Gut Microbiota Modulation by Lysozyme as a Key Regulator of Vascular Inflammatory Aging by Chenyang Zhang, Xin Zhao, Hang Zhang, Tongtong Wang, Zhenyu Zhang, Yilin Yin, Hui Wang, Xiao Tong, Yuzheng Xue, Yahong Zhou, Fenglai Yuan, Xiuwu Bian, Hong Wei, Yuan Huang, Tianhao Liu

“…Vascular inflammatory aging phenotypes were detected in the blood vessels of antibiotic-treated and germ-free mice, and the PI3K–Akt signaling pathway was inhibited. …”
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Pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic head cancer with cavernous transformation of the portal vein: a case report by Naohiro Hirano, Masahiro Iseki, Takanori Morikawa, Yuuichiro Umino, Shuichi Aoki, Koetsu Inoue, Shun Nakayama, Takayuki Miura, Kunihiro Masuda, Masaharu Ishida, Hideo Ohtsuka, Masamichi Mizuma, Kei Nakagawa, Kiyoshi Kume, Atsushi Masamune, Takashi Kamei, Michiaki Unno

“…Since its symptoms usually appear in childhood, most of the adult cases are detected unexpectedly with other diseases. Only a few reports have described surgical difficulties in patients with CTPV. …”
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Multiple mechanisms drive linezolid resistance in clinical Enterococcus faecium isolates by increasing poxtA gene expression by Fernando Lázaro-Perona, Paula Navarro-Carrera, Iván Bloise, Pablo Prieto-Casado, Isabel García-Pérez, Alberto Paradela, Fernando Corrales, Juana Cacho-Calvo, Jesús Mingorance

“…Active molecular surveillance for intestinal poxtA gene carriers could be important to prevent dissemination.…”
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CT of gastrointestinal stromal tumor by Taha M. Ahmed, MD, Elliot K. Fishman, MD

“…Though most frequently found in the stomach or small intestine, GISTs may develop anywhere along the gastrointestinal tract. …”
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Investigating Viral Causes of Abortions: A Comprehensive Molecular and Pathological Study on Small Ruminants in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran by Monireh Khordadmehr, Hassan Sadri, Jafar Shirazi, Saeed Babazadeh, Hamid Akbari, Farinaz Jigari‐Asl, Hossein Hamali, Mohammadreza Ghorani

“…The conventional and nested PCR methods were employed for BTV, BDV, PPRV, pox virus and AKAV detection after extracting viral DNA/RNA and cDNA synthesis from the buffy coat (adults) and foetal spleen tissue samples. …”
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Molecular cloning and expression characteristics of ghrl and ghsr genes in bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis) by Pan Wang, Jianjun Fu, Mingkun Luo, Xiulan Shi, Wenbin Zhu, Lanmei Wang, Shichang Shu, Zaijie Dong

“…The gut exhibited the highest levels of ghrl expression, whereas significantly higher levels of ghsr (P < 0.01) were detected in the brain. Significantly higher levels of ghrl and ghsr expression were detected in the intestine and muscle in summer compared to the levels in winter (P < 0.05). …”
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Passage of Angiostrongylus cantonensis through the trophic web: an experimental study on reptiles by Lucia Anettová, Anna Šipková, Vivienne Velič, Jana Kačmaříková, Kristýna Javorská, Ladislav Novotný, Petr Cibulka, Martin Květoň, David Modrý

“…Snakes were euthanized 1 month post-infection and live L3 were detected predominantly in the intestinal wall. The animals remained clinically healthy throughout the study. …”
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Isolation and characterization of novel reassortant mammalian orthoreovirus from pigs in the United States by Liping Wang, Yan Li, Timothy Walsh, Zhenyu Shen, Yonghai Li, Nirmalendu Deb Nath, Jinhwa Lee, Baoliang Zheng, Ying Tao, Clinton R. Paden, Krista Queen, Shuping Zhang, Suxiang Tong, Wenjun Ma

“…Pig studies showed that both MRV-infected and native contact pigs displayed fever, diarrhoea and nasal discharge. MRV RNA was detected in different intestinal locations of both infected and contact pigs, indicating that the MRV isolate is pathogenic and transmissible in pigs. …”
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Retrospective Investigation of Cytomegalovirus and Epstein–Barr Virus Positivity in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patient Biopsies by Hasan Bostancı, Kürşat Dikmen, Ahmet Çağrı Büyükkasap, Sidre Erganis, Kayhan Çağlar, Ayşe Dursun, Gülendam Bozdayı

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the distribution of cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in the intestinal tissue of patients with IBD. Methods: The study included tissue samples taken from 50 IBD (32 male, 18 female, between the ages of 18-76) patients. …”
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Autophagy inhibitor 3-methyladenine mitigates the severity of colitis in aged mice by inhibiting autophagy by Ailing Liu, Hongying Wang, Hong Lv, Hong Yang, Yue Li, Jiaming Qian

“…The autophagy activity was detected by the protein expressions of LC3B-II, p62 and ATG5 by western blot and immunohistochemistry. …”
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Exploring correlations between gut mycobiome and lymphocytes in melanoma patients undergoing anti-PD-1 therapy by Natalia Szóstak, Michał Budnik, Katarzyna Tomela, Luiza Handschuh, Anna Samelak-Czajka, Bernadeta Pietrzak, Marcin Schmidt, Mariusz Kaczmarek, Łukasz Galus, Jacek Mackiewicz, Andrzej Mackiewicz, Piotr Kozlowski, Anna Philips

