VDR Polymorphisms in Autoimmune Connective Tissue Diseases: Focus on Italian Population by Andrea Latini, Giada De Benedittis, Carlo Perricone, Serena Colafrancesco, Paola Conigliaro, Fulvia Ceccarelli, Maria Sole Chimenti, Lucia Novelli, Roberta Priori, Fabrizio Conti, Cinzia Ciccacci, Paola Borgiani

“…Genetic polymorphisms in the VDR gene could modulate the expression or function of the receptor and, consequently, alter the effects of vitamin D. …”
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Benign regulation of short-chain fatty acids: the underlying mechanism of the beneficial effects of manual acupuncture on cognitive ability and the intestinal mucosal barrier in AP... by Ning Ding, Xin Hao, Yue Zhang, Yanxiang Zhang, Zhigang Li

“…Our previous research confirmed for the first time that manual acupuncture (MA) can benignly modulate gut microbiota dysbiosis, alleviating the destruction of the intestinal mucosal barrier. …”
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lncRNA NEAT1 Downregulation Ameliorates the Myocardial Infarction of Mice by Regulating the miR-582-5p/F2RL2 Axis by Zhenhua Wu, Yunpeng Bai, Yujuan Qi, Chao Chang, Yan Jiao, Yaobang Bai, Zhigang Guo

“…Both F2RL2 and NEAT1 downregulations reversely modulated the decreased viability and proliferation and the increased apoptosis of OGD-induced HCMs, while miR-582-5p inhibitor did oppositely. …”
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Research on water and fertilizer irrigation system of tea plantation by Xuetao Jia, Ying Huang, Yanhua Wang, Daozong Sun

“…Each of the sensor nodes was composed of a STM32F103ZET6 microprocessor and a CC2420 transceiver module. Microcontroller S3C2410X is the kernel of hardware platform in the gateway nodes. …”
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Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic strategies of Naegleria fowleri Carter (1970): a review of the fatal brain-eating amoeba by N. Datta

“…These mechanisms include the expression of various surface molecules that mediate adhesion, motility, and phagocytosis of host cells, as well as the secretion of proteases and other factors that degrade host extracellular matrix and modulate host immune response. However, there are still many unanswered questions regarding the complex interactions between the amoeba and its host, which limit the development of effective diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. …”
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Genetic mechanisms of the influence of light and phototransduction on Drosophila melanogaster lifespan by I. A. Solovev, M. V. Shaposhnikov, A. A. Moskalev

“…Over the long period of the evolution of light signal transduction systems, many mechanisms have emerged that allow to form an adequate response of the organism to illumination, modulating the highly conservative signaling cascades, including those associated with aging and lifespan (FOXO, SIRT1, NF-kB, mTOR/S6k, PPARa, etc). …”
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Unveiling molecular insights: in silico exploration of TLR4 antagonist for management of dry eye syndrome by Kothandan Sudhakar, Neeru Dugar, Srikanth Jupudi, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuppusamy Gowthamarajan

“…Celastrol, lumacaftor and nilotinib were selected for further molecular dynamics studies for a deeper understanding of molecular systems consisting of protein and ligands by using the Desmond module of the Schrodinger Suite.Results The docking results revealed that the compounds are having binding affinity in the range of −5.1 to −8.78 based on the binding affinity and three-dimensional interactions celastrol, lumacaftor and nilotinib were further studied for their activity by molecular dynamics. …”
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Rapamycin Alleviates 2,4,6-Trinitrobenzene Sulfonic Acid-Induced Colitis through Autophagy Induction and NF-κB Pathway Inhibition in Mice by Zhen Ni, Hao Li, Dong Mu, Juanni Hou, Xiaoyan Liu, Shanhong Tang, Shumei Zheng

“…However, it remains unclear how autophagy modulates the expression of immune response regulator NF-κB and proinflammatory cytokine TNF-α in CD. …”
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Effect of Community-Based Occupational Therapy on Health-Related Quality of Life and Engagement in Meaningful Activities of Women with Breast Cancer by Daiva Petruseviciene, Deive Surmaitiene, Daiva Baltaduoniene, Egle Lendraitiene

