Lower FOXP3 mRNA Expression in First-Trimester Decidual Tissue from Uncomplicated Term Pregnancies with a Male Fetus by Tom E. C. Kieffer, Anne Laskewitz, Marijke M. Faas, Sicco A. Scherjon, Jan Jaap H. M. Erwich, Sanne J. Gordijn, Jelmer R. Prins

“…Early-pregnancy decidual mRNA expression of the regulatory T-cell marker, FOXP3, was sixfold lower (p<0.01) in pregnancies with a male fetus compared to pregnancies with a female fetus. …”
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Risk Factors for Mortality in Melioidosis: A Single-Centre, 10-Year Retrospective Cohort Study by Raviraj Menon, Poornima Baby, Anil Kumar V., Sandeep Surendran, Manu Pradeep, Aiswarya Rajendran, Gaayathri Suju, Arathy Ashok

“…Hypoalbuminemia is a novel mortality risk factor, detected in this study, and requires further investigation to validate its utility as a prognostic marker and reveal possible therapeutic benefits in clinical correction.…”
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Relationship between dietary intake and atherogenic index of plasma in cardiometabolic phenotypes: a cross-sectional study from the Azar cohort population by Shirin Soheilifard, Elnaz Faramarzi, Reza Mahdavi

“…The Atherogenic Index of Plasma (AIP) is a predictive marker for cardiovascular risk, but its association with dietary intake across cardiometabolic phenotypes remains underexplored. …”
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Validation of a Model Estimating the Budget Impact of Video Capsule Endoscopy for Surveillance of Crohn’s Disease in an Italian Center by Rhodri Saunders, Carlo Calabrese, Dania Gelli, Jason Davis, Rafael Torrejon Torres

“…**Background:** Crohn's disease is a chronic ailment affecting the gastrointestinal tract. Mucosal healing, a marker of reduced disease activity, is currently assessed in the colonic sections using ileocolonoscopy and magnetic resonance enteroscopy. …”
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Monoclonal anti-CD38 therapy in human myeloma: retrospects and prospects by Alberto L. Horenstein, Angelo C. Faini, Angelo C. Faini, Fabio Morandi, Erika Ortolan, Paola Storti, Nicola Giuliani, Nicola Giuliani, Paul G. Richardson, Fabio Malavasi, Fabio Malavasi

“…Despite CD38’s still central role in MM therapy, too little attention has been paid to its broader roles–not only as a myeloma marker but also as an enzyme and adhesion molecule in physiology. …”
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Differential expression of CD175 and CA19-9 in pancreatic adenocarcinoma by Jane J. Cheng, Yasuyuki Matsumoto, Gabrielle E. Dombek, Kathryn A. Stackhouse, Ana Sofia Ore, Jonathan N. Glickman, Jamie Heimburg-Molinaro, Richard D. Cummings

“…In addition, two other TACAs are CA19-9 (sialyl-Lewis a), which is used as a prognostic serum marker for pancreatic cancer, and its isomer sialyl-Lewis x (SLex, CD15s), which is overexpressed in many cancer types and associated with metastasis. …”
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Advancements in Frank’s sign Identification using deep learning on 3D brain MRI by Sungman Jo, Jun Sung Kim, Min Jeong Kwon, Jieun Park, Jeong Lan Kim, Jin Hyeong Jhoo, Eosu Kim, Leonard Sunwoo, Jae Hyoung Kim, Ji Won Han, Ki Woong Kim

“…Abstract Frank’s sign (FS) is a diagnostic marker associated with aging and various health conditions. …”
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Identification and functional validation of a new gene conferring resistance to Soybean Mosaic Virus strains SC4 and SC20 in soybean by Muhammad Muzzafar Raza, Huiying Jia, Muhammad Khuram Razzaq, Bowen Li, Kai Li, Junyi Gai

“…Linkage mapping showed two loci for SC4 and SC20 in neighboring single nucleotide polymorphism linkage disequilibrium blocks (SNPLDB) marker regions of 253 kb and 375 kb, respectively, in Kefeng-1. …”
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The role of salivary antioxidant level in polycystic ovary syndrome women under assisted reproductive technology treatment: A case-control study by Narges Gholizadeh, Maryam Koopaie, Ashraf Aleyasin, Atousa Mortazavi Milani, Marziyeh Aghahosseini, Mohammad Javad Kharrazifard, Mohadeseh Bahmaee

“…The reduction of antioxidant levels in serum and follicular fluid in infertile women compared to healthy women shows the importance of further studying these markers. Objective: To study salivary and serum antioxidant levels in PCOS participants under assisted reproductive technology. …”
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Laminin 521 Stabilizes the Pluripotency Expression Pattern of Human Embryonic Stem Cells Initially Derived on Feeder Cells by Halima Albalushi, Magdalena Kurek, Leif Karlsson, Luise Landreh, Kristín Rós Kjartansdóttir, Olle Söder, Outi Hovatta, Jan-Bernd Stukenborg

