Comparative Biotypic and Phylogenetic Profiles of Escherichia coli Isolated from Resident Stool and Lagoon in Fresco (Côte d’Ivoire) by Nadége Kouadio-Ngbesso, Koua Atobla, Paul Yao Attien, Mireille Kouame-Sina, René Ahua Koffi, Antoinette Ama Adingra, Adjehi Dadié

“…A set of 392 strains of E. coli was distributed into 18 biotypic profiles. Five biotypes were common to water and human. Classification of all biotypes revealed close relationship between water and human strains because of their repartition in the same groups. …”
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Cigarette smoke compromises macrophage innate sensing in response to pneumococcal infection by Wei-Chih Liao, Chia-Huei Chou, Mao-Wang Ho, Jo-Tsen Chen, Shu-Ling Chou, Yu-Tsen Huang, Ngoc-Niem Bui, Hui-Yu Wu, Chi-Fan Lee, Wei-Chien Huang, Chih-Ho Lai

“…Streptococcus pneumoniae, also known as pneumococcus, is one of the most common pathogens that colonizes the human respiratory tract, causing life-threatening infections. …”
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Diastasis of Symphysis Pubis In 18-Years Old Female Patient Treated With Conservative Pelvic Binder: Case Report by Trisna Angga Basudana, Mifta Nurmalasari, Austana Nur Hafizh, Muhammad Hanun Mahyuddin

“…Background: Pelvic trauma is commonly associated with high-velocity force-like road traffic accidents and carries high rates of complications, including diastasis of the symphysis pubis. …”
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A 3D semantic segmentation network for accurate neuronal soma segmentation by Li Ma, Qi Zhong, Yezi Wang, Xiaoquan Yang, Qian Du

“…However, the fine structure, such as boundaries, small-volume neuronal somata and fibers, are commonly present in cell images, which pose a challenge for accurate segmentation. …”
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Patient-derived follicular lymphoma spheroids recapitulate lymph node signaling and immune profile uncovering galectin-9 as a novel immunotherapeutic target by Cèlia Dobaño-López, Juan García Valero, Ferran Araujo-Ayala, Ferran Nadeu, Fabien Gava, Carla Faria, Marine Norlund, Renaud Morin, Pascale Bernes-Lasserre, Fabian Arenas, Marta Grau, Cristina López, Irene López-Oreja, Neus Serrat, Ares Martínez-Farran, Lluís Hernández, Heribert Playa-Albinyana, Rubén Giménez, Silvia Beà, Elías Campo, Jean-Michel Lagarde, Armando López-Guillermo, Laura Magnano, Dolors Colomer, Christine Bezombes, Patricia Pérez-Galán

“…Abstract Follicular lymphoma (FL), the most common indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma, constitutes a paradigm of immune tumor microenvironment (TME) contribution to disease onset, progression, and heterogenous clinical outcome. …”
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Type and physical intensity of occupations at pulmonary TB diagnosis by M. Saroufim, C. Geric, A. Majidulla, A. Abjani, G. Tavaziva, S. Saeed, A.J. Khan, F. Ahmad Khan

“…RESULTS: Among 272 participants with microbiologically confirmed PTB (women: 130/272, 48%; median age: 29 years, IQR 22–45), 78% (211/272) had smear-positive disease, and 96% (260/272) had data on occupation. Unemployment was common (women: 70/122, 57%; men: 23/138, 17%). Most women reporting an occupation were homemakers (21/52, 40%), and 54% (28/52) had an intermediate- or a high physical activity occupation. …”
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Liver lobes and cirrhosis: Diagnostic insights from lobar ratios by Kriti Pandey, Debabrata Dash, Raj Kumar Koiri

“…Alcohol, viral hepatitis, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease are the most common cause of cirrhosis. Cirrhosis progresses from the compensated stage to the decompensated stage. …”
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Evaluating 36 years of fishing sustainability in a large reservoir by Luiz Guilherme dos Santos Ribas, Pitágoras Augusto Piana, Caroline Henn, Anderson Luís Maciel, Geuza Cantanhêde, Maurício Spagnolo Adames, Éder André Gubiani

“…Abstract Various fishing activities are common economic practices in large hydroelectric reservoirs, such as Itaipu. …”
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Assessing in-vitro models for microglial development and fetal programming: a critical review by Steven Schepanski, Steven Schepanski, Gonza B. Ngoumou, Gonza B. Ngoumou, Claudia Buss, Claudia Buss, Claudia Buss, Claudia Buss, Georg Seifert, Georg Seifert

“…Hofbauer cells, which are fetal macrophages located in the placenta and share a common developmental origin with microglia, are uniquely exposed to prenatal maternal factors and, depending on fetal barrier maturation, exhibit variable epigenetic fidelity. …”
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Quercetin attenuates cisplatin-induced fatigue through mechanisms associated with the regulation of the HPA axis and MCP-1 signaling by Cheng-Hung Chuang, Yu-An Tai, Ting-Jing Wu, Ying-Jui Ho, Shu-Lan Yeh, Shu-Lan Yeh

“…IntroductionCancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a common symptom induced by chemotherapy. The main objective of the present study was to investigate whether quercetin regulates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) signaling, two factors contributing to CRF in mice exposed to cisplatin.MethodsMale BALB/c mice were randomly assigned to the following five groups for 15 weeks: Control, CDDP, CDDP+TAK779 (an antagonist of MCP-1 receptor, human CC chemokine receptor R2 (CCR2)), CDDP+OQ (a diet containing 1% quercetin) and CDDP+IQ (quercetin given by ip, 10 mg/kg, 3 times/week).ResultsThe results first showed that OQ and IQ significantly increased grip strength and locomotor activity, decreased plasma cortisol/corticosterone levels, and decreased the corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH) mRNA level in the brain tissues in mice exposed to CDDP. …”
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Winter tick sharing between ungulates in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and implications for apparent competition by Troy Koser, Alynn Martin, Alyson Courtemanch, Laura Thompson, Benjamin Wise, Gary Fralick, Sarah Dewey, Amy Girard, Brandon Scurlock, Jared Rogerson, Kennan Oyen, Paul Cross

