Antidiabetic Medicinal Plants Used by the Basotho Tribe of Eastern Free State: A Review by Fatai Oladunni Balogun, Natu Thomas Tshabalala, Anofi Omotayo Tom Ashafa

“…Diabetes mellitus (DM) belongs to the group of five leading important diseases causing death globally and remains a major health problem in Africa. …”
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On the Dual Role of Carcinoembryonic Antigen-Related Cell Adhesion Molecule 1 (CEACAM1) in Human Malignancies by Andreea Calinescu, Gabriela Turcu, Roxana I. Nedelcu, Alice Brinzea, Anastasia Hodorogea, Mihaela Antohe, Carmen Diaconu, Coralia Bleotu, Daniel Pirici, Lucia B. Jilaveanu, Daniela A. Ion, Ioana A. Badarau

“…Carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 1 (CEACAM1) is a glycoprotein belonging to the carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) family that is expressed on a wide variety of cells and holds a complex role in inflammation through its alternate splicing and generation of various isoforms, mediating intricate mechanisms of modulation and dysregulation. …”
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ANCA-Associated Vasculitides and Hematologic Malignancies: Lessons from the Past and Future Perspectives by Marco Folci, Giacomo Ramponi, Dana Shiffer, Aurora Zumbo, Michele Agosti, Enrico Brunetta

“…PR3 is a bactericidal protein expressed by neutrophilic granules and on their plasma membrane. Derangements in its expression and function have been linked to leukemias and GPA alike. …”
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Posttransplant Metabolic Syndrome by M. Shadab Siddiqui, Richard K. Sterling

“…Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a cluster of metabolic derangements associated with insulin resistance and an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality. …”
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Virulence Genes and Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles of Pasteurella multocida Strains Isolated from Rabbits in Brazil by Thais Sebastiana Porfida Ferreira, Maria Roberta Felizardo, Débora Dirani Sena de Gobbi, Cleise Ribeiro Gomes, Pedro Henrique de Lima Nogueira Filsner, Marina Moreno, Renata Paixão, Jucélia de Jesus Pereira, Andrea Micke Moreno

“…A total of 45.6% (21/46) of isolates belonged to capsular type A, and 54.34% (25/46) of the isolates were untypeable. …”
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Floristic Diversity and Distribution Pattern of Plant Communities along Altitudinal Gradient in Sangla Valley, Northwest Himalaya by Pankaj Sharma, J. C. Rana, Usha Devi, S. S. Randhawa, Rajesh Kumar

“…Study revealed 320 species belonging to 199 genera and 75 families. Asteraceae, Rosaceae, Apiaceae, and Ranunculaceae were dominant. …”
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Maternally Inherited Diabetes Mellitus Associated with a Novel m.15897G>A Mutation in Mitochondrial tRNAThr Gene by Ke Li, Lijun Wu, Jianjiang Liu, Wei Lin, Qiang Qi, Tianlan Zhao

“…By molecular analysis of the complete mitochondrial genome in this family, we identified the homoplasmic m.15897G>A mutation underwent sequence analysis of whole mitochondrial DNA genome, which localized at conventional position ten of tRNAThr, and distinct sets of mtDNA polymorphisms belonging to haplogroup D4b1. This mutation has been implicated to be important for tRNA identity and stability. …”
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The Factors Influencing the Sense of Home in Nursing Homes: A Systematic Review from the Perspective of Residents by M. D. Rijnaard, J. van Hoof, B. M. Janssen, H. Verbeek, W. Pocornie, A. Eijkelenboom, H. C. Beerens, S. L. Molony, E. J. M. Wouters

“…The sense of home of nursing home residents is influenced by 15 factors, divided into three themes: (1) psychological factors (sense of acknowledgement, preservation of one’s habits and values, autonomy and control, and coping); (2) social factors (interaction and relationship with staff, residents, family and friends, and pets) and activities; and (3) the built environment (private space and (quasi-)public space, personal belongings, technology, look and feel, and the outdoors and location). …”
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Pathogenic potential of ornithogenic <i>Escherichia coli</i> strains detected in the Earth's polar regions by Batyrbek I. Aslanov, Daniil V. Azarov, Maria A. Makarova, Elizaveta G. Marysheva, Lyudmila A. Kraeva, Aleksey S. Mokhov, Ekaterina A. Lebedeva, Nikita E. Goncharov, Natalya V. Lebedeva, Dmitry A. Starikov, Victoria V. Kolodzhieva, Dmitry E. Polev, Artemy E. Goncharov

“…The annotation of the genomes focused on the identification of genes for pathogenicity factors and antimicrobial resistance, as well as the identification of strains belonging to individual genetic lineages using the cgMLST method. …”
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Gut microbiota drives colon cancer risk associated with diet: a comparative analysis of meat-based and pesco-vegetarian diets by Carlotta De Filippo, Sofia Chioccioli, Niccolò Meriggi, Antonio Dario Troise, Francesco Vitali, Mariela Mejia Monroy, Serdar Özsezen, Katia Tortora, Aurélie Balvay, Claire Maudet, Nathalie Naud, Edwin Fouché, Charline Buisson, Jacques Dupuy, Valérie Bézirard, Sylvie Chevolleau, Valérie Tondereau, Vassilia Theodorou, Claire Maslo, Perrine Aubry, Camille Etienne, Lisa Giovannelli, Vincenzo Longo, Andrea Scaloni, Duccio Cavalieri, Jildau Bouwman, Fabrice Pierre, Philippe Gérard, Françoise Guéraud, Giovanna Caderni

