Tumor-Derived CXCL1 Promotes Lung Cancer Growth via Recruitment of Tumor-Associated Neutrophils by Ming Yuan, Ha Zhu, Junfang Xu, Yuanyuan Zheng, Xuetao Cao, Qiuyan Liu

“…Here, we detected that chemokine CXCL1 was dramatically elevated in serum from 3LL tumor-bearing mice. In vitro, 3LL cells constitutively expressed and secreted higher level of CXCL1. …”
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Serum Interleukin-6 Expression Level and Its Clinical Significance in Patients with Dermatomyositis by Min Yang, Xiaomin Cen, Qibing Xie, Chuan Zuo, Guixiu Shi, Geng Yin

“…The incidence of fever was significantly higher in the IL-6 elevated group. Serum ferritin (SF) and C-reactive protein (CRP) were positively correlated with IL-6. …”
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A Case of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor with Liver Metastases Demonstrating the Possibility of Enhanced ACTH Production by the SACI Test by Hirozumi Mori, Masashi Tamura, Ryo Ogawa, Yuta Kimata, Sho Endo, Katsutoshi Sekine, Sayuri Kodama, Hiromi Hisazumi Watanabe, Kiyoshi Ookuma, Masahiro Jinzaki

“…The blood level of ACTH after Ca loading was significantly elevated only in the vessels thought to be directly feeding the pancreatic tumor, and Ca loading from any artery did not significantly increase ACTH concentrations in the hepatic veins compared to the main trunk of the portal vein. …”
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Chest Pain: The Need to Consider Less Frequent Diagnosis by Pedro Magalhães, Anabela Morais, Sofia Carvalho, Joana Cunha, Ana R. Lima, J. Ilídio Moreira, Trigo Faria

“…We report a case of a 68-year-old Caucasian male, chronically hypertensive, who complained of recurrent episodes of chest pain and fever with elevated acute phase reactants. The first investigation was negative for some of the most likely diagnosis and he quickly improved with anti-inflammatory drugs. …”
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Fire Behavior of Lightweight Reinforced Concrete Deep Beams and Enhanced Structural Performance via Varied Stirrup Spacing – An Integrated Study by Ali Ali, Amir Akhaveissy, Bahaa Abbas

“…Four LRCDB specimens with transverse reinforcement intervals of 60 mm and 150 mm are constructed and subjected to four-point bending tests at both normal and elevated temperatures. The ultimate load-bearing capacity of the specimens is increased by 6.9% when the spacing of transverse reinforcements is reduced from 150 mm to 60 mm. …”
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Protection against SHIV-KB9 Infection by Combining rDNA and rFPV Vaccines Based on HIV Multiepitope and p24 Protein in Chinese Rhesus Macaques by Chang Li, Zhenwei Shen, Xiao Li, Jieying Bai, Lin Zeng, Mingyao Tian, Ying Jin Song, Ming Ye, Shouwen Du, Dayong Ren, Cunxia Liu, Na Zhu, Dandan Sun, Yi Li, Ningyi Jin

“…Results show that, upon challenge, the vaccine group can induce a strong immune response in the body, represented by increased expression of IFN-γ, slow and steady elevated antibody production, reduced peak value of acute viral load, and increase in the average CD4/CD8 ratio. …”
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Accelerated commercial battery electrode-level degradation diagnosis via only 11-point charging segments by Yu Tian, Cheng Lin, Xiangfeng Meng, Xiao Yu, Hailong Li, Rui Xiong

“…Accordingly, battery status can be accurately elevated based on their degradation at both macro and electrode levels. …”
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Case report: a rare concurrence of dense deposit disease in an adolescent patient with IgA nephropathy by Jian-Hui Zhang, Hong-Ping Yu, Ying Chen, Qian Chen, Xiao-Ling Zheng, Jie-Wei Luo, Li Zhang

“…Case presentation We described a 15-year-old male adolescent presenting with nephrotic syndrome as the initial manifestation, with urinalysis indicating significantly elevated protein and erythrocytes. Unexpectedly, the renal pathological biopsy of the patient exhibited strong positivity for both IgA and C3, characterized by petaloid deposition of C3 along glomerular capillary loops and the glomerular mesangial region, as well as linear deposition in Bowman’s capsule and portions of the renal tubular basement membrane. …”
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Acute Sickle Hepatic Crisis after Liver Transplantation in a Patient with Hb SC Disease by J. H. Gillis, S. K. Satapathy, L. Parsa, P. B. Sylvestre, N. Dbouk

“…Patients commonly present with jaundice, right upper quadrant pain, nausea, low-grade fever, tender hepatomegaly, and mild to moderate elevations in serum AST, ALT, and bilirubin. We describe the case of a patient with a history of hemoglobin SC disease and cirrhosis caused by hepatitis C presenting approximately 1 year after liver transplantation with an ASHC. …”
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Tracking solid electrolyte interphase dynamics using operando fibre-optic infra-red spectroscopy and multivariate curve regression by Cédric Leau, Yu Wang, Charlotte Gervillié-Mouravieff, Steven T Boles, Xiang-Hua Zhang, Simon Coudray, Catherine Boussard-Plédel, Jean-Marie Tarascon

