A fungus-eat-fungus world: Digitopodium, with particular reference to mycoparasites of the coffee leaf rust, Hemileia vastatrix by Adans A. Colmán, Harry C. Evans, Sara S. Salcedo-Sarmiento, Uwe Braun, Kifle Belachew-Bekele, Robert W. Barreto

“…Interest in fungal antagonists of H. vastarix, as potential biocontrol agents of CLR, led to comprehensive surveys for mycoparasites, both in the African centre of origin of the rust, as well as in its South American exotic range. …”
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Immunomodulatory Effects of 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 on Dendritic Cells Promote Induction of T Cell Hyporesponsiveness to Myelin-Derived Antigens by Wai-Ping Lee, Barbara Willekens, Patrick Cras, Herman Goossens, Eva Martínez-Cáceres, Zwi N. Berneman, Nathalie Cools

“…While emerging evidence indicates that dendritic cells (DC) play a central role in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS), their modulation with immunoregulatory agents provides prospect as disease-modifying therapy. …”
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Trichloroacetic Acid Peeling for Treating Photoaging: A Systematic Review by Irma Bernadette S. Sitohang, Lili Legiawati, Lis Surachmiati Suseno, Fadhila Dea Safira

“…Medium-depth peels using a higher concentration of TCA or as combination therapy are effective as skin resurfacing agents to reduce wrinkles. Some adverse effects may occur but usually resolve within weeks. …”
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Assessing the antiproliferative effect of biogenic silver chloride nanoparticles on glioblastoma cell lines by quantitative image‐based analysis by Nathalia Müller, Mateus Eugenio, Luciana F. Romão, Jorge Marcondes de Souza, Soniza V. Alves‐Leon, Loraine Campanati, Celso Sant’Anna

“…The authors’ findings showed that HCA is a fast and reliable approach that can be used to evaluate the antiproliferative effect of the nanoparticles at the single‐cell level and that AgCl‐NPs are promising agents for glioblastoma treatment.…”
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Differentiated effects and mechanisms of N-, P-, S-, and Fe-modified biochar materials for remediating Cd- and Pb-contaminated calcareous soil by Amir Bostani, Xingying Meng, Le Jiao, Srđan D. Rončević, Peng Zhang, Hongwen Sun

“…To investigate the remediation effects of various modified biochar materials derived from different impregnation agents on Cd- and Pb-contaminated calcareous soil, nitrogen (N-), phosphorus (P-), sulfur (S-), and iron (Fe-) modified biochar materials (NBC, PBC, SBC, FBC) were fabricated through the impregnation-pyrolysis method and employed to immobilize Pb and Cd in the calcareous soil. …”
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Alendronate versus Raloxifene for Postmenopausal Women: A Meta-Analysis of Seven Head-to-Head Randomized Controlled Trials by Tiao Lin, Shi-Gui Yan, Xun-Zi Cai, Zhi-Min Ying, Fu-Zhen Yuan, Xi Zuo

“…The aim of this study was to directly compare the efficacy and the safety of the two agents for postmenopausal women. Methods/Principal Findings. …”
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Pharmacological Management of Chronic Neuropathic Pain – Consensus Statement and Guidelines from the Canadian Pain Society by DE Moulin, AJ Clark, I Gilron, MA Ware, CPN Watson, BJ Sessle, T Coderre, PK Morley-Forster, J Stinson, A Boulanger, P Peng, GA Finley, P Taenzer, P Squire, D Dion, A Cholkan, A Gilani, A Gordon, J Henry, R Jovey, M Lynch, A Mailis-Gagnon, A Panju, GB Rollman, A Velly

“…Recommendations for treatment are based on degree of evidence of analgesic efficacy, safety, ease of use and cost-effectiveness. Analgesic agents recommended for first-line treatments are certain antidepressants (tricyclics) and anticonvulsants (gabapentin and pregabalin). …”
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Genetic Markers Associated to Dyslipidemia in HIV-Infected Individuals on HAART by Rosmeri K. Lazzaretti, Aline S. Gasparotto, Marina G. de M. Sassi, Carísi A. Polanczyk, Regina Kuhmmer, Jussara M. Silveira, Rossana P. Basso, Cezar A. T. Pinheiro, Mariângela F. Silveira, Eduardo Sprinz, Vanessa S. Mattevi

“…Blood samples were collected from 614 patients at reference services in the cities of Porto Alegre, Pelotas, and Rio Grande in Brazil. The SNPs were genotyped by conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and real-time PCR. …”
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Fatal Renal Failure in a Spinal Cord Injury Patient with Vesicoureteric Reflux Who Underwent Repeated Ureteric Reimplantations Unsuccessfully: Treatment Should Focus on Abolition o... by Subramanian Vaidyanathan, Bakul Soni, Kottarathil Abraham Abraham, Peter Hughes, Gurpreet Singh

“…In 1974, cystogram showed retrograde filling of left renal tract, which was hydronephrotic. Left ureteric reimplantation was performed. …”
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Comparison of HER2-Targeted Antibodies for Fluorescence-Guided Surgery in Breast Cancer by Solmaz AghaAmiri, Jo Simien, Alastair M. Thompson, Julie Voss, Sukhen C. Ghosh, Servando Hernandez Vargas, Sarah Kim, Ali Azhdarinia, Hop S. Tran Cao

