A novel method for isolation of tumor infiltrating myeloid-derived suppressor cells from human lung tumor tissue by Marta Piqueras-Nebot, Marta Benet, Miriam Estors, Antonio Cremades, Óscar Juan-Vidal, Julián Carretero, José Marcelo Galbis-Caravajal, Agustín Lahoz

“…Furthermore, the functionality of the isolated tMDSCs was tested not only by upregulation of immunosuppressive genes (e.g. …”
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Asthma underdiagnosis in children: A school-based screening in a low socioeconomic status population by Dayan Crispin-Cruz, Alejandro Casas-Herrera, Camilo Rojas-Báez, Carlos Torres-Duque, Mauricio González-García

“…Underdiagnosis was 68%. Most patients had moderate and severe asthma, and 90% were cases of not well or very poorly controlled asthma. …”
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Genetic Background Modulates lncRNA-Coordinated Tissue Response to Low Dose Ionizing Radiation by Jonathan Tang, Yurong Huang, David H. Nguyen, Sylvain V. Costes, Antoine M. Snijders, Jian-Hua Mao

“…Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are emerging as key regulators of diverse cell functions and processes. However, the relevance of lncRNAs in the cell and tissue response to ionizing radiation has not yet been characterized. …”
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Engineered beads-on-a-string nanocomposites for an improved drug fast-sustained bi-stage release by Wenjian Gong, Wei Yang, Jianfeng Zhou, Shuping Zhang, Deng-Guang Yu, Ping Liu

“…Whereas, the beads-on-a-string E3 had a better functional performance than the spindles-on-a-string E2, and the homogeneous nanofibers E1 in terms of the KET sustained release profiles in the second stage. …”
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Characteristics of demersal fish community structure during summer hypoxia in the Pearl River Estuary, China by Han Lai, Sheng Bi, Huadong Yi, Haiyang Li, Xuchong Wei, Gongpei Wang, Dingli Guo, Xuange Liu, Jiahui Chen, Qiuxian Chen, Zhilun Zhang, Shuang Liu, Chenlei Huang, Li Lin, Guifeng Li

“…Within the hypoxia area, dissolved oxygen was the main limiting factor for fish community diversity. Functional diversity (FDiv) decreased with higher dissolved oxygen levels, indicating a potential shift in the functional traits and ecological roles of fish species in response to changing oxygen conditions. …”
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Optimizing Deep Learning Models with Improved BWO for TEC Prediction by Yi Chen, Haijun Liu, Weifeng Shan, Yuan Yao, Lili Xing, Haoran Wang, Kunpeng Zhang

“…Our proposed FAMBWO was compared with 11 state-of-the-art swarm intelligence optimization algorithms on 30 benchmark functions, and the results showed that our improved algorithm had faster convergence speed and better solutions on almost all benchmark functions. …”
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Nano Cobalt-Loaded Porous Carbon Derived from Waste Plastic for Efficient Persulfate Activation and Tetracycline Degradation by Yueyue Luo, Xiuxiu Zhang, Yu Zhang, Jianchao Wang, Chongqing Wang

“…Characterization revealed that the obtained CoPC-2 catalysts had a high degree of defects, a large specific surface area (343.41 m²/g), and an abundant pore structure. …”
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A review on alizarin-added bio-based smart meat packaging sensors by Sameeran Gam, Pratap Kalita, Bitu Gogoi, Nilutpal Sharma Bora, Swarup Roy

“…Although natural dye-based indicators have aroused interest in the literature, no systematic review of alizarin’s multi-functional in smart meat packaging systems had been accomplished. …”
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Unveiling the Potential of Plant-Derived Diarylheptanoids and Their Derivatives in Bio-Based Polyurethane Compositions by Matiss Pals, Jevgenija Ponomarenko, Maris Lauberts, Lilija Jashina, Vilhelmine Jurkjane, Alexandr Arshanitsa

“…A cone calorimeter test showed that the PUR foam with diarylheptanoid derivatives had a lower degradation rate, a longer flame-burning time, 30% less heat emission, and 25% less smoke, indicating improved flame retardancy. …”
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Experience of diagnosis and surgical treatment of cardiac myxomas by R.M. Vitovskyi, V.V. Isaіenko, A.R. Vitovskyi, O.A. Pishchurin, V.V. Grabarchuk, O.V. Satmari

“…Surgery of valvular lesions was performed in 75 (8.3 %) patients: in 15 (1.7 %) cases – valve prosthesis, in 55 (6.1 %) cases – repair surgery (25 – mitral correction, 30 – tricuspid valves, respectively) with a positive functional effect. 328 (36.3 %) and 77 (8.5 %) patients with CM had heart failure of III and IV functional classes NYHA, respectively, which often required urgent surgery. …”
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CLINICAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF DIABETES-ASSOCIATED OSTEOARTHRITIS by I. V. Shirinsky, N. Yu. Kalinovskaya, V. S. Shirinsky