“…Women of the experimental group demonstrated statistically significantly better scores in the global quality of life, role functions, physical, emotional, cognitive, and social functions, fatigue, insomnia, financial impact, systemic therapy side effects, and breast symptoms scales compared to the control group participants (p<0.05) after the 6 weeks, as measured by the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire and its breast cancer module QLQ-BR23. Furthermore, women of the experimental group demonstrated significant greater engagement in meaningful activities when applying community-based occupational therapy (p<0.05), as measured by using the Engagement in Meaningful Activities Survey (EMAS). …”
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Automatic summarization of cooking videos using transfer learning and transformer-based models by P. M. Alen Sadique, R. V. Aswiga

“…Finally, to refine the summaries obtained from visual and auditory content, Another GPT-based model is used which combines the output of the frame summary and audio summary modules and give the final enhanced summary. By minimizing the complications involved with traditional and sophisticated methodologies, this research helps with the development of a straightforward but efficient cooking video summarization system. …”
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Multiomics approach identifies dysregulated lipidomic and proteomic networks in Parkinson’s disease patients mutated in TMEM175 by Federica Carrillo, Marco Ghirimoldi, Giorgio Fortunato, Nicole Piera Palomba, Laura Ianiro, Veronica De Giorgis, Shahzaib Khoso, Tiziana Giloni, Sara Pietracupa, Nicola Modugno, Elettra Barberis, Marcello Manfredi, Teresa Esposito

“…Interestingly, we quantified 43 lysosomal or lysosomal-related proteins, which were differentially modulated between TMEM175 patients and controls. Integrative correlation analysis of proteome and lipidome of PD_TMEM175 cellular models identified a strong positive correlation of 13 proteins involved in biosynthetic processes with PC and Ceramides. …”
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The Role of SUMO1 Modification of SOX9 in Cartilage Development Stimulated by Zinc Ions in Mice by Na Xue, Jing Zhao, Jing Yin, Liang Liu, Zhong Yang, Shuchao Zhai, Xiyun Bian, Xiang Gao

“…Our investigation was centered on elucidating the impact of zinc deficiency on cartilage maturation by modulating SUMO1 and UBC9 at both the protein and mRNA levels. …”
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An interactive course program on nutrition for medical students: interdisciplinary development and mixed-methods evaluation by Gonza B. Ngoumou, Daniela A. Koppold, Laetitia Wenzel, Anne Schirmaier, Carolin Breinlinger, Lisa M. Pörtner, Stefan Jordan, Julia K. Schiele, Etienne Hanslian, Annika Koppold, Beate Stock-Schröer, Dimitra M. Varvarezou, Michael Jeitler, Miriam Ortiz, Andreas Michalsen, Wiebke Stritter, Georg Seifert, Christian S. Kessler

“…The main exploratory outcome was the overall module rating. Further outcomes encompassed in-depth evaluations of specific aspects, including content, teaching methods, instructor performance, and subjective experiential aspects. …”
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Ruxolitinib and oHSV combination therapy increases CD4 T cell activity and germinal center B cell populations in murine sarcoma by Ravi Dhital, Yeaseul Kim, Doyeon Kim, Ilse Hernandez-Aguirre, Jack Hedberg, Alexia Martin, Kevin A. Cassady

“…Beyond the cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) and regulatory T cell (Treg) changes reported in our earlier studies, RUX+oHSV treatment modulates myeloid and other lymphoid compartments, including germinal center B cell populations with enhanced activation. …”
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Radiation-induced rescue effect on human breast carcinoma cells is regulated by macrophages by Spoorthy Pathikonda, Li Tian, Clement Manohar Arava, Shuk Han Cheng, Yun Wah Lam

“…Interestingly, RIRE of macrophages could further be modulated by polarisation. The basal RIRE of macrophages was abolished by M1 polarisation, while M2 and Tumour Associated Macrophages (TAM) demonstrated pronounced basal and active RIRE. …”
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A Lightweight Network for Ship Detection in SAR Images Based on Edge Feature Aware and Fusion by Yuming Li, Jin Liu, Xingye Li, Xiliang Zhang, Zhongdai Wu, Bing Han

