Hepatitis B e Antigen Seroconversion Is Related with the Function of Dendritic Cells in Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection by Chunjing Lin, Hai Zou, Shumin Wang

“…The peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from 21 chronic HBV patients in immune tolerance state, 23 patients in inactive HBsAg carrier state, and 10 healthy HBV-naive blood donors were incubated and induced into DC in presence of granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and interleukin-4 (IL-4), respectively. …”
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Structural Characterization of Functional Ingredient Levan Synthesized by Bacillus siamensis Isolated from Traditional Fermented Food in Thailand by Nattapong Thakham, Supphasin Thaweesak, Nuttinee Teerakulkittipong, Natthiwut Traiosot, Autaipohn Kaikaew, Gary Antonio Lirio, Witawat Jangiam

“…Isolated colonies were characterized morphologically by gram staining methods. …”
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Comparison of Streptococcus mutans Adhesion with Different Concentrations in Artificial Saliva to Fixed Orthodontic Materials in Laboratory Conditions by Leila Mohammadpour Belvirdy, Ahmad Sheibaninia, Shadab Safarzadeh Khosroshahi, Seyyed Khalil Shokouhi Mostafavi, Mohammad Javad Kharazi Fard

“…Bacterial adhesion was quantified by counting colony-forming units on culture media. The effects of bracket type, archwire material, composite type, and saliva pH on bacterial adhesion were analyzed using Generalized Estimating Equations with a significance level of 0.05, employing SPSS software (version 26). …”
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The systemic immune state of super-shedder mice is characterized by a unique neutrophil-dependent blunting of TH1 responses. by Smita Gopinath, Andrew Hotson, Jennifer Johns, Garry Nolan, Denise Monack

“…Administration of the cytokine granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) and subsequent neutrophilia was sufficient to induce the super-shedder immune phenotype in moderate-shedder mice. …”
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Parameter Acquisition Study of Mining-Induced Surface Subsidence Probability Integral Method Based on RF-AGA-ENN Model by Jinman Zhang, Liangji Xu, Jiewei Li, Yueguan Yan, Ruirui Xu

“…To obtain more accurate PIM parameters in the absence of observational data, we propose a combined machine learning model (RF-AGA-ENN)—random forest (RF) extracts the best combination of features as the input layer of Elman neural network (ENN); ant colony algorithm (ACO) and genetic algorithm (GA) are combined (called AGA) for the weights and thresholds of ENN optimization. …”
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Detection of multidrug resistant Vibrio parahaemolyticus and anti-Vibrio Streptomyces sp. MUM 178J by Ke-Yan Loo, Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Jodi Woan-Fei Law, Priyia Pusparajah, Learn-Han Lee, Vengadesh Letchumanan

“…This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of MDR V. parahaemolyticus to provide insight into the current antibiotic resistance patterns of this pathogen and to determine potential anti-Vibrio properties of Streptomyces MUM 178J which was previously isolated from the soils of a mangrove forest in Sarawak, Malaysia. Colony morphology and toxR-assay indicated that all samples tested positive for V. parahaemolyticus. …”
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Modulation of Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cell Transcriptome by G-CSF Stimulation by Luz M. Avila-Portillo, Fabio Aristizabal, Angela Riveros, Martin C. Abba, Diego Correa

“…., priming) before their therapeutic use. Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) is a cytokine that plays key roles in immune response and hematopoiesis modulation through direct effects on hematopoietic progenitors’ proliferation, survival, and mobilization. …”
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Effects of Plant Growth-promoting Microorganisms on Kentucky Bluegrass Field Establishment by Qi Zhang, Kevin Rue

“…., tap water), with the best results seen in B. bassiana (strain GHA) [colony-forming unit (cfu)/acre = 4.8 × 1013], T. harzianum Rifai (strain T-22) (3.4 × 109 cfu/acre) + T. virens (strain G-41) (7.2 × 108 cfu/acre), and B. subtilis (strain GB03) (1.1 × 1011 cfu/acre). …”
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COMPARISON OF THE COMPLETE NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES OF MITOCHONDRIAL DNA FROM WISTAR AND OXYS RAT STRAINS MAINTAINED AT THE INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS SB RAS by R. A. Maksyutov, E. V. Gavrilova, T. S. Nepomniashchikh, U. N. Rotskaya, P. S. Loshchenova, N. G. Kolosova, O. I. Sinitsyna, S. N. Shchelkunov

“…The comparative analysis showed that Wistar (ICG) rats had a significant number of nucleotide substitutions compared to rat strains derived from an outbred Wistar colony. This observation contradicts the conjectured relationship of Wistar (ICG) rats to the original Wistar rat stock or its descendants. …”
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Phase I Study of Anti-CD3 x Anti-Her2 Bispecific Antibody in Metastatic Castrate Resistant Prostate Cancer Patients by Ulka Vaishampayan, Archana Thakur, Ritesh Rathore, Nicola Kouttab, Lawrence G. Lum

“…The men received 2.5, 5 or 10 × 109 aATC per infusion with low dose interleukin-2 and granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor. Results. There were no dose limiting toxicities, and there was 1 partial responder and 3 of 7 patients had significant decreases in their PSA levels and pain scores. …”
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Quorum sensing-mediated inter-specific conidial anastomosis tube fusion between Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and C. siamense by Nikita Mehta, Abhishek Baghela

