Effects of plant- and animal-based-protein meals for a day on serum nitric oxide and peroxynitrite levels in healthy young men by Tomoko Kaneko, Masaki Yoshioka, Futo Kawahara, Natsumi Nishitani, Shoya Mori, Jiyeon Park, Takashi Tarumi, Keisei Kosaki, Seiji Maeda

“…Plant-based-protein meals contained no animal protein. Blood samples were collected in the morning after overnight fasting before and after the test meals consumption. …”
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Sevoflurane Inhibits the Th2 Response and NLRP3 Expression in Murine Allergic Airway Inflammation by Lixia Wang, Binshan Zha, Qiying Shen, Hongyun Zou, Cheng Cheng, Huimei Wu, Rongyu Liu

“…In addition, we analysed the protein levels of NLRP3, the apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing the caspase activation and recruitment domain (ASC), pro-caspase-1, and caspase-1 in the lung tissue. …”
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Dysbiosis of the human skin mycobiome in patients receiving systemic IL-23 inhibitors by Yuta Koike, Sayaka Kuwatsuka, Daisuke Motooka, Hiroyuki Murota

“…A comparison of 9/15 paired samples containing well-detected reads revealed that the percentage of genus Malassezia in the mycobiome fell significantly after treatment with IL-23 inhibitors (before, 29.3% ± 9.9%; after; 8.5% ± 3.4%, p = 0.0137). …”
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Identification of cepharanthine as an effective inhibitor of African swine fever virus replication by Chuanxiang Qi, Jiyoung Lee, Yongqiang Zhang, Huan Chen, Jiaxuan Lv, Zhenzhong Wang, Jinming Li, Xiaodong Wu, Yong-Sam Jung, Zhiliang Wang, Yingjuan Qian

“…African swine fever virus (ASFV) causes highly contagious swine disease, African swine fever (ASF), thereby posing a severe socioeconomic threat to the global pig industry and underscoring that effective antiviral therapies are urgently required. …”
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Chitosan-Based Semen Extenders: An Approach to Antibiotic-Free Artificial Insemination in Rabbit by Francisco Marco-Jiménez, Celia Ferriz-Nuñez, Maria Pilar Viudes-de-Castro, José Salvador Vicente, Laura Lorenzo-Rebenaque

“…Among these, chelating agents, like ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and Chitosan, have shown potential in reducing bacterial contamination in seminal doses used in artificial insemination (AI), while preserving sperm quality. …”
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Effect of acid whey protein concentrate on the rheological properties, antioxidant capacities, and biological activities of bioaccessible fractions in fermented camel milk by Mutamed Ayyash, Abdelmoneim H. Ali, Anas Al-Nabulsi, Tareq Osaili, Gafar Bamigbade, Athira Subash, Basim Abu-Jdayil, Afaf Kamal-Eldin

“…Furthermore, the adhesiveness in yogurt samples containing 6% of WPC was significantly higher than other treatments, representing 6.3 and 6.1 mJ after 1 and 15 d, respectively. …”
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Biocontrol Potential of Rhizospheric Bacillus Strains Against <i>Sclerotinia minor</i> Jagger Causing Lettuce Drop by Lihui Xu, Qinghua Shang, Mogens Nicolaisen, Rong Zeng, Shigang Gao, Ping Gao, Zhiwei Song, Fuming Dai, Jingze Zhang

“…As potential biocontrol agents for this disease, 2 of 31 bacterial strains isolated from soil samples from fields containing <i>S. minor</i> Jagger were identified using in vitro antagonistic assays against <i>S. minor</i> Jagger. …”
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A New Approach to Identifying Red Supergiant Stars in Metal-poor Galaxies: A Case Study of NGC 6822 by Zhi-wen Li, Ming Yang, Biwei Jiang, Yi Ren

“…We also present a pure sample, containing only the sources away from the dwarf branch, which includes 843 RSG, 1519 O-AGB, 1059 C-AGB, and 140 x-AGB candidates, with a contamination rate of approximately 6.5%, 8.8%, 6.1%, and 5.0%, respectively. …”
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Gap junction intercellular communications regulates activation of SARM1 and protects against axonal degeneration by Wen Jie Zhu, Jun Liu, Wan Hua Li, Zhi Ying Zhao, Chongquan Huang, Jian Yuan Yang, Hon Cheung Lee, Yong Juan Zhao

“…Abstract Sterile alpha and Toll/interleukin-1 receptor motif containing 1 (SARM1), a nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD)-utilizing enzyme, mediates axon degeneration (AxD) in various neurodegenerative diseases. …”
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Existent state and removal rate of silver in lead-silver slag during the melt-vaporization process by Shen Y.-Y., Zhao X.-S., Zhang F.-J., Ma W.-X., Wang X.-F., Du X.-Y.

“…In this paper, Ag contained in the lead-silver slag was recovered during the melt-vaporization process. …”
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Inheritance of resistance to maize lethal necrosis in tropical maize inbred lines by Hilda M. Kavai, Hilda M. Kavai, Dan Makumbi, Felister M. Nzuve, Vincent W. Woyengo, L. M. Suresh, William M. Muiru, Manje Gowda, Boddupalli M. Prasanna

“…Inbred lines CKL181281 and CKL182037 (GCA effects for MLN4 = -0.45 and -0.24, respectively) contained the most recessive alleles for MLN resistance. …”
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Effect of regular thicknesses on the microstructural and quantitative analysis for a hypo-eutectic ductile iron alloyed with Ni and V by Colin-García E., Sánchez-Alvarado R.G., Cruz-Ramírez A., Suarez-Rosales M.A., Portuguez-Pardo L., Jiménez-Lugos J.C.