“…We found that the correlation pattern between intestinal fungi and lymphocytes was specific to the type of response, positive or negative. …”
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Evaluation of Tissue Tropism and Horizontal Transmission of a Duck Enteritis Virus Vectored Vaccine in One-Day-Old Chicken by Yassin Abdulrahim, Yingying You, Linggou Wang, Zhixiang Bi, Lihua Xie, Saisai Chen, Benedikt B. Kaufer, Armando Mario Damiani, Kehe Huang, Jichun Wang

“…Gross and/or histological lesions were recorded in the kidney, heart, intestine, liver, lung, and spleen. Moreover, DEV-H5 replication in intestinal cells caused an increment in interferon-α expression, while occluding junction proteins and ZO-1 expression were significantly upregulated. …”
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Colonic Dysbiosis Is Associated with Gastrointestinal Disorders More than Mother–Child Epidemiological Traits in Mexican Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders by Julián Herrera-Mejía, Abraham Wall-Medrano, Arnulfo Ramos-Jiménez, Aarón F. González-Córdova, Florinda Jiménez-Vega, Rocio Campos-Vega

“…Gastrointestinal disorders were diagnosed by standardized clinical tools (ROMA-IV and six-item gastrointestinal severity index), while bacterial markers, including <i>Bacteroidetes</i>, <i>Firmicutes</i>, <i>Actinomycetes</i> (Phyla); <i>Lactobacillales</i>, <i>Clostridiales</i>, <i>Bifidobacteriales</i> (Orders); <i>B. fragilis</i>, <i>F. prausnitzii</i>, <i>B. longum</i>, <i>D. vulgaris</i> and <i>A. muciniphila</i> (Species), were detected by targeting 16S rRNA and two-step PCR protocol. …”
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Fecal carriage of vanB antibiotic resistance gene affects adipose tissue function under vancomycin use by Lars M. M. Vliex, Giang N. Le, Marina Fassarella, Dorien Reijnders, Gijs H. Goossens, Erwin G. Zoetendal, John Penders, Ellen E. Blaak

“…Gut microbial composition was determined using the Human Intestinal Tract Chip (HITChip) microarray. At baseline, the vancomycin resistance gene vanB was present in 60% of our population. …”
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Invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast with colonic metastasis: a case series of three patients by Shinya Otsuka, Kazuteru Komuro, Masato Suzuoki, Shuhei Hayasaka, Momoko Tsuda, Kimitoshi Kubo, Tomone Ueki, Yumi Moriya, Noriko Kimura, Masanori Ohara

“…Ileosigmoid bypass surgery was performed for intestinal obstruction, and systemic treatment for breast cancer was initiated. …”
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Lactobacillus plantarum SAL delays aging-associated oxidative stress and gut microbiota dysbiosis in mice by Wen Dong, Yongzhi Lun, Jie Sun, Ben Liu

“…After the intervention, serum and liver tissues were collected to detect aging biomarkers (β-galactosidase) and oxidative stress markers.Colon tissue histopathological examination was performed, and fresh fecal samples were subjected to metagenomic sequencing and analysis. …”
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C-X-C Motif Chemokine 12 Was Identified as a Potential Gene Target in the Treatment of Crohn&rsquo;s Disease by Hu H, He R, Liu M, Zhou H, Tan L, Ai Q, Wang Q, Zeng L, Qu W

“…Subsequently, it was validated through IHC and RT-PCR in normal intestinal mucosal, active CD, and inactive CD. CXCL12 was overexpressed in active and inactive CD (IHC: p < 0.001 and RT-PCR: p < 0.001, respectively). …”
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Clinical-epidemiological characteristics delivery cases of tropic dengue fever by V. V. Nechaev, I. I. Yarovaya, G. V. Kachenya, E. V. Doguzhieva, S. S. Buntovskya, A. D. Egorickhina, R. S. Shkurskaya, I. G. Chkhindzeria, N. E. Chunaeva

“…In General, combined infection was detected in 39.5% of patients.…”
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Effects of caged stress on the duodenal tissue structure, antioxidant capacity and gene mRNA expression level of Shaoxing duck by GU Tiantian, TIAN Yong, ZHOU Wei, LIU Guofa, CHEN Li, ZENG Tao, WU Xinsheng, XU Qi, CHEN Guohong, LU Lizhi

“…Then the tissue damage degree of the duodenum and antioxidant indicators were determinated, and the relative expression levels of endoplasmic reticulum stress gene, inflammation-related gene and apoptotic gene mRNA were detected by real-time fluorescence polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) at 1, 2, 4, 7 and 10 d after cage rearing, which providing theoretical basis for the large-scale breeding of laying ducks and the scientific prevention for caged stress disease. …”
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Peripheral Immunophenotype in the Diagnosis of Mesenteric Ischemia in Rats: An Experimental Study by Aydin Eray Tufan, Pinar Yazici, Elif Tufan, Anil Akkus, Ozlem Ton Eryilmaz, Ufuk Oguz Idiz, Fatih Ozcelik, Cemal Kaya

“…Aim Acute mesenteric ischemia (AMeI) is a mortal intestinal emergency with vascular origin. Mortality and morbidity can be prevented by early diagnosis and prompt intervention. …”
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