Etanercept Suppresses Arteritis in a Murine Model of Kawasaki Disease: A Comparative Study Involving Different Biological Agents by Ryuji Ohashi, Ryuji Fukazawa, Makoto Watanabe, Hanako Tajima, Noriko Nagi-Miura, Naohito Ohno, Shinichi Tsuchiya, Yuh Fukuda, Shunichi Ogawa, Yasuhiko Itoh

“…Vasculitis was induced by injection of Candida albicans water-soluble fractions (CAWS) into a DBA/2 mouse, followed by administration of IVIG, etanercept, methylprednisolone (MP), and cyclosporine-A (CsA). …”
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Gastric Cancer Mesenchymal Stem Cells Inhibit NK Cell Function through mTOR Signalling to Promote Tumour Growth by Shuwei Guo, Chao Huang, Fengfeng Han, Bin Chen, Ying Ding, Yuanyuan Zhao, Zhihong Chen, Shaodi Wen, Mei Wang, Bo Shen, Wei Zhu

“…In this study, we demonstrated that GCMSCs effectively contributed to the exhaustion of NK cells through the release of soluble factors. Furthermore, passivation of the antitumour effect in NK cells was closely associated with their dysfunctional state. …”
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The SsDREB Transcription Factor from the Succulent Halophyte Suaeda salsa Enhances Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Transgenic Tobacco by Xu Zhang, Xiaoxue Liu, Lei Wu, Guihong Yu, Xiue Wang, Hongxiang Ma

“…The transgenic plants revealed better growth, higher chlorophyll content, and net photosynthesis rate, as well as higher level of proline and soluble sugars. The semiquantitative PCR of transgenics showed higher expression of stress-responsive genes. …”
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Regulation of CXCR6 Expression on Adipocytes and Osteoblasts Differentiated from Human Adipose Tissue-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Seung-Cheol Lee, Yoo-Jung Lee, Min Kyoung Shin, Jung-Suk Sung

“…Increased expression of CXCR6 on Ad was mediated by both receptor recycling, which was in turn regulated by secretion of CXCL16, and de novo synthesis. The level of soluble CXCL16 was highly increased in both Ad and Os in particular, which inversely correlates with the expression on a transmembrane-bound form of CXCL16 that is cleaved by disintegrin and metalloproteinase. …”
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Predictive and Prognostic Value of sPRR in Patients with Primary Epithelial Ovarian Cancer by Katrin Kreienbring, Annika Franz, Rolf Richter, Duska Dragun, Harald Heidecke, Ralf Dechend, Dominik N. Muller, Jalid Sehouli, Elena I. Braicu

“…The purpose of the present study was to analyze the predictive and prognostic role of soluble (pro)renin receptor (sPRR) as a biomarker for clinicopathological outcome in patients with primary epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). …”
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Creating burdock polysaccharide-oleanolic acid-ursolic acid nanoparticles to deliver enhanced anti-inflammatory effects: fabrication, structural characterization and property evalu... by Shanshan Zhu, Zhichang Qiu, Xuguang Qiao, Geoffrey I.N. Waterhouse, Wenqing Zhu, Wenting Zhao, Qiuxia He, Zhenjia Zheng

“…This study explored the potential of polysaccharides from Actium lappa (ALPs) as natural wall materials for producing ALP-based nanoparticles to deliver poorly water-soluble oleanolic acid (OA) and ursolic acid (UA). …”
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Validation of cantilever-enhanced photoacoustic particle-size-resolved light absorption measurement using nigrosin reference particles and Mie modelling by J. Kuula, J. Kuula, J. Karhu, J. Karhu, T. Mikkonen, P. Grahn, A. Virkkula, A. Virkkula, H. Timonen, T. Hieta, T. Hieta, M. Vainio, M. Vainio

“…Nigrosin, a well-characterised, spherically shaped, and water-soluble material, was selected to demonstrate the feasibility and precision of the approach. …”
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Simultaneous gains for negatively correlated traits of interest in plantain by Geferson Rocha Santos, Letícia Casseano de Souza Santos, Rafael Nunes de Almeida, Hércules dos Santos Pereira, Inês de Moura Trindade, Irany Rodrigues Pretti, Dimmy Herllen Silveira Gomes Barbosa, Edson Perito Amorim, Sávio da Silva Berilli, Ana Paula Candido Gabriel Berilli

“…Positive correlations between yield and plant height, in addition to negative correlations between these two and the content of soluble solids (SS) were identified. Taller plantain plants had the tendency to produce more, but with late fruit, which were more acid and had a lower SS content. …”
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Structure elucidation, immunomodulatory activity, antitumor activity and its molecular mechanism of a novel polysaccharide from Boletus reticulatus Schaeff by Siyuan Su, Xiang Ding, Yiling Hou, Binbin Liu, Zhouhe Du, Junfeng Liu

