The Effects of Pitavastatin on Nuclear Factor-Kappa B and ICAM-1 in Human Saphenous Vein Graft Endothelial Culture by Bulent Demir, Burak Onal, Sibel Ozyazgan, Esra Demir, Vedat Bakuy, Ahmet Gokhan Akkan

“…Low-dose (0.1 μM/L) and high-dose (1μM/L) pitavastatin calcium were administered as a frontline therapy in human saphenous endothelial cell culture, followed by induction of inflammation by TNF-α and determination of mRNA level alterations of ICAM-1 and NF-κB genes of endothelial cells using the qRT-PCR method. …”
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Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma and Pancreatic Tumor Cell Lines: The Role of Neutrophils and Neutrophil-Derived Elastase by Thomas Große-Steffen, Thomas Giese, Nathalia Giese, Thomas Longerich, Peter Schirmacher, G. Maria Hänsch, Matthias M. Gaida

“…Because in pancreatic cancers the transition to a mesenchymal phenotype coincides with the PMN infiltrate, a contribution of the inflammatory response to the induction of EMT and—by implication—to tumor progression is possible.…”
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Technical, social, psychological and ethical aspects of human-robot collaboration: a case study of the 'Robin Heart' medical robot by Małgorzata Suchacka, Mariusz Wojewoda, Zbigniew Nawrat, Artur Domurat, Angelika Magdalena Pabian

“…The method of scientific inference was inductive. Sources of information used to write this article, are interdisciplinary in nature: in the field of management sciences, psychology, sociology, ethics, management sciences and medical physics. …”
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Betaine enhances SCAPs chondrogenic differentiation and promotes cartilage repair in TMJOA through WDR81 by Meiyue Wang, Zejie Wu, Xiaoyu Zheng, Yishu Huang, Yizhou Jin, Jiaxin Song, Wanzhen Lei, Hua Liu, Riyue Yu, Haoqing Yang, Runtao Gao

“…Methods Betaine was added for SCAPs chondrogenic induction. The chondrogenic differentiation potential was assessed using Alcian Blue staining, Sirius Red staining and the main chondrogenic markers. …”
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A phase-transited lysozyme coating doped with strontium on titanium surface for bone repairing via enhanced osteogenesis and immunomodulatory by Yu Zhang, Yu Chen, Yidan Shi, Hongkun Hu, Zhongyu Dai, Zhichen Liu, Xuanan Li

“…The characterization of the strontium-doped PTL coatings (PTL-Sr) was tested by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES). …”
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Role of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor β/δ and B-Cell Lymphoma-6 in Regulation of Genes Involved in Metastasis and Migration in Pancreatic Cancer Cells by Jeffrey D. Coleman, Jerry T. Thompson, Russell W. Smith, Bogdan Prokopczyk, John P. Vanden Heuvel

“…PPARβ/δ is a ligand-activated transcription factor that regulates various cellular functions via induction of target genes directly or in concert with its associated transcriptional repressor, BCL-6. …”
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A novel virtual inductor optimization methodology of virtual synchronous generators for enhanced power decoupling by Xin Zhang, Lijiao Gong, Yanjun Zhang, Xiaolei Ma, Lianshan Han, Santao Jiang, Weiji Zhou

“…This model facilitates the analysis of power stability under different control parameters and resistance-to-inductive reactance ratios in the grid line. It enables the preliminary regulation of the system’s steady-state and dynamic characteristics. …”
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Induced hepatocyte-like cells derived from adipose-derived stem cells alleviates liver injury in mice infected with Echinococcus Multilocularis by Hui Liu, Xiaojuan Bi, Ning Yang, Xue Zhang, Bingbing Fang, Nuerbaiti Kusuman, Wenmei Ma, Jing Li, Jin Chu, Li Sun, Liang Li, Guodong Lü, Renyong Lin

“…The iHEPs exhibit morphological features and a glycogen storage function similar to those of mature hepatocytes and demonstrate an upregulation in hepatic gene programs with increasing induction time. Following transplantation, iHEPs were observed surrounding the metacestode lesions in the liver parenchyma of E. multilocularis-infected mice. iHEPs transplantation effectively restored liver function and improved liver injury in the infected mice. …”
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Immunogenic dying cells elicit potent anti-tumor T cell immunity against lung metastasis and tumorigenesis by Min Hu, Xinyu Meng, Tong Wang, Yifan Wang, Xiaodong Chen, Dongliang Xu, Wei He, Hongjia Zhang, Wenzheng Guo, Bo Jing, Siwei Zhang, Jianhua Xu, Beibei Sun, Xueqian Sun, Tingting Liu, Na Ni, Tongtong Zhang, Wenwen Cui, Xiaoyu Wu, Liping Xia, Feng Yao, Fang Zhang, Jing Du, Jiong Deng

“…Abstract Purpose Immune checkpoint blockades (ICBs) are promising, however they do not fit all types of tumor, such as those lack of tumor antigens. Induction of potent anti-tumor T cell immunity is critical for cancer therapy. …”
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TREM2 promotes the formation of a tumor-supportive microenvironment in hepatocellular carcinoma by Hanrui Guo, Meiling Wang, Caiya Ni, Chun Yang, Chunxue Fu, Xiaoman Zhang, Xueling Chen, Xiangwei Wu, Jun Hou, Lianghai Wang