“…We showed for the first time that fluorescent trastuzumab and pertuzumab immunoconjugates have similar NIRF imaging performance and demonstrated the possibility of performing HER2-targeted FGS with agents that possess distinct epitope specificity.…”
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Secretion of S100A8, S100A9, and S100A12 by Neutrophils Involves Reactive Oxygen Species and Potassium Efflux by Mélanie R. Tardif, Julie Andrea Chapeton-Montes, Alma Posvandzic, Nathalie Pagé, Caroline Gilbert, Philippe A. Tessier

“…This study examined the nature of the stimuli leading to S100A8/A9 and S100A12 secretion as well as the mechanism involved in this alternative secretion pathway. Chemotactic agents, cytokines, and particulate molecules were used to stimulate human neutrophils. …”
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Sharing electricity over money: Third-person perspectives on human-robot dictator game outcomes by Andreea E. Potinteu, Nadia Said, Gerrit Anders, Markus Huff

“…Furthermore, the results shed light on the nuanced dynamics of human-robot interaction, enriching our comprehension of how humans navigate social exchanges with artificial agents.…”
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A comprehensive overview of selective and novel fibroblast growth factor receptor inhibitors as a potential anticancer modality by Jain Nem Kumar, Tailang Mukul, Thangavel Neelaveni, Makeen Hafiz A., Albratty Mohammed, Najmi Asim, Alhazmi Hassan Ahmad, Zoghebi Khalid, Alagusundaram Muthumanickam, Jain Hemant Kumar, Chandrasekaran Balakumar

“…FDA has approved four anticancer agents such as erdafitinib, pemigatinib, infigratinib, and futibatinib, for clinical use in oncogenic FGFR-driven malignancies. …”
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Large-scale data mining of four billion human antibody variable regions reveals convergence between therapeutic and natural antibodies that constrains search space for biologics dr... by Pawel Dudzic, Dawid Chomicz, Jarosław Kończak, Tadeusz Satława, Bartosz Janusz, Sonia Wrobel, Tomasz Gawłowski, Igor Jaszczyszyn, Weronika Bielska, Samuel Demharter, Roberto Spreafico, Lukas Schulte, Kyle Martin, Stephen R. Comeau, Konrad Krawczyk

“…Identifying subsets of this prohibitively large space where therapeutically relevant antibodies may be found is useful for development of these agents. It was previously demonstrated that, despite the immense sequence space, different individuals can produce the same antibodies. …”
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“A gente não é estatística” – o teste rápido e aconselhamento para HIV por representantes LGBT by Kátia Bones Rocha, Gustavo Affonso Gomes, João Pedro Cé, Jean Ícaro Pujol Vezzosi, Fernanda Torres de Carvalho, Nalu Silvana Both, Adolfo Pizzinato

“…El objetivo del estudio fue analizar cómo representantes de Organizaciones No Gubernamentales (ONG) de colectivos LGBT perciben las estrategias de inclusión de la prueba rápida para VIH/aids, sífilis y hepatitis virales en la escena LGBT de Porto Alegre. Fue un estudio cualitativo en el cual se entrevistaron 4 representantes de ONG de colectivos LGBT de la ciudad y analizadas mediante análisis crítico del discurso. …”
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Induction of Mast Cell Accumulation by Tryptase via a Protease Activated Receptor-2 and ICAM-1 Dependent Mechanism by Xin Liu, Junling Wang, Huiyun Zhang, Mengmeng Zhan, Hanqiu Chen, Zeman Fang, Chiyan Xu, Huifang Chen, Shaoheng He

“…Mast cell stabilizers as well as PAR-2 antagonist agents may be useful for treatment of allergic reactions.…”
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Afecto, efecto y realismo en las tres últimas novelas de Ruffato by Matias Rebolledo Dujisin

“…En las tres novelas analizadas en este artículo el autor asegura transcribir relatos de individuos reales, donde solo participaría como editor; de este modo se aleja del relato fragmentario que explora la potencia significante del lenguaje y construye una narración simple y oralizada. …”
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Relationship between the Plasma Levels of Catecholamines and Return of Spontaneous Circulation in Patients with Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest by Yumi Ichikawa, Yusuke Sawada, Jun Nakajima, Yuta Isshiki, Kazunori Fukushima, Yuto Aramaki, Kiyohiro Oshima

“…The plasma levels of these agents and the conditions of resuscitation were compared between the two groups. …”
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Electroacupuncture Mitigates Hippocampal Cognitive Impairments by Reducing BACE1 Deposition and Activating PKA in APP/PS1 Double Transgenic Mice by Yinshan Tang, Shujun Shao, Yu Guo, You Zhou, Jin Cao, Anping Xu, Jihong Wu, Zhigang Li, Dulian Xiang

“…Therefore, revealing the underlying mechanism of BACE1 in the pathogenesis of AD might have a significant impact on the future development of therapeutic agents targeting dementia. This study examined the effects of electroacupuncture (EA) stimulation on BACE1, APP, and p-PKA protein levels in hippocampal tissue samples. …”
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Two Cysteines in Raf Kinase Inhibitor Protein Make Differential Contributions to Structural Dynamics In Vitro by Hyun Sang Cho, Mohammad Faysal Al Mazid, Eun-Young Lee, Md Abu Rayhan, Hyoun Sook Kim, Byung Il Lee, Hye Jin You

“…Taken together, our findings suggest that it may be possible to regulate RKIP function by controlling its dynamics with reducing agents, which could aid the targeting of cancer cells.…”
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