Anticancer Potential of Green Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles Using Extract of Nepeta deflersiana against Human Cervical Cancer Cells (HeLA) by Ebtesam S. Al-Sheddi, Nida N. Farshori, Mai M. Al-Oqail, Shaza M. Al-Massarani, Quaiser Saquib, Rizwan Wahab, Javed Musarrat, Abdulaziz A. Al-Khedhairy, Maqsood A. Siddiqui

“…Further, the influence of cytotoxic concentrations of ND-AgNPs on oxidative stress markers, reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), cell cycle arrest and apoptosis/necrosis was studied. …”
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The use of urinary kidney injury molecule-1 and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin for diagnosis of hepato-renal syndrome in advanced cirrhotic patients by Mohamed Adel Abd Elaziz, Asmaa Mustafa Gouda Elewa, Dina Zaki Mohamed Zaki Abdel Hamid, Nohier Essam Soliman Ahmed Hassan, Éva Csongrádi, Emad Hamdy Hamouda Mohammed, Mohammed Abdel Gawad

“…Here, we present a cross-sectional study to explore the sensitivity and specificity of other markers as urinary KIM-1 and NGAL for cases of HRS.Methods Cross-sectional study was conducted on 88 patients who were admitted to Alexandria main university hospital. …”
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Correlation of Clinical Severity and Laboratory Parameters with Various Serotypes in Dengue Virus: A Hospital-Based Study by Pooja Rao, Achappa Basavaprabhu, Suchitra Shenoy, Nikhil Victor Dsouza, Basavaiah Sridevi Hanaganahalli, Vaman Kulkarni

“…The study was undertaken to determine the dengue virus serotypes, clinical, and laboratory markers as predictors in the severity of infection. …”
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mbctools: A User-Friendly Metabarcoding and Cross-Platform Pipeline for Analyzing Multiple Amplicon Sequencing Data across a Large Diversity of Organisms by Barnabé, Christian, Sempéré, Guilhem, Manzanilla, Vincent, Millan, Joel Moo, Amblard-Rambert, Antoine, Waleckx, Etienne

“…It can handle the most common tasks in metabarcoding pipelines such as paired-end merging, primer trimming, quality filtering, sequence denoising, zero-radius operational taxonomic unit (ZOTU) filtering, and has the capability to process multiple genetic markers simultaneously. mbctools is a menu-driven program that eliminates the need for expertise in command-line skills and ensures documentation of each analysis for reproducibility purposes. …”
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Estimating the impact of the Mongol expansion upon the gene pool of Tuvans by L. D. Damba, Е. V. Balanovskaya, M. K. Zhabagin, Y. М. Yusupov, Y. V. Bogunov, Z. M. Sabitov, A. T. Agdzhoyan, N. A. Korotkova, M. B. Lavryashina, B. B. Mongush, U. N. Kavai-ool, O. P. Balanovsky

“…According to the data of 59 Y-chromosomal SNP markers, the haplogroup spectra in these Tuvinian tribal groups (Mongush, N = 64, and Oorzhak, N = 27) were similar. …”
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Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Antibodies and Severity of Interstitial Lung Disease in Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis by Alberto Daniel Rocha-Muñoz, Manuel Ponce-Guarneros, Jorge Ivan Gamez-Nava, Eva Maria Olivas-Flores, Mayra Mejía, Pablo Juárez-Contreras, Erika Aurora Martínez-García, Esther Guadalupe Corona-Sánchez, Tania Marlen Rodríguez-Hernández, Mónica Vázquez-del Mercado, Mario Salazar-Páramo, Arnulfo Hernan Nava-Zavala, Ernesto German Cardona-Muñoz, Alfredo Celis, Laura González-Lopez

