Soybean cultivars under the foliar application of a compounded biofertilizer in different plant phenological stages and doses by Fernando Simoni Bacilieri, Roberta Camargos de Oliveira, Ludyellen Cristina Medeiros Santos, Mara Lúcia Martins Magela, Regina Maria Quintão Lana, Ernane Miranda Lemes

“…This study evaluates the agronomic performance of soybeans with biofertilizer (BF) applications in different soybean phenological stages.Method Experiments were performed in two regions and designed in randomized blocks using a 2×4 factorial scheme (two cultivars and four BF managements). …”
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Insights into the tectonic evolution of the Svecofennian orogeny based on in situ Lu–Hf dating of garnet and apatite from Olkiluoto, southwestern Finland by J. Engström, J. Engström, K. Cutts, S. Glorie, E. Heilimo, E. M. Jolis, R. M. Michallik

“…Results reveal detailed temporal constraints for the tectonic evolution that can be linked to major events in adjacent tectonic blocks in both Finland and Sweden during the Svecofennian orogeny. …”
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Effect of hydrophobic corrosion inhibitor on the cement hydration and leaching resistance of shotcrete by Wei Wang, Junsong Chen, Shuang Zhao, Luping Zeng, Jingshun Cai, Song Mu, Jinxiang Hong, Min Qiao

“…In the alkaline environment of cement hydration, the hydrolysis products of organic carboxylic acid esters in hydrophobic corrosion inhibitor reacted with calcium ions in hydration products system to generate nano calcium carboxylate particles, which blocking the micro- and nano-scale pores to enhance the compactness and hydrophobicity of shotcrete matrix. …”
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Induction of Apoptosis Coupled to Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress through Regulation of CHOP and JNK in Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythemato... by Genkai Guo, Yan Meng, Wei Tan, Yunfei Xia, Chun Cheng, Xiaolan Chen, Zhifeng Gu

“…Interestingly, we discovered that 4-phenylbutyric acid (4-PBA), a selective inhibitor of ERS, blocked the apoptosis of BM-MSCs from SLE patients and alleviated the level of Jun N-terminal kinase1/2 (JNK1/2) and CHOP. …”
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Enhanced Proliferation of Porcine Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Induced by Extracellular Calcium is Associated with the Activation of the Calcium-Sensing Receptor and ERK Sign... by Jingjing Ye, Wei Ai, Fenglin Zhang, Xiaotong Zhu, Gang Shu, Lina Wang, Ping Gao, Qianyun Xi, YongLiang Zhang, Qingyan Jiang, Songbo Wang

“…Moreover, Ca2+o-induced promotion of pBMSCs proliferation, the changes of proliferative genes expression levels, and the activation of ERK1/2 signaling pathway were effectively blocked by U0126, a selective ERK kinase inhibitor. …”
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Expression of genes of cytokines, transcription factors and differentiation antigens in human dendritic cells activated by double-stranded DNA by A. S. Proskurina, K. E. Orishchenko, E. A. Potter, E. V. Dolgova, A. V. Spaselnikova, G. S. Ritter, N. A. Varaksin, T. G. Ryabicheva, O. Y. Leplina, A. A. Ostanin, E. R. Chernykh, S. S. Bogachev

“…In this work, the expression of cytokines, differentiation antigens and transcription factor genes has been investigated in DCs activated by double-stranded human DNA (i) without any additional factors, (ii) using a lipophilic agent, and (iii) by blocking TLR9 with chloroquine. Evaluation of the DNA effect was carried out after the 6- and 24-hour exposure. …”
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Effects of Stromal Cell-Derived Factor-1α Secreted in Degenerative Intervertebral Disc on Activation and Recruitment of Nucleus Pulposus-Derived Stem Cells by Jinwei Ying, Zhihua Han, Shishen Pei, Linghao Su, Dike Ruan

