Administration of Vitamin D Metabolites Affects RNA Expression of Xenobiotic Metabolising Enzymes and Function of ABC Transporters in Rats by Karoline Klumpp, Frauke Lange, Alexandra S. Muscher-Banse, Nadine Schnepel, Kathrin Hansen, Adrian L. Lifschitz, Laura Mate, Mirja R. Wilkens

“…Although most studies performed on rodents and cell cultures report an upregulation of respective enzymes and transporters, data from the literature are inconsistent. …”
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First report of Haemaphysalis bispinosa, molecular-geographic relationships of Ixodes granulatus and a new Dermacentor species from Vietnam by Sándor Hornok, Jenő Kontschán, Gergő Keve, Nóra Takács, Dat Van Nguyen, Khanh Ngoc Phuong Ho, Tamás Görföl, Yuanzhi Wang, Róbert Farkas, Thanh Thi Ha Dao

“…However, I. granulatus, the Asian rodent tick, has a mixed geographical pattern of haplotypes, probably because it may associate with either synanthropic or wild-living rodents as primary hosts. …”
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A truncated pre-F protein mRNA vaccine elicits an enhanced immune response and protection against respiratory syncytial virus by Min Lin, Yifan Yin, Xiaomeng Zhao, Chen Wang, Xueqing Zhu, Letao Zhan, Li Chen, Siling Wang, Xue Lin, Jun Zhang, Ningshao Xia, Zizheng Zheng

“…Moreover, LC2DM-LNP prompted a Th1-skewed T-cell immune response in female rodent models. Female cotton rats immunized with LC2DM-LNP demonstrated strong immunity to RSV, without signs of vaccine-enhanced respiratory disease (VERD), even in cases of breakthrough infection. …”
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PET Study of Sphingosine-1-phosphate Receptor 1 Expression in Response to S. aureus Infection by Hao Jiang, Jiwei Gu, Haiyang Zhao, Sumit Joshi, Joel S. Perlmutter, Robert J. Gropler, Robyn S. Klein, Tammie L. S. Benzinger, Zhude Tu

“…This study is aimed at investigating S1PR1 in response to bacterial infection by assessing S1PR1 expression in S. aureus-infected mice. A rodent local muscle bacterial infection model was developed by injecting S. aureus to the lower hind limb of Balb/c mice. …”
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Biological sex, microglial signaling pathways, and radiation exposure shape cortical proteomic profiles and behavior in mice by Alexandra O. Strohm, Sadie Oldfield, Eric Hernady, Carl J. Johnston, Brian Marples, M. Kerry O'Banion, Ania K. Majewska

“…Patients receiving cranial radiation therapy experience tissue damage and cognitive deficits that severely decrease their quality of life. Experiments in rodent models show that these adverse neurological effects are in part due to functional changes in microglia, the resident immune cells of the central nervous system. …”
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miRNA-375 a Sensor of Glucotoxicity Is Altered in the Serum of Children with Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes by Lucien Marchand, Audrey Jalabert, Emmanuelle Meugnier, Kathleen Van den Hende, Nicole Fabien, Marc Nicolino, Anne-Marie Madec, Charles Thivolet, Sophie Rome

“…The abundance of miR-375, among the 410 miRNAs detected in human islets, mirrored its well-established role in rodent islet biology. Upregulated miRNAs targeted genes involved in islet homeostasis and regulation of beta cell mass. …”
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Constitutive expression of Cas9 and rapamycin-inducible Cre recombinase facilitates conditional genome editing in Plasmodium berghei by Samhita Das, Tanaya Unhale, Carine Marinach, Belsy del Carmen Valeriano Alegria, Camille Roux, Hélène Madry, Badreddine Mohand Oumoussa, Rogerio Amino, Shiroh Iwanaga, Sylvie Briquet, Olivier Silvie

