Vaccine induced protection against leukopenia. by Simon P. Graham (59745)

“…<p>Leucokyte numbers remained at pre-vaccination levels throughout the experiment in animals vaccinated five days prior to challenge with A) UK2000/7.1 or B) CBR/93 (filled circles), whereas a significant (P<0.05) decrease occurred rapidly after challenge in unvaccinated animals (open circles) and animals vaccinated one day before challenge that developed clinical signs and were euthanized prior to the end of the experiment (open triangles). …”

RNAi-based DtSER-1 deorphanization cAMP raw values. by Mostafa Zamanian (315563)

“…Analysis (one-way ANOVA, Tukey) of these raw datasets establishes a significant decrease in 5-HT mediated cAMP stimulation associated with <i>DtSER-1</i> suppression. …”

Significantly changed Akt2 protein interaction partners in L6 myoblasts upon insulin stimulation (n = 4, P<0.05). by Michael Caruso (813475)

“…<p>*, expressed as mean ±SEM. Only the Akt2 interaction partners with a fold change greater than 1.5 (i.e., 1.5 fold increase) or less than 0.66 (i.e., 1.5 fold decrease), and with a significant difference of p<0.05, between basal and insulin-treated conditions are considered.…”

Choosing the best heuristic for seeded alignment of DNA sequences-1 by Yanni Sun (27928)

“…For each curve, the subsequent points decrease by 1 while holding constant. Each point represents a locally optimal set of seeds.…”

Single-molecule properties of the Head1/Neck3 chimera. by Sarah Adio (374199)

“…(D) Head1/Neck3 velocities under load. Average velocities v (mean±s.e.m.) of NcKin wild type motor (closed circles <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0004612#pone.0004612-Jaud1" target="_blank">[22]</a> and additional data points) and Head1/Neck3 chimera (open circles) are plotted versus applied load. …”

Effect of heparanase on cytokine production. by Menachem Bitan (365486)

“…<p><b>A, B. In vivo. A.</b> C57BL/6 mice were subjected to a daily injection of active (8+50 kDa) heparanase (3 days, 5 µg/mouse/day) or saline (control). …”

WV phase space projection for QIF model with spike waveform, and convergent iterative theoretical predictions for <i>μ</i> > <i>μ</i>* and <i>μ</i> → 0. by Adam D. Schneider (148548)

“…Inset shows the cyan trajectory in terms of decaying variables <i>x</i>*(<i>t</i>) and <i>C</i>*(<i>t</i>), and how <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0159300#pone.0159300.e084" target="_blank">Eq (22)</a> captures the initial increase and then decrease in the calcium concentration, while <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0159300#pone.0159300.e083" target="_blank">Eq (21)</a> does not. …”

Prostate cancer diagnosis, staging, and treatment in Sweden during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic by Giuseppe Fallara (9921948)

Tumor microenvironment facilitates the emergence of high levels of drug resistance. by Feng Fu (218124)

“…In the absence of drugs, both proliferation and turnover rates of cancer cells decrease with <i>x</i> [<a href="http://www.ploscompbiol.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004142#pcbi.1004142.ref022" target="_blank">22</a>]: birth rate <i>β</i>(<i>x</i>) = <i>b</i>₀exp(−<i>x</i>/<i>τ</i>_<i>g</i>) and death rate <i>α</i>(<i>x</i>) = <i>d</i>₀exp(−<i>x</i>/<i>τ</i>_<i>g</i>), where the parameter <i>τ</i>_<i>g</i> is the characteristic length scale of spatial decay in proliferation and turnover rates. …”

Data_Sheet_1_Maternal preconception BMI and gestational weight gain are associated with weight retention and maternal and child body fat at 6–7 years postpartum in the PRECONCEPT c... by Melissa F. Young (3692167)

“…Average PPWR at 1, 2, and 6–7 years was 1.1, 1.5 and 4.3 kg, respectively. A one SD increase in PPBMI was associated with a decrease in PPWR at 1 year (β [95% CI]: −0.21 [−0.37, −0.04]) and 2 years (−0.20 [−0.39, −0.01]); while a one SD in total CGWG was associated with an increase in PPWR at 1 year (1.01 [0.85,1.18]), 2 years (0.95 [0.76, 1.15]) and 6–7 years (1.05 [0.76, 1.34]). …”

