Coupled CRC 2D and ALI 3D Cultures Express Receptors of Emerging Viruses and Are More Suitable for the Study of Viral Infections Compared to Conventional Cell Lines by Siyu Xia, Jun Liu, Yan Yang, Ming Wu, Lina Ye, Si Chen, Tao Zhang, Zhihong Zeng, Kang Zhang, Kaihong Cai, Xiang Long, Wenbin Gao, Shisong Fang, Hui Li

“…The pathological effects were also readily observed spreading from the apical layer to the basal layer of the 3D ALI culture. …”
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Engineered GM-CSF polarizes protumorigenic tumor-associated macrophages to an antitumorigenic phenotype and potently synergizes with IL-12 immunotherapy by Yue Wang, Kevin Chang, Aslan Mansurov, Jun Ishihara, Seounghun Kang, Trevin Kurtanich, Hye Rin Chun, Anna J Slezak, Lisa R Volpatti, Thomas Wang, Aaron T Alpar, Kirsten C Refvik, O Isabella Hansen, Gustavo J Borjas, Brendan T K Berg, Ha-Na Shim, Kevin T Hultgren, Suzana Gomes, Ani Solanki, Melody A Swartz, Jeffrey A Hubbell

“…Background The use of immune checkpoint inhibitors (CPIs) has become a dominant regimen in modern cancer therapy, however immune resistance induced by tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) with immune suppressive and evasion properties limits responses. …”
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Molecular genetic and morphological characteristics of Micractinium thermotolerans and M. inermum (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) from pyroclastic deposits of the Kamchatka Peninsu... by R. Z. Sushchenko, V. Yu. Nikulin, V. B. Bagmet, A. Yu. Nikulin

“…The secondary structure patterns of the helices of strain VCA-72 were generally similar to those of M. inermum, but intraspecific variability was noted, mainly due to substitutions in the apical and lateral loops. Five hCBC substitutions were found in the helical regions of the studied M. inermum strains, while no CBC substitutions were found. …”
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Primary Retroperitoneal Approach to the Superior Mesenteric Vessels in Minimally Invasive Surgical Treatment of Right Colon Cancer with D3 Lymph Node Dissection. Technique and Firs... by S. K. Efetov, B. S. Semchenko, A. K. Rychkova

“…The number of removed regional lymph nodes was on average 36 (18–57), apical lymph nodes — 6 (4–5), metastatic regional lymph nodes — 3 (2–4). …”
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Influence of Endogenous Cardiac Glycosides, Digoxin, and Marinobufagenin in the Physiology of Epithelial Cells by Alejandro Ogazon del Toro, Lidia Jimenez, Lorena Hinojosa, Jacqueline Martínez-Rendón, Aida Castillo, Marcelino Cereijido, Arturo Ponce

“…We have previously studied the effect of ouabain, an endogenous cardiac glycoside, on the physiology of epithelial cells, and we have shown that in concentrations in the nanomolar range, it affects key properties of epithelial cells, such as tight junction, apical basolateral polarization, gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC), and adherent junctions. …”
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Descripción de la asociación entre la periodontitis y la COVID-19 by Elizabeth Gregorio Duliep, Yamirka de la Caridad Rodríguez Guerra, Grisel Díaz Montalvo, Esperanza Zoe González Rodríguez

“…Introducción: La periodontitis es la enfermedad crónica inflamatoria caracterizada por la pérdida de inserción con reabsorción ósea concomitante y surcos profundizados por migración apical del epitelio de unión. En su patogenia pueden participar los virus; agentes infecciosos únicos en biología, entre ellos el SARS-CoV-2 causante de la COVID-19. …”
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Classification of Emerging Scoliosis in Congenital Scoliosis After Hemivertebra Resection and Short Segmental Fusion by Chenkai Li, Xiaohan Ye, Bingtai Han, You Du, Yiwei Zhao, Dihan Sun, Shengru Wang, Jianguo Zhang

“…At the last follow‐up, six patients were under observation, six patients underwent brace treatment, and one patient underwent revision surgery. …”
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Right ventricular function in athletes engaged in endurance exercise using speckle tracking echocardiography: a meta-analysis by Chenzan Guo, Hebin Zhang, Cunxin Yang, Peipei Hu, Hui Ma, Ying Ma, Feng Gao

“…Results Twenty studies were included with 1186 participants. A fixed effect meta-analysis revealed RV global longitudinal strain (GLS) WMD = 0.40, 95% CI (-0.08 ~ 0.89), p = 0.102 and free wall longitudinal strain (FWLS) WMD = 0.62, 95% CI (0.28 ~ 0.96), p < 0.001, random effect models of RV basal strain WMD = 2.94, 95% CI (2.00 ~ 3.88), p < 0.001 and RV apical strain WMD = -0.79, 95% CI (-1.95, 0.37), p = 0.245 between endurance athletes and controls. …”
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Sustainability of Mahogany Production in Plantations: Does Resource Availability Influence Susceptibility of Young Mahogany Plantation Stands to Hypsipyla robusta Infestation? by C. B. Darko, E. Opuni-Frimpong, S. A. Owusu, B. Kyere, A. J. Storer

“…Attacks resulted in the death of the apical shoot and the proliferation of multiple shoots in only the Khaya spp., with K. ivorensis recording a lower number of shoots than K. grandifoliola. …”
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Eficacia de insecticidas aplicados al follaje en el control de aphis gossypii glover en algodón by R.E. Beltran, S. Helman, F. Garay, A. Lescano, O. Peterlin