“…After the systemic delivery of exogenous PKH26-labelled NPSCs into the rats in vivo, there was a significant difference in the distribution of the migrated cells between the normal and the degenerative IVDs, which might be caused by the different expression levels of SDF-1α. However, blocking CXC chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4) with AMD3100 effectively abrogated SDF-1α-stimulated proliferation and migration. …”
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Vimentin-Rab7a Pathway Mediates the Migration of MSCs and Lead to Therapeutic Effects on ARDS by Kai Wang, Boxiang Du, Yan Zhang, Congyou Wu, Xiuli Wang, Xu Zhang, Liwei Wang

“…Further experiments found that vimentin’s regulation of MSC migration is mainly mediated by Rab7a. Rab7a knockout blocked the migration of MSCs and weakened the therapeutic effect of MSCs in ARDS. …”
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Peripheral Blood-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Modulate Macrophage Plasticity through the IL-10/STAT3 Pathway by Qi-Ming Pang, Rui Yang, Meng Zhang, Wang-Hui Zou, Nan-Nan Qian, Qi-Jing Xu, Hui Chen, Jia-Chen Peng, Xiao-Ping Luo, Qian Zhang, Tao Zhang

“…This effect could also be reversed by blocking the IL-10/STAT3 pathway with Ab9969 and Stattic. …”
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Patient-derived follicular lymphoma spheroids recapitulate lymph node signaling and immune profile uncovering galectin-9 as a novel immunotherapeutic target by Cèlia Dobaño-López, Juan García Valero, Ferran Araujo-Ayala, Ferran Nadeu, Fabien Gava, Carla Faria, Marine Norlund, Renaud Morin, Pascale Bernes-Lasserre, Fabian Arenas, Marta Grau, Cristina López, Irene López-Oreja, Neus Serrat, Ares Martínez-Farran, Lluís Hernández, Heribert Playa-Albinyana, Rubén Giménez, Silvia Beà, Elías Campo, Jean-Michel Lagarde, Armando López-Guillermo, Laura Magnano, Dolors Colomer, Christine Bezombes, Patricia Pérez-Galán

“…FL-PDLS allowed uncovering that soluble galectin-9 limits rituximab, rituximab, plus nivolumab/TIM-3 antitumoral activities. Blocking galectin-9 improves rituximab efficacy, highlighting galectin-9 as a novel immunotherapeutic target in FL. …”
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Effect of EGCG–Methacrylate-Functionalized Resin Infiltrant on White Spot Lesions: An In Vitro Study by Karin Landmayer, Bruna de Oliveira Iatarola, Talita Portela Pereira, Raquel Shimizu Mori, Alyssa Teixeira Obeid, Mariele Vertuan, Daniela Alvim Chrisostomo, Ana Carolina Magalhães, Lulwah Alreshaid, Paulo Henrique dos Santos, Anuradha Prakki, Luciana Fávaro Francisconi-dos-Rios

“…WSLs were created on bovine enamel blocks and treated with I, IE, or IEM. Sound and untreated enamel surfaces were used as controls (C). …”
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Elucidating the knowledge, attitude, and stigma associated with tuberculosis: a community based descriptive study in Wau and Jur River, South Sudan by Peter Michael Marin, Morten Tryland, Musso Munyeme, Ambrose Samuel Jubara, Enock Matovu, Peter Waiswa, Javier Sanchez Romano, Francis Mutebi, David Onafruo, Estella Kitale, Esther Sabbath, Kayla J. Buhler, Clovice Kankya

“…Methods From March to May 2023, a cross-sectional study was conducted among 352 community members randomly selected from residential blocks. A validated structured questionnaire was used to collect the required data. …”
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Effectively alleviate rheumatoid arthritis via maintaining redox balance, inducing macrophage repolarization and restoring homeostasis of fibroblast-like synoviocytes by metformin-... by Rui Zhang, Xingyu Lin, Rongjie Lin, Zhenbin Chen, Chenfang Miao, Yao Wang, Xiaoqin Deng, Jianlong Lin, Shishui Lin, Shaohuang Weng, Min Chen

