Association between the hemoglobin A1c/High-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and stroke incidence: a prospective nationwide cohort study in China by Chaojuan Huang, Hongtao You, Yuyang Zhang, Ligang Fan, Xingliang Feng, Naiyuan Shao

“…The Hemoglobin A1c/High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (HbA1c/HDL-C) ratio, an integrated marker of glycolipid homeostasis, may serve as a novel predictor of stroke risk. …”
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Total flavonoids isolated from Eucommia ulmoides can alleviate bone loss and regulate intestinal microbiota in ovariectomized rats by Baocang Yin, Baocang Yin, Mingzhen Yang, Mingzhen Yang, Bowen Wang, Bowen Wang, Yun Zhang, Yun Zhang, Ningli Li, Ningli Li, Qin Li, Yingying Li, Cory J. Xian, Tiejun Li, Tiejun Li, Yuankun Zhai, Yuankun Zhai

“…Additionally, fecal samples were obtained for high-throughput sequencing to analyze the intestinal flora.ResultsOral administration of TFEL for 13 weeks increased the serum level of bone formation marker PINP and decreased the level of bone resorption marker NTX-I. …”
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Fixed-Point Grover Adaptive Search for Quadratic Binary Optimization Problems by Akos Nagy, Jaime Park, Cindy Zhang, Atithi Acharya, Alex Khan

“…For an <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$n$</tex-math></inline-formula>-dimensional QUBO problem with <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$m$</tex-math></inline-formula> nonzero terms, we construct a marker oracle for such problems with a tunable parameter, <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\Lambda \in [ 1, m ] \cap \mathbb {Z}$</tex-math></inline-formula>. …”
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Stimulation of DC-CIK with PADI4 Protein Can Significantly Elevate the Therapeutic Efficiency in Esophageal Cancer by Chunyan Liu, Yingying Zheng, Junyi Tang, Dawei Wang, Zhenshen Ma, Shutong Li, Xiaotian Chang

“…This study applied PADI4 as a tumor marker to stimulate DC- (dendritic cell-) CIK (cytokine-induced killer), an immunotherapy approach. …”
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Evaluation of Serum Leucine-Rich Alpha-2 Glycoprotein as a New Inflammatory Biomarker of Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Tetsuhiro Yoshimura, Keiichi Mitsuyama, Ryosuke Sakemi, Hidetoshi Takedatsu, Shinichiro Yoshioka, Kotaro Kuwaki, Atsushi Mori, Shuhei Fukunaga, Toshihiro Araki, Masaru Morita, Kozo Tsuruta, Hiroshi Yamasaki, Takuji Torimura

“…This study is aimed at evaluating the utility of serum LRG as a potential inflammatory marker for IBD and to investigate the LRG gene expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) as a possible source of serum LRG. …”
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Effects of plant active substances in rheumatoid arthritis—a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Qiuwei Peng, Jian Wang, Kesong Li, Congming Xia, Chuanhui Yao, Qiuyan Guo, Xun Gong, Xiaopo Tang, Quan Jiang

“…Furthermore, curcumin emerged as the most promising option for reducing inflammatory marker levels (72.3%), SJC (75.6%), and TJC (76.2%). …”
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The Forgotten Hemodynamic (PCO2 Gap) in Severe Sepsis by Zouheir Ibrahim Bitar, Ossama Sajeh Maadarani, AlAsmar Mohammed El-Shably, Ragab Desouky Elshabasy, Tamer Mohamed Zaalouk

“…Central venous-arterial carbon dioxide difference (PCO2 gap) can be a marker of cardiac output adequacy in global metabolic conditions that are less affected by the impairment of oxygen extraction capacity. …”
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Circulating Tumor Cells Measurements in Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Franck Chiappini

“…CTC detection and identification can be used to estimate prognosis and may serve as an early marker to assess antitumor activity of treatment. …”
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Three new asexual Kirschsteiniothelia species from Guizhou Province, China by Xing-Juan Xiao, Ning-Guo Liu, Jian Ma, Li-Juan Zhang, Dan-Feng Bao, Song Bai, Fatimah Al-Otibi, Kevin D. Hyde, Yong-Zhong Lu

