Inhibition of Notch Signaling Promotes the Differentiation of Epicardial Progenitor Cells into Adipocytes by Bin Liu, Dinghui Wang, Tianhua Xiong, Yajie Liu, Xiaodong Jing, Jianlin Du, Qiang She

“…EPCs had lipid droplet accumulation, and the expression of adipocyte markers FABP-4 and perilipin-1 was upregulated under adipogenic induction. …”
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Glycyrrhizic Acid Promotes M1 Macrophage Polarization in Murine Bone Marrow-Derived Macrophages Associated with the Activation of JNK and NF-κB by Yulong Mao, Baikui Wang, Xin Xu, Wei Du, Weifen Li, Youming Wang

“…Meanwhile, GA upregulated the expression of CCR7 and the production of TNF-α, IL-12, IL-6, and NO (the markers of classically activated (M1) macrophages), whereas it downregulated the expression of MR, Ym1, and Arg1 (the markers of alternatively activated (M2) macrophage). …”
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Hepatoma cell-derived exosomal SNORD52 mediates M2 macrophage polarization by activating the JAK2/STAT6 pathway by Yaqiong Zhang, Bo Li, Wanhong Gu, Linna Fan, Xiaofan Wang, Meifen Xu, Minqi Zhu, Chong Jin

“…Western blotting and flow cytometry were performed to determine the levels of M2 macrophage polarization markers. SNORD52 expression was assessed using qRT-PCR. …”
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Glomerulopathy in the KK.Cg-Ay/J Mouse Reflects the Pathology of Diabetic Nephropathy by Stephen P. O'Brien, Mandy Smith, Hong Ling, Lucy Phillips, William Weber, John Lydon, Colleen Maloney, Steven Ledbetter, Cynthia Arbeeny, Stefan Wawersik

“…Consistent with functional and histological evidence of increased injury, fibrotic (fibronectin 1, MMP9, and TGFβ1) and inflammatory (IL-6, CD68) genes were markedly upregulated in Unx KK- mice, while podocyte markers (nephrin and podocin) were significantly decreased. …”
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Electrophysiological Predictors of Clinical Outcome in Traumatic Neuropathies: A Multicenter Prospective Study by Palma Ciaramitaro, Mauro Mondelli, Eugenia Rota, Bruno Battiston, Arman Sard, Italo Pontini, Giuliano Faccani, Giuseppe Migliaretti, Aristide Merola, Dario Cocito, Italian Network for Traumatic Neuropathies

“…This prospective, observational, multicentre study aims to identify electrodiagnostic (EDX) markers of clinical recovery in patients with traumatic neuropathy (TN) receiving surgical (S) and nonsurgical (NS) treatments. …”
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In Vitro Osteogenic Properties of Two Dental Implant Surfaces by Marta Monjo, Christiane Petzold, Joana Maria Ramis, Staale Petter Lyngstadaas, Jan Eirik Ellingsen

“…In vitro experiments were performed to evaluate cytotoxicity, cell morphology and proliferation, alkaline phosphatase activity, gene expression, and release of a wide array of osteoblast markers. No differences were observed on cell viability and cell proliferation. …”
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Noninvasive detection of twin zygosity using genome‐wide linkage disequilibrium information by Lingrong Kong, Yingjun Yang, Chao Yuan, Xing Wei, Xinyao Zhou, Jia Zhou, Ya Xing, Gang Zou, Qianqian Sun, Luyao Cai, Qiufeng Liang, Yao Zhang, Hongkun Wang, Zesi Liu, Di Wu, Luming Sun

“…It combines fetus‐specific allele frequency analysis with LD block to reduce the number of required single nucleotide polymorphism markers and experiment costs. LDNZ method offers a noninvasive, accurate, and cost‐effective solution for zygosity assessment, addressing the need for precise obstetric care in twin pregnancies.…”
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Early disease detection expert system development: primary machining software applications and dependences by A. S. Serobabov, E. V. Chebanenko, L. A. Denisova, T. S. Krolevets

“…The interconnections map of the patienthood diagnostics was retrieved, which enables to detect the dependences between the liver disease markers for the early disease detection expert system development.…”
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Buridan’s Sophisms, Alethic Predicates and Anaphoric Prosententialism by A. V. Nekhaev

