Cardiac Migration of Endogenous Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in Patients with Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy by Caroline Schmidt-Lucke, Felicitas Escher, Sophie Van Linthout, Uwe Kühl, Kapka Miteva, Jochen Ringe, Thomas Zobel, Heinz-Peter Schultheiss, Carsten Tschöpe

“…MSC defined as CD45−CD34−CD11b−CD73+CD90+ cells accounted for 0.010 [0.0025–0.048]%/peripheral mononuclear cell (PMNC) and as CD45−CD34−CD11b−CD73+CD105+ cells for 0.019 [0.0026–0.067]%/PMNC, both with similar counts in patients with or without cardiac inflammation. …”
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The natural course of cystic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours in MEN1 by Eline N M van Vliembergen, Carolina R C Pieterman, Annenienke C van de Ven, Arthur J A T Braat, Gerlof D Valk, Joanne M de Laat

“…Cystic lesions had a median diameter of 26 mm at the time of resection, compared to 18 mm for solid lesions, with comparable Ki-67 indices and mitotic counts. We conclude that cystic and solid PanNETs in MEN1 patients appear to be morphological variations of the same entity, suggesting that similar management approaches should be considered.…”
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Epidemiology of urinary tract infections in the Middle East and North Africa, 1990–2021 by Fatemeh Amiri, Saeid Safiri, Reza Aletaha, Mark J. M. Sullman, Kamaleddin Hassanzadeh, Ali-Asghar Kolahi, Shahnam Arshi

“…Metrics such as absolute counts, age-standardised rates, and percentage changes from 1990 to 2021 are presented with 95% uncertainty intervals (UIs). …”
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Unravelling hybridization in Phytophthora using phylogenomics and genome size estimation by Kris Van Poucke, Annelies Haegeman, Thomas Goedefroit, Fran Focquet, Leen Leus, Marília Horta Jung, Corina Nave, Miguel Angel Redondo, Claude Husson, Kaloyan Kostov, Aneta Lyubenova, Petya Christova, Anne Chandelier, Slavcho Slavov, Arthur de Cock, Peter Bonants, Sabine Werres, Jonàs Oliva Palau, Benoit Marçais, Thomas Jung, Jan Stenlid, Tom Ruttink, Kurt Heungens

“…Analyses based on locus- and allele counts and especially on the combination of species-specific loci and genome size estimations allowed us to confirm and characterize 27 previously described hybrid species and discover 16 new hybrid species. …”
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Extracting Regular Building Footprints Using Projection Histogram Method from UAV-Based 3D Models by Yaoyao Ren, Xing Li, Fangyuqing Jin, Chunmei Li, Wei Liu, Erzhu Li, Lianpeng Zhang

“…Subsequently, we employ 2D indexing and counting grids for efficient data processing and utilize a sophisticated connected component labeling algorithm to precisely identify the extents of the roofs. …”
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A Novel Wild-Type <i>Lacticaseibacillus paracasei</i> Strain Suitable for the Production of Functional Yoghurt and Ayran Products by Ioanna Prapa, Chrysoula Pavlatou, Vasiliki Kompoura, Anastasios Nikolaou, Electra Stylianopoulou, George Skavdis, Maria E. Grigoriou, Yiannis Kourkoutas

“…The strains were able to grow at low pH and high NaCl concentrations, conditions that prevail in food systems (cell counts ranged from 1.77 to 8.48 log CFU/mL after exposure to pH 3 and from 5.66 to 9.52 log CFU/mL after exposure to NaCl concentrations up to 8%). …”
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Comparison of Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen Expression in Odontogenic Keratocyst and Ameloblastoma: An Immunohistochemical Study by Hiroshi Takahashi, Shuichi Fujita, Shigeru Yamabe, Takeshi Moriishi, Haruo Okabe, Yoshifumi Tajima, Akio Mizuno

“…The percentage of PCNA-positive cells determined by point counting was significantly lower in the ameloblastomas (mean 9.4%, standard deviation (SD) 11.0) than in odontogenic keratocysts (mean 29.9%, SD 24.0). …”
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Equipping our public health nutrition workforce to promote planetary health: a case example of tertiary education co-designed with students by Ka Po Chau, Wing Chong, Raquel Londono, Beau Cubillo, Julia McCartan, Liza Barbour

“…Data were analysed using statistical tests, frequency counting and content analysis. Setting: The intervention was co-designed by students (n 5) and an educator over a 4-week period as part of a larger multi-disciplinary study at an Australian university. …”
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After Treatment Decrease of Bone Marrow Tregs and Outcome in Younger Patients with Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Mario Delia, Paola Carluccio, Anna Mestice, Roberta Frappampina, Francesco Albano, Giorgina Specchia, Pellegrino Musto

“…However, although BMA Tregs did not differ in the study population after treatment, their counts significantly decreased in responder patients (p=0.039), while no difference was documented in nonresponder ones. …”
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Effect of a Yogic Breathing Technique on Immune Parameters among Healthcare Workers: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study by Archana Balasubramanian, Priyathersini Nagarajan, Mathangi Damal Chandrasekar, Kaviraja Udupa, Emmanuel Bhaskar, Divya Kanchibotla, Saumya Subramanian

“…A slight increase in interleukin (IL)-6 values and a higher IL-4 mean values was observed in the study group compared to controls. CD56 and CD8 counts were higher in the study group compared to controls. …”
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Memory B cells and their transcriptomic profiles associated with belimumab resistance in systemic lupus erythematosus in the maintenance phase by Takeshi Iwasaki, Takeshi Iwasaki, Hajime Yoshifuji, Koji Kitagori, Shuji Sumitomo, Shuji Akizuki, Ran Nakashima, Hideaki Tsuji, Ryosuke Hiwa, Mirei Shirakashi, Kosaku Murakami, Akira Onishi, Hideo Onizawa, Masao Tanaka, Fumihiko Matsuda, Akio Morinobu, Koichiro Ohmura, Koichiro Ohmura