“…Ductile iron contains free graphite nodules within the metallic matrix, which generally consists of ferrite and pearlite in the as-cast condition. …”
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Interactions of the anti-FcRn monoclonal antibody, rozanolixizumab, with Fcγ receptors and functional impact on immune cells in vitro by Omar S. Qureshi, Emma J. Sutton, Rosemary F. Bithell, Shauna M. West, Rona M. Cutler, Gillian McCluskey, Graham Craggs, Asher Maroof, Nicholas M. Barnes, David P. Humphreys, Stephen Rapecki, Bryan J. Smith, Anthony Shock

“…However, with growing evidence suggesting that no Fc-containing agent is truly “silent” in this respect, we explored the engagement of FcγRs and potential functional consequences with rozanolixizumab. …”
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Osteoarthritic Synovial Fluid Modulates Cell Phenotype and Metabolic Behavior In Vitro by Eduardo Branco de Sousa, Gilson Costa dos Santos Junior, Ramon Pinheiro Aguiar, Rafaela da Costa Sartore, Ana Carolina Leal de Oliveira, Fabio Ceneviva Lacerda Almeida, Vivaldo Moura Neto, Diego Pinheiro Aguiar

“…Then, we performed a MTT assay exposing SF cells from non-OA and OA patients to a medium containing non-OA and OA synovial fluid. Synovial fluid from non-OA and OA patients was submitted to ELISA to evaluate BMP-2, BMP-4, IL-6, IL-10, TNF-α, and TGF-β1 concentrations and to a metabolomic evaluation using 1H-NMR. …”
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Azole Resistance and <i>ERG11</i> Mutation in Clinical Isolates of <i>Candida tropicalis</i> by Adriele Celine Siqueira, Gisele Aparecida Bernardi, Lavinia Nery Villa Stangler Arend, Gabrielle Tomé Cordeiro, Daiane Rosolen, Fernanda Costa Brandão Berti, Amanda Maria Martins Ferreira, Thaís Muniz Vasconcelos, Bianca Cruz Neves, Luiza Souza Rodrigues, Libera Maria Dalla-Costa

“…No differences in <i>ERG11</i> expression were found between the susceptible and resistant groups, but <i>MDR1</i> and <i>CDR1</i> were more highly expressed in the susceptible isolates. All the isolates contained previously unassigned diploid sequence types. …”
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A Cameroon Western Regions high-fat diet (MACAPOS 2) induces visceral obesity in rat by Sandrine Nkoubat Tchoundjwen, Armel Georges Kamgang Tchawou, Clémence Mvongo, Adamou Mfopa, Joseph Ngakou Mukam, Paul Aimé Noubissi, Gaetan Olivier Fankem, René Kamgang, Jean Louis Essame Oyono

“…This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a Cameroon-comparable fat diet on visceral obesity in rats.Two groups of male Wistar rats were fed for four months with respectively a normal diet (ND) (3400 kcal/kg of food) and a high-fat diet (HFD) containing maize, cassava, palm oil, and sugar (MACAPOS 2): 35 % carbohydrate, 55 % fat and 10 % proteins (4730 kcal/kg of food). …”
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The APOE∗3-Leiden Heterozygous Glucokinase Knockout Mouse as Novel Translational Disease Model for Type 2 Diabetes, Dyslipidemia, and Diabetic Atherosclerosis by Marianne G. Pouwer, Suvi E. Heinonen, Margareta Behrendt, Anne-Christine Andréasson, Arianne van Koppen, Aswin L. Menke, Elsbet J. Pieterman, Anita M. van den Hoek, J. Wouter Jukema, Brendan Leighton, Ann-Cathrine Jönsson-Rylander, Hans M. G. Princen

“…Female E3L.GK+/−, E3L, and GK+/− mice were fed fat- and cholesterol-containing diets for 37 weeks, and plasma parameters were measured throughout. …”
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Toward enhancement of antibody thermostability and affinity by computational design in the absence of antigen by Mark Hutchinson, Jeffrey A. Ruffolo, Nantaporn Haskins, Michael Iannotti, Giuliana Vozza, Tony Pham, Nurjahan Mehzabeen, Harini Shandilya, Keith Rickert, Rebecca Croasdale-Wood, Melissa Damschroder, Ying Fu, Andrew Dippel, Jeffrey J. Gray, Gilad Kaplan

“…We sought to determine whether DeepAb-designed variants containing combinations of beneficial mutations from the DMS exhibit enhanced thermostability and whether this optimization affected their developability profile. …”
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A missão nos ambientes digitais na perspectiva de uma Igreja sinodal: respostas católicas à “Reforma digital” by Moisés Sbardelotto

“…Conclui-se que tal processo explicita a tentativa eclesial de se adaptar à comunicação em redes digitais na contemporaneidade, que desdobra novos significados para a própria ideia de comunhão, participação e missão, temas centrais nos debates sinodais.…”
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Optimized Model Predictive Control-Based Path Planning for Multiple Wheeled Mobile Robots in Uncertain Environments by Yang She, Chao Song, Zetian Sun, Bo Li

“…Secondly, an MPC optimal controller that considers the artificial potential field model is designed to ensure the smooth avoidance of moving and concave obstacles by multiple WMRs in uncertain environments. …”
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