Anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects of rosuvastatin in patients with low-to-moderate cardiovascular risk by VAVLUKIS ANA, VAVLUKIS MARIJA, DIMOVSKI ALEKSANDAR, PETRUSHEVSKA GORDANA, EFTIMOV ALEKSANDAR, DOMAZETOVSKA SASHKA, MLADENOVSKA KRISTINA

“…Data was collected from patients’ records, physical examination and blood sampling. Subjects were assigned to rosuvastatin 20 mg per day. …”
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Circulus arteriosus formation in cat brain by Marcelo Salvador Gomes, Gabriel Pinto Dias, Mauricio Portes Santos Sobrado Silva, Clarice Machado dos Santos, Marcelo Abidu-Figueiredo

“…<p> <b>Conclusions:</b> Studies that clarify the organization, distribution and possible variations of the blood vessels of the encephalon base, certainly will contribute for the advance in the clinical-surgical boarding in domestic animals.…”
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Prevalence, Associated Risk Factors, and Economic Loss of Ovine Hemonchosis at Jimma Town Municipal Abattoir, Jimma Zone, Southwestern Ethiopia by Fuad Zenu Abagero, Teshita Edaso Beriso, Tilaye Shibbiru Mengistu

“…Hemonchosis is considered one of the most severe gastrointestinal parasitic diseases in small ruminants due to the blood feeding habits of the parasites, which results in production loss and death of the animals. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Psychophysiological and Health Indicators of Aged, Elderly and Long-Lived from Different Mountainous Districts of Azerbaijan by Karamova Natavan, Primkulova Sitora, Meyliyev Bakhtiyor

“…The studies measured general anxiety, situational and individual anxiety, visual memory and attention, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and heart rate in 1 minute. In a comparative analysis of the results obtained, again, people living in mountainous areas maintain their health indicators due to strong adaptive processes that allow them to reach the age of longevity, the psychophysiological indicators of long-lived are within the normal range. …”
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Knowledge of Latin American Obstetricians and Gynecologists regarding Heavy Menstrual Bleeding by Luis Bahamondes, Victor Marin, Silvia Ciarmatori, Agnaldo L. Silva-Filho, Juan Manuel Acuña, Maria Y. Makuch

“…Most respondents (80%) gave accurate answers regarding the amount of blood loss which defines HMB, underreported the proportion of women who consulted due to HMB, and were aware that the use of combined oral contraceptives (COCs) with ethynyl estradiol is not an adequate treatment in women with HMB. …”
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Meningococcal Neonatal Purulent Conjunctivitis/Sepsis and Asymptomatic Carriage of N. meningitidis in Mother’s Vagina and Both Parents’ Nasopharynx by Enrique Chacon-Cruz, Jorge Arturo Alvelais-Palacios, Jaime Alfonso Rodriguez-Valencia, Erika Zoe Lopatynsky-Reyes, Maria Luisa Volker-Soberanes, Rosa Maria Rivas-Landeros

“…Gram stain from conjunctival exudate revealed intracellular Gram negative diplococci; we presumed the baby had gonorrheal conjunctivitis; however, serogroup Y, N. meningitidis was isolated both from conjunctival exudate and blood. Additionally, isolation of serogroup Y, N. meningitidis was obtained from mother’s vagina and both parents’ nasopharynx. …”
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Comparison of the Effects of Carperitide and Tolvaptan on Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction: A Two-Center Retrospective Study by Chikahiko Koeda, Shohei Yamaya, Maiko Hozawa, Masayuki Sato, Kazuhiro Nasu, Tomohiro Takahashi, Katsutoshi Terui

“…In patients with left ventricular (LV) dysfunction, diuretics can reduce blood pressure and lead to electrolyte abnormalities. …”
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Alterations in cerebral perfusion and corresponding brain functional networks in systemic lupus erythematosus with cognitive impairment by Huiyang Liu, Hu Liu, Bailing Tian, Pingting Yang, Guoguang Fan

“…Seed-based functional connectivity (FC) was calculated using the cerebral blood flow (CBF) results. Compared with SLE-NC, patients with SLE-CI had higher CBF in the left hippocampus, thalamus, and cerebellum crus II and lower CBF in the left frontal lobe. …”
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Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Papillopathy due to Hormonal Changes during Pregnancy by Marco Mafrici, Francesca Tona, Serena Fragiotta, Umberto Lorenzi, Lorenzo Gitto, Laura Toscani

“…However, a fundus examination showed bilateral papillary edema without evidence of hemorrhages or neovascularization. Blood tests were unremarkable, except for a slight increase in C-reactive protein levels. …”
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Vitreous Mediators in Retinal Hypoxic Diseases by Roberto dell'Omo, Francesco Semeraro, Giulio Bamonte, Francesco Cifariello, Mario R. Romano, Ciro Costagliola