“…Mechanistically, MCDs restored the homeostasis of FLSs while reducing the level of synovial inflammation by blocking IL-6/gp130 signaling pathway. Combined with preferable biocompatibility, MCDs offer a prospective treatment approach for RA.…”
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Optimizing water resource management in tropical drought-prone regions through hybrid MCDM techniques: A water-stress mapping approach by Suman Mukherjee, Suman Paul, Subhasis Bhattacharya, Aznarul Islam, Sadik Mahammad, Edris Alam

“…Though the entire region experiences water-stress, the central part and some portions of the northeastern community development blocks exhibit higher intensity. Our study advances the ability of water-stress area identification, applying integrated methods and comprehensive geospatial datasets in a water-scarce region.…”
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Insulin-Like Growth Factor I Prevents Cellular Aging via Activation of Mitophagy by Xuwei Hou, Zhaohui Li, Yusuke Higashi, Patrice Delafontaine, Sergiy Sukhanov

“…SiRNA-induced inhibition of either Nrf2 or Sirt3 blocked IGF-1-induced upregulation of mitophagy, suggesting that the Nrf2/Sirt3 pathway was required for IGF-1’s effect on mitophagy. …”
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Selenoprotein S Attenuates Tumor Necrosis Factor-α-Induced Dysfunction in Endothelial Cells by Siyuan Cui, Lili Men, Yu Li, Yingshuo Zhong, Shanshan Yu, Fang Li, Jianling Du

“…Furthermore, SelS overexpression blocks the TNF-α-induced adhesion of THP-1 cells to HUVECs and inhibits the increase in intercellular adhesion molecule-1 and vascular cell adhesion molecule-1. …”
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The Role of Lactobacillus reuteri DSMZ17648 for Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy (Review of literature and advisory council resolution, February 28, 2018) by V. T. Ivashkin, O. P. Alekseyeva, A. Yu. Baranovsky, Ye. K. Baranskaya, Ye. V. Beloborodova, T. A. Kolesov, N. V. Korochanskaya, K. . Lang, T. L. Lapina, I. V. Mayev, M. V. Mokshina, D. L. Nepomnyashchy, Ye. V. Onuchina, R. G. Sayfutdinov, T. H. Sviridova, V. I. Simanenkov, A. V. Tkachev, A. S. Trukhmanov, L. P. Faizova, I. B. Khlynov, O. B. Khlynova, A. A. Sheptulin

“…It was revealed that lyophilizate of this strain (PylopassTM) blocks adhesion of H. pylori to epithelial cells as well. …”
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GEN-27, a Newly Synthetic Isoflavonoid, Inhibits the Proliferation of Colon Cancer Cells in Inflammation Microenvironment by Suppressing NF-κB Pathway by Yajing Wang, Ping Lu, Weifeng Zhang, Qianming Du, Jingjing Tang, Hong Wang, Jinrong Lu, Rong Hu

“…The HCT116 cell proliferation elicited by THP-1-conditioned medium could be blocked by the interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1RA). …”
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Organic Light-Emitting Diode with Color Tunable between Bluish-White Daylight and Orange-White Dusk Hue by Shih-Yun Liao, Sudhir Kumar, Hui-Huan Yu, Chih-Chia An, Ya-Chi Wang, Jhong-Wei Lin, Yung-Lee Wang, Yung-Chun Liu, Chun-Long Wu, Jwo-Huei Jou

“…This also explains why the incorporation of an extra hole modulation layer with a 0.7 eV barrier did not help extend the desirable color-temperature span since excessive holes may be blocked.…”
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A pilot randomized controlled study of integrated kidney palliative care and chronic kidney disease care implemented in a safety-net hospital: Protocol for a pilot study of feasibi... by Jennifer S. Scherer, Wenbo Wu, Chen Lyu, Keith S. Goldfeld, Abraham A. Brody, Joshua Chodosh, David Charytan

“…Participants will be randomized in permuted blocks of two or four to either the intervention group, who will receive monthly ambulatory care visits for six months with a palliative care provider trained in kidney palliative care, or to usual nephrology care. …”
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