MCP-1-Induced Histamine Release from Mast Cells Is Associated with Development of Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome in Rat Models by Jianwei Lv, Yiran Huang, Shiguo Zhu, Ganggang Yang, Yujian Zhang, Jing Leng, Juanjie Bo, Dongming Liu

“…Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) is characterized by overexpression of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) in bladder tissues and induction of mast cell (MC) degranulation. …”
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Development of a Ten-lncRNA Signature Prognostic Model for Breast Cancer Survival: A Study with the TCGA Database by Wenqing Zhou, Yongkui Pang, Yunmin Yao, Huiying Qiao

“…Differentially expressed lncRNA were computed using the “edgeR” package and subjected to the univariate and multivariate Cox regression analysis. Corresponding protein-coding genes were used for Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genome (KEGG) pathway analysis. …”
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The Impact of Silymarin on Inflammation and Oxidative Stress: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Mahdi Vajdi, Shaghayegh Adeli, Arash Karimi, Vahid Asghariazar, Arezoo Moini Jazani, Ramin Nasimidoost Azgomi

“…Our meta-analysis indicated that silymarin supplementation resulted in a significant decrease in levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) (WMD: −3.39 mg/L, 95% CI: −5.99, −0.79, p=0.01) and malondialdehyde (MDA) (SMD: −1.69, 95% CI: −2.62, −0.76, p<0.001). …”
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Effects of Dietary Starch Concentration on Milk Production, Nutrient Digestibility, and Methane Emissions in Mid-Lactation Dairy Cows by Rebecca L. Culbertson, Fabian A. Gutiérrez-Oviedo, Pinar Uzun, Nirosh Seneviratne, Ananda B. P. Fontoura, Brianna K. Yau, Josie L. Judge, Amanda N. Davis, Diana C. Reyes, Joseph W. McFadden

“…Compared with LS cows, HS cows produced 1.9 kg/d more energy-corrected milk (4.45% increase), with higher yields of true protein (+0.13 kg/day), lactose (+0.10 kg/day), and total solids (+0.24 kg/day). …”
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Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome with a C3 variant following COVID-19: a case report by Masato Ando, Kazuo Kubota, Kazuo Kubota, Saori Kadowaki, Minako Kawamoto, Norio Kawamoto, Haruka Okamoto, Soichiro Nagaya, Yuki Miwa, Hidenori Ohnishi, Hidenori Ohnishi

“…It has been shown that the complement lectin pathway can be activated by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike and N proteins, and the alternative pathway can be activated by the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. …”
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Effect of eicosapentaenoic acid on innate immune responses in Atlantic salmon cells infected with infectious salmon anemia virus by Ingrid Holmlund, Samira Ahmadi, Bente Ruyter, Tone-Kari Østbye, Marta Bou, Tor Gjøen

“…Several biological pathways were affected, including protein synthesis (ribosomal transcripts), peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (PPAR) signaling, and ferroptosis. …”
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The relationship between HYDIN and fallopian tubal cilia loss in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer by Yuanli Guo, Yuanli Guo, Xinxin He, Junfeng Liu, Yanming Tan, Chao Zhang, Shan Chen, Shan Chen, Sheng Zhang

“…Few specific studies have been found in linking HYDIN, a ciliary defect associated gene that encodes HYDIN axonemal central pair apparatus protein, which is involved in the transduction of Hedgehog (Hh) signal and is considered a cancer associated antigen, to ovarian cancer. …”
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The Global Secondary Metabolite Regulator <i>AcLaeA</i> Modulates <i>Aspergillus carbonarius</i> Virulence, Ochratoxin Biosynthesis, and the Mode of Action of Biopesticides and Ess... by Maria K. Iliadi, Maria Varveri, Anastasia E. Kapetanakou, Panagiotis N. Skandamis, Dimitrios I. Tsitsigiannis

“…The global regulatory methyltransferase protein <i>LaeA</i> controls the production of various secondary metabolites in <i>Aspergillus</i> species, as well as influences sexual and asexual reproduction and morphology. …”
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Effects of exercise training on nigrostriatal neuroprotection in Parkinson’s disease: a systematic review by Shahid Ishaq, Iqbal Ali Shah, Shin-Da Lee, Shin-Da Lee, Bor-Tsang Wu

“…It also inhibited the ASC and NLRP3 inflammasome complex and reduced the BAX/ Bcl-2 ratio and caspase-1/3 proteins, thereby decreasing neuronal apoptosis in the nigrostriatum. …”
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Escherichia coli in septic arthritis: prevalence and antibiotics susceptibility patterns by Masroora Ali Khan, Muhammad Kamran Taj, Zahid Khan, Imran Taj, Muhammad Naeem, Saima Azam

“…Suspected patients showed a significant increase in the levels of white blood cells (WBC), C-reactive protein (CRP), and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), notably, these levels were further elevated in E. coli-positive patients. …”
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Neurotoxic Effect of Myricitrin in Copper-Induced Oxidative Stress Is Mediated by Increased Intracellular Ca²⁺ Levels and ROS/p53/p38 Axis by Ignacija Vlašić, Antonio Krstačić-Galić, Anđela Horvat, Nada Oršolić, Anja Sadžak, Lucija Mandić, Suzana Šegota, Maja Jazvinšćak Jembrek