“…Among various such strategies, the rapamycin-inducible dimerisable Cre (DiCre) recombinase system emerged as a powerful approach for conditional editing of essential genes in human-infecting P. falciparum and in the rodent malaria model parasite P. berghei. We previously generated a DiCre-expressing P. berghei line and validated it by conditionally deleting several essential asexual stage genes, revealing their important role also in sporozoites. …”
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In vivo brain delivery of BBB-enabled iduronate 2-sulfatase in rats by Will J. Costain, Arsalan S. Haqqani, Greg Hussack, Henk van Faassen, Etienne Lessard, Binbing Ling, Eric Brunette, Dao Ly, Hung Fang, Jennyfer Bultinck, Steven Geysens, Gwenda Pynaert, Kathleen Piens, Stefan Ryckaert, Franck Fudalej, Wouter Vervecken, Danica Stanimirovic

“…Methods: Single-domain antibody (sdAb)-enzyme fusion protein constructs were prepared in Yarrowia lipolytica. sdAb affinity and BBB permeability were characterized using SPR and an in vitro rodent BBB assay, respectively. In vivo pharmacokinetic (PK) analysis was performed in rats. …”
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Generation of a genetically engineered porcine melanoma model featuring oncogenic control through conditional Cre recombination by Dongjin Oh, Nayoung Hong, Kiyoung Eun, Joohyeong Lee, Lian Cai, Mirae Kim, Hyerin Choi, Ali Jawad, Jaehyung Ham, Min Gi Park, Bohye Kim, Sang Chul Lee, Changjong Moon, Hyunggee Kim, Sang-Hwan Hyun

“…Abstract Melanoma is a serious type of skin cancer that originates from melanocytes. Rodent melanoma models have provided valuable insights into melanoma pathology; however, they often lack applicability to humans owing to genetic, anatomical, physiological, and metabolic differences. …”
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Large-scale spatio-temporal variation in vital rates and population dynamics of an alpine bird by Nater, Chloé R., Frassinelli, Francesco, Martin, James A., Nilsen, Erlend B.

“…While there was variation in the magnitude of the effect small rodent occupancy had on recruitment, the relationships were predominantly positive and thus consistent with the alternative prey hypothesis. …”
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Superior liver protection in mice fed total parenteral nutrition containing the novel lipid emulsion Vegaven as compared to a mixed-oil lipid emulsion containing fish oil by Eliana Lucchinetti, Phing-How Lou, Alessandro Quaranta, Craig E. Wheelock, Akash Chakravarty, Martin Hersberger, Stefanie D. Krämer, Michael Zaugg

“…Mice infused with 0.9% saline and free access to water and rodent diet served as controls. Tissue concentration of cytokines, indices of whole-body and hepatic glucose metabolism, markers of liver injury, and hepatic lipid mediators were measured. …”
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Shramahara Mahakasya, a traditional polyherbal formulation, induces anti-anxiety activity in hippocampal neurons by effectuating SOD2-mediated protection against oxidative stress by Saakshi Saini, Viney Kumar, Swati Haldar, Samrat Chauhan, Pratibha Demiwal, Souvik Ghosh, Sumeet Gupta, Debabrata Sircar, Bidhan Mahajon, Partha Roy

“…In this study, we investigated the intricate mechanisms through which SM polyherbal extract exerts neuroprotective and anxiolytic effects in cultured HT-22 cells and rodent models. Method: In this study, the chemical composition of SM was first identified using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). …”
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Neuroprotective Effect of the Combination of Citicoline and CoQ10 in a Mouse Model of Ocular Hypertension by José A. Matamoros, Sara Rubio-Casado, José A. Fernández-Albarral, Miguel A. Martínez-López, Elena Salobrar-García, Eva M. Marco, Victor Paleo-García, Rosa de Hoz, Inés López-Cuenca, Lorena Elvira-Hurtado, Lidia Sánchez-Puebla, José M. Ramírez, Juan J. Salazar, Meritxell López-Gallardo, Ana I. Ramírez

“…This study demonstrates that the oral administration of the citicoline + CoQ10 combination may exert a neuroprotective effect against RGC death in an established rodent model of OHT.…”
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Identification of glutamine as a potential therapeutic target in dry eye disease by Xiaoniao Chen, Chuyue Zhang, Fei Peng, Lingling Wu, Deyi Zhuo, Liqiang Wang, Min Zhang, Zhaohui Li, Lei Tian, Ying Jie, Yifei Huang, Xinji Yang, Xiaoqi Li, Fengyang Lei, Yu Cheng

