Genetic analysis of Japanese primary open-angle glaucoma patients and clinical characterization of risk alleles near <i>CDKN2B-AS1</i>, <i>SIX6</i> and <i>GAS7</i> by Yukihiro Shiga (724428)

“…Among 8 SNPs in 3 loci that showed at least nominal association (<i>P</i> < 5.00E-02) in the primary cohort, a representative SNP for each loci (rs2157719 for <i>CDKN2B-AS1</i>, rs33912345 for <i>SIX6</i>, and rs9913911 for <i>GAS7</i>) were selected. …”

Single stranded DNA extension analysis of MutL binding activity. by Jonghyun Park (237480)

“…<p>(<b>A</b>) A 5.3 kb ssDNA is coiled randomly at a stretching force of 2.5 pN. …”

Mithramycin Exerts an Anti-Myeloma Effect and Displays Anti-Angiogenic Effects through Up-Regulation of Anti-Angiogenic Factors by Eléonore Otjacques (410361)

“…The administration of MTM to mice injected with 5TGM1 decreased 5TGM1 cell invasion into bone marrow and myeloma neovascularisation. …”

Compound 1294 interferes in host cell invasion. by Kayode K. Ojo (353587)

“…Cultures were then incubated for an additional 60 min before β-galactosidase activity was measured. There was a significant decrease in β-galactosidase activity (t-test; p<0.001) when compound 1294 was added at the beginning of infection (1294 0′), but not when the compound was added at later timepoints, and no changes occurred when 1294 was added after the infection phase (1294 60′ post-infection. …”

Effect of Cu deficiency on metabolic pathwayspathway in chloroplasts from old leaves of <i>B. napus</i>. by Vincent Billard (644892)

“…<p>Bold red indicates a decrease in the amount of protein while bold green indicates an increase. …”

Supplementary Material for: Late Embryonic and Postnatal Development of Interstitial Cells of Cajal in Mouse Esophagus: Distribution, Proliferation and Kit Dependence by He X. (4129648)

“…Some Kit+/Ki67+ and Kit+/bromodeoxyuridine+ cells were observed within the muscle layers, and proliferation persisted from birth through adulthood (P28) with a gradually decreasing cell number. At 24 h, Kit+ ICC were dramatically decreased and almost missing 48 h after administration of imatinib (a Kit inhibitor). …”

Improved Salinity Tolerance of Rice Through Cell Type-Specific Expression of <em>AtHKT1;1</em> by Darren Plett (151838)

“…The root-to-shoot transport of ²²Na⁺ was also decreased and was correlated with an upregulation of <em>OsHKT1;5</em>, the native transporter responsible for Na⁺ retrieval from the transpiration stream. …”

Inhibition of <i>bmm</i> in glia does not alter whole-body triglyceride breakdown. by Lianna W. Wat (8339454)

“…<p>(A) Triglyceride breakdown post-starvation was modestly decreased by a similar magnitude in 5-day-old virgin <i>repo>UAS-bmm-RNAi</i> females compared with <i>repo-GAL4>+</i> and <i>+>UAS-bmm-RNAi</i> control females at 0–12 hours post-starvation (<i>p</i> = 0.047, 2.3 × 10⁻⁵, and 0.096, respectively; one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey HSD test) and between <i>repo>UAS-bmm-RNAi</i> males and <i>repo-GAL4>+</i> and <i>+>UAS-bmm-RNAi</i> control males during the same interval (<i>p</i> = 0.085, 6.9 × 10⁻⁶, and 0.057, respectively; one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey HSD test). …”

Data_Sheet_1_National situation, trends, and predictions of disease burden of atopic dermatitis in Chinese children and adolescents.docx by Yang Guo (399435)

“…The prediction analyses found a slight decreasing trend for cases of these measures and a slight increasing trend for rates of these measures in the <5 years group in the next 10 years; the 5–9 years group was predicted to increase slightly in rates of the three measures.…”

Noise reduction and quantification of fiber orientations in greyscale images by Maximilian Witte (8313381)

“…A comparison to a state-of-the-art band-pass method revealed that the AF method is more suitable for the application on greyscale fiber images, since the error of the fiber dispersion significantly decreased from (33.9 ± 26.5)% to (13.2 ± 12.7)%. …”

Homogeneity and size of alignment domains depend on podium length. by Martin Hoffmann (52389)

“…Down-regulation of cell migration, i.e. simultaneous decrease in the number of podia from 3 to 2 (offset value from 3.5 to 2.5) and the independent probabilistic podium inactivation rate from 2 to 0/d, occurs linearly in the range between and nearest neighbors. is set to 1∶3 for all simulations except for the one shown in panel B (short podia) in which it is set to 0∶2, i.e. down-regulation of migration already occurs at lower cell densities and results in better short range alignment (compare <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0021960#pone-0021960-g009" target="_blank">Figure 9</a>). is the maximum length of a podium (Modeling methods section E).…”

Calvarial healing by histology. by Benjamin Levi (247128)

“…(C) Average defect width was calculated on the same specimens. As expected a significant decrease in defect width was appreciated with hASC implantation, with many slides showing complete healing. …”

Correlation of CD8+ T lymphocyte numbers and DENV viral load. by Andréia Manso de Matos (244954)

“…<p>In A, viral load was determined on different days of symptoms and a significant decrease was observed in days 5 and 6 when compared to days 1 and 2 after the onset of symptoms (p value = 0.0136). …”

Western blot analysis with affinity-purified rabbit antisera by Sharon D Luikart (2686)

“…<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "Mactinin: a modulator of the monocyte response to inflammation"</p><p>Arthritis Research & Therapy 2003;5(6):R310-R316.…”

Shape of status distributions as functions of <i>α</i>, with <i>δ</i> = 0.14. by Joseph Hickey (6274097)

“…<p>Increasing <i>α</i> leads to an increase in the level of inequality of the society, while decreasing <i>α</i> leads to a decrease in the level of inequality. …”

The Portuguese version of the RhinoQOL Questionnaire: validation and clinical application, by Rui Cerejeira (12813544)

“…The questionnaire was easy and quick to administer (5.5 min). At three months, there was a significant decrease from baseline for all sub-scale scores, indicating clinical improvement, with an effect size considered as large. …”

Time profiles for complement regulators Factor H, CR1, DAF, vitronectin, clusterin, and CD59. by Nehemiah Zewde (2586811)

“…<p>(A, B) The concentrations of Factor H and CR1 decrease, with Factor H showing initially a linear like response. …”

Face validity using model-estimated change in functioning over time since study entry. by Nicole M. Armstrong (4284643)

“…The BECT had the longest period of follow-up and the lowest physical functioning factor across time since study entry, as compared with the other studies. There is a slight increase from study entry to 1.5 years and a slight decrease from 1.5 years to 2.75 years since study entry. …”

Sensitivity analysis of chosen slice introduced in Fig 4B. by Zoe Nahas (22250651)

“…<p>The stochastic color map from <a href="http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003395#pbio.3003395.g004" target="_blank">Fig 4B</a> (center) is shown with a 5% decrease (left) and a 5% increase (right) applied to parameters <i>S, D, v, K, Q,</i> and <i>η</i>. …”

Oral Health Policy in Brazil: transformations in the period 2015-2017 by Sônia Cristina Lima Chaves (4986536)

“…Between 2015 and 2017, there was a 5.8% increase in the number of Oral Health Teams and a 6.4% increase in the number of Dental Specialties Centers. …”