Norcantharidin induces G2/M arrest and apoptosis via activation of ERK and JNK, but not p38 signaling in human renal cell carcinoma ACHN cells by Huang Shuaishuai, Tuergong Gulimire, Zhu Hangjie, Wang Xue, Weng Guobin, Ren Yu

“…It had also markedly induced apoptosis and G2/M phase cell cycle arrest in a dose-dependent manner by decreasing the expressions of pro-caspase-3, pro-caspase-9, cyclin B1, and pCDC25C while increasing active caspase-3, cleaved-PARP, P21, and pCDC2 levels. …”
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Tongue-LiteSAM: A Lightweight Model for Tongue Image Segmentation With Zero-Shot by Daiqing Tan, Hao Zang, Xinyue Zhang, Han Gao, Ji Wang, Zaijian Wang, Xing Zhai, Huixia Li, Yan Tang, Aiqing Han

“…Existing deep learning-based tongue image segmentation models face issues such as poor versatility and insufficient expressiveness in zero-shot tasks. This study aims to construct an efficient model with zero-shot suitable for tongue image segmentation in TCM. …”
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Performance Analysis of IRS-Assisted Multi-Link FSO System Under Pointing Errors by Takumi Ishida, Chedlia Ben Naila, Hiraku Okada, Masaaki Katayama

“…Furthermore, we derive closed-form expressions for the probability density function of channel coefficients, average bit error rate, and outage probability. …”
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Diploid aposporous sunflower forms triploid BIII progeny displaying increased apospory levels and non-random genetic mutations by Silvina Pessino, Graciela Nestares, Marta B. Bianchi, Iara Katzaroff, Lucía Amato, Marika Bocchini, Gianpiero Marconi, Emidio Albertini, Ana C. Ochogavía

“…Cytoembryological analysis showed that 100% of triploids exhibited some degree of apospory, with an average expressivity of 61.9%. Abnormal pollen grains and limited viable seeds were also noted. …”
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Poly-L-Arginine Induces Apoptosis of NCI-H292 Cells via ERK1/2 Signaling Pathway by Ya-Ni Wang, Ling-Ling Zhang, Xiao-Yun Fan, Sha-Sha Wu, Sheng-Quan Zhang

“…The rate of apoptosis was analyzed by flow cytometry (FCM). The expressions of the phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2), Bcl-2/Bax, and cleaved caspase-3 were assessed by western blot. …”
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Lonicera caerulea polyphenols inhibit fat absorption by regulating Nrf2-ARE pathway mediated epithelial barrier dysfunction and special microbiota by Yuehua Wang, Ningxuan Gao, Andrea Nieto-Veloza, Lingxi Zhou, Xiyun Sun, Xu Si, Jinlong Tian, Yang Lin, Xinyao Jiao, Bin Li

“…LCP also inhibited the dysfunction of the small intestine epithelial barrier, via alleviating the oxidative stress activated by Nrf2-ARE pathway, and by modulating the expressions of pro-inflammatory factors such as tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-6 (IL-6), cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), nuclear factor kappa-B p65 (NF-κB p65) and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in the small intestine. …”
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Disaster Control of Roof Falling in Deep Coal Mine Roadway Subjected to High Abutment Pressure by Shizhong Zhang, Gangwei Fan, Ling Chai, Qizhen Li, Mingwei Chen, Tao Luo, Shang Ren

“…In this pursuit, based on the mechanical analysis of roadway roof subjected to a high abutment pressure, the mathematical expressions of the setting load and movable column length of supports were introduced. …”
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Multi-Scale Long- and Short-Range Structure Aggregation Learning for Low-Illumination Remote Sensing Imagery Enhancement by Yu Cao, Yuyuan Tian, Xiuqin Su, Meilin Xie, Wei Hao, Haitao Wang, Fan Wang

“…Profiting from the surprising non-linear expressive capacity, deep convolutional neural networks have inspired lots of progress in low illumination (LI) remote sensing image enhancement. …”
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Early Window Tailoring: A New Approach to Increase the Number of TCP Connections Served by Marcos Talau, Mauro Fonseca, Emilio C. G. Wille

