Alteration of Mevalonate Pathway in Proliferated Vascular Smooth Muscle from Diabetic Mice: Possible Role in High-Glucose-Induced Atherogenic Process by Guo-Ping Chen, Xiao-Qin Zhang, Tao Wu, Liang Li, Jie Han, Chang-Qing Du

“…In vitro, VSMCs were cultured and treated with different glucose concentrations for 48 h. …”
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Facilitators and barriers of alcohol goals for Latinx men hospitalized with alcohol use disorder seen by an Addiction Consult Team by Mariam S. Carson, Alein Y. Haro-Ramos, Naomi López-Solano, Carla Fernandez, Marcus Cummins, Alicia Fernandez, Triveni DeFries, Marlene Martin

“…Understanding Latinx individuals’ barriers and facilitators to reach AUD-related goals can help implement culturally and linguistically concordant interventions to improve alcohol-related outcomes.Methods We conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews with Latinx, Spanish-speaking men with AUD within 20 weeks of hospital discharge who were seen by an addiction consult team during hospitalization in an urban, safety-net hospital in San Francisco. …”
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Unmasking health determinants and health outcomes for urban First Nations using respondent-driven sampling by J Smylie, M Firestone, S Maracle, M Spiller, P O'Campo

“…The main objective of the Our Health Counts (OHC) project was to work in partnership with Aboriginal stakeholders to generate a culturally relevant, representative baseline health data set for three urban Aboriginal communities in Ontario, Canada.Design Respondent-driven sampling (RDS).Setting Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Participants The OHC study, in partnership with the De dwa da dehs ney >s Aboriginal Health Access Centre (DAHC), recruited 554 First Nations adults living in Hamilton using RDS.Results Among First Nations adults living in Hamilton, 78% earned less than $20 000 per year and 70% lived in the lowest income quartile neighbourhoods. …”
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Benefits of Dance Therapy in Overweight and Obese Women by Katia Rodríguez Palacios, Isaac Rodríguez Palacios, Lázaro Dionisio Rojas Matsuda, Yarisel López Pérez, Ismaray Sacerio González, Ivis Triana Oquendo

“…<strong>Background:</strong> therapeutic physical culture programs accompanied by adequate nutritional advice in groups of obese people, is a common practice to reduce excess weight in people. …”
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Pulmonary Bacterial Communities in Surgically Resected Noncystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis Lungs Are Similar to Those in Cystic Fibrosis by Heather Maughan, Kristopher S. Cunningham, Pauline W. Wang, Yu Zhang, Marcelo Cypel, Cecilia Chaparro, D. Elizabeth Tullis, Thomas K. Waddell, Shaf Keshavjee, Mingyao Liu, David S. Guttman, David M. Hwang

“…We characterized and compared the pulmonary bacterial communities of cystic fibrosis (CF) and non-CF bronchiectasis patients using a culture-independent molecular approach. Methods. Bacterial 16S rRNA gene libraries were constructed from lung tissue of 10 non-CF bronchiectasis and 21 CF patients, followed by DNA sequencing of isolates from each library. …”
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The SGLT-2 Inhibitor Dapagliflozin Has a Therapeutic Effect on Atherosclerosis in Diabetic ApoE−/− Mice by Weiling Leng, Xinshou Ouyang, Xiaotian Lei, Mingxia Wu, Liu Chen, Qinan Wu, Wuquan Deng, Ziwen Liang

“…The effects of dapagliflozin on the IL-1β production in culturing primary macrophages of wild type and NLRP3−/− knockout mice were investigated for mechanism analyses. …”
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Growth Performance, Body Measurements and Live Weight Estimation of Tülü (Bactrian × Dromedary F1) Calves from Birth to Six Months of Age by Atakan Koç, Alkan Çağlı

“…A hybrid camel Tülü (Bactrian male x Dromedary female F1) males are preferred in camel wrestling, which is a culture unique to Anatolia. In this study, changes of live weight (LW), daily weight gain (DWG), and body measurements (BMs) of Tülü calves in the first 6 months of age in a farm in Aydın province, Türkiye, were determined as well as developing equations to estimate LW from body measurements. …”
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Psychosocial factors that predict happiness: A multigroup path analysis by Juan Martell-Muñoz, José Fernando Mora-Romo, David Luna, Filiberto Toledano-Toledano

“…Background: Happiness has been of importance in different cultures because of its importance for biopsychosocial development in humans. …”
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Asymptomatic lung abscess of aspergillus in a female without previous lung diseases or immunocompromise: a case report by Hanxue Xiang, Ling Zhang, Liu Yang, Miaotian Cai, Yingmin Ma, Yulin Zhang

“…Then Aspergillus terreus was detected by both fluid culture and metagenomics next-generation sequencing. …”
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<i>Microdochium majus</i> Isolated from Grapevine Is a Mycoparasite of <i>Botrytis cinerea</i> by Kálmán Zoltán Váczy, Dóra Szabó, Nikolett Molnár, Tibor Kiss, Levente Kiss, Yu Pei Tan, Ádám Novák, Xénia Pálfi, Adrienn Gomba-Tóth, Zoltán Karácsony