“…Specifically, to effectively extract edge feature, we introduce an Edge Feature-Aware (EFA) network that incorporates a multiscale channel attention module. Furthermore, a lightweight feature fusion network, Filter-Pruned Bi-directional Feature Pyramid Network (FP-BiFPN), is carefully designed, which can not only suppresses background information, but also accentuates ship targets. …”
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Genome analysis of Bifidobacterium adolescentis and investigation of its effects on inflammation and intestinal barrier function by Bo Li, Bo Li, Haoyu Wang, Haoyu Wang, Haoyu Wang, Mengmeng Wang, Mengmeng Wang, Hewei Liang, Hewei Liang, Hewei Liang, Tongyuan Hu, Tongyuan Hu, Tongyuan Hu, Jinlong Yang, Jinlong Yang, Jinlong Yang, Shangyong Li, Xinbi You, Xinbi You, Xinbi You, Binbin Xia, Binbin Xia, Binbin Xia, Yue Yuan, Yue Yuan, Yuanqiang Zou, Yuanqiang Zou, Yinglei Miao, Yinglei Miao, Yang Sun, Yang Sun, Yang Sun

“…In DSS-induced mice colitis model, the strain significantly enhanced the disease activity index (DAI), curbed weight loss, and attenuated colonic damage. It effectively modulated the immune response by reducing the levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as IL-6, IL-1β, IL-17A, IFN-γ, and TNF-α, while promoting the secretion of anti-inflammatory cytokines like IL-4, IL-10, and TGF-β1. …”
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Diagnostic pathways for breast cancer in 10 International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership (ICBP) jurisdictions: an international comparative cohort study based on questionnaire and... by David Weller, Usha Menon, Alina Zalounina Falborg, Henry Jensen, Andriana Barisic, Anne Kari Knudsen, David H Brewster, Victoria Cairnduff, Eva Grunfeld, Elizabeth Harland, Mats Lambe, Rebecca-Jane Law, Yulan Lin, Martin Malmberg, Donna Turner, Richard D Neal, Victoria White, Samantha Harrison, Peter Vedsted, Una MacLeod, Conan Donnelly, Anna Gavin, Jon Emery, Oliver Bucher, Jatinderpal Kalsi, Chantelle Anandan, Evangelia Ourania Fourkala, Therese Kearney, Marie-Louise Essink-Bot, Sigrun Saur Almberg, Breann Hawryluk, Jacqueline Kelly, Jackie Boylan, Jan Willem Coebergh, David Brewster, Stefan Bergström, Victoria Hammersley, Rebecca Bergin, Alina Zalounina Falborg, Andriana Barisi, Kerry Moore, Maria Rejmyr Davis

“…To explore this association, the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership Module 4 examined differences in breast cancer diagnostic pathways in 10 jurisdictions across Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the UK.Setting Primary care in 10 jurisdictions.Participant Data were collated from 3471 women aged &gt;40 diagnosed for the first time with breast cancer and surveyed between 2013 and 2015. …”
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Assembly mechanisms, not species pool, shape β-diversity of soil methanotrophic communities in steppes of China by Yongping Kou, Zhe Feng, Huan Li, Yanjiao Liu, Yanjiao Liu, Lin Xu, Lin Xu, Xiangzhen Li

“…Notably, the differential environmental conditions (such as soil pH, yearly average temperature, and precipitation) across scales and steppe habitats primarily modulate the intensity of these assembly processes, thereby influencing β-diversity.ConclusionIn summary, our study emphasizes the crucial role of local community assembly in changing soil methanotrophic β-diversity’s geographical patterns, highlighting the significance of a nuanced understanding of these processes for effective conservation and management strategies.…”
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Pioglitazone Attenuates Drug-Eluting Stent-Induced Proinflammatory State in Patients by Blocking Ubiquitination of PPAR by Zhongxia Wang, Tao Zhang, Lizhe Sun, Ruifeng Li, Yuanyuan Wei, Xiaojuan Fan, Zuyi Yuan, Junhui Liu, Tao Chen

“…PIO treatment attenuated DES-induced PPAR loss, NF-κB activation, and proinflammation, indicating that PIO may have a novel direct protective role in modulating proinflammation in DES era.…”
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