Role of Toll-Like Receptors in Actuating Stem/Progenitor Cell Repair Mechanisms: Different Functions in Different Cells by Fabio Sallustio, Claudia Curci, Alessandra Stasi, Giuseppe De Palma, Chiara Divella, Roberto Gramignoli, Giuseppe Castellano, Anna Gallone, Loreto Gesualdo

“…In this review, we analyze the many different functions that the TLRs assume in SCs, pointing out that they can have different effects, depending on the background and on the kind of ligands that they recognize. …”
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Dynamics of endothelial function violation in patients with arterial hypertension with moderate cardiovascular risk and antihypertensive therapy treatment influence by T. S. Turlyun

“…Cardiovascular events risk reduction is caused by stabilization of blood pressure, indices of lipid profile lowering, the tendency to endothelial function improvement, especially with losartan potassium therapy.…”
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Developmental and Functional Hair Cell-Like Cells Induced by Atoh1 Overexpression in the Adult Mammalian Cochlea In Vitro by Lingyi Kong, Yuan Xin, Fanglu Chi, Jie Chen, Juanmei Yang

“…These results demonstrate that Atoh1 overexpression induces HCLC formation in the adult mammalian cochlea and that these HCLCs were functional and experienced a developmental process similar to that of normal HCs.…”
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Identification of candidate nsSNPs of the human FNDC5 gene and their structural and functional consequences using in silico analysis by Sadaf Majeed, Hira Moin, Maaz Waseem, Zoya Khalid, Sumra Wajid Abbasi, Kashaf Rasool

“…A segment of this protein is cleaved and secreted into blood as irisin, which promotes browning of white adipose tissue, leading to energy expenditure. It functions synergistically with fibroblast growth factor-21 (FGF21). …”
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Carrot-based functional pet food: A comprehensive study on texture, nutritional value, microbiology, and canine acceptance by Mateo Londoño Valencia, Juan Camilo Henao-Rojas, Luis A. Salazar Hoyos

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Aberrant highly prokineticin 2 and its association with inflammatory indexes and functional recovery in acute ischemic stroke patients by Lixiao Sun, Yuxin Fu, Jiecheng Yang, Xiaoli Wang, Dongsheng Cui, Qiang Feng, Xuguang Song, Zhe Li, Zhuangwei Wang, Wenchao Wang, Yiping Wu, Jingmei Wang

“…Besides, there was no association between prokineticin 2 by quartiles and the percentage of mRS > 2 (p > 0.05).ConclusionProkineticin 2 aberrantly highly expresses, and it indicates the inflammatory status, but with limited ability to predict the neural functional recovery in AIS patients.…”
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LLM-Based Unknown Function Automated Modeling in Sensor-Driven Systems for Multi-Language Software Security Verification by Liangjun Deng, Qi Zhong, Jingcheng Song, Hang Lei, Wenjuan Li

“…Symbolic execution is a key technique for automated vulnerability detection. However, unknown function interfaces, such as sensor interactions, limit traditional concrete or concolic execution due to uncertain function returns and missing symbolic expressions. …”
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Lactic Acid and Glutamine Have Positive Synergistic Effects on Growth Performance, Intestinal Function, and Microflora of Weaning Piglets by Junjie Jiang, Daiwen Chen, Bing Yu, Jun He, Jie Yu, Xiangbing Mao, Zhiqing Huang, Yuheng Luo, Junqiu Luo, Ping Zheng

“…The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of dietary addition of lactic acid and glutamine, and their interactions, on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, digestive enzyme activity, intestinal barrier functions, microflora, and expressions of intestinal development-related genes of weaning piglets. …”
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Heyndrickxia coagulans SANK70258 supplementation improves growth performance, gut health, and liver function in growing pigs by Masanori Aida, Ryouichi Yamada, Takahiro Kawase, Toshiki Matsuo, Takamitsu Tsukahara

“…P pigs experienced an improved liver function evidenced by the plasma alanine aminotransferase reduction and hence, a putative improved leaky gut condition evidenced by the plasma lactulose/mannitol ratio reduction. …”
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Combined use of intraoperative MRI and awake tailored microsurgical resection to respect functional neural networks: preliminary experience by Constantin Tuleasca, Henri-Arthur Leroy, Ondine Strachowski, Benoit Derre, Claude-Alain Maurage, Iulia Peciu-Florianu, Nicolas Reyns

“… INTRODUCTION: The combined use of intraoperative MRI and awake surgery is a tailored microsurgical resection to respect functional neural networks (mainly the language and motor ones). …”
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Characterization and functional evaluation of JS207, a novel bispecific antibody against human PD-1 and VEGFA by Shihua Lin, Min Hong, Jing Zhang, Wenting Zhao, Ke Li, Chun Wu, Qiuyun Yang, Yi Xiao, Lanqing Huang, Jing Wang, Aijuan Jia, Xujia Wang, Sheng Yao

