Toxicity Assessment of the Xanthid Crab Demania cultripes from Cebu Island, Philippines by Manabu Asakawa, Gloria Gomez-Delan, Shintaro Tsuruda, Michitaka Shimomura, Yasuo Shida, Shigeto Taniyama, Mercy Barte-Quilantang, Jo Shindo

“…All seven specimens, which were identified with Demania cultripes, collected in 2006 were toxic to mice irrespective of the season of collection and induced paralytic symptoms typical of tetrodotoxin (TTX) and paralytic shellfish poison (PSP). …”
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Evaluation of the Anti-Inflammatory and Antinociceptive Effects of the Essential Oil from Leaves of Xylopia laevigata in Experimental Models by João Carlos C. Queiroz, Ângelo R. Antoniolli, Lucindo J. Quintans-Júnior, Renan G. Brito, Rosana S. S. Barreto, Emmanoel V. Costa, Thanany B. da Silva, Ana Paula Nascimento Prata, Waldecy de Lucca, Jackson R. G. S. Almeida, Julianeli T. Lima, Jullyana S. S. Quintans

“…Additionally, pretreatment with EOX, in mice, also significantly produced (P<0.05 or P<0.001) antinociceptive effect by reduction of nociceptive behavior (in formalin and writhing tests). …”
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A Novel PET Imaging Using 64Cu-Labeled Monoclonal Antibody against Mesothelin Commonly Expressed on Cancer Cells by Kazuko Kobayashi, Takanori Sasaki, Fumiaki Takenaka, Hiromasa Yakushiji, Yoshihiro Fujii, Yoshiro Kishi, Shoichi Kita, Lianhua Shen, Hiromi Kumon, Eiji Matsuura

“…We showed the accumulation of Alexa Fluor 750-labeled 11-25 mAb in MSLN-expressing tumor xenografts in athymic nude mice. Then, 11-25 mAb was labeled with 64Cu via a chelating agent DOTA and was used in both in vitro cell binding assay and in vivo positron emission tomography (PET) imaging in the tumor-bearing mice. …”
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Celastrol promotes DNA damage and apoptosis in uterine corpus endometrial carcinoma via promotion of KAT2B-mediated RBPJ acetylation and repression of MCM4 transcription by Lipeng Pei, Yan Zhu, Wenpeng Li, Bin Xu, Jingli Sun

“…We determined tumor growth in xenograft nude mice. Bioinformatic analysis, protein coimmunoprecipitation (Co-IP), luciferase assay, cell experiments were performed to reveal the relationship of Celastrol/KAT2B/RBPJ/MCM4 in UCEC. …”
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DKK3 promotes renal fibrosis by increasing MFF-mediated mitochondrial dysfunction in Wnt/β-catenin pathway-dependent manner by Jianling Song, Yanxia Chen, Yan Chen, Minzi Qiu, Wenliu Xiang, Ben Ke, Xiangdong Fang

“…However, the underlying mechanisms of DKK3 in CKD are not fully understood.Methods H2O2-treated HK-2 cells and ureteric obstruction (UUO) mice were used as RF models. Biomarkers, Masson staining, PAS staining, and TUNEL were used to assess kidney function and apoptosis. …”
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Nephropathy in Hypertensive Animals Is Linked to M2 Macrophages and Increased Expression of the YM1/Chi3l3 Protein by Paula Andréa Malveira Cavalcante, Natalia Alenina, Alexandre Budu, Leandro Ceotto Freitas-Lima, Thaís Alves-Silva, Juan Sebastian Henao Agudelo, Fatimunnisa Qadri, Niels Olsen Saraiva Camara, Michael Bader, Ronaldo Carvalho Araújo

“…Our results indicate that when stimulated in vitro, macrophages from hypertensive mice are predisposed toward polarization to an M2 phenotype. …”
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CD137 Signaling Promotes Endothelial Apoptosis by Inhibiting Nrf2 Pathway, and Upregulating NF-κB Pathway by Tianxin Geng, Yang Yan, Yue Zhang, Liangjie Xu, Guangyao Zang, Jin Chuan Yan

