Effect of platelet-activating factor on the growth of human erythroid and myeloid CD34+ progenitors by F. Dupuis, N. Gachard, A. Allegraud, C. Dulery, V. Praloran, Y. Denizot

“…Treatment of marrow or blood CD34+ cells with C-PAF (10-100 nM) for 3 days in liquid medium before semi-solid culture significantly (p<0.01) decreased the number of BFUE and CFU-GM colonies. …”
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Investigation of the healing effects of Afyon Province hot spring waters on experimentally-induced fatty liver in mice by Bülent Elitok, Ibrahim Kişlalioğlu, Yavuz Ulusoy, Bahadır Kilinç

“…The tests of liver tissue, biochemical and hematological blood tests, as well as blood gas tests performed at this stage, demonstrated deterioration in all parameters. …”
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UF-5000 urinary erythrocyte parameters versus urinary aberrant erythrocytes and acanthocytes for diagnosing IgA glomerular hematuria by Shuangshuang Lv, Yi Fang, Xiaxuan Hu, Jian Zhang, Xinxin Lou, Caihong Chen, Lijiao Cao, Dongmei Zhang

“…The ratio of small red blood cells to nonlysed red blood cells (UF-sRBC%) and lysed red blood cells (lysed RBCs) showed good diagnostic performance for IgA glomerular hematuria (area under the curve [AUC] = 0.857 [P = 0.000] and AUC = 0.860 [P = 0.000], respectively). …”
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Microbiological Profile of Neonatal Sepsis at a Maternity Hospital in Omdurman, Sudan by Manal Abdelaziz, Yassir Hamadalnil, Omaima Hashim, Tahane Bashir, E. S. Mahjoub

“…Results: Of 202 positive blood cultures, 130 cases (64.4%) were early onset and 72 cases (35.6%) were recorded for late onset sepsis. …”
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Rap1 Guanosine Triphosphate Hydrolase (GTPase) Regulates Shear Stress-Mediated Adhesion of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells by Melanie Giesen, Erika Fleck, Jürgen Scheele, Tanja Nicole Hartmann, Reinhard Henschler

“…In a competitive murine short-term homing model with i.v. co-injection of Rap1A+B siRNA-treated and control MSCs that were labeled with PKH 26 and PKH 67 fluorescent dyes, the Rap1A+B siRNA-treated MSCs were detected at increased frequencies in blood, liver, and spleen compared to control MSCs. …”
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Analysis of MicroRNA -155-5p Expression in Patients with Primary Myelofibrosis. by Sarah I. Khaleel, Jaffar N. AlAlsaidissa

“…This results in extramedullary hematopoiesis, variable blood cell deficiencies, hepatosplenomegaly, general symptoms, progression to leukemia, and a reduced lifespan. …”
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Characterization of Transverse Aortic Constriction in Mice Based on the Specific Recruitment of Leukocytes to the Hypertrophic Myocardium and the Aorta Ascendens by Jan Lukas Kleiner, Odilia Köpke, Anton Faron, Yunyang Zhang, Jan Cornelssen, Mark Coburn, Stilla Frede, Lars Eichhorn, Christina Katharina Weisheit

“…The levels of proinflammatory cytokines in the blood were elevated in response to TAC, indicating a systemic reaction. …”
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Activity trypsin-like proteinases and intestinal mucosa collagen degradation at gastro-intestinal diseases by О. E. Akbasheva, V. A. Burkovskaya, A. E. Dehand, E. I. Beloborodova, L. A. Akimova, E. L. Naumova, E. A. Kvach

“…To determine activity of trypsin-, collagenase- and elastase-like proteinases, a1- proteinase inhibitor, a2-macroglobulin and contents of hydroxyproline in intestinal mucosa and blood plasma of patients with bowel diseases.Material and methods. …”
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Pre- and post-pandemic comparisons in cardiovascular markers: a population-based study by Mayssam Nehme, Maria Eugenia Zaballa, Serguei Rouzinov, Julien Lamour, Silvia Stringhini, Silvia Stringhini, Silvia Stringhini, Idris Guessous, Idris Guessous

“…Linear regression was used to estimate results including mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure, cholesterol, and glycemic profiles, after adjusting for age, sex, smoking, and socioeconomic status. …”
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Dental and Periodontal Treatment Need after Dental Clearance Is Not Associated with the Outcome of Induction Therapy in Patients with Acute Leukemia: Results of a Retrospective Pil... by Gerhard Schmalz, Lulzim Tulani, Rilana Busjan, Rainer Haak, Tanja Kottmann, Lorenz Trümper, Justin Hasenkamp, Dirk Ziebolz

“…Different parameters were assessed from the patients’ records: initial blood parameters, blood parameters during initial chemotherapy, leukemia/therapy related complaints, duration of fever, microbiological findings (blood and urine), as well as patients’ survival. …”
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Comparative diagnostic performance of recombinant Tams1 protein based dot-ELISA in detecting tropical theileriosis in naturally infected cattle by Sanjhi Paliwal, Vikrant Sudan, Daya Shanker