“…The modern particle-based flow cytometric analysis is more direct, stable and sensitive than the colorimetric readout of the conventional ELISA but, similar to ELISA, is influenced by vitreous hemorrhage, disruption of the blood-retina barrier, and high serum levels of a specific protein. …”
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Effect of anthocyanin rich black sugarcane on milk production and antioxidant capacity in lactating dairy cows by Chao Ban, Guilan Wen, Supreena Srisaikham, Thara Wongdee, Pipat Lounglawan

“…The AS group demonstrated a significant decrease (p < 0.05) in roughage intake, total dry matter intake, and nutrient intake. Blood glucose concentration was significantly greater in the AS group compared to the NG group. …”
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Genetic polymorphisms of muscular fitness in young healthy men. by Tomas Venckunas, Hans Degens

“…Genotyping was conducted on DNA extracted from blood. Of the 16 polymorphisms studied, nine (spanning seven candidate genes and four gene families/signalling pathways) were independently associated with at least one skeletal muscle fitness measure (size or function, or both) measure and explained up to 4.1% of its variation. …”
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Ruminal Acidosis in Feedlot: From Aetiology to Prevention by Joaquín Hernández, José Luis Benedito, Angel Abuelo, Cristina Castillo

“…Acute ruminal acidosis is a metabolic status defined by decreased blood pH and bicarbonate, caused by overproduction of ruminal D-lactate. …”
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A Case Report of Thoracic Ectopia Cordis in a Hospital in Zanjan, Iran by Mehdi Hosseini, Hassan Zamani, Shadi Moghimi, Aref Nekoufar

“…The Z scores of the analyzed maternal venous blood chromosomes were between +6 and −6, and all chromosomes had a low risk in terms of the risk of birth defects. …”
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Microarray Profiling of Lymphocytes in Internal Diseases With an Altered Immune Response: Potential and Methodology by Anatoliy Gladkevich, S. Adriaan Nelemans, Henk F. Kauffman, Jakob Korf

“…The authors provide arguments to consider peripheral white blood cells and in particular lymphocytes as a model for the investigation of pathophysiology of asthma, RA, and SLE diseases in which inflammation is a major component. …”
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Altered Phenotype of Circulating Dendritic Cells and Regulatory T Cells from Patients with Acute Myocarditis by Paola del Carmen Guerra-de-Blas, Daniela Cruz-González, Elena B. Martínez-Shio, Roberto González-Amaro, Héctor González-Pacheco, Esther Layseca-Espinosa, Carlos D. Escobedo-Uribe, Adriana E. Monsiváis-Urenda

“…Using multiparametric flow cytometry, we evaluated the levels of myeloid DCs (mDCs), plasmacytoid DCs (pDCs), and Tregs in peripheral blood from myocarditis patients (n=16) and healthy volunteers (n=16) and performed correlation analysis with clinical parameters through Sperman test. …”
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Release of P-TEFb from the Super Elongation Complex promotes HIV-1 latency reversal. by William J Cisneros, Shimaa H A Soliman, Miriam Walter, Lacy M Simons, Daphne Cornish, Simone De Fabritiis, Ariel W Halle, Eun-Young Kim, Steven M Wolinsky, Ramon Lorenzo-Redondo, Ali Shilatifard, Judd F Hultquist

“…Finally, we demonstrate that KL-2 enhances viral reactivation in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from people living with HIV (PLWH) on suppressive ART, most notably in combination with inhibitor of apoptosis protein antagonists (IAPi). …”
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How does the tea L-theanine buffer stress and anxiety by Liwen Wang, Margaret Brennan, Shiming Li, Hui Zhao, Klaus W. Lange, Charles Brennan

“…As a naturally occurring structural analogue of glutamate, L-theanine competes for the receptors with glutamate and is able to pass the blood-brain barrier to exert its relaxation effect. …”
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Laparoscopic Adnexal Detorsion in a 20-Week Pregnant Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review by Rawad Halimeh, Serge Tomassian, Maria El Hage, Nicole Metri, Marianne Bersaoui, Rafi Daou, Elie Anastasiadis

“…Adnexal torsion occurs when there is a complete turn of the ovary, tube, or both resulting in impaired blood flow to the ovary. The diagnosis of adnexal torsion is sometimes challenging due to the enlarged effect of the uterus, the displacement of abdominal and pelvic structures and the nonspecific symptoms in pregnancy. …”
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The Regulation between CD4+CXCR5+ Follicular Helper T (Tfh) Cells and CD19+CD24hiCD38hi Regulatory B (Breg) Cells in Gastric Cancer by Ying Zhang, Jun Wu, Haibo Zhang, Chen Wu

“…Hence, we sought to investigate the involvement of CXCR5+CD4+ Tfh cells and CD19+CD24hiCD38hi Breg cells in gastric cancer. Methods. The blood samples were obtained from 36 gastric cancer patients and 18 healthy individuals. …”
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