An Appendiceal Neoplastic Lesion: Case Report and Implications for Colonoscopic Screening and Surveillance by Hugh J Freeman, Douglas L Webber, Adam T Meneghetti

“…The polyp proved to be a tubulovillous adenoma with high-grade dysplasia involving most of the body of the appendix along with the base of the cecum. The appendiceal mucosa is biologically similar to the colonic mucosa, yet remains relatively ‘hidden’ in screening and surveillance studies, which suggests important implications for evolving detection strategies in the follow-up of patients with a previous colon polyp or cancer resections. …”
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Oral Lesions Induced by Chronic Khat Use Consist Essentially of Thickened Hyperkeratinized Epithelium by Ochiba Mohammed Lukandu, Lionel Sang Koech, Paul Ngugi Kiarie

“…This study aimed to describe histological changes induced by chronic khat chewing on the buccal mucosa. Methods. Biopsies of the buccal mucosa from 14 chronic khat chewers, 20 chronic khat chewers who also smoked tobacco, and 8 nonchewers were compared for epithelial thickness, degree and type of keratinization, and connective tissue changes. …”
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Could Cells from Your Nose Fix Your Heart? Transplantation of Olfactory Stem Cells in a Rat Model of Cardiac Infarction by Cameron McDonald, Alan Mackay-Sim, Denis Crane, Wayne Murrell

“…Olfactory stem cells were grown from rat olfactory mucosa. These cells are propagated as neurosphere cultures, similar to other neural stem cells. …”
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The Effect of Bevacizumab and Propranolol on Nasal Polyposis by Yuksel Olgun, Safiye Aktas, Semih Sutay, Mustafa Cenk Ecevit

“…NP samples of 21 patients and normal healthy nasal mucosa samples of 7 patients were cultured. Samples were divided into four groups as follows (healthy nasal mucosa, NP without any treatment, NP treated with propranolol, NP treated with bevacizumab). …”
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HISTOLOGÍA Y MORFOMETRÍA DEL SISTEMA DIGESTIVO DEL SILÚRIDO BAGRE TIGRITO (Pimelodus pictus) by CM Olaya, CH Ovalle, E Gómez, D Rodríguez, ML Caldas, H Hurtado

“…El sistema digestivo presentó cuatro capas: mucosa, submucosa, muscular y serosa. En el esófago la mucosa estaba compuesta por epitelio plano estratiÀcado con gran número de células caliciformes, y una submucosa de tejido conectivo laxo, seguida por músculo estriado esquelético con dos orientaciones (circular y longitudinal). …”
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Effects of Different Levels of <i>Lycium barbarum</i> Flavonoids on Growth Performance, Immunity, Intestinal Barrier and Antioxidant Capacity of Meat Ducks by Minhang Tu, Gentan Cai, Longfei Ma, Leyan Yan, Tian Wang, Zhendan Shi, Chao Wang, Zhe Chen

“…Dietary supplementation with 500 mg/kg LBFs significantly decreased diamine oxidase activity and enhanced the activities of catalase, total antioxidant capacity, and glutathione peroxidase in the jejunal mucosa, as well as the activity of total superoxide dismutase and the content of glutathione in the ileal mucosa, while significantly lowering the content of malondialdehyde in the ileal mucosa. …”
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Tailoring convolutional neural networks for custom botanical data by Jamie R. Sykes, Katherine J. Denby, Daniel W. Franks

“…Data collection was informed by spectroscopy data, which provided useful insights into the spectral characteristics of cocoa trees. Cocoa was chosen as a focal species due to the diverse pathology of its diseases, which pose significant challenges for detection. …”
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A Case of Severe Hemorrhagic Cystitis Caused by Melphalan with Successful Bladder Preservation by Ligation of Bilateral Internal Iliac Arteries by Takumi Takeuchi, Masayoshi Zaitsu, Koji Mikami, Yuta Takeshima, Takashi Matsunaga, Naohiko Okamoto, Sadao Imao

“…Hemorrhagic cystitis is a disorder which causes bleeding from diffusely inflammatory bladder mucosa. Here we present a case of severe hemorrhagic cystitis caused by melphalan. …”
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Dental prosthesis and buccal lesions in the elderly by Beatriz García Alpizar, Mikhail Benet Rodíguez, Eduardo Enrique Castillo Betancourt

“…The lesions in the oral mucosa increased in people with prosthesis in not well state, bad hygiene this and in the female sex. …”
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Characterization of Chronic Mechanical Irritation in Oral Cancer by Jerónimo P. Lazos, Eduardo D. Piemonte, Hector Eduardo Lanfranchi, Mabel N. Brunotto

