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Prevalence and clinical implications of calcification in internal carotid artery stenosis: a retrospective study

BMC Neurology
Background Calcification is common in advanced atheromatous plaque, but its clinical significance remains unclear. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of plaque calcification in the moderate-to-severe internal carotid artery stenosis and ...
Fengli Fu, Xiaoli Liu, Rui Zhang, Siran Zhang, Jianhua Mao, Yan Li, Shu Wan, Shanhu Xu   +7 more
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Sustainable bioplastics manufacturing from renewable sources

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Bioplastics are manufactured by using polymers from different bio‐based sources. These novel materials not only offer biodegradability but also possess various functional properties that make them suitable for diverse applications. Recent developments in the preparation of bioplastics are reported, highlighting the distinct properties of each type of ...
C. Valeria L. Giosafatto, Marika Avitabile, Michela Famiglietti, Talayeh Kordjazi, Marzieh Moosavi‐Nasab, Odile F. Restaino, Loredana Mariniello   +6 more
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Meta-Analysis Reveals Reduced Coral Calcification Under Projected Ocean Warming but Not Under Acidification Across the Caribbean Sea

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020
Ocean acidification and warming are two of the many threats to coral reefs worldwide, and Caribbean reef-building corals are especially vulnerable. However, even within the Caribbean, experimental acidification and warming studies reveal a wide array of ...
Colleen B. Bove, James Umbanhowar, James Umbanhowar, Karl D. Castillo, Karl D. Castillo   +4 more
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Pioglitazone plus (−)‐epigallocatechin gallate: a novel approach to enhance osteogenic performance in aged bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Aged human bmMSCs are seeded in the scaffold. Osteoblastic induction can slightly increase cell's bone‐forming activity to produce bone‐like tissues, shown as the sporadic xylenol orange‐stained spots (the lower left image). Notably, pioglitazone plus EGCG co‐treatment dramatically increases cell's bone‐forming activity and bone‐like tissue production (
Ching‐Yun Chen, Jia‐Ci Jhang, Chun‐Yi Peng, Quốc Cường Nguyễn, Feng‐Huei Lin, Hung‐Ming Wu, Shankung Lin   +6 more
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Anticancer sensitivities and biological characteristics of HCT116 cells resistant to the selective poly(ADP‐ribose) glycohydrolase inhibitor

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
We analyzed alterations of PAR metabolism‐related proteins in PARG inhibitor‐resistant HCT116RPDD cells. Although PARG levels remained unchanged, HCT116RPDD cells exhibited reduced PARP1 and ARH3 expression and elevated PAR levels. Interestingly, HCT116RPDD cells exhibited slightly elevated intracellular NAD+/NADH and ATP levels. Our findings suggest a
Kaede Tsuda, Yoko Ogino, Akira Sato
wiley   +1 more source

Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors attenuate vascular calcification by suppressing endoplasmic reticulum protein thioredoxin domain containing 5 dependent osteogenic reprogramming

Redox Biology
Aims: Vascular calcification is strongly linked to the development of major adverse cardiovascular events, but effective treatments are lacking. Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are an emerging category of oral hypoglycemic drugs that ...
Shaofa Wu, Xiaolin Luo, Yang Chen, Zelan Wang, Xi Liu, Ning Sun, Junyong Zhao, Wenjian Luo, Jiawen Zhang, Xiaoyong Tong, Lan Huang, Chuan Liu, Zhexue Qin   +12 more
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Polarization‐resolved femtosecond Vis/IR spectroscopy tailored for resolving weak signals in biological samples using minimal sample volume

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Unique biological samples, such as site‐specific mutant proteins, are available only in limited quantities. Here, we present a polarization‐resolved transient infrared spectroscopy setup with referencing to improve signal‐to‐noise tailored towards tracing small signals. We provide an overview of characterizing the excitation conditions for polarization‐
Clark Zahn, Karsten Heyne
wiley   +1 more source

Differential regulation of ZFAS1 splice variants by endoplasmic reticulum stress in hepatocyte cell lines

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
ZFAS1 is a lncRNA promoting cell proliferation and migration, exhibiting high expression in various cancers. It is conserved, widely expressed, and produces multiple splice variants with unclear roles. We identified several splice variants in hepatocyte models, and found that inhibiting or suppressing regulators of the unfolded protein response (PERK ...
Sébastien Soubeyrand, Paulina Lau, Ruth McPherson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ontogeny of respiration and feeding structures of skull in Persian sturgeon, Acipenser persicus (Bordin, 1897) [PDF]

بوم‌شناسی آبزیان, 2016
In the present study, the process of the skull development and calcification in Persian sturgeon (Acipenser persicus) was studied. Development of cartilage started after hatching around the head and notochord (10.6 mm, total length, TL) and the first ...
Hamid Eshaghzadeh, Arash Akbarzadeh, Mahtab Yarmohammadi, Enric Gisbert   +3 more
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A light‐triggered Time‐Resolved X‐ray Solution Scattering (TR‐XSS) workflow with application to protein conformational dynamics

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Time‐resolved X‐ray solution scattering captures how proteins change shape in real time under near‐native conditions. This article presents a practical workflow for light‐triggered TR‐XSS experiments, from data collection to structural refinement. Using a calcium‐transporting membrane protein as an example, the approach can be broadly applied to study ...
Fatemeh Sabzian‐Molaei, Fredrik Orädd, Konstantinos Magkakis, Magnus Andersson   +3 more
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