Evaluating the efficiency of 16S-ITS-23S operon sequencing for species level resolution in microbial communities by Meghana Srinivas, Calum J. Walsh, Fiona Crispie, Orla O’Sullivan, Paul D. Cotter, Douwe van Sinderen, John G. Kenny

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Evaluation of Awareness, Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Related to Toxoplasmosis Among Females in Algeria by Mohamed Lounis, Samah Aissaoui, Fatima Ghouissem, Karim Souttou

“…While the infections are mostly asymptomatic, the disease could be severe in immune-compromised patients and pregnant women. This study was conducted to evaluate the level of knowledge, practice, and attitude toward this disease among a sample of Algerian women. …”
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Effect of Differently Polarized Human Macrophages on the SH-SY5Y Cells Damaged by Ischemia and Hypoxia In Vitro by Ivan Mikhailovich Rashchupkin, Ekaterina Yakovlevna Shevela, Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Maksimova, Marina Aleksandrovna Tikhonova, Aleksandr Anatolevich Ostanin, Elena Removna Chernykh

“…Macrophages are the major cells of innate immunity with a wide range of biological effects due to their great plasticity and heterogeneity. …”
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Immunoinformatics design of a novel multiepitope vaccine candidate against non-typhoidal salmonellosis caused by Salmonella Kentucky using outer membrane proteins A, C, and F. by Elayoni E Igomu, Paul H Mamman, Jibril Adamu, Maryam Muhammad, Abubarkar O Woziri, Manasa Y Sugun, John A Benshak, Kingsley C Anyika, Rhoda Sam-Gyang, David O Ehizibolo

“…Molecular docking studies with Toll-like receptors 1, 2, 4, and 5, followed by molecular dynamic simulations, suggested that the vaccine-receptor complexes are energetically feasible, stable, and robust. Immune simulation results showed that the MEV elicited significant responses, including IgG, IgM, CD8+ T-cells, CD4+ T-cells, and various cytokines (IFN-γ, TGF-β, IL-2, IL-10, and IL-12), along with a noticeable reduction in antigen levels. …”
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Case report: Non-linear evolution of oxytocin informs YBOCS changes post-DBS of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis for treatment resistant OCD by Jean-Baptiste Belge, Jean-Baptiste Belge, Vincent Geenen, Anne L. Salado, Bruno Kaschten, Didier Martin, Gabrielle Scantamburlo, Gabrielle Scantamburlo

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Contemporary nutrition-based interventions to reduce risk of infection among elderly long-term care residents: A scoping review. by Athanasios Psihogios, Claudia Madampage, Brent E Faught

“…The nutritional status of the host can influence susceptibility to infection by altering immune system integrity, therefore, nutrition-based interventions may be a viable complement to existing infection prevention measures.…”
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Investigation of the association between circulating inflammatory proteins and encephalitis risk in Europeans by two-sample Mendelian randomization analysis by Yanwei Liu, Xilong Wang, Qiang Zhao, Jun Wei, Shiqiang Yang

“…BackgroundCytokines are powerful immune response factors that operate at inflammation sites and are also found in the blood. …”
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The Use of Perovskia abrotanoides Extract in Ameliorating Heat Stress-Induced Oxidative Damage and Improving Growth Efficiency in Carp Juveniles (Cyprinus carpio) by Hossein Adineh, Saeed Zahedi, Morteza Yousefi, Zeynab Sedaghat, Sevdan Yilmaz, Ebrahim Gholamalipour Alamdari, Mohammad Farhangi

“…In conclusion, the results showed, for the first time, that dietary supplementation with ~1% PAE can improve growth performance, stimulated the digestive enzymes, and enchanced antioxidant status as well as immune parameters and prevented high-temperature stress of common carp.…”
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Assessing Psychosocial Burden in Psoriasis Patients Using the PRISM-RII Tool: A Comprehensive Evaluation by Elif Afacan Yıldırım, Muhterem Polat, Yusuf Ezel Yıldırım

“… Introduction: Psoriasis is a chronic, immune-mediated inflammatory disease that significantly impacts patients' quality of life due to its visible lesions and associated stigma. …”
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DGAT1 Expression Promotes Ovarian Cancer Progression and Is Associated with Poor Prognosis by Leilei Xia, Ye Wang, Shengyun Cai, Mingjuan Xu

“…In addition, GSEA showed that DGAT1 may be involved in the immune process. Conclusion. DGAT1 expression is associated with the clinical phenotype of ovarian cancer. …”
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RNA modification writer-based immunological profile and genomic landscape of tumor microenvironment in lung adenocarcinoma by Qiang Xu, Lingyu Kong, Zhezhu Han, Xiuying Jin, Mingyan Ding, Zhengri Piao, Songnan Zhang

