Transportation increases circulating corticosterone levels and decreases central serotonergic activity in a sex dependent manner in Pekin ducks by M.M. Bergman, J.M. Schober, R. Novak, A. Grief, C. Plue, G.S. Fraley

“…Thirty-six, 23-week-old ducks were collected at a commercial breeder facility and randomly assigned to one of three treatment groups (n = 6/sex/treatment): 1) caught and euthanized (control), 2) caught and put in a crated in the pen for 90 min (crate), or 3) caught, crated, and transported in a truck for 90 min (transport) to simulate actual transportation. Blood was collected for serum corticosterone and blood smear analyses. …”
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Synergic Renoprotective Effects of Combined ASC Therapy with RAAS Blockade in Experimental Advanced CKD by Marina P. C. Maires, Krislley R. Pereira, Everidiene K. V. B. Silva, Victor H. R. Souza, Flavio Teles, Paulyana F. Barbosa, Margoth R. Garnica, Felipe M. Ornellas, Irene L. Noronha, Camilla Fanelli

“…Animals were followed until 30 days of CKD, when body weight, systolic blood pressure, biochemical, histological, immunohistochemical, and gene expression analysis were performed. …”
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MOSQUITO-BORNE PARASITES IN PATIENTS NEWLY INFECTED WITH HIV IN RELATIONSHIP WITH CD4 COUNT AND TNF ΑLPHA by Mathew Folaranmi Olaniyan

“…All subjects were negative to anti-HCV/HBsAg ELISA, Plasmodium, Acid-Fast Bacilli (AFB) tests and the control subjects were also negative to HIVP24 Ag-Ab ELISA, Plasmodium spp. and Wuchereria bancrofti microscopy. Venous blood including Night blood samples and sputum samples were obtained from the participants for CD4 count by cyflowmetry, TNFα, HIVP24Ag-Ab, anti-HCV, HBsAg by ELISA and microscopic identification by Giemsa staining while Sputum sample was used for Ziehl Neelsen staining to demonstrate Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB). …”
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Association of Prehypertension with Renin Angiotensin System: A Cross-Sectional Study on Tribal Population of Northern India by Vani Kandpal, Mohinder Pal Sachdeva, Kallur Nava Saraswathy

“…Prehypertension, the intermediate stage between HTN and normal blood pressure (BP), is associated with subclinical atherosclerosis and target-organ damage. …”
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A Novel Adjuvant “Sublancin” Enhances Immune Response in Specific Pathogen-Free Broiler Chickens Inoculated with Newcastle Disease Vaccine by Yangke Liu, Jiang Zhang, Shuai Wang, Yong Guo, Tao He, Rui Zhou

“…On 7, 14, and 21 dpv, the blood samples were collected for measuring HI antibody titer by micromethod. …”
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Comparison of the impact of intermittent fasting diet alone or in conjunction with probiotic supplementation versus calorie-restricted diet on inflammatory, oxidative stress, and a... by Sepide Talebi, Sakineh Shab-Bidar, Gholamreza Askari, Hamed Mohammadi, Ashraf Moini, Kurosh Djafarian

“…At the beginning and 8 weeks of the intervention, systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic BP, inflammation, and OS parameters were evaluated. …”
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Gene Expression of Adhesion Molecules in Endothelial Cells from Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease Is Reduced after Surgical Revascularization and Pharmacological Treatment by Franca Marino, Luigina Guasti, Matteo Tozzi, Laura Schembri, Luana Castiglioni, Elisabetta Molteni, Gabriele Piffaretti, Patrizio Castelli, Marco Cosentino

“…In addition, in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of the same subjects, we investigated gene expression of IFN-γ, IL-4, TGF-β, and IL-10. …”
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Association of Baseline Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio with Clinicopathological Characteristics of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma by Dimitrios K. Manatakis, Sofia Tseleni-Balafouta, Dimitrios Balalis, Vasiliki N. Soulou, Dimitrios P. Korkolis, George H. Sakorafas, Georgios Plataniotis, Emmanouil Gontikakis

“…As an index of inflammation, NLR is inexpensive, readily available, and easy to extract from routine blood tests. We found increased NLR values in papillary carcinomas with poorer histopathological profile and more aggressive clinical behaviour. …”
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Clinical Effect of Emergency Dermabrasion Combined with Biological Dressing A on Wound Microcirculation and Preventing Sepsis in Deep Degree-II Burns by Huawei Shao, Ru Luo, Chuangang You, Qiong Li, Shulei Mao