“…A bispecific antibody (BsAb) targeting both PD-1 and VEGF pathways could overcome these limitations by enabling simultaneous, localized blockades of PD-1 and VEGF signaling within the tumor microenvironment (TME) as both PD-1 and VEGF are usually co-expressed in the TME.MethodsHere, we describe the in vitro characterization, functional and preclinical evaluation of JS207, a novel BsAb targeting PD-1 and VEGFA with high antigen binding affinity. …”
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Dynamic changes in the gastrointestinal microbial communities of Gangba sheep and analysis of their functions in plant biomass degradation at high altitude by Xiaozhen Liu, He Ding, Xiaoxue Zhang, Na Ta, Jinmei Zhao, Qian Zhang, Huiyun Liu, Mengjiao Sun, Xiaoqing Zhang

“…The identification of dynamic changes in the gastrointestinal microbial communities and their functions is an important step towards improving animal production performance and health. …”
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Bridging Science and Lifestyle: A Feasibility Study for Developing a Novel Functional Food to Support Well-Being by Efstratios Christodoulou, Sotiria Laoutari, Fani Athanasiou, Eleni Poutli, Demetriana Andreou, Yiannis Kourkoutas, Antonios E. Koutelidakis

“…A significant majority of participants (66.9%) expressed interest in participating in clinical trials, highlighting the need for further research into the efficacy of functional food components. …”
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ExerG – an exergame-based training device for the rehabilitation of older adults: a functional model usability study by Jane Muheim, Isabella Hotz, Franziska Kübler, Silvia Herren, Simon Sollereder, Katharina Kruszewski, Anna Lisa Martin‑Niedecken, Alexandra Schättin, Frank Behrendt, Sonja Böckler, Stefan Schmidlin, Roman Jurt, Stephan Niedecken, Yanick Riederer, Christian Brenneis, Leo H. Bonati, Barbara Seebacher, Corina Schuster‑Amft

“…This study explored whether primary end users (PEU, healthy older adults and patients with neurological and geriatric diagnoses) and secondary end users (SEU, health professionals) evaluated the ExerG functional model to be usable, providing a positive experience and therefore acceptable. …”
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Pharmacological CLK inhibition disrupts SR protein function and RNA splicing blocking cell growth and migration in TNBC by Nasi Liu, Jurjun J. S. van der Velde, Sherien Ramdjielal, Esmee Koedoot, Nila K. van Overbeek, Daisy Batenburg, Alfred C. O. Vertegaal, Bob van de Water, Sylvia E. Le Dévédec

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Natural ligand 3,3’-diindolylmethane functions as an AHR agonist to modulate angiogenesis and organ development in chicken embryos by Gee-yea Lim, Hao Chen, Woo-seon Song, Dong-hee Koh, Dong-ha Kim, Hisato Iwata, Eun-Young Kim

“…Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) is a ligand-dependent transcription factor that is crucial for regulating various toxicological responses and physiological functions. Recent studies have highlighted that interactions between AHR and certain natural ligands can modulate inflammation and immune responses, offering therapeutic potential for a wide range of diseases. …”
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Analytical Characterization of Self-Similarity in <i>k</i>-Cullen Sequences Through Generating Functions and Fibonacci Scaling by Hakan Akkuş, Bahar Kuloğlu, Engin Özkan

“…Further, by multiplying the generating functions with exponential expressions such as <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msup><mrow><mi>e</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>k</mi></mrow></msup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, we explored the self-similar nature and mirrored dynamics among the sequences. …”
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Exact SNR and SIR analysis in Poisson wireless networks by G.P. Efthymoglou, P.S. Bithas, A.G. Kanatas

“…The analytical expressions are given in terms of the Meijer G‐function and reveal the impact of node spatial density, transmit power, interference power, and path‐loss exponent on the connectivity probability of a broadcast wireless transmission. …”
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ETHNOMUSICOLOGY PROBLEM IN THE BOOK BY ALAN MERRIAM "MUSIC ANTHROPOLOGY" by M. P. Zamotin

“…Special attention is paid to a problem of identification of functions of music in the context of social behavior of the person, and such functions as are considered: emotional expression, communications, esthetic pleasure, symbolical representation, instruction of compliance to social norms, confirmation of relevance of social institutes and religious rituals, contribution to continuity and stability of culture.…”
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Analytical Bounds for Mixture Models in Cauchy–Stieltjes Kernel Families by Fahad Alsharari, Raouf Fakhfakh, Fatimah Alshahrani

“…For the distance between the corresponding distribution functions, bounds are derived in <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mi>L</mi><mn>1</mn></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula>-norm. …”
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