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Ecology
Marissa Fabrezi, Julio Cesar Cruz
Summary: Studies on the effects of thyroid hormones on larval development in frogs provide insights into the genetic and hormonal mechanisms driving growth and transitions throughout development. Mesocosm experiments offer realistic data on environmental conditions, critical for understanding anuran larval development and endocrine disruption. Thyroid axis disruption, specifically with methimazole and thyroxine, influences developmental rates and musculoskeletal morphogenesis in premetamorphic stages of tadpoles.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Valerie Anne Galton, Arturo Hernandez
Summary: This article explores the importance of thyroid hormone metabolism and its role in maintaining hormone balance, emphasizing that thyroid hormone metabolism is not solely for degradation and elimination but plays a crucial role in regulating various organs and tissues.
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Valerie Anne Galton, Maria Elena Martinez, Julie A. Dragon, Donald L. St Germain, Arturo Hernandez
Summary: T4 exhibits intrinsic activity in vivo that is critical for survival and growth, regulating gene expression during neurodevelopment. Both T4 and T3 have a complex dependency in regulating gene expression in the liver of mice, with synergistic effects on cell proliferation and cholesterol physiology when used together.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Jun-Hui Sun, Xiaoling Liang, Manying Cai, Libiao Yan, Zhengju Chen, Lei Guo, Li Jing, Yupeng Wang, Dongfang Zhou
Summary: The study introduces a protein-crowned micelle system for targeted and synergistic TAM reprogramming, which shows potential in enhancing cancer treatment.
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Clinical Neurology
Yu Zhang, Lu Jia, Yixin Tian, Jialing He, Miao He, Lvlin Chen, Pengfei Hao, Tiangui Li, Liyuan Peng, Weelic Chong, Yang Hai, Chao You, Fang Fang
Summary: This retrospective cohort study found that postoperative downward drift in hemoglobin concentration may be associated with complications and death in patients undergoing brain tumor craniotomy, even if the nadir Hb level remains greater than the red blood cell transfusion threshold of 7 g/dL. A small postoperative Hb drift was associated with increased odds of postoperative mortality at 30 days, highlighting the importance of monitoring Hb levels in these patients.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Zixing Dong, Shuangshuang Yang, Zhengtian Zhang, Cunduo Tang, Yunchao Kan, Lunguang Yao
Summary: Prolyl aminopeptidase (PAP) is an exopeptidase with distinct properties such as debittering activity, which finds wide applications in food and medical diagnosis. Current PAPs face challenges of insufficient stability and low yield, requiring protein engineering and novel fermentation strategies for improvement.
PROCESS BIOCHEMISTRY
(2022)
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Mathematics
Massimo Fioranelli, Alireza Sepehri, Maria Grazia Roccia, Aroonkumar Beesham, Dana Flavin
Summary: This study proposes reducing the connections between tumor cells and T cells by introducing noise in the exchanged information, based on the assumption that human cells use spinor waves for information exchange. It suggests utilizing spinor waves within biological systems to disrupt the communication between cells and prevent tumor cells from receiving real information.
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Victor J. J. Pop, Lianne P. P. Hulsbosch, Myrthe G. B. M. Boekhorst, Maarten A. C. Broeren, Johannes G. G. Krabbe, Wilmar M. M. Wiersinga
Summary: Pregnant women with overt hypothyroidism and hypothyroxinemia show higher levels of hypothyroid symptoms compared to euthyroid controls, with fT4 decrease towards end term associated with persistently high symptom levels. Properly defining euthyroid control groups and monitoring fT4 levels in subclinical hypothyroid women are crucial in managing hypothyroid symptoms during pregnancy.
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Fereidoun Azizi, Hengameh Abdi, Leila Cheraghi, Atieh Amouzegar
Summary: The study aimed to compare the effectiveness and safety of RAI and long-term MMI treatments in elderly patients with SH. Both interventions were found to be effective and safe for treating SH in elderly patients, with minimal adverse events observed during the study period.