“…In vitro studies using HUVECs and in vivo studies using high-fat-fed ApoE−/− mice showed that the number of apoptotic endothelial cells was the highest in the agonist-CD137 group. …”
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The Link between Type III Reg and STAT3-Associated Cytokines in Inflamed Colonic Tissues by Xin Xu, Hirokazu Fukui, Ying Ran, Xuan Wang, Yoshihito Inoue, Nobuhiko Ebisudani, Heihachiro Nishimura, Toshihiko Tomita, Tadayuki Oshima, Jiro Watari, Hiroshi Kiyama, Hiroto Miwa

“…Among Reg family genes, Reg IIIβ and IIIγ were alternatively overexpressed in the colonic tissues of mice with DSS-induced colitis. The expression of STAT3-associated cytokines (IL-6, IL-17, and IL-22) was also significantly increased in those tissues, being significantly correlated with that of Reg IIIβ/γ. …”
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Celecoxib Improves Host Defense through Prostaglandin Inhibition during Histoplasma capsulatum Infection by Priscilla Aparecida Tartari Pereira, Bruno Caetano Trindade, Adriana Secatto, Roberto Nicolete, Camila Peres-Buzalaf, Simone Gusmão Ramos, Ruxana Sadikot, Claudia da Silva Bitencourt, Lúcia Helena Faccioli

“…Moreover, celecoxib treatment increased the survival of mice after infection with a lethal inoculum of H. capsulatum. …”
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CD2AP deficiency aggravates Alzheimer’s disease phenotypes and pathology through p38 MAPK activation by Yan-Yan Xue, Zhe-Sheng Zhang, Rong-Rong Lin, Hui-Fen Huang, Ke-Qing Zhu, Dian-Fu Chen, Zhi-Ying Wu, Qing-Qing Tao

“…Results CD2AP is widely expressed in various regions of the mouse brain, with predominant expression in neurons and vascular endothelial cells. In APP/PS1 mice, neuronal knockout of Cd2ap significantly aggravated tau pathology, synaptic impairments and cognitive deficits. …”
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Anti-IL-5 treatment, but not neutrophil interference, attenuates inflammation in a mixed granulocytic asthma mouse model, elicited by air pollution by Joyceline De Volder, Annelies Bontinck, Valerie Haelterman, Louis Boon, Guy F. Joos, Guy G. Brusselle, Tania Maes

“…Material and methods Female C57BL6/J mice were intranasally exposed to saline or HDM and DEP for 3 weeks (subacute model). …”
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Reliea® combination of Codonopsis lanceolata and Chaenomeles sinensis extract alleviates airway inflammation on particulate matter 10 plus diesel exhaust particles (PM10D) ‑induced... by Yoon-Young Sung, Won-Kyung Yang, Jong Hoon Kim, Dongseok Shin, Seok June Son, Seung-Hyung Kim

“…RelA treatment suppressed reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide release, cytokine expression (IL-6, IL-1β, iNOS, CXCL-2, MCP-1, and TNF-α), and the related inflammatory mechanisms in PM10-induced alveolar macrophage cells. BALB/c mice were injected with PM10D via intranasal trachea three times over a period of 12 days and RelA were orally dispensed for 12 days. …”
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GPIHBP1 increase accounts for rheumatic arthritis-related hypotriglyceridemia by facilitating lipids uptake of white adipose tissues by Meng-Ke Song, Meng-Fan Gu, Ling Liu, Lian-Jun He, Peng Ye, Kui Yang, Dan-Dan Wang, Opeyemi Joshua Olatunji, Qin Yin, Jian Zuo

“…Methods Fresh RA patients’ whole blood was transfused into NOD-SCID mice. Metabolism-regulatory tissues were examined after sacrifice. …”
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Dynamin-1 is a potential mediator in cancer-related cognitive impairment by Ding Quan Ng, Casey Hudson, Tracy Nguyen, Sukesh Kumar Gupta, Yong Qin Koh, Munjal M. Acharya, Alexandre Chan