“…This was demonstrated in the confrontation zones of dual cultures of <i>M. majus</i> and <i>B. cinerea</i>, and also on the surface of co-inoculated grape leaf discs and germinated wheat grains. …”
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Sympathetic innervation induced by nerve growth factor promotes malignant transformation in gastric cancer by Takefumi Itami, Yukinori Kurokawa, Takaomi Hagi, Shinnosuke Nagano, Rennosuke Nakamoto, Yu Kamakura, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Takuro Saito, Kazuyoshi Yamamoto, Kota Momose, Kotaro Yamashita, Koji Tanaka, Tomoki Makino, Kiyokazu Nakajima, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Yuichiro Doki

“…In vitro studies demonstrated that nerve elongation of PC12 cells, a model for sympathetic neuron-like cells, was promoted by co-culture with gastric cancer cells expressing high NGF levels whereas nerve elongation was suppressed by NGF knockdown. …”
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High Content Analysis of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived Hepatocytes Reveals Drug Induced Steatosis and Phospholipidosis by Arvind Pradip, Daniella Steel, Susanna Jacobsson, Gustav Holmgren, Magnus Ingelman-Sundberg, Peter Sartipy, Petter Björquist, Inger Johansson, Josefina Edsbagge

“…Recent advances in differentiating human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) into pure cultures of hepatocyte-like cells expressing functional drug metabolizing enzymes open up possibilities for novel, more relevant human cell based toxicity models. …”
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LMW Heparin Prevents Increased Kidney Expression of Proinflammatory Mediators in (NZBxNZW)F1 Mice by Annica Hedberg, Premasany Kanapathippillai, Ole Petter Rekvig, Kristin Andreassen Fenton

“…The expression of CD80, CD86, CD69, CD25, CTLA-4, and TLR 2, 7, 8, and 9 was upregulated upon stimulation by nucleosomes, irrespective of whether heparin was added to the cell culture or not. In conclusion, treatment with heparin lowers the kidney expression of proinflammatory mediators in B/W mice but does not affect nucleosomal activation of splenocytes.…”
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Leclercia adecarboxylata Bacteremia in a Patient with Ulcerative Colitis by Amir Kashani, Morteza Chitsazan, Kendrick Che, Roger C. Garrison

“…Following an episode of rectal bleeding, two sets of blood cultures grew L. adecarboxylata, which was treated with intravenous ceftriaxone. …”
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Electronic petitions in France on the material of Change.org, a non-governmental e-petition platform by K. V. Bannikov, N. K. Radina, O. A. Smirnova, D. V. Shavarova

“…Electronic petitions about problems of culture, sports and problems of confessional relations are recorded relatively rarely. …”
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Striatal Injury with 6-OHDA Transiently Increases Cerebrospinal GFAP and S100B by Cristiane Batassini, Núbia Broetto, Lucas Silva Tortorelli, Milene Borsoi, Caroline Zanotto, Fabiana Galland, Tadeu Mello Souza, Marina Concli Leite, Carlos-Alberto Gonçalves

“…However, the 6-OHDA-induced S100B secretion was confirmed in astrocyte cultures. Current data reinforce the idea that glial changes precede neuronal damage in PD; however, these findings also indicate that caution is necessary regarding the interpretation of data in this PD model.…”
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A Mysterious Gram-Positive Rods by Javzandulam Natsag, Zaw Min, Yasir Hamad, Bassel Alkhalil, Atiq Rahman, Richard Williams

“…Unexpectedly, gram positive rods grew out on day five on multiple blood cultures, which were later identified as Mycobacterium fortuitum. …”
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Quantitative Assessment of Optimal Bone Marrow Site for the Isolation of Porcine Mesenchymal Stem Cells by J. S. McDaniel, B. Antebi, M. Pilia, B. J. Hurtgen, S. Belenkiy, C. Necsoiu, L. C. Cancio, C. R. Rathbone, A. I. Batchinsky

“…The iliac crest had significantly less bone marrow volume; however, it yielded significantly more CFUs compared to the other bone marrow sites. Culture-expanded cells from all tested sites expressed high levels of MSC surface markers and demonstrated adipogenic and osteogenic differentiation potential. …”
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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY PRACTICES IN THE WORKPLACE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A LITERATURE REVIEW by Ana Islamiyah Syamila, Reny Indrayani, Ragil Ismi Hartanti, Anita Dewi Prahastuti Sujoso

“…Such improvements have been proven to increase communal relations between workers and management, thereby increasing active worker participation in establishing a safe working culture within the workplace. Conclusion: The OHS management implemented by the company may change based on workplace COVID-19 prevention regulations.…”
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E. coli Meningitis Presenting in a Patient with Disseminated Strongyloides stercoralis by Juliana B. Gomez, Yvan Maque, Manuel A. Moquillaza, William E. Anicama

“…A cerebrospinal fluid culture showed extended spectrum β-lactamase producing E. coli. …”
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