Frequency and progression of azotemia during acute and chronic treatment of congestive heart failure in cats by Sarah Rogg, Jonathan P. Mochel, Debosmita Kundu, Melissa A. Tropf, Allison K. Masters, Darcy B. Adin, Jessica L. Ward

“…Treatment with an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor was associated with fewer lifetime KI events (P = .02). …”
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<i>Clostridium difficile</i>-associated disease by V. T. Ivashkin, O. S. Shifrin, A. S. Tertycnhy, Ye. A. Poluektova, T. L. Lapina, O. S. Lyashenko, K. V. Ivashkin

“…Nowadays there are several laboratory diagnostic tests for Clostridial infection: testing for C. difficile glutamate dehydrogenase, enzyme-linked immunoassay, polymerase chain reaction for toxigenic strain of C. difficile. …”
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Patients with neurological or psychiatric complications of COVID-19 have worse long-term functional outcomes: COVID-CNS—A multicentre case–control study by Rajish S. K. Shil, Adam Seed, Nkongho Egbe Franklyn, Brendan F. Sargent, Greta K. Wood, Yun Huang, Katherine C. Dodd, James B. Lilleker, Thomas A. Pollak, Sylviane Defres, Thomas M. Jenkins, Nicholas W. S. Davies, David A. Cousins, Michael S. Zandi, Thomas A. Jackson, Laura A. Benjamin, Ava Easton, Tom Solomon, John R. Bradley, Patrick F. Chinnery, Craig J. Smith, Timothy R. Nicholson, Alan Carson, Rhys H. Thomas, Mark Alexander Ellul, Nicholas W. Wood, Gerome Breen, Benedict Daniel Michael, the COVID-CNS Study Group

“…Those receiving either statins or angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors had a lower risk of impairment in ADLs (OR 0.09, p = 0.0006, 0.17, p = 0.03). …”
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Dose-dependent effects of hydroquinone on liver injury and lipid dysregulation based on SCD1/AMPK signaling pathway in C57BL/6 mice by Lijun Zou, Fen Lin, Jinying Wen, Jinyu Huang, Yue Tan, Hui Huang, Gonghua Hu

“…In contrast, the highest dose (50.0 mg/kg) resulted in elevated liver enzyme levels, indicative of liver damage, while lipid levels decreased. …”
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Progress Analysis and Development Prospects of Soil Ecological and Environmental Effects of Interlayer Construction by JIA Zhenjiang, WU Yangyang, LI Wangcheng, MA Dongxiang, CHEN Jihong, GAO Susu, NIU Xiaoxiao, XU Tianyuan

“…[Methods] The effects and regulation mechanisms of interlayer construction on soil physical structure, soil water-salt-heat, soil nutrient status, soil enzyme activities, soil microbial properties, and crop productivity were comprehensively addressed. …”
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Lack of intracranial atherosclerosis in various atherosclerotic mouse models by Diewertje I Bink, Katja Ritz, Claire Mackaaij, Olga Stam, Sanny Scheffer, Mark R Mizee, Hanneke J Ploegmakers, Bert J van het Hof, Onno J de Boer, Judith C Sluimer, Guido R Y De Meyer, Louise van der Weerd, Helga E de Vries, Mat J A P Daemen

“…Compared to extracranial sections, intracranially the number of elastic layers decreased, tight junction markers increased, and antioxidant enzyme heme oxygenase (HO)-1 increased. Higher HO-1 expression was also shown in human intracranial arteries. …”
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Qualitative and quantitative characteristics of black patch trait in Oujiang color common carp by Ke Jing, Huifan Chen, Nusrat Hasan Kanika, Penghui Zhang, Roland Nathan Mandal, Chunxiao Zeng, Zhiyi Zhang, Jun Wang, Chenghui Wang

“…The melanin content and tyrosinase activity, melanin metabolic enzyme activity of the skin in the hybrid were in the middle between the parents RB and WW. …”
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Bisphenol A induces apoptosis and disrupts testosterone synthesis in TM3 cells via reactive oxygen species-mediated mitochondrial pathway and autophagic flux inhibition by Wenzhe Yang, Feilong Pan, Tong Zhao, Fangfang Chen, Wenqi Shao, Jinhao Wang, Shirui Wang, Zichen Zhao, Kexiang Liu, Shuchen Zhao, Lijia Zhao

“…BPA treatment increased ROS production, which led to a marked decrease in antioxidant enzyme activity and the expression levels of antioxidant-related genes and proteins in TM3 cells. …”
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Distal protein-protein interactions contribute to nirmatrelvir resistance by Eric M. Lewandowski, Xiujun Zhang, Haozhou Tan, Aiden Jaskolka-Brown, Navita Kohaal, Aliaksandra Frazier, Jesper J. Madsen, Lian M. C. Jacobs, Jun Wang, Yu Chen

“…Particularly, L50F and other non-active site mutations can enhance the Mpro dimer-dimer interactions and help place the nsp5-6 substrate at the enzyme catalytic center. The structural and enzymatic activity data of Mpro L50F, L50F/E166A/L167F, and others underscore the importance of considering the whole substrate protein in studying Mpro and substrate interactions, and offers important insights into Mpro function, resistance development, and inhibitor design.…”
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Dexmedetomidine alleviates acute kidney injury in a rat model of veno‐arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation by Min Yu, Shilin Wei, Xueyang Shen, Junjie Ying, Dezhi Mu, Xiangyang Wu, Yongnan Li

