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Open AccessUnsaturated lipid bodies as a hallmark of inflammation studied by Raman 2D and 3D microscopy
Endothelial HMEC-1 cells incubated with pro-inflammatory cytokine TNF-α for 6 and 24 hours were studied as a model of inflammation using Raman imaging. Striking changes in distribution, composition and concent...
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Open AccessDetermination of the reference value of nitrogen mass fraction in the reference material of Polish soil
Ensuring a traceability and meaningful of a measurements is one of the most important stages of each analysis, each measurement. It is especially important for measurement of the environmental samples, like so...
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Open AccessConstructive influence of the induced electron pairing on the Kondo state
Superconducting order and magnetic impurities are usually detrimental to each other. We show, however, that in nanoscopic objects the induced electron pairing can have constructive influence on the Kondo effec...
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Open AccessEffects of Low Carbohydrate High Protein (LCHP) diet on atherosclerotic plaque phenotype in ApoE/LDLR−/− mice: FT-IR and Raman imaging
Low Carbohydrate High Protein (LCHP) diet displays pro-atherogenic effects, however, the exact mechanisms involved are still unclear. Here, with the use of vibrational imaging, such as Fourier transform infrar...
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Characterisation of atherogenic effects of low carbohydrate, high protein diet (LCHP) in apoE/LDLR−/− mice
Low Carbohydrate High Protein diet represents a popular strategy to achieve weight loss.
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Open AccessThe Role of N-Acetyltransferase 2 Polymorphism in the Etiopathogenesis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) consists of ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD), which are complex genetic disorders resulting from the interplay between several genetic and environmental risk fa...
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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) consists of ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, both of which are associated with increased colorectal cancer risk. The relationship between genetically determined polymorp...
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Chemotaxonomy of aromatic plants of the genus Origanum via vibrational spectroscopy
Fourier transformed-Raman (FT-Raman) and attenuated total reflection-infrared (ATR-IR) spectra of essential oils obtained from marjoram and oregano plants by hydrodistillation are presented. It is shown that t...
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FT-IR, FT-Raman and Sers Spectra of Metallocomplexes of Famotidine, Cimetidine and their Model Compounds
Cimetidine (1), N’-cyano-N-methyl-N’- 2-[(5-methyl- 1H-imidazol-4-yl)methylthioethyl guanidine, is a histamine H2-receptor antagonist that has been widely used as antiulcerogenic drug since 1978 [1]. Its theraupe...
