mTOR Modulates the Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-Induced CD4+ T Cell Apoptosis Mediated by ROS in Septic Immunosuppression by Hao Wang, Jianwei Chen, Guangxu Bai, Wen Han, Ran Guo, Na Cui

“…We, respectively, used ROS and ERS blockers to intervene septic mice and then detected ERS protein expression levels to verify the relationship between them. …”
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Automatic Quantification of Atherosclerosis in Contrast-Enhanced MicroCT Scans of Mouse Aortas Ex Vivo by Vincent A. Stadelmann, Gabrielle Boyd, Martin Guillot, Jean-Guy Bienvenu, Charles Glaus, Aurore Varela

“…While microCT evaluation of atherosclerotic lesions in mice has been formally validated, existing image processing methods remain undisclosed. …”
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N1-methylnicotinamide promotes age-related cochlear damage via the overexpression of SIRT1 by Toru Miwa, Toru Miwa, Akihito Tarui, Akihito Tarui, Teppei Kouga, Yasunori Asai, Yasunori Asai, Hideaki Ogita, Hideaki Ogita, Taro Fujikawa, Nobuhiro Hakuba, Nobuhiro Hakuba

“…This study examines MNAM supplementation’s impact on SIRT1 expression and ARHL in low-fat diet (LFD)-fed B6 and CBA mice. Mice were divided into LFD and LFD + MNAM groups and evaluated for auditory function, cochlear morphology, metabolic profiles, and SIRT1 expression at 3, 6, and 12 months of age. …”
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Electroacupuncture alleviates functional constipation by upregulating host-derived miR-205-5p to modulate gut microbiota and tryptophan metabolism by Lu Wang, Lu Wang, Menghan Xi, Menghan Xi, Wei Cao, Haiyan Qin, Di Qin, Shuai Chen, Siyuan Zhou, Yujun Hou, Ying Chen, Xianjun Xiao, Qianhua Zheng, Dehua Li, Ying Li

“…We examined fecal microbiome composition, metabolism, and colonic miRNA expression in loperamide-induced constipated mice and EA-treated mice to identify differentially expressed miRNAs and assess their relationships with microbial abundance, metabolism, and gut motility. …”
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Neuron-Specific Glycine Metabolism Links Transfer RNA Epitranscriptomic Regulation to Complex Behaviors by Jennifer Blaze, Viviana Dolores Evans, Jessica Abigail Feria Pliego, Petr Unichenko, Behnam Javidfar, Soeren Heissel, Hanan Alwaseem, Zachary Pennington, Denise Cai, Henrik Molina, Christian Henneberger, Schahram Akbarian

“…None of these phenotypes were observed in mice treated with tunicamycin for chemoactivation of integrative stress response pathways or in mice genetically engineered for decreased glycine tRNA gene dosage. …”
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Deletion of sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 1 in myeloid cells reduces hepatic inflammatory macrophages and attenuates MASH by Gopanandan Parthasarathy, Nanditha Venkatesan, Guneet Singh Sidhu, Myeong Jun Song, Chieh-Yu Liao, Fanta Barrow, Amy Mauer, Tejasav Sehrawat, Yasuhiko Nakao, P. Vineeth Daniel, Debanjali Dasgupta, Kevin Pavelko, Xavier S. Revelo, Harmeet Malhi

“…The LyzMCre approach was used to generate myeloid cell–specific knockout mice, termed S1pr1 MKO . Littermate S1pr1 loxp/loxp mice were used as wild-type controls. …”
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Automated Synthesis and Initial Evaluation of (4′-Amino-5′,8′-difluoro-1′H-spiro[piperidine-4,2′-quinazolin]-1-yl)(4-[18F]fluorophenyl)methanone for PET/MR Imaging of Inducible Nit... by Skye Hsin-Hsien Yeh, Wen-Sheng Huang, Chuang-Hsin Chiu, Chuan-Lin Chen, Hui-Ting Chen, Dae Yoon Chi, Zhengxing Ge, Tsung-Hsun Yu, Pao-Yeh Wang, Yu-Yeh Kuo, Chun-Tse Hung, Geng-Ying Li, Chi-Wei Chang

