Reduction in bacterial culture positivity rates at a human milk bank facility of a tertiary care hospital: a quality improvement initiative by Vaishnavi Bhagat, Sailusha Vadapalli, Chhaya Valvi, Rahul M Dawre, Aarti A Kinikar, Sangeeta Chivale, Sameer Pawar

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Best practice guidelines for professional nurses to provide self-management support to adults with tuberculosis-human immunodeficiency virus coinfection: A scoping review. by Eric Tornu, Portia Jordan, Michael McCaul

“…<h4>Background</h4>Adults with tuberculosis-human immunodeficiency virus coinfection require professional nurses' support to manage their illness, treatment and its effect on their daily lives. …”
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Differential expression and upregulation of interleukin-1α, interleukin-1β and interleukin-6 by freshly isolated human small intestinal epithelial cells by Laura Madrigal-Estebas, Derek G. Doherty, Diarmuid P. O'Donoghue, Conleth Feighery, Cliona O'Farrelly

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Analytical Performances of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA-Based Amplix® Real-Time PCR Platform for HIV-1 RNA Quantification by Christian Diamant Mossoro-Kpinde, Ralph-Sydney Mboumba Bouassa, Mohammad-Ali Jenabian, Serge Tonen Wolyec, Leman Robin, Mathieu Matta, Jean de Dieu Longo, Gérard Grésenguet, Laurent Andreoletti, Laurent Bélec

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Addressing the limitations of the regulatory landscape in South Africa regarding advanced cell and gene therapies and related sectors involving human cells, tissues and organs by I M Viljoen, M S Pepper

“…However, South Africa (SA)’s regulatory frameworks for medicines, human biological materials and genetically modified organisms have not kept pace with scientific and technological developments, leaving regulatory gaps. …”
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The antitumor activity of umbelliferone in human renal cell carcinoma via regulation of the p110γ catalytic subunit of PI3Kγ by Wang Xue, Huang Shuaishuai, Xin Xia, Ren Yu, Weng Guobin, Wang Ping

“…However, its antitumor properties still remain unclear in human renal cell carcinoma (RCC) cells. Our results have revealed that treatment of human RCC cells (786-O, OS-RC-2, and ACHN) with umbelliferone reduced cell proliferation in a concentration-dependent manner and induced dose-dependent apoptotic events. …”
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Weight loss-independent changes in human growth hormone during water-only fasting: a secondary evaluation of a randomized controlled trial by Benjamin D. Horne, Benjamin D. Horne, Benjamin D. Horne, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Heidi T. May, Tami L. Bair, Viet T. Le, Viet T. Le, Leslie Iverson, Kirk U. Knowlton, Kirk U. Knowlton, Joseph B. Muhlestein, Joseph B. Muhlestein

“…IntroductionWater-only fasting for one day or more may provide health benefits independent of weight loss. Human growth hormone (HGH) may play a key role in multiple fasting-triggered mechanisms. …”
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Comparative Modeling and Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Substrate Binding in Human Fatty Acid Synthase: Enoyl Reductase and β-Ketoacyl Reductase Catalytic Domains by Arun John, Vetrivel Umashankar, Subramanian Krishnakumar, Perinkulam Ravi Deepa

“…Here, we have attempted to predict the theoretical models for the human enoyl reductase (ER) and β-ketoacyl reductase (KR) domains based on the porcine FASN crystal structure, which was the structurally closest template available at the time of this study. …”
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Intra-Articular Injection of Human Bone Marrow–Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Trial by Bong-Woo Lee, Jennifer Jooha Lee, Joon-Yong Jung, Ji Hyeon Ju

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Global Gene Expression Profiling in PPAR-γ Agonist-Treated Kidneys in an Orthologous Rat Model of Human Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease by Daisuke Yoshihara, Masanori Kugita, Tamio Yamaguchi, Harold M. Aukema, Hiroki Kurahashi, Miwa Morita, Yoshiyuki Hiki, James P. Calvet, Darren P. Wallace, Takafumi Toyohara, Takaaki Abe, Shizuko Nagao

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Calcium hydroxide nanoparticles induce cell death, genomic instability, oxidative stress and apoptotic gene dysregulation on human HepG2 cells by Hanan R. H. Mohamed, Esraa H. Ibrahim, Shahd E. E. Shaheen, Nesma O. E. Hussein, Ayman Diab, Gehan Safwat

“…However, limited information exists regarding their effects on genomic DNA integrity and their potential to induce apoptosis in normal and cancerous human cell lines. This study thus aimed to evaluate the impact of Ca(OH)2NPs on cell viability, genomic DNA integrity, and oxidative stress induction in human normal skin fibroblasts (HSF) and cancerous hepatic (HepG2) cells. …”
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Antioxidant activity of Micractinium sp. (Chlorophyta) extracts against H2O2 induced oxidative stress in human breast adenocarcinoma cells by Onur Bulut, Işkın Engin Köse, Çağla Sönmez, Hüseyin Avni Öktem

