Dietary Conjugated Linoleic Acid and Hepatic Steatosis: Species-Specific Effects on Liver and Adipose Lipid Metabolism and Gene Expression by Diwakar Vyas, Anil Kumar G. Kadegowda, Richard A. Erdman

“…Dietary trans-10, cis-12 CLA induces a severe hepatic steatosis in mice with a more muted response in other species. …”
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Increased NHC Cells in the Peritoneal Cavity of Plasmacytoma Susceptible BALB/c Mouse by Berenice Sánchez-González, Francisco Javier García-Vázquez, José Eduardo Farfán-Morales, Luis Antonio Jiménez-Zamudio

“…BALB/c strain mice are unique in that they develop murine plasmacytoma (MPC) as a consequence of the inflammation induced by pristane oil injection in the peritoneal cavity. …”
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Microevolution during Chronic Infection May Lead T. asahii to Coexist with the Host by Gen Ba, Xuelian Lv, Xin Yang, Wenling Wang, Junhong Ao, Rongya Yang

“…Two T. asahii strains were isolated from a chronic trichosporonosis patient between a 15-year interval, and the microevolutionary changes were compared by the immune response of dendritic cell (DC), mice survival model, and transcriptome sequencing analysis. …”
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Aging impairs CD8 T cell responses in adoptive T-cell therapy against solid tumors by Gulfiya Kadyrzhanova, Miho Tamai, Shukla Sarkar, Rajkumar Singh Kalra, Hiroki Ishikawa

“…Crispr-mediated ablation of Epas1 promotes terminal exhaustion of young CD8 T cells in tumors, diminishing their anti-tumor activity in young mice. Conversely, retroviral expression of Epas1 enhances anti-tumor activity of aged CD8 TCR-T cells. …”
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Suppression of the Oncogenic Transcription Factor FOXM1 by Proteasome Inhibitors by Andrei L. Gartel

“…We encapsulated thiostrepton into micelle-nanoparticles and after injection we detected accumulation of nanoparticles in tumors and in the livers of treated mice. This treatment led to inhibition of human xenograft tumor growth in nude mice. …”
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Possible Involvement of Liver Resident Macrophages (Kupffer Cells) in the Pathogenesis of Both Intrahepatic and Extrahepatic Inflammation by Yuki Kakinuma, Takuya Kimura, Yoshifumi Watanabe

“…In contrast, KC deletion inhibited collagen-induced arthritis as a model of extrahepatic, systemic chronical inflammation. KC deleted mice showed weaker arthritic scores, less joint swelling, and more joint space compared to arthritis-induced control mice. …”
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Hypoxanthine Derivatives in Experimental Infections by Claudio De Simone, Edoardo Arrigoni Martelli, Pietro Foresta, Giuseppe Famularo, Roberto Giacomelli, Emilio Jirillo, Vito Ruggiero, Giorgio Tonietti

“…In vivo treatment with parenterally administered hypoxanthine derivatives, notably ST 789, was able to protect cyclophosphamide-immunosuppressed mice against experimental infections with both bacterial and fungal pathogens. …”
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In Vivo Optical Imaging of Neurogenesis: Watching New Neurons in the Intact Brain by Sebastien Couillard-Despres, Rudolf Finkl, Beate Winner, Sonja Ploetz, Dirk Wiedermann, Robert Aigner, Ulrich Bogdahn, Juergen Winkler, Mathias Hoehn, Ludwig Aigner

“…We developed a new tool based on the doublecortin promoter driving the expression of the luciferase reporter gene (DCX-promo-luciferase) in transgenic mice to perform in vivo imaging of neurogenesis. …”
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Toll-Like Receptor 9 Promotes Cardiac Inflammation and Heart Failure during Polymicrobial Sepsis by Ralph Lohner, Markus Schwederski, Carolin Narath, Johanna Klein, Georg D. Duerr, Alexandra Torno, Pascal Knuefermann, Andreas Hoeft, Georg Baumgarten, Rainer Meyer, Olaf Boehm

“…Eighteen hours after CASP WT mice developed septic heart failure characterised by reduction of end-systolic pressure, stroke volume, cardiac output, and parameters of contractility. …”
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Long-term correction of hemophilia A via integration of a functionally enhanced FVIII gene into the AAVS1 locus by nickase in patient-derived iPSCs by Do-Hun Kim, Sang-Hwi Choi, Jin Jea Sung, Sieun Kim, Hanui Yi, Sanghyun Park, Chan Wook Park, Young Woo Oh, Jungil Lee, Dae-Sung Kim, Jong-Hoon Kim, Chul-Yong Park, Dong-Wook Kim

“…For sustained efficacy, FE-KI ECs were subcutaneously transplanted into immunodeficient HA mice, resulting in amelioration of the hemophilia phenotype for more than 3 months. …”
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Single‐Nucleus RNA Sequencing Reveals That Gabra6+ Neurons in Prefrontal Cortex Promote the Progression of PTSD After Shockwave‐Induced TBI by Xiaowei Fei, Zehan Zhang, Ya‐nan Dou, Weihao Lv, Hongqing Chen, Li Wang, Xin He, Wangshu Chao, Peng Luo, Zhou Fei