“…Hematoxylin and eosin staining was used to evaluate the kidney Paller score for the rats in each group. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to measure the levels of kidney injury biomarkers and cytokines in the serum. …”
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Synthesis, Characterization, and Biological Studies of Organotin(IV) Derivatives with o- or p-hydroxybenzoic Acids by Mohamed A. Abdellah, Sotiris K. Hadjikakou, Nick Hadjiliadis, Maciej Kubicki, Thomas Bakas, Nikolaos Kourkoumelis, Yannis V. Simos, Spyros Karkabounas, Mirela M. Barsan, Ian S. Butler

“…Finally, the influence of these complexes 1–6 upon the catalytic peroxidation of linoleic acid to hydroperoxylinoleic acid by the enzyme lipoxygenase (LOX) was kinetically studied and the results showed that triorganotin(IV) complex 6 has the lowest IC50 value. …”
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Abnormal methylation of Mill1 gene regulates osteogenic differentiation involved in various phenotypes of skeletal fluorosis in rats and methionine intervention by Niannian Chen, Jing Zhang, Congyu Yin, Yudan Liao, Lei Song, Ting Hu, Xueli Pan

“…Subsequently, we validated the regulation of Mill1 gene methylation using DNMT1 and TET2 enzyme inhibitors. Furthermore, we knockdown and overexpression experiments confirmed its downregulation inhibited osteogenic differentiation, whereas osteogenic differentiation was promoted by its overexpression. …”
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Long noncoding RNA GDIL acts as a scaffold for CHAC1 and XRN2 to promote platinum resistance of colorectal cancer through inhibition of glutathione degradation by Xuan Deng, Lu Chang, Lingyu Tang, Haoqin Jiang, Xiao Xu, Xinju Zhang, Jian Chen, Liu Dong, Qianqian Xu, Ruoshui Cao, Jianbin Xiang, Ming Guan

“…This is attributed by downregulation of CHAC1, an enzyme that specifically degrades intracellular GSH. …”
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Exploring bio-remediation strategies by a novel bacteria Micrococcus sp. strain HX in Cr(VI)-contaminated groundwater from long-term industrial polluted by Yu Xia, Yujuan Wen, Yuesuo Yang, Xiaoming Song, Yunlong Wang, Zhipeng Zhang

“…Binding reduction experiments indicated that most of the Cr(III) was detected extracellular, which suggests that the reduction of Cr(VI) by HX was mainly extracellular enzyme-catalyzed.…”
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First evidence of immunomodulation of the renin-angiotensin system through substance P/neurokinin 1 receptor: a case and control study in hypertension and cardiac patients by Ibrahim M. Alanazi, Riffat Mehboob, Ayesha Tariq, Sajid Hameed, Uzma Malik, Noreen Sarwar, Imran Shahid, Khurram Mehboob

“…Serum samples were obtained, and the levels of SP and NK1R were measured using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. When compared to the control group, the levels of SP and NK1R in hypertension patients were considerably higher. …”
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Anti-TNF-α Monoclonal Antibody Therapy Improves Anemia through Downregulating Hepatocyte Hepcidin Expression in Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Weigang Shu, Zhi Pang, Chunjin Xu, Jian Lin, Gengfeng Li, Wei Wu, Suofeng Sun, Junxiang Li, Xiuling Li, Zhanju Liu

“…Herein, we analyzed the levels of hepcidin in sera from IBD patients by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and investigated its potential role in regulating the anemia in IBD. …”
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The Nitrogen Fixation Characteristics of Terrestrial Nitrogen-Fixing Cyanobacteria and Their Role in Promoting Rice Growth by Lei Wu, Ji Dong, Jian Song, Yuan Zhu, Songhao Che, Xueting Qin, Yufeng Xu, Shiqi Tian, Dongchao Wang, Ping Tian, Xiaoshuang Wei, Xue Yang, Meiying Yang, Zhihai Wu

“…In conclusion, the application of these nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria significantly increased soil nitrogen levels and activated key enzyme activities involved in plant nitrogen metabolism. …”
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Effect of icatibant on sweating-induced dermal pain by Shunsuke Takahagi, Shunsuke Takahagi, Daiki Matsubara, Emi Murakami, Yumi Aoyama, Shinya Imamura, Atsushi Fukunaga, Atsushi Fukunaga, Yoshiko Oda, Hiroyuki Murota, Michihiro Hide, Michihiro Hide

“…Icatibant did not affect the changes in whole blood and plasma histamine, and serum angiotensin-converting enzyme levels after the induction of the dermal pain. …”
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Administration of PDE4 Inhibitors Suppressed the Pannus-Like Inflammation by Inhibition of Cytokine Production by Macrophages and Synovial Fibroblast Proliferation by Katsuya Kobayashi, Toshio Suda, Haruhiko Manabe, Ichiro Miki

“…Both PDE4 inhibitors, KF66490 and SB207499, suppressed the production of IL-1β, TNF-α, and IL-12, and the increase in myeloperoxidase activity, a marker enzyme for neutrophils and hydroxyproline content. …”
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Clinicopathological characteristics and gene mutations in 11 patients with lipoprotein glomerulopathy by Yan Qin, Xiao-Jing Sun, Yi-Fang Hu, Meng Jing, Xiao-Juan Yu, Ming-Hui Zhao, Ying Tan

“…Following the confirmation of LPG diagnosis, treatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI)/angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) was initiated, and the disease progressed slowly.Conclusion LPG is histologically characterized by lamellated lipoprotein thrombi in glomeruli, and kidney biopsy is essential for diagnosis. …”
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