“…All cell lines expressed pluripotency markers at protein and RNA level and were able to differentiate into cell types of the three germ layers after being cultured on LN521 for nine passages. …”
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Effect of Weight Loss on Serum Osteocalcin and Its Association with Serum Adipokines by Mohammed S. Albadah, Hafedh Dekhil, Shaffi Ahamed Shaik, Mohammed A. Alsaif, Mustafa Shogair, Shahid Nawaz, Assim A. Alfadda

“…Studies have suggested that osteocalcin, a bone formation marker, is related to body metabolism and insulin sensitivity. …”
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Semen extender triggers a mild physiological inflammatory response in the uterus without disrupting sperm-uterine immune crosstalk in vitro in cattle by Malinda HULUGALLA, Alireza MANSOURI, Elham WAEHAMA, Ihshan AKTHAR, Akio MIYAMOTO

“…Immunofluorescence analyses confirmed the upregulation of the strong inflammatory marker TNF alongside TLR2 and the downregulation of NOD1 in the uterine epithelium, similar to the effects observed with sperm. …”
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Correlation of serum C - reactive protein with clinical parameters in diabetic patients having chronic periodontitis before and after treatment by Arkhawan Ali Abdulhaq, Ziwar Ahmed Salih, Solaf Abdulqadir Mustafa

“…C-reactive protein, are acute phase proteins monitored as a marker of inflammatory status. The present study was performed to determine whether presence of periodontitis and non-surgical periodontal therapy could influence the serum levels of CRP in type II diabetes mellitus disease patients. …”
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Müşkilü’l-Kur’ân Açısından İnsân Sûresinin 13. Âyeti ve Cennetliklere Vadedilen Gölge by Burcu Dilek

“…Böylece çok sayıda âyet, müşkil kapsamında incelenmekte ve te’vîl edilmektedir. Bu çalışmada, mezkûr durumun bir örneği olarak müşkilü’l-Kur’ân bağlamında cennette güneşin görülmeyeceğini bildiren İnsân sûresinin 13. âyeti ile cennetliklere gölgenin vadedildiği âyetlerin te’vîli ele alınmaktadır. …”
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Myocardin-Related Transcription Factor A (MRTF-A) Regulates the Balance between Adipogenesis and Osteogenesis of Human Adipose Stem Cells by Laura Hyväri, Sari Vanhatupa, Heidi T. Halonen, Minna Kääriäinen, Susanna Miettinen

“…On the contrary, MRTF-A inhibition led to diminished activity of an early osteogenic marker alkaline phosphatase, and export of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins collagen type I and osteopontin. …”
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Chronic hepatitis B and risk of kidney involvement by M. V. Mayevskaya, I. N. Tikhonov, V. T. Ivashkin

“…At development of liver cirrhosis (LC) and its decompensation one more aspect of renal disease at CHB arises i.e. risk of hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) of the 1st or 2nd type that is a poor prognostic marker and requires individual therapeutic approach.Conclusion. …”
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High-Resolution Melting Analysis to Detect Antimicrobial Resistance Determinants in South African Neisseria gonorrhoeae Clinical Isolates and Specimens by Nireshni Mitchev, Ravesh Singh, Veron Ramsuran, Arshad Ismail, Mushal Allam, Stanford Kwenda, Florah Mnyameni, Nigel Garrett, Khine Swe Swe-Han, Abraham J. Niehaus, Koleka P. Mlisana

“…Real-time PCR and high-resolution melting analysis were used to detect porA pseudogene (species-specific marker) and resistance-associated targets. Whole-genome sequencing was used as the gold standard for the presence of point mutations. …”
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Sulforaphane attenuates dextran sodium sulphate induced intestinal inflammation via IL-10/STAT3 signaling mediated macrophage phenotype switching by Yuyang Sun, Jiqing Tang, Cui Li, Jun Liu, Haijie Liu

“…The expression levels of M1 associated maker genes induced by DSS or lipopolysaccharide (LPS) plus interferon gamma-γ (IFN-γ) were suppressed by sulforaphane while M2 marker gene expression levels were improved. This resulted in alteration of inflammatory mediators, particularly interleukin-10 (IL-10), both in colon tissues and culture medium of BMDMs. …”
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Alkaloids of narrow-leaved lupine as a factor determining alternative ways of the crop’s utilization and breeding by M. A. Vishnyakova, A. V. Kushnareva, T. V. Shelenga, G. P. Egorova

“…Information is briefly presented about the genomic resources of the species and the prospects for their use in marker-assistant selection and genome editing.…”
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Consensus representation of multiple cell–cell graphs from gene signaling pathways for cell type annotation by Yu-An Huang, Yue-Chao Li, Zhu-Hong You, Lun Hu, Peng-Wei Hu, Lei Wang, Yuzhong Peng, Zhi-An Huang

“…However, robust and accurate cell type annotation continues to be a major challenge, hindered by issues such as marker specificity, batch effects, and a lack of comprehensive spatial and interaction data. …”
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