“…Anti-CCP2 antibodies are markers of severity and extent of RA-ILD in HRCT. …”
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TMEM97 governs partial epithelial-mesenchymal transition of retinal pigment epithelial cells via the CTNND2-ADAM10 axis by Jing Li, Yosuke Nagasaka, Hongtao Shen, Xinyu Zhou, Jianjie Ma, Dilza Trevisan-Silva, Nicholas E. Sherman, Jayakrishna Ambati, Bradley D. Gelfand, Lian-Wang Guo

“…However, the role of partial EMT (pEMT), a hybrid state exhibiting both epithelial and mesenchymal markers, remains poorly understood in this context. …”
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Rationale, Design, and Baseline Characteristics of Beijing Prediabetes Reversion Program: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of Lifestyle Intervention... by Yingying Luo, Sanjoy K. Paul, Xianghai Zhou, Cuiqing Chang, Wei Chen, Xiaohui Guo, Jinkui Yang, Linong Ji, Hongyuan Wang

“…Parameters relevant to glucose, lipids, blood pressure, lifestyle, and other metabolic markers were similar between conventional and intensive lifestyle intervention group at baseline. …”
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High peripheral T cell diversity is associated with lower risk of toxicity and superior response to dual immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy in patients with metastatic NSCLC by Alexandre Reuben, Mehmet Altan, Latasha Little, Jianjun Zhang, Ajay Sheshadri, Hai T Tran, Mara B Antonoff, Stephen G Swisher, John V Heymach, Saumil Gandhi, Natalie Vokes, Ziyi Li, Ruoxing Li, Runzhe Chen, Joshua Baguley, Jefferson Sinson, Greg Lizee

“…Introduction Despite significant successes, immune checkpoint blockade fails to achieve clinical responses in a significant proportion of patients, predictive markers for responses are imperfect and immune-related adverse events (irAEs) are unpredictable. …”
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Taenia crassiceps-Excreted/Secreted Products Induce a Defined MicroRNA Profile that Modulates Inflammatory Properties of Macrophages by Diana Martínez-Saucedo, Juan de Dios Ruíz-Rosado, César Terrazas, Blanca E. Callejas, Abhay R. Satoskar, Santiago Partida-Sánchez, Luis I. Terrazas

“…However, TcES alone or in combination with LPS or IL-4 failed to increase the production of the canonical M1 or M2 markers in BMDM. To further define the anti-inflammatory effect of TcES in the response of LPS-stimulated macrophages, we performed transcriptomic array analyses of mRNA and microRNA to evaluate their levels. …”
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True cancer stem cells exhibit relative degrees of dormancy and genomic stability by Sanford H. Barsky, Krista Mcphail, Justin Wang, Jordan Dillard, Crystal J. Beard, Yin Ye

“…Background: Cancer stem cells in human tumors have been defined by stem cell markers, embryonal signaling pathways and characteristic biology, ie., namely the ability to repopulate the proliferating population. …”
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High p16INK4A expression in glioblastoma is associated with senescence phenotype and better prognosis by Soon Sang Park, Tae Hoon Roh, Yoshiaki Tanaka, Young Hwa Kim, So Hyun Park, Tae-Gyu Kim, So Yeong Eom, Tae Jun Park, In-Hyun Park, Se-Hyuk Kim, Jang-Hee Kim

“…Previous studies have identified a few prognostic markers for GBM, including the methylation status of O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) promoter, TERT promoter mutation, EGFR amplification, and CDKN2A/2B deletion. …”
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Quantitative Proteomics Analysis Reveals XDH Related with Ovarian Oxidative Stress Involved in Broodiness of Geese by Ning Zhou, Yaoyao Zhang, Youluan Jiang, Wang Gu, Shuai Zhao, Wanwipa Vongsangnak, Yang Zhang, Qi Xu, Yu Zhang

“…Pearson correlation analysis indicated a significant correlation between XDH expression and oxidative stress markers in the ovaries of geese (r > 0.75). Overall, these results demonstrated that geese experience ovarian atrophy and remarkably increased oxidative stress during the broody period, suggesting that XDH may be a key driver of broodiness in geese.…”
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Differentiation of Rat Adipose-Derived Stem Cells into Parathyroid-Like Cells by Ping Zhang, Hao Zhang, Wenwu Dong, Zhihong Wang, Yuan Qin, Changhao Wu, Qi Dong

