Enhancing broiler growth and carcass quality: impact of diets enriched with Moringa oleifera leaf powder conjugated with zinc nanoparticles by Mohammed M. El-Abbasy, Ahmed K. Aldhalmi, Elwy A. Ashour, Samar S. Bassiony, Mahmoud Kamal, Abdulmohsen H. Alqhtani, Diaa E. Abou-Kassem, Ahmed A. Elolimy, Mohamed E. Abd El-Hack, Ayman A. Swelum

“…The findings demonstrated that 2.0 and 3.0 cm³/L ZnNPs-MLPE supplementation significantly enhanced live body weight (LBW) and weight gain (BWG). Feed intake (FI) and feed conversion ratio (FCR) did not show significant differences between the treated groups and the control, indicating that the additive did not negatively affect feed efficiency. …”
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In Vivo Tracking of Chemokine Receptor CXCR4-Engineered Mesenchymal Stem Cell Migration by Optical Molecular Imaging by Senthilkumar Kalimuthu, Ji Min Oh, Prakash Gangadaran, Liya Zhu, Ho Won Lee, Ramya Lakshmi Rajendran, Se hwan Baek, Yong Hyun Jeon, Shin Young Jeong, Sang-Woo Lee, Jaetae Lee, Byeong-Cheol Ahn

“…We also developed an eGFP-Fluc2 construct in the Retro-X retroviral vector (Retro-X-eGFP-Fluc2). …”
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Molecular Mechanism of Local Drug Delivery with Paclitaxel-Eluting Membranes in Biliary and Pancreatic Cancer: New Application for an Old Drug by Sookhee Bang, Sung Ill Jang, Su Yeon Lee, Yi-Yong Baek, Jieun Yun, Soo Jin Oh, Chang Woo Lee, Eun Ae Jo, Kun Na, Sugeun Yang, Don Haeng Lee, Dong Ki Lee

“…Chemotherapeutic agent-eluting stents have been developed because SEMS are susceptible to occlusion by tumor in-growth. We reported recently that paclitaxel-eluting SEMS provide enhanced local drug delivery in an animal model. …”
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Subcytotoxic transepidermal delivery using low intensity cold atmospheric plasma by Ga Ram Ahn, Hyung-Joon Park, Yu Jin Kim, Min Gyo Song, Hye Sung Han, Woo Geon Lee, Hyuck Ki Hong, Kwang Ho Yoo, Joon Seok, Kyu Back Lee, Beom Joon Kim

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Correction: Compatibility and antimicrobial activity of silver nanoparticles synthesized using Lycopersicon esculentum peels by Esraa Ali, Samah H. Abu-Hussien, Esraa Hesham, Shimaa Ahmed, Habiba Mostafa, Ahmed Gamal, Salwa M. El-Sayed, Bahaa Hemdan, Ashraf Bakry, Naglaa M. Ebeed, Hesham Elhariry, Ahmed Galal, Basma T. Abd-Elhalim

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Impact of Edible Insect Polysaccharides on Mouse Gut Microbiota: A Study on White-Spotted Flower Chafer Larva (<i>Protaetia brevitarsis seulensis</i>) and Silkworm Pupa (<i>Bombyx... by Joon-Ha Lee, Hyojung Son, Sathiyamoorthy Subramaniyam, Hyun-Jung Lim, Sohyun Park, Ra-Yeong Choi, In-Woo Kim, Minchul Seo, Hae-Yong Kweon, Yongsoon Kim, Seong-Wan Kim, Jong-Soon Choi, Younhee Shin

“…Seven-week-old female C57BL/6J mice were administered the edible insects, along with fracto-oligosaccharide (FOS) as a positive control and sham (phosphate buffer saline (PBS)) as a negative control, to assess the relative abundance of insect-diet-associated gut microbes. …”
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PPARGC1A regulates transcriptional control of mitochondrial biogenesis in early bovine embryos by Muhammad Idrees, Muhammad Idrees, Zaheer Haider, Chalani Dilshani Perera, Safeer Ullah, Seo-Hyeon Lee, Seung Eun Lee, Sung-Sik Kang, Sung Woo Kim, Il-Keun Kong, Il-Keun Kong, Il-Keun Kong

“…Early embryos express peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma co-activator alpha (PPARGC1A/PGC-1a), a protein essential for mitochondrial biogenesis. …”
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The predictive value of radiomics and deep learning for synchronous distant metastasis in clear cell renal cell carcinoma by Wan-Bin He, Chuan Zhou, Zhi-Jun Yang, Yun-Feng Zhang, Wen-Bo Zhang, Han He, Jia Wang, Feng-Hai Zhou

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Humanin Rescues Cultured Rat Cortical Neurons from NMDA-Induced Toxicity Not by NMDA Receptor by Ai-Ling Cui, Jian-Zhong Li, Zhi-Bo Feng, Guo-Lin Ma, Liang Gong, Chun-Ling Li, Ce Zhang, Kefeng Li

