Adjustment of the off-axis angle of a blood vessel running in the X-Y plane. by Marina Garcia Garrido (128481)

“…<p>As detailed in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0131154#pone.0131154.g002" target="_blank">Fig 2</a>, the off-axis angle of a retinal vessel is decreased when the X/Y ratio is increased (A). …”

Time course of BD production during SSF in a 5–l stirred bioreactor. by Ailong Wang (154521)

“…The cultivation was carried out at an initial pH of 7.0. When pH decreased to 6.0, it was maintained at 6.0 in the fermentation processes by automatic addition of 4 M H₃PO₄ or 6 M KOH using a program-controlled peristaltic pump. …”

Sildenafil inhibits endothelin-induced vasoconstriction but not cellular proliferation in smooth muscle cells. a. by Yoshifumi Kawanabe (308848)

A 55-year-old man with category 3 on US and autoimmune parotitis in histopathology. by Do Hun Kim (4596913)

“…<p>On the longitudinal gray-scale sonogram (A), a benign mixed tumor (arrows) in the right parotid gland is observed, and the right parotid gland (arrowheads) shows decreased parenchymal echogenicity, coarse parenchymal echotexture, normal gland size, and a smooth margin. …”

A pilot study of metabolic fitness effects of weight-supported walking in women with obesity by Ellen M. Godwin (6383420)

“…The study’s premise is that impairment of the leading physical activity of daily living, walking, is a major contributor to a dysmetabolic state driving many prevalent “civilization diseases” associated with insulin resistance.…”

Bovine DET1 is a direct target of the miR-155 oncomiR. by Justine Marsolier (404189)

“…<p><b>(A)</b> Luciferase reporters containing the total 3′UTR of DET1 and TP53INP1 show that Buparvaquone induced Luciferase in parasitized TBL3 cells, but not in parental BL3 cells, and Luciferase induction was lost when the miR-155 target binding site was mutated (mDet1) (average ± sd, n = 3). …”

Leprosy in elderly people and the profile of a retrospective cohort in an endemic region of the Brazilian Amazon by João Sérgio de Sousa Oliveira (7340210)

“…<div><p>Background</p><p>Leprosy has a global presence; more than 180 thousand new cases were registered in 2013, 15% of which were found in the Americas. …”

Disrupted Calcium Release as a Mechanism for Atrial Alternans Associated with Human Atrial Fibrillation by Kelly C. Chang (673320)

“…Using single-cell clamps of voltage, fluxes, and state variables, we determined that alternans onset was Ca²⁺-driven rather than voltage-driven and occurred as a result of decreased RyR inactivation which led to increased steepness of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca²⁺ release slope. …”

Causal Association of Galectins and Diabetic Retinopathy: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study by Shanshan Yang (423383)

“…<p>Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a common microvascular complication of diabetes. …”

Efficacy of Hospital at Home in Patients with Heart Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Amro Qaddoura (751490)

“…In RCTs, HaH demonstrated a trend to decreased readmissions (risk ratio (RR) 0.68 [0.42 to 1.09]), and had no effect on all-cause mortality (RR 0.94 [0.67 to 1.32]). …”

Association between circulating irisin level and depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Chengyan Han (21577452)

“…</p> <p>The results of this research demonstrated that irisin levels were decreased in depressive patients, and there was a negative correlation between irisin levels and depressive scores, indicating that the lower the circulating irisin level, the more severe the depressive symptoms.…”

Evaluation of the Medicinal Herb <i>Graptopetalum paraguayense</i> as a Treatment for Liver Cancer by Wei-Hsiang Hsu (717828)

“…HH-F3 also enhanced PTEN expression and decreased AKT phosphorylation at Ser473 in a concentration-dependent manner in HCC cells. …”

A cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor, dinaciclib in preclinical treatment models of thyroid cancer by Shu-Fu Lin (126854)

“…Dinaciclib decreased CDK1, cyclin B1, and Aurora A expression, induced cell cycle arrest in the G2/M phase, and induced accumulation of prophase mitotic cells. …”

Pet-keeping in early life reduces the risk of allergy in a dose-dependent fashion by Bill Hesselmar (432699)

“…Here, we investigate if there is a dose-dependent association between cat- and dog-keeping during the first year of life and subsequent allergy development.…”

Effect of various concentrations of phloroglucinol on the migratory activity of EPCs in a wound healing assay. by Yi-Hong Kwon (172499)

“…<p>(A) <i>Ex vivo</i> cultured outgrowth ECs were subjected to a wound healing migration assay. …”

Ultrasound modulation causes a spatial pattern in the projection of incoherent LED light in milk. by Christopher W. Jarrett (611831)

“…<p>Passing LED light through a continuous wave ultrasound focal zone (1 MHz, located 10 mm from the LED and 103 mm from the projection plane) causes acoustic modulation of the light. …”

Quantification of RGC damage in different regions of retinal flatmounts immunostained with Brn-3a. by Ryo Mukai (6204680)

“…<p>Brn-3a staining revealed a significant reduction in peripheral RGC density in each group compared to untreated eyes (white bar). …”

Ophthalmological findings from a patient with paraneoplastic retinopathy (PR) associated with lung cancer. by Mineo Kondo (168134)

“…<p>(A) Threshold of static visual field (Humphrey, 30-2 program) plotted on a gray scale showing severely decreased sensitivities within the central 30 degrees of the visual field. …”

Expected population-level equilibrium prevalence as a function of individual-level “transmission factors”. by Jonathan Dushoff (4492)

“…The shaded area shows the region in which equilibrium prevalence in women increases while that in men decreases.Other combinations of parameters, and parameter changes,, and parameter changes, can be evaluated in a similar fashion, by comparison with the red and blue lines.…”

Dissipative Dynamics and Uncertainty Measures of a Charged Oscillator in the Presence of the Aharonov-Bohm Effect by J. P. G. Nascimento (10478491)

“…For the Caldirola-Kanai model, we observe that the flux parameter v decreases the energy dissipation in a quantum dot for a certain range of t.…”