“…Inhibition of glutamine reversed the anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic, and homeostasis-preserving effects observed with combined therapy, highlighting the critical role of glutamine in dry eye therapy. Clinical cases and rodent model showed elevated expression of glutaminase (GLS1), an upstream enzyme in glutamine metabolism, following dry eye injury. …”
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Development of the early fetal human thalamus: from a protomap to emergent thalamic nuclei by Maznah Alhesain, Ayman Alzu’bi, Ayman Alzu’bi, Ayman Alzu’bi, Niveditha Sankar, Niveditha Sankar, Charles Smith, Charles Smith, Janet Kerwin, Ross Laws, Susan Lindsay, Gavin J. Clowry

“…IntroductionMost of what is known about thalamic development comes from rodent studies, however, the increased proportion of human association cortex has co-evolved with increased thalamocortical connectivity. …”
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Pharmacological inhibition of carbonic anhydrases with a positively charged pyridinium sulfonamide phenocopies the neuroprotective effects of Car9 genetic ablation in a murine sett... by Sara Amiranda, Mariangela Succoio, Serenella Anzilotti, Ornella Cuomo, Tiziana Petrozziello, Valentina Tedeschi, Arianna Finizio, Giorgia Mele, Seppo Parkkila, Lucio Annunziato, Giuseppina De Simone, Giuseppe Pignataro, Agnese Secondo, Nicola Zambrano

“…A focus on carbonic anhydrase IX showed that ischemic stress altered subcellular distributions of this enzyme in rodent neuronal populations. Given the enzyme's canonical membrane localization, we implemented pharmacological inhibition using a membrane-impermeant sulfonamide inhibitor in neuronal models of brain ischemia. …”
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LUBAC Formation Is Impaired in the Livers of Mice with MCD-Dependent Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis by Yasuka Matsunaga, Yusuke Nakatsu, Toshiaki Fukushima, Hirofumi Okubo, Misaki Iwashita, Hideyuki Sakoda, Midori Fujishiro, Takeshi Yamamotoya, Akifumi Kushiyama, Shin-ichiro Takahashi, Yoshihiro Tsuchiya, Hideaki Kamata, Fuminori Tokunaga, Kazuhiro Iwai, Tomoichiro Asano

“…In this study, we demonstrated the formation of LUBAC to be impaired in the livers of NASH rodent models produced by methionine and choline deficient (MCD) diet feeding, first by either gel filtration or Blue Native-PAGE, with subsequent confirmation by western blotting. …”
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Amyloidogenic immunoglobulin light chains disturb contractile function and calcium transients in a human cardiac spheroid model of light chain (AL) amyloidosis by Mélanie Bézard, Jean-Sébastien Vartanian-Grimaldi, Julien Henri, Denisa Calin, Amira Zaroui, Mounira Kharoubi, Thibaud Damy, Onnik Agbulut, Ekaterini Kordeli

“…An important cytotoxic impact of amyloidogenic prefibrillar LC oligomers on cardiomyocytes is by now established in isolated rodent cardiomyocytes, simple animal models, or cardiomyocyte-like cell lines. …”
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Analysis of early effects of human APOE isoforms on Alzheimer’s disease and type III hyperlipoproteinemia pathways using knock-in rat models with humanized APP and APOE by Metin Yesiltepe, Tao Yin, Marc Tambini, Hanmei Bao, Meixia Pan, Cristina d’Abramo, Luca Giliberto, Xianlin Han, Luciano D’Adamio

“…These rats were crossed with those carrying a humanized App allele to express human Aβ, which is more aggregation-prone than rodent Aβ, enabling the study of human APOE-human Aβ interactions. …”
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Shi-Zhen-An-Shen Decoction, a Herbal Medicine That Reverses Cuprizone-Induced Demyelination and Behavioral Deficits in Mice Independent of the Neuregulin-1 Pathway by Chao Ma, Yan Wu, Xinyao Liu, Yi He, Yuan Jia, Pei Chen, Dongqing Yin, Yanzhe Ning, Guoqiang Xing, Zuoli Sun, Hongxiao Jia

“…Mice in groups 2-6 were treated with CPZ added to rodent chow for six weeks to induce demyelination. …”
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