Differentially expressed genes in <i>Tnfr</i>-deficient glomeruli compared to wildtype after TNF stimulation. by Anela Taubitz (433585)

“…<p>Expression profiling by microarrays was performed on isolated glomeruli from wildtype, <i>Tnfr1,2</i>−/−, <i>Tnfr1</i>−/− and <i>Tnfr2</i>−/− mice after stimulation with 50 ng/ml TNF for 12 hours ex vivo. <b>A:</b> Significance analysis using SAM detected differential regulation of 290 unique genes in <i>Tnfr1,2</i>−/− glomeruli with at least 1.5-fold difference compared to wildtype (black data points). 219 genes were down-regulated (upper left), and 71 genes were up-regulated (lower right). …”

Both CCR4 antagonist (227013) and MEK1/2 inhibitor (PD98059) attenuate the effect induced by C19 and C27. by Yaqi Tan (730337)

“…<p>HUVCEs were cultured for 24 h in media that was added with tumor necrosis factor-α (10 ng/ml) alone or plus C19 (10 nM), C27 (10 nM), 227013 (2 μM), or PD98059 (50 μM). …”

Cell-tracking analysis of ME180 cells upon PilC1- or PilC2-mediated infection. by Philippe C. Morand (260255)

“…<p>ME180 cells were infected (MOI 50) with strains Nm604a or Nm910f that express constitutively either PilC1 or PilC2, and tracked throughout the experiment. …”

Insecticide activity and toxicity of the three <i>Alpinia</i> species essential oils against stored-product insects by Jia-Zhu Wang (17498633)

“…While the EO of <i>A. oxyphylla</i> rhizome (EOAOR) exhibited the highest contact toxicity to <i>L. serricorne</i> (LD₅₀ = 8.06 μg/ adult). …”

Biodiversity adaptation indicators averaged globally by partnership scale. by William B. Monahan (313511)

“…Following basic tenets of conservation biology, partnerships promote climate change adaptation by increasing area (A) and environmental heterogeneity (B-D). They also decrease climate-area velocity (E,F) by increasing spatial variation in temperature or precipitation. …”

Changes in capability of cell invasion and alterations in expression of angiogenic, invasive, and survival factors in glioblastoma cells after photofrin based PDT. by Mrinmay Chakrabarti (284359)

“…A significant reduction in the number of invaded cells indicated the decrease in invasive capability of the cells after dose-dependent photofrin based PDT. …”

Confocal images showing inhibition of BrdU incorporation in BV-2 microglial cells treated with HDAC inhibitor. by Nimmi Baby (524594)

“…The number of BrdU positive cells (E,G);arrows) decreased at 24 h after HDAC inhibitor treatment. Scale bars: 50 µm. …”

FLCN is necessary for the VHL-mediated tumor suppression. by Prabhat Bastola (438804)

“…<p>ShRNA-induced knockdown of FLCN promotes tumor formation by 786-O cells with reconstituted VHL. <b>A.</b> Western blot demonstrating a decrease in FLCN protein expression in cells stably expressing three different FLCN shRNAs as compared to cells transfected with scramble (Scr) control. …”

EDCC analysis of circadian microarray data. by Pavlos Stephanos Bekiaris (4732863)

“…ZT0-ZT4 (morning), ZT4-ZT8 (midday), ZT8-ZT12 (evening), ZT12-ZT16 (early night), ZT16-ZT20 (midnight), ZT20-ZT0 (before dawn). B) Decrease of standard deviations of randomized CREs in percent plotted against the number of randomized CREs used (10, 50, 100, 500, and 1000 random CREs, respectively). …”

Numerical analysis of the effective stiffness of elastomeric bearing pads under precast beams for the limit load of lateral instability by L. C. REIS (8652054)

“…The increase in spans and initial imperfections causes a decrease in the rollover limit load. The lift off effect is aggravated as the lateral eccentricities increase. …”

Amastigote susceptibility results of the <i>in vivo</i> resistance selection procedure to PMM-MIL combination therapy. by Sarah Hendrickx (321143)

“…Exposure to PMM alone (ITMAP263 PMM) revealed a significant susceptibility decrease (indicated in bold)[<a href="http://www.plosntds.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005620#pntd.0005620.ref014" target="_blank">14</a>]. …”

Green propolis ethanolic extract in bean plant protection against bacterial diseases by Jonas Marcelo Jaski (6721748)

“…Experiments on antimicrobial activity were performed, inducing phytoalexins, defense-related enzymes, and disease severity, under concentrations of 0, 0.5, 1.0, 2.5, and 5.0%. The EEP presented antimicrobial activity on both phytobacteria, causing a decrease in their development. …”

A manifestation of variance coding within the large-scale model. by Aaditya V. Rangan (305264)

“…Note that, as the total amount of synaptic-depression decreases, the discriminability computed using only firing-rates is closer to the discriminability computed using both firing-rates and -point correlations. …”

Determination of the antibacterial activity of QPEI nanoparticles in suspension. by Nurit Beyth (480476)

“…<p><b>A)</b> Viable counts of <i>E. faecalis</i> (CFU/ml) in DDW with QPEI nanoparticles determined in similarly prepared samples. …”

<i>L</i>. <i>monocytogenes</i> survival at different RH. by Fiona Zoz (2168602)

“…<p>Decrease in viability of <i>L</i>. <i>monocytogenes</i> strains, EGDe (square), CCL500 (diamond), CCL128 (triangle), and LO28 (circle), during desiccation on polypropylene coupons incubated at 25°C and 99% RH (a), 75% RH (b), 68% RH (c), 43% RH (d), and 11% RH (e) for 30, 60, 90, 120, 180, and 960 min with an instantaneous rehydration in 1 mL of PBS. …”

Access to healthcare in Portugal in the wake of the crisis. Not everything is money? by Micaela Antunes (10388389)

Impairment of RPA foci formation and the DNA damage checkpoint in CBP and p300 depleted cells. by Hideaki Ogiwara (18358)

“…Chromatin enriched fractions from cells pre-transfected for 48 hr with non-targeting (siNT) or CBP+p300 (siC+p) siRNA were treated or not treated (NT) with (D) 500 ng/ml neocarzinostatin (NCS) for 1 or 2 hr, or (E) incubated for 3 hr after 50 Gy ionizing irradiation (IR) and subjected to immunoblot analysis. …”

NF-κβ, COX, and ROS involvement in EP bridge formation. by Brett G. Zani (254541)

“…<b>C–D:</b> SC-514 or indomethacin (INDO, 50 µM), a COX pathway inhibitor, caused ∼2–3 fold increases in EP bridges, arrows denote EP bridges, for both EPs/ECs and EPs/FBs after 48 h, n = 6−8. …”

The Neighbourhood Method for Measuring Differences in Maternal Mortality, Infant Mortality and Other Rare Demographic Events by Nurul Alam (505295)

“…Simulations were used to study the ability of the method to detect differences in maternal mortality ratio. These suggested that a sample size around 5000 would give 80% power to detect a 50% decrease from a baseline of 183 which compared well with an estimated sample size around 10 times larger using the direct sisterhood method. …”

Table 2_Assessing the impact of non-protein nitrogen or rumen undegradable protein supplementation on rumen bacterial diversity and ruminal fermentation in grazing steers during th... by Ana Veronica Lino Dias (3985688)

“…The treatments included (1) mineral salt with urea (SMU), formulated to meet 50% of the steer RDP requirement as NPN; and (2) supplementation with corn gluten meal (GLU; 0.3% of body weight) as a source of RUP, with added mineral salt.…”