“…The patients with DM type II-associated OA had elevated levels of proinflammatory (IL-6, IL-18) and reduced serum concentrations of anti-infammatory cytokines (IL-10, adiponectin), thus suggesting more pronounced systemic inflammation in patients of the first group. …”
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Penetration into free abdominal cavity during transanal endoscopic rectal resection for adenoma by Yu. A. Gevorkyan, N. V. Soldatkina, V. E. Kolesnikov, D. A. Kharagezov, A. V. Dashkov, S. I. Poluektov, N. S. Samoylenko

“…Technical advances in modern oncology resulted in developing a method for transanal tumor removal with a number of advantages: radical surgery, adequacy, and functionality. This technique can be used in benign and malignant rectal tumors. …”
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Examining the characteristic features of lipedema and the usefulness of BMI and WHtR in clinical evaluation by Monika Czerwińska, Marcin Gruszecki, Jacek Rumiński, Rita Hansdorfer-Korzon

“…Conclusion Lipedema symptoms have a direct impact on functioning of patients. Quality of life is decreased among women with lipedema. …”
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Assessment of the Applicability of Coconut and Skim Milk Powder as a Carrier for Lactic Acid Bacteria on Their Performance During Production of Ting by Nontobeko Xolisiwe Zulu, Angela Parry-Hanson Kunadu, Eugenie Kayitesi, Bhekisisa Dlamini

“…FTIR showed similar functional groups corresponding to O–H and phenolic compounds for both SM and CCN ting. …”
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Lactylation Modification as a Promoter of Bladder Cancer: Insights from Multi-Omics Analysis by Yipeng He, Lingyan Xiang, Jingping Yuan, Honglin Yan

“…The multiple ROC curve showed that the prediction efficiency of the model was higher than that of the traditional clinical tumor grading. Functional enrichment analysis showed that glycolysis and hypoxia pathways were significantly upregulated in the high-risk group. …”
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Psycho-educational interventions for children and young people with Type 1 Diabetes in the UK: How effective are they? A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Dimitrios Charalampopoulos, Kathryn R Hesketh, Rakesh Amin, Veena Mazarello Paes, Russell M Viner, Terence Stephenson

“…Psycho-educational interventions aiming to increase children's self-efficacy had a moderate, beneficial effect (SMD = 0.50, 95% CI: 0.13 to 0.87). …”
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Pathway analysis of GWAS provides new insights into genetic susceptibility to 3 inflammatory diseases. by Hariklia Eleftherohorinou, Victoria Wright, Clive Hoggart, Anna-Liisa Hartikainen, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, David Balding, Lachlan Coin, Michael Levin

“…The predictive ability of the T1D model (without any parameter refitting) had good predictive ability (79% AUC) in the Finnish cohort. …”
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Engrafted human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived anterior specified neural progenitors protect the rat crushed optic nerve. by Leila Satarian, Mohammad Javan, Sahar Kiani, Maryam Hajikaram, Javad Mirnajafi-Zadeh, Hossein Baharvand

“…This study examined the functional improvement and protection of host RGCs in addition to the survival, integration and neuronal differentiation capabilities of anterior specified neural progenitors (NPs) following intravitreal transplantation.…”
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Formulation, Process Optimization, and Biochemical Characterization of Cereal-Based Sweet Potato and Mulberry Instant Beverage by Vishakha Singh, Mamoni Das, Sukh Veer Singh, Narashans Alok Sagar

“…The beneficial role of functional foods combination provided the tool to perform and design our study to develop an instant beverage mix (IBM) that might be revealed as the favorable therapeutic potential for the treatment of hyperglycemia and act as a functional beverage. …”
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INFLUENCE OF PSYCHOEMOTIONAL DISORDERS ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATION AND ACTIVE OUTPATIENT CONTROL IN HEART FAILURE PATIENTS by Yu. L. Begrambekova, V. Yu. Mareev, M. Yu. Drobizhev

“…The influence of depression on the performance of education program and active outpatient control (the “influence”) in patients with heart failure of III-IV functional class.Material and methods. The post-hoc analysis of the SHANS study (School and Ambulatory Observation of Heart Failure Patients), organized by the society of specialists in heart failure (SSHF), was done for the odds estimation for primary endpoints (mortality from any cause, cardiovascular hospitalization, combination endpoint — mortality and hospitalization) in patients from treatment group depending on the presence of depression sympthoms (HADS(d) >11 pts. …”
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