Inhibition of Cbl-b restores effector functions of human intratumoral NK cells by Alfred Zippelius, Mélanie Buchi, Petra Herzig, Heinz Läubli, Kirsten D Mertz, Viola Heinzelmann-Schwarz, Didier Lardinois, Marina Natoli, Clara Serger, Alberto Toso, Nicole Brodmann, Sofia Tundo, Marcel Trefny, Andrijana Rodić, Olivia Grueninger, Anastasiya Börsch, Jonas Fürst, Katarzyna Buczak, Alex T Müller, Lisa Sach-Peltason, Leyla Don, Aljaž Hojski, Karin Schaeuble, Thuy T Luu, Andrea Romagnani

“…Functional activity of NK cells was investigated using compounds alone and in combination with checkpoint inhibitor blockade. …”
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Functional regulation of macrophages by Ces1d-mediated lipid signaling in immunometabolism by Long J. Shao, Fathima Elizondo, Feng Gao, Rabie Habib, Xin Li, Katherine Pham, Jazmin Ysaguirre, Maryam Elizondo, Shirindokht Shirazi, Kristin L. Eckel-Mahan, Sean Hartig, Huaizhu Wu, Kai Sun

“…Endogenous macrophages and T cells from adipose tissue were isolated and analyzed for functional interactions by flow cytometry. Results: Ces1d expression changes during the differentiation of monocytes into macrophages in both mice and humans. …”
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APPLICATION OF OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE EVALUATION METHODS FOR MASTICATORY FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH MANDIBULAR OVERDENTURES by R.R. Bratus-Hrynkiv, A.Yu. Kordiiak

“… Appropriate chewing function is an important indicator of oral health, and masticatory efficiency assessment is one of the most objective methods of prosthetic treatment quality control. …”
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Evolution of HD-ZIP transcription factors and their function in cabbage leafy head formation by Ju Zhang, Ju Zhang, Can Chen, Can Chen, Qihang Yang, Jie Xu, Zizhuo Han, Wei Ma, Xiaomeng Zhang, Kedong Xu, Jianjun Zhao, Xueping Chen

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Profiling and functional characterization of long noncoding RNAs during human tooth development by Xiuge Gu, Wei Wei, Chuan Wu, Jing Sun, Xiaoshan Wu, Zongshan Shen, Hanzhang Zhou, Chunmei Zhang, Jinsong Wang, Lei Hu, Suwen Chen, Yuanyuan Zhang, Songlin Wang, Ran Zhang

“…However, the dynamics of lncRNA expression during human tooth development remain poorly understood. …”
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Analysis of potential genes and pathways associated with the colorectal normal mucosa–adenoma–carcinoma sequence by Zhuoxuan Wu, Zhen Liu, Weiting Ge, Jiawei Shou, Liangkun You, Hongming Pan, Weidong Han

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Sex-specific phenotypical, functional and metabolic profiles of human term placenta macrophages by Daniel E. Paparini, Esteban Grasso, Franco Aguilera, M. Agustina Arslanian, Victoria Lella, Brenda Lara, Ana Schafir, Soledad Gori, Fátima Merech, Vanesa Hauk, Claudio Schuster, Marcelo Martí, Cesar Meller, Rosanna Ramhorst, Daiana Vota, Claudia Pérez Leirós

“…Here we studied the sex-specific differences in the phenotypic, functional and immunometabolic profile of HBC. Methods HBC were isolated from human term placentas (N = 31, 16 from male and 15 female neonates). …”
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MicroRNAs regulate alveolar macrophage homeostasis and its function in lung fibrosis by Nirmal Parajuli, Nirmal Parajuli, Yi Yao, Yi Yao, Namir Khalasawi, Namir Khalasawi, Congcong Yin, Congcong Yin, Qiong Zhang, Indra Adrianto, Indra Adrianto, Indra Adrianto, Indra Adrianto, Indra Adrianto, Aakash Hans, Aakash Hans, Li Zhou, Li Zhou, Li Zhou, Li Zhou, Li Zhou, Qing-Sheng Mi, Qing-Sheng Mi, Qing-Sheng Mi, Qing-Sheng Mi, Qing-Sheng Mi

“…However, the role of miRNAs in the postnatal maintenance of TR-AMs and Mo-AMs, as well as their function in pulmonary fibrosis, remains unclear.Methods and ResultsHere, we demonstrate that deleting miRNAs after birth severely disrupts TR-AM homeostasis and Mo-AM repopulation from the bone marrow following irradiation. …”
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Model organisms for investigating the functional involvement of NRF2 in non-communicable diseases by Ana I. Rojo, Brigitta Buttari, Susana Cadenas, Ana Rita Carlos, Antonio Cuadrado, Ana Sofia Falcão, Manuela G. López, Milen I. Georgiev, Anna Grochot-Przeczek, Sentiljana Gumeni, José Jimenez-Villegas, Jarosław Olav Horbanczuk, Ozlen Konu, Isabel Lastres-Becker, Anna-Liisa Levonen, Viktorija Maksimova, Charalambos Michaeloudes, Liliya V. Mihaylova, Michel Edwar Mickael, Irina Milisav, Biljana Miova, Patricia Rada, Marlene Santos, Miguel C. Seabra, Dubravka Svob Strac, Sandra Tenreiro, Ioannis P. Trougakos, Albena T. Dinkova-Kostova

