Significance of Semiquantitative Assessment of Preformed Donor-Specific Antibody Using Luminex Single Bead Assay in Living Related Liver Transplantation by Atsushi Yoshizawa, Hiroto Egawa, Kimiko Yurugi, Rie Hishida, Hiroaki Tsuji, Eiji Ashihara, Aya Miyagawa-Hayashino, Satoshi Teramukai, Taira Maekawa, Hironori Haga, Sinji Uemoto

“…DSA was assessed using direct complement-dependent cytotoxicity (CDC) and anti-human globulin- (AHG-) CDC tests, as well as the Luminex Single Antigen assay. …”
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Antimicrobial use in animal farms in Egypt: rates, patterns, and determinants by Nada ElSayed, Amira Amine, Laila El-Attar, Mohamed E. K. Amin

“…Abstract Background While antimicrobial use (AMU) in human healthcare has received significant attention as a key driver of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), less emphasis has been placed on AMU practices and attitudes in animal husbandry. …”
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Clinical Consultation in the Workplace: Are There Implications for Response Attitudes? by Bárbara Gonzalez, Rosa F. Novo, Maria João Afonso, Matilde Fernandes, Ana Vieira

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Evaluation of high-value bioproducts production by marine endophytic fungus Arthrinium sp. FAKSA 10 under solid state fermentation using agro-industrial wastes by Mohammad J. Alsarraf, Fuad Ameen, Abdullah Alfalih, Zirak Sajjad

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D-loop mutations in mitochondrial DNA are a risk factor for chemotherapy resistance in esophageal cancer by Takashi Harino, Koji Tanaka, Daisuke Motooka, Yasunori Masuike, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Kotaro Yamashita, Takuro Saito, Kazuyoshi Yamamoto, Tomoki Makino, Yukinori Kurokawa, Kiyokazu Nakajima, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Yuichiro Doki

“…We investigated mtDNA mutations in Human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) cancer cell lines (TE8 and TE11) and patient samples (27 pre- and post-chemotherapy, and 96 post-chemotherapy) using next-generation sequencing. …”
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Chronic Gastroesophageal Reflux Dysregulates Proteostasis in Esophageal Epithelial CellsSummary by Kodisundaram Paulrasu, Ravindran Caspa Gokulan, Wael El-Rifai, Zhibin Chen, Jianwen Que, Timothy C. Wang, Olivier G. Boutaud, Karoline Briegel, Sergey I. Dikalov, Monica T. Garcia-Buitrago, Alexander I. Zaika

“…Pathologic consequences of protein adduction and aggregation were studied using human and murine esophageal tissues. Surgical model of esophageal reflux injury and L2-IL1β transgenic mice were used to investigate the mechanisms of protein misfolding and aggregation. …”
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Personalized auricular vagus nerve stimulation: beat-to-beat deceleration dominates in systole-gated stimulation during inspiration - a pilot study by Johannes Tischer, Jozsef Constantin Szeles, Eugenijus Kaniusas

“…A potential avenue is personalization of aVNS based on time-varying cardiorespiratory rhythms of the human body. In the pilot study, we propose personalized cardiac-gated aVNS and evaluate its effects on the instantaneous beat-to-beat intervals (RR intervals). …”
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Therapeutic potential of brentuximab vedotin in breast cancer and lymphoma via targeted apoptosis and gene regulation by Abeer Ezzat, Mohga Shafiek, Shimaa Shawki, Shaimaa Abdel-Ghany, Mahmoud Nazih, Hussein Sabit

“…The study evaluates the cytotoxic effects of Brentuximab vedotin across five cell lines: normal human skin fibroblasts (HSF), three breast cancer cell lines (MCF-7, MDA-MB-231, and T-47D), and histiocytic lymphoma (U-937). …”
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Glomerulopathy in the KK.Cg-Ay/J Mouse Reflects the Pathology of Diabetic Nephropathy by Stephen P. O'Brien, Mandy Smith, Hong Ling, Lucy Phillips, William Weber, John Lydon, Colleen Maloney, Steven Ledbetter, Cynthia Arbeeny, Stefan Wawersik

“…The addition of uninephrectomy enhances renal injury in this model, resulting in a disease which more closely resembles human diabetic nephropathy.…”
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Triggering thresholds and influential factors in the propagation of meteorological drought to hydrological drought by Na Zhen, Rui Yao, Peng Sun, Qiang Zhang, Chenhao Ge, Han Shen

“…Under similar climatic conditions, human impact at Wangjiaba Station is more pronounced than at Xixian Station. …”
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Bioresorbable fibers for interstitial null-separation diffuse optical spectroscopy using fast temporal gating by Vamshi Damagatla, Nadia G Boetti, Laura Di Sieno, Diego Pugliese, Ilaria Bargigia, Davide Janner, Alberto Dalla Mora, Antonio Pifferi