“…Moreover, extracts from Micractinium sp. exhibited remarkable cytoprotective activity by effectively inhibiting hydrogen peroxide-induced oxidative stress and cell death in human breast adenocarcinoma (MCF-7) cells. In conclusion, with its diverse biochemical composition and adaptability to different growth regimens, Micractinium sp. emerges as a robust candidate for mass cultivation in nutraceutical and food applications.…”
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Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Transmitochondrial Cybrids Protected from Cellular Damage and Death by Human Retinal Progenitor Cells (hRPCs) by Jeffrey J. Yu, Daniel B. Azzam, Marilyn Chwa, Kevin Schneider, Jang-Hyeon Cho, Chinhui Hsiang, Henry Klassen, M. Cristina Kenney, Jing Yang

“…Mounting evidence suggests that mitochondrial damage and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cell death are linked to the pathogenesis of AMD. Human retinal progenitor cells (hRPCs) have been studied as a potential restorative therapy for degenerative conditions of the retina; however, the effects of hRPC treatment on retinal cell survival in AMD have not been elucidated. …”
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Evaluating the toxicity of sea-dumped conventional and chemical munition degradation products to fish and human cells using a combination of cell viability assays by João Barbosa, Colin R. Janssen, Marijke Neyts, Koen Parmentier, Frédéric Laduron, Kris Geukens, Philippe François, Jana Asselman

“…The research examines three CWA&RC (1,4-oxathiane, 1,4-dithiane, thiodiglycol) and four E&RC (2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, tetryl, 1,3-dinitrobenzene, picric acid) using the RTgill-W1 cell line (rainbow trout gill cells) as a proxy for fish toxicity and human cell lines (Caco2 and HepG2) to model potential human exposure via contaminated seafood. …”
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Noninvasive Optical Imaging and In Vivo Cell Tracking of Indocyanine Green Labeled Human Stem Cells Transplanted at Superficial or In-Depth Tissue of SCID Mice by Vikram Sabapathy, Jyothsna Mentam, Paul Mazhuvanchary Jacob, Sanjay Kumar

“…Stem cell based therapies hold great promise for the treatment of human diseases; however results from several recent clinical studies have not shown a level of efficacy required for their use as a first-line therapy, because more often in these studies fate of the transplanted cells is unknown. …”
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Donor-Specific Anti-Human Leukocyte Antigen Antibodies Predict Prolonged Isolated Thrombocytopenia and Inferior Outcomes of Haploidentical Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation by Xiaosu Zhao, Xiangyu Zhao, Mingrui Huo, Qiaozhen Fan, Xuying Pei, Yu Wang, Xiaohui Zhang, Lanping Xu, Xiaojun Huang, Kaiyan Liu, Yingjun Chang

“…In this study, we performed a retrospective analysis to investigate the association of donor-specific anti-human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibodies (DSAs) with PT in 394 patients who underwent unmanipulated haploidentical blood and marrow transplantation (HBMT). …”
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The Increased Expression of HLA-DR and ICAM-1 Molecules by Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells, Induced by Activated Mononuclear Cells, is Downregulated by Nedocromil Sodium by O. Sacco, S. Lantero, L. Scarso, V. Frangova, V. Ottolini, G. A. Rossi

“…To test the hypothesis that mononuclear cell products could increase the expression of HLA-DR and ICAM-1 molecules in bronchial epithelial cells (BECs), subconfluent cultures of human BECs, obtained from surgically resected bronchi, were incubated with PHA-activated blood mononuclear cell conditioned media (BCM-CM) or recombinant IFN-γ. …”
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SOX2 Is Regulated Differently from NANOG and OCT4 in Human Embryonic Stem Cells during Early Differentiation Initiated with Sodium Butyrate by Ade Kallas, Martin Pook, Annika Trei, Toivo Maimets

“…Transcription factors NANOG, OCT4, and SOX2 regulate self-renewal and pluripotency in human embryonic stem (hES) cells; however, their expression profiles during early differentiation of hES cells are unclear. …”
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Comparative Study of Regulatory T Cell Function of Human CD25+CD4+ T Cells from Thymocytes, Cord Blood, and Adult Peripheral Blood by Wakae Fujimaki, Nozomu Takahashi, Kei Ohnuma, Masayoshi Nagatsu, Hiromi Kurosawa, Satoko Yoshida, Nam H. Dang, Takehiko Uchiyama, Chikao Morimoto

“…To define the regulatory function of human CD25+CD4+ T cells at various stages of maturity, we investigated in detail the functional differences of CD25+CD4+ T cells from thymocytes, cord blood (CB), and adult peripheral blood (APB). …”
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First molecular diagnosis of the human pathogen Rickettsia raoultii and other spotted fever group rickettsiae in Sudanese ixodid ticks from domestic ruminants by Nagwa Eisawi, Jabbar Ahmed, Mohammed A. Bakheit, Dina A. Hassan, Mohammed O. Hussien, Abdel Rahim M. El Hussein

“…This also indicates that humans have an opportunity to acquire these infections. …”
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