5-Methoxytryptophan Alleviates Dextran Sulfate Sodium-Induced Colitis by Inhibiting the Intestinal Epithelial Damage and Inflammatory Response by Yanling Wang, Jun Li, Qinyuan Yang, Zhenhang Zhu, Fang Cheng, Xiangyan Ai, Yang Liu, Dongbao Zhao, Futao Zhao, Peng Cheng

“…The primary factors leading to colitis encompass infections, insufficient blood flow, and the buildup of collagen as well as white blood cells. …”
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Effects of Selenium Supplement on B Lymphocyte Activity in Experimental Autoimmune Thyroiditis Rats by Yang Li, Xinhe Zuo, Chuan Hua, Yong Zhao, Xun Pei, Man Tian

“…B cells and regulatory B cells (Bregs) ratios in the spleen of rats were analyzed by flow cytometry. Results. In contrast with the EAT model group, the levels of serum TSH, TGAB, TPOAb, and BAFF were decreased, while IL-10 expression was increased in thyroid tissue, and Bregs ratio was upregulated in the spleen (all p<0.05) in the selenium yeast supplement EAT group. …”
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Impact of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Implantation of Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump on the Outcome of an Acute Total Obstruction of the Left Main Coronary Artery by Hamza Hamayel, Yahya Ismail, Sajed Majadla, Yousef Hamshari, Yunis Daralammouri

“…An intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) was applied which improved his hemodynamic status and enhanced his coronary flow. He is clinically improved, there was resolution of ST elevation, and cardiogenic shock gradually resolved. …”
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Modulation of Physical and Thermal Properties in Wild Banana (Musa balbisiana Colla) Seed Powder by Moisture Variations by Murlidhar Meghwal, Chitra Lekhwar, Yogesh Kumar, Vivek Kumar, Rajat Suhag, Pramod K. Prabhakar

“…Engineering and flow properties of banana seed powder as a function of moisture content are important for processing, handling, packaging, and transport processes. …”
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Clinical Comparison of QUANTA Flash dsDNA Chemiluminescent Immunoassay with Four Current Assays for the Detection of Anti-dsDNA Autoantibodies by Maria Infantino, Francesca Meacci, Chelsea Bentow, Peter Martis, Maurizio Benucci, Antonella Afeltra, Amelia Rigon, Fabiola Atzeni, Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini, Mariangela Manfredi, Michael Mahler

“…In the first part of the study, 161 samples, 61 from patients suffering from systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and 100 from a disease control group, were tested by QUANTA Flash dsDNA CIA, QUANTA Lite dsDNA SC ELISA, BioPlex 2200 multiplex flow immunoassay (MFI), ImmuLisa dsDNA ELISA, and NOVA Lite CLIFT. …”
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DNA Ploidy and S-Phase Fraction in Carcinoma of the Gallbladder Related to Histopathology, Number of Gallstones and Survival 1 by Ulf Gustafsson, Curt Einarsson, Lennart C. Eriksson, Virgil Gadaleanu, Staffan Sahlin, Bernhard Tribukait

“…We studied DNA ploidy and cell cycle composition by flow cytometry in archival specimens from 52 gall bladder carcinomas in relation to histopathological grade, tumour stage, gallstone number and survival. 69% of the gallbladder carcinomas showed aneuploidy. …”
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FastEEC: Fast evaluation of N-point energy correlators by Ankita Budhraja, Wouter J. Waalewijn

“…Energy correlators characterize the asymptotic energy flow in scattering events produced at colliders, from which the microscopic physics of the scattering can be deduced. …”
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Effect of Silt and Clay Fraction Content on Frost Heave of Fine-Grained Soils by WITEK-ZIELONKA Kinga, PARYLAK Krzysztof, KILIAN Wojciech, ZIELONKA Łukasz

“…The tests were carried out in an open-system test, i.e. with the possibility of water flowing into the freezing zone. The total freezing process was carried out at -10°C and lasted 160 hours. …”
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Comparing Effects of BK Virus Agnoprotein and Herpes Simplex-1 ICP47 on MHC-I and MHC-II Expression by Michela Cioni, Christian Mittelholzer, Marion Wernli, Hans H. Hirsch

“…EGFP-gated cells were analyzed for HLA-ABC and HLA-DR expression by flow cytometry. HLA-ABC and HLA-DR expression was also analyzed on UTA-6 bearing tetracycline-regulated agnoprotein or ICP47. …”
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Explanatory factors of Eurozone equity ETF tracking error by Josip Arnerić, Luka Osojnik

“…Unlike a single-regime model, Markov switching exhibits a negative relationship between the net flows and tracking error, as expected. The effect of premium/discount seems to be both positive and negative, but a weaker influence was found during a bearish regime due to herding behavior of investors or higher trading costs. …”
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Analysis of Melanin Concentration on Reflective Pulse Oximetry Using Monte Carlo Simulations by Maximilian Reiser, Oliver Amft, Andreas Breidenassel