“…Objective. Oral mucosa could host many lesions originated by chronic mechanical irritation (CMI) from teeth or dentures, and it has been proposed as risk factor for oral cancer. …”
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Blockade of PLD2 Ameliorates Intestinal Mucosal Inflammation of Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Guangxi Zhou, Lin Yu, Wenjing Yang, Wei Wu, Leilei Fang, Zhanju Liu

“…PLD2 was found to be significantly increased in peripheral blood cells and inflamed mucosa in patients with active IBD. Treatment with IFX could significantly decrease PLD2 expression in intestinal mucosa in patients with CD. …”
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Clinical and Morphological Features of Dysplasia and Early Gastric Cancer in the Patients with Autoimmune Gastritis by A. S. Tertychnyy, N. V. Pachuashvili, D. P. Nagornaya, T. L. Lapina, E. A. Losik, A. B. Ponomarev, P. V. Pavlov, A. P. Kiryukhin, A. A. Fedorenko, D. D. Protsenko, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The predominance of pseudopyloric metaplasia in the surrounding mucosa allows us to consider pseudopyloric metaplasia as a potentially significant change in the gastric mucosa of patients with AIG that may precede the development of gastric cancer.…”
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Effects of Sodium Fluoride on Water and Acid Secretion, Soluble Mucus and Adherent Mucus of the Rat Stomach by Kamel Gharzouli, Smain Amira, Seddik Khennouf, Akila Gharzouli

“…Chronic and acute ingestion of fluoride may lead to both structural and functional alterations of the gastric mucosa. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of sodium fluoride on gastric secretion and mucosal barrier. …”
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Compact Sine Cosine Algorithm with Multigroup and Multistrategy for Dispatching System of Public Transit Vehicles by Minghui Zhu, Shu-Chuan Chu, Qingyong Yang, Wei Li, Jeng-Shyang Pan

“…Experimental results show that MCSCA can achieve better optimization.…”
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Antimicrobial susceptibilities of oral Neisseria from men on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in Hanoi, Vietnam by Huan Vinh Dong, Paul Adamson, Dieu Hoa Pham, Quynh Hoa Pham, Hai Ha Long Le, Loc Quang Pham, Hao Thi Minh Bui, Giang Minh Le, Jeffrey D. Klausner

“…N. mucosa was over-represented among resistant isolates.…”
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Traumatic Ulceration of the Vestibular Mucous Membrane After Insertion of Four Mini-Implants in the Atrophied Mandible: A Case Report by Domagoj Kilić, Sanja Peršić-Kiršić, Asja Čelebić

“…The cause of inflammation was attributed to increased perioral muscle tonus which pushed the movable mucosa onto the mini-implant heads and caused mechanical trauma. …”
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Spatiotemporal Distribution and Damage Trends of Pseudotheraptus devastans (Dist.) on Theobroma cacao in Ghana by Godfred Kweku Awudzi, Silas Wintuma Avicor, Richard Adu-Acheampong

“…This pest was considered important in the 1960s and was more prevalent on hybrid cocoa in the Eastern region of Ghana. With the increase in the use of hybrid planting materials across the entire cocoa landscape in Ghana, information on distribution and population dynamics of the pest is needed to aid effective management. …”
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Expression Profiling of Proliferation and Apoptotic Markers along the Adenoma-Carcinoma Sequence in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Patients by Jayson Wang, Nabil El-Masry, Ian Talbot, Ian Tomlinson, Malcolm R. Alison, Mona El-Bahrawy

“…This is the first study investigating collectively the expression of these molecules together in nonneoplastic mucosa, adenomas, and carcinomas from FAP patients. …”
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Murine model for chronic rhinosinusitis: an interventional study by Amr F. Hamour, John JW. Lee, Ewa Wasilewski, Eric Monteiro, John M. Lee, Allan Vescan, Lakshmi P. Kotra

“…Conclusion and significance This murine model induced substantial local eosinophilic inflammation within sinonasal mucosa, that was reversible with mometasone. This model may be used to evaluate the efficacy of therapeutics designed to target CRS.…”
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Anti-Interleukin-1 Beta/Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha IgY Antibodies Reduce Pathological Allergic Responses in Guinea Pigs with Allergic Rhinitis by Hu Wei-xu, Zhou Wen-yun, Zhu Xi-ling, Wen Zhu, Wu Li-hua, Wu Xiao-mu, Wei Hui-ping, Wang Wen-ding, He Dan, Xiang Qin, Hu Guo-zhu

“…This study aims to determine whether the combined blockade of IL-1β and TNF-α can alleviate the pathological allergic inflammatory reaction in the nasal mucosa and lung tissues in allergic rhinitis (AR) guinea pigs. …”
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