Finger roots (Uvaria chemea) and African greenheart (Cylicodiscus gabunensis): Alternative potent therapy to sildenafil in erectile dysfunction by Etukudo Okon Jimmy, Grace Edet Bassey, Abijah Ekwere, Udoh Idorenyin Umoh, Adeyemi Fatai Odetayo, Udoh Nsikan Malachy

“…Strikingly, there was no significant difference between the extracts treated animals and their counterparts treated with sildenafil citrate. …”
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Aurora kinase B inhibitor AZD1152: repurposing for treatment of lupus nephritis driven by the results of clinical trialsResearch in context by Yue Zhao, Zuguo Zheng, Xuexiao Jin, Shaoshan Liang, Changming Zhang, Mingchao Zhang, Yue Lang, Ping Li, Zhihong Liu

“…Findings: AZD1152 significantly attenuated systemic immune activation and renal injury in MRL/lpr mice, demonstrating efficacy comparable to MT regimens in animal studies. AZD1152 treatment modulated immune-inflammatory pathways in the kidney. …”
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Use of climate smart agriculture technologies in West Africa peri-urban Sahel in Niger by Tinawaen Tambol, Emmanuel K. Derbile, Moussa Soulé

“…These technologies eradicate pests and disease outbreaks of crops, vegetables and farm animals. The other technologies included fertilizer micro-dose, organic manure and compost application, flood-tolerant improved varieties, irrigation based on green energy, tele-irrigation, early maturing varieties and planting pits. …”
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Gingival fibroblast suppress the osteogenesis process mediated by bone substitute materials via WNT/β-catenin signaling pathway in vitro and in vivo by Guanqi Liu, Jiahui Lin, Xiaoyan Chen, Runheng Liu

“…Additionally, the expression of key factors of WNT/β-catenin signaling pathway were investigated. In vivo animal experiments were conducted to assess the effect of gingival fibroblasts on BSM-mediated bone regeneration.ResultsGingival fibroblasts and BSMs co-culture environment did not affect MMSCs proliferation but significantly inhibited ALP expression and activity, as well as osteogenic gene and protein expression, while promoting expression of fibrogenic markers. …”
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Fundus camera-based precision monitoring of blood vitamin A level for Wagyu cattle using deep learning by Nanding Li, Naoshi Kondo, Yuichi Ogawa, Keiichiro Shiraga, Mizuki Shibasaki, Daniele Pinna, Moriyuki Fukushima, Shinichi Nagaoka, Tateshi Fujiura, Xuehong De, Tetsuhito Suzuki

“…This system can assist farmers in blood vitamin A level monitoring and related disease prevention, contributing to precision livestock management and animal well-being in wagyu industry.…”
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African swine fever clinical scoring system by M. E. Vlasov, V. M. Balyshev, A. D. Sereda

“…African swine fever (ASF) is a hemorrhagic viral disease that brings serious implications for animal health and economy due to high mortality rate, quarantine measures and restrictions on international trade in pig products. …”
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Starch metabolism in potato <i>Solanum tuberosum</i> L. by E. M. Sergeeva, K. T. Larichev, E. A. Salina, A. V. Kochetov

“…It is an important source of calories in the human and animal diet. Also, it is widely used in various industries. …”
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Antimicrobial use regulations are associated with increased susceptibility among bovine Salmonella isolates from a U.S. surveillance system by Claudia Cobo-Angel, Maya Craig, Marwan Osman, Kevin J. Cummings, Casey L. Cazer

“…Health authorities around the world have called to limit antimicrobial use in food-producing animals. In the United States, two recent regulatory actions have changed the use of antimicrobials in livestock, banning production uses in 2017 and restricting extra-label use of cephalosporins in 2012. …”
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Development of a conjunctival contact–type drug delivery device for latanoprost using hyaluronic acid by Soomin Lee, Mi-Young Jung, Choul Yong Park

“…However, these results are based on animal testing, so further development is needed for clinical use.…”
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Evaluation of the Digital Ventilated Cage® system for circadian phenotyping by Selma Tir, Russell G. Foster, Stuart N. Peirson

“…C57BL/6J mice exhibited a 24 h period under light/dark conditions, with a free-running period of 23.5 h under constant dark, and period lengthening under constant light. Animals displayed expected phase shifting responses to jet-lag and nocturnal light pulses. …”
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Traffic-related-air-pollutant PM2.5 Caused Toxicity on Caenorhabditis elegans with Cotreatment of High-dose Glucose and Tempeh by Jian-He Lu, Ming-Hsien Tsai, Sen-Ting Huang, Jia-De Lee, Ta-Chih Hsiao, Wan Nurdiyana Wan Mansor, How-Ran Chao

“…Using Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) as an in vivo animal model, we found that exposure to 12.74 mg L−1 TRAP PM2.5 and 80 mM D-glucose could induce toxicity in nematodes that affects growth, reproduction, locomotion behavior, and lifespan. …”
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Selection of an optimal method for screening the collection of narrow-leaved lupine held by the Vavilov Institute for the qualitative and quantitative composition of seed alkaloids by A. V. Kushnareva, Т. V. Shelengа, I. N. Perchuk, G. P. Egorova, L. L. Malyshev, Yu. A. Kerv, A. L. Shavarda, M. A. Vishnyakova

