Role of Adipokines and Other Inflammatory Mediators in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Previous Gestational Diabetes Mellitus by Nikolaos Vrachnis, Panagiotis Belitsos, Stavros Sifakis, Konstantinos Dafopoulos, Charalambos Siristatidis, Kalliopi I. Pappa, Zoe Iliodromiti

“…We summarize the data available on the role of these molecules.…”
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Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fibers for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Probes by Xuan Yang, Chao Shi, Rebecca Newhouse, Jin Z. Zhang, Claire Gu

“…We experimentally demonstrate and theoretically analyze the high sensitivity of the HCPCF SERS sensors. Various molecules including Rhodamine B, Rhodamine 6G, human insulin, and tryptophan have been tested to show the excellent performance of these fiber sensors.…”
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GABAergic Neuron Specification in the Spinal Cord, the Cerebellum, and the Cochlear Nucleus by Kei Hori, Mikio Hoshino

“…Although the machinery to specify GABAergic neurons was first studied in the telencephalon, identification of key molecules, such as pancreatic transcription factor 1a (Ptf1a), as well as recently developed genetic lineage-tracing methods led to the better understanding of GABAergic specification in other brain regions, such as the spinal cord, the cerebellum, and the cochlear nucleus.…”
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The Boundedness of Some Integral Operators on Weighted Hardy Spaces Associated with Schrödinger Operators by Hua Wang

“…In this paper, we will first define molecules for weighted Hardy spaces HLp(w)  (0<p≤1) associated with L and establish their molecular characterizations. …”
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Retroviral and Lentiviral Vectors for the Induction of Immunological Tolerance by Inès Dufait, Therese Liechtenstein, Alessio Lanna, Christopher Bricogne, Roberta Laranga, Antonella Padella, Karine Breckpot, David Escors

“…Thus, three main approaches have been undertaken to induce immunological tolerance; delivery of potent immunosuppressive cytokines and other molecules, modification of intracellular signalling pathways in dendritic cells, and de-targeting transgene expression from dendritic cells using microRNA technology. …”
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Leukotrienes as Modifiers of Preclinical Atherosclerosis? by Graziano Riccioni, Magnus Bäck

“…Examples of surrogate markers are carotid intima media thickness and biomarkers including high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, cell adhesion molecules and matrix metalloproteinases, and leukotrienes. …”
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Synthesis, Antibacterial and Antioxidant Evaluation of Novel 1-(5,7-Dichloro-1,3-benzoxazol-2-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]quinoline Derivatives by N. D. Jayanna, H. M. Vagdevi, J. C. Dharshan, T. R. Prashith Kekuda

“…Some novel 1-(5,7-dichloro-1,3-benzoxazol-2-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]quinoline derivatives 8(a–f) were synthesized by reacting 5,7-dichloro-2-hydrazino-1,3-benzoxazole 4 and substituted-2-chloro-3-quinoline carbaldehydes using p-toluenesulfonic acid (PTSA) as a catalyst for the cyclisation. The target molecules have been characterized by IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, and mass spectral studies. …”
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Metabolism of bile acids, liver diseases and microbiome by Yu. V. Yevsyutina, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Bile acids are important signaling molecules that regulate lipid and glucose metabolism. …”
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Schistosoma Tegument Proteins in Vaccine and Diagnosis Development: An Update by Cristina Toscano Fonseca, Gardênia Braz Figueiredo Carvalho, Clarice Carvalho Alves, Tatiane Teixeira de Melo

“…Parasite surface proteins, especially those expressed in schistosomula tegument, represent interesting targets to be used in vaccine formulations and in the diagnosis of early infections, since the tegument represents the interface between host and parasite and its molecules are responsible for essential functions to parasite survival. …”
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Role of Ionizing Radiation Techniques in Polymeric Hydrogel Synthesis for Tissue Engineering Applications by Ion Călina, Maria Demeter, Anca Scărișoreanu, Awn Abbas, Muhammad Asim Raza

“…Hydrogels are widely utilized in industrial and scientific applications owing to their ability to immobilize active molecules, cells, and nanoparticles. This capability has led to their growing use in various biomedical fields, including cell culture and transplantation, drug delivery, and tissue engineering. …”
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Removal of Phenol and o-Cresol by Adsorption onto Activated Carbon by A. Edwin Vasu

