Endogenous peptide CBDP1 inhibits clear cell renal cell carcinoma progression by targeting USP5/YTHDF2/TRPM5 axis by Yang Zhang, Wei Zhu, Ruijie Tao, Weijian Li, Chunming Jiang, Xiang Yan

“…The effects of the peptide on ccRCC growth and migration were studied through Colony Formation Assay, CCK-8 assay, Transwell Assays, Wound Healing Assay, and animal experiments. …”
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Evaluation of 16s Long Read Metabarcoding for Characterizing the Microbiome and Salmonella Contamination of Retail Poultry Meat by Zachary Tobar, Katie Y. Lee, Megan E. Gaa, Bryshal P. Moore, Xunde Li, Maurice E. Pitesky

“…Results indicate the 16s metabarcoding assay evaluated here could not be reliably used for the detection of Salmonella in adulterated retail meat samples as the LOD observed, 4.70 log colony forming units (CFU)/ml, is above the expected concentration of Salmonella in retail poultry meat samples which previous studies have shown range from under 1 to 2 log CFU/ml. …”
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Polysaccharide Fraction Isolated from <i>Saccharina japonica</i> Exhibits Anti-Cancer Effects Through Immunostimulating Activities by Min Seung Park, Seung-U Son, Tae Eun Kim, Se Hyun Shim, Bong-Keun Jang, Sunyoung Park, Kwang-Soon Shin

“…</i> administration of SJP at a dose of 50 mg/kg reduced tumor colonies by 84% and 40%, respectively, compared to the control. …”
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ENO1 promotes PDAC progression by inhibiting CD8+ T cell infiltration through upregulating PD-L1 expression via HIF-1α signaling by Aziguli Tulamaiti, Shu-Yu Xiao, Yan Yang, Musitaba Mutailifu, Xia-Qing Li, Shi-Qi Yin, Hong-Tai Ma, Hong-Fei Yao, Lin-Li Yao, Li-Peng Hu, Jun Li, Shu-Heng Jiang, Zhi-Gang Zhang, Yan-Miao Huo, Dong-Xue Li, Xue-Li Zhang

“…In vitro, Eno1 knockdown resulted in reduced PDAC cell proliferation and colony formation, along with enhanced apoptosis in PDAC cells. …”
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Isolation of Helicobacter pylori from Gastric Biopsy of Dyspeptic Patients in Ghana and In Vitro Preliminary Assessment of the Effect of Dissotis rotundifolia Extract on Its Growth by Michael Buenor Adinortey, Charles Ansah, Cynthia Ayefoumi Adinortey, Ansumana Sandy Bockarie, Martin Tangnaa Morna, Damian H. Amewowor

“…Pure cultures of H. pylori in 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) dye incorporated medium were seen as sparkling colonies. Isolates, identified as H. pylori, were gram-negative and urease, catalase, and oxidase positive and showed characteristic morphology as spiral-shaped bacteria under the microscope. …”
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Pulmonary fibrosis in patients with autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: a retrospective nationwide cohort study by Yoann Guirriec, David Luque-Paz, Gontran Bernard, Axelle Mabo, Mallorie Kerjouan, Cédric Ménard, Delphine Monnier, Hilario Nunes, Yurdagül Uzunhan, Martine Reynaud-Gaubert, Julien Bermudez, Raphaël Borie, Bruno Crestani, Julie Traclet, Lidwine Wémeau-Stervinou, Cécile Chenivesse, Emmanuel Gomez, Grégoire Prévot, Arnaud Bourdin, Benjamin Bondue, Anne Bergeron, Vincent Cottin, Mathieu Lederlin, Stéphane Jouneau

“…Dust exposure was associated with pulmonary fibrosis occurrence (OR 4.3; p=0.038). aPAP patients treated with whole-lung lavage, rituximab or granulocyte–monocyte colony-stimulating factor therapy did not have more fibrotic evolution than patients who did not receive these treatments (n=25 out of 45, 57% versus n=10 out of 16, 62%; p=0.69). …”
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Hydrocarbon contaminated water remediation using a locally constructed multi-stage bioreactor incorporated with media filtration by S. Antwi-Akomea, B. Fei-Baffoe, E.J.D. Belford, M. Borigu

“…Microbial load reduction ranged from 3.57±0.11E+20 to 7.45±0.26E+20 Colony forming unit/mL, total dissolved solids reduction from 30.00±5.66 to 131.00±0.00 mg/L and turbidity reduction from 39.00±1.41 to 123.50±0.71 nephelometric turbidity units. …”
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Isolation and characterization of mercuric reductase by newly isolated halophilic bacterium, Bacillus firmus MN8 by M. Noroozi, M.A. Amoozegar, A.A. Pourbabaei, N.S. Naghavi, Z. Nourmohammadi

“…To examine the tolerance of purified colonies to mercury, agar dilution method was administered. …”
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Distribution and clinicopathological characteristics of G-CSF expression in tumor cells and stromal cells in upper tract urothelial carcinoma by Go Kobayashi, Yohei Sekino, Hikaru Nakahara, Kohei Kobatake, Keisuke Goto, Tetsutaro Hayashi, Kazuhiro Sentani, Nobuyuki Hinata

