Detection of serum composition in pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome associated with SARS-CoV-2 and the response for the treatment by FTIR by Joanna Depciuch, Izabela Sieminska, Pawel Jakubczyk, Bartosz Klebowski, Katarzyna Ptak, Izabela Szymońska, Przemko Kwinta, Maciej Siedlar, Jan Jakub Kęsik, Magdalena Parlinska-Wojtan, Jarek Baran

“…Indeed, the obtained medical data clearly showed a decrease of C-reactive protein (CRP) and Procalcitonin (PCT) concentration in serum after the treatment. …”
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Amino Acid Medical Foods Provide a High Dietary Acid Load and Increase Urinary Excretion of Renal Net Acid, Calcium, and Magnesium Compared with Glycomacropeptide Medical Foods in... by Bridget M. Stroup, Emily A. Sawin, Sangita G. Murali, Neil Binkley, Karen E. Hansen, Denise M. Ney

“…AA-MF provided 1.5–2.5-fold higher PRAL and resulted in 3-fold greater renal net acid excretion compared to GMP-MF (p=0.002). Dietary protein, calcium, and magnesium intake were similar. …”
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Regular Voluntary Exercise Potentiates Interleukin-1β and Interleukin-18 Secretion by Increasing Caspase-1 Expression in Murine Macrophages by Ken Shirato, Kazuhiko Imaizumi, Takuya Sakurai, Junetsu Ogasawara, Hideki Ohno, Takako Kizaki

“…On the other hand, macrophages from VE mice showed higher amounts of caspase-1 protein than did cells from SC mice. These results suggest that regular VE potentiates IL-1β and IL-18 secretion in LPS-challenged macrophages by increasing caspase-1 levels.…”
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Volume-regulated anion channels conduct ATP in undifferentiated mammary cells and promote tumorigenesis in xenograft nude mouse by Kishio Furuya, Kishio Furuya, Hiroaki Hirata, Hiroaki Hirata, Takeshi Kobayashi, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Masahiro Sokabe, Masahiro Sokabe

“…Knockdown of the A isoform of leucine-rich repeat-containing protein 8 (LRRC8A), the essential molecular entity of VRACs, using shRNA suppressed the diffuse pattern. …”
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The value of common blood parameters for the differential diagnosis of respiratory tract infections in children by Jun’e Ma, Ting Tian, Nianyi Zeng, Yue Gu, Xuewei Ren, Zhengjiang Jin

“…However, common blood tests is simple and efficient, Therefore, the purpose of this study is to preliminarily distinguish Mycoplasma pneumoniae and influenza A virus infection in children by analyzing the results of common blood tests, thereby guiding clinical diagnosis and treatment.The results showed that, compared with children in the influenza A virus-positive group, children in the Mycoplasma pneumoniae-positive group had higher white blood cell (WBC), red blood cell (RBC), haemoglobin (HGB), platelet (PLT) counts, lymphocyte (LYM) and eosinophil (EOS) counts and ratios, as well as higher concentrations of C-reactive protein (CRP) and serum amyloid A (SAA), while neutrophil (NEU) and monocyte (MONO) counts and ratios, Neutrophil to Lymphocyte ratio( NLR) were lower, in addition, LYM, EOS counts and ratios, and NLR were all more effective in differentiating between the two pathogen infections, A combined analysis of these indicators further improved the differentiation efficacy. …”
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Reduced Activity of HDAC3 and Increased Acetylation of Histones H3 in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis by Yan Li, Mi Zhou, Xiuying Lv, Lina Song, Di Zhang, Yan He, Mian Wang, Xue Zhao, Xiaoqing Yuan, Guixiu Shi, Dashan Wang

“…The expression of class I HDACs in PBMCs from RA patients was decreased in both mRNA and protein levels in comparison with HCs. The nuclear HAT activities were dramatically increased. …”
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Coexistence of Rheumatoid Arthritis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Sjogren Syndrome, Antiphospholipid Syndrome, and Ankylosing Spondylitis by Moshiur Rahman Khasru, Md Abu Bakar Siddiq, Kazi Mohammad Sayeeduzzaman, Tangila Marzen, Abul Khair Mohammad Salek

“…Biochemical analysis revealed pancytopenia, raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP), and mild microscopic proteinuria. The patient was seropositive for rheumatoid factor (RF), antibodies against cyclic citrullinated peptides (anti-CCP), antinuclear antibody (ANA), anti-Sm antibody, anti-Sjögren’s-syndrome-related antigen A and B (anti-SSA/SSB), antiphospholipid (aPL-IgG/IgM), and HLA B27; however, serum complement (C3 and C4) levels were normal. …”
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Structural and free energy landscape analysis for the discovery of antiviral compounds targeting the cap-binding domain of influenza polymerase PB2 by Amr S. Abouzied, Saad Alqarni, Kareem M. Younes, Sanad M. Alanazi, Dana M. Alrsheed, Rawabi K. Alhathal, Bader Huwaimel, Akram M. Elkashlan

“…The polymerase basic protein 2 (PB2) of the influenza virus plays a crucial role in the viral replication process, making the CAP-binding domain of PB2 an attractive target for antiviral drug development. …”
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The effectiveness of different bio preparations on the seed and market quality of organic produced soybean by Dimitrijević Snežana, Filipović Vladimir, Buntić Aneta, Milić Marija, Ugrenović Vladan, Popović Vera, Perić Vesna