“…Lower C4 and white blood cell counts may serve as clinical markers of higher memory B cells.…”
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A new approach for hemodynamics of varicoceles: blood flow patterns based on contrast-enhanced ultrasound by Penglin Zou, Gaoxiang Fan, Zheng Li, Yuchen Tao, Chao Jia, Hongmei Liang, Ruhui Tian, Qiusheng Shi, Jianlin Hu, Rong Wu

“…The four patterns were further grouped into the “steady flow & intermittent stasis” and “intermittent reflux & filling defect” patterns for logistic regression analyses; the intermittent reflux & filling defect pattern was revealed as an independent risk factor for impaired sperm concentration, total sperm counts, progressive motility, morphology, and DNA fragmentation index. …”
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Toward Sustainable Biocultural Ecotourism: An Integrated Spatial Analysis of Cultural and Biodiversity Richness in Colombia by Alejandra Echeverri, Natasha M. Batista, Stacie Wolny, Guido A. Herrera‐R, Federico Andrade‐Rivas, Allison Bailey, Anaid Cardenas‐Navarrete, Armando Dávila Arenas, Andres Felipe Díaz‐Salazar, Katherine Victoria Hernandez, Kelley E. Langhans, Bryam E. Mateus‐Aguilar, Dallas Levey, Andrew Neill, Oliver Nguyen, Andres Felipe Suárez‐Castro, Felipe Zapata, Natalia Ocampo‐Peñuela

“…Using Colombia as a case study, we created metrics of taxonomic biological diversity as measured by vertebrate species richness (including birds, mammals, freshwater fishes, reptiles and amphibians) and institutionalized cultural richness (by counting the number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage sites, museums, endemic music festivals, Afro‐Colombian Territories and Indigenous Reserves) and evaluated the spatial correlations between them. …”
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DRomics, a workflow to exploit dose-response omics data in ecotoxicology by Delignette-Muller, Marie Laure, Siberchicot, Aurélie, Larras, Floriane, Billoir, Elise

“…DRomics has been augmented especially to be able to handle varied omics data considering the nature of the measured signal (e.g. counts of reads in RNAseq) and the way data were collected (e.g. batch effect, situation with no experimental replicates). …”
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Fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase 1 is a potential biomarker affecting the malignant phenotype and aerobic glycolysis in glioblastoma by Weihong Lu, Guozheng Huang, Yihan Yu, Xia Zhai, Xiangfeng Zhou

“…After measuring the expression of FBP1 in normal glial cell line HEB and GBM cells, cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8), 5-ethynyl-2-deoxyuridine (EdU), colony formation, transwell, and wound healing assay were carried out to examine the effects of silencing FBP1 on the proliferation and invasion of GBM cells. …”
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Investigating the miRNA-mRNA interactome of human trabecular meshwork cells treated with TGF-β1 provides insights into the pathogenesis of pseudoexfoliation glaucoma. by Anton W Roodnat, Chelsey Doyle, Breedge Callaghan, Karen Lester, Megan Henry, Carl Sheridan, Declan J McKenna, Colin E Willoughby, Sarah D Atkinson

“…For both mRNA and miRNA species, differential expression was determined using a bioinformatics pipeline consisting of FastQC, STAR, FeatureCounts, edgeR (for miRNA) and DESeq2 (for mRNA). Putative mRNA-miRNA interactions between differentially expressed mRNA and miRNA species were determined using interaction databases miRWalk, miRTarBase, TarBase and TargetScan. …”
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InsectChange: Comment by Gaume, Laurence, Desquilbet, Marion

“…On the basis of a comprehensive review of the original studies, we highlight numerous issues in this database, such as errors in insect counts, sampling biases, inclusion of noninsects driving assemblage trends, omission of drivers investigated in original studies and inaccurate assessment of local cropland cover. …”
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Prediction of Liver Steatosis and Fibrosis Based on Clinical Variables Using a Large National Survey Database by Yanal Alnimer, Touleen Alnimer

“…Body mass index, hemoglobin A1c, serum triglyceride level, sex, and age could provide a good prediction for liver steatosis, while body mass index, blood pressure, platelet counts, hemoglobin A1c, serum LDL, or HDL are highly associated with liver fibrosis and should be used as an initial screening tool prior referral for VCTE/CAP.…”
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Impact of Minimal Incision Repair of Rectus Abdominis Diastasis on Quality of Life and Stress Incontinence: A Prospective Study by Asmatullah Katawazai, Göran Wallin, Anna Ärlebäck, Gabriel Sandblom, Gabriel Sandblom

“…Physical activity intensity was monitored using accelerometers.ResultsSignificant improvements were observed in vigorous physical activities (Z = −2.352, p = 0.019), vector magnitude counts per minute (Z = −2.163, p = 0.031), and steps per minute (Z = −3.131, p = 0.002). …”
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miR-7-5p Promotes Hepatic Stellate Cell Activation by Targeting Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 4 by Shuxia Tian, Min Chen, Bing Wang, Yonglong Han, Haonan Shang, Junming Chen

“…A dual-luciferase assay was conducted to validate the target prediction. A Cell Counting Lit-8 assay was performed to assess the proliferation ability of LX-2 cells. …”
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