Tree Productivity Enhanced with Conversion from Forest to Urban Land Covers by Brittain M. Briber (786630)

“…We found that urban land uses held less than half the biomass of adjacent forest expanses with a plot level mean biomass density of 33.5 ± 8.0 Mg C ha^-1. …”

Relationship between serum progesterone levels and top-quality blastocyst formation rate. by V. S. Vanni (4030871)

“…<p>With an increase in progesterone levels at induction, a decrease in top-quality blastocyst is observed. …”

Projection resolved optical coherence tomography angiography (PR-OCTA) of migrating intraretinal pigment epithelium (RPE). by Alaa E. Fayed (6703916)

“…There is gradual decrease in the flow signal intensity with increasing PR-OCTA threshold from 0.3 to 0.5 (yellow circles), manifested by a decrease in red pixel percentage from 36.2% to 34.3%. …”

Spraying zinc oxide nanoparticles on pistachios (<i>Pistacia vera</i> L.) for preservation in cold storage by Masoomeh Hasanshahi (18937236)

“…Phenolics and flavonoids of kernels decreased, parallel to a decrease in weight. Nano-ZnO (2%) prevented this reduction well. …”

Glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide in the high normal range is associated with increased carotid intima-media thickness by Amra Jujić (524347)

“…</p> <p><b>Conclusion </b>In a Swedish elderly population, physiologically elevated levels of fasting GIP are associated with increased IMT_meanCCA, while GLP-1 is associated with decreased IMT_maxBulb, further emphasizing diverging cardiovascular effects of these two incretin hormones.…”

Data_Sheet_1_Significant Global Yield-Gap Closing Is Possible Without Increasing the Intensity of Environmentally Harmful Nitrogen Losses.docx by Andrew Smerald (12416149)

“…To do this we use the process-based, biogeochemical model LandscapeDNDC to perform global simulations on a 0.5° grid, and evaluate the response of yields and environmental N-losses to changes in N-inputs. …”

miR-142 downregulates MAOA protein expression in human neurons. by Amrita Datta Chaudhuri (482685)

“…Quantification of Western blots from 5 human neuron donors revealed a significant decrease in MAOA level after miR-142 transduction (fold change -1.9, p<.05). …”

The effect of transgenic activation of NOTCH1 signaling in spermatogonial germ cells. by Zaohua Huang (439674)

“…<p>In male spermatogonial cells, the known target of NOTCH1, HES5 is up-regulated and causes a decrease of NEUROG3 expression. …”

Branched Chain Amino Acid Suppresses Hepatocellular Cancer Stem Cells through the Activation of Mammalian Target of Rapamycin by Shinobu Nishitani (490431)

“…We examined the effects of BCAA and/or 5-fluorouracil (FU) on expression of EpCAM and other CSC-related markers, as well as cell proliferation in HCC cells and in a xenograft mouse model. …”

DataSheet_1_Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Responses in Severe COVID-19-Induced Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome—An Observational Pilot Study.docx by Quirin Notz (4269991)

“…The B cell system was largely unimpeded. This coincided with a slight increase in anti-SARS-CoV-2-Spike-RBD immunoglobulin (Ig) G and a decrease in anti-SARS-CoV-2-Spike-RBD IgM. …”

Data_Sheet_1_Sulforaphane Alleviates Particulate Matter-Induced Oxidative Stress in Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells.pdf by Hyunchae Sim (10984419)

“…SFN treatment increased ARPE-19 cell viability and decreased PM_2.5-induced oxidative stress in a dose-dependent manner. …”

Native protein splicing in <i>Cne</i> is inhibited by copper. by Cathleen M. Green (6864776)

“…<p>(A) Copper treatment shows decreased intein (In) levels under nonreducing conditions. …”

Fig 6 - by Judy Senanayake (19346658)

“…<p>(A) Cell proliferation of NF SC and WT SC post electrical stimulation at 0, 100 and 200 mV/mm on HA-CNT nanofibers. …”

N-Glycomic Changes in Serum Proteins in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Correlate with Complications and with Metabolic Syndrome Parameters by Roberto Testa (218036)

“…</p><p>Methods</p><p>We enrolled in the study 562 patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) (mean age 65.6±8.2 years) and 599 healthy control subjects (CTRs) (mean age, 58.5±12.4 years). …”

Autism and Sensory Processing Disorders: Shared White Matter Disruption in Sensory Pathways but Divergent Connectivity in Social-Emotional Pathways by Yi-Shin Chang (606213)

“…We define white matter tracts using probabilistic streamline tractography and assess the strength of tract connectivity using mean fractional anisotropy. …”

<i>Vg</i> expression regulates Lp-mediated accumulation of lipids via TOR signaling. by Iryna Stryapunina (17867390)

“…(C) Western blot quantification from <a href="http://www.plosgenetics.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011145#pgen.1011145.g003" target="_blank">Fig 3D</a> showing a decrease in phospho-S6K levels in the fat body upon rapamycin treatment; samples of five tissues, three biological replicates (ANOVA). …”

<i>Mtb</i> inside hypoxic macrophages loses acid fastness and accumulates lipid droplets. by Jaiyanth Daniel (111037)

“…Human macrophages were infected at MOI 0.1 and were incubated at 1% O₂, 5% CO₂ at 37°C. <i>Mtb</i> cells were recovered from human macrophages after 4 h infection (<b>A</b>), at 3 days (<b>B</b>) and 5 days (<b>C</b>) and stained with Auramine-O and Nile Red; <b>D</b>, Quantitation of acid-fast and neutral lipid staining <i>Mtb</i> recovered from hypoxic human macrophages (shown in <b>A</b>–<b>C</b>) indicates a decrease in acid-fastness and increase in lipid droplet staining with time. …”

Effects of Age and Estrogen on Skeletal Gene Expression in Humans as Assessed by RNA Sequencing by Joshua N. Farr (799622)

“…High-throughput RNA sequencing (RNAseq), on the other hand, offers an unbiased approach to examine the entire transcriptome. Here we present an RNAseq analysis of human bone samples, obtained from iliac crest needle biopsies, to yield the first <i>in vivo</i> interrogation of all genes and pathways that may be altered in bone with aging and E therapy in humans. 58 healthy women were studied, including 19 young women (mean age ± SD, 30.3 ± 5.4 years), 19 old women (73.1 ± 6.6 years), and 20 old women treated with 3 weeks of E therapy (70.5 ± 5.2 years). …”

Supplementary file 1_Assessment of suitability evaluation for Ficus altissima blume ancient trees in different climatic environments in Guangxi, China.docx by Hongliang Gu (21671054)

“…Compared to current, under the SSP1-2.6 and SSP5-8.5 climate scenarios, the moderately suitable distribution area expanded by 1.47% and 0.89%, respectively (averaging 5.53% across four time periods), while the highly suitable area decreased by 0.04% and 0.21%. …”

Focal Ischemic Injury with Complex Middle Cerebral Artery in Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats with Loss-Of-Function in NADPH Oxidases by Hiroshi Yao (562206)

“…<div><p>By means of introgressing a loss-of-function mutation in the <i>p22phox</i> gene from the Matsumoto Eosinophilia Shinshu (MES) rat to stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP), we constructed the SHRSP-based congenic strain lacking the P22PHOX expression (i.e., lacking NADPH oxidases [NOX] activities) (SHRSP.MES-<i>Cyba</i>^<i>mes</i>/Izm; hereafter referred to as SP.MES). …”