“…Furthermore, the effectiveness of three DNA markers for species-level identification within Kirschsteiniothelia was evaluated using Assemble Species by Automatic Partitioning (ASAP) analysis, which identified the ITS nucleotide sequences as the most reliable marker for species differentiation within the genus.…”
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Genetic Diversity of Freshwater Leeches in Lake Gusinoe (Eastern Siberia, Russia) by Irina A. Kaygorodova, Nadezhda Mandzyak, Ekaterina Petryaeva, Nikolay M. Pronin

“…The validity of morphological identification of each taxon has been verified by phylogenetic approach with a molecular marker adopted for a DNA barcoding of most invertebrates.…”
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Scattered Data Processing Approach Based on Optical Facial Motion Capture by Qiang Zhang, Xiaoying Liang, Xiaopeng Wei

“…To recover missing data, given the nonlinear relationships among neighbors with the current missing marker, we propose an improved version of a previous method, where we use the motion of three muscles rather than one to recover the missing data. …”
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C-Reactive Protein (CRP) and Autoimmune Disease: Facts and Conjectures by Alexander J. Szalai

“…In this article we review and update the evidence generated in CRPtg by our group and in vitro by others' that indicates CRP is more than just an antimicrobial molecule and convenient marker of inflammation - rather, it protects against autoimmunity. …”
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ZNF521 Is Correlated with Tumor Immune Cell Infiltration and Act as a Valuable Prognostic Biomarker in Gastric Cancer by Li Li, Zheng-Hui Liu, Hui-Ju Wang, Lei Wang, Guo-Qing Ru, Yuan-Yu Wang

“…TIMER and GEPIA were used to analyze the correlation between ZNF521 expression and gene markers of immune cell infiltration. Results. The expression of ZNF521 was up-regulated in gastric cancer samples. …”
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ACE Insertion/Deletion Polymorphism and Diabetic Nephropathy: Clinical Implications of Genetic Information by Sung-Kyu Ha

“…The ACE I/D polymorphism is thought to be a marker for functional polymorphism which regulates circulating and tissue ACE activity. …”
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Creatine-Kinase- and Exercise-Related Muscle Damage Implications for Muscle Performance and Recovery by Marianne F. Baird, Scott M. Graham, Julien S. Baker, Gordon F. Bickerstaff

“…The appearance of creatine kinase (CK) in blood has been generally considered to be an indirect marker of muscle damage, particularly for diagnosis of medical conditions such as myocardial infarction, muscular dystrophy, and cerebral diseases. …”
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Pericardial Tamponade and Elevated Serum CA-125 Level in Inadequately Treated Hypothyroidism by Moaaz Baghal, Viralkumar Amrutiya, Bhoomi Patel, Rutwik Patel, Jonathan Hernandez, Mohamed Ahmed, Abraham Lo, Mark Gabelman

“…Herein, we present a case of a young female patient that presented with progressive shortness of breath and abdominal distension and was found to have cardiac tamponade with the finding of elevation of a blood tumor marker, CA-125, in the setting of nonadherence to thyroid replacement therapy. …”
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The Emerging Role of Rab5 in Membrane Receptor Trafficking and Signaling Pathways by Wanqiong Yuan, Chunli Song

“…Rab proteins alternate between an activated (GTP-bound) state and an inactivated (GDP-bound) state. Early endosome marker Rab5 GTPase, a key member of the Rab family, plays a crucial role in endocytosis and membrane transport. …”
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Hyaluronic Acid-Based Drug Delivery Systems for Cancer Therapy by Ekaterina Pashkina, Maria Bykova, Maria Berishvili, Yaroslav Lazarev, Vladimir Kozlov

“…Receptors for HA overexpressed in subpopulations of cancer cells, and one of them, CD44, is recognized as a molecular marker for cancer stem cells. This review examines the role of HA and its receptors in health and tumors and analyzes existing HA-based delivery systems and their use in various types of cancer. …”
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Ou comme ça, machin et autres marqueurs d’indétermination dans les listes by Marie-José Béguelin, Gilles Corminboeuf

“…We highlight the morphosyntactic contexts that favor a reinterpretation of the name machin as an extension particle, or as a vagueness marker.…”
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« This » comme marqueur privilégié du genre : le cas des résumés de thèses by Geneviève Bordet

“…This study aims at exploring how the reference marker “this” contributes to making the PhD abstract a recognizable type of genre and as such likely to fulfil its objectives. …”
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