Puberty in a sample of Brazilian schoolgirls: timing and anthropometric characteristics by Taciana Carla Maia Feibelmann (6121580)

“…Results We found that thelarche, pubarche, underarm hair and menarche were attained at the age of 9.8 ± 1.4, 10.2 ± 1.4, 10.5 ± 1.5 and 11.7 ± 1.3 years, respectively. The mean interval between thelarche and menarche (ITM) was 1.7 ± 1.3 years. …”

Seasonal trend in relative abundance of <i>C. leucas</i> at the Shark Reef Marine Reserve, Fiji between 2003 and 2009. by Juerg M. Brunnschweiler (231939)

“…The ends of the whisker are set at 1.5×IQR above the third quartile and 1.5×IQR below the first quartile. …”

General motor activity of WT and <i>rSey²/+</i> rats in an open-field test. by Toshiko Umeda (358618)

“…<i>rSey²/+</i> rats exhibited decrease in the number of rearing compared to WT (genotype: F(1) = 6.54, P<0.02; time: F(5) = 17.13, P<0.001; genotype × time: F(5) = 3.74, P<0.005; <b>D</b>), although time spent in locomotion (<b>A</b>), distance of locomotion (<b>B</b>), and speed of movement (<b>C</b>) were not significantly changed. …”

DARC-A549 derived tumors have reduced tumor cellularity by Christina L Addison (4058)

“…Each bar is a representation of the mean and standard error for the percent CD49b positive in 5 different tumors for each group. …”

Soluble RGMA.Fc selectively inhibits BMP induction of hepcidin promoter luciferase activity. by Qifang Wu (131118)

“…(<b>A–B</b>) Results are reported as the mean ± SD of the percent decrease in relative luciferase activity for cells treated with BMP ligands in combination with RGMA.Fc or HJV.Fc compared with cells treated with BMP ligands alone (n = 3–4 per group).…”

Inhibition of MMP-9 mRNA expression in PMA-activated astrocytes by MVC. by Pasqua Gramegna (285543)

“…Positive control MMP-2 and MMP-9 mRNA were set at 100%, and the treatments with MVC represented as percent of positive control (mean± SD). Asterisk indicates statistically significant decrease in comparison to positive control. …”

Effects of L-arginine hydrochloride infusion on venous blood chloride concentrations. by Tsin W. Yeo (218400)

“…<p><a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0002347#pone-0002347-g005" target="_blank">Figure 5A</a>: Relationship between dose/weight (mg/kg) of infused L-arginine and the maximal decrease in venous blood chloride at any time during or in the two hours following infusion (n = 30, r = 0.6, p<0.001). …”

Change in serum HMGB1 level in the rhTM group and control group. by Hiroshige Shimizu (5279057)

“…In contrast, HMGB1 level did not significantly decrease in the control group (11.3±11.3 vs 8.3±5.3 ng/ml, respectively; P = 0.37).…”

Transitional dynamics of the mutually supporting scenario. by Guanghua Xu (319074)

“…Situation 1: <i>p_{c_od}</i> =  <i>p_{c_do}</i> =  <i>p_{c_dd}</i> = 0.5, situation 2: <i>p_{c_od}</i> =  <i>p_{c_do}</i> =  <i>p_{c_dd}</i> = 1.5. …”

ROS production by isolated mitochondria before and after MPTP opening. by Tatyana Andrienko (3373235)

“…<p><b>A,</b> Effects of sequential additions of Ca²⁺ (100 mmol/L) to isolated rat heart mitochondria incubated with 5 mmol/L L-glutamate + 2 mmol/L L-malate and 5 mmol/L succinate (GMS) on mPTP opening measured as the loss of ΔΨ (Rhd-123 fluorescence increase) or accumulated Ca²⁺ (Fura-FF fluorescence increase) and decrease in LS. …”

Correlation of CN-depression with average CaMKII enrichment at synapses. A. by Camilo Gouet (299610)

“…</b> Summary plot of percent decrease in transmission after antCN27 treatment (last 10 min) divided by the mean spontaneous decay measured at similar time in control experiments (**: p = 8×10⁻⁵, t-test). …”

High Dietary Fat Reduces the Rate of Pyruvate Supported Respiration in Isolated Cardiac Mitochondria. by Clair Crewe (467358)

“…Mass spectrometric quantification of the protein levels of each PDH subunit (n = 5). All data are presented as the mean ± SEM with <i>p</i> values: * < 0.05; ** < 0.01; and *** < 0.001.…”

The Effect of the Free Radical Scavenger Cysteine on miRNA expression. by Nicole L. Simone (342316)

“…<p>(A) 1522 cells were treated with cysteine (0.2, 0.5, 1 or 2 µM) for one hour, then DCF (dichhlorofluroisceine) for 15 min, then irradiated to 5, 10 or 20Gy. …”

miR-9 attenuated the growth and metastasis of gastric cancer cells <i>in vivo</i>. by Liduan Zheng (182440)

“…<p><b>A</b> and <b>B</b>, hypodermic injection of SGC-7901 or AGS cells stably transfected with miR-9 precursor into athymic nude mice (n = 5) resulted in decreased size and weight of subcutaneous xenograft tumors than those transfected with negative control vector (mock, n = 5). …”

Figure1 by Marco Niello (11112339)

“…</a>g) Saturation of DA uptake conducted in presence of R-αPVP 250nM (orange), 500nM (light red) or 1000nM (dark red). h) R-αPVP does not drastically change the km, but i) reduces Vmax dose-dependently. Data is shown as mean±SEM of at least 5 independent experiments conducted in duplicates. …”

Chronic Nicotine Exposure Abolishes Maternal Systemic and Renal Adaptations to Pregnancy in Rats - Fig 2 by Vanessa Meira Ferreira (2512462)

“…(<b>C</b>) Baroreceptor reflex of rSNA in response to decrease MAP induced by acute administration of sodium nitroprusside (5, 15, and 20 mg.kg^-1, depressor responses) and increased MAP induced by acute administration of phenylephrine (3, 5, and 10 mg.kg^-1, pressor responses, ∆MAP/rSNA); n = 7/group, *p<0.05 and ^#p<0.05 vs virgin (V) and pregnant (P) groups, respectively.…”

<i>In vitro</i> model of amino acid uptake by placental cells. by Philippe Boeuf (58228)

“…</b> BeWo cells incubated for 16 h with the conditioned medium from an IE/monocyte co-culture showed a marked decrease in Na⁺-dependent MeAIB uptake relative to cells incubated with an uninfected erythrocyte (UE)/monocyte conditioned medium (n = 5 independent donors in triplicate). …”

The effects of p17 are mediated by ROCK-induced activation of PTEN. by Cinzia Giagulli (354803)

“…<p>Cells, pre-treated with Rock inhibitor Y-27632 (25 µM) for 20 min (lane 4, 5, 6), were stimulated for 1 and 3 min with p17 (1 µg/ml) (lane 5, 6). …”

LTPi is expressed presynaptically. by Joana Lourenço (594392)

“…Data are values from single cells and/or mean ± SEM. *<i>p</i><0.05 as compared to baseline. …”

Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of the Thionated Antibacterial Agent Nalidixic Acid and Its Organoruthenium(II) Complex by Rosana Hudej (2051047)

“…While the derivatization caused the antibacterial activity of the ligand against E. coli to decrease, the cytotoxicity of the complex against three cancer cell lines was significantly increased and the inhibitory potency against two enzymes of the cathepsin family was increased by 10-fold.…”