“…However, the presence of secondary metabolites – alkaloids – in lupine seeds considerably affects the quality of raw produce, reducing its nutritive value; in addition, high concentrations of alkaloids are toxic to humans and animals. Therefore, plant breeders working with lupine need to gain knowledge about the variability of alkaloid content in seeds of different genotypes and search for the sources of their low concentrations in the crop’s gene pool. …”
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AFP shields hepatocellular carcinoma from macrophage phagocytosis by regulating HuR-mediated CD47 translocation in cellular membrane by Yinglian Pan, Qiushi Yin, Zhaoliang Wang, Gang Wu, Kun Liu, Xiaowei Li, Jinchen Liu, Jiangzheng Zeng, Bo Lin, Wei Li, Mingyue Zhu, Mengsen Li

“…The effect of AFP on regulating the level of CD47 in cellular membrane and growth of tumor in vivo was performed by animal experiment. The association of AFP and CD47 in HCC cells was detected by single cell analysis. …”
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Attenuation of Myocardial Injury by HMGB1 Blockade during Ischemia/Reperfusion Is Toll-Like Receptor 2-Dependent by Jan Mersmann, Franziska Iskandar, Kathrina Latsch, Katharina Habeck, Vera Sprunck, René Zimmermann, Ralf R. Schumann, Kai Zacharowski, Alexander Koch

“…Injection of HMGB1 did, however, not increase infarct size in WT animals. In TLR2−/−-hearts, neither BoxA nor HMGB1 affected infarct size. …”
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Physical activity, Vitamin D, and all-cause/cardiovascular mortality: a prospective study in older Chinese adults by Mingrui Chen, Ling Cheng, Sisi Yang, Yan Zhang

“…Furthermore, vitamin D accounted for a greater mediating proportion in the physical activities of housework and raising domestic animals/pets. Conclusions Physical activity could reduce the risk of all-cause/cardiovascular mortality and was mediated by vitamin D in older Chinese adults.…”
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Lack of intracranial atherosclerosis in various atherosclerotic mouse models by Diewertje I Bink, Katja Ritz, Claire Mackaaij, Olga Stam, Sanny Scheffer, Mark R Mizee, Hanneke J Ploegmakers, Bert J van het Hof, Onno J de Boer, Judith C Sluimer, Guido R Y De Meyer, Louise van der Weerd, Helga E de Vries, Mat J A P Daemen

“…Since intracranial atherosclerosis is a common cause of stroke and is associated with dementia, a relevant animal model is needed to study these diseases. We examined the presence of intracranial atherosclerosis in different atherogenic mouse strains and studied differences in vessel wall characteristics in mouse and human tissue in search of possible explanations for the differing atherosclerotic susceptibility between extracranial and intracranial vessels. …”
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Optimizing Fresh-Cut Apple (Malus sylvestris (L.) Mill.) Quality Through Combination of Sodium Alginate and Calcium Chloride Coatings by Maharani Retna Duhita, Muhammad Khairul Ikhsan

“…The study was conducted at the Biochemistry and Food Laboratory of the Biology Study Program of UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang and the Animal Husbandry Laboratory of Universitas Brawijaya. …”
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Contamination of Japanese Retail Foods With Enterotoxigenic Clostridium Perfringens Spores by Takahiro Ohnishi, Maiko Watanabe, Yusuke Yodotani, Emiri Nishizato, Seiya Araki, Satomi Sasaki, Yukiko Hara-Kudo, Yuka Kojima, Naoaki Misawa, Nobuhiko Okabe

“…The contamination of Japanese retail foods and the intestinal contents of animals with the spores of enterotoxigenic Clostridium perfringens were investigated by analyzing clostridial toxin genes (cpa and cpe) using a culture method and PCR. …”
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Plasticizers May Activate Human Hepatic Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor α Less Than That of a Mouse but May Activate Constitutive Androstane Receptor in Liver by Yuki Ito, Toshiki Nakamura, Yukie Yanagiba, Doni Hikmat Ramdhan, Nozomi Yamagishi, Hisao Naito, Michihiro Kamijima, Frank J. Gonzalez, Tamie Nakajima

“…However, species differences in the receptor functions between rodents and human make it difficult to precisely extrapolate their toxicity from animal studies to human. In this paper, we compared the species differences in the activation of mouse and human hepatic PPARα by these plasticizers using wild-type (mPPARα) and humanized PPARα (hPPARα) mice. …”
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Assessing the dynamics of  Mycobacterium bovis infection in three French badger populations by Calenge, Clément, Payne, Ariane, Réveillaud, Édouard, Richomme, Céline, Girard, Sébastien, Desvaux, Stéphanie

“…In all the clusters, the infection was strongly spatially structured, whereas the mean correlation between the infection status of the animals trapped in the same commune was negligible. …”
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