Sanguinarine chloride induces ferroptosis by regulating ROS/BACH1/HMOX1 signaling pathway in prostate cancer by Shanhui Liu, Yan Tao, Shan Wu, Jiawei Lin, Shengjun Fu, Jianzhong Lu, Jing Zhang, Beitang Fu, Erdong Zhang, Jing Xu, Jiaxuan Wang, Lanlan Li, Lei Zhang, Zhiping Wang

“…Prostate cancer cells were treated with S.C and then the cell viability and migration ability were assessed using CCK8, colony formation and wound healing assay. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and iron accumulation were quantified through flow cytometry analysis. …”
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Sulfated Triterpene Glycosides from the Far Eastern Sea Cucumber <i>Cucumaria djakonovi</i>: Djakonoviosides C₁, D₁, E₁, and F₁; Cytotox... by Alexandra S. Silchenko, Anatoly I. Kalinovsky, Sergey A. Avilov, Roman S. Popov, Ekaterina A. Chingizova, Ekaterina S. Menchinskaya, Elena A. Zelepuga, Elena G. Panina, Vadim G. Stepanov, Vladimir I. Kalinin, Pavel S. Dmitrenok

“…Cucumarioside A₂-5 (<b>6</b>) inhibited the formation and growth of colonies of cancer cells to 44% and tumor cell migration to 85% of the control. …”
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Prevalence and subtyping of biofilms present in bronchoalveolar lavage from children with protracted bacterial bronchitis or non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis: a cross-sectional s... by Robyn L Marsh, PhD, Michael J Binks, PhD, Heidi C Smith-Vaughan, PhD, Maxine Janka, BSc, Sharon Clark, BBioMedSc, Peter Richmond, ProfMD, Anne B Chang, ProfPhD, Ruth B Thornton, PhD

“…Lower airway infection was defined as bronchoalveolar lavage neutrophil percentage of 15% or more, or a culture of a bacterial pathogen at 104 colony-forming units per mL or more, or both. Biofilms were subtyped as either of lower airway origin (unrelated to squamous epithelial cells) or of upper airway origin (observed in close association with squamous epithelial cells). …”
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Longitudinal transcriptomic analysis of mouse sciatic nerve reveals pathways associated with age‐related muscle pathology by Nicole Comfort, Meethila Gade, Madeleine Strait, Samantha J. Merwin, Daphne Antoniou, Chiara Parodi, Lina Marcinczyk, Lea Jean‐Francois, Tessa R. Bloomquist, Anna Memou, Hardy J. Rideout, Stefania Corti, Shingo Kariya, Diane B. Re

“…Changes in muscle mass, cross‐sectional myofiber size and percentage of fibres with centralized nuclei were analysed in a separate cohort of mice from the same colony (n = 4–6 per age group). Results We detected 51 significant DEGs in sciatic nerve of 18‐month‐old mice compared with 5‐month‐old mice (absolute value of fold change > 2; false discovery rate [FDR] < 0.05). …”
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Dry Eye Disease in Patients With Schizophrenia: A Case-Control Study by Qiankun Chen, Zhengjiang Wei, Leying Wang, Xizhan Xu, Zhenyu Wei, Panpan Zheng, Kai Cao, Zijun Zhang, Kexin Chen, Qingfeng Liang

“…Among pro-inflammatory cytokines, the levels of interleukin (IL)-1α, IL-6, IL-11, IL-12A, IL-15, IL-17A, and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) in tears were elevated in the schizophrenia group (all P &lt; 0.01). …”
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Anti-PD-L1 therapy altered inflammation but not survival in a lethal murine hepatitis virus-1 pneumonia model by Colleen S. Curran, Xizhong Cui, Yan Li, Mark Jeakle, Junfeng Sun, Cumhur Y. Demirkale, Samuel Minkove, Victoria Hoffmann, Rhea Dhamapurkar, Symya Chumbris, Cameron Bolyard, Akunna Iheanacho, Peter Q. Eichacker, Parizad Torabi-Parizi, Parizad Torabi-Parizi

