Infections Caused by Actinomyces neuii: A Case Series and Review of an Unusual Bacterium by Nathan Zelyas, Susan Gee, Barb Nilsson, Tracy Bennett, Robert Rennie

“…Actinomyces neuii is a Gram-positive bacillus rarely implicated in human infections. However, its occurrence is being increasingly recognized with the use of improved identification systems. …”
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Drug Repositioning for Gynecologic Tumors: A New Therapeutic Strategy for Cancer by Kouji Banno, Miho Iida, Megumi Yanokura, Haruko Irie, Kenta Masuda, Yusuke Kobayashi, Eiichiro Tominaga, Daisuke Aoki

“…The goals of drug repositioning are to find a new pharmacological effect of a drug for which human safety and pharmacokinetics are established and to expand the therapeutic range of the drug to another disease. …”
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Study of cucumber accessions from the VIR collection for their agronomic traits in the Lower Volga Region by E. H. Sukhanberdina, A. A. Grushin, T. M. Piskunova

“…One of the global problems presently faced by humanity is obesity and overweight. For treatment and prevention of this disease, doctors recommend consuming more vegetables, cucumbers in particular. …”
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Fasciolopsis buski infection of the biliary tract: a case report by Shuai Luo, Xiaoxue Tian, Ting Xu, Jinjing Wang

“…Abstract Background Fasciolopsis buski is a large fluke that parasitises the human small intestine, with its infection in the biliary tract being even rarer. …”
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Hepatoprotective effect anti-inflammatory and antioxidant Ganoderma lucidum ethanol extract on rats exposed to Plumbum acetate by Hernayanti, Laksana Agung, Saryono, Jehloh Latifah

“…Plumbum (Pb) is a toxic heavy metal that pollutes the environment and endangers human health. Pb exposure also induces a hepatic inflammatory response characterized by an increase in TNFα. …”
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Characterization of marine coral fragment-derived calcium oxide and its performance in chloramphenicol removal from water by Karina Sofyatuddin, Prajaputra Vicky, Isnaini Nadia, Rahayu Putri Sri, Sihombing Mastavioni

“…Chloramphenicol, a widely used antibiotic, is a persistent pollutant in aquatic environments, posing a threat to both human health and aquatic ecosystems. This study investigates the use of calcium oxide (CaO) derived from marine coral fragments as a natural adsorbent for the removal of chloramphenicol from water. …”
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Large-Scale Linkages of Socioeconomic Drought with Climate Variability and Its Evolution Characteristics in Northwest China by Siyuan Liu, Jianfeng Zhang, Ni Wang, Na Wei

“…Socioeconomic drought is one of the most frequent natural disasters in the world and is closely related to human life. The main cause of socioeconomic drought is the contradiction between water supply and demand; hence, as local reservoirs play a major role in improving water supply and coping with extreme climate, it is reasonable to estimate socioeconomic drought based on reservoir operations. …”
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Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Polymorphism and Aphasia after Stroke by Nathan T. Lee, Fatimah Ahmedy, Natiara Mohamad Hashim, Khin Nyein Yin, Kai Ling Chin

“…All three studies included Val66Met polymorphism as the studied human BDNF gene. One of the studies demonstrated insufficient evidence to conclude that BDNF polymorphism plays a role in poststroke aphasia recovery. …”
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Germinoma with Involvement of Midline and Off-Midline Intracranial Structures by Monica Graciela Loto, Karina Danilowicz, Santiago González Abbati, Rafael Torino, Alejandro Misiunas

“…Alfa-fetoprotein (AFP) levels were negative in both serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), while β-human chorionic gonadotrophin (β-HCG) levels were slightly increased in CSF. …”
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Pituitary adenoma: important genetic factors and clinical diagnostic issues by G. Juknytė, E. Karinauskė, R. Liutkevičienė

“…PA invasiveness and tumor-caused metabolic disorders can also be fatal, as almost every human organ and tissue is directly or indirectly affected by hormones secreted by the anterior or posterior pituitary gland. …”
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Evaluation of Tissue Homogenization to Support the Generation of GMP-Compliant Mesenchymal Stromal Cells from the Umbilical Cord by Ryan J. Emnett, Aparna Kaul, Aleksandar Babic, Vicki Geiler, Donna Regan, Gilad Gross, Salem Akel