“…Desorption studies performed indicate that the sorbed phenol molecules can be desorbed with dil. HCl.…”
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Alternative Argets Within the Endocannabinoid System for Future Treatment of Gastrointestinal Diseases by Rudolf Schicho, Martin Storr

“…These effects are based on the so-called ‘endocannabinoid system’ (ECS), a cooperating network of molecules that regulate the metabolism of the body’s own and of exogenously administered cannabinoids. …”
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Unleashing the potential of extracellular vesicles for ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease therapy by George Chigozie Njoku, Cathal Patrick Forkan, Fumie Mitani Soltysik, Peter Lindberg Nejsum, Flemming Pociot, Reza Yarani

“…EVs are nano-sized vesicles that are non-replicating and carry bioactive molecules that modulate immune responses, promote tissue repair, can facilitate drug delivery and, therefore, hold great therapeutic promise. …”
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Effect of substitution position of aryl groups on the thermal back reactivity of aza-diarylethene photoswitches and prediction by density functional theory by Misato Suganuma, Daichi Kitagawa, Shota Hamatani, Seiya Kobatake

“…This study explores the photochromic properties and thermal back reactivities of various aza-diarylethene regioisomers (N1–N4 and I1–I4) in n-hexane. These molecules exhibit fast thermally reversible photochromic reactions driven by 6π aza-electrocyclization. …”
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pH dependence of the protein orientation in self-assembled bacteriorhodopsin/polycation multilayer films by Tapio Jussila, Meiling Li, Nikolai V. Tkachenko, Sinikka Parkkinen, Baofang Li, Long Jiang, Helge Lemmetyinen

“…The orientations of the bR molecules in the films were studied by a transient photovoltage method. …”
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Bounds of Degree-Based Molecular Descriptors for Generalized F-sum Graphs by Jia Bao Liu, Sana Akram, Muhammad Javaid, Abdul Raheem, Roslan Hasni

“…Wiener (1947) and Trinjastic and Gutman (1972) used molecular descriptors to find the boiling point of paraffin and total π-electron energy of the molecules, respectively. For molecular graphs, the general sum-connectivity and general Randić are well-studied fundamental topological indices (TIs) which are considered as degree-based molecular descriptors. …”
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Voltammetric Detection of Dopamine in Presence of Ascorbic Acid and Uric Acid at Poly (Xylenol Orange) Film-Coated Graphite Pencil Electrode by Umesh Chandra, B. E. Kumara Swamy, Ongera Gilbert, B. S. Sherigara

“…The simultaneous study gave and excellent result with great potential difference between dopamine and other bioactive organic molecules by using both cyclic voltammetric and differential pulse voltammetric techniques. …”
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Why natural drugs being attracted to treat oral cancer? – Highlights from “Oral oncology reports” by Vinothini Gunasekaran, Palanivel Sathishkumar

“…Overall, this study highlights that carotenoid (astaxanthin), alkaloids (piperine), polyphenols (epigallocatechin-3-gallate), flavanoids (genistein and quercetin), probiotic molecules (bacteriocin and extracellular polysaccharides), and marine peptides might be a promising natural drug for the treatment of oral cancer cells. …”
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Synthesis and X-Ray Crystal Structure of (1E)-1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-N-hydroxy-3-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)propan-1-imine by Mohamed I. Attia, Hazem A. Ghabbour, Maha S. Almutairi, Soraya W. Ghoneim, Hatem A. Abdel-Aziz, Hoong-Kun Fun

“…The compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/c with a=13.4292 (3) Å, b=8.8343 (2) Å, c=11.1797 (3) Å, α=90°, β=108.873 (2)°, γ=90°, V=1255.03 (5) Å3, and Z=4. The molecules are packed in crystal structure by weak intermolecular O–H⋯N hydrogen bonding interactions. …”
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Natural compounds from medicinal plants against COVID-19 by Anton Kolodnitsky, Nikita Ionov, Irina Gravel, Vladimir Poroikov

“…Also, this work highlighted the most active molecules and discussed the possibility of using some compounds in clinical practice.…”
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