“…The differentiation of the adipose-derived stem cells to parathyroid-like cells was confirmed by the detection of parathyroid hormone and the related parathyroid markers. Results. Adipose-derived stem cells were successfully isolated and purified from the rat adipocytes. …”
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Infliximab Induces Increase in Triglyceride Levels in Psoriatic Arthritis Patients by Karla R. Castro, Nádia E. Aikawa, Carla Gonçalves Saad, Júlio C. B. Moraes, Ana C. Medeiros, Licia Maria H. Mota, Clovis A. A. Silva, Eloísa Bonfá, Jozélio F. Carvalho

“…Total cholesterol (TC) and its fractions, inflammatory markers, and prednisone use were evaluated. Results. …”
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Short Bowel Patients Treated for Two Years with Glucagon-Like Peptide 2: Effects on Intestinal Morphology and Absorption, Renal Function, Bone and Body Composition, and Muscle Func... by P. B. Jeppesen, P. Lund, I. B. Gottschalck, H. B. Nielsen, J. J. Holst, J. Mortensen, S. S. Poulsen, B. Quistorff, P. B. Mortensen

“…In addition, mucosal morphometrics, renal function (by creatinine clearance), body composition and bone mineral density (by DEXA), biochemical markers of bone turnover (by s-CTX and osteocalcin, PTH and vitamin D), and muscle function (NMR, lungfunction, exercise test) were measured. …”
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H. Wendl Leaf Metabolites Potentiate the Radiosensitivity of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Through Ki67 and PARP Inhibition by Nabil M. Selim PhD, Seham S. El-Hawary PhD, Soheir M. El Zalabani PhD, Rehab Nabil Shamma PhD, Nariman El Sayed Mahdy PhD, Noheir H. Sherif PhD, Khayrya A. Youssif PhD, Usama Ramadan Abdelmohsen PhD, Mai H. Mekkawy PhD, Hanan A. Fahmy PhD

“…Besides, the NE administration and/or γ-irradiation (IRR) significantly reduced the elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT), total proteins, and albumin levels in HCC-induced rats. Likewise, the tumor markers alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) levels were considerably reduced in HCC rats. …”
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Serum Levels of IL-33 and Correlation with IL-4, IL-17A, and Hypergammaglobulinemia in Patients with Autoimmune Hepatitis by Ma Liang, Zhang Liwen, Zhuang Yun, Ding Yanbo, Chen Jianping

“…Additionally, the serum levels of IL-33 in AIH patients were correlated positively with markers of hypergammaglobulinemia (IgG, IgM, and IgA) and liver injury (γ-GT/ALP). …”
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Bushen Huoxue formula protects against renal fibrosis and pyroptosis in chronic kidney disease by inhibiting ROS/NLRP3-mediated inflammasome activation by Lin Liao, Pengyu Tao, Qiming Xu, Jie Chen, Weiwei Liu, Jing Hu, Jianrao Lu

“…Pyroptosis was measured using flow cytometry. Related markers of fibrosis and NOD-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome activation were measured using western blotting and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. …”
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Endoplasmic reticulum stress-related super enhancer promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transformation in hepatocellular carcinoma through CREB5 mediated activation of TNC by Anqi Wang, Sitong Yan, Jiatao Liu, Xiang Chen, Mengyao Hu, Xiao Du, Weijia Jiang, Zhipeng Pan, Lulu Fan, Guoping Sun

“…More importantly, ERS activation increased the expression of several EMT markers by modulating the expression of CREB5. Mechanistically, CREB5 upregulates the transcription of tenascin-C (TNC) by directly binding to its promoter region, thereby promoting EMT in liver cancer cells. …”
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