Gadolinium-free Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Liver via an Oatp1-Targeted Manganese(III) Porphyrin by Nivin N. Nyström (13118188)

“…Controversy surrounding gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) has rendered their continued utility highly contentious, but the liver-specific GBCA Gd­(III) ethoxybenzyl-diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid (Gd­(III)-EOB-DTPA) remains in use because it provides unique diagnostic information that could not be obtained by any other means. To address the need for an alternate liver-specific MRI probe, we synthesized Mn­(III) 20-(4-ethoxyphenyl) porphyrin-5,10,15-tricarboxylate (Mn­(III)­TriCP-PhOEt), which exhibited significantly higher <i>r</i>₁ relaxivity than Gd­(III)-EOB-DTPA in vitro, while also targeting hepatocyte-specific organic anion-transporting polypeptide 1 (Oatp1) channels as a marker of viability. …”

Effect of combined thermal and water stress on germination of wheat seeds by Altamara Viviane de Souza Sartori (14211280)

“…The experimental design was completely randomized in a factorial scheme with four replications (four seed lots × 16 stress combinations), and means were compared using Scott-Knott 5%. We evaluated the germination of normal seedlings at 4 and 8 d, the activity of catalase and ascorbate peroxidase (APX), and the protein content of the aerial and root parts of wheat seedlings. …”

Acss2/Cbp/HIF-2α regulates HT29 tumor cell properties. by Joseph A. Garcia (7865855)

“…Cells were exposed to control (21% O₂, 25 mM glucose), hypoxic (1% O₂), or low glucose (1 mM) conditions, or were supplemented with acetate (5 mM) (n = 8/treatment/day). Comparison of samples within a given condition on the day of interest for each experiment (colony formation, cell migration, cell invasion) was performed by one-way ANOVA followed by Dunnett’s multiple comparisons test using control shRNA knockdown/control rescue as reference with decreased samples noted (*, P<0.05). …”

DataSheet_1_An anti-sortilin affibody-peptide fusion inhibits sortilin-mediated progranulin degradation.docx by Moira Ek (19350559)

“…Such mutations lead to decreased plasma and cerebrospinal fluid levels of progranulin (PGRN), a neurotrophic factor with lysosomal functions. …”

Supplementary Figure 2 from MALAT1 Is Associated with Poor Response to Oxaliplatin-Based Chemotherapy in Colorectal Cancer Patients and Promotes Chemoresistance through EZH2 by Peilong Li (755143)

“…The concentration -effect curve indicated that the IC50 value of oxaliplatin for HT29 OxR cells was 10.2 μM, while the IC50 of oxaliplatin on HT29 parental cells was 1.5 μM, which means that the HT29 OxR cells was 6.8 times the ability of oxaliplatin resistance of HT29 parental cells. …”

Direct ionizing radiation and bystander effect in mouse mesenchymal stem cells by Amanda Nogueira-Pedro (12377818)

“…</p> <p><b>Methods and materials:</b> MSCs were irradiated (IR) and parameters related to DNA damage and cellular signaling were verified in a dose range from 0.5 to 15 Gy; also a transwell insert co-culture system was used to study medium-mediated BYS effects.…”

Image_1_Transcranial direct current stimulation alters sensorimotor modulation during cognitive representation of movement.TIFF by Gaia Bonassi (12750008)

“…<p>We recently demonstrated, by means of short latency afferent inhibition (SAI), that before an imagined movement, during the reaction time (RT), SAI decreases only in the movement-related muscle (sensorimotor modulation) and that a correlation exists between sensorimotor modulation and motor imagery (MI) ability. …”

Advanced control of codling moth (Cydia pomonella) using the beneficial nematode Steinernema carpocapsae in apple and pear orchards in the Pacific North West by Stephanie Haines (9726395)

“…Few biological control options are available, and the ones currently on the market, (e.g. viruses, plant extracts, and pheromones) tend to target 1^st instar larvae and adults. A promising means of decreasing codling moth populations is entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs), specifically the species <i>Steinernema carpocapsae </i>(<i>Sc</i>)<i>, </i>which was originally isolated from codling moth larvae. …”

Polyethersulfone hollow fiber membranes: effect of the internal liquid and the addition of clay by Rodholfo da Silva Barbosa Ferreira (6721565)

