Pretreatment with G-CSF Could Enhance the Antifibrotic Effect of BM-MSCs on Pulmonary Fibrosis by Feiyan Zhao, Wei Liu, Shaojie Yue, Lei Yang, Qingzhong Hua, Yan Zhou, Haipeng Cheng, Ziqiang Luo, Siyuan Tang

“…Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) can promote the repair of a variety of damaged tissues, but the underlying mechanisms have not yet been fully elucidated. …”
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RETRACTED: LncRNA CCAT2 promotes the proliferation and metastasis of colorectal cancer through activation of the ERK and Wnt signaling pathways by regulating GNB2 expression by Jinhai Tian, Xu Cao, Zongying Jiang, Jia Wang, Wan Fan, Shaoting Zhang, Sien Zhao, Jianmin Sun

“…Functional analyses including CCK8, colony formation, wound healing migration, transwell chamber, and Muse® Cell Analyzer assays were performed to study the effects of CCAT2 gene deletion on CRC cells. …”
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Disruption of biological membranes by hydrophobic molecules: a way to inhibit bacterial growth by Alejandra Gabriela Valdez-Lara, Ángela M. Jaramillo-Granada, Daniel Ortega-Zambrano, Eristeo García-Marquez, Jorge Alberto García-Fajardo, H. Mercado-Uribe, J. C. Ruiz-Suárez

“…We found that the drugs modify their transition temperature, enthalpy of cohesion, and cooperativity, which indicates a strong alteration of the membranes. Then, inhibition of colony-forming units is studied in incubation experiments. …”
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Inhibitory Effects of Litsea cubeba Oil and Its Active Components on Aspergillus flavus by Shiqi Xia, Hong Lin, Peilin Zhu, Peiling Wang, Shengliang Liao, Shangxing Chen, Zongde Wang, Guorong Fan

“…Citral slowed down the growth rate of colonies and reduced mycelium biomass and toxin production. …”
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Constitutive activation of the Src-family kinases Fgr and Hck enhances the tumor burden of acute myeloid leukemia cells in immunocompromised mice by Sherry T. Shu, Li Chen, Giancarlo Gonzalez-Areizaga, Thomas E. Smithgall

“…Expression of CC-Hck or CC-Fgr transformed TF-1 cells to a granulocyte–macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF)-independent phenotype that correlated with enhanced phosphorylation of the kinase domain activation loop. …”
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Invasive Aspergillus niger Is the Sole Etiological Agent for CSOM : A Clinical Case from Nepal by Ajay Kumar Chaurasiya, Rabindra Bhakta Pradhananga, Niranjan Prasad Sah, Basista Prasad Rijal, Bharat Mani Pokhrel, Santosh Dulal

“…Thereafter, the fungal colony was investigated via a lactophenol cotton blue (LPCB) tease mount which displayed the structure of Aspergillus. …”
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Antimicrobial and Mechanical Properties of Orthodontic Acrylic Resin Containing Zinc Oxide and Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Supported on 4A Zeolite by Mahdiyeh Esmaeilzadeh, Baharak Divband, Bahram Ranjkesh, Fatemeh Pournaghi Azar, Fatemeh Yeganeh Sefidan, Mojgan Kachoei, Behnaz Karimzadeh

“…The addition of 2 and 4 wt% of ZnO/4A, TiO2/4A, and ZnO/TiO2/4A caused colony reduction in all types of tested microorganisms more than 99% and 100%, respectively. …”
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Construction of Shoot Apical Meristem cDNA Yeast Library of <i>Brassica napus</i> L. and Screening of Proteins That Interact with the Inflorescence Regulatory Factors BnTFL1s by Lingxiong Zan, Haidong Liu, Xutao Zhao, Dezhi Du, Kaixiang Li

“…The recombination efficiency of the yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) library that we constructed was 100%, with insertion fragment lengths ranging from 750 to 2000 bp and a capacity of approximately 1.44 × 10⁷ CFUs (colony-forming units), sufficient for screening protein interactions. …”
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[18F]PARPi Imaging Is Not Affected by HPV Status In Vitro by Navjot Guru, Paula Demétrio De Souza França, Giacomo Pirovano, Cien Huang, Snehal G. Patel, Thomas Reiner

“…Effects of external beam ionizing radiation were investigated in vitro, and survival was investigated via colony-formation assay. [18F]PARPi uptake experiments were performed on HPV-negative and HPV-positive cell lines to quantify PARP1 expression. …”
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miR-504 Promoted Gastric Cancer Cell Proliferation and Inhibited Cell Apoptosis by Targeting RBM4 by Yi Zhang, Hongmei Yong, Jing Fu, Guangyi Gao, Huichang Shi, Xueyi Zhou, Mingsheng Fu

“…Cell proliferation and cell apoptosis were assessed by colony formation assay and flow cytometry, respectively. …”
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Isolation and Characterisation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Rat Bone Marrow and the Endosteal Niche: A Comparative Study by Norhayati Yusop, Paul Battersby, Amr Alraies, Alastair J. Sloan, Ryan Moseley, Rachel J. Waddington