“…Methods To clarify the clinicopathological significance of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) in UTUC, we analyzed the expression and distribution of G-CSF in 112 upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) samples with immunohistochemistry. …”
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Two novel entomopathogenic fungal species of Lecanicillium isolated from soil in China by Tongyi Liu, Wei Chen, Yanhong Tang, Fen Liu, Liyan Yao, Qiongbo Hu, Ke Zhang, Qunfang Weng

“…They differ from known closely related species primarily in sporulation structure, conidia and colony morphological characteristics, and sequence variations in the LSU, SSU, ITS, and TEF gene regions of the ribosomal DNA. …”
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Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells Derived from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Support CD34pos Hematopoietic Stem Cell Propagation and Suppress Inflammatory Reaction by Mohsen Moslem, Irina Eberle, Iuliia Weber, Reinhard Henschler, Tobias Cantz

“…Considering functional capabilities, iPSC-MSCs provided supportive feeder layer for CD34+ hematopoietic stem cells’ self-renewal and colony forming capacities. Furthermore, iPSC-MSCs gained immunomodulatory function to suppress CD4+ cell proliferation, reduce proinflammatory cytokines in mixed lymphocyte reaction, and increase regulatory CD4+/CD69+/CD25+ T-lymphocyte population. …”
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Effects of growth factors during in vitro culture of mouse and rat embryos by E. Yu. Brusentsev, T. N. Igonina, I. N. Rozhkova, D. S. Ragaeva, S. Ya. Amstislavsky

“…In vitro culture of preimplantation embryos of ICR, HT1AN/Icgn, HT1AC/Icgn and C57BL/6J-Ay mouse strains as well as in OXYS/Icgn rat strain in media containing granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) or epidermal growth factor (EGF) has been studied. …”
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Preparation, characterisation, and in vitro cancer‐suppression function of RNA nanoparticles carrying miR‐301b‐3p Inhibitor by Junjie Zhao, Niu Niu, Fan Yang, Haitao Liu, Weibo Qi

“…Cell internalisation, toxicity, proliferation, migration, invasion, and apoptosis were assayed by confocal laser scanning microscope, CCK8, colony formation assay, Transwell, western blot, and flow cytometry. …”
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Assessment of Some Culture Media for Optimum Growth and Sporulation of Bipolaris sorokiniana Causing Spot Blotch of Wheat by B. Hijam, G. L. Maharaja, A. Roy, V. Roy, S. Hembram

“…PDA supplemented with different plant extracts exhibited differential growth and sporulation patterns on B. sorokiniana. The maximum colony diameter of 8.09 mm at 9 days after inoculation demonstrated that the OMA provided the best growth conditions. …”
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Optimized Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System Using Metaheuristic Algorithms: Application of Shield Tunnelling Ground Surface Settlement Prediction by Xinni Liu, Sadaam Hadee Hussein, Kamarul Hawari Ghazali, Tran Minh Tung, Zaher Mundher Yaseen

“…The predictive models were various nature-inspired frameworks, such as differential evolution (DE), particle swarm optimization (PSO), genetic algorithm (GA), and ant colony optimizer (ACO) to tune the adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS). …”
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Distance-Based Congestion Pricing with Day-to-Day Dynamic Traffic Flow Evolution Process by Qixiu Cheng, Jiping Xing, Wendy Yi, Zhiyuan Liu, Xiao Fu

“…Finally, a robust optimization model which minimizes the maximum total travel cost among the whole planning horizon is formulated and a modified artificial bee colony algorithm is developed for the robust optimization model.…”
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Evaluation of antibacterial efficacy of propolis as an intercanal medicament against Enterococcus faecalis (a randomized controlled in vitro study) by Alaa Almahameed, Joul Kassis, Magd Aboud, Kinda Layous

“…Both groups were cultured for 7 days in a moist environment. Bacterial colonies' units were counted at three different times (T0; after bacterial injection, T1; after NaOCl irrigation, and T2; after paste application). …”
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Humanitarian diplomacy and the countries of the Global South: Trends and discourses by D. A. Kuznetsov, V. A. Dmitrieva

“…The former is typically associated with the developed countries of the Global North and is rooted in the practices of the colonial era. The latter gained prominence in academic research in the 21st century with the emergence of the ‘new donors’, which promoted joint development programs led by the countries of the Global South and built on regional financial institutions. …”
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O Brasil na TAP. Representações Luso-Brasileiras na Produção Cultural da Companhia Aérea de Bandeira Portuguesa by Bart Paul Vanspauwen

“…Tal como Paul Gilroy (1993) considerou os navios coloniais unidades culturais e políticas que navegavam nas várias partes do mundo atlântico, também é possível considerar, no presente pós-colonial, que os aviões transatlânticos servem de mediadores nas dimensões culturais e políticas das viagens. …”
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A ideia de Europa no período entre as duas guerras. O Plano Briand e o posicionamento português by António Martins da Silva

“…Perante as desilusões, os egoísmos e o desnorteamento de uma Europa à beira da catástrofe, a "opção" portuguesa parecia clara: "regenerar" a pátria, fazer renascer o império, revitalizar a "missão colonial". São as cambiantes e a evolução desse posicionamento português, ao nível político e na sociedade civil, perante a tentativa, no quadro da SDN, de unir a Europa para evitar a guerra, que se analisam no estudo acima intitulado. …”
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