“…A new water-soluble heteropolysaccharide with a molecular weight of 15 kDa was isolated from the fruiting bodies of Boletus reticulatus Schaeff. …”
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Melatonin Promotes Yield Increase in Wheat by Regulating Its Antioxidant System and Growth Under Drought Stress by Xue Li, Jia Liu, Cuiping Zhang, Ze Liu, Xiang Guo, Shaoxiang Li, Hongsheng Li, Kun Liu, Kunzhi Li, Mingliang Ding

“…In contrast to the control, 100 or 200 µM melatonin seed coating significantly raised the contents of soluble protein and chlorophyll in wheat seedlings. …”
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The presence of elafin, SLPI, IL1-RA and STNFα RI in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas and their relation to the degree of tumour differentiation by U. Westin, M. Nyström, I. Ljungcrantz, B. Eriksson, K. Ohlsson

“…Biopsy samples of head and neck carcinomas were investigated with regard to elafin, secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor (SLPI), interleukin 1-receptor antagonist [(IL)1-RA] and soluble tumour necrosis factor α receptor antagonist (STNFα RI). …”
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Effect of Irrigation Interval and Corn (Zea mays L.)-Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) Intercropping on the Quantitative and Qualitative Characteristics of Fodder by Saeed Sadeghzadeh Hemayati, Hamed Mansouri, Mohsen Shahsavarpour

“…Quality characteristics included Dry Matter Digestibility (DMD), Water Soluble Carbohydrates (WSC), Crude Protein (CP), Acid Detergent Fiber (ADF), Total ASH and Crude Fiber (CF) were measured and analysis. …”
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Leptin as well as Free Leptin Receptor Is Associated with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Young Women by Nasser M. Rizk, Elham Sharif

“…Leptin has two forms in the circulation: free and bound forms. The soluble leptin receptor (sOB-R) circulates in the blood and can bind to leptin. …”
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HIV, the gut microbiome and clinical outcomes, a systematic review. by Rachel Mac Cann, Ellen Newman, Declan Devane, Caroline Sabin, Aoife G Cotter, Alan Landay, Paul W O'Toole, Patrick W Mallon

“…Lipopolysaccharide was the most commonly investigated marker of microbial translocation across NCD followed by soluble CD14. Short-chain fatty acids, tryptophan and choline metabolites were associated with cardiovascular outcomes and also associated with chronic liver disease (CLD).…”
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Winter stress resistance of apple tree under the conditions of Krasnodar Territory by G. K. Kiseleva, E. V. Ulyanovskaya, T. V. Skhalyakho, A. V. Karavaeva

“…‘Enterprise’, ‘Florina’ and ‘Ligol’, demonstrated higher contents of total water (by 2.5 %), starch (by 9.5 mg/g) and water-soluble sugars (by 19.3 mg/g) in shoots during the winter period. …”
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Collagen Extraction From Bigeye Tuna (Thunnus obesus) Bone Byproduct: Process Modeling and Technoeconomic Assessment Using SuperPro Designer by Abyan Shiddiiq, Elly Septia Yulianti, Misri Gozan, Siti Fauziyah Rahman

“…This study evaluates the potential of utilizing tuna bone byproducts for acid-soluble collagen (ASC) extraction in Indonesia, targeting the biomedical industry’s growing collagen demand. …”
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Photocatalytic oxidation of fuel oxygenated additives in aqueous solutions by M. Krichevskaya, A. Kachina, T. Malygina, S. Preis, J. Kallas

“…These chemicals are water-soluble components of jet and motor fuels accidentally disposed to the environment. …”
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Mechanical Properties of Weathered Feldspar Sandstone after Experiencing Dry-Wet Cycles by Wen-bo An, Laigui Wang, He Chen

“…The mechanism of weathering for the water-rock interaction included three effects, namely, the hydrolysis of the K-Na feldspar, the water swelling of the clay minerals such as kaolinite, and the dissolution of the soluble minerals. The mechanism of weathering for the salt-rock interaction included salt crystallization in the pores or fissures and chemical reactions between the minerals (such as feldspar and calcite) and sulfate, in addition to the above three effects. …”
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Polyethylenimine-Assisted Aggregation of β-Galactosidase from Kluyveromyces lactis by Nedim Albayrak, Rabia Akyol Kütük

“…The PEI aggregation of enzyme led to enhancements in chemical and physical characteristics compered to free enzyme. The soluble enzyme showed a narrow optimum at about pH 7 while pH optimum of the aggregates extended one pH unit toward the alkaline range. …”
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Changes on Sugar and Starch Contents during Seed Development of Synergistic Sweet Corn and Implication on Seed Quality by Bhornchai Harakotr, Warisa Sutthiluk, Panumart Rithichai

“…Seeds were sampled at 4-day intervals from 18 to 46 days after pollination (DAP) and analyzed for seed germination, sugar, water-soluble polysaccharide, and starch. Then, their relationships were analyzed by using time series regression analysis. …”
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