“…PD-L1mAb promoted interferon-γ but inhibited IL-5 and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) production, contributing to reduced bronchoalveolar lavage levels of eosinophils and neutrophils. …”
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The Biochemical, Microbiological, Antioxidant and Sensory Characterization of Fermented Skimmed Milk Drinks Supplemented with Probiotics <i>Lacticaseibacillus casei</i> and <i>Lact... by Iqra Shabbir, Fahad Al-Asmari, Hafiza Saima, Muhammad Tahir Nadeem, Saadia Ambreen, Ladislaus Manaku Kasankala, Muhammad Zubair Khalid, Muhammad Abdul Rahim, Fatih Özogul, Elena Bartkiene, João Miguel Rocha

“…The highest lactobacilli viable count of 8.69 ± 0.43 colony-forming units (CFU)/mL was observed with the T₁ Lr-containing drink at the end of the storage period. …”
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Antidiabetic DPP-4 Inhibitors Reprogram Tumor Microenvironment That Facilitates Murine Breast Cancer Metastasis Through Interaction With Cancer Cells via a ROS–NF-кB–NLRP3 Axis... by Rui Li, Xin Zeng, Meihua Yang, Jinmei Feng, Xiaohui Xu, Liming Bao, Tingbo Ye, Tingbo Ye, Xin Wang, Xin Wang, Bingqian Xue, Bingqian Xue, Yi Huang

“…Moreover, we revealed that DPP-4i triggered ROS-NF-κB-dependent NLRP3 inflammasome activation in BC cells, leading to increase in inflammation cytokines such as interleukin (IL)-6, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), intercellular cell adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1), vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM-1), IL-1β and IL-33, and MDSCs inductors granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), G-CSF, and M-CSF, which play a crucial role in the remodeling of tumor immune-suppressive microenvironment. …”
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Resistance and Virulence Surveillance in <i>Escherichia coli</i> Isolated from Commercial Meat Samples: A One Health Approach by Maísa Fabiana Menck-Costa, Ana Angelita Sampaio Baptista, Matheus Silva Sanches, Beatriz Queiroz dos Santos, Claudinéia Emidio Cicero, Hellen Yukari Kitagawa, Larissa Justino, Leonardo Pinto Medeiros, Marielen de Souza, Sergio Paulo Dejato Rocha, Gerson Nakazato, Renata Katsuko Takayama Kobayashi

“…A total of 450 meat samples (150 chicken, 150 beef, and 150 pork) were obtained from supermarkets and subsequently cultured in medium supplemented with cefotaxime. The isolated colonies were characterized biochemically, followed by antibiogram testing using the disk diffusion technique. …”
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A pós-graduação e suas interlocuções com a educação básica: (Des)encontros históricos e manutenção do apartheid socioeducacional Graduate studies and their dialogues with basic edu... by Dilvo I. Ristoff, Lucídio Bianchetti

“…<br>Through this paper we present some reflections and elements in order to show that the dialogues between the graduate studies and basic education are characterized as historical (dis)encounters and that, ultimately, have guaranteed the maintenance of the socio-educational apartheid since colonial Brazil. The primacy of choice for the education of the elite and the lack or delay of initiatives related to popular education is the brand of this trajectory. …”
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一株防治花生采后黄曲霉污染的拮抗菌的 筛选及其防控效果Screening of biocontrol bacteria against peanut postharvest Aspergillus flavus contamination and its prevention effect... by 郑爱芳1,2,3,4， 何欢1, 高晔1, 张名雪1， 王煦1， 赵凯1,2 ZHENG Aifang1,2,3,4, HE Huan1, GAO Ye1, ZHANG Mingxue1， WANG Xu1，ZHAO Kai1,2

“…The strain was identified through physiological and biochemical test, colony morphological characteristics observation and 16S rDNA gene sequences analysis.The results showed that B419 was screened as the antagonistic bacteria on A. flavus; it could inhibit the growth of A. flavus, and the inhibition rate of A. flavus spore germination could reach 98% when the concentration of antagonistic bacteria was 1.0×106 CFU/mL and the concentration of A. flavus spores was 1.0×103 CFU/mL. …”
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Revisión Histórica sobre el bocio en Suramérica y la Nueva Granada. by José Felix Patiño Restrepo

