IgG, IgM, and IgA Antinuclear Antibodies in Discoid and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients by Sheridan A. Jost, Lin-Chiang Tseng, Loderick A. Matthews, Rebecca Vasquez, Song Zhang, Kim B. Yancey, Benjamin F. Chong

“…In this cross-sectional study, sera from age-, gender-, and ethnic-matched SLE N=35, DLE N=23, and normal patients N=22 were tested for IgG, IgM, and IgA ANAs using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) and indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) with monkey esophagus as substrate. …”
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Indoxyl Sulfate Induces Mesangial Cell Proliferation via the Induction of COX-2 by Shuzhen Li, Sijie Cheng, Zhenzhen Sun, Harr-keshauve Mungun, Wei Gong, Jing Yu, Weiwei Xia, Yue Zhang, Songming Huang, Aihua Zhang, Zhanjun Jia

“…Next, we found an inducible inflammation-related enzyme COX-2 was remarkably enhanced by IS, and the inhibition of COX-2 by NS398 significantly blocked IS-induced MC proliferation in line with a blockade of PGE2 production. …”
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Clinical Significance of Lymph Node Micrometastasis in pN0 Gastric Cancer Patients by Yu Li, Dongsheng Wang, Yi Li, Xiaodong Liu, Dong Chen, Chentong Yuan, Yanbing Zhou

“…The LNMM was diagnosed by telomeric repeat amplification protocol/enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (TRAP-ELISA). The relationship between clinicopathological factors and LNMM was investigated by multivariate analysis. …”
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Difference in the Vitreal Protein Profiles of Patients with Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy with and without Intravitreal Conbercept Injection by Chen Zou, Minjie Zhao, Jingjing Yu, Dandan Zhu, Yunzhi Wang, Xinping She, Yanan Hu, Zhi Zheng

“…Intravitreal levels of apolipoprotein A-II (APOA2) and ceruloplasmin (CP) were measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. Results. 307 proteins were expressed differentially between PDR and IVC groups, including 218 proteins downregulated in response to IVC. …”
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NT5E (CD73) as a prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target associated with immune infiltration in lung adenocarcinoma by Leyan Chen, Tuoya Qi, Bishu Zhang, Xuelong Wang, Mingfeng Zheng

“…NT5E, an ecto-5’-nucleotidase enzyme, has been implicated in cancer progression, particularly in efferocytosis. …”
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In silico methods for immunogenicity risk assessment and human homology screening for therapeutic antibodies by Aimee E. Mattei, Andres H. Gutierrez, Soorya Seshadri, Jacob Tivin, Matt Ardito, Amy S. Rosenberg, William D. Martin, Anne S. De Groot

“…Although this perspective discusses the in-silico immunogenicity risk assessment for monoclonal antibodies, bi-specifics, multi-specifics, and antibody-drug conjugates, the analysis of additional therapeutic modalities such as enzyme replacement proteins, blood factor proteins, CAR-T, gene therapy products, and peptide drugs is also made available on the ISPRI platform.…”
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Effect of decitabine on PD-L2 methylation in whole blood of iodine-induced autoimmune thyroiditis rats by Baiming Jin, Yanbo Qi, Hong Chao, Xiaolei Yang, Hongjie Li, Siyuan Wan

“…After injecting Dec intraperitoneally into EAT rats, we performed arsenic-cerium catalytic spectrophotometry, pathological hematoxylin and eosin staining, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, quantitative methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction (qMSP), and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) to determine the relevant indices. …”
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Evaluating food contact surface and its influence on restaurant health ratings by Saeid Fallahizadeh, Majid Majlesi, Mohammad Reza Ghalehgolab, Mohammad Hassan Sadeghi, Mohammad Reza Zarei, Alireza R. Raygan Shirazi

“…The samples were then tested using a luminometer device to measure enzyme levels and identify bacterial contamination, helping to maintain health and control contamination. …”
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A Rewired NADPH-Dependent Redox Shuttle for Testing Peroxisomal Compartmentalization of Synthetic Metabolic Pathways in <i>Komagataella phaffii</i> by Albert Fina, Sílvia Àvila-Cabré, Enrique Vázquez-Pereira, Joan Albiol, Pau Ferrer

“…The introduction of heterologous pathways into microbial cell compartments offers several potential advantages, including increasing enzyme concentrations and reducing competition with native pathways, making this approach attractive for producing complex metabolites like fatty acids and fatty alcohols. …”
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Fermented Ofada rice (A Nigerian recipe) attenuates renal and hepatic dysfunction induced by crude oil poisoning in Wistar Rats by E Aganbi, B. O. Odeghe, ORORORO OSUVWE, E. T. Ojugbeli, J. C. Mordi

“…ORK maintained these enzyme levels by 17%, 4% and 14% respectively (for kidney) and 7%, 14% and 17% respectively (for liver). …”
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Ameliorative Effect of Hovenia dulcis Fruit Pedicel Polysaccharides on Alcohol-Induced Intestinal Injury in Mice Investigated Using 16S rRNA Sequencing and Metabolomics by ZHANG Yuchao, ZHU Sijie, LIU Liangyu, WANG Jianyun, ZHANG Jiaxin, SU Zexiong, CHEN Jiangyan, LIU Xudong