“…This study isolated and characterised heterogeneous MSC populations from each niche and subsequently investigated the effects of extensive cell expansion, analysing population doublings (PDs)/cellular senescence, colony-forming efficiencies (CFEs), MSC cell marker expression, and osteogenic/adipogenic differentiation. …”
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Anticancer Activity of Holothuria Leucospilota-Derived Saponin on MKN45 Gastric Cancer Cell via Upregulation of CDH1 Hub Gene by Khadijeh Sadegh, Amirhossein Ahmadi, Ahmad Shadi, Ahmad Ghasemi

“…Leucospilota-derived n-butanol fraction saponins (HLBS) sourced from the Persian Gulf on MKN45 GC cells was evaluated through tetrazolium salt and colony formation assays. The effect of HLBS on MKN45 cell migration, cell cycle, and apoptosis was assessed using a scratch assay, and flow cytometry, respectively. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Efficacy of Chlorhexidine and Herbal Mouthwash as a Preprocedural Rinse in Reducing Dental Aerosols: A Microbiological Study by Sangeeta Umesh Nayak, Anushka Kumari, Valliammai Rajendran, Vijendra Pal Singh, Ashwini Hegde, Keshava K. Pai

“…The microbial culture was analyzed. The colony-forming unit (CFU) counting in all three groups was assessed using one-way ANOVA test to compare among the groups (p value <0.001). …”
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Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis developed during treatment for systemic sclerosis: a case report by Tomoki Kozono, Kentaro Tanaka, Tomoko Yagi, Kazuto Kamikawaji, Masaki Watanabe, Azusa Iwanaga, Minako Hamada, Yoshifusa Koreeda, Hiromasa Inoue, Ikkou Higashimoto

“…Serum anti granulocyte–macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) antibodies were measured, and the result was positive, leading to the diagnosis of APAP. …”
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Mebendazole Exerts Anticancer Activity in Ovarian Cancer Cell Lines via Novel Girdin-Mediated AKT/IKKα/β/NF-κB Signaling Axis by Rahul Gupta, Dipanjan Roy, Arijit Ghosh, Yasmin Begum, Dipanjan Ghosh, Snehasikta Swarnakar

“…Additionally, MBZ significantly impedes migration, spheroid invasion, colony formation, and stemness. In addition, it reduced actin polymerization and down-regulated CSC markers (e.g., CD24, CD44, EpCAM). …”
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NF-κB Inhibition after Cecal Ligation and Puncture Reduces Sepsis-Associated Lung Injury without Altering Bacterial Host Defense by Hui Li, Wei Han, Vasilly Polosukhin, Fiona E. Yull, Brahm H. Segal, Can-Mao Xie, Timothy S. Blackwell

“…Treatment with the NF-κB inhibitor did not affect the ability of cultured macrophages to phagocytose bacteria and did not alter bacterial colony counts in blood, lung tissue, or peritoneal fluid at 24 hours after CLP. …”
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Tanshinlactone triggers methuosis in breast cancer cells via NRF2 activation by Wanjun Lin, Zifeng Huang, Xuening Zhang, Dayuan Zheng, Yanchao Yang, Meina Shi, Dongfang Yang, Tong Chu, Wenzhe Ma

“…Catastrophic macropinocytosis, also called methuosis, as a nonapoptotic cell death associated with cytoplasmic vacuolization, has gained increasing attention, largely because of its potential importance in cancer therapy.MethodsThe effect of tanshinlactone on the growth of human cancer cells was evaluated using sulforhodamine B and colony formation assay. Fluorescent dyes are used to label macropinosomes and lysosomes. …”
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Analysis of the Genomes and Adaptive Traits of <i>Skermanella cutis</i> sp. nov., a Human Skin Isolate, and the Type Strains <i>Skermanella rosea</i> and <i>Skermanella mucosa</i> by Yujin Choi, Munkhtsatsral Ganzorig, Kyoung Lee

“…Strain TT6^T also contains gene clusters involved in trehalose and carotenoid biosynthesis, along with salt-dependent colony morphology changes, highlighting its adaptive versatility. …”
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GPX8 as a Novel Prognostic Factor and Potential Therapeutic Target in Primary Glioma by Zhao-shou Yang, Qin Yang, Xiao-xiao Sun, Kui Xiong, Xiao-ting Zhu, Yi-chen Wang, Qian-yao Ren, Guo-hui Wu, Shi-min Wang, Xu-qin Cao, Xiao-rong Yang, Wen-gong Jiang

“…Furthermore, GPX8 knockdown caused G1 cell cycle arrest, increased cell death, and reduced colony formation in U87MG and U118MG cells. In conclusion, GPX8 is a promising therapeutic target and meaningful prognostic biomarker of primary glioma.…”
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Morphophysiological alterations caused by insertional mutagenesis of contactin 5 (Cntn5) gene in transgenic mice by A. V. Smirnov, N. A. Feofanova, G. V. Kontsevaya, M. V. Anisimova, I. I. Kovrigin, I. A. Serova, M. P. Moshkin, L. A. Gerlinskaya, N. R. Battulin

“…In this paper, we report our analysis of morphophysiological parameters of the transgenic mouse line GM9, in which a transgene designed for milk-specific expression of the human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) gene was integrated into the intron of the Contactin 5 gene (Cntn5). …”
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