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Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Priya Saha, Puja Das, Niharika Nath, Mrinal Kanti Bhowmik
Summary: This paper introduces a cell growth estimation function and a minimized cellular graph construction method for analyzing cellular information from tissue images. Comparative experiments show that the proposed approach outperforms other graph feature-based classification methods in breast cancer classification.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
(2023)
Review
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Qingsong Ye, Deyuan Zheng, Kaiyuan Chen, Jinhui Wu
Summary: Ischemia or hypoxia can cause pathological changes in tissue metabolism and function, leading to various diseases. Timely and effective blood resuscitation or improvement of hypoxia is crucial for disease treatment. However, the development of stable, non-toxic, and immunologically inert oxygen carriers is necessary due to limitations such as blood shortages and the risk of infections. Hemoglobin and perfluorocarbon-based oxygen carriers have been widely studied, and this paper reviews their development and applications as blood substitutes or oxygen carriers in hypoxic diseases. The design of oxygen carriers, their characteristics, and future research prospects are also discussed to provide a reference for further studies.
MOLECULAR PHARMACEUTICS
(2023)
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Immunology
Zhe Han, Chaoping Cen, Qianying Ou, Yonggui Pan, Jiachao Zhang, Dongxue Huo, Kaining Chen
Summary: Combining methimazole with berberine has better efficacy in patients with Graves' disease, restoring thyroid function, modulating gut microbiota, and providing new evidence for the effectiveness of combining Chinese and Western drugs.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Lili Cong, Yu Tian, Zepeng Huo, Weiqing Xu, Chunxi Hou, Wei Shi, Weigang Wang, Chongyang Liang, Shuping Xu
Summary: This study introduces a microfluidic droplet-based fluorescence imaging platform for analyzing single cell-secreted VEGF, exploring cellular physiological clues at the single-cell level. By developing silica nanoparticle-based immunoprobes and conducting immunosandwich assays, the method demonstrates cellular heterogeneity in cytokine secretion.
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Alicia Traughber, Gauravi M. Deshpande, Kalash Neupane, Nilam Bhandari, Mariam R. Khan, Megan R. McMullen, Shadi Swaidani, Emmanuel Opoku, Santoshi Muppala, Jonathan D. Smith, Laura E. Nagy, Kailash Gulshan
Summary: The roles of NLRP3, AIM2 inflammasomes, and Gasdermin D (GsdmD) in lung cancer progression are unclear. Using a metastatic LLC cell model, this study found that GsdmD knockout mice exhibited significantly fewer lung cancer foci, decreased metastasis, and increased median survival rate. GsdmD and IL-1 beta were detected in lung tumor tissue, indicating inflammasome activity. Conditioned media from wild-type macrophages enhanced migration and growth of LLC cells, while GsdmD(-/-) macrophages did not. Bone marrow transplantations confirmed the myeloid-specific role of GsdmD in lung cancer metastasis.
Review
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Fiona Limanaqi, Chiara Vicentini, Irma Saulle, Mario Clerici, Mara Biasin
Summary: Type-I diabetes mellitus is a chronic T-cell mediated autoimmune disease influenced by genetic predisposition and environmental factors. Endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase 1 and 2 play a crucial role in disease progression by affecting immune cell activity through abnormal trimming of antigen peptides.
Article
Immunology
Irene Romero, Cristina Garrido, Ignacio Algarra, Virginia Chamorro, Antonia Collado, Federico Garrido, Angel M. Garcia-Lora
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2018)
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Behavioral Sciences
Inmaculada Banegas, Ana B. Segarra, Isabel Prieto, Francisco Vives, Marc de Gasparo, Raquel Duran, Juan de Dios Luna, Manuel Ramirez-Sanchez
PHARMACOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY AND BEHAVIOR
(2019)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ana B. Segarra, Isabel Prieto-Gomez, Inmaculada Banegas, Magdalena Martinez-Canamero, Juan de Dios Luna, Marc de Gasparo, Manuel Ramirez-Sanchez
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2019)
Article
Oncology
Maria Pulido, Virginia Chamorro, Irene Romero, Ignacio Algarra, Alba S-Montalvo, Antonia Collado, Federico Garrido, Angel M. Garcia-Lora
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ana Belen Segarra, Isabel Prieto, Inmaculada Banegas, Magdalena Martinez-Canamero, Marc de Gasparo, Patrick Vanderheyden, Stefan Zorad, Manuel Ramirez-Sanchez
FRONTIERS IN MOLECULAR BIOSCIENCES
(2020)
Review
Oncology
Ignacio Algarra, Federico Garrido, Angel M. Garcia-Lora
Summary: Immunotherapy has proven to be effective in fighting cancer, but tumors and metastases can develop escape mechanisms to evade immune responses, such as downregulating the expression of MHC class I molecules. Understanding and reversing these escape mechanisms is crucial for personalized cancer treatment with immunotherapy.