“…For example, despite operating at an elevated potential, lithium titanate’s SEI has intrinsic instability, evidenced by continued carbonate formation. …”
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Comparison of Durability and Gamma-Ray Shielding Performance of High-Velocity Oxygen Fuel Tungsten Carbide-Based Coatings on Cold-Rolled Steel Surface by Yeong-Ho Son, Seung Heon Baek, Beom Kyu Kim, Jeong Ho Hwang, Jae Hun Lee, Geun Dong Song

“…The performance of the layered coatings was analyzed in terms of their microstructure, hardness, wear resistance, adhesion strength, corrosion properties, and gamma-ray shielding characteristics. Coatings with elevated WC contents showed enhanced mechanical properties and gamma-ray shielding effectiveness, whereas coatings with relatively lower WC contents and higher NiCr contents exhibited greater corrosion resistance. …”
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Decreased Cognitive/CNS Function in Young Adults at Risk for Hypertension: Effects of Sleep Deprivation by James A. McCubbin, Hannah Peach, DeWayne D. Moore, June J. Pilcher

“…Hypertension risk was assessed by mildly elevated resting blood pressure and by family history of hypertension. …”
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Enhancing the durability of Ti–Al–C coatings: The role of powder composition and processing variables by Huanhuan Hong, Panpan Yang, Xiang Gui, Yang Yang, Xia Liu, Jianxiang Ding, Gobinda Gyawali, Kang Yang, Shihong Zhang

“…The formation of a protective oxide layer, consisting of TixAly and Ti2AlC phases, during frictional sintering oxidation led to enhanced wear resistance at elevated temperatures. The mechanisms of friction and wear in these coatings involved oxidative wear, adhesive wear, and fatigue wear. …”
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Agave Leaves as a Substrate for the Production of Cellulases by Penicillium sp. and the Obtainment of Reducing Sugars by Julio Silva-Mendoza, Alberto Gómez-Treviño, Ulrico López-Chuken, Edgar Allan Blanco-Gámez, Leonardo Chávez-Guerrero, María Elena Cantú-Cárdenas

“…The enzymes showed activities at elevated temperatures: 50°C for endoglucanase and exoglucanase and 70°C for β-glucosidase. …”
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Unravelling the interplay of nitrogen nutrition and the Botrytis cinerea pectin lyase BcPNL1 in modulating Arabidopsis thaliana susceptibility by Antoine Davière, Aline Voxeur, Sylvie Jolivet, Luka Lelas, Samantha Vernhettes, Marie-Christine Soulié, Mathilde Fagard

“…Additionally, in nitrogen-sufficient detached leaves, the elevated expression of jasmonic acid repressor genes observed upon infection with the wild-type strain was abolished with the mutants. …”
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Impact of SWCNT-conjugated senna leaf extract on breast cancer cells: A potential apoptotic therapeutic strategy by Behairy Sabreen Mohammed, Al-Maaqar Saleh Mohammed, Al-Shaeri Majed Ahmed

“…The results indicated that treated cells exhibited apoptotic characteristics, including elevated ROS levels and decreased mitochondrial membrane potential. …”
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Feature analysis aided design of lightweight heat sink from network structures by Tianlin Luo, Changliang Zhu, Baowen Li, Xiangying Shen, Guimei Zhu

“…However, their lifespan is significantly impacted by operational temperatures, as excess heat can elevate localized temperatures (hot spot) and damage components. …”
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A Microstructure Based Strength Model for Slag Blended Concrete with Various Curing Temperatures by Li-Na Zhang, Wang Xiao-Yong, Kyung-Taek Koh

“…The accelerations of cement hydration and slag reaction at elevated temperatures are modeled by Arrhenius law. …”
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Visualizing stepwise evolution of carbon hybridization from sp 3 to sp 2 and to sp by Wei Xiong, Guang Zhang, De-Liang Bao, Jianchen Lu, Lei Gao, Yusen Li, Hui Zhang, Zilin Ruan, Zhenliang Hao, Hong-Jun Gao, Long Chen, Jinming Cai

“…Utilizing scanning probing microscopy, we distinguish three distinct carbon-carbon bond types within polymers induced by annealing at elevated temperatures. Density-functional-theory calculations unveil the pivotal role of the electron-withdrawing cyano group in activating neighboring methylene to form C(sp 3 )–C(sp 3 ) bonds, and in facilitating subsequent stepwise HCN eliminations to realize the transformation across three carbon-carbon bond types. …”
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CpG Oligodeoxynucleotides Enhance the Efficacy of Adoptive Cell Transfer Using Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes by Modifying the Th1 Polarization and Local Infiltration of Th17 Cells by Lin Xu, Chunhong Wang, Zhenke Wen, Ya Zhou, Zhongmin Liu, Yongjie Liang, Zengguang Xu, Tao Ren

“…Most importantly, we found that CpG-ODNs could significantly elevate the infiltration of Th17 cells in tumor mass, which contributed to anti-tumor efficacy of TILs in vivo. …”
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