“…Bioresorbable fibers are an exciting prospect as probes and implants to provide optical access to the human body. In this work, we demonstrate interstitial spectroscopy with bioresorbable fibers at null distance, using time-domain diffuse optics that disentangles absorption from scattering properties and probes the tissues up to a depth of a few cm around the fiber tips. …”
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Reconstruction of Alzheimer’s Disease Cell Model In Vitro via Extracted Peripheral Blood Molecular Cells from a Sporadic Patient by Sijun Liu, Yuying Zhao, Xiaoying Su, Chengcheng Zhou, Peifen Yang, Qiusan Lin, Shijun Li, Hanxu Tan, Qi Wang, Changjun Wang, Qingguang Wu

“…The establishment of human-induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) models from sporadic Alzheimer’s disease (sAD) patients is necessary and could potentially benefit research into disease etiology and therapeutic strategies. …”
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Delayed Supplementation Strategy of Extracellular Vesicles from Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells with Improved Proregenerative Efficiency in a Fat Transplantation Model by Shan Mou, Yuan Li, Di Sun, Muran Zhou, Jialun Li, Lifeng Chen, Shaokai Liu, Jie Yang, Peng Xiao, Jing Tong, Zhenxing Wang, Jiaming Sun

“…Extracellular vesicles isolated from adipose-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (ADSC-EVs) were administered into human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) in vitro at different doses. …”
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Factors Determining Rehabilitation Needs After Intradural Spinal Tumor Surgery: A Prospective Study by Stanisław Krajewski, Jacek Furtak, Monika Zawadka-Kunikowska, Michał Kachelski, Jakub Soboń, Marek Harat

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Feasibility of screening for cognitive impairment among older persons and referral by community health workers in Wakiso district, Uganda by Racheal Alinaitwe, Seggane Musisi, David Mukunya, Yvette Wibabara, Byamah B Mutamba, Noeline Nakasujja

“…Abstract Background In Uganda, cognitive impairment in older persons aged ≥ 60 years is often undiagnosed due to inadequate appreciation of the condition compounded with limitations of trained human resource able to conduct appropriate cognitive evaluations. …”
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Riesgo de contagio por COVID-19 en un entorno urbano (Málaga, noviembre del 2020) by Ángel Miramontes Carballada, Rubén Lois González, María Jesús Perles Roselló, Jesús Miranda Páez

“…The search for correlation between the distribution of contagion and various factors of the natural environment and the human environment have been treated both at the urban micro-scale and on a planetary scale. …”
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The Importance of Platelet-Derived Growth Factors as Markers of Survival and Severity of COVID-19 in Patients Undergoing Monthly Follow-Up by Elżbieta Cecerska-Heryć, Dominika Nieszpór, Natalia Serwin, Ewa Pius Sadowska, Marta Gliźniewicz, Bartłomiej Grygorcewicz, Karol Serwin, Anna Michalczyk, Marta Budkowska, Małgorzata Goszka, Aleksandra Polikowska, Radosław Birger, Bogusław Machaliński, Barbara Dołęgowska

“…Platelets are the first to reach the site of tissue damage and secrete substances like platelet growth factors (GFs), which perform many different functions in the human body. Many studies suggest that GFs such as transforming GF (TGF), platelet-derived GF (PDGF), or insulin-like GF-1 (IGF-1) may be markers of survival, disease severity, and post-coronavirus disease (COVID) complications. …”
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Studies on the Dual Cytotoxicity and Antioxidant Properties of Berberis vulgaris Extracts and Its Main Constituent Berberine by Lamyae El khalki, Mounir Tilaoui, Abdeslam Jaafari, Hassan Ait Mouse, Abdelmajid Zyad

“…It also consists of studying the combination effect of berberine and S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP), a nitric oxide (NO) donor, against the human breast adenocarcinoma cell line (MCF-7). Using the MTT assay, we report a differential cytotoxic effect of ethanol and ethyl acetate extracts since the ethanol extract is more cytotoxic than the ethyl acetate one, with IC50 = 3.54 μg/mL and 596.71 μg/mL, respectively. …”
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Signal Processing-Free Intelligent Model for Power Quality Disturbances Identification by Mohammed F. Al-Mashdali, Asif Islam, Abdulbasit Hassan, Md Shafiullah, Mujahed Al-Dhaifallah, Khalid Al Fuwail

“…By directly examining PQD images generated from signal data, these models reduce the requirement for human-crafted features. The study analyzes alternative CNN setups, training datasets, and disturbance types to measure model performance. …”
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Molecular Characterization and Clinical Characteristics of m5C-Based RNA Methylation in Spinal Cord Injury: Validated by qPCR by Liang Cao, Wen Jun Pi, Qiang Zhang, Qing Li

“…Aberrant patterns of 5-methylcytosine (m5C)-based ribonucleic acid (RNA) methylation have critical roles in various human diseases, but their importance in spinal cord injury (SCI) is largely unknown. …”
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