CANCER AND METASTASIS REVIEWS
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ana B. Segarra, Isabel Prieto, Inmaculada Banegas, Magdalena Martinez-Canamero, Ana B. Villarejo, German Dominguez-Vias, Marc de Gasparo, Manuel Ramirez-Sanchez
Summary: The study analyzed the activity of aminopeptidases in pituitary and adrenal glands of untreated and treated rats, showing substantial differences between glands, strains, and treatments. Positive correlations were predominant in the pituitary of WKY and in the adrenals of SHR, with additional mechanisms influencing systolic blood pressure in WKY or SHR.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Manuel Ramirez-Sanchez, Isabel Prieto, Ana Belen Segarra, Inmaculada Banegas, Magdalena Martinez-Canamero, German Dominguez-Vias, Marc de Gasparo
Summary: Despite the abundance of evidence showing asymmetry in brain structure and function, the functional significance of brain asymmetry remains unknown. Current research suggests that brain asymmetry is dynamic, involving neurochemical substrates and can be modifiable based on changing internal and external conditions.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Inmaculada Banegas, Isabel Prieto, Ana Belen Segarra, Francisco Vives, Magdalena Martinez-Canamero, Raquel Duran, Juan de Dios Luna, Marc de Gasparo, German Dominguez-Vias, Manuel Ramirez-Sanchez
Summary: Dopamine plays a crucial role in emotional processing and interacts with various neuropeptides to coordinate brain functions. The study reveals complex interactions between the left and right brain areas, as well as with peripheral tissues, physiological parameters, and behaviors. The results demonstrate the presence of asymmetric neurovisceral integration and highlight the higher level of inter-hemispheric corticolimbic interactions after left dopamine depletion.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Rosemary Wangensteen, Manuel Gomez-Guzman, Inmaculada Banegas, Isabel Rodriguez-Gomez, Rosario Jimenez, Juan Duarte, Joaquin Garcia-Estan, Felix Vargas
Summary: This study investigated the vasoactive effects of DAA-I in rats and found that it increased blood pressure and caused vasoconstriction. These effects were mediated by the activation of AT1 receptors. These findings have potential implications for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Inmaculada Banegas, Isabel Prieto, Ana Belen Segarra, Francisco Vives, Magdalena Martinez-Canamero, Raquel Duran, Juan de Dios Luna, German Dominguez-Vias, Manuel Ramirez-Sanchez
Summary: Brain dopamine is involved in cognition and emotion. Hypertension can alter brain function and neurovisceral integration. This study shows significant differences in asymmetric behavior and interaction between different brain regions and blood pressure in dopamine-depleted SHR rats.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Manuel Ramirez-Sanchez, Isabel Prieto, Ana Belen Segarra, Inmaculada Banegas, Magdalena Martinez-Canamero, German Dominguez-Vias, Raquel Duran, Francisco Vives, Francisco Alba
Summary: Previous studies have shown left predominance of soluble leucine aminopeptidase (LeuAP) activity in the frontal cortex and hypothalamus of adult male rats, while no asymmetry was observed in other brain regions. In this study, intra-hemispheric and inter-hemispheric correlations of LeuAP and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) were analyzed to explore functional heterogeneity. The results revealed greater heterogeneity in the right intra-hemispheric analysis and in the inter-hemispheric analysis between the right frontal cortex and the left hemisphere. However, LDH showed homogeneity between regions in both intra- and inter-hemispheric studies.
Article
Neurosciences
I Banegas, I Prieto, A. B. Segarra, M. Martinez-Canamero, M. de Gasparo, M. Ramirez-Sanchez
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Zainab Safiedeen, Isabel Rodriguez-Gomez, Luisa Vergori, Raffaella Soleti, Dayannath Vaithilingam, Imene Douma, Abdelali Agouni, Denis Leiber, Severine Dubois, Gilles Simard, Kazem Zibara, Ramaroson Andriantsitohaina, M. Carmen Martinez
ANTIOXIDANTS & REDOX SIGNALING
(2017)