Gαq modulates the energy metabolism of osteoclasts by Sushmita Chakraborty, Sushmita Chakraborty, Bianca Handrick, Dayoung Yu, Konrad A. Bode, Anna Hafner, Judith Schenz, Dominik Schaack, Florian Uhle, Taro Tachibana, Shigeki Kamitani, Thomas Vogl, Katharina F. Kubatzky

“…Although these osteoclasts are smaller, their resorptive activity is high which helps in efficient destruction of nasal turbinate bones of pigs.MethodsThe proteome of bone marrow-derived macrophages differentiated into osteoclasts with either RANKL or PMT was analysed. …”
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Impact of Stepwise Recruitment Maneuvers on Cerebral Hemodynamics: Experimental Study in Neonatal Model by Teresa Torre Oñate, Antonio Romero Berrocal, Federico Bilotta, Rafael Badenes, Martin Santos Gonzalez, Laura de Reina Perez, Javier Garcia Fernandez

“…Methods: Eleven newborn pigs (less than 72 h old, 2.56 ± 0.18 kg in weight) were included in the study. …”
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Patient-specific tissue engineered vascular graft for aortic arch reconstructionCentral MessagePerspective by Hidenori Hayashi, MD, Jacqueline Contento, BSE, Hiroshi Matsushita, MD, Paige Mass, MS, Vincent Cleveland, MS, Seda Aslan, MS, Amartya Dave, BS, Raquel dos Santos, Angie Zhu, Emmett Reid, Tatsuya Watanabe, MD, PhD, Nora Lee, MPAP, PA-C, Tyler Dunn, BS, Umar Siddiqi, Katherine Nurminsky, BS, Vivian Nguyen, BA, Keigo Kawaji, PhD, Joey Huddle, MS, Luka Pocivavsek, MD, PhD, Jed Johnson, PhD, Mark Fuge, PhD, Yue-Hin Loke, MD, Axel Krieger, PhD, Laura Olivieri, MD, Narutoshi Hibino, MD, PhD

“…Results: Postoperative magnetic resonance imaging of all pigs with 1:1 ratio of polycaprolactone and poly-L-lactide-co-ε-caprolactone demonstrated no specific dilatation or stenosis of the graft, revealing a positive growth trend in the graft area from the day after surgery to 3 months later, with maintaining a similar shape. …”
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Analysis of Voltage Distortions in the Power Grid Arising from Agricultural Biogas Plant Operation by Maciej Kuboń, Zbigniew Skibko, Sylwester Tabor, Urszula Malaga-Toboła, Andrzej Borusiewicz, Wacław Romaniuk, Janusz Zarajczyk, Pavel Neuberger

“…The continuous increase in cattle and pigs creates the need to manage animal waste, especially slurry. …”
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A recommended preclinical extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation model for neurological outcomes: A scoping review by Jin Kook Kang, Andrew Kalra, Syed Ameen Ahmad, Arjun Kumar Menta, Hannah J. Rando, Ifeanyi Chinedozi, Zachary Darby, Marcus Spann, Steven P. Keller, Glenn J. R. Whitman, Sung-Min Cho

“…Results: Among 20 identified ECPR animal studies (n = 442), 13 pigs, 4 dogs, and 3 rats were used. Only 10% (2/20) included both sexes. …”
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New perspective on African swine fever: a bibliometrics study and visualization analysis by Zhengyu Yu, Li Xie, Peiqiang Shuai, Jing Zhang, Wei An, Miao Yang, Jing Zheng, Hua Lin

“…IntroductionAfrican swine fever (ASF) is a contagious viral disease that can have devastating effects on domestic pigs and wild boars. Over the past decade, there has been a new wave of this ancient disease spreading around the world, prompting many scholars to dedicate themselves to researching this disease. …”
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Molecular Subtyping of <i>Blastocystis</i> sp. Isolated from Farmed Animals in Southern Italy by Simona Gabrielli, Marialetizia Palomba, Federica Furzi, Emanuele Brianti, Gabriella Gaglio, Ettore Napoli, Laura Rinaldi, Renato Aco Alburqueque, Simonetta Mattiucci

