Dendritic spine density in both apical and basal porcine cortical pyramidal cells 1 hour after impact. by Brendan Hoffe (20775702)

“…B) Mean spine density along basal dendrites. There was a significant decrease in spine density along the basal dendrites 1 hour after impact ( * =  <b>p</b> <  0.05). …”

Histology of pancreas following cell therapy. by Reza B. Jalili (845889)

“…<p>Histology of representative pancreas sections of NOD mice before (at the commencement of autoimmune diabetes) and after cell therapy is shown. Panel <b>A</b> shows hematoxylin-eosin staining (left and center) and insulin immuno-staining (right) of pancreas sections of a NOD mouse euthanized in the first week after the onset of hyperglycemia. …”

Role of apoptosis-associated genes in transduced DU145 cells. by Nana Pei (504330)

“…<p>DU145 cells were transfected with TRAIL-R2,Gadd45a,TP53BP2 or HRK siRNA(20 nmol/L) or control siRNA (20 nmol/L) followed by transduction with Ad-G-AT2R-EGFP (100 ifu/cell) for 2 d. …”

BBB impairment seen as early as 3 days into cuprizone administration. by John Shelestak (8490477)

“…(D) Densitometry of western blot shows significant decrease in Occludin levels compared to controls. Data are expressed as a percentage of control with the highest control set at 100. …”

Phenotypic characterization of pCAME-treated embryos. by Evelien Gebruers (495875)

“…<p>(A) Embryo treated with 100 μg/mL crude methanolic extract of <i>J. gilgianum</i>. …”

Predicted impact of interventions on the number of local infections in the Ehlanzeni district (summation of the five local patches). by Sheetal Prakash Silal (477585)

“…<p>(a) shows the impact of the interventions on local infections in Ehlanzeni district through time compared to the base case of no interventions (black) and (b) shows the percentage change (increase or decrease) in point estimates of local infections due to the interventions between 2013 and 2018. (1) Local Scale-up: Increase in local vector control so as to reduce the mosquito-human contact rate by a further 10% (red), three consecutive two-monthly rounds of MDA in Mbombela, Nkomazi and Bushbuckridge Municipalities (green). (2) FSAT at the border: at 70% coverage for 26 weeks (red), 39 weeks (green), 52 weeks (blue) and 52 weeks at 100% coverage (purple). (3) Reducing Vector Control: FSAT at the border at 70% coverage administered all year round while simultaneously reducing vector control by 10% (red), 20% (green) and stopping vector control altogether (blue). (4) Source Reduction: 10% scale up of vector control in Maputo (red), three consecutive two-monthly rounds of MDA in Maputo (green) and eliminating malaria in Maputo (blue). …”

Degradation of selected cellular proteins by ICP0 in the absence of infection. by Elizabeth Sloan (774134)

“…<p>A. HA-TetR and HA-cICP0 cells were treated with doxycycline (100 ng/ml) for 24 h (+) or left untreated (-), then whole cell extracts were prepared and analyzed by western blotting for the indicated proteins using antibodies directed against the endogenous proteins. …”

Identification of Key Genes. by Chen Wang (88408)

“…(G) Venn diagram showing the intersection of key genes identified by LASSO, RF, and XGBoost, emphasizing MYD88 and S100A12 as the common critical genes.</p>…”

SSI-1 and JRS4 wild-type and the corresponding mutant strains grown under various stress conditions. by Amonrattana Roobthaisong (189493)

“…Cellular lysis of (I) SSI-1 wild-type and the corresponding mutant strains and (J) JRS4 wild-type and the corresponding mutant strains in the presence of 0.1% Triton X-100 was monitored by recording the decrease at OD₆₀₀. …”

Deletion of RBPJK enhances cell spontaneous differentiation in regular MSC culture. by Xifu Shang (784529)

“…<p>Mesenchymal stem cells were infected with Control shRNA(Co) or RBPJK shRNA (shRBPJK) lentivirus before being harvested for alkaline phosphatase (ALP) staining, western blot, RT-PCR analysis and BrdU ELISA. (A) Western Blot showed a significant decrease of RBPJK protein expression at day 3 and 14 following shRBPJK lentiviral infection. …”

