Circulating Nesfatin-1 Levels and Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Ting Zhai, Shi-Zhen Li, Xin-Tong Fan, Zhao Tian, Xiao-Qing Lu, Jing Dong

“…In conclusion, the analysis supports a relationship between circulating nesfatin-1 levels and type 2 diabetes, where newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes was associated with an elevated Nesfatin-1 level, and type 2 diabetes patients receiving antidiabetic treatment showed lower circulating nesfatin-1 levels.…”
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Association between HIV status and Positive Prostate Biopsy in a Study of U.S. Veterans by Wayland Hsiao, Katrina Anastasia, John Hall, Michael Goodman, David Rimland, Chad W. M. Ritenour, Muta M. Issa

“…The indications for performing a prostate biopsy included an abnormal digital rectal examination and/or an elevated PSA. Patients were categorized according to their HIV status, biopsy results, and various demographic and clinical characteristics. …”
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Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Enhance Ovarian Cancer Growth and Metastasis by Increasing Thymosin Beta 4X-Linked Expression by Yijing Chu, Min You, Jingjing Zhang, Guoqiang Gao, Rendong Han, Wenqiang Luo, Tingting Liu, Jianxin Zuo, Fuling Wang

“…As shown in the bioluminescence images captured in vivo, increased ovarian cancer’s growth and metastasis, along with elevated TMSB4X expression, were observed in the group of ADSC-conditioned medium, and the tumour-promoting effect of ADSCs was attenuated by the inhibition of TMSB4X. …”
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Purpurogallin, a Natural Phenol, Attenuates High-Mobility Group Box 1 in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Induced Vasospasm in a Rat Model by Chih-Zen Chang, Chih-Lung Lin, Shu-Chuan Wu, Aij-Lie Kwan

“…IL-1β, IL-6, and TNF-α in the SAH only and SAH plus vehicle groups were significantly elevated (P<0.01). Purpurgallin dose-dependently reduced HMGB1 protein expression. …”
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Thrust Force and Delamination Analysis on Redmud-Filled Coconut Sheath Fiber Polyester Composite by Sundarakannan Rajendran, Yo-Lun Yang, Uthayakumar Marimuthu, Arumugaprabu Veerasimman, Geetha Palani, Karthick Babu, Vigneshwaran Shanmugam

“…The findings indicate that increased feed rates and spindle speeds contribute to elevated thrust forces and delamination, influenced by the composite's inherent brittleness due to the addition of red mud. …”
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Phenotypical and Functional Analysis of Intraepithelial Lymphocytes from Small Intestine of Mice in Oral Tolerance by Maristela Ruberti, Luis Gustavo Romani Fernandes, Patricia Ucelli Simioni, Dirce Lima Gabriel, Áureo Tatsumi Yamada, Wirla Maria da Silva Cunha Tamashiro

“…Administration of OVA via oral + ip increased the frequency of CD103+ cells in CD4+ T-cell subset in IELs of both BALB/c and TGN mice and elevated its expression in CD8β+ T-cell subset in IELs of TGN. …”
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Spatiotemporal evolutionary patterns of the hydrochemistry of Jurassic conglomerate aquifers under the influence of curtain walls by Luwang CHEN, Minghui WU, Xiaowei HOU, Yongsheng HU, Miao ZHANG, Xinyue CAI, Xiaoxi YIN, Xiaoping SHI

“…Results and Conclusions The results indicate that the hydrochemical characteristics differ greatly between inside and outside the curtain walls, with the groundwater inside the curtain walls exhibiting elevated Ca2+ and Mg2+ concentrations compared to that outside the curtain walls. …”
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False-Negative CSF Cryptococcal Antigen with Cryptococcus gattii Meningoencephalitis in Southeastern United States: A Case Report and Literature Review by Shawn Esperti, Austen Stoelting, Andrew Mangano, Dveet Patel, Jilian Sansbury, Robert Sherertz

“…Lumbar puncture (LP) revealed normal glucose, elevated protein, and lymphocytosis. Opening pressure was 15 cm of H20. …”
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Surface energy and mass balance of Mera Glacier (Nepal, Central Himalaya) and their sensitivity to temperature and precipitation by Arbindra Khadka, Fanny Brun, Patrick Wagnon, Dibas Shrestha, Tenzing Chogyal Sherpa

“…On an annual scale, melt is the dominant mass flux at all elevations, but 44% of the melt refreezes across the glacier. …”
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Prepapillary Vascular Loops Complicated by Suspected Macroaneurysm Rupture by Kei Akaiwa, Yoshinori Mitamura, Takashi Katome, Kentaro Semba, Mariko Egawa, Takeshi Naito

“…Fundus examination disclosed an elevated, round, and reddish lesion, retinal hemorrhage at the superior aspect of the optic disc, retinal opacification along the superior branch retinal artery, and a small vitreous hemorrhage. …”
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Lack of Antilipoprotein Lipase Antibodies in Takayasu's Arteritis by Jozélio Freire de Carvalho, Rosa Maria Rodrigues Pereira, Vilma Santos Trindade Viana, Eloísa Bonfá, Yehuda Shoenfeld

