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In man-made water distribution systems, Legionella community interactions remain unknown, due to their ability to change from sessile to planktonic states or live in viable but non-culturable forms, in response t...
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Effect of earthworms and plants on the efficiency of vertical flow systems treating university wastewater
One of the possible ways to improve the operation efficiency of constructed wetlands and to prevent their clogging is the application of earthworms. They have already been successfully applied for vermicompost...
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Quantitative immunodetection of key elements of polyphosphoinositide signal transduction in osteoblasts from arthritic patients shows a direct correlation with cell proliferation
Phosphoinositides play an essential role in diverse cellular functions such as cell proliferation, cytoskeletal regulation, intracellular vesicle trafficking, motility, cell metabolism and death. Alteration of...
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Human osteoclasts express different CXC chemokines depending on cell culture substrate: molecular and immunocytochemical evidence of high levels of CXCL10 and CXCL12
Chemokines are important mediators of chemotaxis, cell adherence, and proliferation and exert specific functions in bone remodeling. Despite the potential intriguing role of chemokines in the regulation of ost...
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Age-associated changes in functional response to CXCR3 and CXCR5 chemokine receptors in human osteoblasts
The expression and functional activity of CXC chemokine receptors were evaluated in human osteoblasts (OB) obtained post-trauma from old donors compared to very young donors. It was found that CXCR1 and CXCR4 ...
