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Plasma Ionomic Profile and Interaction Patterns in Coronary Artery Disease Patients
Humans are exposed to various chemical elements that have been associated with the development and progression of diseases such as coronary artery disease (CAD). Unlike previous research, we employed a multi-e...
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Inflammation in Metal-Induced Neurological Disorders and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Essential metals play critical roles in maintaining human health as they participate in various physiological activities. Nonetheless, both excessive accumulation and deficiency of these metals may result in n...
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Isolation of tumor stem-like cells from primary laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma cells (FD-LS-6)
The development of efficient treatments for laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) is hindered by the lack of applicable tumor cell lines and animal models of the disease, especially those related to cancer ...
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Signal Transduction Associated with Mn-induced Neurological Dysfunction
Manganese (Mn) is a heavy metal that occurs widely in nature and has a vital physiological role in growth and development. However, excessive exposure to Mn can cause neurological damage, especially cognitive ...
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Zinc supplementation ameliorates sorafenib-induced cognitive impairment through ROS/JNK signaling pathway
Sorafenib, a multiple kinase inhibitor, is widely used in cancer patients. Recently, clinical studies highlighted the relationship between cognitive deficits and sorafenib exposure. Zinc abundant in the body h...
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Lead Exposure in Developmental Ages Promotes Aβ Accumulation by Disturbing Aβ Transportation in Blood-Cerebrospinal Fluid Barrier/Blood–Brain Barriers and Impairing Aβ Clearance in the Liver
Environmental lead exposure is closely related to the progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Our previous study has shown that exposure to lead could result in the cholesterol unbalance and increase amyloid-...
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Open AccessRIG-I acts as a tumor suppressor in melanoma via regulating the activation of the MKK/p38MAPK signaling pathway
Studies have indicated that RIG-I may act as a tumor suppressor and participate in the tumorigenesis of some malignant diseases. However, RIG-I induces distinct cellular responses via different downstream sign...
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Therapeutic Effects of Sodium Para-Aminosalicylic Acid on Cognitive Deficits and Activated ERK1/2-p90RSK/NF-κB Inflammatory Pathway in Pb-Exposed Rats
Lead (Pb) is a toxic heavy metal and environmental pollutant that adversely affects the nervous system. However, effective therapeutic drugs for Pb-induced neurotoxicity have yet to be developed. In the presen...
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Astragalus Polysaccharide Protects Against Cadmium-Induced Autophagy Injury Through Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Pathway in Chicken Embryo Fibroblast
Cadmium (Cd) is a harmful heavy metal pollutant, which can cause oxidative stress in the body and induce cell damage. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) is a general term for substances that contain oxygen and are ...
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The optimal number of embryo cells for effective pregnancy and decrease of multiple pregnancy rate in frozen-thawed embryo transfer
To investigate the effect of the number of embryo cells on the clinical outcome of frozen-thawed embryo transfer and explore the optimal policy for decreases of multiple pregnancy rate, patients who experience...
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Targeted deletion of HAI-1 increases prostasin proteolysis but decreases matriptase proteolysis in human keratinocytes
Epidermal differentiation and barrier function require well-controlled matriptase and prostasin proteolysis, in which the Kunitz-type serine protease inhibitor HAI-1 represents the primary enzymatic inhibitor ...
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Sodium Para-aminosalicylic Acid Reverses Changes of Glutamate Turnover in Manganese-Exposed Rats
Sodium para-aminosalicylic acid (PAS-Na) has been used to treat patients with manganism, a neurological disease caused by manganese (Mn) toxicity, although the exact molecular mechanisms are yet unclear. The p...
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MicroRNA-153-3p enhances the sensitivity of chronic myeloid leukemia cells to imatinib by inhibiting B-cell lymphoma-2-mediated autophagy
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a hematopoietic stem cell disease caused by abnormal DNA replication of bone marrow stem cells and chemotherapy resistance is a major obstacle to the effective treatment of pa...
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Effect of Dietary Selenium Supplementation on Growth and Reproduction of Silkworm Bombyx mori L.
The effects of selenium (Se) on the growth and reproduction of the Lepidoptera insect, the silkworm, Bombyx mori L were investigated. Initially, the silkworms were divided into eight groups (150 larvae/group) on ...
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Comparative Serum Proteomic Analysis of the Effects of Sodium Selenate on a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease
Selenium (Se), as a nutritionally essential trace element, has been shown to decrease with age and is closely related to Alzheimer’s disease (AD). To probe the effects of Se on AD pathology, two-dimensional fl...
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Effects of Fungal Polysaccharide on Oxidative Damage and TLR4 Pathway to the Central Immune Organs in Cadmium Intoxication in Chickens
Cadmium (Cd) can cause animal organism damage, but there have been few studies on the damage of cadmium to the immune organs of birds. Most fungal polysaccharide has antioxidant and immunomodulatory effects. T...
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Sulforaphane inhibits the activation of hepatic stellate cell by miRNA-423-5p targeting suppressor of fused
Liver fibrosis, a common pathological process in chronic liver diseases, is characterized by excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix proteins and considered as a wound healing response to chronic liver ...
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Protective Effect of Ganoderma Triterpenoids on Cadmium-Induced Testicular Toxicity in Chickens
Studies have shown that cadmium can cause chicken testicular damage, but a protective effect of Ganoderma triterpenoids on cadmium-induced testicular damage in chickens has not yet been reported. The present s...
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Boron Affects the Development of the Kidney Through Modulation of Apoptosis, Antioxidant Capacity, and Nrf2 Pathway in the African Ostrich Chicks
The nuclear-related factor 2 (Nrf2) pathway is the most important mechanism in antioxidant capacity, which regulates the cell’s redox homeostasis. In addition, Nrf2 pathway also can inhibit cell apoptosis. The...
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Effects of Boron Supplementation on Expression of Hsp70 in the Spleen of African Ostrich
Increased synthesis of heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) occurs in prokaryotes and eukaryotes in response to physiological, environmental, and chemical exposures, thus allowing the cell survival from fatal conditi...