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Dysfunction in mitochondrial electron transport chain drives the pathogenesis of pulmonary arterial hypertension: insights from a multi-omics investigation by Xin Zhang, Jieling Li, Minyi Fu, Xijie Geng, Junjie Hu, Ke-Jing Tang, Pan Chen, Jianyong Zou, Xiaoman Liu, Bo Zeng

“…Mitochondrial dysfunction is implicated in the development of PAH, but the key mitochondrial functional alterations in the pathogenesis have yet to be elucidated. Methods We integrated three microarray datasets from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO), including 222 lung samples (164 PAH, 58 controls), for differential expression and functional enrichment analyses. …”
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Local and Remote Postconditioning Decrease Intestinal Injury in a Rabbit Ischemia/Reperfusion Model by Mu Yang, Jian-Xin Dong, Lu-Bin Li, Hai-Jie Che, Jun Yong, Fu-Bo Song, Tao Wang, Jv-Wen Zhang

“…We concluded that LIPo affords protection in intestinal I/R injury in a comparable fashion with RIPo by decreasing oxidative stress, neutrophil activation, and apoptosis.…”
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Measles Outbreak among Previously Immunized Adult Healthcare Workers, China, 2015 by Zhengyi Zhang, Yuan Zhao, Lili Yang, Changhong Lu, Ying Meng, Xiaoli Guan, Hongjin An, Meizhong Zhang, Wenqin Guo, Bo Shang, Jing Yu

“…Our report highlights the importance of following a two-dose measles vaccine program in people including the healthcare workers. …”
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Effect of dietary starch inclusion, feeding level and their combination on nutrient digestibility, bile acid balance, faecal waste production and characteristics of yellowtail king... by Yaqing Zhang, Roel M. Maas, Peter Horstmann Zuther, Jeroen Kals, Satya Prakash, Thomas W.O. Staessen, Fotini Kokou, Johan W. Schrama

“…A restricted feeding period of 4-wk was followed by a 2-wk period of satiation feeding. …”
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FATIGUE TEST AND CRACK PROPAGATION SIMULATION OF THE SMALL WELDED PIPE by CHEN MingYa, ZHOU Shuai, WANG Jun, LIN Lei, ZUO DunGui, GAO HongBo, LIU YinLi, YU WeiWei

“…The critical failure mode is the plastic collapse, so it is to increase the critical crack size by increasing the tensile strength.…”
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SMAP3-ID for Identification of Endogenous Protein–Protein Interactions Reveals Regulation of Mitochondrial Activity by Lamins by Julia Warren, Jian Wang, Francis Dhoro, Bo Chao, Ashok Reddy, Stefanie Kaech Petrie, Larry L. David, Xiangshu Xiao, Bingbing X. Li

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Compositional Characteristics and Antioxidant Activity of Edible Rose Flowers and Their Effect on Phenolic Urinary Excretion by Andrea Devecchi, Sonia Demasi, Francesca Saba, Rosalba Rosato, Roberto Gambino, Valentina Ponzo, Antonella De Francesco, Paola Massarenti, Simona Bo, Valentina Scariot

“…This pilot explorative study evaluated the changes in urinary phenolic excretion in healthy volunteers to whom different doses of phenolics from edible roses (Gourmet Roses™) have been added to a meal. …”
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NEW BALANCE METHOD OF DRILLING RIG LOAD OF MULTIFUNCTIONAL DRILLING COMPREHENSIVE EXPERIMENT PLATFORM by TIAN JiaLin, YANG Zhi, FU ChuanHong, YU ChangBo, DONG MingJian, LONG XiaoKang, FANG Jian, LI You

“…Aiming at the existing characters and deficiencies of the drilling experiment platform, a new kind of multifunctional drilling comprehensive experiment platform was designed. First of all,a new way to balance the drill rig load based on its design was put forward. …”
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The Ubiquitin-Specific Protease 18 Promotes Hepatitis C Virus Production by Increasing Viral Infectivity by Yujia Li, Max Xuezhong Ma, Bo Qin, Liang-Tzung Lin, Christopher D. Richardson, Jordan Feld, Ian D. McGilvray, Limin Chen

“…Mechanistic roles were sought by quantifying microRNA-122 levels and J6/JFH1 infectivity of Huh7.5 cells. Results. We found that overexpression of either USP18 WT or USP18 C64S stimulated HCV production and blunted the anti-HCV effect of IFNα and IFNλ in the infective model but not in the replicon system. …”
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Boganmeldelser by Peter Garde, Maria Kaspersson, Charlotte Mathiesen Bech, Peter Kramp, Lars Bo Langsted, Kjersti Ericsson, Paul Larsson, Stig Winge, René Dejbjerg Pedersen

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Variations in the Obesity Gene “LEPR” Contribute to Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Evidence from a Meta-Analysis by Ming Ming Yang, Jun Wang, Jiao Jie Fan, Tsz Kin Ng, Dian Jun Sun, Xin Guo, Yan Teng, Yan-Bo Li

“…Similar associations with T2DM were also found for rs62589000 (p.P1019P) and 3′UTR ins/del, although the data was obtained from a small number of studies. For the other two polymorphisms rs1137100 (p.R109K) and rs8179183 (p.K656N), they were not significantly associated with T2DM. …”
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