“…Los recuentos de pulgones por hoja se realizaron en la quinta hoja expandida totalmente contando desde el ápice, en 10 hojas por parcelas y 40 por tratamiento. …”
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Aclimatacion de plantas micropropagadas de caña de azucar utilizando el humus de lombriz by L. P. Díaz, L. F Medina, J. Latife, P. A. Digonzelli, S. B. Sosa

“…Las plantas micropropagadas de NA 63-90 se obtuvieron del meristema apical con dos o tres primordios foliares, incubado en MS (1962) modificado. …”
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Escarificación y establecimiento in vitro de semilla de mezquite by Janeth Guadalupe González-Domínguez, Sandra Pérez Álvarez, Bertha Alicia Rivas-Lucero, Jerónima Antonieta Pérez, Daniel Triana Anzures

“…Se emplearon tres tratamientos de escarificación, dos físicos, agua destilada a 250 °C durante 30 minutos (T1) y lijar la semilla con diferentes tipos de lija (T2) y el último tratamiento químico utilizando H2SO4 concentrado durante 15 minutos (T3), los tratamientos 2 y 3 se combinaron con la escarificación mecánica al cortar la parte apical de la semilla antes de la siembra y las semillas del T2 después de lijarlas se sumergieron en agua durante 24 h. …”
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Navigating Treatment Dilemmas: Exploration of Strategies in Managing Unfavorably Positioned Maxillary Impacted Canines with Contraindication to Traction - Unmasking Orthodontic Per... by Gargi Singh, Purva Joneja, Tanveer Akhtar, Oshin Pawar, Mahathi Gurijala, Rani Mehrotra

“…About 75% of participants indicated that a cusp tip above the apical third of the adjacent incisor is unfavorable. …”
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Histopathologic Outcomes of Robotic Radical Prostatectomy by Vipul R. Patel, Sagar Shah, David Arend

“…There were a total of 47 positive margins, 26 (56%) posterolateral, 4 (8.5%) apical, 4 (8.5%) bladder neck, 2 (4%) seminal vesicle, and 11 (23%) multifocal. …”
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Effect of additional dimensions and views in the echocardiographic determination of 3‐dimensional left ventricular volume in myxomatous mitral valve disease in dogs by Weihow Hsue, Cortney E. Pelzek, Samantha Siess, Benjamin A. Terhaar, Shana B. Mintz, Romain Pariaut

“…Body weight‐indexed end‐diastolic and end‐systolic LV volumes using linear methods in long‐ and short‐axis views (Teichholz, cube, modified cube), monoplane methods in right parasternal and left apical views (area‐length and Simpson's method of discs), biplane Simpson's method of discs, and real‐time triplane (RT3P) were compared against RT3D. …”
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ANTERİOR DİŞLİ VE DİŞSİZ BİREYLERDE NAZOPALATİN KANALIN KIBT İLE DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ by Elif Altun, Derya İçöz

“…Yapılan 200 KIBT incelemesinde, nazopalatin kanal şekline (silindirik, huni, kum saati, muz ve konik), çapına (nazopalatin foramen (D5) ve insisiv foramen çapı (D7)) ve nazopalatin kanal uzunluğuna (D6); bukkal kortikal kemiğin ölçümlerine (D1, bukkal kemiğin apikal genişliği; D2, bukkal kemiğin orta sırt genişliği; D3, bukkal kemiğin krestal genişliği; D4, bukkal kemiğin uzunluğu) bakıldı. …”
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SOME ASPECTS OF TEETH ERUPTION. A LITERATURE REVIEW by L.V. Smaglyuk, Н.V. Voronkova, A.Y. Karasiunok

“…The active eruption is the movement of teeth towards the occlusal plane, whereas the passive eruption is the exposure of teeth by apical migration of the gums. The passive eruption usually occurs after teething and continues in adolescents and finally stops after facial growth. …”
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Effect of ultrasonically-activated irrigation protocols used for regenerative endodontics on removal of dual species biofilm in a three-dimensionally printed tooth model: in vitro... by Saeed Mustafa, Marwa A. Meheissen, Sybel Moussa, Rania ElBackly

“…Methodology Seventy-two three-dimensionally printed teeth models were fabricated with a standardized slot in the apical third of the root to ensure a precise fit with a human root dentine specimen. …”
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A Pilot Study Assessing Left Ventricle Diastolic Function in the Parasternal Long-axis View by Mümin Murat Yazici, Nurullah Parça, Enes Hamdioğlu, Meryem Kaçan, Özcan Yavas¸i, Özlem Bilir

“…Patients included in the study underwent spectral Doppler measurements in the apical four-chamber (A4C) view followed by M-mode measurements in the PSLA view. …”
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Aspectos de la gramatización antigua de la lengua vasca by Aurélie Arcocha-Scarcia, Joseba Andoni Lakarra

“…In §3 we address aspects of the grammatization of RS, contrasting it with Garibay and other old testimonies: in 3.1 we analyse the size of RS and the "direction" of the translation (Basque/Spanish); in 3.2 we examine certain very marked spellings of RS within the Basque text tradition ( and apical affricate sibilant), related more to the French than the Hispanic tradition; in 3.3 we demonstrate that Mares and not Porralis was the true publisher of the RS and in 3.4 that, in reality, this work was above all a teaching / learning instrument for languages (partic. …”
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