“…We model a reflective pulse oximeter and analyse the perfusion index (PI), to represent the signal change due varying blood flow during systole and diastole. Moreover, we derive the ratio-of-ratios (RoR), to represent the absorption difference between PIs of different light wavelengths, and SpO2 depending on skin tone. …”
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Lipid Coating Modulates Effects of Nanoceria on Oxidative Metabolism in Human Embryonic Lung Fibroblasts: A Case of Cardiolipin by Elena V. Proskurnina, Madina M. Sozarukova, Elizaveta S. Ershova, Ekaterina A. Savinova, Larisa V. Kameneva, Natalia N. Veiko, Maria A. Teplonogova, Vladimir P. Saprykin, Vladimir K. Ivanov, Svetlana V. Kostyuk

“…We used an MTT assay, fluorescence microscopy, real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, and flow cytometry. At a concentration of 1.5 μM, bare and cardiolipin-coated nanoceria penetrated into cells within 1–3 h. …”
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HuoXueTongFu Formula Alleviates Intraperitoneal Adhesion by Regulating Macrophage Polarization and the SOCS/JAK2/STAT/PPAR-γ Signalling Pathway by Min Zhao, Yao-Yao Bian, Li-Li Yang, Yan-Qi Chen, Ya-Jie Wang, Yan-Ting Ma, Yu-Qiong Pei, Wen-Lin Li, Li Zeng

“…RAW264.7 cells were given LPS, IFN-γ, IL-4, HXTF-medicated serum, and PPAR-γ agonist/antagonist, respectively. Histopathology, flow cytometry, ELISA, real-time PCR, and Western blotting were used to further detect the related protein, M1/M2 polarization tendency, and PPAR-γ nuclear translocation. …”
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Polydatin enhances oxaliplatin-induced cell death by activating NOX5-ROS-mediated DNA damage and ER stress in colon cancer cells by Qi Zhao, Qi Zhao, Qi Zhao, Yan Zhang, Yan Zhang, Jieyu Liu, Peipei Chen, Annabeth Onga, Namki Cho, Ri Cui, Chenguo Zheng

“…Reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation was measured by flow cytometry and DNA damage was assessed by immunofluorescence assay. …”
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Pyrogallol acts as a novel anticancer factor to enhance the sensitivity to cisplatin in ovarian cancer cells through inducing miR-15a upregulation by Azin Shirani, Razieh Mirabbasi, Leila Shabani, Somayeh Reiisi

“…Cell viability and apoptosis rate was investigated by MTT assay and flow cytometry. The effects of the compounds in inhibiting colony formation and migration were measured by colony formation and scratch methods. …”
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Intratesticular Angiolipoma: A Rare Case of Adipose Tissue Presence in the Testis by V. Kalyvas, C. Gkekas, D. Papadopoulos, A. Malioris, S. Milias, M. Papathanasiou, N. Kalinderis, K. Moysidis, K. Hatzimouratidis

“…Testicular ultrasound however depicted an isoechoic lesion on the upper pole of the right testis measuring 1.8 cm×0.8 cm×1 cm and exhibiting intense arterial flow. After sonographic and MRI investigation, the patient was referred for semen analysis and cryopreservation. …”
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Development of cure kinetics models for drying nitrile-butadiene rubber latex film with computational fluid dynamics simulation by Chakrit Suvanjumrat, Kittipos Loksupapaiboon

“…The modified OpenFOAM solver was validated with experimental results of hot-air flow past a squared NBR film, confirming its accuracy. …”
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A qualitative study exploring depressed participants’ experiences of receiving Augmented Depression Therapy (ADepT) by Rebecca Watson, Kim A Wright, Nigel Reed, Barney Dunn, Emily Widnall, Kalliopi Demetriou, Laura Warbrick, Katie Marchant, Nicole Geschwind, Isabella Magner-Parsons, Rachel Barter

“…Helpful aspects of therapy were a positive therapeutic bond, the structure and flow of therapy scaffolding the learning journey, the tools and techniques of therapy helping building wellbeing and booster sessions supporting long-term recovery. …”
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Induction of Macrophage M2b/c Polarization by Adipose Tissue-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Meng Sun, Linxiao Sun, Chongchu Huang, Bi-cheng Chen, Zhenxu Zhou

“…A series of classification markers and signaling pathways for Mφ polarization were detected by using flow cytometry, RT-PCR, and western blotting. Furthermore, the cell viability of all the groups was detected by CCK8 assay. …”
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Disentangling spring–neap suspended particulate matter (SPM) dynamics in estuaries by Y. M. Dijkstra, D. D. Bouwman, H. M. Schuttelaars

“…</p> <p>We demonstrate the use of this framework on two model cases implemented in the idealised width-averaged iFlow model: an idealised test case where the sediment dynamics do not affect the water motion and a case representative of the Loire estuary, with strong feedback between sediment and the water motion through sediment-induced damping of turbulence. …”
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