“…Phylogenetic analysis evidenced that the isolates from fallow deer, goats, and pigs (<i>N</i> = 9) clustered within the ST5; those from pheasants (<i>N</i> = 2) in the ST6; those from chickens (<i>N</i> = 8) in the ST7; those from sheep (<i>N</i> = 6) in the ST10; and those from water buffaloes (<i>N</i> = 9) in the ST14 clade. …”
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Glaesserella parasuis QseBC two-component system senses epinephrine and regulates capD expression by Ju Sun, Siting Wen, Zhichao Wang, Wei Liu, Yan Lin, Jiayun Gu, Weiting Mao, Xiaojuan Xu, Qigai He, Xuwang Cai

“…ABSTRACT Glaesserella parasuis, a common inhabitant of the upper respiratory tract of pigs, is the etiological agent of Glässer’s disease, which is characterized by fibrinous polyserositis, polyarthritis, and meningitis. …”
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Rectus Abdominis Flap Replantation after 18 h Hypothermic Extracorporeal Perfusion—A Porcine Model by Anne Sophie Kruit, Dominique van Midden, Marie-Claire Schreinemachers, Erik Koers, Her Zegers, Benno Kusters, Stefan Hummelink, Dietmar J. O. Ulrich

“…Unilateral musculocutaneous rectus abdominis flaps were raised from 15 pigs and preserved by 4 h SCS (<i>n</i> = 5), 18 h mid-thermic ECP with Histidine–Tryptophan–Ketoglutarate (HTK, <i>n</i> = 5) or University of Wisconsin solution (UW, <i>n</i> = 5). …”
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Isolation and Molecular Characterization of <i>Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis</i>: Association with Proinflammatory Cytokines in Caseous Lymphadenitis Pyogranulomas by Helmy A. Torky, Hebatallah M. Saad, Samy A. Khaliel, Asmaa T. Kassih, Jean-Marc Sabatier, Gaber El-Saber Batiha, Helal F. Hetta, Eman M. Elghazaly, Michel De Waard

“…In this study, out of 120 collected samples, only 12 (10%) were positive for <i>C. pseudotuberculosis</i> by PCR and by intraperitoneal injection of male Guinea pigs and then characterized for antimicrobial susceptibility and its genetic-relatedness by enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus polymerase chain reaction (ERIC-PCR), which showed 2–4 bands ranging from 100 to 3000 bp that can be clustered into four clusters (C1–C4). …”
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An Orf-Virus (ORFV)-Based Vector Expressing a Consensus H1 Hemagglutinin Provides Protection against Diverse Swine Influenza Viruses by Gabriela Mansano do Nascimento, Dina Bugybayeva, Veerupaxagouda Patil, Jennifer Schrock, Ganesh Yadagiri, Gourapura J. Renukaradhya, Diego G. Diel

“…Here, a consensus coding sequence of the full-length of HA from H1 subtype was generated in silico after alignment of the sequences from IAV-S isolates obtained from public databases and was delivered to pigs using the Orf virus (ORFV) vector platform. …”
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Poultry and Wild Birds as a Reservoir of CMY-2 Producing <i>Escherichia coli</i>: The First Large-Scale Study in Greece by Zoi Athanasakopoulou, Katerina Tsilipounidaki, Marina Sofia, Dimitris C. Chatzopoulos, Alexios Giannakopoulos, Ioannis Karakousis, Vassilios Giannakis, Vassiliki Spyrou, Antonia Touloudi, Maria Satra, Dimitrios Galamatis, Vassilis Diamantopoulos, Spyridoula Mpellou, Efthymia Petinaki, Charalambos Billinis

“…Fecal samples from chickens (n = 159), cattle (n = 104), pigs (n = 214), and various wild bird species (n = 168), collected from different Greek regions during 2018–2020, were screened for the presence of pAmpC-encoding genes. …”
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Subtherapeutic levels of cefuroxime inside a cannulated pedicle screw used in spine surgery: results from a porcine microdialysis study by Magnus A Hvistendahl, Pelle Hanberg, Maiken Stilling, Alexander Emil Kaspersen, Kristian Høy, Mats Bue