“…In murine breast cancer-bearing mice receiving chemotherapy, we found a greater than 40 ​% decline (P ​< ​0.0001) in DNM1 immunoreactivity in the hippocampal CA1 and CA3 subregions concurrent with a deterioration in spatial recognition memory (P ​< ​0.02), compared to control mice without exposure to cancer and chemotherapy. …”
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Synthetic inhibition of SREBP2 and the mevalonate pathway blocks rhabdomyosarcoma tumor growth in vitro and in vivo and promotes chemosensitization by Silvia Codenotti, Michela Asperti, Maura Poli, Luisa Lorenzi, Alberto Pietrantoni, Matteo Cassandri, Francesco Marampon, Alessandro Fanzani

“…The effects of MVP inhibitors were tested in vivo by analyzing RMS xenografts grown in NOD/SCID mice. Quantification of protein targets was performed using immunoblotting or immunohistochemistry analyses. …”
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Distinct Murine Pancreatic Transcriptomic Signatures during Chronic Pancreatitis Recovery by Yinjie Zhang, Baibing Yang, Joy M. Davis, Madeline M. Drake, Mamoun Younes, Qiang Shen, Zhongming Zhao, Yanna Cao, Tien C. Ko

“…CP was induced by intraperitoneally injecting cerulein in C57BL/6 mice. Time-matched controls (CON) were given normal saline. …”
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ZBP1-mediated PANoptosis is a crucial lethal form in diverse keratinocyte death modalities in UVB-induced skin injury by Xuechan Bi, Min Li, Yiming Guo, Mengyao Hu, Yujie Chen, Ni Lian, Sihan Chen, Min Li, Heng Gu, Xu Chen

“…However, when the PANoptosome sensor ZBP1 was knocked out, keratinocyte death was reduced and epidermal thickening was alleviated in UVB-challenged mice. In conclusion, our study demonstrated that UVB irradiation induces ZBP1-mediated PANoptosis in keratinocytes, which is a crucial lethal form in diverse keratinocyte death modalities in UVB-induced skin injury. …”
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A Nanoparticle Comprising the Receptor-Binding Domains of Norovirus and <i>Plasmodium</i> as a Combination Vaccine Candidate by Ming Xia, Pengwei Huang, Frank S. Vago, Wen Jiang, Xi Jiang, Ming Tan

“…The P₂₄-αTSR NP is immunogenic, eliciting strong antibody responses in mice toward both the norovirus P domain and the αTSR domain of <i>Plasmodium</i> CSP. …”
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Phage vB_Kpn_HF0522: Isolation, Characterization, and Therapeutic Potential in Combatting K1 Klebsiella pneumoniae Infections by Yan T, Wang Q, Ma C, Teng X, Gong Z, Chu W, Zhou Q, Liu Z

“…The bacterial growth rate remained largely unchanged after the phage resistance mutation, but mice infected with the mutant strain showed significantly higher survival rates than those infected with the wild-type strain. vB_Kpn_HF0522 increased the survival rate of infected G. mellonella from 12.5% to 75%, inhibited incisional surgical site infections and alleviated inflammatory response in mice.Conclusion: These findings indicate that vB_Kpn_HF0522 has significant potential for treating specific bacterial infections, and may serve as an antimicrobial agent for research and clinical anti-infective therapy.Keywords: phage vB_Kpn_HF0522, phage therapy, Klebsiella pneumoniae, phage resistance, incisional surgical site infection, biofilm…”
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Clostridium Scindens Protects Against Vancomycin‐Induced Cholestasis and Liver Fibrosis by Activating Intestinal FXR‐FGF15/19 Signaling by Jintao Xiao, Yanliang Hou, Xingyang Luo, Yuhao Zhu, Wenhu Li, Bingbing Li, LinXiang Zhou, Xia Chen, Ying Guo, Xiaomei Zhang, Haiyue He, Xiaowei Liu

“…Similar effects are observed in mice treated with engineered Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 that are capable of expressing bile acid 7α‐dehydratas (BaiE) from C. scindens (EcN‐BaiE). …”
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