Metastatic Spinal Lesion with Minimal Epidural Compression: Surgical Treatment or Stereotactic Radiotherapy? by O. I. Kit, D. E. Zakondyrin, A. A. Grin, E. E. Rostorguev, Y. V. Przhedetskiy, P. G. Sakun, V. I. Voshedskii, B. V. Matevosian, T. S. Shepelya

“…+Аd.SBRT group showed an improvement in the functional status and a significantly more pronounced regression of the pain syndrome in the patients of the SBRT group, which can be explained by direct decompression of the compressed spinal root and elimination of increasing instability of the spinal column. …”
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Key role of the GITR/GITRLigand pathway in the development of murine autoimmune diabetes: a potential therapeutic target. by Sylvaine You, Lynn Poulton, Steve Cobbold, Chih-Pin Liu, Michael Rosenzweig, Douglas Ringler, Wen-Hui Lee, Berta Segovia, Jean-François Bach, Herman Waldmann, Lucienne Chatenoud

“…This activity was not due to a decline in the numbers or functional capacity of CD4(+)CD25(+)Foxp3(+) Tregs but rather to a major activation of 'diabetogenic' T cells. …”
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STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS FOR INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF ENTERPRISE FINANCIAL-ECONOMIC SECURITY SYSTEMS BASED ON DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES by Олександр Правдивець, Наталія Літвін, Олег Денисов, Олександр Поліщук, Віталій Олійник

“…The intensification of directions for innovative development changes over time and depends on the current conditions of the enterprise's functioning. Digital technologies have transformed the situation, but the problem is whether they remain relevant over a prolonged period. …”
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IgM+IgD− B cells in human gut-associated lymphoid tissue have memory features and give rise to IgM+ and IgA+ antibody-secreting cells by Ameera M. Bukhari, Wenzhao Meng, Aaron M. Rosenfeld, Eline T. Luning Prak, Katherine L. Knight

“…Functionally, GALT IgM+IgD− cells spontaneously secrete IgM, and class-switch to IgA in response to both T-dependent and T-independent stimulation ex-vivo. …”
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Prophylaxis of cerebro-vascular complications while performance of aorto-coronary shunting in conditions of artificial blood circulation by D. О. Radіushin, О. А. Loskutov, P. V. Кіstruga

“…Median age of the patients have constituted (67.3 ± 5.2) yrs old, median body mass index - (27.4 ± 5.2) kg/m2, average duration of the operation - (269.4 ± 7.8) min, including the artificial blood circulation stage - (145 ± 4.5) min. …”
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Surgery of eye injuries in an eight-year period by Vukosavljević Miroslav

“…Background. Eye injuries constitute a leading problem in eye surgery worldwide, as well as at our department. …”
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Learning from the process evaluation of a complex, pre-conception randomised controlled trial in Malaysia: the Jom Mama project by Shakirah Md. Sharif, Mark Hanson, Diane W. Chong, Ainul Nadziha M. Hanafiah, Mohamad Z. Zulkepli, Syatirah F. Zulbahari, Jutta Skau, Julius Cheah C. Ho, Priya Matzen, Regien Biesma, Shane A. Norris, Jens Aagaard-Hansen

“… # Methods In accordance with the realistic evaluation approach, a programme theory was developed for the Jom Mama project, based on key functions selected for six PE sub-studies, namely: recruitment; attrition; behaviour change communication (BCC); e-health (the Jom app); peer-support for community health promoters (CHPs); and contextual factors. …”
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Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Spike S1 Subunit on the Interplay Between Hepatitis B and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Related Molecular Processes in Human Liver by Giovanni Colonna

“…Methods: We used these proteins as seeds to extract their functional relationships from the human proteome through enrichment. …”
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The wild bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Anthophila) of the urban nature reserves of Rome (Italy, Latium): a preliminary survey by Lorenzo Fortini, Enrico Ruzzier, Maurizio Mei, Andrea Di Giulio

“…Wild bees are amongst the most important and efficient pollinating insects and play an indispensable role in ecosystem functioning. Approximately half of the European wild bee species have been reported from Italy, making it a biodiversity hotspot for this group of insects. …”
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H3K27me3 and the PRC1-H2AK119ub pathway cooperatively maintain heterochromatin and transcriptional silencing after the loss of H3K9 methylation by Kei Fukuda, Chikako Shimura, Yoichi Shinkai

