Association of CD24, CD27, and co-stimulatory molecules CD80 immunological marker expression on B-cells of human peripheral blood with development of celiac disease by Rahab Abd-Ali Al-Madany, Noor Abdulameer Oudah

“…Thirty-five were identified as having celiac disease, while the control group comprised 25 children with anti-tissue transglutaminase (TG) (immunoglobulin G [IgG]), anti-tissue TG (IgA), and deamidated gliadin peptide (DGP) IgG levels normal. The frequency CD24, CD27, and CD80 expression were measured by flow cytometry. …”
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A Case of Reverse Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Incited by a Spinal Subdural Hematoma by Kyle Sanchez, Steven Glener, Nathan E. Esplin, Okorie N. Okorie, Amay Parikh

“…Troponin levels and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) were elevated, and echocardiogram revealed an ejection fraction (EF) of less than 20%. …”
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Investigating the diagnostic accuracy of vertebral heart score, vertebral left atrium score and thoracic width measurement in cats with suspected cardiac problems by B. Ozdil, T. M. Parlak, M. Arican

“…This study aimed to evaluate vertebral heart score (VHS) in terms of sensitivity and accuracy of ra-diographic heart examination for early diagnosis of cardiac diseases in cats and to compare vertebral left atrium score (VLAS), N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (Nt-proBNP) with thoracic width measurement (TWM). …”

Protective Effects of Gemigliptin, a Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitor, against Cisplatin-Induced Nephrotoxicity in Mice by Seung Hee Choi, Jaechan Leem, In-Kyu Lee

“…Elevated plasma levels of active glucagon-like peptide-1 were observed in gemigliptin-pretreated mice after cisplatin treatment, compared to that in cisplatin alone-treated mice. …”
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Distinct Molecular Effects of Angiotensin II and Angiotensin III in Rat Astrocytes by Michelle A. Clark, Chinh Nguyen, Hieu Tran

“…Most importantly, both peptides were equipotent in causing phosphorylation of these MAP kinases. …”
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Amyloid β Enhances Typical Rodent Behavior While It Impairs Contextual Memory Consolidation by Karla Salgado-Puga, Roberto A. Prado-Alcalá, Fernando Peña-Ortega

“…Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is associated with an early hippocampal dysfunction, which is likely induced by an increase in soluble amyloid beta peptide (Aβ). This hippocampal failure contributes to the initial memory deficits observed both in patients and in AD animal models and possibly to the deterioration in activities of daily living (ADL). …”
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In silico study of Bacillus spB201 amylase through protein sequence inspection by Sameh Ben Mabrouk, Bouthaina Ben Hadj Hmida, Ikram Boukthir, Slim Cherif

“…Subsequently, the analysis of the sequence by the Signal P. program revealed the presence of a signal peptide, which confirms the extracellular nature of the enzyme. …”
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Characterization of the Escherichia coli Antifungal Protein PPEBL21 by V. Yadav, R. Mandhan, M. Kumar, J. Gupta, G. L. Sharma

“…The 16 kDa protein of A. fumigatus targeted by PPEBL21 was identified as a hypothetical protein by peptide mass fingerprinting. It is thus hypothesized that a 16 kDa factor is essentially required by A. fumigatus for survival and its impaired synthesis due to treatment with PPEBL21 may lead to the death of pathogen.…”
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The Role of the Enterohepatic Circulation of Bile Salts and Nuclear Hormone Receptors in the Regulation of Cholesterol Homeostasis: Bile Salts as Ligands for Nuclear Hormone Recept... by Richard N Redinger

“…FXR also targets sodium taurocholate cotransport peptide and bile salt export pump (protein) genes to limit bile salt uptake and enhance export, respectively, which prevents bile salt toxicity. …”
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A Case of Severe Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Treated with Multiple Biologics by Beenish Zulfiqar, Hira Imran, Kathleen Collins

“…There are widespread lab abnormalities including highly elevated acute phase reactants ferritin, D-Dimer, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), creatinine kinase (CK), sedimentation rate (ESR), and C-reactive protein (CRP) as well as markers of cardiac damage including troponin and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP). The syndrome can present in unique ways from classic MIS-C with hypovolemic shock to Kawasaki disease-like presentation. …”
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Impact of glucocorticoids on the therapeutic efficacy of denosumab against osteoporosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis by Jiwon Yang, Youngjae Park, Jennifer Jooha Lee, Seung-Ki Kwok, Ji Hyeon Ju, Wan-Uk Kim, Sung-Hwan Park