“…In combination with copper, myricitrin also activated caspase-3/7, promoted nuclear chromatin changes, and compromised membrane integrity. At the protein level, myricitrin upregulated p53 and PUMA expression. …”
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Biochemical and yield response of spring wheat to drought stress through gibberellic and abscisic acids by Sobhi F. Lamlom, Ahmed M. Abdelghany, A. S. Farouk, E. Sh. Alwakel, Khaled M. Makled, Najat A. Bukhari, Ashraf Atef Hatamleh, Honglei Ren, Gawhara A. El-Sorady, A. A. Shehab

“…GA3 at 200 ppm also improved physiological parameters including catalase and superoxide dismutase activities, protein content, and proline accumulation. These findings demonstrate the distinct roles of GA3 and ABA in regulating wheat growth and stress responses, providing valuable insights for drought management in wheat cultivation.…”
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Adiponectin Inhibits LPS-Induced HMGB1 Release through an AMP Kinase and Heme Oxygenase-1-Dependent Pathway in RAW 264 Macrophage Cells by Mohamed Elfeky, Ryuji Kaede, Yuko Okamatsu-Ogura, Kazuhiro Kimura

“…High mobility group protein B1 (HMGB1) is a late inflammatory mediator that exaggerates septic symptoms. …”
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Gene Expression Pattern and Regulatory Network of α-Toxin Treatment in Bombyx mori by Tieshan Feng, Ping Lin, Jiao Gong, Dong Cheng, Xi Yang, Quan Zhang, Tingcai Cheng

“…The downregulated genes were mainly involved in the metabolic pathways of fundamental substances such as cellular protein metabolic process and nucleobase-containing compound metabolic process. …”
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The mechanism of discriminative aminoacylation by isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase based on wobble nucleotide recognition by Bingyi Chen, Fang Yi, Zhiteng Luo, Feihu Lu, Hongwei Liu, Siting Luo, Qiong Gu, Huihao Zhou

“…Abstract The faithful charging of amino acids to cognate tRNAs by aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (AARSs) determines the fidelity of protein translation. Isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase (IleRS) distinguishes tRNAIle from tRNAMet solely based on the nucleotide at wobble position (N34), and a single substitution at N34 could exchange the aminoacylation specificity between two tRNAs. …”
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The Effect of Prebiotics, Alone or as Part of Synbiotics, on Cardiometabolic Parameters in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized... by Elham Razmpoosh, Mala S. Sivanandy, Alan M. Ehrlich

“…Results showed high-quality evidence supporting prebiotics’ effects, alone or as part of synbiotics, in reducing body-mass index [<i>n</i> = 853; weighted-mean difference (WMD): −0.510, 95%CI: −0.669, −0.351 kg/m²] and diastolic blood pressure (WMD: −2.218, 95%CI: −4.425, −0.010 mmHg), moderate-quality evidence for weight, waist-to-hip ratio, and triglycerides improvements, and low or very-low-quality evidence for waist circumference (WC), fat mass, fasting plasma glucose, fasting insulin, low-density lipoprotein (LDL), total cholesterol (TC), high sensitive-C reactive protein, total testosterone, follicle-stimulating hormone and free androgen index improvements. …”
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The impact of serum testosterone level to reflect age-related multi-organ functions by Tomoya Shirakawa, Julius Fink, Zen-u Hotta, Yosuke Shimada, Yan Lu, Junhua Du, Kazuhito Matsushita, Satoshi Hori, Hisamitsu Ide, Shigeo Horie

“…A multiple regression analysis was conducted to determine whether biomarkers including hemoglobin (Hb), hematocrit (Hct), luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), albumin (ALB), creatinine (Cre), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), glucose (Glu), C-reactive protein (CRP), triglycerides (TG), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) values were associated with serum total testosterone concentration. …”
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Flammulina velutipes polysaccharide-iron(III) complex used to treat iron deficiency anemia after being absorbed via GLUT2 and SGLT1 transporters by Chenying Shi, Chen Cheng, Xiaotong Lin, Yanfang Qian, Yufeng Du, Guitang Chen

“…The multidrug resistance-associated protein-2 (MRP-2) was involved in the efflux of FVP1-Fe(III) across the Caco-2 cells. …”
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Modulation of iron metabolism by new chemicals interacting with the iron regulatory system by Yoshiaki Tsuji, Jun Ninomiya-Tsuji, Maurice Y.F. Shen, Benjamin R. DiFrancesco

“…Despite the vital role of iron and vulnerability of iron metabolism in disease states, it remains largely unknown whether chemicals interacting with cellular proteins are responsible for perturbation of iron metabolism. …”
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EVALUATION OF POPULATION-LEVEL IMMUNITY TO SARS-COV-2 ACROSS BULGARIA (END OF 2023) by Kim Ngoc, Iva Trifonova, Teodora Gladnishka, Elitsa Panayotova, Evgenia Taseva, Vladislava Ivanova, Eleonora Kutevа, Iva Vladimirova, Iva Christova

“…Samples were tested for SARS-CoV-2 spike protein-specific IgG antibodies using ELISA method. …”
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