“…The result of snRNA‐seq demonstrated a noticeable increase in the population of Gabra6+ neurons in the prefrontal cortex region of mice in the TBI+PTSD group. Knocking down cortical Gabra6 mitigated PTSD‐related behavioral outcomes. …”
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Aspergillus fumigatus is responsible for inflammation in a murine model of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation by Alexandra Bouyssi, Alexis Trecourt, Tanguy Déméautis, Florence Persat, Olivier Glehen, Martine Wallon, Gilles Devouassoux, Abderrazzak Bentaher, Jean Menotti

“…The main purpose of the present study was to investigate whether cell inflammation could worsen after exposure to A. fumigatus spores in vitro and then, in mice, following chronic exposure to cigarette smoke mimicking COPD. …”
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Protective effects of Notoginsenoside R2 on reducing lipid accumulation and mitochondrial dysfunction in diabetic nephropathy through regulation of c-Src by Xieyi Guo, Liu Yang, Xiaoning An, Maofang Hu, Yilan Shen, Niansong Wang, Youhua Xu, Dingkun Gui

“…Results NR2 ameliorated albuminuria, renal function and renal pathology in db/db mice. The activation of c-Src was suppressed in db/db mice and in HK-2 cells exposed to HGPA. …”
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Nuciferine relieves type 2 diabetes mellitus via enhancing GLUT4 expression and translocation by Tongxi Zhou, Guanjun Song, Di Tian, Qinghua Liu, Jinhua Shen, Xinzhou Yang, Ping Zhao

“…A laser scanning confocal microscope was used to track the translocation of glucose transporter 4 (GLUT4) in L6 cells and the changes in intracellular Ca2+ levels in real time, and related protease inhibitors combined with western blotting were used to explore the mechanism of nuciferine. Meanwhile, KK-Ay mice, the spontaneous type 2 diabetic mice, were used to evaluate the in vivo activity of nuciferine. …”
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A novel anti-epileptogenesis strategy of temporal lobe epilepsy based on nitric oxide donor by Xian-Hui Zhu, Ya-Ping Zhou, Qiao Zhang, Ming-Yi Zhu, Xiao-Wei Song, Jun Li, Jiang Chen, Yun Shi, Kang-Jian Sun, Yong-Jie Zhang, Jing Zhang, Tian Xia, Bao-Sheng Huang, Fan Meng, Qi-Gang Zhou

“…The level of nNOS was downregulated in patients and mice with TLE. Nos1 deletion led to excessive epilepsy-like excitatory input circuit formation and hyperexcitation of DGCs. …”
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MicroRNA-208a Dysregulates Apoptosis Genes Expression and Promotes Cardiomyocyte Apoptosis during Ischemia and Its Silencing Improves Cardiac Function after Myocardial Infarction by Hasahya Tony, Kai Meng, Bangwei Wu, Aijia Yu, Qiutang Zeng, Kunwu Yu, Yucheng Zhong

“…The effect of miR-208a on apoptosis during ischemia was studied in cultured neonatal mice myocytes transfected with agomir or antagomir. …”
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Structural Characterization and Antioxidant Activity in Vivo of Polysaccharides from the Leaves of Hippophae rhamnoides L. by Niannian SONG, Yuxin YI, Xiaoping ZHANG, Bo YANG, Mangsier SAINAWAER, Abuduwaili AYITUXUN

“…The HE staining results indicated that HRLP had protective effect on liver and kidney tissue cells and structure damage in mice. The medium dose group of HRLP could increase the number of gut microbiota species in mice and promote the synthesis of short-chain fatty acids in the body. …”
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Preventive Effect of Salicylate and Pyridoxamine on Diabetic Nephropathy by Tarek Kamal Abouzed, Seiichi Munesue, Ai Harashima, Yusuke Masuo, Yukio Kato, Khaled Khailo, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Yasuhiko Yamamoto

“…In this study, we evaluated whether pharmacological interventions with salicylate, compared to pyridoxamine, could prevent diabetic nephropathy in mice. Methods. Male mice overexpressing inducible nitric oxide synthase in pancreatic β-cells were employed as a diabetic model. …”
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Dextran sodium sulfate-induced colitis alters the proportion and composition of replicating gut bacteria by Eve T. Beauchemin, Claire Hunter, Corinne F. Maurice

“…We show that the proportion of replicating gut bacteria decreases when mice have the highest levels of inflammation and returns to baseline levels as mice begin recovering. …”
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Immunoreactivity of the SARS-CoV-2 entry proteins ACE-2 and TMPRSS-2 in murine models of hormonal manipulation, ageing, and cardiac injury by Susan Bengs, Alexia Rossi, Martina Haberecker, Nidaa Mikail, Alexander Meisel, Achi Haider, Muriel Grämer, Angela Portmann, Atanas Todorov, Christof Schönenberger, Caroline E. Gebhard, Gabriela M. Kuster, Vera Regitz-Zagrosek, Catherine Gebhard

“…Our experimental data indicate that gonadal hormones and biological sex do not alter ACE-2 and TMPRSS-2 expression in the respiratory tract in mice, independent of disease state. Thus, sex differences in ACE-2 and TMPRSS-2 protein expression observed in mice may not explain the higher disease burden of COVID-19 among men.…”
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