The KAB MIRROR by Felix, Mwesige

“…Our major aim is to publish positive information for the promotion of a writing and reading culture among our staff and the students. We pledge to develop The Kab Mirror to its desired standards. …”
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Paracrine activity of Smurf1-silenced mesenchymal stem cells enhances bone regeneration and reduces bone loss in postmenopausal osteoporosis by Alberto González-González, Itziar Álvarez-Iglesias, Daniel García-Sánchez, Monica Dotta, Ricardo Reyes, Ana Alfonso-Fernández, Alfonso Bolado-Carrancio, Patricia Díaz-Rodríguez, María Isabel Pérez-Núñez, José Carlos Rodríguez-Rey, Jesús Delgado-Calle, Flor M. Pérez-Campo

“…Additionally, in ex vivo human bone cultures, treatment with hCM-Smurf1 significantly reduced RANKL expression without affecting OPG levels, indicating an anti-resorptive effect. …”
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plaTform fOr Urinary tract infection diagnostiC evAluatioN (TOUCAN): a protocol for a prospective diagnostic accuracy study of point-of-care testing in patients suspected of acute... by Thomas R Fanshawe, Philip J Turner, Gail N Hayward, Margaret Glogowska, Alastair D Hay, Michael Moore, Mark Lown, Christopher C Butler, Mandy Wootton, Mark H Wilcox, Jane Freeman, Nicola Kenealy, Valerie Tate, Owain Llion, Rebecca Lowe

“…The UTI reference standard culture, although based on the national methods, is modified to provide accurate bacterial counts, better to define a microbiological diagnosis of UTI. …”
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Screening and Identification of Cold-Tolerant Phosphorus and Potassium Solubilizing Bacteria and Their Growth-Promoting Effects on Soybean in Cold Regions by Hao Yan, Tianyi Wang, Haocheng Wang, Nan Sun, Xuebing Wang, Xingbo Zhao, Zhongbao Yao, Hao Tian, Shengjie Chen, Songyan Tang, Chenyang Li

“…The dominant potassium-solubilizing bacteria, K-1 (<i>Rahnella aquatilis</i>), solubilized 23.02 mg/L of potassium under the same culture conditions, with a KSI (Potassium Solubilization) of 1.51 and an OD₆₀₀ value of 0.59 on day 10. …”
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Iodine activates NLRP3 inflammasomes in PBMCs of patients with autoimmune thyroiditis and regulates Th1 and Th17 cell differentiation by Ying Wu, Qingling Guo, Yongping Liu, Xun Gong, Wei Sun, Yushu Li, Chenling Fan, Weiping Teng, Zhongyan Shan

“…Sodium iodide treatment upregulated NLRP3 expression in PBMCs during 72 h of culture (P < 0.001). The percentage of Th1 and Th17 cells in AIT patients increased in an iodine-dependent manner (P < 0.01). …”
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Arginase-1-specific T cells target and modulate tumor-associated macrophages by Mads Hald Andersen, Inés Lecoq, Ayako Wakatsuki Pedersen, Evelina Martinenaite, Shamaila Munir Ahmad, Maria Perez-Penco, Lucia Lara de la Torre, Marion Chapellier, Lars Rønn Olsen, Mia Aaboe-Jørgensen, Hannah Jorinde Glöckner, Anne Mette Askehøj Rømer

“…Human Arg1-specific CD4+T cell clones were co-cultured with Arg1-expressing TAMs generated in vitro from either PBMC-derived CD14+cells or the myeloid cell lines MonoMac1 and THP-1. …”
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Osteodifferentiation of Human Preadipocytes Induced by Strontium Released from Hydrogels by Valeria Nardone, Sergio Fabbri, Francesca Marini, Roberto Zonefrati, Gianna Galli, Annamaria Carossino, Annalisa Tanini, Maria Luisa Brandi

“…In this study, we used a clonal cell line from human adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hADSCs or preadipocytes), named PA2-E12, to evaluate the effects of strontium (Sr2+) released in the culture medium from an amidated carboxymethylcellulose (CMCA) hydrogel enriched with different Sr2+ concentrations on osteodifferentiation. …”
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Hair Follicle Morphogenesis in the Treatment of Mouse Full-Thickness Skin Defects Using Composite Human Acellular Amniotic Membrane and Adipose Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Wu Minjuan, Xiong Jun, Shao Shiyun, Xu Sha, Ni Haitao, Wang Yue, Ji Kaihong

“…In the present study, we observed the healing process of skin defects in nude mice and structural characteristics of the new skin after transplantation of isolated and cultured adipose derived mesenchymal stem cells (ADMSCs) onto the human acellular amniotic membrane (AAM). …”
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Necrostatin-1 Reduces Neurovascular Injury after Intracerebral Hemorrhage by Melanie D. King, Wittstatt A. Whitaker-Lea, James M. Campbell, Cargill H. Alleyne, Krishnan M. Dhandapani

“…Recent work by our laboratory identified a novel role for the necroptosis inhibitor, necrostatin-1, in limiting neurovascular injury in tissue culture models of hemorrhagic injury. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that necrostatin-1 reduces neurovascular injury after collagenase-induced ICH in mice. …”
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Applications of Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Neural Crest Cells in Craniofacial Skeletal Research by Satoru Morikawa, Takehito Ouchi, Shinsuke Shibata, Takumi Fujimura, Hiromasa Kawana, Hideyuki Okano, Taneaki Nakagawa

