Study focus: The Souss-Massa coastal area (SMCA) is known for tourism, fishing, and agriculture activities, which require intensive pumping of groundwater. …”
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Oral behaviors in Chinese temporomandibular disorder patients: insights from exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses by Tiqian Liu, Tiqian Liu, Adrian Ujin Yap, Adrian Ujin Yap, Adrian Ujin Yap, Yanyu Sun, Yanyu Sun, Yunhao Zheng, Yunhao Zheng, Tianqi Wang, Tianqi Wang, Shiya Zeng, Shiya Zeng, Zhen Liu, Xin Xiong, Xin Xiong

“…AimThis study aimed to evaluate the factor structure of the Oral Behaviors Checklist (OBC) in Chinese temporomandibular disorder (TMDs) patients and compare the outcomes with those of Western patients. Additionally, it examined the correlations between different OBC subscale scoring methods.MethodsA total of 869 patients completed a survey that included demographic information, the Symptom Questionnaire, and OBC. …”
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Genome-Wide Association Study on Imputed Genotypes of 180 Eurasian Soybean <i>Glycine max</i> Varieties for Oil and Protein Contents in Seeds by Nadezhda A. Potapova, Irina V. Zorkoltseva, Alexander S. Zlobin, Andrey B. Shcherban, Anna V. Fedyaeva, Elena A. Salina, Gulnara R. Svishcheva, Tatiana I. Aksenovich, Yakov A. Tsepilov

“…This dataset encompassed 87 Russian and European cultivars and 93 breeding lines from Western Siberia. We identified 11 novel loci significantly associated with oil and protein content in seeds (<i>p</i>-value < 1.5 × 10⁻⁶), including one locus on chromosome 11 linked to protein content and 10 loci associated with oil content (chromosomes 1, 5, 11, 16, 17, and 18). …”
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Identification of compounds against atherosclerosis induced by ox-LDL based on cell extraction/UPLC–MS/MS from mulberry twigs and their mechanistic analysis by Zhihui Jin, Wei Xiang, Xiaowen Shi, Fenglin Jiang, Yanan Jia, Yuansong Zhang, Lingshu Zeng, Xianzhi Huang, Li Xu

“…Protective effects were assessed by measuring cell viability, malondialdehyde (MDA), and superoxide dismutase (SOD) levels, along with detecting intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) using 2, 7-dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate (DCFH-DA) and dihydroethidine (DHE) probes. Real-time qPCR and Western blotting were used for mRNA and protein level analysis. …”
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Simulated Experiment of Water-Sand Inrush across Overlying Strata Fissures Caused by Mining by Guibin Zhang, Hailong Wang, Shenglei Yan, Chuanyang Jia, Xiaoyuan Song

“…In western region of China, the water-sand inrush across overlying strata fissures caused by mining threatens the mine safety production seriously. …”
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ALKALOHALOPHILIC BACTERIA OF THE FAMILY BACILLACEAE IN THE LAKES OF THE BADAIN JARAN DESERT (CHINA) by E. B. Erdyneeva, A. A. Radnagurueva, N. L. Belkova, Z. B. Namsaraev, E. V. Lavrentieva

“…The Badain Jaran desert is located in the western part of Inner Mongolia (China) in the Alashan Highland. …”
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Nicotine promotes M2 macrophage polarization through α5-nAChR/SOX2/CSF-1 axis in lung adenocarcinoma by Guiyu Kang, Hui Song, Lei Bo, Qi Liu, Qiang Li, Jingtan Li, Pan Pan, Jingting Wang, Yanfei Jia, Haiji Sun, Xiaoli Ma

“…Through diverse bioinformatics analyses and immunohistochemistry, the expressions of α5-nAChR and SOX2 as well as their relations were dissected. α5-nAChR regulated the differentiation of monocytes into M2 macrophages by targeting the STAT3/SOX2/CSF-1 signaling in the coculture system by western blotting and ChIP. α5-nAChR-mediated macrophage-mediated LUAD cell migration via SOX2/CSF-1 signaling in the cocultured medium. …”
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Concordance with final pathology when transitioning from standard transrectal to cognitive targeted transperineal prostate biopsy by Alfred Honoré, Karsten Gravdal, Patrick Juliebø‐Jones, Lars Anders Rokne Reisæter, Christian Beisland, Christian Arvei Moen

“…Material and methods Analysis of consecutive patients undergoing prostate biopsy and prostatectomy (RP) between January 2018 and May 2022 at a tertiary centre in Western Norway. Results There were 210 and 239 patients in the sTR and cog‐tTP groups, respectively. …”
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3β-Hydroxysteroid-Δ24 Reductase (DHCR24) Protects Pancreatic β Cells from Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-Induced Apoptosis by Scavenging Excessive Intracellular Reactive Oxygen Speci... by Yang Li, Xude Wang, Baoyu Yang, Haozhen Wang, Zhenzhong Ma, Ziyin Lu, Xiuli Lu, Bing Gao

“…In the present study, we induced ER stress by tunicamycin (TM) treatment and showed that infection of MIN6 cells with Ad-DHCR24-myc rendered these cells resistant to caspase-3-mediated apoptosis induced by TM, while cells transfected with siRNAs targeting DHCR24 were more sensitive to TM. Western blot analysis showed that TM treatment induced upregulation of Bip protein levels in both cells infected with Ad-LacZ (the control group) and Ad-DHCR24-myc, indicating substantial ER stress. …”
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Desmoglein-2 was a novel cancer-associated fibroblasts-related biomarker for oral squamous cell carcinoma by Jin Liu, Zhonghao Sun, Shihui Cao, Hao Dai, Ze Zhang, Jingtao Luo, Xudong Wang

