Immunosuppressive Phenotype of Esophagus Tumors Stroma by Olga V. Kovaleva, Madina A. Rashidova, Daria V. Samoilova, Polina A. Podlesnaya, Valeria V. Mochalnikova, Alexei Gratchev

“…In addition, FOXP3 and CD163 appeared to be markers of good prognosis (HR=0.4420, p=0.0325, and HR=0.4447, p=0.0456, respectively). …”
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Lake Baikal amphipods and their genomes, great and small by P. B. Drozdova, E. V. Madyarova, A. N. Gurkov, A. E. Saranchina, E. V. Romanova, J. V. Petunina, T. E. Peretolchina, D. Y. Sherbakov, M. A. Timofeyev

“…The studies of allozymes and marker genes have revealed a significant cryptic diversity in Baikal amphipods, as well as a large variance in genetic diversity within some morphological species. …”
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Jesus and the Feminine Genius. The Anthropological Relevance of the Encounters of Jesus with Women in the Fourth Gospel by Marc Timmermans

“…The second key idea is the prophecy of the High Priest Caiaphas: “Jesus was to die for the nation and not for the nation only but also in order to gather into one the scattered children of God.” (11:51–52). …”
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How, What, and Where You Sample Environmental DNA Affects Diversity Estimates and Species Detection by Anish Kirtane, Leif Howard, Caitlin E. Beaver, Margaret E. Hunter, Gordon Luikart, Kristy Deiner

“…We compared these methods to ascertain what most influences (1) the detection of invasive species (Dreissena mussels and Burmese pythons) using qPCR or ddPCR and (2) total diversity monitoring of metazoan, protist, and fungi community using a COI marker and plant communities using the ITS marker. …”
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Cowpea genetic diversity, population structure and genome-wide association studies in Malawi: insights for breeding programs by Michael M. Chipeta, John Kafwambira, Esnart Yohane

“…The research aimed to understand the genetic diversity and population structure of cowpea and to perform genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to identify marker-trait associations (MTAs) for yield and related traits. …”
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Energy Metabolism and Lipidome Are Highly Regulated during Osteogenic Differentiation of Dental Follicle Cells by Oliver Pieles, Marcus Höring, Sadiyeh Adel, Torsten E. Reichert, Gerhard Liebisch, Christian Morsczeck

“…Moreover, osteogenic markers were analyzed after the inhibition of fatty acid synthesis by 5-(tetradecyloxy)-2-furoic acid or C75. …”
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Cardiac Injury Biomarkers and the Risk of Death in Patients with COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Sami H. Alzahrani, Mohammed W. Al-Rabia

“…Secondary markers included creatine kinase-myocardial bound (CK-MB), myoglobin, interleukin-6 (IL-6), and C-reactive protein (CRP). …”
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Excessive Weight Gain During Pregnancy Increased Ponoxarase 1 Level in Neonatal Cord Blood by Serhat Ege, Hasan Akduman, Ayşegül Aşır, Tuğcan Korak

“…This study aimed to evaluate oxidative stress markers in umbilical cord blood of neonates born to obese mothers. …”
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Anti-Inflammatory and Antioxidant Effects of Aqueous Extract on the Liver and Kidney of PCOS Mice by Samah Hachem MS, Miriam Al Battal MD, Hoda Dakdouk MS, Dania El Natour MD, Jamilah Borjac PhD

“…Serum liver and kidney biochemical markers, levels of oxidative stress, and two pro-inflammatory markers were measured. …”
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Gum Arabic (Acacia Senegal) Augmented Total Antioxidant Capacity and Reduced C-Reactive Protein among Haemodialysis Patients in Phase II Trial by Nour Elkhair Ali, Lamis AbdelGadir Kaddam, Suad Yousif Alkarib, Babikir Gabir Kaballo, Sami Ahmed Khalid, Abdalazim Higawee, Alaa AbdElhabib, Alaa AlaaAldeen, Aled O. Phillips, Amal Mahmoud Saeed

“…Total antioxidant capacity (TAC) and oxidative stress marker malondialdehyde (MDA) levels were measured before and after GA intake. …”
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Business Owners’ Feedback toward Adoption of Open Data: A Case Study in Kuwait by Nayef Alawadhi, Imad Al Shaikhli, Abdulrahman Alkandari, Siba Kalaie Chab

