Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a care partner assisted intervention to improve oral health of individuals with mild dementia by Bei Wu, Gary Yu, Brenda L Plassman, Patricia Poole, Shahrzad Siamdoust, Melanie Bunn, Bobbi Burwell, Yaolin Pei, Christine Downey, Danni Gomes, Angela Kamer, A Leak Bryant, Ruth A Anderson

“…Care partners’ behaviour factors, such as oral care self-efficacy and implementation of the care plan, serve as mediators of the intervention. Participant–care partner dyads will be randomly assigned to either Treatment Group 1, Treatment Group 2 or the Control Group. …”
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Ionizing radiation-induced disruption of Rela-Bclaf1-spliceosome regulatory axis in primary spermatocytes causing spermatogenesis dysfunction by Hongjian Zhou, Zhipeng Xu, Chun Jiang, Qiuyue Wu, Chuanyue Zhang, Zhenyu Liu, Xiaoxue Zhang, Weiwei Li, Yujia Pang, Jing Zhang, Wenju Pan, Min Chen, Xinyi Xia

“…Conclusion This study reveals a novel IR-mediated Rela-Bclaf1-spliceosome regulatory axis in primary spermatocytes and propose Rela as a potential drug target for mitigating IR-induced spermatogenesis disorders. …”
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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Is Associated With Endothelial Dysfunction in Women With HIV by Nishant Vatsa, MD, Alireza Rahbar, MD, Tanveer Kauser, MPH, Ariel Kirksey, BS, Daniel A. Gold, MD, Vardhmaan Jain, MD, Matthew E. Gold, MD, Heqiong Wang, MD, MPH, Christina Mehta, PhD, MSPH, Caitlin A. Moran, MD, Alicia K. Smith, PhD, Kimbi Hagen, EdD, Med, Ighovwerha Ofotokun, MD, MSc, Cecile D. Lahiri, MD, MS, Laurence Sperling, MD, Viola Vaccarino, MD, PhD, Puja K. Mehta, MD, Arshed A. Quyyumi, MD, Gretchen N. Neigh, PhD, Vasiliki Michopoulos, PhD

“…Brachial artery flow-mediated dilation (FMD) was measured to assess endothelial function. …”
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Low-dose radiation ameliorates PM2.5-induced lung injury through non-canonical TLR1/TLR2-like receptor pathways modulated by Akkermansia muciniphila by Li Wang, Zhipeng Li, Huan He, Lijing Qin, Weiqiang Xu, Hongyuan Tian, Rongrong Liu, Xinru Lian, Wen Li, Yali Qi, Zhicheng Wang

“…Notably, PM2.5 activated the Toll-like receptors-induced MyD88/NF-κB pathways to mediate the pro-inflammation, and LDR could inhibited the pathway. …”
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Injected Human Muscle Precursor Cells Overexpressing PGC-1α Enhance Functional Muscle Regeneration after Trauma by Deana Haralampieva, Souzan Salemi, Thomas Betzel, Ivana Dinulovic, Stefanie D. Krämer, Roger Schibli, Tullio Sulser, Christoph Handschin, Simon M. Ametamey, Daniel Eberli

“…Therefore, the first goal of our project was to optimize the functional regenerative potential of hMPC by genetic modification to overexpress human peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha (hPGC-1α), key regulator of exercise-mediated adaptation. Moreover, we aimed at establishing a feasible methodology for noninvasive PET visualization of implanted cells and their microenvironment in muscle crush injury model. …”
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Identification and characterization of mRNAs of receptor-like kinases MhyGSO1 and MhyGSO2 in flowering parasitic plant Monotropa hypopitys by A. V. Shchennikova, E. Z. Kochieva, A. V. Beletsky, M. A. Filyushin, O. A. Shulga, N. V. Ravin, K. G. Skryabin

