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Proteomic analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) from lung cancer patients using label-free mass spectrometry

. . Hmmier A, O’Brien ME, Lynch V, Clynes M, Morgan R, Dowling P. . BBA Clin. 2017 Mar 6;7:97-104. doi: 10.1016/j.bbacli.2017.03.001. 2017 Jun. Abstract BACKGROUND: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in both men and women throughout the world. The need to detect lung cancer at an early, potentially curable stage, …

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Climate change influences on the potential geographic distribution of the disease vector tick Ixodes ricinus

. . Alkishe AA, Peterson AT, Samy AM. . PLoS One. 2017 Dec 5;12(12):e0189092. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189092. 2017. Abstract BACKGROUND: Ixodes ricinus is a species of hard tick that transmits several important diseases in Europe and North Africa, including Lyme borreliosis and tick-borne encephalitis. Climate change is affecting the geographic distributions and abundances of arthropod vectors, …

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FAT1 cadherin controls neuritogenesis during NTera2 cell differentiation

. . Ahmed AF, de Bock CE, Sontag E, Hondermarck H, Lincz LF, Thorne RF. . Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2019 Jun 30;514(3):625-631. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2019.04.197. Epub 2019 May 7. Abstract Fat1 cadherin is broadly expressed throughout the nervous system and has been implicated in neuronal differentiation. Here we examined the functional contribution of FAT1 during …

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Solar irradiance measurement instrumentation and power solar generation forecasting based on Artificial Neural Networks (ANN): A review of five years research trend

. . Pazikadin AR, Rifai D, Ali K, Malik MZ, Abdalla AN, Faraj MA. . Sci Total Environ. 2020 May 1;715:136848. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136848. Epub 2020 Jan 22. Abstract The increased demand for solar renewable energy sources has created recent interest in the economic and technical issues related to the integration of Photovoltaic (PV) into the …

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Identification of Potential Inhibitors of 3CL Protease of SARS-CoV-2 From ZINC Database by Molecular Docking-Based Virtual Screening

. . Abdusalam AAA, Murugaiyah V. . Front Mol Biosci. 2020 Dec 17;7:603037. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2020.603037. 2020. Abstract The rapid outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) that was first identified in Wuhan, China is caused by a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The 3CL protease (3CLpro) is the main protease of the SARS-CoV-2, …

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Comparative study on effect of mesenchymal stem cells and endothelial progenitor cells on treatment of experimental CCL4-induced liver fibrosis

. . Abdelgwad M, Ewaiss M, Sabry D, Khalifa WA, Altaib ZM, Alhelf M. . Arch Physiol Biochem. 2020 May 6:1-10. doi: 10.1080/13813455.2020.1752256. Online ahead of print. Abstract Background: We speculated impacts of BM-MSCs and UC-EPCs on reversal of hepatic injury induced by carbon tetrachloride (CCl4). Fifty adult rats were divided into five groups: control …

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A comparison of group prediction approaches in longitudinal discriminant analysis

. . Hughes DM, El Saeiti R, García-Fiñana M. . Biom J. 2018 Mar;60(2):307-322. doi: 10.1002/bimj.201700013. Epub 2017 Aug 21. Abstract Longitudinal discriminant analysis (LoDA) can be used to classify patients into prognostic groups based on their clinical history, which often involves longitudinal measurements of various clinically relevant markers. Patients’ longitudinal data is first modelled …

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Toward Unravelling the Genetic Determinism of the Acquisition of Salt and Osmotic Stress Tolerance Through In Vitro Selection in Medicago truncatula

. . Elmaghrabi AM, Rogers HJ, Francis D, Ochatt S. . Methods Mol Biol. 2018;1822:291-314. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8633-0_19. Abstract Changes in global climate and the nonstop increase in demographic pressure have provoked a stronger demand for agronomic resources at a time where land suitable for agriculture is becoming a rare commodity. They have also generated a …

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Effect of various concentrations of caffeine, pentoxifylline, and kallikrein on hyperactivation of frozen bovine semen

. . Barakat IA, Danfour MA, Galewan FA, Dkhil MA. . Biomed Res Int. 2015;2015:948575. doi: 10.1155/2015/948575. Epub 2015 Apr 9. Abstract Caffeine, pentoxifylline, and kallikrein are substances that affect the efficiency of sperms in the fertilization process; however, they have not been adequately studied. The present study aimed to examine the influence of caffeine, …

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Negotiating health and life: Syrian refugees and the politics of access in Lebanon

. . Parkinson SE, Behrouzan O. . Soc Sci Med. 2015 Dec;146:324-31. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.10.008. Epub 2015 Oct 14. Abstract In the context of ongoing armed conflicts in Libya, Syria, Yemen, and Iraq, it is vital to foster nuanced understandings of the relationship between health, violence, and everyday life in the Middle East and North Africa. …

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