“…Similarly, in patients with anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) antibody positivity or those treated with biologic or targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs), although there were significant increases in the T -score and areal BMD at all sites in both groups, there were no significant between-group differences. …”
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Changes in Immunoreactivity of Sensory Substances within the Enteric Nervous System of the Porcine Stomach during Experimentally Induced Diabetes by Michał Bulc, Katarzyna Palus, Jarosław Całka, Łukasz Zielonka

“…Therefore, this paper analysed changes in substance P- (SP-), calcitonin gene-related peptide- (CGRP-), and leu5-enkephalin- (L-ENK-) like immunoreactivity (LI) in enteric stomach neurons caused by chemically induced diabetes in a porcine model. …”
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Prevalence of Isolated Atrial Amyloidosis in Young Patients Affected by Congestive Heart Failure by Lia Millucci, Lorenzo Ghezzi, Giulia Bernardini, Daniela Braconi, Piero Tanganelli, Annalisa Santucci

“…Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), whose amyloid is responsible of isolated atrial amyloidosis (IAA), is known to play an important role in the pathophysiology of congestive heart failure (CHF). …”
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Interaction of Bradykinin and B2 Bradykinin Receptor Antagonists with Colloidal Au Surface Explored by Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering by Dominika Skołuba, Dariusz Sobolewski, Adam Prahl, Edyta Proniewicz

“…Bradykinin (BK), an endogenous peptide hormone, which is involved in a number of physiological and pathophysiological processes, and the potent B2 bradykinin receptor antagonists, [D-Arg0,Hyp3,Thi5,8,L-Pip7]BK, Aaa[D-Arg0,Hyp3,Thi5,8,L-Pip7]BK, [D-Arg0,Hyp3,Thi5,D-Phe7,L-Pip8]BK, and Aaa[D-Arg0,Hyp3,Thi5,D-Phe7,L-Pip8]BK, were deposited onto colloidal Au particles of 20 nm size. …”
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The Mechanism of Metabolic Influences on the Endogenous GLP-1 by Oral Antidiabetic Medications in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Thiquynhnga Nguyen, Min Gong, Song Wen, Xinlu Yuan, Chaoxun Wang, Jianlan Jin, Ligang Zhou

“…As an incretin hormone, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) possesses multiple metabolic benefits such as optimizing energy usage, maintaining body weight, β cell preservation, and suppressing neurodegeneration. …”
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Relationship between Apoptosis Imaging and Radioiodine Therapy in Tumor Cells with Different Sodium Iodide Symporter Gene Expression by Kyung Oh Jung, Hyewon Youn, Young-Hwa Kim, Seunghoo Kim, Juri Na, Yong-Il Kim, Jin Woo Park, Keon Wook Kang, Dong Soo Lee, June-Key Chung

“…., Woburn, MA) using ApoFlamma (BioACTs, Seoul, Korea), a fluorescent dye–conjugated apoptosis-targeting peptide 1 (ApoPep-1). Therapeutic efficacy was determined by tumor size. …”
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Improved plant biomass production under low nitrogen conditions through conditional accumulation of the second messenger, guanosine tetraphosphate, in chloroplasts and mitochondria by Mina Goto, Takanari Nemoto, Kazuma Sakoda, Atsushi Sakurai, Sousuke Imamura, Shinji Masuda

“…Specifically, we fused a chloroplast or mitochondrial transit-peptide to the N-terminus of the bacterial ppGpp synthase YjbM, which was conditionally expressed by an estrogen-inducible promoter in Arabidopsis. …”
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Mechanism of Cytosolic Phospholipase A2 Activation in Ghrelin Protection of Salivary Gland Acinar Cells against Ethanol Cytotoxicity by Bronislaw L. Slomiany, Amalia Slomiany

“…Ghrelin, a peptide hormone, newly identified in oral mucosal tissues, has emerged recently as an important mediator of the processes of mucosal defense. …”
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Rett syndrome complicated by diabetes mellitus type 1 by Yasutaka Kuniyoshi, Satoru Takahashi

“…Physical examination showed signs of dehydration, and laboratory evaluation revealed hyperglycemia, elevated HbA1c, glycosuria, ketonuria and low C-peptide levels. Anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase antibodies were positive, confirming autoimmune DM type 1. …”
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Resonant Young’s Slit Interferometer for Sensitive Detection of Low-Molecular-Weight Biomarkers by Stefanus Renaldi Wijaya, Augusto Martins, Katie Morris, Steven D. Quinn, Thomas F. Krauss

“…We validated our sensor’s low molecular weight capability by demonstrating the detection of Aβ-42, a 4.5 kDa peptide indicative of Alzheimer’s disease, and reached the clinically relevant pg/mL regime. …”
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