“…Its use avoided losses of segments, bringing expressive gains in the transfer latency and goodput and maintaining fairness between the flows. …”
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Nanoemulsion and Encapsulation Strategy of Hydrophobic Oregano Essential Oil Increased Human Prostate Cancer Cell Death via Apoptosis by Attenuating Lipid Metabolism by Haribalan Perumalsamy, Rajeshkumar Shanmugam, Jun-Ran Kim, Gokulanathan Anandapadmanaban, Md. Amdadul Huq, Kamal Dua, Dinesh Kumar Chellappan, Tae Hyun Yoon, Sri Renukadevi Balusamy

“…Furthermore, there is a significant upregulation BAX (BCL2 associated X) and caspase 3 expressions. Nevertheless, OENE decreased the transcript level of BCL2 (B-cell lymphoma 2), thus resulting in apoptosis. …”
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Microblog discourse analysis for parenting style assessment by Zihan Wei, Lei Cao, Zhihong Qiao, Fang Luo, Xin Wang, Junrui Tian, Qi Li

“…On the one hand, our study advances the understanding of how parenting styles are reflected in the linguistic and emotional expressions of students on microblogs. On the other hand, our study provides an assisting tool that could be used by healthcare institutions to identify students' parenting styles. …”
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Resistance of potato cultivars and hybrid clones from the VIR collection to the northwestern population of <i>Phytophthora infestans</i> by N. M. Zoteyeva, O. S. Kosareva, E. V. Rogozina, N. A. Chalaya

“…Economic losses are caused by the susceptibility of potato foliage or tubers to late blight, and both expressions of susceptibility are often not interconnected. …”
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Destruction investigation of foundry sand-liquid-glass cores under compression by Y. I. Gutko, V. V. Voytenko

“…An effect for inhomogeneities of a foundry sand‑liquid‑glass core on its compressive breaking point is presented. Mathematical expressions for calculating a destruction probability of a foundry core containing an inhomogeneity are obtained.…”
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Mechanisms of (Fisch.) Bge. var. mongholicus (Bge.) Hsiao (huang qi) and (Oliv.) Diels (dang gui) in Ameliorating Hypoxia and Angiogenesis to Delay Pulmonary Nodule Malignant Tra... by Ying Guo PhD, Peng Yang MS, Zihong Wu PhD, Sanyin Zhang PhD, Fengming You PhD

“…These include ameliorating hypoxia by restoring blood composition, enhancing vascular structure, accelerating circulation, promoting vascular normalization, and blocking or inhibiting various pro-angiogenic expressions and receptor interactions. Collectively, these actions inhibit angiogenesis and delay the PN-to-LC transformation. …”
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Effect of Intelligent Reflecting Surface on WSN Communication With Access Points Configuration by Mahmoud Z. Iskandarani

“…Also, higher SNR is found when the IRS is at the center or middle lines compared to the corners. Mathematical expressions are developed, and relation between access point number and number of IRS elements is established. …”
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Languages of Written and Oral Communication between Russian Emperors and Electors of the Holy Roman Empire, 1725–1799 by M. A. Petrova

“…Employing the methodological framework of diplomatics, an auxiliary historical discipline, the author utilizes formulaic analysis to examine the mandatory expressions and formulas in the opening and closing protocols of these letters. …”
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Comparing High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) and Continuous Training on Apelin, APJ, NO, and Cardiotrophin-1 in Cardiac Tissue of Diabetic Rats by Mostafa Sabouri, Javad Norouzi, Yashar Zarei, Mojtaba Hassani Sangani, Babak Hooshmand Moghadam

“…Apelin, APJ receptor, NO, and cardiotrophin-1 protein expressions were measured using the Western blotting method in the left ventricle. …”
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Development of a handheld GPU-assisted DSC-TransNet model for the real-time classification of plant leaf disease using deep learning approach by Midhun P. Mathew, Sudheep Elayidom, V. P. Jagathy Raj, K. M. Abubeker

“…Furthermore, including DSC layers enhances the computational efficiency of the model while maintaining expressive power, making it well-suited for real-time agricultural applications. …”
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A brief history of formation of the kalmyk collection in the oriental section of the saint petersburg university scientific library by Vladimir L. Uspensky

“…Russian and Kalmyk parallel texts, as well as Russian texts with Kalmyk translations of separate words and expressions, are valuable sources for studying the vocabulary of the Kalmyk language. …”
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Network pharmacology combined with experimental verification for exploring the potential mechanism of phellodendrine against depression by Lili Hu, Na Wu, Jue Wang, Donghui Cai

“…The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) copy number, inflammatory cytokines and pathway-related mRNA expressions in PC12 cell were determined via quantitative PCR (qPCR) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to verify our finding. …”
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