“…In the group of industrial plants, oil, protein, medicinal, aromatic and spice plants were investigated. …”
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Industrial Potential of Two Varieties of Cocoyam in Bread Making by Nnabuk O. Eddy, Emmanuel Essien, Eno E. Ebenso, Richard A. Ukpe

“…In terms of ash, CE bread recorded the highest value of 31.4367±1.6159 while wheat bread recorded the highest value for protein i.e. 20.6033± 0.8113. XS performed better in terms of crude fat and energy value of 12.2967± 0.8914 and 371.5367 respectively. …”
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Generation and characterization of the LINC01405 knockout human embryonic stem cell line by Yaping Xu, Hongchun Wu, Jingxiu Jiang, Lingqun Ye, Kaili Hao, Kunjun Han, Shijun Hu, Wei Lei, Zhikun Guo

“…Long Intergenic Non-Protein Coding RNA 1405 (LINC01405), with known elevated expression in muscle, has been linked to a number of musculo-skeletal conditions. …”
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Value-Added Zobo Drink with Date Juice by Prince C. Ojileh, Queency N. Okechukwu

“…Sample ZD50 also had the highest protein (2.23%) and crude fiber content (2.49%). Sample ZD40 with the 60:40 ratio had the highest carbohydrate content. …”
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Systematic review and meta-analysis of colistin plus meropenem therapy for the treatment of nosocomial pneumonia by Hazhir Moradi, Zahra Sadat Sajadi-Javan, Sarah Mousavi, Soodabeh Rostami, Bita Moradi Khaniabadi

“…The outcomes evaluated were clinical improvement, microbiological response, mortality, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE II) score, Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI), Clinical Pulmonary Infection Score (CPIS), C-reactive protein (CRP) levels, procalcitonin (PCT) levels, and intensive care unit (ICU) duration. …”
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Performance Responses and Fillet Quality of Rainbow Trout (<i>Oncorhynchus mykiss</i>) to Increasing Addition Levels of Dietary Supplementation of Guanidinoacetic Acid by Pedro Henrique Sessegolo Ferzola, Judith Ringel, Elena Beneder, Carsten Schulz, Martin Gierus

“…Guanidinoacetic acid (GAA) plays an important role in cellular energy use and protein synthesis. The objectives of this study were to determine the optimal level of dietary GAA regarding the growth performance and fillet characteristics of rainbow trout (<i>Oncorhynchus mykiss</i>). …”
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The complete mitochondrial genomes of five critical phytopathogenic Bipolaris species: features, evolution, and phylogeny by Xinzheng Song, Yuehua Geng, Chao Xu, Jiaxin Li, Yashuang Guo, Yan Shi, Qingzhou Ma, Qiang Li, Meng Zhang

“…The mitogenomes of the five Bipolaris species mainly comprised the same set of 13 core protein-coding genes (PCGs), two rRNAs, and a certain number of tRNAs and unidentified open reading frames (ORFs). …”
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Characterizations of cytokines and viral genomes in serum of patients with Dabie bandavirus infection by Zefeng Dong, Man Yuan, Yueping Xing, Hongkai Zhang, Qiang Shen

“…The ratio of dN/dS in the membrane protein was the highest. SZ03-TXF was a recombinant strain with the location of possible breakpoints at nucleotides 795 and 1,432 in the CDS region of the L segment.ConclusionA recombination event was identified in SZ03-TXF strain. …”
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Plasma Chemerin Levels Are Increased in ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients with High Thrombus Burden by Ahmet Hakan Ateş, Uğur Arslan, Aytekin Aksakal, Ahmet Yanık, Metin Özdemir, Selim Kul

“…Serum chemerin and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels were significantly increased in patients with STEMI. …”
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Experimental Study on MICP Aqueous Solution under the Action of Different Organic Substrates by Huai-miao Zheng, Ling-ling Wu, Kai-wen Tong, Lin Hu, Qing Yu, Gui-cheng He, Zhi-jun Zhang

“…In order to improve the quality of calcium carbonate formation in the MICP process, egg white protein with a volume fraction of 20%, bovine serum albumin with a mass fraction of 0.3%, sucrose with a mass fraction of 5%, bamboo leaves with a mass concentration of 25 g/L, and bamboo leaf-magnesium chloride (Mg2+/Ca2+=4:1) were added during the experiment of different groups of MICP solutions. …”
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Cysteinyl Leukotriene Receptor-1 Antagonists as Modulators of Innate Immune Cell Function by A. J. Theron, H. C. Steel, G. R. Tintinger, C. M. Gravett, R. Anderson, C. Feldman

“…Notwithstanding potent bronchoconstrictor activity, cysLTs are also proinflammatory consequent to their autocrine and paracrine interactions with G-protein-coupled receptors expressed not only on the aforementioned cell types, but also on Th2 lymphocytes, as well as structural cells, and to a lesser extent neutrophils and CD8+ cells. …”
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Evaluating the reflux suppression properties of Gaviscon Infant powder with different milk formulations using an in vitro model of the infant stomach by Fiona McLaughlin, Jeanine Fisher, Mark Atherton, Cathal Coyle

“…Abstract Gastroesophageal reflux (GER) is common in babies and infants and is characterized by effortless regurgitation (with or without vomiting), which is a common symptom of other infant conditions, including cow’s milk protein allergy (CMPA). Various milk formulations are commercially available to help manage GER and CMPA symptoms (extensively hydrolyzed [eHF], partially hydrolyzed [pHF], and amino-acid formulas [AAF]). …”
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