Interplay of T Helper 17 Cells with CD4+CD25high FOXP3+ Tregs in Regulation of Allergic Asthma in Pediatric Patients by Amit Agarwal, Meenu Singh, B. P. Chatterjee, Anil Chauhan, Anuradha Chakraborti

“…Total IgE levels and pulmonary function tests were assessed. The expression of Tregs and cytokines was determined by flow cytometry. …”
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MiR-183 overexpression inhibits tumorigenesis and enhances DDP-induced cytotoxicity by targeting MTA1 in nasopharyngeal carcinoma by Guanghui Wang, Shujing Wang, Congying Li

“…Xenograft tumor experiment was applied to confirm the biological function of miR-183 in vivo. MiR-183 was downregulated in nasopharyngeal carcinoma tissues and cells and negatively correlated with metastasis-associated protein 1 expression. …”
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Metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 overexpression in testis contributes to idiopathic non-obstructive azoospermia via repressing ETS variant transcription facto... by Lei Wei, Zonggang Feng, Qian Dou, Pengfen Li, Xinghua Zhao, Bin Hao

“…The dysregulation of MALAT1 along with the expression levels of its negatively correlated genes were confirmed in a larger cohort of 24 OA patients and 38 iNOA patients. …”
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RETRACTED: TMEM107 inhibits EMT and invasion of NSCLC through regulating the Hedgehog pathway by Huihui Xu, Song Dun, Ying Gao, Jian Ming, Linping Hui, Xueshan Qiu

“…However, TMEM107 protein expression, localization, and function in NSCLC remain unclear. Methods We first evaluated TMEM107 expression in 12 newly diagnosed cases of NSCLC and paired adjacent healthy tissues by western blotting. …”
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Impact of physical activity on maternal and neonatal outcomes among women with vaginal births—single center prospective cohort study by Anna Weronika Szablewska, Bartosz Zaja̧c

“…The hypothesis proposes that physical activity at the level recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) does not negatively affect maternal or neonatal outcomes.MethodsThis single-center prospective cohort study was conducted at a tertiary care hospital in northern Poland. …”
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Impact of Progression of Parkinson’s Disease on Swallowing Ability and Oral Environment by George Umemoto, Shinsuke Fujioka, Yasuyuki Iwasa, Yoshie Ozaki, Kayoko Koga, Kazumi Nishimura, Yoshio Tsuboi

“…However, OBC was also negatively correlated with LEDD (rho = −0.411, p=0.004). …”
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Effectiveness of the sleep apnea-specific hypoxic burden and sleep breathing impairment index in assessing cognitive impairment in children with obstructive sleep apnea by Simin Zhu, Yanuo Zhou, Chendi Lu, Zitong Wang, Lina Ma, Xiaoxin Niu, Yushan Xie, Zihan Xia, Yonglong Su, Yuqi Yuan, Jiayi Yang, Rui Lu, Xinru Lv, Wei Hou, Yani Feng, Xiaoyong Ren, Yewen Shi

“…VIQ in younger children negatively correlated with SASHB/SBII, but only with OAHI in older children. …”
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis knee prosthetic infection treatment with two-stage revision and fosfomycin–rifampin combination therapy: a case report by Giulio Maria Marcheggiani Muccioli, Eleonora Zamparini, Alberto Fogacci, Andrea Grechi, Federico Pea, Pierluigi Viale, Stefano Zaffagnini

“…Case presentation A 31-year-old Italian woman presented right knee pain and functional limitation. A previous diagnosis of pigmentous villonodular synovitis led to destructive arthropathy requiring total knee arthroplasty and extensive synovectomy. …”
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Advancing higher education on sustainable land use: designing socioscientific inquiry-based learning units on oil palm cultivation by Finn Kristen Matthiesen, Jacqueline Dischereit, Raissa Mataniari, Fitta Setiajiati, Fitta Setiajiati, I Nengah Suparta, Susanne Bögeholz, Susanne Bögeholz

“…The land-use research addressed in this DBR is based on the international Collaborative Research Centre 990 “Ecological and Socioeconomic Functions of Tropical Lowland Rainforest Transformation Systems” (EFForTS). …”
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Searching for protein partners of short-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (SCHAD) reveals keratin 8 as a novel candidate for interaction in pancreatic β-cells by Kelly Velasco, Janniche Torsvik, Johanna L. St-Louis, Sarah Baghestani, Jonas S. G. Silvander, Rohit N. Kulkarni, Diana M. Toivola, Anders Molven

“…Because the protein also is a negative regulator of insulin secretion in pancreatic β-cells, inactivating mutations in the SCHAD gene (HADH) cause congenital hyperinsulinism of infancy (CHI) and severe hypoglycemia. …”
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Genome-Wide Identification of the GRAS Transcription Factor Family in Sweet Orange and the Regulation of Salt Stress-Enhanced Plant Salt Tolerance in Sweet Orange by <i>CsGRAS15</i... by Hailin Ren, Rong Xu, Jie Wang, Qian Zhang, Lili Nie, Li Zhang, Xianyan Zhou, Xiaozhen Liu, Hanyao Zhang