“…PVD determines a selection of nine taxonomic markers mainly belonging to Lachnospiraceae and Prevotellaceae families exclusively associated with at least two different animal models, and within these, four taxonomic markers were shared across all the three animal models. …”
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Study of water pollution parameters in the dry and rainy seasons on the pollution index of the Mesuji River, Lampung, Indonesia by Abu Rosid Istomi, Suharso, Buhani, Tugiyono, Heri Satria, Emi Artika, Annisaa Siti Zulaicha

“…Methods: Between September 2022 and February 2023, water samples were collected from seven stations along the Mesuji River in Lampung Province, including Keagungan Dalam Village (MS-01), Sri Tanjung Village (MS-02), Badak Village (MS-03), Wiralaga II Village (MS-04), Gajah Mati Village (MS-05), Gebang River (MS-06), and the confluence of the Gebang and Mesuji Rivers (MS-07). …”
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Liver Elastography for Liver Fibrosis Stratification: A Comparison of Three Techniques in a Biopsy-Controlled MASLD Cohort by Antonio Liguori, Giorgio Esposto, Maria Elena Ainora, Irene Mignini, Raffaele Borriello, Linda Galasso, Mattia Paratore, Maria Cristina Giustiniani, Laura Riccardi, Matteo Garcovich, Antonio Gasbarrini, Luca Miele, Maria Assunta Zocco

“…The accuracy of S-Shearwave is not significantly different from Fibroscan and Agile3+ (DeLong test <i>p</i> value 0.16 and 0.15, respectively) while is slightly better than 2D-SWE, FIB4 and NFS (DeLong test <i>p</i> value < 0.05). …”
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Metabolomics profiling reveals p-aminobenzoic acid enhances resistance to Fusarium head blight in wheat by Yiluo Tan, Kangjun Wang, Mingming Guo, Guangxu Zhang, Xiaofeng Li, Yijun Shi, Maosheng He, Dayong Xu, Feng Chen, Jiwei Fan

“…The majority of these 109 metabolites belonged to alkaloids, flavonoids, phenolic acids, lipids and organic acids. …”
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Predictors of Delayed Entry into Medical Care of Children Diagnosed with HIV Infection: Data from an HIV Cohort Study in India by Gerardo Alvarez-Uria, Praveen Kumar Naik, Manoranjan Midde, Raghavakalyan Pakam

“…Factors associated with delayed entry into care were being diagnosed after mother’s HIV diagnosis, belonging to scheduled castes, age <18 months, female gender, and living >90 minutes from the HIV centre. …”
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Evaluation of Risk Factors Influencing Tick-Borne Infections in Livestock Through Molecular Analyses by Lorena Cardillo, Claudio de Martinis, Giovanni Sgroi, Alessia Pucciarelli, Gerardo Picazio, Maurizio Viscardi, Luisa Marati, Maria Ottaiano, Roberta Pellicanò, Nicola D’Alessio, Vincenzo Veneziano, Giovanna Fusco

“…A total of 621 whole blood samples belonging to cattle and buffaloes (<i>n</i> = 345) and small ruminants (<i>n</i> = 276) were examined by molecular examinations for the detection of tick-borne pathogens (TBPs). …”
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COMBATING WEEDS IN MEADOWS WITH REFERENCE TO CIRSIUM VULGARE SPECIES by Lisena Piscoran, Gabriela Calatan, Stefan Bakos, Ioan Lupuț, Teodor Rusu

“…The meadow is the land surface covered with grassy vegetation, made up mostly of perennial plants, belonging to different botanical families, whose production is used in animal nutrition, by grazing or mowing. …”
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Genome Stability Pathways in Head and Neck Cancers by Glenn Jenkins, Kenneth J. O'Byrne, Benedict Panizza, Derek J. Richard

“…Defective DNA repair generates chromosomal derangement that can cause subsequent alterations in gene expression, and is a hallmark of progression toward carcinoma. …”
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Exploring Logical Intuition in Base-Rate Problems Using the Instructional Manipulation Paradigm by Debiao Zhu, Ping Lu, Zhujing Hu, Jianyong Yang, Dandan Nie

“…Participants judged the probability that a character in a base-rate problem belonged to a particular group based on either their beliefs or statistics and then rated their confidence in their responses. …”
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CD9 in acute myeloid leukemia: Prognostic role and usefulness to target leukemic stem cells by Lucas Touzet, Florent Dumezy, Christophe Roumier, Céline Berthon, Claire Bories, Bruno Quesnel, Claude Preudhomme, Thomas Boyer

“…Abstract CD9 is a cell surface protein and belongs to the tetraspanin family. Its role in carcinomagenesis has been widely studied in solid tumors but remains controversial, depending on the cancer type. …”
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Bioactivity-guided isolation and molecular modeling of the anti-inflammatory constituents from the leaves of Duranta erecta Linn. by Marina Sobhy, Farid N. Kirollos, Sameh F. AbouZid, Nasser S. M. Ismail, Riham A. El-Shiekh, Essam Abdel-Sattar

“…Abstract Duranta erecta Linn. belongs to the Verbenaceae family and is primarily found in subtropical, tropical, and temperate climates. …”
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