“…Using high-throughput 16S rRNA gene sequencing technology and metabolomics, we investigated the impacts of HDPs on the gut microbiota and metabolic profile of mice with alcohol-induced intestinal injury. Additionally, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), immunohistochemistry, real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), and Western blot were employed to detect the changes in the expression of intestinal inflammatory factors, tight junction proteins, bile acid metabolism-related genes and proteins. …”
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Immobilization of purified pectinase from Aspergillus nidulans on chitosan and alginate beads for biotechnological applications by Hamed M. El-Shora, Sabah A. Abo-Elmaaty, Gharieb S. El-Sayyad, Widad M. Al-Bishri, Ahmed I. El-Batal, Mervat G. Hassan

“…The free and chitosan-immobilized enzymes had half-lives (t1/2) of 23.83 and 28.64 min at 65 °C, and their Kd values were 0.0291 and 0.0242 min−1, respectively. …”
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Palm Tocotrienol Activates the Wnt3a/β-Catenin Signaling Pathway, Protecting MC3T3-E1 Osteoblasts from Cellular Damage Caused by Dexamethasone and Promoting Bone Formation by Norfarahin Abdullah Sani, Nur Aqilah Kamaruddin, Ima Nirwana Soelaiman, Kok-Lun Pang, Kok-Yong Chin, Elvy Suhana Mohd Ramli

“…The expression of osteoblastic differentiation markers was measured by an enzyme-linked immunoassay. <b>Results</b>: Enhanced matrix mineralization was observed in the cells treated with 0.5 µg/mL PTT, especially on day 18 (<i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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Pain in pancreatitis: issue and ways out by A. V. Okhlobystin

“…Drug therapy of pancreatic pain is based on digestive enzymes, antisecretory and analgetic agents.…”
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Growth, Feed Utilization, Lipid Metabolism, and Metamorphosis of Bullfrog (Aquarana catesbeianus) Tadpoles Fed Diets With Different Lipid Levels by Juan Gao, Ling Wang, Jian Zhang, Kangle Lu, Kai Song, Xueshan Li, Chunxiao Zhang

“…This study investigated the effect of dietary lipid levels on growth performance, lipid metabolism, antioxidant capacity, digestive enzyme activity, and metamorphosis rate of bullfrog (Aquarana catesbeianus) tadpoles. …”
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Euphorbia serpens extracts mediated synthesis of copper oxide nanoparticles and their biological applications by Sana Idrees, Banzeer Ahsan Abbasi, Javed Iqbal, Mohsin Kazi

“…In future, different in vitro activities; antileishmanial, anticancer, enzyme degradation assays and different in vivo studies using animal models are recommended to further investigate the role of these NPs in different biomedical applications. …”
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Mold Alkaloid Cytochalasin D Modifies the Morphology and Secretion of fMLP-, LPS-, or PMA-Stimulated Neutrophils upon Adhesion to Fibronectin by Svetlana I. Galkina, Natalia V. Fedorova, Marina V. Serebryakova, Evgenii A. Arifulin, Vladimir I. Stadnichuk, Ludmila A. Baratova, Galina F. Sud’ina

“…Simultaneous detection of neutrophil secretory products by mass spectrometry showed that all tested stimuli caused the secretion of MMP-9, a key enzyme in the neutrophil migration. Cytochalasin D impaired the MMP-9 secretion but initiated the release of cathepsin G and other granular bactericides, proinflammatory agents. …”
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CRAT downregulation promotes ovarian cancer progression by facilitating mitochondrial metabolism through decreasing the acetylation of PGC-1α by Zhen Zhang, Shuhua Zhao, Xiaohui Lv, Yan Gao, Qian Guo, Yanjie Ren, Yuanyuan He, Yihua Jin, Hong Yang, Shujuan Liu, Xiaohong Zhang

“…Carnitine acetyltransferase (CRAT) is a mitochondrial-localized enzyme catalyzing the reversible transfer of acyl groups from an acyl-CoA thioester to carnitine and regulates the ratio of acyl-CoA/CoA. …”
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Complement activation by in vivo neonatal and in vitro extracorporeal membrane oxygenation by Johannes Graulich, Joseph Sonntag, Monika Marcinkowski, Karl Bauer, Hans Kössel, Christoph Bührer, Michael Obladen, Hans T. Versmold

“…We investigated the relative importance of these mechanisms by measuring C3a, C5a and sC5b-9 before, during and after neonatal ECMO in six consecutive newborn patients using enzyme-linked immunoassay. In addition complement activation during in vitro ECMO with repeated flow of the same blood volume was measured using blood from healthy adult donors. …”
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Development and Evaluation of selective nitroxanthone Derivatives: A promising compound for Targeting MCF-7 breast cancer cells by Pavithren Devakrishnan, Nadiah Mad Nasir, Johnson Stanslas, Muhammad Alif M. Latif, Ahmad Zaidi Ismail, Fatin Farhana Baharuddin

“…Molecular docking analysis showed that compound 1 binds more efficiently to the target enzyme aromatase compared to other derivatives, likely due to its optimal number of nitro groups, orientations, and polarizabilities. …”
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