Image_1_Practice Patterns and Learning Curve in Transoral Endoscopic Thyroidectomy Vestibular Approach With Neuromonitoring.tiff by Ting-Chun Kuo (3090399)

“…The cumulative sum graphic model was used to implement the learning curve as a surrogate for procedural proficiency.</p>Results<p>The 119 patients had a mean age of 44.65 years and a mean body mass index of 22.49 k/m², including 107 women, 20 thyroiditis, and 106 hemithyroidectomy. …”

Image_1_Practice Patterns and Learning Curve in Transoral Endoscopic Thyroidectomy Vestibular Approach With Neuromonitoring.tiff by Ting-Chun Kuo (3090399)

“…The cumulative sum graphic model was used to implement the learning curve as a surrogate for procedural proficiency.</p>Results<p>The 119 patients had a mean age of 44.65 years and a mean body mass index of 22.49 k/m², including 107 women, 20 thyroiditis, and 106 hemithyroidectomy. …”

Supplementary Material for: The Cost of Persistent Asthma in Europe: An International Population-Based Study in Adults by Accordini S. (4121878)

“…<b><i>Results:</i></b> The mean total cost per patient was EUR 1,583 and was largely driven by indirect costs (i.e. lost working days and days with limited, not work-related activities 62.5%). …”

Visualization of pathways, interacting network, and validation of selected downstream regulators. by Soumya Panigrahi (188599)

“…For CrkL, apoptin induced inhibition of Bcr-Abl phosphorylation lead to the down-regulation of CrkL resulting in lower phosphorytion indicating that apoptin decreases the activation of CrkL, a down-stream substrate of Bcr-Abl. …”

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

“…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>).…”

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).…”

Western blot analysis of claudin-1 and occludin expression after apical treatment with TGFβs. by Angelika Stammler (483878)

“…<p>A: Western blot with lysates of MEPC5 after apical stimulation with TGFβ1, TGFβ2 or TGFβ3 compared to untreated cells. …”

Pregnancy regulated genes following intrauterine infusion of pathogenic bacteria. by Mackenzie J. Dickson (12329233)

“…Intercaruncular endometrium was subjected to RNA sequencing analysis. (A) Volcano plot depicting the fold change (log2) and false discovery rate (-log10 FDR) of each endometrial gene of pregnant cows compared to non-pregnant cows. …”

The Fuglevand model can overestimate the contribution of motor noise to force variability. by Akira Nagamori (4743981)

“…F) CoV of force for the entire population as a function of mean force levels. …”

Ultra-Deep Sequencing of Mouse Mitochondrial DNA: Mutational Patterns and Their Origins by Adam Ameur (275274)

“…Mice that are homozygous for an allele expressing a proof-reading–deficient mtDNA polymerase (mtDNA mutator mice) have 10-times-higher point mutation loads than their wildtype siblings. …”

Comparison of clustering algorithms. by Thomas Crockett (2202283)

“…<p>(A) Silhouette plot of Ward’s clustering. Within each cluster (green/A and magenta/B), cells are ranked (vertical axis) in decreasing order of their silhouette values (horizontal axis). …”

Histological analysis of the calluses. by Tero Puolakkainen (4247116)

“…At the four-week time point ActRIIB-Fc treatment greatly enhanced (H) bone volume/tissue volume and (J) trabecular numbers and decreased their (I) separation * = p<0.05 ** = p<0.01, *** = p<0.001. n = 6 for PBS 2 weeks, 6 for ActRIIB-Fc 2 weeks, 7 for PBS 4 weeks and 7 for ActRIIB-Fc 4 weeks.…”

Relative mRNA abundance of nine target genes after injecting siRNAs. by Hang Li (123039)

“…The mRNA levels of target genes in the siRNA-treated group were relative to the negative control group at the same time point. Error bars indicate standard errors. Statistical significance of differences were analyzed with student T-test (decreasing significance,* P<0.05, **P<0.01; increasing significance, # P<0.05 ).…”

Sorafenib enhanced expression of osteopontin, an AP-1 target gene, in human hepatoma cell lines. by Yuki Haga (764328)

“…<p>(A, B) Knockdown of c-Jun decreased expression of osteopontin after 48 hours of transfection into PLC/PRF/5 cells with siRNA against c-Jun (si-c-Jun) or si-control (si-C). …”

High 22G RNA levels are associated with low mRNA expression, compatible with silencing. by Alexandra Bezler (6316151)

“…<p>A) Mean normalized mRNA [<a href="http://www.plosgenetics.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007905#pgen.1007905.ref055" target="_blank">55</a>] and 22G RNA reads detected in hermaphrodite and male gonads (data in 20 bins according to 22G RNA level; number of genes per bin: 4–1101 in hermaphrodites, 5–1343 in males; mean: solid line, outliers: circles). mRNA expression is globally decreased for the top 5% of genes (shaded area) with high levels of 22G RNA. …”

The TrkB was expressed in neurons in the injured brain and treatment with 7,8-dihydroxyflavone attenuated stretch-induced cytotoxicity and apoptosis in primary cultured neurons. by Chun-Hu Wu (306057)

“…<b>(E)</b> Western blot analysis of apoptosis-related proteins (cleaved caspase-3, Bcl-2, and Bax) shows that 5 µM DHF significantly decreased the cleaved caspase-3 level and the Bcl2/Bax ratio. …”

MapMan depiction of the unigenes expressed in control and NaCl-treated <i>S</i>. <i>maritima</i> plants related to different pathways. by Sachin Ashruba Gharat (841721)

“…<p>Each square represents individual genes of a pathway or functional category. The red and green squares represent decreases and increases, respectively, in the expression of a gene in response to NaCl application, presented as the fold change compared with expression in the control.…”

Differential sensitivity to PI3K/AKT pathway regulation is lost in isolated cancer cells. by Maria Laura Polo (364546)

“…Proliferation assay (³H-thymidine incorporation) in primary C4-HD (left) or C4-HI (right) cells incubated during the last 48 hrs with 0.01 µM MPA and 5, 10 and 20 µM PD98059 or LY294002. For the combined treatment, the inhibitor was used at a dose of 10 µM. …”