“…Half of the patients presented high ESR and 60% elevated CRP. Lipoprotein NCEP risk levels were observed in approximately half of the patients: 53% for total cholesterol, 43% for triglycerides, 16% for HDL-c and 47% for LDL-c. …”
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Synthesis of lutetium hydrides at high pressures by Yuan-Ao Peng, Han-Yu Wang, Fu-Hai Su, Pu Wang, Hai-An Xu, Lin Liu, Lun-Xuan Yu, Ross T. Howie, Wan Xu, Eugene Gregoryanz, Xiao-Di Liu

“…Our findings indicate that the synthesis can be accelerated by elevated temperature and decelerated by increased pressure. …”
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NCOA4 linked to endothelial cell ferritinophagy and ferroptosis:a key regulator aggravate aortic endothelial inflammation and atherosclerosis by Li Zhu, Zijian Liu, Jiahui Liu, Zhenglong Li, Youli Bao, Xin Sun, Wenchen Zhao, An Zhou, Hongfei Wu

“…Herein, we report that NCOA4 expression is elevated in ApoE−/− mice and endothelial cells and is significantly correlated with AS. …”
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Rare Encounter Behind the Ear: Unveiling Kimura Disease in the Postaural Region by Divya Nayani, Siddhartha Nyathani, Rahul Kumar Pitale Ashok

“…The condition manifests as swelling and lesions in the head and neck region, involving subcutaneous soft tissue, major salivary glands, and lymph nodes. Eosinophilia and elevated serum immunoglobulin E levels are common, and diagnosis relies on biopsy. …”
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Conventional and complementary alternative medicine therapies for renal anemia: a literature review by Ching-Ming Lu, Ching-Ming Lu, Yuan-Hsuan Hsu, Yuan-Hsuan Hsu, I-Hsin Lin, Ko-Lin Kuo, Jian-Fu Liao, Hui-Fen Huang, Hui-Fen Huang, Ping-Hsun Lu, Ping-Hsun Lu

“…Renal anemia stems mainly from chronic inflammation with elevated hepcidin levels, iron deficiency, and reduced red blood cell lifespan. …”
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Significance of Preoperative Systemic Immune Score for Stage I Gastric Cancer Patients by Jun Lu, Long-long Cao, Ping Li, Jian-wei Xie, Jia-bin Wang, Jian-xian Lin, Qi-yue Chen, Mi Lin, Ru-hong Tu, Chang-ming Huang, Chao-hui Zheng

“…The patient score was 1 for either a pretreatment hypoalbuminemia or elevated derived neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (dNLR) and was 0 otherwise. …”
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Worse survival of hepatocellular cancer patients with membranous insulin receptor overexpression by Steffen Markus Heckl, Carolin Schneider, Lukas Kercher, Hans-Michael Behrens, Jan-Paul Gundlach, Alexander Bernsmeier, Stephan Schmidt, Sandra Krüger, Felix Braun, Rainer Günther, Thomas Becker, Stefan Schreiber, Christoph Röcken

“…Preclinical experimental studies have identified the insulin receptor (IR) and its synergistic counterpart, the IGF1 receptor (IGF1R), as relevant in HCC development, and the ligands IGF1 and IGF2 have been found to be elevated in HCC. This study aimed to bridge the gap to the clinical setting and explore whether the IR or the IGF1R would be of prognostic significance and would be associated with clinicopathologic parameters in HCC patients. …”
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PCSK9 affects vascular senescence through the SIRT1 pathway by Yuqin Wang, Shaoqing Cao, Zhangyu Wang, Chengsi Li, Jiangping Ye, Yehong Liu, Tianhui Jin, Yuting Zhou, Wentao Su, Gangjun Zong

“…In addition, inhibition of the sirtuin 1 (SIRT)1 oxidative stress pathway can attenuate the aging-promoting effects of PCSK9, which are elevated as a result of LPS induction.The SIRT1 activator was more efficient than LPS alone in inducing the expression of senescence-related genes. …”
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Diversity of Chroogomphus (Gomphidiaceae, Boletales) in Europe, and typification of C. rutilus by Ross Scambler, Tuula Niskanen, Boris Assyov, A. Martyn Ainsworth, Jean-Michel Bellanger, Michael Loizides, Pierre-Arthur Moreau, Paul M. Kirk, Kare Liimatainen

“…The former sections Chroogomphus and Floccigomphus are elevated to subgeneric level. Comparison of the ITS regions (nuc rDNA ITS1-5.8S-ITS2) of all species studied shows that there is a minimum interspecific difference of 1.5 %, with the exception of the two species belonging to sect. …”
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Tumor-associated macrophages promote bladder cancer metastasis through the CCL20-CCR6 axis by Ryunosuke Nakagawa, Kouji Izumi, Kaoru Hiratsuka, Takahiro Inaba, Yoshiki Koketsu, Ren Toriumi, Shuhei Aoyama, Taiki Kamijima, Hiroshi Kano, Tomoyuki Makino, Renato Naito, Suguru Kadomoto, Hiroaki Iwamoto, Hiroshi Yaegashi, Shohei Kawaguchi, Takahiro Nohara, Kazuyoshi Shigehara, Hiroki Nakata, Wen-Jye Lin, Atsushi Mizokami

“…Coculturing with TAMs also elevated the expression of CC chemokine receptor (CCR) 6 in BC cells, indicating increased sensitivity to CCL20. …”
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