“…These results suggest that PRC1-mediated uH2A functions independently and cooperatively with H3K27me3 to maintain heterochromatin organization originally created by H3K9 methylation. …”
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Two distinct penicillin binding proteins promote cell division in different Salmonella lifestyles by Sónia Castanheira, Juan J. Cestero, Francisco García-del Portillo, M. Graciela Pucciarelli

“…This dispensability has led to the widely accepted concept of functional redundancy for many PBPs. An exemption is the PBP dedicated to build the septal PG required to separate daughter cells during cell division. …”
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FEATURES OF THE IMMUNE RESPONSE TO XENOGENIC TISSUES OF VALVES AND PATCHES OF THE HEART (literature review) by Andrey Vladimirovich Shabaldin, Anna Vladimirovna Blinova, Alexey Valrievih Evtushenko

“…The highly dynamic functioning of xenogeneic biological prostheses increases their antigenicity by reducing the primary cross-linking of the extracellular matrix and activating the alternative complement pathway with adsorption on xenogeneic tissue complement component iC3b, as an opsonin for micro- and macrophages. …”
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ZFAS1/STAT3 axis modulates imatinib resistance of chronic myeloid leukemia cells through glucose metabolism reprogramming by Lan Yang, Yanqiu Han

“…This cytogenetic abnormality gives rise to the BCR::ABL1 fusion gene, which encodes the constitutively active BCR-ABL1 protein tyrosine kinase, driving uncontrolled proliferation and impaired apoptosis of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells, leading to leukemogenesis. …”
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Individual-level Predictors of Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness: Urban–Rural Comparison by Onyinye Ginika Mba, Ibitein Ngowari Okeafor

“…Birth preparedness and complication readiness (BP/CR) constitute a veritable strategy for reducing maternal mortality, yet adoption is low with wide urban–rural discrepancies. …”
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Bioinformatic exploration of RiPP biosynthetic gene clusters in lichens by Anna Pasinato, Garima Singh

“…These BGCs are primarily involved in toxins production and defense-related functions and resulting metabolites also have a significant therapeutic potential. …”
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“Ca. Nitrosocosmicus” members are the dominant archaea associated with plant rhizospheres by Ui-Ju Lee, Joo-Han Gwak, Seungyeon Choi, Man-Young Jung, Tae Kwon Lee, Hojin Ryu, Samuel Imisi Awala, Wolfgang Wanek, Michael Wagner, Zhe-Xue Quan, Sung-Keun Rhee

“…Nitrosocosmicus” clade, which possesses functional MnKat genes unlike most other AOA, dominated the rhizosphere soils. …”
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Localization and connections of the tail of caudate and caudal putamen in mouse brain by Run-Zhe Ma, Sheng-Qiang Chen, Ge Zhu, Hui-Ru Cai, Jin-Yuan Zhang, Yi-Min Peng, Dian Lian, Song-Lin Ding, Song-Lin Ding

“…These findings would offer new insights into the functional correlation and disease-related neural circuits related to the caudal striatum.…”
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Metallosphaera sedula bifurcates into two sizes when it is cultured mixotrophically on soluble iron by Robert C. Blake, Richard G. Painter, Nghi Pham, Olivia Griswold, Brooke White, Richard A. White, Richard A. White, Richard A. White

“…M. sedula that was cultured on yeast extract either in the absence or the presence of 20 mM soluble ferrous iron exhibited turnover numbers for soluble iron oxidation of 304 ± 26 and 333 ± 31 attamoles/cell/min, respectively. These functional data were consistent with the transcriptomic evidence presented by others, that the proteins presumably responsible for aerobic respiration on soluble iron are expressed constitutively in M. sedula. …”
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Investigation of PPARβ/δ within Human Dental Pulp Cells: A Preliminary In Vitro Study by Caroline L. de Lima, Bruna R. Amorim, Carine Royer, Augusto P. Resende, Maria F. Borin, Francisco A. R. Neves, Ana Carolina Acevedo

“…However, its expression and functions are poorly understood in human dental pulp cells (hDPCs). …”
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Neuromonitoring with near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) in aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage: a systematic review protocol by François Lauzier, Shane W English, Mohamed Reda Bensaidane, Guillaume Leblanc, Charles L Francoeur

“…We will identify all observational and interventional human studies of adult patients hospitalised after aSAH that were monitored using NIRS. Functional outcome measures, including the modified Rankin Scale, the Glasgow Outcome Scale and the Barthel Index, will constitute the primary outcome. …”
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