Achieving significant mechanical improvement of chitosan aerogel with embedding or bridging structures mediated by size-dependent silk microfibers by Haiyu Liu, Fang He, Zhixiang Xu, Meng Zhang, Quan Wan, Yajun Shuai, Jie Wang, Mingying Yang, Zongpu Xu

“…Chitosan (CS) aerogels with oriented pore structures exhibit broad application prospects owing to light weight, high porosity, and favorable bioactivity, but the dominating drawback in low mechanical strength greatly hinders their functional advantages. …”
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Preparation and Properties of Chitosan Complexes Consisting of <i>Artemisia argyi</i> Volatile Oil Nanoemulsion by Shun Zhang, Kewei Zuo, Lijun Zhang, Chenlu Zhang, Juan Shi

“…Meanwhile, the in vitro release study demonstrated that AAVO-NeCs exhibited a biphasic release pattern. Compared to AAVO-Ne and AAVO, AAVO-NeCs also showed a significant enhancement in antioxidant activity. …”
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Diosgenin and solasodine-based saponins and sapogenines—Effects of structural modifications on Panagrellus redivivus, Spodoptera littoralis and Trichoderma reesei by Christina Rodler, Johann Schinnerl, Miriam Schalamun, Wolfgang Hinterdobler, Lothar Brecker

“…., Spodoptera littoralis Boisduval and Trichoderma reesei QM6a. We show that the bioactivity is highly variable, depending not only on the tested organisms, but also on the glycosylation pattern. …”
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Effect of cholesterol on distribution, cell uptake, and protein corona of lipid microspheres at sites of cardiovascular inflammatory injury by Lingyan Li, Xingjie Wu, Qianqian Guo, Yu'e Wang, Zhiyong He, Guangqiong Zhang, Shaobo Liu, Liping Shu, Babu Gajendran, Ying Chen, Xiangchun Shen, Ling Tao

“…The findings enhance the conceptualization of CH and LM delivery, providing novel strategies for investigating prescription factors' bioactivity.…”
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Polydopamine/polyvinyl alcohol/graphene oxide transition layer for enhancing adhesive performance of HA coating on Cf/C composites prepared by hydrothermal electrodeposition/hydrot... by Shaoqing Chen, Caiqin Liang, Pengyin Li, Chun Liu, Xierong Zeng, Xinbo Xiong, Xinye Ni

“…Moreover, scratch tests indicated a more homogeneous scratch pattern with no sudden delamination of the coating from the matrix. …”
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The Human IL-23 Decoy Receptor Inhibits T-Cells Producing IL-17 by Genetically Engineered Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Masoumeh Rostami, Kamran Haidari, Majid Shahbazi

“…Self-renewing properties were assayed with OCT- 4. Bioactivity of the designed RIL- 23R was evaluated by IL- 17 and IL- 10 expression of mouse splenocytes. …”
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PPAR-γ Agonist Pioglitazone Restored Mouse Liver mRNA Expression of Clock Genes and Inflammation-Related Genes Disrupted by Reversed Feeding by T. Fedchenko, O. Izmailova, V. Shynkevych, O. Shlykova, I. Kaidashev

“…The master clock, which is located in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), harmonizes clock genes present in the liver to synchronize life rhythms and bioactivity with the surrounding environment. The reversed feeding disrupts the expression of clock genes in the liver. …”
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An Optimized Bioassay System for the Striped Flea Beetle, <i>Phyllotreta striolata</i> by Liyan Yao, Xinhua Pu, Yuanlin Wu, Ke Zhang, Alexander Berestetskiy, Qiongbo Hu, Qunfang Weng

“…<i>utilis</i>) was identified as an optimal larval diet that minimally interferes with EPF bioactivity, enabling reliable virulence assessments. …”
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Fuzi alleviates cold-related rheumatoid arthritis via regulating gut microbiota and microbial bile acid metabolism by Juan Liu, Dandan Zhang, Yaochuan Zhou, Jinlu Wu, Wuwen Feng, Cheng Peng

“…Abstract Background Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with cold pattern is an important type of RA according to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine. …”
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