“…TGF-β1 was found to be positively correlated with TREM2 expression in HCC, and TGF-β blockade reversed TREM2 induction. On the other hand, TREM2+ macrophages were found to be associated with glycolysis and PKM2 expression in HCC cells; this association may be related to the secretion of IL-1β, which enhances the malignant phenotypes of HCC cells. …”
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Infection and HLA-G Molecules in Nasal Polyposis by Roberta Rizzo, Nicola Malagutti, Daria Bortolotti, Valentina Gentili, Antonella Rotola, Enrico Fainardi, Teresa Pezzolo, Claudia Aimoni, Stefano Pelucchi, Dario Di Luca, Antonio Pastore

“…Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is one candidate for the development of SNP for its epithelial cell trophism, hyperproliferative effect, and the induction of immune-modulatory molecules as HLA-G. …”
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Co-occurrence of a Mullerian anomaly and Kallmann syndrome: A case report by Lea C. George, Rebecca Gendelman, Anat Chemerinski, Pierre Lespinasse, Inessa A. Goldman, Sara Morelli

“…Kallmann syndrome has rarely been reported with Mullerian anomalies; in this case it represents a scenario in which the induction of puberty and menses brought an obstructive anomaly to light. …”
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Optimized Resonators for Piezoelectric Power Conversion by Weston D. Braun, Eric A. Stolt, Lei Gu, Jeronimo Jeronimo Segovia-Fernandez, Sombuddha Chakraborty, Ruochen Lu, Juan M. Rivas-Davila

“…Piezoelectric resonators can have a very high quality factor and provide an inductive impedance between their series and parallel resonant frequencies, making them a promising technology for further miniaturizing dc-dc converters. …”
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Prophylactic Subacute Administration of Zinc Increases CCL2, CCR2, FGF2, and IGF-1 Expression and Prevents the Long-Term Memory Loss in a Rat Model of Cerebral Hypoxia-Ischemia by Victor Manuel Blanco-Alvarez, Guadalupe Soto-Rodriguez, Juan Antonio Gonzalez-Barrios, Daniel Martinez-Fong, Eduardo Brambila, Maricela Torres-Soto, Ana Karina Aguilar-Peralta, Alejandro Gonzalez-Vazquez, Constantino Tomás-Sanchez, I. Daniel Limón, Jose R. Eguibar, Araceli Ugarte, Jeanett Hernandez-Castillo, Bertha Alicia Leon-Chavez

“…These results might be explained by the induction of neural plasticity because of the expression of CCL2 and growth factors.…”
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Anaesthetic Management of a Neonate with Ebstein’s Anomaly Undergoing a Meningomyelocele Surgery: A Case Report by Prakriti, Monika Yadav, Vaishali Gupta, Komal Yadav, Shikha Garg

“…General anaesthesia with inhalational induction was planned. Perioperative considerations for this patient included right-to-left shunting with the possibility of paradoxical emboli, prolonged onset time for intravenous drugs due to pooling and recirculation of blood in the right atrium, increased Pulmonary Vascular Resistance (PVR), perioperative pulmonary hypertension, right and left ventricular dysfunction, and arrhythmias. …”
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Evaluation of Stability of Surface-Treated Mini-Implants in Diabetic Rabbits by Nam-Hee Oh, Eun-Young Kim, Janghyun Paek, Yoon-Ah Kook, Do-Min Jeong, Il-Sik Cho, Gerald Nelson

“…A total of 48 mini-implants were placed after four weeks of diabetic induction. 24 mini-implants were surface-treated with SLA (sandblasted with large grit, and acid etched) and the remaining 24 mini-implants had smooth surfaces. …”
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Grid-Integrated Dual Wind Turbine System Using SEPIC Converter with Whale Optimized PI Controller by Kishore R.D., Sravani K., Sai Kumar N.D., Preetham C.G., Bentu B.2

“…Main objectives of the study are to progress a dual independent doubly fed induction generator (DFIG)-based wind energy conversion system (WECS) for stable and efficient power delivery to an AC microgrid while ensuring grid stability and compliance with power quality standards. …”
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Bread wheat callusogenesis and organogenesis using mature embryos as explants by G. R. Gumerova, A. A. Galimova, B. R. Kuluev

“…With this in view, the regeneration potential of two spring (‘Saratovskaya 55’ and ‘Sigma’) and three winter (‘Tanya’, ‘Fisht’ and ‘Pamyat’) cultivars of bread wheat was assessed, and optimal conditions were identified for callus induction and organogenesis using mature embryos.   …”
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Feasibility of implementing a rapid-learning methodology to inform radiotherapy treatments: key professional stakeholders’ views by Corinne Faivre-Finn, Kevin Franks, Fiona McDonald, David P French, Daniel Johnson, Arbaz Kapadi, Gareth Price, Rebecca Holley, Kate Wicks, Kathryn Banfill, Gareth Webster

“…Data were collected between December 2022 and May 2023, and analysed using inductive thematic analysis.Results Four themes were generated: (1) the alignment of rapid-learning methodologies with the reality of practice, (2) concerns related to the variability of RWD, (3) the maturity of data infrastructures and capacity for rapid-learning and (4) further support, education and evidence needed to convince stakeholders to adopt rapid-learning approaches.Conclusion The potential of rapid-learning to help address evidence gaps in radiotherapy development was positively received by different professional stakeholders. …”
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Evaluating the Effect of Chloroform and Water Extract of Satureja khuzistanica on the Expression of Bcl-2 and Bax in Gastric Cancer Cell Line by Bagher Biglak, Asghar Tanomand, Leyla Açik, Farzad Arjomandi Rad, Gholamreza Shahsavari, Saman Kazemi, Hossein Soltanzadeh

“…In addition, in HGF cells, there were no cytotoxic effects or apoptosis induction triggered by the extracts. Conclusion: The chloroform extract had more cytotoxic and apoptotic effects than the water extract. …”
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