“…The basis of this approach is a modified version of prosententialism, in which the terms ʽtrueʼ and ʽfalseʼ are considered as markers for the types of relations between truth values of pathological sentences. …”
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SARS-CoV-2-induced cytokine storm drives prolonged testicular injury and functional impairment in mice that are mitigated by dexamethasone. by Stefanos Giannakopoulos, Jin Pak, Jackson Bakse, Monika A Ward, Vivek R Nerurkar, Michelle D Tallquist, Saguna Verma

“…COVID-19 patients display testicular injury in the acute stage and altered serum fertility markers in the recovery phase, however, long-term implications on the testis remain unknown. …”
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Increased Oxidation as an Additional Mechanism Underlying Reduced Clot Permeability and Impaired Fibrinolysis in Type 2 Diabetes by Anna Lados-Krupa, Malgorzata Konieczynska, Artur Chmiel, Anetta Undas

“…We also measured oxidative stress markers, including nitrotyrosine, the soluble form of receptor for advanced glycation end products (sRAGE), 8-iso-prostaglandin F2α (8-iso-PGF2α), oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL), and advanced glycation end products (AGE). …”
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Unveiling novel biomarkers for platinum chemoresistance in ovarian cancer by Wang Caixia, Peng Changsheng, Xie Chuan

“…This study aimed to discover new genetic markers that can predict primary resistance to platinum-based chemotherapy. …”
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Clinicopathological features of two ultra-rare cases of malignant perivascular epithelioid cell tumors (PEComas) involving the uterus with recent updates by Bharat Rekhi, Santosh Menon

“…Immunohistochemically, both the tumors were positive for HMB45 and desmin, while negative for epithelial markers. Additionally, the second tumor was positive for smooth muscle actin (SMA) and TFE3. …”
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HHV8/EBV Coinfection Lymphoproliferative Disorder: Rare Entity with a Favorable Outcome by Dhouha Bacha, Beya Chelly, Houda Kilani, Lamia Charfi, Amel Douggaz, Samia Chatti, Emna Chelbi

“…HHV8/EBV-associated germinotropic lymphoproliferative disorder (GLD) is a challenging diagnosis given its rarity, the particular clinical presentation, and the lack of expression of markers usually used in establishing hematopoietic lineage. …”
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Impact of Serum Nutritional Status on Physical Function in African American and Caucasian Stroke Survivors by Monica C. Serra, Charlene E. Hafer-Macko, Frederick M. Ivey, Richard F. Macko, Alice S. Ryan

“…The purpose of this study is to compare serum nutritional profiles in chronic stroke survivors to a representative sample of US Adults (NHANESIII) and determine whether these serum markers differed by race and impact physical function in stroke. …”
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B-CD8+ T Cell Interactions in the Anti-Idiotypic Response against a Self-Antibody by Darel Martínez, Amaury Pupo, Lianet Cabrera, Judith Raymond, Nichol E. Holodick, Ana María Hernández

“…P3 mAb immunization induces the expression of activation markers in a significant percentage of B-1a cells in vivo. …”
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging Evaluation in Patients with Linear Morphea Treated with Methotrexate and High-Dose Corticosteroid by Mohammad Shahidi-Dadras, Fahimeh Abdollahimajd, Razieh Jahangard, Ali Javinani, Amir Ashraf-Ganjouei, Parviz Toossi

“…The lack of correlative laboratory disease activity markers, control group, and clearly defined criteria to judge the MRI changes. …”
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The Evaluation of Diagnostic Role of Cardiac Troponin T (cTnT) in Newborns with Heart Defects by Agata Tarkowska, Wanda Furmaga-Jablonska

“…To evaluate diagnostic usefulness of cTnT in correlation with other markers of circulatory failure and myocardial damage in newborns with heart defects. …”
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Utility of Tetrahydrobiopterin Pathway in the Assessment of Diabetic Foot Ulcer: Significant and Complex Interrelations by Marwan Al-Nimer, Rawa Ratha, Taha Mahwi

“…The relationship between BH4 markers with glycemic and hematological indices was assessed by Spearman’s correlation and multivariable regression analysis. …”
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Shaoyao-Gancao Decoction Promoted Microglia M2 Polarization via the IL-13-Mediated JAK2/STAT6 Pathway to Alleviate Cerebral Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by Juanjuan Lu, Jie Wang, Long Yu, Rong Cui, Ying Zhang, Hanqing Ding, Guofeng Yan

“…Furthermore, SGD significantly decreased M1 microglia and M1-like markers, but increased M2 microglia and M2 markers. …”
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