“…MSCs are classically identified under adherent culture conditions, leading to contamination with other cell lineages. …”
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Chemical Activation of the Hypoxia-Inducible Factor Reversibly Reduces Tendon Stem Cell Proliferation, Inhibits Their Differentiation, and Maintains Cell Undifferentiation by Alessandra Menon, Pasquale Creo, Marco Piccoli, Sonia Bergante, Erika Conforti, Giuseppe Banfi, Pietro Randelli, Luigi Anastasia

“…However, adult stem cells are usually limited in number and difficult to be expanded in vitro, and they usually tend to quickly lose their potency with passages, as they differentiate and become senescent. Culturing stem cells under reduced oxygen tensions (below 21%) has been proposed as a tool to increase cell proliferation, but many studies reported opposite effects. …”
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Five New Indole Alkaloid Derivatives from Deep-Sea Fungus <i>Aspergillus fumigatus</i> AF1 by Lai-Hui Dai, Gao-Rong Zhang, Yang-Hui Ou, Xiao-Jing Liu, Hong-Liang Yao, Wen-Hao Hu, Hou-Jin Li, Wen-Jian Lan

“…One new gliotoxin derivative fumianthrogliotoxin (<b>1</b>), one new indoquizoline alkaloid <i>N</i>3-(methyl propionate) indoquizoline (<b>2</b>), and three novel indole alkaloids, anthroxyindole (<b>3</b>), (±)-asperfumiindole A (<b>4</b>), and (±)-asperfumiindole B (<b>5</b>), together with 16 known compounds (<b>6</b>–<b>21</b>), were isolated from the culture of deep-sea derived fungus <i>Aspergillus fumigatus</i> AF1. …”
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Interdisciplinary relationships between Health Education and Universal Literature by Míriam Gutiérrez Escobar, Felicia Margarita Llerena Bermúdez, Lourdes González Pérez, José Carlos Medina Alejo, María Bello Benet, Anisley Cazañas Hernández

“…Current and important topics were addressed: collective - personal hygiene and sexual education, by selecting work fragments from different countries and times, from Greco-Latin culture until to the nineteenth century; didactic guides are presented which make it possible to enrich and deepen the study of a work beyond an exclusively literary perspective, contributing to increase health education and strengthen interdisciplinary links. …”
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Digitalization and Inclusive Education: Common Ground by D. Z. Akhmetova, T. S. Artyukhina, M. R. Bikbayeva, I. A. Sakhnova, M. A. Suchkov, E. A. Zaytseva

“…In addition, digital citizenship makes it possible to develop professional competencies, ethical standards of culture among the young generation, in particular, among people with disabilities.In this article, the authors study the development of psychological, pedagogical, and communicative competencies of pedagogues required in inclusive education. …”
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Multicriteria Personnel Selection by the Modified Fuzzy VIKOR Method by Rasim M. Alguliyev, Ramiz M. Aliguliyev, Rasmiyya S. Mahmudova

“…For evaluation, we have selected five information culture criteria. The weights of the criteria were calculated using worst-case method. …”
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Factors associated with disapproval of female genital mutilation among schoolgirls in the Borena and Jimma zones of Ethiopia by Henok Mulatu Teferi, Gizachew Balew Jembere, Siyoum Enqubahiri, Teferi Kebede Nurgi, Amina Kanpise Arero, Biruk Bogale Wolde, Wondimu Chifra Tolera, Addisalem Titiyos, Pontea Afzalirad, Kathryn A O’ Connell, Danielle Garfinkel

“…Through this study, we have identified the influence of geography, culture, and religion in shaping attitudes towards FGM and noted the missed opportunity of using school-based interventions to tackle this issue.…”
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PKA Inhibitor H89 (N-[2-p-bromocinnamylamino-ethyl]-5-isoquinolinesulfonamide) Attenuates Synaptic Dysfunction and Neuronal Cell Death following Ischemic Injury by Juhyun Song, So Yeong Cheon, Won Taek Lee, Kyung Ah Park, Jong Eun Lee

“…Next, we examined the role of H89 pretreatment on the expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), PSD95, MAP2, and the apoptosis regulators Bcl2 and cleaved caspase-3 in cultured neuroblastoma cells exposed to hypoxia and reperfusion injury. …”
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Differential Modulation of Annexin I Binding Sites on Monocytes and Neutrophils by H. S. Euzger, R. J. Flower, N. J. Goulding, M. Perretti

“…However PMN acquired the capacity to bind annexin I following co-culture with monocytes. PMN incubation with sodium azide, but not protease inhibitors, partially blocked this process. …”
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Exome-First Approach in Fetal Akinesia Reveals Chromosome 1p36 Deletion Syndrome by Masatake Toshimitsu, Shinichi Nagaoka, Shuusaku Kobori, Maki Ogawa, Fumihiko Suzuki, Takema Kato, Shunsuke Miyai, Rie Kawamura, Hidehito Inagaki, Hiroki Kurahashi, Jun Murotsuki

“…G-banding analysis using cultured amniocytes revealed 46,XY,22pstk+. Postnatal whole exome sequencing and subsequent chromosomal microarray identified a 3 Mb deletion of chromosomal region 1p36.33–p36.32. …”
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Epigenetic Induction of Definitive and Pancreatic Endoderm Cell Fate in Human Fibroblasts by Rangarajan Sambathkumar, Eric Kalo, Rob Van Rossom, Marijke M. Faas, Paul de Vos, Catherine M. Verfaillie

“…However, full reprogramming of fibroblasts to β-cells will require combination of this approach with TF overexpression and/or culture of the partially reprogrammed cells under β-cell specific conditions.…”
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