miR-135a Alleviates Silica-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis by Targeting NF-κB/Inflammatory Signaling Pathway by Bin Xie, Can Lu, Chen Chen, Jianhua Zhou, Zhenghao Deng

“…Transduction of lentivirus expressing miR-135a reduced the level of inflammatory mediators in lung tissues from silica-treated mice and improved pulmonary fibrosis which was consistent with the downregulated α-SMA but enhanced E-cadherin. …”
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Antipleuritic and Vascular Permeability Inhibition of the Ethyl Acetate-Petroleum Ether Stem Bark Extract of Maerua angolensis DC (Capparaceae) in Murine by Felix Agyei Ampadu, Eric Boakye-Gyasi, Newman Osafo, Charles Kwaku Benneh, Edmund Ekuadzi, Eric Woode

“…The effects of MAE (30-300 mg kg−1) on vascular permeability were also evaluated in the acetic acid induced vascular permeability in ICR mice. MAE significantly reduced neutrophil infiltration, exudate volume, and lung tissue damage in carrageenan induced pleurisy. …”
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Polyclonal Recipient nTregs Are Superior to Donor or Third-Party Tregs in the Induction of Transplantation Tolerance by Nina Pilat, Christoph Klaus, Karin Hock, Ulrike Baranyi, Lukas Unger, Benedikt Mahr, Andreas M. Farkas, Fritz Wrba, Thomas Wekerle

“…Therapy with nTregs (but not iTregs) led to multilineage chimerism and donor-specific tolerance in mice receiving as few as 0.5 × 106 cells. Moreover, we show that only recipient Tregs, but not donor or third-party Tregs, had a beneficial effect on BM engraftment at the tested doses. …”
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PPARα-Independent Arterial Smooth Muscle Relaxant Effects of PPARα Agonists by Neerupma Silswal, Nikhil K. Parelkar, Michael J. Wacker, Mostafa Badr, Jon Andresen

“…Responses were endothelium-independent, and the use of PPARα deficient mice demonstrated that responses were also PPARα-independent. …”
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Anti-laminin-1 Autoantibodies, Pregnancy Loss and Endometriosis by Junko Inagaki, Akane Kondo, Luis R. Lopez, Yehuda Shoenfeld, Eiji Matsuura

“…Anti-laminin-1 antibodies from mice immunized with –mouse— laminin-1, caused a higher fetal resorption rate with lower embryonic and placental weights. …”
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Renal Tissue-Derived Exosomal miRNA-34a in Diabetic Nephropathy Induces Renal Tubular Cell Fibrosis by Promoting the Polarization of M1 Macrophages by Shuai Zheng, Yi Zeng, Liqing Chu, Taiyang Gong, Sihong Li, Min Yang

“…After ingesting model exosomes, M1 macrophages were activated, while M2 macrophages were weakened, indicating the model mice’s kidney exosomes caused the polarization. MiRNA-34a inhibitor increased PPARGC1A expression. …”
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A3 Adenosine Receptor Allosteric Modulator Induces an Anti-Inflammatory Effect: In Vivo Studies and Molecular Mechanism of Action by Shira Cohen, Faina Barer, Sara Bar-Yehuda, Adriaan P. IJzerman, Kenneth A. Jacobson, Pnina Fishman

“…LUF6000 administration induced anti-inflammatory effect in 3 experimental animal models of rat adjuvant induced arthritis, monoiodoacetate induced osteoarthritis, and concanavalin A induced liver inflammation in mice. The molecular mechanism of action points to deregulation of signaling proteins including PI3K, IKK, IκB, Jak-2, and STAT-1, resulting in decreased levels of NF-κB, known to mediate inflammatory effects. …”
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Deubiquitinase Ubp5 is essential for pulmonary immune evasion and hematogenous dissemination of Cryptococcus neoformans by Guizhen Wang, Yan Liu, Qianyu Li, Changhui Wang, Wei Fang

“…Ubp5 deletion significantly reduces both pulmonary invasion and extrapulmonary dissemination, resulting in prolonged survival and decreased fungal burdens in mice. Attenuated virulence is closely associated with enhanced host immune responses, rather than diminished pathogen fitness alone. …”
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Nootkatone inhibits the progression of glioblastoma by activating the ATF4-CHOP-CHAC1 pathway by Qian Wang, Xiumin Xue, Zhichao Chen, Wei Zhang, Yiming Qian, Danni Chen, Lin Lin, Yinfeng Yuan, Weiqiao Zhao, Zhihui Huang, Yongjie Wang

“…Finally, we found that NKT inhibited the growth of tumor in GBM orthotopic mice model through activation of ATF4-CHOP-CHAC1 axis. …”
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Helminth Products Potently Modulate Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis by Downregulating Neuroinflammation and Promoting a Suppressive Microenvironment by Alberto N. Peón, Yadira Ledesma-Soto, Jonadab E. Olguín, Marcel Bautista-Donis, Edda Sciutto, Luis I. Terrazas

