Dietary supplementation with proanthocyanidins and rutin alleviates the symptoms of type 2 diabetes mice and regulates gut microbiota by Yue Gao, Yue Gao, Yue Gao, Binbin Huang, Yunyi Qin, Bing Qiao, Mengfei Ren, Liqing Cao, Yan Zhang, Maozhen Han, Maozhen Han

“…Recently, gut microbiota has been linked with metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes (T2DM), and its mediating role in dietary supplements has been confirmed. …”
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Combined PARP14 inhibition and PD-1 blockade promotes cytotoxic T cell quiescence and modulates macrophage polarization in relapsed melanoma by Chun Wai Wong, Rotem Leshem, Kieran Neil Sefton, I-Hsuan Lin, Dervla Tamara Isaac, Mario Niepel, Adam Hurlstone

“…Poly ADP ribosyl polymerase 14 (PARP14), an IFNγ-responsive gene product, partially mediates IFNγ-driven resistance. PARP14 inhibition prolongs PD-1 blockade responses in preclinical models, but fails to achieve full tumor clearance, suggesting the involvement of additional resistance mechanisms.Methods We identified a robust PARP14 catalytic inhibitor gene signature and evaluated its association with patient survival. …”
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Exendin-4 Protects against Hyperglycemia-Induced Cardiomyocyte Pyroptosis via the AMPK-TXNIP Pathway by Hong Wei, Rui Bu, Qinghui Yang, Jing Jia, Tao Li, Qiuping Wang, Yanjun Chen

“…These findings promoted us to propose a new signaling pathway mediating cardioprotective effect of Exendin-4 under hyperglycemic conditions: Exendin-4 → ROS↓ → pAMPK↑ → TXNIP↓ → caspase-1↓ → IL-1β and IL-18↓ → pyroptosis↓. …”
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A “Catastrophic” Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia by D. Barcellona, M. Melis, G. Floris, A. Mameli, A. Muroni, G. Defazio, F. Marongiu

“…Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is a transient, antibody-mediated thrombocytopenia syndrome that usually follows exposure to unfractioned heparin (UFH) or low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH). …”
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Antimicrobial Effects of Gum Arabic-Silver Nanoparticles against Oral Pathogens by Omnia Ahmed, Nicole R. S. Sibuyi, Adewale O. Fadaka, Abram M. Madiehe, Ernest Maboza, Annette Olivier, Mervin Meyer, Greta Geerts

“…Therefore, this study supports the prospective implementation of the plant extract-mediated AgNPs in dental healthcare.…”
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Modeling of genetic processes underlying the development of resistance to fipronil in the Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say) by K. A. Kitaev, I. S. Mardanshin, E. V. Surina, T. I. Leontieva, M. B. Udalov, G. V. Benkovskaya

“…The use of phenetic markers of nonspecific resistance to environmental factors allowed us to compute the model with mediated intergenic interactions. Various hypotheses about strategies in overcoming resistance have been tested using this model. …”
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Sulfatase modifying factor 2 as a predictive biomarker for urothelial carcinoma by Wei-Ting Kuo, Yi-Chen Lee, Jia-Bin Liao, Ching-Jiunn Tseng, Yi-Fang Yang

“…Abstract Sulfatases mediate the sulfation level of cell-surface heparan sulfates to regulate signal transduction, thereby promoting cancer progression. …”
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E3 ligase RNF128 restricts A. alternata-induced ILC2 activation and type 2 immune response in the murine lung by Chenghua Yan, Wendong Kuang, Guangqiang Ma, Feifei Guo, Liang Jin, Hongjiao Wan, Jinhua Zhu, Yongcui Liao, Haijun Tan, Liyuan Wang

“…Recent advances have shown that group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) produce the cytokines IL-5 and IL-13 to mediate type 2 immune response. However, whether RNF128 regulates ILC2-dependent allergic lung inflammation remains unclear. …”
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Comparative Study on the Effects of Four Plant Protein Sources on the Liver and Intestinal Health of Largemouth Bass, Micropterus salmoides by Shibin Yao, Wenjian Li, Chunfang Cai, Chengrui Wang, Jia Kang, Honglin Hu, Ping Wu, Xiamin Cao, Yuantu Ye

“…These results indicated that 25% of each of the four PPSs in the diet exceeded the tolerance range of largemouth bass and caused liver damage, which might be mediated by bile acid. DF in PPS might be an important agent contributing to liver damage.…”
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Real-world of Limosilactobacillus reuteri in mitigation of acute experimental colitis by Ningning Yue, Hailan Zhao, Peng Hu, Yuan Zhang, Chengmei Tian, Chen Kong, Zhiliang Mai, Longbin Huang, Qianjun Luo, Daoru Wei, Ruiyue Shi, Shaohui Tang, Yuqiang Nie, Yujie Liang, Jun Yao, Lisheng Wang, Defeng Li