Cell proliferation was studied with immunostaining for PCNA and DAPI in MCF-7 cells. by Hyemi Lee (342537)

“…(B) Ratio of PCNA/DAPI fluorescence intensity observed in A. Means of 5 experiments ±1 S.E. is shown. The decrease in PCNA/DAPI fluorescence intensity by metformin was statistically significant at both 37°C and 42°C, and siRNA transfection significantly reduced the effect of metformin to decrease the PCNA/DAPI fluorescence intensity.…”

Mutation of LUSH^D118 does not affect the responses of OR67d neurons to cVA. by Carolina Gomez-Diaz (408669)

“…There is a small but significant decrease in cVA sensitivity in LUSH^D118A compared to LUSH^wt flies only in the 3.5–4-s time bin (<i>p</i><0.05; Sidak's post hoc multiple comparison tests).…”

Assembly-induced changes in the rotation curve. by Rifka Vlijm (133750)

“…NAP1 incubated with all 4 core histones induces positive supercoils and decreases the DNA end-to-end length. At point a, the maximum of the rotation curve before assembly, ΔL_k = 0 since magnets are not rotated, ΔL_k,nuc = 0 since no nucleosomes are formed yet and ΔL_k,DNA = 0 by definition at the peak of the rotation curve. …”

Stereoselective Alkali-Metal Catalysts for Highly Isotactic Poly(<i>rac</i>-lactide) Synthesis by Yangyang Sun (1446925)

“…The isoselective mechanism is chain-end control through the analysis of the stereoerrors in the microstructure of a final polymer; thus, isotactic multiblock structure polymers are obtained, and the highest melt point can reach 192.5 °C. …”

Stereoselective Alkali-Metal Catalysts for Highly Isotactic Poly(<i>rac</i>-lactide) Synthesis by Yangyang Sun (1446925)

“…The isoselective mechanism is chain-end control through the analysis of the stereoerrors in the microstructure of a final polymer; thus, isotactic multiblock structure polymers are obtained, and the highest melt point can reach 192.5 °C. …”

Stereoselective Alkali-Metal Catalysts for Highly Isotactic Poly(<i>rac</i>-lactide) Synthesis by Yangyang Sun (1446925)

“…The isoselective mechanism is chain-end control through the analysis of the stereoerrors in the microstructure of a final polymer; thus, isotactic multiblock structure polymers are obtained, and the highest melt point can reach 192.5 °C. …”

Stereoselective Alkali-Metal Catalysts for Highly Isotactic Poly(<i>rac</i>-lactide) Synthesis by Yangyang Sun (1446925)

“…The isoselective mechanism is chain-end control through the analysis of the stereoerrors in the microstructure of a final polymer; thus, isotactic multiblock structure polymers are obtained, and the highest melt point can reach 192.5 °C. …”

BriX clustering statistics. by Lies Baeten (46413)

“…<p>(A) Effect of increasing RMSD threshold. Shown is the number of BriX classes (circles) and the percentage of classified fragments (squares) in function of the RMSD threshold (0.5–1.0 Angstrom) used during the clustering for fragments containing 7 residues. …”

Prevalence of <i>S</i>. <i>haematobium</i> infection and heavy infection (dashed) by treatment over time (9–12 year-old-cross section only) and by study arm with 95% CI. by Anna E. Phillips (4050331)

“…Prevalence and heavy infection levels decrease over time in all arms, with the exception of arm 3 and 5 following two consecutive holiday years where infection levels appear to increase where communities were not treated for a two year period.…”

Difference and Equilibrium spectra and modelling of the putative R and M absorption spectra. by Ludovic S. Mure (262696)

“…Consistent with typical difference spectra of invertebrates, the response function (5-degree polynomial, R² = 0.91) shows two domains: a decrease in the response between 400–515 nm (min = 466 nm) and an increase in constriction for longer wavelengths (515–650 nm, max = 592 nm). …”