“…Both the polyclonal and the antigen-specific proliferative responses of lymphocytes were also inhibited in EAE-ill mice receiving TcES in association with a potent recruitment of suppressor cell populations. …”
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Stroma-derived Dickkopf-1 contributes to the suppression of NK cell cytotoxicity in breast cancer by Seunghyun Lee, Biancamaria Ricci, Jennifer Tran, Emily Eul, Jiayu Ye, Qihao Ren, David Clever, Julia Wang, Pamela Wong, Michael S. Haas, Sheila A. Stewart, Cynthia X. Ma, Todd A. Fehniger, Roberta Faccio

“…By using genetic approaches, we find that bone-derived DKK1 contributes to the systemic DKK1 elevation in tumor-bearing female mice, while CAFs contribute to DKK1 at primary tumor site. …”
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Veronicastrum axillare Alleviates Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Acute Lung Injury via Suppression of Proinflammatory Mediators and Downregulation of the NF-κB Signaling Pathway by Quanxin Ma, Kai Wang, Qinqin Yang, Shun Ping, Weichun Zhao, Qiyang Shou, Weimin Zhou, Minli Chen

“…We found that pretreatment with V. axillare suppressed the release of proinflammatory cytokines in the serum of ALI mice. Histological analysis of lung tissue demonstrated that V. axillare inhibited LPS-induced lung injury, improved lung morphology, and reduced the activation of nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) in the lungs. …”
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Dasatinib and Doxorubicin Treatment of Sarcoma Initiating Cells: A Possible New Treatment Strategy by Ninna Aggerholm-Pedersen, Christina Demuth, Akmal Safwat, Peter Meldgaard, Moustapha Kassem, Boe Sandahl Sorensen

“…An immortalised nontransformed human stromal (mesenchymal) stem cell line hMSC-TERT4 and a transformed cell line hMSC-TERT20-CE8, known to form sarcoma-like tumours when implanted in immune-deficient mice, were used as models. Receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) activation was analysed by RTK arrays and cellular viability after tyrosine kinases inhibitor (TKI) treatment with or without doxorubicin was assessed by MTS assay. …”
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Glutathione Peroxidase-1 Suppresses the Unfolded Protein Response upon Cigarette Smoke Exposure by Patrick Geraghty, Nathalie Baumlin, Matthias A. Salathe, Robert F. Foronjy, Jeanine M. D’Armiento

“…To determine whether the loss of GPx-1 expression has a direct impact on these ER stress markers during smoke exposure, Gpx-1−/− mice were exposed to cigarette smoke for 1 year. …”
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Penetration of linezolid and tedizolid in cerebrospinal fluid of mouse and impact of blood–brain barrier disruption by Marin Lahouati, Mélanie Oudart, Philippe Alzieu, Candice Chapouly, Antoine Petitcollin, Fabien Xuereb

“…The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of blood brain barrier disruption on CSF penetration of linezolid and tedizolid. Female C57BI/6 J mice were used. Blood–brain barrier disruption was induced by an intraperitoneal administration of lipopolysaccharide. …”
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Large and Small Dendritic Spines Serve Different Interacting Functions in Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity and Homeostasis by Joshua J. W. Paulin, Peter Haslehurst, Alexander D. Fellows, Wenfei Liu, Joshua D. Jackson, Zelah Joel, Damian M. Cummings, Frances A. Edwards

“…Using confocal microscopy in organotypic slices from mice expressing green fluorescent protein in hippocampal neurones, the size of individual spines along sections of dendrite has been tracked in response to application of tetraethylammonium. …”
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Olfactory transport efficiency of the amorphous and crystalline manganese oxide nanoparticles by A. V. Romashchenko, D. V. Petrovskii, M. B.  Sharapova, Y. M. Moshkin, K. E. Kuper, K. N.  Morozova, E. V. Kiseleva, M. P. Moshkin

“…In this study, using sexually mature male C57BL/6J mice, we analyzed the efficiency of the nose-to-brain transport of crystalline and amorphous manganese oxide nanoparticles. …”
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METTL3 regulates autophagy of hypoxia-induced cardiomyocytes by targeting ATG7 by Linnan Li, Hao Cheng, Yufei Zhou, Di Zhao, Xiaoxue Zhang, Yajun Wang, Jianying Ma, Junbo Ge

“…Here, we investigated the impact of METTL3, a key m6A methyltransferase, on the autophagy regulation in ischemic and hypoxic cardiomyocytes, as well as in mice following acute myocardial infarction (AMI). …”
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Enamel Matrix Derivative Enhances the Odontoblastic Differentiation of Dental Pulp Stem Cells via Activating MAPK Signaling Pathways by Beidi Zhang, Min Xiao, Xiaogang Cheng, Yu Bai, Hanze Chen, Qing Yu, Lihong Qiu

“…In vivo phase: after ensuring the biocompatibility of VitroGel 3D-RGD via scanning electron microscopy (SEM), the hydrogel mixture was subcutaneously injected into nude mice followed by histological and immunohistochemical analyses. …”
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Effects of traditional Chinese medicine Zuo-Gui-Wan on gut microbiota in an osteoporotic mouse model by Junjie Li, HaomingYou, Yucheng Hu, Ruxu Li, Tianxin Ouyang, Qiang Ran, Guilong Zhang, Yong Huang

“…Methods Twenty-one SPF C57BL/6J female mice were divided into sham (Sham), ovariectomized (OVX), and Zuo-Gui-Wan-treated (ZGW, 1.4 g/kg) groups. …”
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