Functional response of Trichogramma pretiosum on Trichoplusia ni eggs at different temperatures and egg densities by André Malacarne Milanez (5669381)

“…Females of Trichogramma pretiosum show greater efficiency at 30ºC and a type-II functional response. The parasitism rate decreases, when host density increases.…”

Remifentanil infusion increases the GSK-3β activity in spinal dorsal horn. by Yize Li (471459)

“…<p>The total GSK-3β and phosphorylated GSK-3β in spinal dorsal horn were tested by Western blot. β-actin was used as the internal standard (a). The band intensity of C group was assigned a value of 1. …”

BTBR mice show impaired accuracy, omissions and impulsivity. by Stephanie M. McTighe (406642)

“…In these sessions, ITI was held constant at 5 seconds, and mice were given one session at each of 4, 2, 0.8 and 0.4 second stimulus duration. …”

Decline of auditory nerve function in aged CBA/CaJ mice. by Yazhi Xing (327214)

“…<p><b>A:</b> Comparisons of ABR thresholds for wave I obtained from 1–3 month-old and 23–27 month-old mice. …”

NT-4 expression profile. by Jin-Young Chung (390854)

“…Exercise induces increased expression of dimers, more so in the milder condition (I: mild, II: moderate, III: severe) (p<0.05, n = 5). (<b>D</b>) The distribution of immunoreactivity by exercise increased adjacent to the ischemic region (b) comparing to the ischemia-only control (a). ▄ = 100 um.…”

Observed water repellency in undecomposed and decomposed leaf litter. by Gaspare Cesarano (686639)

“…Data refer to mean and 95% confidence interval (N = 10 for each treatment combination) of MED, i.e. volume percentage concentration of ethanol in drops adsorbed by litter samples within 5 s. from administration. Plant litter species are ranked by decreasing difference between undecomposed and decomposed materials (significantly highest means within each plant litter species: *, <i>P</i> < 0.05, Tukey's HSD post-hoc test from the GLMM in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0152565#pone.0152565.s003" target="_blank">S2 Table</a>).…”

SIRT (1–7) mRNA reductions with increasing passage number is augmented with HG treatment in HUVECs. by Rokhsana Mortuza (102995)

“…<p>(A) SIRT (1–7) mRNA expressions are decreased in large vessel endothelial cells (HUVEC) with increasing passages and with HG it is escalated (analyzed by quantitative Real Time RT-PCR). mRNA levels are expressed as a ratio to β-actin and normalized to baseline controls, NG P0 (before treatment began). …”

QTL mapping precision in <i>Qrr1</i>. by Khyobeni Mozhui (172560)

“…The mean offset for <i>cis</i>-QTLs with LOD scores 3–4 (genome-wide adjusted p-value of 0.1–0.01) is 900 kb, and the offset decreases to 650 kb at 4–5 LOD scores (p-value of 0.01–0.001). …”

FGF signaling is necessary for endothelial cell monolayer integrity. by Kunihiko Hatanaka (322096)

“…<p><b>A.</b> Endothelial monolayer permeability evaluated with the ECIS system. …”

Expression profiling of miRNAs in the DRG following sciatic nerve injury. by Iain T. Strickland (210350)

“…Colour coding: control versus axotomised DRG on a logarithmic scale; green represents decreased level while red represents increased level in axotomised DRG (n = 3). …”

Mechanical Behaviour of Metallic Yielding Dampers with Different Aspect Ratios by Ahmed Sabah Aljawadi (10476184)

“…This study investigated the behavior of yielding shear plates with different aspect ratios when subjected to a gradually increasing lateral load. Five shear links with the thickness of 1mm and aspect ratios ranging from 1.0 to 1.5 were constructed and tested. …”

No change in amount of HGF protein or hepatocyte proliferation in HGF KO mice after PH. by Kari Nejak-Bowen (392168)

“…<p>(<b>A</b>) Genomic recombination is present in cre-inducible HGF^{ex.5 flox} KO mice at all time points after PH, as assessed by PCR. …”

Model Hirano bodies protect against tau-dependent cell death. by Matthew Furgerson (134418)

“…Transfection of 352PHP tau decreases the amount of exogenous APP (1.5 µg versus 3.0 µg of APP in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0044996#pone-0044996-g002" target="_blank">Figure 2</a>) required to achieve significant enhancement of cell death. …”

Combined treatment of PJ, ATRA and 9-<i>cis</i> effect cell cycle protein expression in primary HSCs. by Efrat Sharvit (465323)

“…<p><b>A</b>. Combined treatment of PJ, ATRA and 9-<i>cis</i> decreased cyclin D1 expression in primary rat HSCs. …”

RAGE activation in VSMC interferes with their contractile phenotype and function. by Elie Simard (481523)

“…<p>RAGE is expressed in VSMC A7r5 and fully functional. Its activation, using short term stimulation with AGE-HSA or CML-HSA, leads to increased ERK 1/2 and AKT signaling, whereas p38 and JNK/SAPK activities are decreased. …”

BP, MF and CC refer to the biological process, molecular function and cellular component ontologies, respectively by Dominic J Allocco (55890)

“…This is an Open Access article: verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose, provided this notice is preserved along with the article's original URL.</p> A) The number of gene pairs which have matching GO terms decreases as the strictness of the required match increases. …”

SKF96365 and 2-APB inhibit Src activation. by Mengchen Zou (725646)

“…<p>Representative immunoblots showing that SKF96365 (A) and 2-APB (B) decreased HMGB1-induced Src phosphorylation. …”

The effect of leptin administration on motor function recovery in the CatWalk system. by Carmen María Fernández-Martos (5649061)

“…Leptin administration decreased the base of support (BOS) of both of the fore (A) and hind (B) paws when compared with vehicle-treated controls. …”

FHL2 silencing reduces lung metastasis in mice. by Julia Brun (286504)

“…Proposed model in which FHL2 silencing using shFHL2 in murine osteosarcoma cells attenuates Wnt/β-catenin signaling and reduces the expression of Wnt5a and Wnt10b and possibly other FHL2 target genes in the tumors, resulting in decreased osteosarcoma cell growth, invasiveness and tumorigenesis <i>in vivo</i> (D).…”

Stress-reactivity of 6-month old zebrafish as assessed by thigmotaxis. by Matteo Baiamonte (721514)

“…<b>A,B</b>) Adult zebrafish that had been experimentally exposed to ethanol spent decreased time at the edge of the tank, (<i>F</i> 2, 127 = 3.09, <i>P</i><0.05). …”