“…Fue motivo de preocupación científica desde la época colonial, pero especialmente en los siglos XVIII y XIX.…”
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Effect of Nano Silicon and Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria on Biomass, Nodulation and Some Physiological Traits of Grasspea (Lathyrus sativus L.) by R Seyedsharifi, R Seyedsharifi, H Narimani

“…Seeds were inoculated with plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) at the rate of approximately 1 × 107 colony forming units (CFU) mg-1 just before planting. …”
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Ensaios sôbre lepra experimental: inoculações de três amostras de bacilos ácido-álcool resistentes (amostras "Chaves II", "Emilia" e "Hecke") isoladas de leprosos, em trinta doente... by H. C. de Souza-Araujo, Jorge Gomes de Sá

“…By lack of laboratory resource, at the leper Colony, the precious material available from this series of experiments were not used, resulting in omissions of various kind in this paper.…”
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EFICACIA DE PRESERVANTES EN MADERA DE PINUS RADIATA D. DON, FRENTE AL ATAQUE DE TERMITAS SUBTERRÁNEAS (RETICULITERMES HESPERUS) by Rene Carmona C, Andrés Durán F

“…The used wood was sapwood of commercial pine and the used methodology corresponds to the described one in the Spanish norm UNITES 54-410-92, equivalent to the European norm IN 117 " Determination of the threshold of effectiveness against Reticulitermes santonensis of feytaud " - Method of laboratory, which considers to expose wood specimens to the action of mini colonies of thermites by a period of two months in optimal conditions acting of these insects, classifying in the end the damage level which they experimented, in five degrees, from without attack to strong attack. …”
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Antibiofilm Activity of 3D-Printed Nanocomposite Resin: Impact of ZrO₂ Nanoparticles by Abdulrahman Khattar, Jawad A. Alghafli, Mohammed A. Muheef, Ali M. Alsalem, Mohammed A. Al-Dubays, Hussain M. AlHussain, Hussain M. AlShoalah, Soban Q. Khan, Doaa M. AlEraky, Mohammed M. Gad

“…The adhesion of <i>Candida albicans</i> (<i>C. albicans</i>) was measured using a fungal adhesion assay that consisted of a colony forming unit assay and a cell proliferation assay. …”
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Evaluation of the Use of Fermented Sunflower Meal in the Diet on Growth Performance, Ileum Microbial Population and Blood Indices in Broiler Chickens by Yousef Dideban, mohammad kazemi fard, Mansour Rezaei, Pooyan Mehraban

“…During the fermentation process, 1.1 liters of the mixture of distilled water and primer culture (containing at least 105 colony forming units per ml) was added to each kilogram of sunflower meal, and the resulting mixture was thoroughly mixed by hand for 15 minutes. …”
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Estudos dos agrupamentos vegetativos relacionados com as áreas onde foram efetuadas as pesquisas sôbre a febre amarela silvestre no Município de Passos, Estado de Minas Gerais by Henrique P. Veloso

“…The abrupt nature of the valley has rendered this location inappropriate for agricultural purposes since colonial times. The relict of the primitive forest climax saved by this circumstance has expanded gradually to zones whose paedologic conditions favour the eatablishment of mesophilous species. …”
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Sargramostim to treat patients with acute hypoxic respiratory failure due to COVID-19 (SARPAC): A structured summary of a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Cedric Bosteels, Bastiaan Maes, Karel Van Damme, Elisabeth De Leeuw, Jozefien Declercq, Anja Delporte, Bénédicte Demeyere, Stéfanie Vermeersch, Marnik Vuylsteke, Joren Willaert, Laura Bollé, Yuri Vanbiervliet, Jana Decuypere, Frederick Libeer, Stefaan Vandecasteele, Isabelle Peene, Bart Lambrecht

“…Abstract Objectives The hypothesis of the proposed intervention is that Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) has profound effects on antiviral immunity, and can provide the stimulus to restore immune homeostasis in the lung with acute lung injury post COVID-19, and can promote lung repair mechanisms, that lead to a 25% improvement in lung oxygenation parameters. …”
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Child Care and Carcerality: Reviewing Dorothy Roberts' ?Torn Apart?

“…Her examples show how logics criminalizing poverty and enforcing colonial settler norms have legitimized a system that produces racial and class-based disparities and inequities in child removal and family surveillance. …”
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