WKB ameliorates DSS-induced colitis through inhibiting enteric glial cells activation and altering the intestinal microbiota by Qi Sun, Bai-Rong Li, Dong-Hao Li, Xiao-Ying Wang, Qian-Yi Wang, Zhi-Meng Jiang, Shou-Bin Ning, Tao Sun

“…The rising prevalence of IBD, linked to Western diets in developing countries, highlights the need for dietary interventions. …”
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GelMA@LNP/AST Promotes eNOS-Dependent Angiogenesis Through Autophagy Activation for the Treatment of Hind Limb Ischemia by Lai L, Wu H, Peng L, Zhang Z, Wu X, Zheng S, Su Z, Chu H

“…The changes in angiogenesis markers, autophagy markers, and eNOS levels were detected using qPCR and Western blotting. 3-MA was used to assess the role of autophagy in the activation of eNOS mediated by AST and its subsequent angiogenic effects.Results: GelMA@LNP/AST significantly promoted blood flow recovery in mice with hind limb ischemia. …”
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Woody Species Structure and Regeneration Status in Kafta Sheraro National Park Dry Forest, Tigray Region, Ethiopia by Fitsum Temesgen, Bikila Warkineh

“…The study was conducted in Kafta Sheraro National Park (KSNP) dry woodland natural forest located in Kafta Humera and Tahitay Adiyabo weredas (districts), Western and Northwestern Zones of Tigray regional governmental state, North Ethiopia. …”
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Aminoguanidine hemisulfate improves mitochondrial autophagy, oxidative stress, and muscle force in Duchenne muscular dystrophy via the AKT/FOXO1 pathway in mdx mice by Shiyue Sun, Tongtong Yu, Joo Young Huh, Yujie Cai, Somy Yoon, Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad Javaid

“…Methods Male wild-type (WT) and mdx mice were divided into three groups: WT, mdx, and AGH-treated mdx mice (40 mg/kg intraperitoneally for two weeks) at 6 weeks of age. Gene expression, western blotting, H&E staining, immunofluorescence, ROS assays, TUNEL apoptosis, glutathione activity, and muscle force measurements were performed. …”
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FoxA1 knockdown promotes BMSC osteogenesis in part by activating the ERK1/2 signaling pathway and preventing ovariectomy-induced bone loss by Lijun Li, Renjin Lin, Yang Xu, Lingdi Li, Zhijun Pan, Jian Huang

“…Immunohistochemical and western blot techniques were used to identify and measure protein expression. …”
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Wind–Wave Misalignment in Irish Waters and Its Impact on Floating Offshore Wind Turbines by Thomas Shanahan, Breiffni Fitzgerald

“…The investigation highlighted that in western coastal areas, average misalignment could reach <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msup><mn>57.95</mn><mo>∘</mo></msup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, while sheltered Irish Sea regions experienced lower values, such as <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msup><mn>23.06</mn><mo>∘</mo></msup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>. …”
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Fermented Ophiocordyceps sinensis mycelium products for preventing contrast-associated acute kidney injury: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials by Fenglan Pu, Tianli Li, Chen Shen, Yingqiao Wang, Chunmei Tang, Xiaowen Zhang, Lijiao Yan, Qihe Xu, Jianping Liu

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A national study of choanal atresia in tertiary care centers in Canada – part I: clinical presentation by Josee Paradis, Agnieszka Dzioba, Hamdy El-Hakim, Paul Hong, Frederick K. Kozak, Lily H. P. Nguyen, Demitri Perera, Evan Jon Propst, Jennifer M. Siu, Monika Wojtera, Murad Husein, National Choanal Atresia Study Working Group

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Characterising “obesogenic” versus “protective” food consumption, and their value chain among Ghanaian households by Reginald Adjetey Annan, Nana Ama Frimpomaa Agyapong, Robert Aidoo, Charles Apprey, Linda Nana Esi Aduku, Elizabeth C Swart

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Impact of Amarogentin on Gastric Carcinoma Cell Multiplication, Apoptosis and Migration via circKIF4A/miR-152-3p by Zhi Tan, Weining Wang, Jin Peng, Zhen Zhou, Jia Pan, Aiming Peng, Hui Cao, Wenling Fan

“…Cell multiplication, clone formation, as well as apoptosis and migration measurements were made by MTT, plate clone formation, flow cytometry and Transwell assays, respectively; Double luciferase reporter assay was performed for targeting relationship identification between circKIF4A and miR-152-3p; Western blots were carried out to measure Bax and Bcl-2 protein levels. …”
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Dose-Weighted Network Pharmacology: Evaluating Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulations for Lumbar Disc Herniation by Zhou C, Xiang T, Yu Y, Ma H, Liu C, Yang F, Yang L