“…The risk-score model was positively correlated with the immune- and proliferation-related pathways. In response to anti-cancer treatment, high-risk score is related with high TMB, which has been discovered to correlate with immunotherapy effectiveness. …”
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Modeling the role of healthcare access inequalities in epidemic outcomes by Oscar Patterson-Lomba, Muntaser Safan, Sherry Towers, Jay Taylor

“…Here we formulate a mathematical model to study the effect of healthcare disparities on the spread of an infectious disease that does not confer lasting immunity, such as is true of certain STD's. Using a simple epidemic model of a population divided into two groups that differ in their recovery rates due to different levels of access to healthcare, we find that both the basic reproductive number ($\mathcal{R}_{0}$) of the disease and its endemic prevalence are increasing functions of the disparity between the two groups, in agreement with empirical evidence. …”
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Promising Therapeutic Functions of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Derived-Exosome in Asthma by Jia-Ying Yuan, Xiang-Yun Wang, Zhi-Ying Tong, Yu-Chao Dong, Jia-Yi Zhao, Yi Zhang, Yan Shang

“…Points also hold that BMMSC-Exo could interfere with airway inflammation and airway remolding in asthma via modulating the immune response, regulating gene expression, adjusting the phenotype of macrophage, etc. …”
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Immunoassay–mass spectrometry to identify Brucella melitensis by Amirreza Sharif, Ramin Bagheri Nejad, Alireza Ghassempour

“…This method allows MNPs to immune-selectively collect Brucella cells, which are then deactivated and ready for MALDI-TOF MS analysis by a formic acid/acetonitrile wash. …”
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Predictive Role of IL-2R and IL-10 in the Anti-inflammatory Response and Antiplatelet Therapy of Kawasaki Disease: A Retrospective Study by Chun Zhang, Lun Chen, Sun Chen, Yan Bian, Jia Shen, Peng Zhang, JiaNi Song

“…The percentage distribution of lymphocyte subgroups and the altered neutrophil lymphocyte ratio demonstrated that the inflammatory response was dominated by the B cell-mediated humoral immune response before intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) treatment, but mainly by T cells via cellular cytotoxic effects after IVIG treatment. …”
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An interpretable framework for inter-observer agreement measurements in TILs scoring on histopathological breast images: A proof-of-principle study. by Abdulkerim Capar, Dursun Ali Ekinci, Mucahit Ertano, M Khalid Khan Niazi, Erva Bengu Balaban, Ibrahim Aloglu, Meryem Dogan, Ziyu Su, Fugen Vardar Aker, Metin Nafi Gurcan

“…Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes (TILs), reflective of the immune response against cancer cells, are pivotal in understanding breast cancer behavior. …”
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Data-independent LC-MS/MS analysis of ME/CFS plasma reveals a dysregulated coagulation system, endothelial dysfunction, downregulation of complement machinery by Massimo Nunes, Mare Vlok, Amy Proal, Douglas B. Kell, Etheresia Pretorius

“…The findings from this experiment further implicate the coagulation and immune system in ME/CFS, and bring to attention the pathology of or imposed on the endothelium. …”
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Adenosine-Induced NLRP11 in B Lymphoblasts Suppresses Human CD4+ T Helper Cell Responses by Irem Ozel, Ilgin Akkaya, Ece Oylumlu, Goksu Uzel, Ceren Ciraci

“…The true stimulus of NLRP11 is still unclear to date, so the current study is built upon NLRP11 induction via adenosine stimulation and that activation can shape adaptive immune responses in a caspase-1-independent manner. …”
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Challenging a paradigm: Staggered versus single-pulse mass dog vaccination strategy for rabies elimination. by Brinkley Raynor Bellotti, Elvis W Díaz, Micaela De la Puente-León, Maria T Rieders, Sergio E Recuenco, Michael Z Levy, Ricardo Castillo-Neyra

“…For example, in Arequipa, Peru, sweeping mass vaccination campaigns conducted yearly over a single weekend have failed to achieve the required 'herd immunity' to halt canine rabies transmission. Contrary to the global paradigm of a simultaneous campaign, the 2022 Arequipa rabies campaign was implemented at the sub-district level (patches), with dates of the campaign staggered across 6 months.…”
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Alteration of Plasma Amino Acid Concentrations in Iranian Children with COVID-19 by Sedigheh Shams, Aileen Azari-Yam, Moeinadin Safavi, Zahra Zamani, Maryam Sotoudeh-Anvari, Meisam Sharifzadeh Ekbatani, Mohammad-Taghi Haghi-Ashtiani, Fatemeh Mozafari, Bahareh Yaghmaie, Leila Shafeghat

“…COVID-19 is an acute viral disease that has so far infected more than 200 million and killed more than four million worldwide. It affects the immune system and other organs. Here, we investigated the level of free plasma amino acids in COVID-19 patients and compared them with non-COVID-19 subjects. …”
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