“…However, the underlying mechanisms mediating microbiota-host crosstalk remain largely elusive. …”
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De novo assembly of the mitochondrial genome of Glycyrrhiza glabra and identification of two types of homologous recombination configurations caused by repeat sequences by Guowang Zhou, Meiling Qin, Xiuli Liu, Yonghui Qi, Xiaobin Ou, Min Tang

“…This study reveals the complexity of repetitive sequence-mediated homologous recombination in the mitochondrial genome of G. glabra and provides new insights into its structure, function, and evolution. …”
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Dynamics of REL, RELA and IRF1 transcription factor expression in U937 macrophages after dioxin exposure by E. V. Kashina, D. Y. Oshchepkov, E. V. Antontseva, M. Y. Shamanina, D. P. Furman, V. A. Mordvinov

“…Isolated RNA was used for the study of the TCDD-mediated alteration of gene expression levels using Real-time PCR with SYBR Green I. …”
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Multivariate quantitative analysis of glycan impact on IgG1 effector functions by Tamara Cvijić, Matej Horvat, Jakob Plahutnik, Ana Golob, Jaka Marušič

“…Our results show that just a 1% decrease in Fc fucosylation can lead to a more than 25% increase in antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity. The intercorrelated nature of glycan patterns, combined with the low variability and lack of well-defined glycan patterns in process development and manufacture samples, makes studying the effects of individual glycan structures challenging. …”
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Remote Limb Ischemic Postconditioning Protects against Ischemic Stroke via Modulating Microglia/Macrophage Polarization in Mice by Dong Han, Jue Wang, Lulu Wen, Miao Sun, Hang Liu, Yan Gao

“…The protection against ischemia/reperfusion injury mediated by remote limb ischemic postconditioning (RIPC) shows great clinical value in ischemic stroke therapy, but the particular mechanism of RIPC remains unclear. …”
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HDL-free cholesterol influx into macrophages and transfer to LDL correlate with HDL-free cholesterol content by Dedipya Yelamanchili, Baiba K. Gillard, Antonio M. Gotto, Jr., Miguel Caínzos Achirica, Khurram Nasir, Alan T. Remaley, Corina Rosales, Henry J. Pownall

“…High-density lipoprotein (HDL)-free cholesterol (FC) transfers to other lipoproteins and cells, the former by a spontaneous mechanism and the latter by both spontaneous and receptor-mediated mechanisms. Macrophages are an important cell type in all stages of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), and the magnitude of FC efflux from macrophages to HDL, a metric of HDL function, inversely associated with several metrics of ASCVD. …”
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The HLA-Cw12 Allele Is an Important Susceptibility Allele for Psoriasis and Is Associated with Resistant Psoriasis in the Turkish Population by Nahide Onsun, Serpil Pirmit, Dilek Ozkaya, Şirin Çelik, Aylin Rezvani, F. Pelin Cengiz, Cigdem Kekik

“…Psoriasis is a multifactorial immune-mediated inflammatory disease triggered by both genetic and environmental factors. …”
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Does Clostridium Perfringens Epsilon Toxin Mimic an Auto-Antigen Involved in Multiple Sclerosis? by Marie-Lise Gougeon, Valérie Seffer, Cezarela Hoxha, Elisabeth Maillart, Michel R. Popoff

“…Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic immune-mediated neurological disorder, characterized by progressive demyelination and neuronal cell loss in the central nervous system. …”
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Systemic Proteomic Analysis Reveals Distinct Exosomal Protein Profiles in Rheumatoid Arthritis by Qiu Qin, Ronghua Song, Peng Du, Chaoqun Gao, Qiuming Yao, Jin-an Zhang

“…Subsequently, these cross-linked proteins may be mainly involved in the inflammatory-related pathways to mediate the onset of RA. Noteworthy, the LBP/CD14 complex can promote the expression of IL-8 and TNF-α, eventually leading to the development of RA. …”
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Decoding CKD-induced muscle atrophy through the critical role of lncRNA GAS5 and pyroptosis by Rong Huang, Xinying Tang, Shuang Liu, Lijing Sun

“…Consequently, this amplifies the activation of the NLRP3 pathway, which may underpin the crucial mechanism driving pyroptosis-mediated muscle atrophy. Our findings provide new evidence for GAS5’s role in regulating cellular pyroptosis in CKD-induced skeletal muscle atrophy.…”
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Extracellular Vesicles Derived from Adipose Mesenchymal Stem Cells Promote Peritoneal Healing by Activating MAPK-ERK1/2 and PI3K-Akt to Alleviate Postoperative Abdominal Adhesion by Manyu Shi, Hengchen Liu, Tingting Zhang, Mingzhao Zhang, Xin Tang, Zenan Zhang, Wenjun Lu, Shulong Yang, Zhitao Jiang, Qingbo Cui, Zhaozhu Li

“…ADSC-EVs were incorporated in vitro and induced rat peritoneal mesothelial cell proliferation and migration. This was mediated by stimulation of the MAPK–ERK1/2 and PI3K–Akt axes. …”
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