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Tumbling Magnetic Microrobots for Targeted In Vivo Drug Delivery in the GI Tract

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
We introduce a microrobot design and integrated system for on‐demand targeted drug release in the gastrointestinal tract. The microrobot has an embedded magnet for actuation with external magnetic fields and is visualized in real time using ultrasound. It has two drug release ports sealed with a thermally sensitive wax. Local heating of the wax using a
Aaron C. Davis, Luis Carlos Sanjuan Acosta, Shubh P. Mehta, Baiyan Qi, Yang Yang, Luis Solorio, Craig J. Goergen, David J. Cappelleri   +7 more
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Systematic surveillance tools to reduce rodent pests in disadvantaged urban areas can empower communities and improve public health

Scientific Reports
Rodents are notorious pests, known for transmitting major public health diseases and causing agricultural and economic losses. The lack of site-specific and national standardised rodent surveillance in several disadvantaged communities has rendered ...
Adedayo Michael Awoniyi, Ana Maria Barreto, Hernan Dario Argibay, Juliet Oliveira Santana, Fabiana Almerinda G. Palma, Ana Riviere-Cinnamond, Gauthier Dobigny, Eric Bertherat, Luther Ferguson, Steven Belmain, Federico Costa   +10 more
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Use of rodents as models of human diseases

Journal of Pharmacy And Bioallied Sciences, 2014
Advances in molecular biology have significantly increased the understanding of the biology of different diseases. However, these discoveries have not yet been fully translated into improved treatments for patients with diseases such as cancers. One of the factors limiting the translation of knowledge from preclinical studies to the clinic has been the
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CD9+ B Cells Induce T Follicular Helper Cell Apoptosis to Regulate Germinal Center Regression

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A unique subset of CD9+ B cells regulates germinal center B (GC‐B) cell regression by inducing T follicular helper (Tfh) cell apoptosis through multiple signaling pathways, such as ALCAM‐CD6. FOXP1 plays a key role in GC‐B cell differentiation. These findings clarify mechanisms of GC degeneration and termination and offer potential targets for adenoid ...
Wenjing Liao, Lijuan Song, Meiqian Xu, Tianhao Liang, Yixuan Chen, Gui Chen, Zaihuan Lin, Huakang Du, Guofei Feng, Zhiming Feng, Qi Zhang, Fan Pan, Saixuan Yang, Xinyin Zhang, Wenxu Peng, Tianlong Li, Zhuoshen Lin, Yabang Chen, Jiayi Liu, Baoxin Peng, Yan Liu, Xing Niu, Ting Li, Chengyu Huang, Ke Mo, Jianlei Xie, Yu Zou, Xiaowen Zhang   +27 more
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The Hidden Threat: Rodent-Borne Viruses and Their Impact on Public Health

Viruses
Rodents represent the most diverse order of mammals, comprising over 2200 species and nearly 42% of global mammalian biodiversity. They are major reservoirs of zoonotic pathogens, including viruses, bacteria, protozoa, and fungi, and are particularly ...
Awad A. Shehata, Rokshana Parvin, Shadia Tasnim, Phelipe Magalhães Duarte, Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales, Shereen Basiouni   +5 more
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Gonadotropin‐Inhibitory Hormone (GnIH) and Its Receptor GPR147 Mediates Acute Stress‐Induced Activation of the Locus Coeruleus‐SAM Axis

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gonadotropin‐inhibitory hormone (GnIH, also known as RFamide‐related peptide‐3, RFRP‐3) is a hypothalamic neuropeptide that regulates vertebrate reproduction via its receptor GPR147. Although GnIH is known to mediate stress‐induced reproductive suppression, its role in broader stress responses remains unclear.
Jiani Zhang, Hongyu Zhu, Wenqi Wang, Bingqian Shen, Yuanyuan Xin, Xingxing Song, Xuanyi Lu, Lixuan Li, Siting Chen, Xiaochen Zhang, Jialing Zeng, Haodong Zheng, Jianlong Lao, Ke Peng, Yixian Wei, Jiaming Zheng, Chuanhuo Hu, Xiaoye Wang, Xun Li   +18 more
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Negative attitudes of an indigenous community are associated with lethal control of rodents in a temperate forest of Mexico

Ecological Solutions and Evidence
Rodents have been unwanted human commensals for millennia, as they can decimate crops and spread diseases. However, rodents perform essential ecological functions, and promoting awareness about this could boost native rodent conservation and increase ...
Margarita Gil‐Fernández, Diana Lucrecia Ruíz‐Ramírez, Johannes J. Le Roux, Christian A. Delfín‐Alfonso, M. Cristina MacSwiney G., Alexandra J. R. Carthey, Ross T. Shackleton   +6 more
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Effect of rodent density on tick and tick-borne pathogen populations: consequences for infectious disease risk

Parasites & Vectors, 2020
Background Rodents are considered to contribute strongly to the risk of tick-borne diseases by feeding Ixodes ricinus larvae and by acting as amplifying hosts for pathogens. Here, we tested to what extent these two processes depend on rodent density, and
Aleksandra I. Krawczyk, Gilian L. A. van Duijvendijk, Arno Swart, Dieter Heylen, Ryanne I. Jaarsma, Frans H. H. Jacobs, Manoj Fonville, Hein Sprong, Willem Takken   +8 more
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BAP31 Drives Cartilage Calcification through Disruption of Autophagosome–Lysosome Fusion in Osteoarthritis

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Mechanical stress activates BAP31 in chondrocytes. BAP31 competes with ATG14 for binding to STX17, disrupting the STX17–ATG14 complex required for autophagosome–lysosome fusion. The resultant autophagic flux blockade drives the generation of autophagy‐derived exosomes, which mediate pathological cartilage calcification in OA. Chondrocyte‐targeted BAP31
Zhi‐hua Xu, Ruo‐xin Wang, Feng He, Qian Liu, Fu‐yin Li, Min Hui, Yu‐qian Shi, Yu Jiang, Qing‐hua Li, Jun‐wen Jing, Shi‐bin Yu, Li‐tian Ma, Qian‐nan Niu, Mian Zhang   +13 more
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Innate Immunocompetent hiPSC‐Derived Neurospheroids Capture Early CNS Responses to rAAV

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Knowledge of human CNS immune responses to AAV‐based gene therapies remains limited due to the lack of immune‐competent human models. Here, a hiPSC‐derived 3D neuroimmune platform integrating neurospheroids and microglia is established using stirred‐tank bioreactors.
Catarina M. Gomes, Gabriela Silva, Mafalda Aleixo, Marta Gomes, Daniel Simão, Stephan J. Holtkamp, Diana D. Lobo, Pradeep Harish, Rosalind Jenkins, Lekh N. Dahal, Rui J. Nobre, Luís de Pereira de Almeida, Mark Trautwein, Paula M. Alves, Catarina Brito   +14 more
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