β-Glucan induced plasma B cells differentiation to enhance antitumor immune responses by Dectin-1 by Yu Bai, Jun Ding, Liuyang He, Zhichao Zhu, Jie Pan, Chunjian Qi

“…In mouse models of Lewis lung cancer (LLC) tumors, combining β-glucan with programmed death-1(PD-1) blocking antibodies led to increase recruitment of CD19+ B cells in the tumor microenvironment (TME), higher numbers of germinal centers B cells (GC B) in the spleen and draining lymph node (DLN), elevate Ig production, and delay tumor progression. …”
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Adaptive Immune Response to Model Antigens Is Impaired in Murine Leukocyte-Adhesion Deficiency-1 Revealing Elevated Activation Thresholds In Vivo by Thorsten Peters, Wilhelm Bloch, Oliver Pabst, Claudia Wickenhauser, Claudia Uthoff-Hachenberg, Susanne V. Schmidt, Georg Varga, Stephan Grabbe, Daniel Kess, Tsvetelina Oreshkova, Anca Sindrilaru, Klaus Addicks, Reinhold Förster, Werner Müller, Karin Scharffetter-Kochanek

“…In contrast, robust hapten- and protein-specific immune responses were observed after immunization with highly haptenated antigens such as (4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenyl)21 acetyl chicken γ globulin (NP21-CG), even though regularly structured germinal centers with specificity for the defined antigens/haptens in CD18−/− mice remained absent. …”
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Problems and possibilities of studying malting quality in barley using molecular genetic approaches by N. V. Trubacheeva, L. A. Pershina

“…The main parameters of malting quality (artificially germinated and dried barley grains) are malt extract, diastatic power, Kolbach index, viscosity, grain protein, wort β-glucan, free amino nitrogen, and soluble protein content. …”
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Spore-Derived Isolates from a Single Basidiocarp of Bioluminescent <i>Omphalotus olivascens</i> Reveal Multifaceted Phenotypic and Physiological Variations by Rudy Diaz, David Bermudes

“…We isolated 47 fungal strains of <i>Omphalotus olivascens</i> germinated from spores of a single mushroom. We first noted a high degree of variation in the outward appearances in radial growth and pigmentation among the cultures. …”
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Maintien du potentiel adaptatif chez les plantes domestiquées à propagation clonale by Doyle McKey, Marianne Elias, Benoît Pujol, Anne Duputié, Marc Delêtre, Delphine Renard

“…Seeds of manioc can remain dormant in soil for up to several decades, germinating when a disturbance creates the open conditions favourable for establishment. …”
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Early-life cognitively stimulating activities and late-life cognitive function in the St. Louis Baby Tooth Later Life Health Study by Andrea L. Roberts, Xinye Qiu, Kaleigh A. McAlaine, Laura T. Germine, Ran S. Rotem, Marc G. Weisskopf

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Impact of trypanosomiasis on male camel infertility by Sara Salah Abdel-Hakeem, Gaber Megahed, Ahmed M. Al-Hakami, Mohammed E. M. Tolba, Yasser F. M. Karar

“…There was a significant reduction in the diameter of seminiferous tubules and germinal epithelium height. A marked reduction in testosterone levels and a high expression of HSP70 in spermatogonia, spermatocytes, Sertoli cells, and Leydig cells were observed.DiscussionConsequently, a combination of physiological and hormonal analyses may serve as a reliable indicator of Trypanosoma infection.…”
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Spatiotemporal Expression and Molecular Characterization of miR-344b and miR-344c in the Developing Mouse Brain by Jia-Wen Leong, Syahril Abdullah, King-Hwa Ling, Pike-See Cheah

“…In situ hybridization analysis showed that miR-344b and miR-344c were expressed in the germinal layer during embryonic brain developmental stages. …”
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Use of S. Wright’s path coefficient method for statistical analysis of interrelated traits in rice by D. P. Palamarchuk, M. R. Kozachenko, S. I. Sviatchenko

“…Seeds were sown with an SKS-6A manual seeder; the seeding rate was 7.0 mln germinable seeds per hectare. The predecessor was alfalfa. …”
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M cells targeted H. pylori antigen SAM-FAdE displayed on bacterium-like particles induce protective immunity by Furui Zhang, Jiale Chen, Zhen Zhang, Jing Wu, Yuliang Qu, Linhan Ni, Guolin Zhang, Kunmei Liu, Le Guo

“…In addition, BLPs-SAM-FAdE can effectively target M ​​cell models and M cells of mouse Peyer’s patches (PPs) through oral immunization, promote the transport of particulate vaccines to dendritic cells (BMDCs) and stimulate their maturation, significantly increased proportion of plasma cells and germinal centers B cells. This indicates that the vaccination can induce notable antigen-specific mucosal immune responses (production of sIgA), CD4+ T cell responses (Th1/Th2/Th17) and humoral immune responses (production of serum IgG). …”
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Single-cell and spatial characterization of plasmablast-like lymphoma cells in primary central nervous system lymphoma by Hiroki Kobayashi, Ryota Chijimatsu, Yusuke Naoi, Yoshihiro Otani, Ryo Mizuta, Kentaro Fujii, Joji Ishida, Hiroyuki Murakami, Hideki Ujiie, Kazuhiro Ikeuchi, Tomohiro Urata, Keisuke Seike, Hideaki Fujiwara, Noboru Asada, Nobuharu Fujii, Ken-ichi Matsuoka, Yasuharu Sato, Yoshinobu Maeda, Daisuke Ennishi