“…At 3 d and 7d after treatment, the levels of serum EGF, wound blood flow and partial pressure of transcutaneous oxygen in both groups were all increased (P<0.05), which were higher in the observation group than those in the control group (P<0.05). …”
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Analysis of the morbidity characteristics and related factors of pulmonary nodules in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a retrospective study by Jie Yang, Wenna Wang, Yizhen Lu, Chunyao Li, Shuwu Wei, Weiwei Sun

“…Compared with the small nodule group, patients in the large nodule group had higher fasting blood glucose (FBG) and lower fasting insulin (FINS); meanwhile, patients with decreased homeostasis model assessment-β (HOMA-β) and high smoking index (SI) were higher in the large nodule group; decreased HOMA-β and high SI were independent risk factors for large nodules. …”
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Forecasting Asparaginase Need and Cost for Childhood Cancer Using ACCESS FORxECAST by Terence M. Hughes, Nitin Shrivastava, Lewis B. Silverman, A. Lindsay Frazier, Sumit Gupta, Avram Denburg

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Cardiac safety of gamithromycin in ewes by Orhan Corum, Burak Dik, Emre Bahcican, Emre, Hatice Eser, Hatice, Ayse Er, Enver Yazar

“…Statistically significant (P<0.05) fluctuations were determined in the total bilirubin, total protein, creatinine and white blood cell counts, but these results were within the normal ranges.…”
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Comprehensive Analysis of <i>blaCTX-M1</i> Gene Expression Alongside <i>iutA</i>, <i>csgA</i>, and <i>kpsMII</i> Virulence Genes in Septicemic <i>Escherichia coli</i> Using Real-Ti... by Mohsen Karbalaei, Mojgan Esmailpour, Valentyn Oksenych, Majid Eslami

“…Real-time PCR revealed more expression levels in blood for the virulence genes <i>kpsMII</i> and <i>csgA</i>. …”
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New method for cytological evaluation using direct nipple discharge without aspiration by Jiang Zhu, Han Cong, Xiaotong Zhang, Xiaoya Dong, Song Zhao, Chaolu Hu, Jude Ranchu Maimo, Yawen Wang, Kai Zhang, Jianli Wang, Pengyu Li, Rong Ma

“…Following centrifugation to remove blood cells and protein contaminants, the sample of each nipple discharge was analyzed by light microscopy. …”
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Unilateral Silent Neonatal Testicular Torsion: A Case Report by Ali Jawad, Hiba Hamdar, Najib Hamad, Andrea Eid, Noama Husseini, Ahmad Atieh, Abbas Al Bazzal, Mohammad Ali Mtairek

“…During surgery, the left testis was found black with no blood supply, so no detorsion was done and the patient underwent an orchidectomy for his left testis. …”
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Causal Associations Between the Gut Microbiota and Hypertension‐Related Traits Through Mendelian Randomization: A Cross‐Sectional Cohort Study by Yunfan Tian, Mingxia Gu, Dazhong Chen, Quanbin Dong, Yifeng Wang, Wei Sun, Xiangqing Kong

“…ABSTRACT Previous studies have suggested a link between the gut microbiome and hypertension‐related traits like blood pressure. However, these reports are often limited by weak causal evidence. …”
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Validation of Aerobic Capacity (VO2max) and Pulse Oximetry in Wearable Technology by Bryson Carrier, Sofia Marten Chaves, James W. Navalta

“…Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy (validity) of VO2max estimates and blood oxygen saturation measured via pulse oximetry using the Garmin fēnix 6 with a general population participant pool. …”
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Exercise intensity and reliability during recreational team handball training for 50–77-year-old unexperienced women by Rita Pereira, Peter Krustrup, Carlo Castagna, Carlos Resende, Ivone Carneiro, José Magalhães, Susana Póvoas

“…Time spent > 80 and > 90%HR max was 48% and 14% of total match time, respectively. Mean and peak blood lactate values were 2.6±0.8 and 2.9±0.9 mmol·l −1 , respectively. …”
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Comparative effects of pravastatin and rosuvastatin on carbohydrate metabolism in an experimental diabetic rat model by Kaya Hacer Kayhan, Demirtas Berjan, Yokus Beran, Kesim Dilek Aygün, Tasdemir Ezel, Sermet Abdurrahman

“…At the end of the experiment, body masses, the levels of fasting blood glucose, serum insulin, insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), liver glycogen, and liver enzymes related to carbohydrate metabolism were measured. …”
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Early transcriptomic changes at the skin interface during Powassan virus transmission by Ixodes scapularis ticks by Dakota N. Paine, Dakota N. Paine, Meghan Hermance, Saravanan Thangamani, Saravanan Thangamani, Saravanan Thangamani

“…Tick feeding and salivary factors modulate the host’s immunological responses, facilitating blood feeding and pathogen transmission. However, the mechanisms of immunomodulation during POWV transmission remain inadequately understood. …”
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