Evaluation of environmental impacts of an industrial process using virgin and recycled polycarbonate raw material by Leornardo de Moura Lacerda (8185080)

“…<p></p><p>ABSTRACT The environmental impacts generated by production processes is a subject that is increasingly evident in the organizational world and the comparative analysis of processes is an effective method used by companies to verify their environmental impacts and main emission sources. …”

Evaluation of <i>CCND2</i> expression in RCC samples. by Lu Wang (45927)

“…(B) Immunohistochemistry staining showed a significant decrease of <i>CCND2</i> protein expression in 43 paired RCC samples in 40X, 100X, 200X magnification. …”

Reduced sensitivity to azoxystrobin is stable in Monilinia fructicola isolates by Isabela Vescove Primiano (12793097)

“…<div><p>ABSTRACT A shift towards declining azoxystrobin sensitivity has been previously documented in a collection of Brazilian Monilinia fructicola isolates, but information on the stability of this trait after in vitro sub-culturing is not available. …”

Specificity of HUVECs intoxication by C2I using PA₆₃ in comparison to C2II. by Angelika Kronhardt (304086)

“…<p>HUVECs (5×10⁵ cells/100 mm well) were intoxicated with the indicated concentration of polypeptides during 48 (A) or 24 hours (B). …”

Effect of thermal treatments on the degradation of antibiotic residues in food by Lei Tian (369281)

“…Although thermal processing results in a decrease in the concentration of parent antibiotic residues, degradation by-products have not been properly characterized to date. …”

Effects of Aur treated or TrxR2 deficient N27 cells with 6OHDA. by Pamela Lopert (114596)

“…<p>(a) N27 cells were exposed to varying concentration of 6OHDA and Aur for 24 hr and cell death was measured via percent LDH released (n = 8−16). * = p<0.001 compared to 0 nM Aur with same 6OHDA concentration; # = p<0.001 compared to 100 nM Aur with same 6OHDA concentration determined by 2-way ANOVA. …”

The constant induction of nucleolin mRNA is associated with the proliferative capacity of tumor cells. by Ara G. Hovanessian (49498)

“…For comparative purposes, the level of nucleolin mRNA expression of the first sample in each set of experiment was considered 100% (the clear histograms). The percent decrease in nucleolin mRNA expression is given at day 2 and 3 for the 3T3 compared to day 1 in section A, and at day 4 at 20°C compared to day 4 at 37°C in section B.…”

Changes in proliferation and migration of MCF7 cells infected by lentivirus containing human AQP5 shRNA. by Hyun Jun Jung (194334)

“…AQP5 shRNA- or mock shRNA-infected MCF7 cells were incorporated with BrdU for 24 h, and ELISA demonstrated a significant decrease of BrdU incorporation in the MCF7 cells with AQP5 knockdown. …”

TNF-α induced ROS, 8-oxo-dG production and mtDNA repair. by Nathalie Vadrot (315152)

“…(C) TNF-α induced levels of 8-oxo-dG after 15 min to 3 h cell treatment were measured using the OxiSelect™ Oxidative DNA damage ELISA kit (mean values ± SEM of three independent experiments *p<0.05). (D) The decrease of mtDNA remaining ARP-reactive sites created at 30 min TNF-α treatment (100%) was measured from 1 to 6 h using the OxiSelect™ oxidative DNA damage quantitation kit (mean values ± SEM of three independent experiments *p<0.05 <i>vs</i> 30 min).…”

Biosorption Potential of the Aspergillus sp. and Insights into Secondary Metabolism in the Presence of Copper and Lead by Maurício Augusto P. M. S. Alves (8527671)

“…By flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) it was observed that fungus absorbed 86% of both copper and lead, with initial concentrations of 100, 500 and 1000 mg L-1. The additional results provided by scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction showed ability of the microorganism to act as a biosorbent as well as its capacity to transform the tested salts into other inorganic compounds. …”