“…A total of 101 field blood samples were examined using blood smear analysis, single PCR, nested PCR, and dot-ELISA. …”
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Impact of alemtuzumab-mediated lymphocyte depletion on SIV reservoir establishment and persistence. by Benjamin Varco-Merth, Morgan Chaunzwa, Derick M Duell, Alejandra Marenco, William Goodwin, Rachel Dannay, Michael Nekorchuk, Danica Shao, Kathleen Busman-Sahay, Christine M Fennessey, Lorna Silipino, Michael Hull, William J Bosche, Randy Fast, Kelli Oswald, Rebecca Shoemaker, Rachele Bochart, Rhonda MacAllister, Caralyn S Labriola, Jeremy V Smedley, Michael K Axthelm, Miles P Davenport, Paul T Edlefsen, Jacob D Estes, Brandon F Keele, Jeffrey D Lifson, Sharon R Lewin, Louis J Picker, Afam A Okoye

“…However, treatment was followed by proliferation and reconstitution of CD4+ T cells in blood, and despite ongoing ART, levels of cell-associated SIV DNA in blood and lymphoid tissues were not substantially different between alemtuzumab-treated and control RM after immune cell reconstitution, irrespective of the time of alemtuzumab treatment. …”
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Recognition and Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage by Tasabih Ali EL Hassan Mohamed, Edwin Chandraharan, Yang Pan

“…Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is an obstetric emergency and refers to excessive blood loss after birth. Loss of blood volume and oxygen-carrying capacity may lead to maternal hypovolemia and hypotension resulting in tissue hypoxia, the onset of anaerobic metabolism, and multiorgan failure. …”
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Association of LPCAT1-rs8352 genetic variant with susceptibility and severity of pediatric bronchial asthma: a case-control study by Khalid M. Mohany, Yasser Gamal, Yaser F. Abdel Raheem

“…ECP, hs-CRP, and total IgE serum levels were measured using their corresponding ELISA kits. Neonatal blood DNA was extracted using the Gene JET™ Whole Blood Genomic DNA Purification Mini Kit. …”
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Estimation of Global Cardiovascular Risk in Hypertensive Patients from the University of Medical Sciences of Cienfuegos by Lucía Baños Leyva, Milagros Lisset León Regal, Luis Alberto Mass Sosa, Jacqueline Zamora Galindo, José Andy Hernández Quintana, Judeny Colls Cañizares

“…Non-diabetic patients with normal systolic blood pressure presented a significant association with low cardiovascular risk. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of epiretinal membrane using spectralis OCT in Fujian Eye Study by Yang Li, Xiaoxin Li, Yonghua Hu, Bin Wang, Mingqin Zhang, Qinrui Hu

“…Residents aged 50 years and older were enrolled and did the questionnaire (educational background, income, blood type, disease history, medication history, smoking, drinking and tea consumption, et al.), physical and ophthalmological examinations with height, weight, systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), heart rate (HR), refraction, intraocular pressure (IOP), slit lamp, nonmydriatic fundus photograph and spectralis optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging. …”
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The Clinical and Pathological Effects of Serum C3 Level and Mesangial C3 Intensity in Patients with IgA Nephropathy by Xiaoyue Hou, Yanan Liang, Weiwei Zhang, Rong Li

“…To investigate the clinical and pathological effects of serum C3 level, mesangial C3 deposition intensity and blood lipid on IgA nephropathy. Methods. According to the deposition intensity of immunofluorescence (IF) complement C3 in mesangial region, a total of 151 patients were divided into: (1) negative group (65 cases), (2) weak positive group (51 cases), and (3) strong positive group (35 cases). …”
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A rare case of double pituitary prolactinomas: the diagnostic application of intraoperative ultrasonography and DNA methylation markers by Jared C. Reese, Thomas M. Zervos, Jack Rock, Abeer Tabbarah, Houtan Noushmehr, Grayson Herrgott, Ana Valeria Castro

“…Pituitary tumor (PT) and nontumor (NT) tissues and blood were collected for pathological and molecular assessments (genome-wide methylation level profiled using the EPIC array, at surgery and follow-up). …”
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Serum Prolidase Activity and Oxidative Stress in Diabetic Nephropathy and End Stage Renal Disease: A Correlative Study with Glucose and Creatinine by Akhilesh Kumar Verma, Subhash Chandra, Rana Gopal Singh, Tej Bali Singh, Shalabh Srivastava, Ragini Srivastava

“…Thus, the study concluded that SPA and oxidative stress significantly correlated with blood glucose and creatinine. SPA, TOS, TAS, and OSI can be used as biomarkers for diagnosis of kidney damage.…”
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Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency with coinherited Gaucher disease: A rare association by Nupur Parakh, Kusha Sharma, Sunita Sharma, Priti Chatterjee, Varinder Singh

“…He was on regular follow up during which his blood counts revealed persistent anemia and thrombocytopenia. …”
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