“…Aminoguanidine, selective iNOS inhibitor, pretreatment significantly reduced the AUC0-30min and Vt values in LPS-induced mice. Quantitative analysis of immunohistochemically stained brain sections confirmed iNOS was preferentially upregulated in the cerebellum and cortex of mice injected with LPS. …”
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CD38 deficiency leads to a defective short-lived transcriptomic response to chronic graft-versus-host disease induction, involving purinergic signaling-related genes and distinct t... by Mercedes Zubiaur, Laura C. Terrón-Camero, Fernando Gordillo-González, Eduardo Andrés-León, Alicia Barroso-del Jesús, Luz María Canet-Antequera, María M. Pérez Sánchez-Cañete, África Martínez-Blanco, Marilú Domínguez-Pantoja, María Botia-Sánchez, Sonia Pérez-Cabrera, Nerea Bello-Iglesias, Antonio Alcina, Ana-Clara Abadía-Molina, Fuencisla Matesanz, Esther Zumaquero, Ramón Merino, Jaime Sancho

“…This study aimed to elucidate the transcriptomic signatures and dysregulated pathways associated with the autoimmune response in Cd38-/- mice compared to wild-type (WT) mice within the bm12 chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) lupus model. …”
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Brucella suis ΔmapB outer membrane vesicles as an acellular vaccine against systemic and mucosal B. suis infection by Florencia Muñoz González, Florencia Muñoz González, Magali G. Bialer, Maria L. Cerutti, Silvia M. Estein, Lila Y. Ramis, Pablo C. Baldi, Pablo C. Baldi, Ángeles Zorreguieta, Ángeles Zorreguieta, Mariana C. Ferrero, Mariana C. Ferrero

“…Upon in vitro antigen stimulation, spleen cells from mice immunized with ΔmapB OMVs secreted higher levels of interleukin-17 and especially gamma interferon compared to cells from mice immunized with wt OMVs, suggesting the induction of a stronger T helper 1 response in the ΔmapB OMVs group. …”
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Lipoxin Inhibits Fungal Uptake by Macrophages and Reduces the Severity of Acute Pulmonary Infection Caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis by Laura R. R. Ribeiro, Flávio V. Loures, Eliseu F. de Araújo, Cláudia Feriotti, Tânia A. Costa, Carlos Henrique Serezani, Sonia Jancar, Vera L. G. Calich

“…Because the role played by these mediators in paracoccidioidomycosis was not investigated, we aimed to characterize the role of CysLT in the pulmonary infection developed by resistant (A/J) and susceptible (B10.A) mice. 48 h after infection, elevated levels of pulmonary LTC4 and LXA4 were produced by both mouse strains, but higher levels were found in the lungs of susceptible mice. …”
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Innate Immune Effectors Play Essential Roles in Acute Respiratory Infection Caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae by Dong Liu, Zhifu Chen, Yue Yuan, Haiming Jing, Jintao Zou, Xiaoli Zhang, Xi Zeng, Weijun Zhang, Quanming Zou, Jinyong Zhang

“…Further, we depleted neutrophils, macrophages, and complement pathways in vivo and challenged these mice with a sublethal dose of K. pneumonia, the result showed that 80%, 60%, and 40% of mice were died in these groups, respectively, while no deaths occurred in the control group. …”
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Muramyl Dipeptide Enhances Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Osteoclast Formation and Bone Resorption through Increased RANKL Expression in Stromal Cells by Masahiko Ishida, Hideki Kitaura, Keisuke Kimura, Haruki Sugisawa, Tomo Aonuma, Haruhiko Takada, Teruko Takano-Yamamoto

“…LPS was administered with or without MDP into the supracalvariae of mice. The number of osteoclasts, the level of mRNA for cathepsin K and tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP), the ratio of the bone destruction area, the level of tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase form 5b (TRACP 5b), and C-terminal telopeptides fragments of type I collagen as a marker of bone resorption in mice administrated both LPS and MDP were higher than those in mice administrated LPS or MDP alone. …”
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Zinc Supplementation Prevented Type 2 Diabetes-Induced Liver Injury Mediated by the Nrf2-MT Antioxidative Pathway by Lechu Yu, Yuanyuan Liu, Yichun Jin, Tinghao Liu, Wenhan Wang, Xuemian Lu, Chi Zhang