“…These genes reside on nine chromosomes, with segmental duplication being the primary evolutionary driver (eight duplicated pairs). Functional enrichment implicated hormone signaling pathways in regulating growth under stress. …”
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Features of Paradigm for forming anti-cataclysmic instruments for preventing aggressive interstate conflicts – artificial intelligence (AI) in terms of ensuring objective personnel... by B. M. Andrushkiv, L. S. Golovkova, N. B. Kyrych, O. B. Pohajdak, K. Hannouf

“…By improving the management of these factors at the local level, it is possible to ensure not only the appropriate quality of managerial decisions and prevention of abuse, but also peace in society and stable functioning of national economies, which can make them competitive in the EU.…”
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Exploring electrochemical performance of Zanthoxylum armatum seed-derived activated carbon using phosphoric acid (H3PO4) for sustainable energy storage applications by Deval Prasad Bhattarai, Sabin Aryal, Pawan Kumar Mishra, Timila Shrestha, Puspa Lal Homagai, Hari Bhakta Oli, Ram Lal (Swagat) Shrestha

“…The crystallinity of the material was examined using X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique, functional groups were identified via Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, and morphology was analyzed using Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM). …”
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Compound probiotics alleviate hyperuricemia-induced renal injury via restoring gut microbiota and metabolism by Ping Liu, Ping Hu, Meiping Jin, Weiqian Sun, Jiajun Wu, Yuyan Tang, Danye Shi, Ting Xie, Yijing Tong, Lusheng Huang, Dongliang Zhang, Hui Zheng, Xudong Xu, Haidong He

“…Renal pathological and functional changes were assessed through H&E staining and plasma biochemical analysis. …”
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Extracellular Vesicles From Xylella fastidiosa Carry sRNAs and Genomic Islands, Suggesting Roles in Recipient Cells by Alessa Ruf, Patrick Blumenkamp, Christina Ludwig, Anne Lippegaus, Andreas Brachmann, Andreas Klingl, Alexander Goesmann, Karina Brinkrolf, Kai Papenfort, Silke Robatzek

“…ABSTRACT Xylella fastidiosa (Xf) is a Gram‐negative bacterial plant pathogen responsible for severe diseases in a variety of economically important crops. …”
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Epigenetic Signatures in Ovarian Cancer to Determine Potential Diagnostic/Prognostic Biomarkers by Tuba Gunel, Maurice Jansen, Samet Topuz, Jean Helmijr, Servet Tunoğlu, Tugce Senturk Kirmizitas

“…Integrative analysis identified 18 genes with overlapping methylation and expression changes in OC and a negative correlation between methylation and expression levels (p&lt;0.05). …”
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Chimeric SF-25 monoclonal antibody as a targeted therapy for SLC3A2 in adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma by Shinsuke Suzuki, Xiao-Yan Lin, Shuichi Hanada, Kimiharu Uozumi, Maki Otsuka, Satsuki Owatari, Koichi Haraguchi, Makoto Yoshimitsu, Kenji Ishitsuka, Hiroshi Takahashi

“…Abstract The SF-25 antigen (SF-25 Ag), which functions as the amino acid transporter solute carrier family 3 member 2 (SLC3A2), is essential for regulatory T (Treg) cell maintenance and is highly expressed in adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) cells. …”
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Dynamic gene regulatory networks drive seed dormancy and germination of Pinus tabuliformis by Yanjun Li, Duxian Lu, Xinxiu Zuo, Yanyan Zhang, Yufen Bu, Shihui Niu, Jinxing Lin, Yaning Cui

“…Notably, PtbZIP25 (Pt4G12300) a homolog of Arabidopsis thaliana bZIP transcription factors, was functionally validated as a negative regulator of germination via overexpression and mutant assays. …”
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Phosphorus loading and carp disturbance synergistically promote dominance of free-floating macrophytes over submerged plant competitors by Rui Zhou, Dong Luo, Lei Li

“…N loading alone had little effect on the biomass of both macrophytes and phytoplankton, and it even partially mitigated the negative impacts of fish on submerged macrophytes. …”
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Regulating environmental arsenic-mediated gut-brain toxicity using chitosan-conjugated luteolin gold nanoparticles by Ananya Banerjee, Suvadeep Mal, Partha Roy, Urmi Chatterji

“…Ingestion of arsenic, primarily through contaminated drinking water, severely disrupts the gut microbes, thereby inducing structural and functional abnormalities in the brain. Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) from arsenic-exposed mice to recipient healthy mice (As-FMT) enriched LPS-secreting Gram-negative bacteria and upregulated the expression of TLR4 in intestinal epithelial cells. …”
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