“…To support the development of a cGMP-compliant method, we have examined an enzyme-free isolation method utilizing tissue homogenization (t-H) followed by culture in human platelet lysate (PL) supplemented media. The yield and viability of cells after t-H were comparable to those obtained after collagenase digestion (Col-D). …”
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The Serum S100B Level as a Biomarker of Enteroglial Activation in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis by Asuman Celikbilek, Mehmet Celikbilek, Seda Sabah, Nermin Tanık, Elif Borekci, Serkan Dogan, Yavuz Akin, Suleyman Baldane, Kemal Deniz, Neziha Yilmaz, Omer Ozbakir, Mehmet Yucesoy

“…Serum samples were analyzed for human GFAP and S100B using commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kits. …”
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Squamous cell carcinoma in a kidney transplant recipient after 26 years by Carolina da Silva Nunes, Andreia Bufalino, Cláudia Maria Navarro, Jorge Esquiche León, Héric de Souza Camargo, Elaine Maria Sgavioli Massucato

“…The oral cavity is a predilection site in the head and neck region, and many lesions are associated with human papillomavirus (HPV), an oncogenic virus whose infection can be potentiated by chronic immunosuppression in transplant patients. …”
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Radiosynthesis and Evaluation of 5-[I]Iodoindol-3-yl-β--Galactopyranoside as a β-Galactosidase Imaging Radioligand by Marcian E. Van Dort, Kuei C. Lee, Christin A. Hamilton, Alnawaz Rehemtulla, Brian D. Ross

“…No-carrier-added [ 125 I]IBDG was synthesized by a radioiododestannylation approach in > 75% overall radiochemical yield and > 99% radiochemical purity. [ 125 I]IBDG was evaluated as a substrate using β-galactosidase-expressing (D54L) and nonexpressing (D54) human glioma cell lines. A 24-hour incubation of this substrate with cultured cells revealed a 6.5-fold greater intracellular trapping of radioactivity in D54L cells compared with D54 cells. …”
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Modern vaccines and coronavirus infections by Yu. A. Belikova, Yu. V. Samsonov, E. V. Abakushina

“…It is clear that improvements are necessary to enable the development of successful vaccines against some difficult pathogens, including human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus. …”
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HPV Infection in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Its Relationship to the Prognosis of Patients in Northern China by Fangli Cao, Hui Han, Fang Zhang, Baozhong Wang, Wei Ma, Yanwen Wang, Guiming Sun, Miao Shi, Yubo Ren, Yufeng Cheng

“…Purpose. Human papillomavirus (HPV) as a risk factor for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) has previously been studied, but importance of HPV status in ESCC for prognosis is less clear. …”
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Involvement of the TGF-β pathway in epithelialmesenchymal transition promoted by the pulmonary microenvironment in Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia by Fan Lu, Wang Huixia, Xu Nuo, Guo Yun, Li Ling

“…Further analysis confirmed that BALF from these patients induced EMT in human bronchial epithelial cells and mouse lung tissues and that TGF-β receptor kinase inhibitor (TRKI) effectively reversed this process. …”
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LHB-YOLOv8: An Optimized YOLOv8 Network for Complex Background Drop Stone Detection by Anjun Yu, Hongrui Fan, Yonghua Xiong, Longsheng Wei, Jinhua She

“…However, the complex geologic environment of slopes, special climatic conditions, and human factors pose significant challenges to this research. …”
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Modeling the Differences in Biochemical Capabilities of Pseudomonas Species by Flux Balance Analysis: How Good Are Genome-Scale Metabolic Networks at Predicting the Differences? by Parizad Babaei, Tahereh Ghasemi-Kahrizsangi, Sayed-Amir Marashi

“…These models cover a wide range of organisms, from bacteria to human. Such models have provided us with a framework for systematic analysis of metabolism. …”
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Invasion of pancreatic ductal epithelial cells by Enterococcus faecalis is mediated by fibronectin and enterococcal fibronectin-binding protein A by Munefumi Shimosaka, Jumpei Kondo, Mamika Sonoda, Rui Kawaguchi, Emika Noda, Kaho Nishikori, Asuka Ogata, Shinji Takamatsu, Ken Sasai, Hirofumi Akita, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Yoshihiro Kamada, Shigefumi Okamoto, Eiji Miyoshi

“…In this study, we used immortalized normal human pancreatic ductal epithelial cells (iPDECs) and pancreatic ductal cancer cell lines to demonstrate that E. faecalis adheres to and invades pancreatic ductal lineage epithelial cells. …”
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