“…The products of these genes participate in numerous functions including biotransformation and redox homeostasis, lipid and iron metabolism, inflammation, proteostasis, as well as mitochondrial dynamics and energetics. …”
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Comparative analysis of intestinal and reproductive function in older laying hens with three egg laying levels by Taoyan Qiang, Keying Zhang, Qiufeng Zeng, Xuemei Ding, Shiping Bai, Yan Liu, Shengyu Xu, Yue Xuan, Shanshan Li, Jianping Wang

“…It is speculated that this may be due to varying intestinal function in laying hens with different egg production levels. …”
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ppk23-Dependent chemosensory functions contribute to courtship behavior in Drosophila melanogaster. by Beika Lu, Angela LaMora, Yishan Sun, Michael J Welsh, Yehuda Ben-Shahar

“…Although degenerin/epithelial sodium channels (DEG/ENaC) represent one of the largest families of ion channels in Drosophila melanogaster, the physiological functions of these proteins are still poorly understood. …”
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ABCA1 Deletion Does Not Affect Aqueous Humor Outflow Function in Mice by Bo Qin, Chunchun Hu, Youjia Zhang, Yuhong Chen, Yuan Lei

“…The function of ABCA1 in aqueous humor outflow still requires further research.…”
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Speaker differences in volitional voice modulation reflected in empathy and functional activation patterns. by Stella Guldner, Frauke Nees, Herta Flor, Carolyn McGettigan

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Functions of Rhetorical Questions with Words ГДЕ [gdye], КУДА [kuda] and ОТКУДА [otkuda] by E. B. Stepanova, Y. Zhang

“…This article is devoted to the secondary functions of rhetorical questions with interrogative adverbs где , куда and откуда . …”
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The refractory form of gastroesophageal reflux disease: clinical and endoscopical, functional and morphofunctional criteria by M. A. Osadchuk, A. M. Osadchuk, D. V. Balashov, I. M. Kvetnoy

“…In contrast to NFGERD and EFGERD, at RFGERD higher grade of hyperplasia of esophageal neuroendocrine cells secreting neurotensin, and esophageal epithelial cells expressing р53 was observed.Conclusions. Disorders of functional activity of neuroendocrinal cells of esophageal mucosa, producing neurotensin, and epithelial cells of the esophagus expressing р53, can act as a factor promoting development of refractory forms of GERD.…”
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Sex differences and autism: brain function during verbal fluency and mental rotation. by Felix D C C Beacher, Eugenia Radulescu, Ludovico Minati, Simon Baron-Cohen, Michael V Lombardo, Meng-Chuan Lai, Anne Walker, Dawn Howard, Marcus A Gray, Neil A Harrison, Hugo D Critchley

“…This suggests that the neurobiology of autism: 1) may overlap with mechanisms underlying typical sex-differentiation or 2) alternately reflect sex-specificity in how autism is expressed in males and females. Here we used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to test these alternate hypotheses. …”
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Functional proteomic insights into the lateral oviduct-associated secretions of a bean bug by Ying Tian, Hangpeng Xu, Yanyan Yang, Chuanxi Zhang, Jianping Chen, Junmin Li, Jiabao Lu

“…Proteomic analysis identified 159 FRT-highly expressed proteins, with functional characterization focusing on 10 putative secretory proteins, including 2 ovary-specific (RpLoap2 and RpLoap4), 7 oviduct-specific (RpLoap3 and RpLoap5-10), and 1 ovary-highly expressed (RpLoap1) genes. …”
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New Solutions for the Generalized BBM Equation in terms of Jacobi and Weierstrass Elliptic Functions by Alvaro H. Salas, Lorenzo J. Martinez H, David L. Ocampo R

“…A power series method is also applied in some particular cases. Some solutions are expressed in terms of the Weierstrass elliptic function.…”
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Functional changes in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis after successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation by Le An, Zhijiang Qi, Huan Shao, Chunsheng Li

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Properties of Functions in the Wiener Class BVp[a,b] for 0<p<1 by Yeli Niu, Heping Wang

“…We prove that any function in BVp[a,b] (0<p<1) can be expressed as the difference of two increasing functions in BVp[a,b]. …”
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