“…A high-fat diet, along with a one-time dose of streptozotocin, was applied to metallothionein (MT) knockout mice, nuclear factor-erythroid 2-related factor (Nrf) 2 knockout mice, and age-matched wild-type (WT) control mice, in order to induce type 2 diabetes. …”
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Macrophage P2X7 Receptor Function Is Reduced during Schistosomiasis: Putative Role of TGF-β1 by Suellen D’arc Santos Oliveira, Hayandra Ferreira Nanini, Luiz Eduardo Baggio Savio, Mariana Caldas Waghabi, Claudia Lucia Martins Silva, Robson Coutinho-Silva

“…ATP treatment induced significantly less permeabilization in macrophages from S. mansoni-infected mice than in control cells from uninfected animals. …”
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Argonaute2 modulates megakaryocyte development and sex-specific control of platelet protein expression and reactivity by Sophia Lazar, Jeremy G.T. Wurtzel, Shayan Askari, Matthew Cooper, Xuefei Zhao, Peisong Ma, Lawrence E. Goldfinger

“…Ago2 KO mice displayed normal hemostasis and clot dynamics. …”
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Analysis of a mouse germ cell tumor model establishes pluripotency-associated miRNAs as conserved serum biomarkers for germ cell cancer detection by Amanda R. Loehr, Dennis M. Timmerman, Michelle Liu, Ad J. M. Gillis, Melia Matthews, Jordana C. Bloom, Peter K. Nicholls, David C. Page, Andrew D. Miller, Leendert H. J. Looijenga, Robert S. Weiss

“…Here, we report that miRNAs in the mouse miR-290-295 cluster, homologs of the human miR-371-373 cluster, were detectable in serum from mice with malignant TGCTs but not from tumor-free control mice or mice with benign teratomas. miR-291-293 were expressed and secreted specifically by pluripotent EC cells, and expression was lost following differentiation induced by the drug thioridazine. …”
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Phenolic Content and Antioxidant, Antihyperlipidemic, and Antidiabetogenic Effects of Opuntia dillenii Seed Oil by Mohamed Bouhrim, Nour Elhouda Daoudi, Hayat Ouassou, Amina Benoutman, El Hassania Loukili, Abderrahim Ziyyat, Hassane Mekhfi, Abdelkhaleq Legssyer, Mohammed Aziz, Mohamed Bnouham

“…The antihyperlipidemic effect of the ODSO (2 ml/kg) was evaluated in the high-fat diet-fed albino mice, relying on lipid profile, blood glucose, and growth performance variations. …”
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Therapeutic Approaches in Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Inflammation, and Autophagy in Uremic Cachexia: Role of Aerobic Exercise by Yumei Zhang, Yuqing Liu, Xiao Bi, Chun Hu, Feng Ding, Wei Ding

“…C57BL/6J mice were randomly allocated into 3 different experimental groups: Sham, CKD, and CKD+aerobic exercise (CKD+AE). …”
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High-Affinity Anti-VISTA Antibody Protects against Sepsis by Inhibition of T Lymphocyte Apoptosis and Suppression of the Inflammatory Response by Tianzhu Tao, Lulong Bo, Teng Li, Longbao Shi, Hui Zhang, Bo Ye, Yuhai Xu, Qingqing Ma, Xiaoming Deng, Guorong Zhang

“…VISTA was substantially expressed on T cells and macrophages in sham-operated mice; septic peritonitis did not induce significant changes in the expression profiles. …”
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The N‐terminal domain of gasdermin D induces liver fibrosis by reprogrammed lipid metabolism by Xue Wang, Chunyou Ning, Xingyi Cheng, Zhengzhong Wu, Dongbo Wu, Xuemei Ding, Cunxiang Ju, Zhihang Zhou, Lingfeng Wan, Wei Zhao, Peiliang Shi

“…Methods GSDMD‐NTki/wt mice and Alb‐creki/wt mice were generated using CRISPR/Cas9 technology. …”
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