“…TSD, YJD, and PQT were evaluated in animal experiments, and the algorithm’s feasibility was validated through GO and KEGG pathway analysis, Thermal Hyperalgesia Test, H&E staining, Western blotting (WB), RT-PCR, and ELISA assays.Results: The computational model indicated that YJD and PQT had higher predicted efficacy compared to TSD. …”
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MicroRNA-21-5p Reduces Hypoxia/Reoxygenation-Induced Neuronal Cell Damage through Negative Regulation of CPEB3 by Bin Wang, Ping Yu, Wei Lin, Zhaohui Zhai

“…Besides, the apoptosis-related proteins including BAX, BCL2, cleaved caspase-3, and caspase-3 as well as proteins of EGFR/PI3K/AKT signaling pathways were measured by Western blot. To verify the target relation between cytoplasmic polyadenylation element binding protein 3 (CPEB3) and miR-21-5p, luciferase reporter gene experiment was performed. …”
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Mobilization of plant genetic resources from the territory of India by N. P. Loskutova, T. M. Ozerskaya

“…He explored the Northern, North-Western (Punjab and Kashmir) and Southern India, where he collected 2557 germplasm samples. …”
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Vincristine Regulates C/EBP-&beta;/TGF-&beta;1 to Promote A1 Astrocyte Polarization and Induce Neuropathic Pain by Chen Y, Tang G, Lu J, Tang S, Xiong X, Chen C, Pei L, Shi J

“…Pain threshold of rats was measured by thermal withdrawal latency (TWL) and mechanical withdrawal threshold (MWT), Elisa was used to detect the expression level of inflammatory factors, qRT PCR and Western blotting were used to detect astrocyte polarization markers, C/EBP-β, TGF-β 1, p-smad2 and p-smad3.Results: Following Vincristine administration, the TWL and MWT of rats exhibited a decrease. …”
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Nouveaux éléments concernant l’amphithéâtre antique de Saintes (Charente-Maritime) : l’arène aux iiie et ive s. apr. J.-C. by Bastien Gissinger

“…The seemingly quite rapid filling of the arena space, observed in the western third of the building, suggests an abandonment no earlier than the very end of the 4th century, more probably during the following century. …”
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Secondary Metabolites from the Mangrove Ecosystem-Derived Fungi <i>Penicillium</i> spp.: Chemical Diversity and Biological Activity by Guojun Zhou, Jin Cai, Bin Wang, Wenjiao Diao, Yu Zhong, Shaodan Pan, Weijia Xiong, Guolei Huang, Caijuan Zheng

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Unveiling Cuproptosis-Driven Molecular Clusters and Immune Dysregulation in Ankylosing Spondylitis by Wei B, Wang S, Li S, Gu Q, Yue Q, Tang Z, Zhang J, Liu W

“…Bowen Wei,1,2,&ast; Siwei Wang,1,2,&ast; Suiran Li,1,2,&ast; Qingxiang Gu,3 Qingyun Yue,4 Zhuo Tang,1,2 Jiamin Zhang,1,2 Wei Liu1,2 1Department of Rheumatism and Immunity, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China; 2National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China; 3Center of Preventive Treatment of Disease, Cangzhou Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western of Hebei Province, Cangzhou, Hebei, People’s Republic of China; 4School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Wei Liu, Email fengshiliuwei@163.comBackground: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by inflammation of the sacroiliac joints and spine. …”
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Barriers and facilitators to global access to life-saving skills training: an international cross-sectional survey by Marcus Eng Hock Ong, Freddy Lippert, Lin Zhang, Willem Stassen, So Yeon Joyce Kong, Audrey L Blewer, Yeh Lai Chern, Andrew Fu Wah Ho

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Mechanism of Action of Decitabine in the Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Regulating LINC00599 by Fan Du, Ting Jin, Li Wang

“…The expression of apoptosis-related proteins was analyzed using western blotting. The regulatory relationship between miR-135a-5p and LINC00599 was verified by constructing miR-135a-5p mimics, miR-135a-5p inhibit, wild type LINC00599 3′-untranslated region (UTR), and mutant LINC00599 3′-UTR. …”
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Prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in out-patients of the Russian Federation: DIREG 2 study results by V. T. Ivashkin, O. M. Drapkina, I. V. Mayev, A. S. Trukhmanov, D. V. Blinov, L. K. Palgova, V. V. Tsukanov, T. I. Ushakova

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