“…Materials and methods: Microdialysis catheters were placed inside a cannulated pedicle screw and in the opposite non-instrumented vertebral pedicle of the same vertebra (L1) in 8 female pigs through a posterior lumbar surgical approach. …”
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The Potential Mechanisms behind Loperamide-Induced Cardiac Arrhythmias Associated with Human Abuse and Extreme Overdose by Hua Rong Lu, Bruce P. Damiano, Mohamed Kreir, Jutta Rohrbacher, Henk van der Linde, Tamerlan Saidov, Ard Teisman, David J. Gallacher

“…Loperamide also slowed conduction and elicited Type II/III A-V block in anesthetized guinea pigs at overdose exposures of 879× and 3802× FTPC. …”
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Effect of selenium nanoparticles on the quality and fertility of short-term preserved boar semen by Dipan Rudra Paul, Dibyajyoti Talukdar, Fazal Ali Ahmed, K. Lalrintluanga, Girin Kalita, T. C. Tolenkhomba, Himsikha Chakravarty, Rahul Katiyar, Gautam Khargharia, Sourabh Deori

“…This study was carried out to investigate the effect of different concentrations of selenium nanoparticles (Se-NPs) in the Beltsville Thawing Solution (BTS) extender on the semen quality and fertility of Hampshire crossbred pigs. For the study, semen was collected from four boars (10 ejaculates/boar) by the gloved hand method. …”
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Recombinant Pseudorabies Virus with TK/gE Gene Deletion and Flt3L Co-Expression Enhances the Innate and Adaptive Immune Response via Activating Dendritic Cells by Lun Yao, Qiao Hu, Siqi Chen, Tong Zhou, Xuexiang Yu, Hailong Ma, Ahmed. H. Ghonaim, Hao Wu, Qi Sun, Shengxian Fan, Qigai He

“…Owing to viral evolution and recombination, emerging pseudorabies virus (PRV) strains have caused unprecedented outbreaks in swine farms even when the pigs were previously vaccinated, which might indicate that traditional vaccines were unable to provide effective protection. …”
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Copy number variation of EIF4A2 loci related to phenotypic traits in Chinese cattle by Zijing Zhang, Mengyang Peng, Yifan Wen, Yanan Chai, Juntong Liang, Peng Yang, Xian Liu, Jungang Li, Yajun Huang, Lijuan Li, Weihong Huang, Zengfang Qi, Guojie Yang, Fuying Chen, Qiaoting Shi, Zhiming Li, Baorui Ru, Chuzhao Lei, Eryao Wang, Yongzhen Huang

“…Studies have shown that the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4A2 (EIF4A2) gene plays an essential role in muscle development in both humans and pigs. However, the influence of bovine EIF4A2’s copy number change on phenotypic traits has not been reported. …”
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Factors influencing the bone mineral density in Duroc boars by Lingling Hu, Jinxin Lu, Liangliang Guo, Jiajian Tan, Haiqing Sun, Yuanfei Zhou, Yinghui Wu, Hongkui Wei, Siwen Jiang, Jian Peng

“…Surprisingly, few studies have been performed on the factors influencing BMD in pigs. Therefore, the primary aim of this study was to identify the influencing factors on boar BMD. …”
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Chenodeoxycholic Acid (CDCA) Promoted Intestinal Epithelial Cell Proliferation by Regulating Cell Cycle Progression and Mitochondrial Biogenesis in IPEC-J2 Cells by Lei Xu, Yanpin Li, Zixi Wei, Rong Bai, Ge Gao, Wenjuan Sun, Xianren Jiang, Junjun Wang, Xilong Li, Yu Pi

“…These findings provide a new strategy for promoting the intestinal health of pigs by regulating intestinal BA metabolism.…”
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Generation and Efficacy of Two Chimeric Viruses Derived from GPE⁻ Vaccine Strain as Classical Swine Fever Vaccine Candidates by Loc Tan Huynh, Norikazu Isoda, Lim Yik Hew, Saho Ogino, Yume Mimura, Maya Kobayashi, Taksoo Kim, Tatsuya Nishi, Katsuhiko Fukai, Takahiro Hiono, Yoshihiro Sakoda

“…Vaccination at a dose of 10^4.0 TCID₅₀ with either vGPE⁻/PAPeV E^rns or vGPE⁻/PhoPeV E^rns conferred complete protection for pigs against the CSF virus challenge in the early stage of immunization. …”
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