Esophageal Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection Assisted by an Overtube with a Traction Forceps: An Animal Study by Ken Ohata, Kuangi Fu, Eiji Sakai, Kouichi Nonaka, Tomoaki Tashima, Yohei Minato, Akiko Ohno, Takafumi Ito, Yosuke Tsuji, Hideyuki Chiba, Makoto Yamawaki, Hideyuki Hemmi, Teruo Nakaya, Junichi Fukushima, Nobuyuki Matsuhashi

“…After circumferential mucosal incision for the target lesion, structured as the isolated pig esophagus 3 cm long, either C-ESD or OTF-ESD was randomly selected for submucosal dissection. …”
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Retinoic Acid Signal Negatively Regulates Osteo/Odontogenic Differentiation of Dental Pulp Stem Cells by Jiangyi Wang, Guoqing Li, Lei Hu, Fei Yan, Bin Zhao, Xiaoshan Wu, Chunmei Zhang, Jinsong Wang, Juan Du, Songlin Wang

“…Here, we investigated the expression pattern of RA in miniature pig tooth germ and intervened in the RA signal during osteo/odontogenic differentiation of human DPSCs. …”
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Effect of Biogas Slurry on the Nutrient Cycling and Micro-organisms Community in Two Types of Soil by Pengcheng Li, Dongqi Jiang, Shuqiang Wang, Xianying Zhang, Yulan Zhang, Yonghuan Wang, Zhenhua Chen, Nan Jiang

“…The biogas slurry (BS) generated through the anaerobic fermentation of biogas in pig farms is extensively employed as an organic fertilizer in Northeast China. …”
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The viability of treated piggery wastewater for reuse in agricultural irrigation by Viviane F Velho, Rodrigo A Mohedano, Paulo Belli Filho, Rejane HR Costa

“…The reuse of this treated effluent can reduce pig manure impacts on the environment and water resources.…”
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Functional and structural characterization of mouse Factor H-related B protein unveils a novel dimerization domain shared by FHR-B and FH by Adrián Martín-Ambrosio Doménech, Silvia González Sanz, Bárbara Márquez Tirado, Lucia Juana-López, Elena Goicoechea de Jorge, Santiago Rodríguez de Córdoba, Héctor Martín Merinero

“…It also competes with mouse Factor H (mFH) for binding to C3b-coated surfaces and disrupts mFH regulation in hemolysis assays with sheep and guinea pig erythrocytes. These functions are localized to the C-terminal region and are dependent on FHR-B dimerization. …”
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Development of fully-resorption replacement paste-like organic/inorganic artificial bones compatible with bone remodeling cycles by Yuki Kamaya, Shiori Kato, Kazuaki Nakano, Masaki Nagaya, Hiroshi Nagashima, Mamoru Aizawa

“…Cytotoxicity tests using Transwell® demonstrated cell growth in all cement specimens. In a pig tibia model, the amount of PLGA particle of 5 mass%, 10 mass%, and 20 mass% were tested to optimize material resorption and bone formation, compared with commercial HAp-based CPCs. …”
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Coccidia Species and Geographical Distribution in Genus <i>Sus:</i> A Scoping Review by Hongyu Han, Hui Dong, Qiping Zhao, Shunhai Zhu, Bing Huang

“…Coccidiosis is a common cause of diarrhea in suckling piglets worldwide that directly reduces piglets’ immunity and increases the risk of infection with other enteropathogens, leading to increased clinical infection and mortality and consequent economic losses in the global pig industry. We searched the available literature to date, including English and Chinese articles, using six electronic bibliographic databases, including PubMed, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, CNKI, VIP Chinese Journal Database, and Wanfang Data. …”
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Validation of a Real Time PCR for Classical Swine Fever Diagnosis by Natanael Lamas Dias, Antônio Augusto Fonseca Júnior, Anapolino Macedo Oliveira, Érica Bravo Sales, Bruna Rios Coelho Alves, Fernanda Alves Dorella, Marcelo Fernandes Camargos

“…The analysis of the 5′NTR region of CSF virus was performed in 145 samples from 29 infected pigs and in 240 samples from 80 pigs originated in the Brazilian CSF-free zone. …”
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Transcriptome analysis of 3D4/21 cells expressing CSFV NS4B by Wang Dong, Huifang Lv, Yuzhen Song, Yujin Lv, Xiapeng Xu, Huiyuan Jing, Zhifeng Peng, Xinghui Song, Yongbin Guo

“…Classical swine fever (CSF) caused by classical swine fever virus (CSFV) has resulted in severe losses to the pig industry worldwide. CSFV non-structural protein 4B (NS4B) plays a crucial role in CSFV replication and pathogenicity. …”
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Identification of Adulterated Deer Blood Crystals in Traditional Chinese Medicine Based on MALDI-TOF MS Peptide Fingerprints Technique by Shen-xing WANG, Ling CAO, Qing HUANG, Cong-yu MA, Jian-bin PAN, Hao-dong ZHAO, Hai-wei SHI, Bin DI, Hong-yuan CHEN

