Relationship between VEGF to PEDF ratio and in-hospital mortality in acute respiratory distress syndrome patients by Qifeng Luo, Ningning Shen, Jingtian Liang, Xichun Qin, Shoujie Feng, Yuting Chen, Lei Xu

“…Moreover, statistically significant differences were observed in the levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) between the two groups. …”
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Metastatic Basal Cell Carcinoma: A Biological Continuum of Basal Cell Carcinoma? by Karaninder S. Mehta, Vikram K. Mahajan, Pushpinder S. Chauhan, Anju Lath Sharma, Vikas Sharma, C. Abhinav, Gayatri Khatri, Neel Prabha, Saurabh Sharma, Muninder Negi

“…A 69-year-old male developed progressively increasing multiple, fleshy, indurated, and at places pigmented noduloulcerative plaques over back, chest, and left axillary area 4 years after wide surgical excision of a pathologically diagnosed basal cell carcinoma. …”
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Application of a ImageJ-Based Method to Measure Blood Flow in Adult Zebrafish and Its Applications for Toxicological and Pharmacological Assessments by Ferry Saputra, Tzu-Ming Tseng, Franelyne P. Casuga, Yu-Heng Lai, Chih-Hsin Hung, Chung-Der Hsiao

“…However, our results show that heavy pigmentation, like that found in tiger barb, and overlapping vessels, like those in parrot fish, make it hard for this method to perform well. …”
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A Case of Successful Treatment with Unilateral Oophorectomy in a Patient with Resistant Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by S. Pathmanathan, I. Ranathunga, N. P. Somasundaram

“…A 29-year-old female presented to us with oligomenorrhea, severe hirsutism, androgenic pattern hair loss, acne, increased skin pigmentation, and secondary subfertility. On examination, she was obese with a body mass index (BMI) of 29.6 kg/m2. …”
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Clinical and dermoscopic assessment of the efficacy of topical trichloroacetic acid 70% versus methoxsalen 0.2% paint in stable acral vitiligo by Ahmed R. Elshahed, Amr M. Ammar, Abdallah M. Ali, Mohamed L. Elsaie

“…Abstract Loss and absence of melanocytes due to a number of factors is responsible for vitiligo; known to be the commonest disorder of pigmentation. The aim of the study was to assess clinically and dermoscopically the efficacy of topical trichloroacetic acid 70% versus methoxsalen 0.2% paint in stable acral vitiligo. …”
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Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Patients by Marie-Laure Matthey-Giè, Ariane Boubaker, Igor Letovanec, Nicolas Demartines, Maurice Matter

“…Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma (PEM), and other rare skin neoplasms have a well-known risk to spread to regional lymph nodes. …”
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Impact of Vitamin D on Skin Aging, and Age-Related Dermatological Conditions by Sankalya S. Ambagaspitiya, Gayan A. Appuhamillage, Sunil J. Wimalawansa

“…In contrast, extrinsic factors associated with advanced age, primarily caused by exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation, lead to coarse wrinkles, solar elastosis, hyperkeratosis, irregular pigmentation, and skin cancers. UVB radiation, while contributing to skin photo-aging, also induces the cutaneous synthesis of vitamin D. …”
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Exogenously applied ABA alleviates dysplasia of maize (Zea mays L.) ear under drought stress by altering photosynthesis and sucrose transport by Zizhu Jiang, Yu Peng Li, Ping Zhuo Gai, Jinsheng Gao, Lijian Xu

“…Exogenous ABA inhibited bald tip and the decline of maize plant biomass, and increased the number and weight of grains per ear at harvest under drought stress by regulating photosynthetic pigment content (Chla, Chlb, Car), gas exchange parameters (Pn, Tr, gs, Ci, Ls), Chla fluorescence parameters (Fv/Fm, ФPSII, ETR, qP, NPQ), chloroplast structure and function, photosynthetic enzyme activity, and the transcription level of genes coding SUTs (ZmSUT1, ZmSUT2, ZmSUT4, ZmSUT6). …”
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Evaluation of Staining Reduction of Teeth Endodontically Treated with CTZ Paste through the Use of Polytetrafluoroethylene Isolation Tape by Lucas de Lima Oliveira Barbosa, Jaine Viviane Silva, Leopoldo Cosme-Silva, Daniela Maria Carvalho Pugliesi, Patrícia Batista Lopes do Nascimento, Dayse Andrade Romão, Priscylla Gonçalves Correia Leite de Marcelos, Daniel Pinto de Oliveira, Valdeci Elias dos Santos Junior

“… Objective: To evaluate the level of staining in teeth endodontically treated with CTZ paste with/without the use of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) insulating tape and to identify the restorative material which is the most stable to pigmentation under different rhizolysis conditions. Material and Methods: 50 human deciduous incisors were selected. …”
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Diversity of VIr’s collection of <i>Lupinus angustifolius</i> L. in the inf lorescence color by E. V. Vlasova, G. P. Egorova

“…The lupine gene pool was divided into 15 biotypes differing in the anthocyanin pigmentation of separate inflorescence parts, such as the vexillum, wings, and keel, as well as the inflorescence axis. …”
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Automating skin cancer screening: a deep learning by Nada M. Rashad, Noha MM. Abdelnapi, Ahmed F. Seddik, M. A. Sayedelahl