“…Making online and hardcopy survey was our method for gathering different reactions and points of view about this technology. …”
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An Archaeology of Passage: Adrian Piper Passing and Not Passing as the Mythic Being by Cat Dawson

“…Building off of the ambiguous racial and gender markers in the piece, scholars who have worked on the piece have made a range of argument staked not only on fixing the race or gender of the figure, but also conditioning the fixing of one marker or the other. …”
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Simulated gastrointestinal digestion of milk caseins containing A1 β-casein does not lead to increased production of inflammatory proteins in intestinal epithelial cells in vitro w... by Alan Aitchison, Teagan S. Edwards, Andrew S. Day

“…No difference was found in the effects of the digestion products of each β-casein on gene expression of inflammatory markers interleukin (IL)-8, carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule (CEACAM)6 or intestinal alkaline phosphatase (IAP). …”
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PD-L1 knockout or ZG16 overexpression inhibits PDAC progression and modulates TAM polarization by Hui Meng, Manman Nan, Yizhen Li, Yi Ding, Xiaokun Fang, Weiqian Ma, Mingzhi Zhang

“…Both methods promoted the polarization of tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) to the M1 phenotype, as indicated by increased levels of the M1 marker CD11c+ in vitro and in vivo. Meanwhile, we observed a reduction in the M2 marker CD206+, upregulation of immune activation-related cytokines/chemokines, and a decrease in immunosuppressive cytokines and tumor angiogenesis factors. …”
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Synergistical amelioration of muscle atrophy by modulating gut microbiota through the bioconversion of grape seed extract and whey using kefir lactic acid bacteria by Kun-Ho Seo, Eseul Kim, Hyunsook Kim

“…Supplementation with WDG synergistically ameliorated immobilization-induced sarcopenia by restoring grip strength, muscle weight, and the expression of genes related to muscle growth markers. Notably, WDG significantly modulated the abundance of butyrate-producing and intestinal barrier function-related gut bacteria, which were significantly and positively correlated with holding impulse and muscle growth markers. …”
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Dysregulation of REST and its target genes impacts the fate of neural progenitor cells in down syndrome by Tan Huang, Sharida Fakurazi, Pike-See Cheah, King-Hwa Ling

“…Furthermore, we identified nuclear REST loss and the neuroblast marker, DCX, was downregulated in DS human trisomic induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs)-derived NPCs, whereas the glioblast marker, NFIA, was upregulated. …”
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Adalimumab (TNFα Inhibitor) Therapy Exacerbates IgA Glomerulonephritis Acute Renal Injury and Induces Lupus Autoantibodies in a Psoriasis Patient by S. S. Wei, R. Sinniah

“…We report a patient with extensive psoriasis presenting with renal failure and seropositive lupus markers without classical lupus nephritis after 18 months treatment with adalimumab. …”
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Microsatellite and Mitochondrial COI Provide Novel Insights Into the Population Genetic Structure of White Prunicola Scale (Pseudaulacaspis prunicola) in China by Minmin Niu, Dengen Fu, Haoyang Wang, Yun Liu, Xuanxing Du, Qing Zhao, Jiufeng Wei

“…Microsatellite molecular and mitochondrial COI markers were used to examine the genetic diversity and structure of 19 P. prunicola populations across 10 provinces in China. …”
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Unique Genotypic Differences Discovered among Indigenous Bangladeshi Rice Landraces by Nusrat Yesmin, Sabrina M. Elias, Md. Sazzadur Rahman, Taslima Haque, A. K. M. Mahbub Hasan, Zeba I. Seraj

“…Polymorphism information content (PIC) scores of the 34 SSR markers were 0.098 to 0.89 where on average 7.5 alleles were observed. …”
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Nrf2 phosphorylation contributes to acquisition of pericyte reprogramming via the PKCδ pathway by Rika Sakuma, Yusuke Minato, Seishi Maeda, Hideshi Yagi

“…PKCδ inhibitor treatment suppressed pNrf2 activation and restored the down-regulated expression of stem cell markers in iPCs in vitro. The PKCδ inhibitor treatment also suppressed the production of iPCs. …”
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