Aetiology, clinical characteristics, and risk factors influencing mortality in patients with infective endocarditis: a retrospective study by Özkan Vural (21470515)

“…In-hospital mortality was 31.7%, and one-year mortality was 40.6%. A statistically significant difference in in-hospital mortality was found between combination therapy (23%) and medical therapy (40.8%). …”

Discovery of β‑Carboline Derivatives as a Highly Potent Cardioprotectant against Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by Hong Zhang (25820)

“…As a result, <b>17c</b> significantly reduced the necrosis of cardiomyocytes in H₂O₂-induced oxidative stress, which was more potent than polydatin. …”

Similar white matter changes in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: A tract-based spatial statistics study by Letizia Squarcina (4178794)

“…In both patient groups mean diffusion (MD), volume ratio (VR) and radial diffusivity (RD) showed a significant increase, while fractional anisotropy (FA) and mode (MO) decreased compared to the healthy group. …”

Table_2_Identification and Characterization of Circular RNA as a Novel Regulator and Biomarker in Preterm Birth.DOCX by Yuxin Ran (7729352)

“…<p>Preterm birth (PTB), as the leading cause of neonatal death, is a severe threat to maternal–fetal health. The diagnosis and treatment of PTB are difficult as its underlying mechanism still unknown. …”

Design of RNAi Hairpins for Mutation-Specific Silencing of Ataxin-7 and Correction of a SCA7 Phenotype by Janine Scholefield (259033)

“…The activity of the most effective short hairpin RNA incorporating the nucleotide mismatch at position 16 was further studied in a heterozygous <em>ataxin-7</em> disease model, demonstrating significantly reduced levels of toxic mutant ataxin-7 protein with decreased mutant protein aggregation and retention of normal wild-type protein in a non-aggregated diffuse cellular distribution. …”

Table_1_Soil uptake of isoprenoids in a Eucalyptus urophylla plantation forest in subtropical China.DOCX by Zhaobin Mu (12571636)

“…The removal of surface litter had a significant impact on the exchange rates of two monoterpenes (α-pinene and β-pinene), resulting in decreased fluxes. …”

Table_2_Vulnerability of Demersal Fish Assemblages to Trawling Activities: A Traits-Based Index.XLSX by Silvia de Juan (418494)

“…In fine mud in the shallower areas there was a higher presence of low vulnerable fauna. Furthermore, vulnerable organisms decreased in their presence in sandier substrates on the continental shelf. …”

Ephrin-A5 treatment blocks BDNF-induced growth cone motility in an SRF-dependent manner. by Christin Meier (201634)

“…BDNF required SRF gene activity to modulate filopodia number, as revealed by <i>Srf</i> mutant neurons remaining unaltered by BDNF treatment (G, H). (I–L) Ephrin-A5 induced growth cone collapse decreasing filopodia number and growth cone area (I, J). …”

Image_2_A Non-destructive Method to Quantify Leaf Starch Content in Red Clover.JPEG by Lea Antonia Frey (9521468)

“…<p>Grassland-based ruminant livestock production provides a sustainable alternative to intensive production systems relying on concentrated feeds. …”

Image_11_Circulating fatty acids, genetic susceptibility and hypertension: a prospective cohort study.PDF by Lingling Lu (2589835)

“…Background<p>Combining genetic risk factors and plasma fatty acids (FAs) can be used as an effective method of precision medicine to prevent hypertension risk.</p>Methods<p>A total of 195,250 participants in the UK Biobank cohort were included in this study from 2006–2010. …”

Table1_SFRP1 induces a stem cell phenotype in prostate cancer cells.DOCX by Alberto Losada-García (9136508)

“…SFRP1 is one of the extracellular proteins that modulate the WNT pathway, and it has been identified as a mediator of stromal epithelium communication. …”

Table_1_Identification and Characterization of Circular RNA as a Novel Regulator and Biomarker in Preterm Birth.DOCX by Yuxin Ran (7729352)

“…<p>Preterm birth (PTB), as the leading cause of neonatal death, is a severe threat to maternal–fetal health. The diagnosis and treatment of PTB are difficult as its underlying mechanism still unknown. …”

Data_Sheet_1_Replication in the Mononuclear Phagocyte System (MPS) as a Determinant of Hantavirus Pathogenicity.pdf by Martin J. Raftery (8966792)

“…Moreover, blocking acidification of endosomes with chloroquine decreased the number of TULV genomes in myeloid cells suggesting a post-entry block for low pathogenic/apathogenic hantavirus species in myeloid cells. …”

Table_1_Establishment of a Mycoplasma hyorhinis challenge model in 5-week-old piglets.xlsx by Dorottya Földi (12644859)

“…All re-isolated strains were the same or a close genetic variant of the original challenge strain.…”

Datasheet1_Characteristics of mass-forming autoimmune pancreatitis commonly misdiagnosed as a malignant tumor.zip by Si Chen (164760)

“…</p>Conclusions<p>The Tbil and IgG4 levels, imaging findings, and hormone therapy reactivity could differentiate AIP from pancreatic cancer. A combination of IgG4, Tbil, and IgG4/Tbil before treatment might be a promising diagnostic biomarker for AIP.…”

Oleate-Induced Beta Cell Dysfunction and Apoptosis: A Proteomic Approach to Glucolipotoxicity by an Unsaturated Fatty Acid by Michael Maris (583479)

Image_2_Orthopedic Surgery Triggers Attention Deficits in a Delirium-Like Mouse Model.TIFF by Ravikanth Velagapudi (7880072)

“…<p>Postoperative delirium is a frequent and debilitating complication, especially amongst high risk procedures such as orthopedic surgery, and its pathogenesis remains unclear. …”

Numerical simulations of the general integro-differential model (Eqs 6 and 7) in a cylindrically symmetric domain. by Zhihui Wang (88248)

“…<p>As cell kill ensues over several cell cycles, (<i>A</i>) successive cell layers next to the blood vessel (<i>r</i> = <i>r</i>_b) die out, i.e., tumor volume fraction <i>φ</i> decreases; (<i>B</i>) local drug concentration <i>σ</i> increases due to an enhancement of drug penetration; and (<i>C</i>) cell kill accelerates further from the vessel and deep into the tumor. …”

Assessing the Microbial Community and Functional Genes in a Vertical Soil Profile with Long-Term Arsenic Contamination by Jinbo Xiong (115147)

“…<div><p>Arsenic (As) contamination in soil and groundwater has become a serious problem to public health. To examine how microbial communities and functional genes respond to long-term arsenic contamination in vertical soil profile, soil samples were collected from the surface to the depth of 4 m (with an interval of 1 m) after 16-year arsenic downward infiltration. …”

Improving Degradation Efficiency of Organic Pollutants through a Self-Powered Alternating Current Electrocoagulation System by Linglin Zhou (1626217)

“…Moreover, the removal efficiency can be further enhanced by decreasing the frequency AC, in which a 5.7-fold improvement was achieved at 0.2 Hz compared to DC at 1.8 Hz. …”