“…This study was focused on analyzing blood crystal products from six species of Chinese medicine deer blood crystals (sika deer, red deer) and commonly adulterated products (pig, cow, sheep, donkey). A method based on matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) combined with chemometric blood analysis was established to identify adulteration in deer blood crystals used in traditional Chinese medicine. …”
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Research note: A low-density SNP genotyping panel for Chinese native chickens by Jie Wang, Siyuan Xing, Yan Zhou, Jie Liu, Yan Sun, Qiuxia Lei, Haixia Han, Wei Liu, Dapeng Li, Fuwei Li, Dingguo Cao

“…The efficiency of molecular breeding largely depends on the cost of genotyping, which plays an important role in breeding and population genetic studies. Compared to pig, cattle, and sheep, poultry has a small size genome, and lower individual value. …”
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Biological Characteristics and Whole-Genome Analysis of a Porcine <i>E. coli</i> Phage by Shenghui Wan, Nana Li, Sajid Habib, Pei Zheng, Yanfang Li, Yan Liang, Yonggang Qu

“…(1) Background: In recent years, the increasing emergence of multidrug-resistant pathogens in pig farms has begun to pose a severe threat to animal welfare and, by extension, public health. …”
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Anti-Ebola virus mAb 3A6 protects highly viremic animals from fatal outcome via binding GP(1,2) in a position elevated from the virion membrane by Kathryn M. Hastie, Zhe Li Salie, Zunlong Ke, Peter J. Halfmann, Lisa Evans DeWald, Sara McArdle, Ariadna Grinyó, Edgar Davidson, Sharon L. Schendel, Chitra Hariharan, Michael J. Norris, Xiaoying Yu, Chakravarthy Chennareddy, Xiaoli Xiong, Megan Heinrich, Michael R. Holbrook, Benjamin Doranz, Ian Crozier, Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Luis M. Branco, Jens H. Kuhn, John A. G. Briggs, Gabriella Worwa, Carl W. Davis, Rafi Ahmed, Erica Ollmann Saphire

“…We further show that in both domestic guinea pig and rhesus monkey EVD models, 3A6 provides therapeutic benefit at high-viremia advanced disease stages and at the lowest dose yet demonstrated for any anti-EBOV mAb-based monotherapy. …”
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Les vestiges fauniques de la rue Lecointre à Reims/Durocortorum : une carrière utilisée comme dépotoir by Frédéric Poupon

“…A majority of them are associated with food production, represented by an abundance of pig remains (at the expense of goat remains), and associated with secondary waste materials, represented by poultry and game remains. …”
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From structure prediction to function: defining the domain on the African swine fever virus CD2v protein required for binding to erythrocytes by Ana Luisa Reis, Anusyah Rathakrishnan, Vlad Petrovan, Muneeb Islam, Lynnette Goatley, Katy Moffat, Mai Tuyet Vuong, Yuan Lui, Simon J. Davis, Shinji Ikemizu, Linda K. Dixon

“…African swine fever, a pig disease with fatality rates approaching 100%, causes very substantial economic losses in affected countries, and new control measures are clearly needed. …”
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Le temple polygonal de la rue Lecointre à Reims/Durocortorum by Sébastien Péchart, Frédéric Poupon

“…The unusual quantity of pig bones suggests the remains of a banquet. Although it is difficult to determine the actual importance of cult or funerary activities carried out on the site during the late La Tène period, the chronological sequence of evidence, in particular the construction of a polygonal temple with a centered plan in the last third of the 1st c. …”
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Engineering a live-attenuated porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus vaccine to prevent RNA recombination by rewiring transcriptional regulatory sequences by Liwei Li, Jinxia Chen, Zhengda Cao, Ziqiang Guo, Jiachen Liu, Yanjun Zhou, Guangzhi Tong, Fei Gao

“…However, owing to the wide variety of live vaccines, non-standard use, and the wild viruses prevalent on pig farms, new strains, generated via RNA recombination, are continuously emerging. …”
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Systematic identification of secondary bile acid production genes in global microbiome by Yuwei Yang, Wenxing Gao, Ruixin Zhu, Liwen Tao, Wanning Chen, Xinyue Zhu, Mengping Shen, Tingjun Xu, Tingting Zhao, Xiaobai Zhang, Lixin Zhu, Na Jiao

“…Additionally, we proposed the pig as a particularly suitable animal model for investigating secondary bile acid production in humans, given its closely aligned secondary bile acid production gene composition. …”
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<i>Limosilactobacillus reuteri</i> ZY15 Alleviates Intestinal Inflammation and Barrier Dysfunction via AKT/mTOR/HIF-1α/RORγt/IL-17 Signaling and the Gut Microbiota in ETEC K88-Chal... by Xin Xu, Hongwei Zhang, Kun Meng, Hongying Cai, Weiwei Liu, Liye Song, Zihan Zhang, Qijun Zhu, Xiling Han, Yunsheng Han, Peilong Yang

“…This study investigates the mechanisms by which <i>L. reuteri</i> ZY15, isolated from healthy pig feces, mitigates intestinal barrier damage and inflammation caused by oxidative stress in Enterotoxigenic <i>Escherichia coli</i> (ETEC) K88-challenged mice. …”
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Contextual Vulnerability Should Guide Fair Subject Selection in Xenotransplantation Clinical Trials by Gianna Strand

“…“What Does the First Successful Test of a Pig-to-Human Kidney Transplant Mean?,” ScienceNews, October 22, 2021, https://www.sciencenews.org/article/xenotransplantation-pig-human-kidney-transplant.; Koplon, S. …”
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