Role of CEACAM1, ECM, and Mesenchymal Stem Cells in an Orthotopic Model of Human Breast Cancer by Sridhar Samineni, Carlotta Glackin, John E. Shively

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A lectin produced by a Streptomyces species targets mammalian pancreatic acinar cells in mice and humans by Janine C. Quijano, Honoka Natsuyama, Alonso Tapia, Karine Bagramyan, Jose A. Ortiz, Jacob Mares, Markus Kalkum, Yoko Fujita-Yamaguchi, Hsun Teresa Ku

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Olabiyi Babalola J. Yai (1939-2020): Philosopher, Polymath, Humanist by Sanya Osha

“… When Professor Abiola Francis Irele passed in 2017, we had met a couple of months earlier at a conference hosted by the Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation (IPTC) in Johannesburg. …”
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New Insights into Behçet’s Syndrome Metabolic Reprogramming: Citrate Pathway Dysregulation by Anna Santarsiero, Pietro Leccese, Paolo Convertini, Angela Padula, Paolo Abriola, Salvatore D’Angelo, Faustino Bisaccia, Vittoria Infantino

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Depressive and Negative Symptoms in the Early and Established Stages of Schizophrenia: Integrating Structural Brain Alterations, Cognitive Performance, and Plasma Interleukin 6 Lev... by Fabiana Corsi-Zuelli, Gary Donohoe, Siân Lowri Griffiths, Cristina M. Del-Ben, Andrew J. Watson, Tom Burke, Paris A. Lalousis, Declan McKernan, Derek Morris, John Kelly, Colm McDonald, Saahithh R. Patlola, Carmine Pariante, Nicholas M. Barnes, Golam M. Khandaker, John Suckling, Bill Deakin, Rachel Upthegrove, Maria R. Dauvermann

“…Methods: We evaluated whether higher plasma interleukin 6 (IL-6) levels would be associated with more severe negative or depressive symptoms in schizophrenia and explored illness stage utilizing early (BeneMin [Benefit of Minocycline on Negative Symptoms of Psychosis: Extent and Mechanism], n = 201, 72.8% male) and established (iRELATE [Immune Response & Social Cognition in Schizophrenia], n = 94, 67.3% male) schizophrenia cohorts. …”
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The Illicit Production and Consumption of Ògógóró in Coastal Yorùbáland and the Niger Delta by Dọlápọ` Z. Olúpàyímọ´

“…The places in which it is produced within our area of study include Ikoya, Okitipupa, and Ìrèlè in Ikale land. Other areas in Ìlàjẹ and Apoiland include Mahintedo, Ugbón´lá, Igbégunrín, and Ìgbòbíní. …”
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Fálétí’s Philosophical Sensibility by Adeshina Afolayan

“…In the preface, Irele and Gikandi write: The scholarly interest in African orality also drew attention to the considerable body of literature in the African languages that had come into existence as a consequence of the reduction of these languages to writing, one of the enduring effects of Christian evangelization. …”
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Characterization and Pharmacological Efficacy of Silver Nanoparticles Biosynthesized Using the Bark Extract of Garcinia Kola by Sunday Adewale Akintelu, Seyifunmi Charles Olugbeko, Femi Adekunle Folorunso, Abel Kolawole Oyebamiji, Aderonke Similoluwa Folorunso

“…Fresh barks of Garcinia kola were obtained from the “Gbeleju” farm land in Irele town in Ondo state region of Nigeria. Exactly 0.4 g of previously pulverized bark of Garcinia kola was immersed into 20 mL of distilled water and heated at 60–70°C for 10 minutes yielding the extract. …”
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