“…Plant organ formation is based on the balance of the programmed cell division and positional differentiation maintained by intercellular communication mediated by signaling molecules and receptors. In Arabidopsis thaliana, two paralogous leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinases, GASSHO1 and GASSHO2, redundantly participate in the regulation of various root cells identity and functioning and the proper epidermis patterning. …”
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Shrimp White Spot Viral Infections Are Attenuated by Organic Acids by Regulating the Expression of HO-1 Oxygenase and β-1,3-Glucan-Binding Protein by Ioan Pet, Igori Balta, Nicolae Corcionivoschi, Tiberiu Iancu, Ducu Stef, Lavinia Stef, Iuliana Cretescu

“…Conclusively, organic acid in mixtures can protect farmed shrimp against WSSV infection and increase their survivability through a mediated gut health effect which includes resistance to oxidative stress and improved immunity.…”
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Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Are Inhibitors of the Intestinal Proton-Coupled Amino Acid Transporter (PAT1): Ibuprofen and Diclofenac Are Non-Translocated Inhibitors by Carsten Uhd Nielsen, Sebastian Jakobsen, Maria L. Pedersen

“…Ibuprofen acted as a non-competitive inhibitor of hPAT1-mediated proline transport. In hPAT1-expressing oocytes, ibuprofen and diclofenac did not induce inward currents, and inhibited inward currents caused by proline. …”
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Polymorphisms in the Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor (GLP-1R) Gene Are Associated with the Risk of Coronary Artery Disease in Chinese Han Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A... by Xiaowei Ma, Ran Lu, Nan Gu, Xiaowei Wei, Ge Bai, Jianwei Zhang, Ruifen Deng, Nan Feng, Jianping Li, Xiaohui Guo

“…Both these effects are thought to be at least partly mediated by the GLP-1 receptor (GLP-1R). This case-controlled study investigated whether polymorphisms in the GLP-1R gene affect the risk of cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetic patients in the Chinese Han population. …”
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A Shared Path: Co-occurrence and Clinical Implications of Celiac Disease and Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus by Wojciech Florczak, Joanna Śnieżna, Jakub Dziewic, Karol Dzwonnik, Wiktoria Domino, Urszula Zelik, Gabriela Trestka, Maria Przygoda, Jagienka Włodyka, Kamila Stępień, Sabina Adamczyk

“…In T1DM, β-cells in the pancreatic tissue are destroyed during the T-cell mediated reaction, which leads to impaired insulin production and development of insulin deficiency which leads to hyperglycemia and chronic complications. …”
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Elevated levels of serum alpha-2-macroglobulin associate with diabetes status and incident CVD in type 1 diabetes by Baohai Shao, Janet K. Snell-Bergeon, Ian H. de Boer, W. Sean Davidson, Karin E. Bornfeldt, Jay W. Heinecke

“…A2M also predicted incident CVD, suggesting that it could serve as both a marker and possibly a mediator of atherosclerosis in T1DM. These findings emphasize the importance of specific serum proteins in assessing and managing CVD risk in T1DM.…”
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Low Citrate Synthase Activity Is Associated with Glucose Intolerance and Lipotoxicity by Yosra Alhindi, Lobke M. Vaanholt, Mustafah Al-Tarrah, Stuart R. Gray, John R. Speakman, Catherine Hambly, Bader S. Alanazi, Brendan M. Gabriel, Arimantas Lionikas, Aivaras Ratkevicius

“…After an 18 h incubation in 0.8 mM palmitate C2C12 muscle cells with ∼50% shRNA mediated reduction in CS activity showed lower (P<0.001) viability and increased (P<0.001) levels of cleaved caspase-3 compared to the scramble shRNA treated C2C12 cells. …”
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Exploring relationships between social media use, online exposure to drug-related content, and youth substance use in real time: a pilot ecological momentary assessment study in a... by Meredith Gansner, Meredith Gansner, Anna Katharine Horton, Rasika Singh, Zev Schuman-Olivier