“…Post CAT fusion, the resulting conidia gave rise to putative heterokaryotic progenies with variable colony characteristics as compared to their parental strains. …”
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Preclinical Evaluation of a Bone-Marrow Autograft Culture Procedure for Generating Lymphokine-Activated Killer Cells in Vitro by Hans-Georg Klingemann, Heather Deal, Dianne Reid, Connie J Eaves

“…Primitive hematopoietic cells were quantitated by measuring the number of in vitro colony-forming progenitors produced after five weeks in secondary Dexter-type LTC. …”
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Hypoxia-Induced GST1 Exerts Protective Effects on Trophoblasts via Inhibiting Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Accumulation by Lingjuan Chen, Gaoli Chen, Lixuan Guo, Yaping Wang, Chengjin Ai

“…Moreover, overexpressed GSTP1 markedly promoted the cell proliferation, migration, invasion, and colony formation abilities in JEG3 cells, demonstrating that GSP1 also exerts promoting effects under normoxic conditions. …”
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Lineage tracing studies suggest that the placenta is not a de novo source of hematopoietic stem cells. by Xiaowen Chen, Joanna Tober, Martin Dominguez, Alan T Tang, Jenna Bockman, Jisheng Yang, Sneha Mani, Chin Nien Lee, Mei Chen, Triloshan Thillaikumaran, Patricia Mericko-Ishizuka, Monica Mainigi, Nancy A Speck, Mark L Kahn

“…Consistent with these findings, ECs harvested from the E10.5 aorta and UC, but not the placenta, gave rise to hematopoietic cells ex vivo, while colony forming assays using E14.5 fetal liver revealed only 2% of HSPCs arose from Hoxa13-expressing precursors. …”
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circ_0052184 Promotes Colorectal Cancer Progression via Targeting miR-604/HOXA9 Axis by Yandong Huang, Qinyang Bai, Zhanlong Wang, Hongbo Yu, Yanru Li, Hao Lu, Huimin Kang, Xuewei Shi, Kai Feng

“…Furthermore, the proliferation ability of cells was detected by colony formation assay. Cell migration ability was tested by wound healing assay and transwell assay. …”
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FBXL16 Promotes Endometrial Progesterone Resistance via PP2AB55α/Cyclin D1 Axis in Ishikawa by Haoen Liu, Li Han, Liyan Zhong, Xiaodan Zhuang, Yan Peng

“…MPA tolerance of endometrial cancer cells was inhibited by knockdown of FBXL16 in DNA content assessment, CCK-8, and colony formation. It was confirmed that FBXL16 inhibited the activity of substrate PP2AB55α by binding to PP2A, reduced the phosphorylation level at Thr308 site of AKT1, inhibited the expression of GSK-3β, and thus led to a significant decrease in the phosphorylation level of cyclin D1, which prevented the ubiquitination recognition and degradation of cyclin D1. …”
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Safety and efficacy of a feed additive consisting of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum NCIMB 41028 for all animal species (Genus Breeding Ltd.) by EFSA Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP), Roberto Edoardo Villa, Giovanna Azimonti, Eleftherios Bonos, Henrik Christensen, Mojca Durjava, Birgit Dusemund, Ronette Gehring, Boet Glandorf, Maryline Kouba, Marta López‐Alonso, Francesca Marcon, Carlo Nebbia, Alena Pechová, Miguel Prieto‐Maradona, Ilen Röhe, Katerina Theodoridou, Natalia Alija‐Novo, Montserrat Anguita, Nicole Bozzi Cionci, Matteo L. Innocenti, Fabiola Pizzo, Jordi Tarrés‐Call, Piera Valeri, Yolanda García‐Cazorla

“…The additive is intended for use in all fresh material for all animal species at a proposed minimum concentration of 1 × 109 colony forming units (CFU)/kg fresh plant material. …”
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iNOS Promotes the Development of Osteosarcoma via Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway by Wei Chu, Lirong Cao, Gui Daokun, Jiali Zhao

“…In present work, iNOS levels were detected in OS tissues and cell lines. Colony formation assay, Transwell assay, and fow cytometer were used to assess proliferation, migration, invasion, and apoptosis abilities in vitro after iNOS inhibition. …”
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Temporal Requirements of cMyc Protein for Reprogramming Mouse Fibroblasts by Corey Heffernan, Huseyin Sumer, Luis F. Malaver-Ortega, Paul J. Verma

“…Purification and delivery of semisoluble/particulate pTAT-mcMyc maintained Oct4-GFP+ colony formation (i.e., reprogramming efficiency) whilst supporting pluripotency by various criteria. …”
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Wharton’s Jelly-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells with High Aurora Kinase A Expression Show Improved Proliferation, Migration, and Therapeutic Potential by Sun Jeong Kim, Sang Eon Park, Jang Bin Jeong, Shin Ji Oh, Alee Choi, Yun Hee Kim, Suk-joo Choi, Soo-young Oh, Gyu Ha Ryu, Hong Bae Jeon, Jong Wook Chang

“…Aurora kinase A (AURKA) and dedicator of cytokinesis 2 (DOCK2) were selected as the upregulated genes, and their effects on proliferation, migration, and colony formation of the WJ-MSCs were verified using small interfering RNA (siRNA) techniques. mRNA expression levels of both the genes were positively correlated with the proliferation capacity of WJ-MSCs. …”
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