Age at puberty and risk of asthma: A Mendelian randomisation study by Cosetta Minelli (38846)

“…Age at menarche, recorded in years, was categorised as early (<12), normal (12–14), or late (>14); age at voice breaking was recorded and analysed as early (younger than average), normal (about average age), or late (older than average). In females, we found evidence for a causal effect of pubertal timing on asthma, with an 8% increase in asthma risk for early menarche (odds ratio [OR] 1.08; 95% CI 1.04 to 1.12; <i>p =</i> 8.7 × 10⁻⁵) and an 8% decrease for late menarche (OR 0.92; 95% CI 0.89 to 0.97; <i>p =</i> 3.4 × 10⁻⁴), suggesting a continuous protective effect of increasing age at puberty. …”

Cooperative Effects of FOXL2 with the Members of TGF-β Superfamily on FSH Receptor mRNA Expression and Granulosa Cell Proliferation from Hen Prehierarchical Follicles by Ning Qin (418292)

“…In contrast, a significant decrease of <i>FSHR</i> mRNA was detected after treatment with follistatin (50 ng/ml) and resulted in an inhibitory effect on the cell proliferation. …”

Endothelial cell death does not play a predominant role in zebrafish circulatory collapse and recovery following a 1 ng dose of PlcHR. by Michael L. Vasil (264410)

“…(A–C) Acridine orange staining detected minimal cell death following the injection of 1 ng PlcHR (A′,B′), ISVs collapsed, but did not regress as in the 2 ng dose (C′), and the endothelial nuclei did not decrease [(A″,B″) and data not shown]. …”

Adenosine stimulates chloride conductance through the A_2B adenosine receptor (A_2BAR). by Sammeta V. Raju (329016)

“…<p>The air-liquid interface cultures of Calu-3 cells were stimulated with 100 µM of apical adenosine, followed by apical addition of 50 µM of alloxazine, a specific inhibitor for A_2BAR. …”

Accumulation of dead cells in a colonic crypt culture. by Isabella Dotti (5877590)

“…<p>The viability of a crypt culture rapidly decreases over time due to the release of dead cells and debris into the lumen. …”

Improved Electromechanical Coupling in Silicone-Based Elastomer Thin Membranes Filled by Silica-Coated Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes by Marco Alfonso (12034753)

“…Dielectric spectroscopy showed an enhancement of dielectric constant from 2.6 of pure polymer up to 5.9 at 1 kHz, keeping a low dielectric loss of 0.0055 also under the effect of DC voltage bias of 100 V. …”

XRD diffraction pattern spectra of PFAgNPs. by Kenedy Kiyimba (9942393)

“…<div><p>Uterine fibroids affect a substantial proportion of women in their reproductive age. …”

Maximum neutralization activity of bnMAbs in a U87 target cell assay. by Laura E. McCoy (386535)

“…The bars represent the medians and the whiskered bars represent the interquartile range. The data points are colored according to which site the bnMAb targets: high-mannose patch (magenta), CD4bs (red), V2 apex (blue), and MPER (green). …”

P1 and P2 particles avoid DOX toxicity towards cardiomyocytes. by Sibu P. Kuruvilla (4382191)

“…<b>(B)</b> Quantitation of the toxicity towards CMs as a measure of the decrease in confluence using the aforementioned mask, normalized to the positive control of Triton X-100. …”

Effects of post HI salvinorin A administration on pial artery dilation to hypotension. by Zhenhong Wang (314457)

“…Percentage change =  (diameter after hypotension–diameter before hypotension)/diameter before hypotension)*100. N = 5 in each group. SA: Salvinorin A. Moderate: 25% decrease of mean blood pressure. …”

The estimation of distance between two points in the <i>Lab</i> scale of colors provides a parameter for characterizing the state of mixing in a stirred system. by Grissel Trujillo-de Santiago (662226)

“…<p>(A) The CIE<i>Lab</i> scale represents a color in a three-coordinate system in which L is associated with luminosity, ranging from 0 for black to +100 for white. …”

Condition of culturing cells across a set of two microplates. by Kaori Kuribayashi-Shigetomi (114097)

“…Results are shown as the mean ± s.d. (a: <i>n</i> = 3–5: 100 samples were observed each experiment, b: <i>n</i> = 100–282).…”

LincRNA-miRNA-mRNA regulatory network during skeletal muscle development. by Yalan Yang (735975)

Biomass yield as a function of the incident light intensity. by Rune Höper (19332801)

“…In contrast, the yield obtained from the fitted model (blue line) decreases with increasing light intensity. The experimental yield is depicted as a shaded dark grey area that reflects the weight of blue photons from 0 to 100%. …”

Effects of Intralipid on hepatic PPAR_β/δ mRNA expression in SD rats. by Lu Zheng (132726)

HT1080 human sarcoma xenograft growth in CD-1 athymic mice and body weight comparison under therapy with intravenous (i.v.) tTF-NGR, tumor radiotherapy, and a combination of both t... by Caroline Brand (3448523)

“…Control group (0.9% NaCl (= saline) i.v. at identical days as tTF-NGR, n = 6) is represented by grey dots, tTF-NGR group (n = 5) by blue triangles, radiotherapy (n = 8) by red diamonds, and combination (n = 6) by black dots. …”

A Comparison of the Effect of Species Diversity on Plant Abundance by Bonnie Chan (3114120)

“…<p>Hypothesis:</p> <p>As species diversity decreases, plant abundance decreases because of  more intraspecific competition. …”

Antitumor activities of a novel fluorinated small molecule (A1) in CT26 colorectal cancer cells: molecular docking and in vitro studies by Hossein Khorramdelazad (15317069)

“…Moreover, treatment with 60 μg/mL of <b>A1</b> and 100 ng/mL of CXCL12 for 72 h significantly decreased the number of cells expressing the CXCR4 receptor compared to the control group treated with CXCL12. …”

The representation of the MIPS FunCats in the functionally annotated genes in the wild-type <i>A. nidulans</i> genome (A) and the genes differentially expressed (<i>p</i><0.001) in... by Ana Cristina Colabardini (385464)

“…Real-time RT-PCR for AN6669 and AN8737 genes with increased and decreased mRNA accumulation in the wild-type and <i>alcA::ypkA</i> mutant strains grown in glucose 4% or threonine 100 mM, respectively, for 16 and 24 hours.…”

Effects of Intralipid on genes related to insulin signaling in liver tissues of SD rats. by Lu Zheng (132726)