Low Molecular Weight Fucoidan Can Inhibit the Fibrosis of Diabetic Kidneys by Regulating the Kidney Lipid Metabolism by Yan Wang, Yanlei Sun, Fengli Shao, Bo Zhang, Zhen Wang, Xinpeng Li

“…Immunohistochemistry and western blot analyses indicated that the diabetic condition significantly increased the expressions of fibrotic markers including collagen, α-SMA, and fibronectin. …”
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Immune-Stimulatory and Therapeutic Activity of Tinospora cordifolia: Double-Edged Sword against Salmonellosis by Sultan Alsuhaibani, Masood A. Khan

“…The toxicity of AETC or METC was determined by measuring the levels of liver inflammation markers aspartate transaminase (AST) and alanine transaminase (ALT) and antioxidant enzymes. …”
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Du livre à l’information : un tournant historiographique by Jérôme Lamy, Johann Petitjean

“…The third and last debate concerns the finest scriptural materials, examined from the most discrete markers of thought as well as the process, modern, of progressive diversification of the supports during the period. …”
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Laboratory Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis: From Diagnosis to Prediction of Outcome by Richard C. Barton

“…The search for improved markers for the early and sensitive diagnosis of IA continues to be a challenge.…”
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Rosai-Dorfman Disease: Self-Resolving Unilateral Lymphadenopathy and a Brief Review of Literature by Joshua Feriante, Richard T. Lee

“…This disease is defined by histological and cytological characteristics, including emperipolesis and positive S100 and CD68 markers. Although the disease typically presents clinically with massive bilateral lymphadenopathy due to sinus expansion from excessive histiocytosis, only unilateral lymphadenopathy was observed in this patient. …”
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The Politics of Language in Constructing Civil Identity: Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina by T. I. Popadeva

“…Particular attention is paid to situations when the desire for effective communication motivates speakers to abandon ethnically colored linguistic markers and situations in which the language acts as a defense against the internal “other.” …”
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Involvement of Cytokines in the Pathogenesis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis: Evaluation of Immunotherapeutic Measures in a Mouse Model by Michel Denis, Marie Bédard, Jacques Gagnon, Yvon Cormier, Michel Laviolette

“…Infusion of a rabbit antimouse tumour necrosis factor-alpha was associated with an almost complete abrogation of all markers of the disease. Also, administration of cyclosporine A (50 mg/kg/day) partially prevented the alveolitis (P<0.01) and totally prevented cytokine release and lung fibrosis in challenged mice. …”
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Diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Lineages Associated with Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Southwestern, Uganda by Lisa, Nkatha Micheni, Kennedy, Kassaza, Hellen, W. Kinyi

“…A total of 283 sputum samples from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis were genotyped using specific single nucleotide polymorphism markers for lineages 3 and 4. Most of the patients were males with a mean age of 34. …”
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First aid guidelines for Bites and Stings: Educational Approach and Adaptation: Educational approach &amp; Adaptation

“…Lignes directrices sur les Premiers Secours en cas de piqûres et morsures : Approche éducative &amp;adaptation Les piqûres et morsures peuvent transmettre des maladies, causer des blessures susceptibles de s’infecter et dans certains cas, provoquer des réactions allergiques. …”
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Occurrence of Alternaria Toxins, Ochratoxin A and Aflatoxins B1 in Green Arabic Coffee (Coffea arabica) in Saudi Arabia: Risk Assessment on HepG-2 Cell Line and Male Albino Rats by Ahmed Hashim Almusallam, Ahmed Mahmoud Ismail

“…Secreting inflammatory markers (Interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and COX-2), and oxidative markers (total antioxidant capacity (TAC), glutathione (GSH) and nitrite (NO) were downregulated by all mycotoxins with the highest decrease induced by their mixture. …”
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Comparative microbial metagenomic analysis of drinking water plants and wastewater treatment plants in Istanbul by Mehmet Demirci, Cankut Çubuk, Ferhat Dasdemir, Abdulkerim Suat Saribas, Esra Billur Balcıoglu, Dogukan Ozbey, Dogu Yorulmaz, Tugba Olmez Hanci, Safak Basa, Bekir Sami Kocazeybek, Bekir Sami Kocazeybek

“…No antimicrobial resistance gene markers were detected in water samples from raw water inlets and ozonation unit outlets from DWTPs, membrane wastewater recovery plants, or ultraviolet (UV) recycling facilities. …”
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Dynamics of endothelial function in patients with arterial hypertension with different cardiovascular risk against the background of antihypertensive therapy by N.O. Pertseva, T.S. Turlyun, N.A. Sanina