“…They were also more likely to report these exposures (OR: 7.7) and use substances (OR: 29.6) on days when Snapchat was one of their most frequently used smartphone applications.DiscussionOur results support existing concerns about specific social media platforms being potential mediators of youth substance use. Future EMA studies in larger cohorts should explore the role of social media platforms in substance procurement.…”
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Quantitative proteomic studies of the intestinal mucosa provide new insights into the molecular mechanism of ulcerative colitis by Yandong Guo, Dahal Pabitra, Lei Pan, Lanbo Gong, Aimin Li, Side Liu, Jing Xiong

“…Multiple upregulated pathways, including leukocyte trans-endothelial migration and natural killer (NK) cell-mediated cytotoxicity, were identified. Network analysis showed that proteins were involved in 4 pathways in UC-I and 3 pathways in UC-N tissues, and participated in protein-protein interactions. …”
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Human umbilical cord derived-mesenchymal stem cells alleviate lipid metabolism disturbances of hepatocytes via mitochondrial transport by Jing Xue, Xiangnan Hu, Suying Xia, Pengfei Ren, Aihong Wang

“…Conclusion: UC-MSCs improve lipid metabolism in HepG2 cells through TNT mediated mitochondrial transport, indicating that mitochondria transfer-based therapies may be an innovative and promising therapeutic strategy for NAFLD.…”
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Ginger protects against vein graft remodeling by precisely modulating ferroptotic stress in vascular smooth muscle cell dedifferentiation by Xiaoyu Yu, Weiwei Wu, Jingjun Hao, Yuxin Zhou, Deyang Yu, Wei Ding, Xuejuan Zhang, Gaoli Liu, Jianxun Wang

“…Furthermore, both ingredients co-target peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ), decreasing PPARγ-mediated nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase 1 (Nox1) expression. …”
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Preferential Expression of B7-H6 in Glioma Stem-Like Cells Enhances Tumor Cell Proliferation via the c-Myc/RNMT Axis by Hanqing Chen, Yundi Guo, Jing Sun, Jun Dong, Qinghua Bao, Xueguang Zhang, Fengqing Fu

“…B7 homologue 6 (B7-H6), a newly identified member of the B7 costimulatory molecule family, is not only a crucial regulator of NK cell-mediated immune responses through binding to NKp30 but also has clinical implications due to its abnormal expression in human cancers. …”
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Exercise-Intervened Circulating Extracellular Vesicles Alleviate Oxidative Stress in Cerebral Microvascular Endothelial Cells Under Hypertensive Plus Hypoxic Conditions by Smara Sigdel, Shuzhen Chen, Gideon Udoh, Jinju Wang

“…The ET-cEV internalization was mediated by macropinocytosis and endocytosis pathways. …”
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Application of an integrated behaviour-change model on grandparental adherence towards childhood domestic injury prevention in Hong Kong: a longitudinal study by Martin S Hagger, Patrick Ip, Derwin King Chung Chan, Roni Man Ying Chiu, Catherine M Capio, Patrick S H Yung, Agnes Y K Lai

“…Subjective norms and PBC, but not attitudes, were also found to significantly mediate the indirect effects of psychological need support and autonomous motivation on intention and behavioural adherence.Conclusions Overall, the integrated model seems to be a feasible framework for explaining grandparents’ domestic injury prevention behaviour.…”
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Prevalencia de Cryptosporidium spp. en becerros doble propósito de la zona centro de Veracruz, México by Dora Romero Salas, Roger Ivan Rodríguez-Vivas, Anabel Cruz-Romero, Mariel Aguilar-Domínguez, Marco Antonio Alarcón-Zapata, Melina Maribel Ojeda-Chi, Gabriela Janett Flota-Burgos

“…Estimar la prevalencia de Cryptosporidium spp. en becerros de doble propósito en ranchos ganaderos de Veracruz, México, mediate la prueba de inmunoflourescencia directa (IFD). …”
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