“…The prognostic performance of the identified biomarker was evaluated using receiver operating characteristic analysis. The qPCR and western blot were used to assess gene expression. …”
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Aloe-Emodin-Mediated Photodynamic Therapy Induces Apoptosis in Basal Cell Carcinoma Cells via Activation of ERK/JNK Signaling Pathway by Woodvine Otieno Odhiambo, Songmei Geng, Xiaopeng Wang, Xiaodong Chen, Mengting Qin, Meng Yuan, Yang Wang, Farooq Riaz, Chengcheng Liu, Yanhong Ji

“…The cell death rate and reactive oxygen species (ROS) were assessed by flow cytometry. Western blotting was used to determine the effects of AE-mediated PDT on the apoptotic proteins, Akt, and MAPK pathways. …”
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Nociceptor-localized KCC2 suppresses brachial plexus avulsion-induced neuropathic pain and related central sensitization by Hang Xian, Huan Guo, Yuan-Ying Liu, Sui-Bin Ma, Rui Zhao, Jian-Lei Zhang, Hang Zhang, Rou-Gang Xie, Xu-Cheng Guo, Jie Ren, Sheng-Xi Wu, Ceng Luo, Rui Cong

“…Decreased expression of KCC2 in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) was detected through Western blot and FISH technology after BPA. Overexpression of KCC2 in DRG could reverse the hyperexcitability of DRG neurons and alleviate the pain of BPA mice synchronously. …”
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Changes in oat grain yield and quality with increased adaptability of cultivars by P. N. Nikolaev, O. A. Yusova, I. V. Safonova, N. I. Aniskov

“…The studies were carried out from 2011 to 2019 in the southern forest steppe of Western Siberia. The content of protein, crude fat and starch in grain, and its hull content were measured according to B. …”
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Wenxin Granules Influence the TGFβ-P38/JNK MAPK Signaling Pathway and Attenuate the Collagen Deposition in the Left Ventricle of Myocardial Infarction Rats by Ya Huang, Aiming Wu, Lixia Lou, Dongmei Zhang, Bo Nie, Yizhou Zhao, Keke Liu, Mingjing Zhao, Hongcai Shang

“…The changes of cardiac hemodynamics were detected by the catheter method, morphological changes were observed by HE staining, and myocardial tissue collagen volume was counted by Immunohistochemistry combined with Masson staining, and the expression of inflammatory TGFβ-p38/JNK MAPK signal pathway markers was detected by Western blot. Results. Wenxin granules could significantly improve the hemodynamics, so that the fibrosis scar was relatively dense and uniform, and the residual myocardium was relatively neat, while Collagen type I and III volume and TGFβ expression levels were lessened. …”
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Artesunate Restrains Maturation of Dendritic Cells and Ameliorates Heart Transplantation-Induced Acute Rejection in Mice through the PERK/ATF4/CHOP Signaling Pathway by Yuanyang Chen, Sihao Zheng, Zhiwei Wang, Xin Cai, Yanjia Che, Qi Wu, Shun Yuan, Xiaohan Zhong

“…In addition, cell experiments were conducted to determine the changes in expression of surface maturation markers of BMDC and changes in intracellular reactive oxygen species after LPS stimulation. Finally, western blot analysis was performed to determine the levels of endoplasmic reticulum stress-related proteins (CHOP/ATF4/PERK). …”
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Sphingosine kinase 1 promotes M2 macrophage infiltration and enhances glioma cell migration via the JAK2/STAT3 pathway by Zihan Song, Zijun Zhao, Xuehua Liu, Yiran Song, Siyu Zhu, Ziyang Jia, Yijie Li, Zairan Wang, Boyu Sun, Qianxu Jin, Shiyang Zhang, Zongmao Zhao, Liqiang Liu

“…Enrichment analysis and Western blotting revealed that SPHK1 functions as a JAK2/STAT3 pathway controller. …”
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Antichronic Gastric Ulcer Effect of Zinc-Baicalin Complex on the Acetic Acid-Induced Chronic Gastric Ulcer Rat Model by Hui Yang, Yi Lu, Xiao-Feng Zeng, Ling Li, Rong-Ping Zhang, Zhong-Kun Ren, Xu Liu

“…In addition, our results from Western blot suggested that BA-Zn (6.5 and 13 mg/kg) has a greater antiulcerogenic effect than both BA and zinc-gluconate. …”
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UCH-L1 Inhibitor Alleviates Nerve Damage Caused by Moyamoya Disease by Minghua Xu, Xiaomin Zhao, Jiang Zhao, Zhisheng Tan, Chengshi Zhang, Yun Huang, Huiping Zhong, Meifeng Guo, Chen Zhang, Ping Ye, Wentao Zheng

“…The total RNA was extracted from the exosomes, and the level of GFAP and UCH-L1 between the serum exosomes of the two groups was analyzed by a quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and western blot. Exosome labeling and uptake by SH-SY5Y cells were observed by confocal laser microscopy. …”
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Propofol Ameliorates Microglia Activation by Targeting MicroRNA-221/222-IRF2 Axis by Xi Xiao, Yuanyuan Hou, Wei Yu, Sihua Qi

“…Real-time qPCR, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and Western blotting were used to identify the expression pattern of miR-221/222, inflammatory genes, cytokines, and IRF2. …”
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Influence of aquaculture practices on microbiota composition and pathogen abundance in pond ecosystems in South China by Shuhui Niu, Chuanlong Li, Jun Xie, Zhifei Li, Kai Zhang, Guangjun Wang, Yun Xia, Jingjing Tian, Hongyan Li, Wenping Xie, Wangbao Gong

“…Samples of pond water and sediment were collected from 21 monitoring sites across eastern, western, and northern Guangdong, and the Pearl River Delta in November 2021, March 2022, and July 2022. …”
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