“…Established risk factors include ultraviolet (UV) radiation exposure from solar or artificial sources, lighter skin pigmentation, a history of sunburns, and a family history of the disease. …”
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Behavioral Improvement and Regulation of Molecules Related to Neuroplasticity in Ischemic Rat Spinal Cord Treated with PEDF by Chary Marquez Batista, Leonardo Luis Torres Bianqui, Bruno Bonganha Zanon, Mauricio Menezes Aben Athar Ivo, Gabriela Pintar de Oliveira, Jessica Ruivo Maximino, Gerson Chadi

“…Pigment epithelium derived factor (PEDF) exerts trophic actions to motoneurons and modulates nonneuronal restorative events, but its effects on neuroplasticity responses after spinal cord (SC) injury are unknown. …”
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Molecular Responses of Human Retinal Cells to Infection with Dengue Virus by Jillian M. Carr, Liam M. Ashander, Julie K. Calvert, Yuefang Ma, Amanda Aloia, Gustavo G. Bracho, Soon-Phaik Chee, Binoy Appukuttan, Justine R. Smith

“…Mechanisms of retinopathy are unstudied, but observations in patients implicate retinal pigment epithelial cells and retinal endothelial cells. …”
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Metabolic enzyme inhibitory abilities, in vivo hypoglycemic ability of palmleaf raspberry fruits extracts and identification of hypoglycemic compounds by Jun Tan, Danshu Wang, Yu Lu, Yehan Wang, Zongcai Tu, Tao Yuan, Lu Zhang

“…This study aims to evaluate the potential of FPZ extracts prepared with different approaches in attenuating hyperglycemia, gout, Alzheimer's disease, and pigmentation, to obtain the enriching fraction and to identify the major active compounds. …”
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Morphometric Evaluation of Interrenal Gland and Kidney Macrophages Aggregates in Normal Healthy Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and after Bacterial Challenge with Yersinia ruck... by Michela Gregori, Vincenzo Miragliotta, Roberto Leotta, Stefano Cecchini, Marino Prearo, Francesca Abramo

“…Macrophage aggregates (MA) occur in various organs of fish as discrete aggregations of pigmented macrophages. The study presented herein investigates the quantitative modifications from normal anatomical condition, of interrenal gland (IG) and kidney MA in six treatment groups of adult rainbow trout submitted to either specific or aspecific immune stimulation and subsequently challenged with Yersinia ruckeri. …”
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Full Thickness Retinal Hole Formation after Nd:YAG Laser Hyaloidotomy in a Case with Valsalva Retinopathy by Yasin Sakir Goker, Kemal Tekin, Cemile Ucgul Atilgan, Pinar Kosekahya, Pelin Yilmazbas

“…Fundus examinations revealed a retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) alteration at the margin of the inferior temporal arterial vascular arcade in the right eye and resolved preretinal and subretinal hemorrhages were seen in the macula. …”
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Systems Biology Profiling of AMD on the Basis of Gene Expression by Mones S. Abu-Asab, Jose Salazar, Jingsheng Tuo, Chi-Chao Chan

“…Gene expression data (GSE29801: NCBI, Geo) of macular and extramacular specimens of the retinas and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) choroid complexes representing dry AMD without geographic atrophy (GA), choroidal neovascularization (CNV), GA, as well as pre-AMD and subclinical pre-AMD were polarized against their respective normal specimens and then processed through the parsimony program MIX to produce phylogenetic cladograms. …”
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One-Pot Template-Free Hydrothermal Synthesis of Monoclinic Hollow Microspheres and Their Enhanced Visible-Light Photocatalytic Activity by Bei Cheng, Wenguang Wang, Lei Shi, Jun Zhang, Jingrun Ran, Huogen Yu

“…The prepared BiVO4 hollow spheres are also of great interest in pigment, catalysis, separation technology, biomedical engineering, and nanotechnology.…”
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Correlation between Choroidal Neovascularization Shown by OCT Angiography and Choroidal Thickness in Patients with Chronic Central Serous Chorioretinopathy by Joanna Gołębiewska, Joanna Brydak-Godowska, Joanna Moneta-Wielgoś, Monika Turczyńska, Dariusz Kęcik, Wojciech Hautz

“…All cases of CNV were associated with irregular retinal pigment epithelial detachment. CT was increased in the affected eyes (mean 491.05 ± 91.98), but there were no statistically significant correlations between CT and CNV and PED occurrence (p=0.661 and p=0.614, resp.) and between CT and duration of the disease (p=0.940). …”
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Obarvanje oljnih premazov z utekočinjenim lesom by Matjaž Pavlič, Anja Šporar, Jure Žigon

“… Olja se uporabljajo za obdelavo površin lesa v notranji in zunanji uporabi. Če jim dodamo pigmente, lahko z njimi dosegamo dodatne vizualne učinke, kot so rustikalen izgled, poudarjanje lesnih por, obenem pa povečamo zaščitno sposobnost premaza proti fotodegradaciji lesne podlage. …”
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