“…Despite the clinical signs of high winter tick infestations being most apparent on moose, elk may be critical drivers of winter tick population dynamics and indirectly compete with moose in areas where they outnumber moose populations, a common characteristic of ungulate communities in western North America. …”
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Effects of IQW and IRW on Inflammation and Gut Microbiota in ETEC-Induced Diarrhea by Naiyuan Liu, Lingsi Zhou, Jun Fang, Hongmei Jiang, Gang Liu

“…Changing gut microbiota is one of the most common causes of host gut inflammation. The active triple peptides, lle-Gln-Trp (IQW) and lle-Arg-Trp (IRW), cause remarkable changes to gut microbiota. …”
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An Age-Related Hearing Protection Locus on Chromosome 16 of BXD Strain Mice by Qing Yin Zheng, Lihong Kui, Fuyi Xu, Tihua Zheng, Bo Li, Melinda McCarty, Zehua Sun, Aizheng Zhang, Luying Liu, Athena Starlard-Davenport, Ruben Stepanyan, Bo Hua Hu, Lu Lu

“…Previously, we reported that C57BL/6J (B6) and DBA/2J (D2) strains share a common hearing loss allele in Cdh23. The cadherin 23 (Cdh23) gene is a key contributor to early-onset hearing loss in humans. …”
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Application of Nucleic Acid Reference Material for Rapid Detection of Cronobacter sakazakii (Cronobacter spp.) in Flammulina velutipes by Huandie Yang, Danyang Guo, Leilei Chen, Alexander Suvorov, Qingxin Zhou, Junhua Wang, Xiaofeng Gao, Jinyu Yang, Xiangyan Chen

“…Cronobacter sakazakii (C. sakazakii) widely exists in the environment and is a common foodborne pathogenic microorganism. It can cause meningitis, bacteremia, and necrotizing enterocolitis in infants and elderly people with low immunity. …”
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Volatile organic compounds of hoary stock are responsible for suppressing downy mildew of grape in an intercropping system by Weiping Deng, Fei Du, Rongliang Yang, Hanyang Yao, Min Yang, Xinyue Mei, Chen Ye, Su Li, Yixiang Liu, Huichuan Huang, Shusheng Zhu

“…Among the 17 VOCs, five were unique to post-blooming hoary stock, while 12 were common to both pre- and post-blooming hoary stock. …”
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Case report: A novel 11-bp deletion in exon 11 causing a frameshift in the C-terminal of the ALAS2 gene leading to X-linked sideroblastic anemia—a family study by Salam Al kindi, Salam Al kindi, Altaf Al-Mamari, Shoaib Al-Zadjali, Mohamed Al-Rawahi, Ali Al Madhani, Anil V. Pathare

“…X-linked sideroblastic anemia (XLSA) (MIM 300752) is the most common genetic form of sideroblastic anemia, a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by iron deposits in the mitochondria of erythroid precursors. …”
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Progression of Luminal Breast Tumors Is Promoted by Ménage à Trois between the Inflammatory Cytokine TNFα and the Hormonal and Growth-Supporting Arms of the Tumor Microenvironment... by Polina Weitzenfeld, Nurit Meron, Tal Leibovich-Rivkin, Tsipi Meshel, Adit Ben-Baruch

“…Here, we show that together with representatives of other important arms of the tumor microenvironment, estrogen (hormonal) and EGF (growth-supporting), TNFα potently induced metastasis-related properties and functions in luminal breast tumor cells, representing the most common type of breast cancer. Jointly, TNFα + Estrogen + EGF had a stronger effect on breast cancer cells than each element alone, leading to the following: (1) extensive cell spreading and formation of FAK/paxillin-enriched cellular protrusions; (2) elevated proportion of tumor cells coexpressing high levels of CD44 and β1 and VLA6; (3) EMT and cell migration; (4) resistance to chemotherapy; (5) release of protumoral factors (CXCL8, CCL2, MMPs). …”
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Micra Leadless and Transvenous Pacemaker: A Single‐Center Comparative Study of QRS Wave Duration Resulting From Different Pacing Sites by Yichi Yu, Xiaomin Yang, Xiaoming Lian, Yan Zhao, Bo Liu, Xiangfei Feng, Qunshan Wang, Yigang Li

“…Atrioventricular node dysfunction was the most common indication (56.1%) for pacemaker therapy. Mid‐septum, especially Site 5, is the implantation site for most patients in both groups. …”
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The impact of multi-marine intertidal service on the durability of concrete repair materials by Zhiqiang Cui, Yuanbei Li, Qizheng Bao, Yong Chen, Qiang Xu, Yunqing He, Fangzheng Wu

“…This study investigates the impact of different marine environments on the durability of four common repair materials, which were exposed to a one-year real sea service test at the intertidal zones of Zhoushan and Sanya. …”
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Potential antioxidant and cytoprotective effects of essential oil extracted from Cymbopogon citratus on OxLDL and H2O2 LDL induced Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMC) by Jamuna S., Sakeena Sadullah M.S., Ashokkumar R., Gokul Shanmuganathan, Senguttuvan Sivan Mozhi, Niranjali Devaraj S.

“…Cymbopogon citratus (lemon grass) is commonly used in traditional folk medicine. The essential oil extracted from C. citratus has been reported as a potential anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory agent. …”
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