“…The membranes were characterized by contact angle (flat membrane), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and flow measurements. By means of the contact angle measurements it was seen that the presence of clay favored an increase the hydrophilicity of the membranes. …”

STRATEGIES FOR STEM MEASUREMENT SAMPLING: A STATISTICAL APPROACH OF MODELLING INDIVIDUAL TREE VOLUME by Hassan Camil David (5632220)

“…Schumacher-Hall model was applied using five sampling criteria with nine variations (45 in total): 1) number of trees per diameter class, being (a) fixed number, (b) proportional to the diameter class of the sample, or (c) proportional to the standard deviation of the sample; and 2) the width of the diameter class, which ranged from 1.0 up to 5.0 cm. …”

Automated disk-shaped pattern selection of parietal, post-orbital head region of eight geckos at nine weeks. by Maria Kiskowski (6619301)

“…Horizontal bars indicate 0.5 cm. Geckos are ordered by decreasing fractional spot area of the pattern (see <a href="http://www.ploscompbiol.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006943#pcbi.1006943.t002" target="_blank">Table 2</a> for definitions). …”

Comparison of CBVs in different brain regions of WT and Katnal2-KO mice. by Ryeonghwa Kang (6793046)

“…(<i>n</i> = 3 mice [WT], 5 [KO], Mann–Whitney test). Data values represent means ± SEM. …”

Data_Sheet_1_The effect of Ba Duan Jin exercise intervention on cardiovascular disease: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.PDF by Jiali Chen (5696)

“…Subgroup analyses reveal that Ba Duan Jin exercise therapy decreases SBP (MD = −4.05, 95% CI = −6.84 to −1.26, p < 0.01) and DBP (MD = −3.21, 95% CI = −5.22 to −1.20, p < 0.01) levels in patients with essential hypertension, significantly reduces serum TC (MD = −0.78, 95% CI = −1.06 to −0.50, p < 0.01), TG (MD = −0.78, 95% CI = −0.93 to −0.62, p < 0.01), and LDL-C (MD = −0.76, 95% CI = −0.92 to −0.60, p < 0.01) levels in patients with hyperlipidemia, increases HDL-C (MD = 0.32, 95% CI = 0.14–0.51, p < 0.01) levels, and produces beneficial effects on cardiovascular function. …”

<i>Nlu-miR-34</i> targets insulin receptor-1 (<i>NlInR1</i>). by Xinhai Ye (6857771)

“…(B) Multiple alignment of miR-34-5p in insects and <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i>. …”

Graphene with high electrical conductivity by Junjie Chen (13997541)

“…The current therefore also decreases with time and eventually ceases when the conductors are discharged. …”

An empirical attack tolerance test alters the structure and species richness of plant-pollinator networks by Paolo Biella (8319894)

Data_Sheet_1_The Effect of Menstrual Cycle on Perceptual Responses in Athletes: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis.docx by Ana Carolina Paludo (13039695)

“…<p>This article aimed to investigate the effects of menstrual cycle phases on perceptual responses in athletes by means of systematic review and meta-analysis. The search was conducted in the PubMed, Web of Science, and Sport Discus databases considering articles with two or more menstrual phases for comparison. …”

DataSheet_1_A population-based cohort study for presence of ulceration among cutaneous malignant melanoma subgroups of patients.pdf by Xinrui Li (443177)

“…The HR of ulceration in AJCC Stage, thickness level, invasion level and tumor extension were all monotonically decreased from 5.76 to 1.57, 4.03 to 1.78, 2.75 to 1.78 and 2.65 to 1.71 respectively.…”

Image_1_Changes in Soil Chemistry After 17 Years in Urban and Rural Forest Patches.pdf by Ian Yesilonis (7482125)

“…Calcium increased by 35% from 622 to 844 mg kg^–1, pH increased from 4.1 to 4.5, and C:N ratios decreased from 17.8 to 16.7. …”

The average time cost and accuracy of the assessed secondary structure prediction methods as the sequence homology of the target dataset reduces. by Sheng-Hung Juan (9046515)

“…The lowest sequence identity was 25% because when a lower identity such as 20% was applied, the number of sequences remaining in the target dataset would be far smaller than the 5 million safety zone (see <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0235153#pone.0235153.g002" target="_blank">Fig 2</a> and <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0235153#pone.0235153.s016" target="_blank">S6 Table</a>) and then cause unreasonable decreases of the accuracy. …”