“…The aim of the work was to investigate the dynamics of endothelial markers in patients with arterial hypertension with different cardiovascular risk under the influence of the prescribed treatment during a year of observation. …”
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Aides à la navigation, pratique de la navigation et construction des paysages maritimes en Atlantique du Nord-Est : quelques éléments de réflexion by Pascal Arnaud

“…On higher shorelines lighthouses were probably more numerous, but they left very poor traces that are difficult to identify using archaeological methods. Nocturnal coast markers directed towards the open sea were not only constructed at an early date, they were also numerous. …”
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Chiral polypeptide hydrogels regulating local immune microenvironment and anti-tumor immune response by Junfeng Ding, Tianran Wang, Zhiqiang Lin, Zhenyu Li, Jiaxuan Yang, Fujiang Li, Yan Rong, Xuesi Chen, Chaoliang He

“…However, D-Gel causes higher levels of suppressive markers on antigen-presenting cells and even induces stronger T cell exhaustion than L-Gel. …”
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The role of dendritic cells in tertiary lymphoid structures: implications in cancer and autoimmune diseases by Mariana Reste, Kristi Ajazi, Ayca Sayi-Yazgan, Ayca Sayi-Yazgan, Radmila Jankovic, Biljana Bufan, Sven Brandau, Espen S. Bækkevold, Florent Petitprez, Malin Lindstedt, Gosse J. Adema, Catarina R. Almeida

“…Central to the function of TLS are DCs, professional antigen-presenting cells (APCs) that coordinate the adaptive immune response, and which can be classified into different subsets, with specific functions, and markers. In this article, we review current data on the contribution of different DC subsets to TLS function in cancer and autoimmunity, two opposite sides of the immune response. …”
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First Report and Phylogenetic Analysis of Mitochondrial Genomes of <i>Chrysomya villeneuvi</i> and <i>Sarcophaga genuforceps</i> by Fengqin Yang, Jiao Xiao, Xiangyan Zhang, Yanjie Shang, Yadong Guo

“…All thirteen protein-coding genes (PCGs) exhibited Ka/Ks ratios below one, indicating purifying selection and supporting their utility as barcoding markers. Phylogenetic analysis and genetic distance calculations based on PCGs showed that <i>C. villeneuvi</i> is closely related to <i>Chrysomya rufifacies</i> and <i>Chrysomya albiceps</i>, and <i>S. genuforceps</i> aligns more closely with <i>Sarcophaga kentejana</i> and <i>Sarcophaga schuetzei</i>. …”
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Original Approach for Automated Quantification of Antinuclear Autoantibodies by Indirect Immunofluorescence by Daniel Bertin, Noémie Jourde-Chiche, Pierre Bongrand, Nathalie Bardin

“…Indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) is the gold standard method for the detection of antinuclear antibodies (ANA) which are essential markers for the diagnosis of systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases. …”
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Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Relieve Hindlimb Ischemia through Enhancing Angiogenesis in Tree Shrews by Cunping Yin, Yuan Liang, Jian Zhang, Guangping Ruan, Zian Li, Rongqing Pang, Xinghua Pan

“…In addition, the conditioned culture of human umbilical vein endothelial cells using medium collected from UC-MSCs showed higher expression of angiogenic markers and improved migration ability. In short, the isolated UC-MSCs notably contributed to restoring blood supply and alleviating the symptoms of limb ischemia through enhancing angiogenesis.…”
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Pediatric Ovarian Growing Teratoma Syndrome by Rebecca M. Rentea, Aaron Varghese, Atif Ahmed, Alexander Kats, Michelle Manalang, Tazim Dowlut-McElroy, Richard J. Hendrickson

“…Growing teratoma syndrome (GTS) is the phenomenon of the growth of mature teratoma elements with normal tumor markers during or following chemotherapy for treatment of a malignant germ cell tumor. …”
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Microsatellite/SSR dataset: characterization of apple cultivars of the German Fruit Genebank by Lea Broschewitz, Stefanie Reim, Henryk Flachowsky, Monika Höfer

“…The DNA fingerprint analysis employed a set of 17 simple sequence repeat markers and 8 reference genotypes recommended by the European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources Malus/Pyrus working group and was carried out by ecogenics GmbH (c/o Microsynth AG, Balgach, Switzerland). 8,184 samples were analysed, resulting in the compilation of 1,404 molecular groups that correspond to distinct apple cultivars.…”
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