“…Recent advancements in single-cell sequencing have elucidated that the diverse germinal center states in systemic DLBCL manifest as tumor cell diversity, intricately linked to variations in the microenvironment. …”
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Diversity and Plant Growth-Promoting Properties of <i>Rhodiola rosea</i> Root Endophytic Bacteria by Inga Tamošiūnė, Muhammad Fahad Hakim, Odeta Buzaitė, Vidmantas Stanys, Jurgita Vinskienė, Elena Andriūnaitė, Danas Baniulis

“…Co-cultivation of 45 selected isolates with germinating Arabidopsis seedlings revealed 18 and 5 isolates that resulted in more than a 20% increase in root or shoot growth, respectively. …”
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Glyphosate treatment mediates the accumulation of small discrete 5^′ and 3^′-terminal fragments of 18S rRNA in plant cells by A. V. Zhigailov, A. S. Nizkorodova, K. O. Sharipov, N. S. Polimbetova, B. K. Iskakov

“…In the present work, we studied the induction of 18S rRNA discrete fragmentation and phosphorylation of the α-subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2α) in germinated wheat embryos in the presence of glyphosate, which imitates the condition of amino acid starvation. …”
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Genome-Wide Association Study on Imputed Genotypes of 180 Eurasian Soybean <i>Glycine max</i> Varieties for Oil and Protein Contents in Seeds by Nadezhda A. Potapova, Irina V. Zorkoltseva, Alexander S. Zlobin, Andrey B. Shcherban, Anna V. Fedyaeva, Elena A. Salina, Gulnara R. Svishcheva, Tatiana I. Aksenovich, Yakov A. Tsepilov

“…The oil-associated loci were linked to genes with diverse functions, including lipid transport, nutrient reservoir activity, and stress responses, such as Sec14p-like phosphatidylinositol transfer proteins and Germin-like proteins. These findings suggest that the loci identified not only influence oil and protein content but may also contribute to plant resilience under environmental stress conditions. …”
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Effect of Sodium Azide on Quantitative and Qualitative Stem Traits in the M2 Generation of Ethiopian Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) Genotypes by Micheale Yifter Weldemichael, Yemane Tsehaye Baryatsion, Desta Berhe Sbhatu, Girmay Gebresamuel Abraha, Hagos Mohammedseid Juhar, Abraha Birhan Kassa, Fiseha Baraki Sibhatu, Hailay Mehari Gebremedhn, Tesfakiros Semere Gebrelibanos, Mohammed Mebrahtu Mossa, Mullubrhan Mekonen Gebru, Birhanu Kahsay Meresa, Medhin Teklay, Birhanu Debesay Berhe, Haftay Abadi Gebru

“…Seeds of fourteen sesame genotypes were used in this study and germinated and grown under greenhouse conditions. Different qualitative and quantitative data were collected and analyzed. …”
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Follicular Helper CD4+ T Cells, Follicular Regulatory CD4+ T Cells, and Inducible Costimulator and Their Roles in Multiple Sclerosis and Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis by Xue Zhang, Ruli Ge, Hongliang Chen, Maxwell Ahiafor, Bin Liu, Jinbo Chen, Xueli Fan

“…TFH cells mainly promote germinal center (GC) formation, provide help to B cells for immunoglobulin affinity maturation and class-switch recombination of B cells, and facilitate production of long-lived plasma cells and memory B cells. …”
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Viability of black currant pollen before and after cryopreservation in liquid nitrogen, and its morphological features by O. A. Tikhonova, O. A. Gavrilova, E. A. Radchenko, V. G. Verzhuk, A. V. Pavlov

“…After exposure to liquid nitrogen (–196°C) for 6 months, the number of germinated pollen grains increased 1.1 to 3.2 times in all the studied cultivars, except one (‘Pozdnyaya poslevoennaya’, k-7652). …”
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Quantitative Approach for Determining Reproductive Life‐History Strategies of Parasitic Plants: A Case Study in Balanophora by Trevor Padgett, Huei‐Jiun Su, Shu‐Hui Wu, Li‐yen Huang, Yiching Lin

“…After reproduction, individuals senesce and die, and the following year's population is recruited from newly germinated individuals which together develop in size and number during a vegetative growth period, undergo reproduction, and then themselves senesce and die. …”
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The impact of Sudafed on spleen of albino mice by L. Alsaadi Yasmin, K. Abdul Ameer Bassam, Jasim Mohamad Ban, Kathum Omra Faiza

“…Results showed that the amount of PSE administered at 500 mg/kg caused considerable sago spleen, numerous amyloid depositions in peripheral zone, sinusoidal red pulp congestion, and hyperplasia inside the germinal center. While less powerful effects or no detectable pathological alterations were seen at lower doses (125, 62.52, and 31.24 mg/Kg). …”
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The effects of coenzyme q10 on testes of rats with diabetes induced by streptozotocin by Tuğba Özaydın, Yasemin Öznurlu, Emrah Sur

“…Mean seminiferous tubular diameter (STD), height of germinal epithelium (GEH) and PCNA index were significantly reduced in diabetes groups in comparison with control, oil, CoQ₁₀ and diabetes+CoQ₁₀ groups (p<0.05). …”
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