Antibiotics, Vol. 8, Pages 212: 13-(2-Methylbenzyl) Berberine Is a More Potent Inhibitor of MexXY-Dependent Aminoglycoside Resistance than Berberine Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics8040212 Authors: Kenta Kotani Mio Matsumura Yuji Morita Junko Tomida Ryo Kutsuna Kunihiko Nishino Shuji Yasuike Yoshiaki Kawamura We previously showed that berberine attenuates MexXY efflux-dependent aminoglycoside resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Here, we aimed to synthesize...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 8, Pages 529: Effects of Resistance Exercise on Cerebral Redox Regulation and Cognition: An Interplay Between Muscle and Brain Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox8110529 Authors: Ricardo A. Pinho Aderbal S. Aguiar Zsolt Radák This review highlighted resistance training as an important training type for the brain. Most studies that use physical exercise for the prevention or treatment of neurodegenerative diseases have focused on aerobic physical exercise, revealing...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 8, Pages 528: The Ageing Process Affects the Antioxidant Defences and the Poly (ADPribosyl)ation Activity in Cistus Incanus L. Leaves Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox8110528 Authors: Carmen Arena Luca Vitale Anna Rita Bianchi Carmela Mistretta Ermenegilda Vitale Costantino Parisi Giulia Guerriero Vincenzo Magliulo Anna De Maio The ageing process in living organisms is characterised by the accumulation of several deleterious changes occurring...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 10, Pages 680: Dust Heterogeneous Reactions during Long-Range Transport of a Severe Dust Storm in May 2017 over East Asia Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos10110680 Authors: Zhe Wang Itsushi Uno Keiya Yumimoto Xiaole Pan Xueshun Chen Jie Li Zifa Wang Atsushi Shimizu Nobuo Sugimoto Dust aerosol has important climate and environmental effects, which could be changed by internally mixing with anthropogenic aerosol as a result of heterogeneous reactions;...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 10, Pages 681: The Role of Continental Mesoscale Convective Systems in Forecast Busts within Global Weather Prediction Systems Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos10110681 Authors: Parsons Lillo Rattray Bechtold Rodwell Bruce Despite significant, steady improvements in the skill of medium-range weather predictionsystems over the past several decades, the accuracy of these forecasts are occasionally very poor.These forecast failures are referred to as...
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Bioengineering, Vol. 6, Pages 102: Fine Comminution of Pine Bark: How Does Mechanical Loading Influence Particles Properties and Milling Efficiency? Bioengineering doi: 10.3390/bioengineering6040102 Authors: Karine Rajaonarivony Xavier Rouau Komlanvi Lampoh Jean-Yves Delenne Claire Mayer-Laigle The use of lignocellulosic plant biomass as an alternative to fossil feedstocks for chemistry, energy and materials often involves an intense dry comminution step, for which the energy...
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Biomedicines, Vol. 7, Pages 88: CDK5: Key Regulator of Apoptosis and Cell Survival Biomedicines doi: 10.3390/biomedicines7040088 Authors: Roufayel Murshid The atypical cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (CDK5) is considered as a neuron-specific kinase that plays important roles in many cellular functions including cell motility and survival. The activation of CDK5 is dependent on interaction with its activator p35, p39, or p25. These activators share a CDK5-binding domain and form a tertiary...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 9, Pages 711: Fermented Oyster Extract Promotes Osteoblast Differentiation by Activating the Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Pathway, Leading to Bone Formation Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom9110711 Authors: Ilandarage Menu Neelaka Molagoda Wisurumuni Arachchilage Hasitha Maduranga Karunarathne Yung Hyun Choi Eui Kyun Park You-Jin Jeon Bae-Jin Lee Chang-Hee Kang Gi-Young Kim The Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, is well-known as a nutritious food. Recently,...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 9, Pages 712: Knockout of Arabidopsis Serotonin N-Acetyltransferase-2 Reduces Melatonin Levels and Delays Flowering Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom9110712 Authors: Hyoung Yool Lee Kyungjin Lee Kyoungwhan Back Melatonin plays roles in both plant growth and defense. Serotonin N-acetyltransferase (SNAT) catalyzes formation of N-acetylserotonin (NAS) from serotonin. Plants contain two SNAT isogenes, which exhibit low-level amino acid homology. We studied the Arabidopsis...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 9, Pages 710: Zika and Flavivirus Shell Disorder: Virulence and Fetal Morbidity Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom9110710 Authors: Goh Dunker Foster Uversky Zika virus (ZIKV) was first discovered in 1947 in Africa. Since then, sporadic ZIKV infections of humans have been reported in Africa and Asia. For a long time, this virus was mostly unnoticed due to its mild symptoms and low fatality rates. However, during the 2015–2016 epidemic in Central and...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 9, Pages 709: Dynamic DNA Energy Landscapes and Substrate Complexity in Triplet Repeat Expansion and DNA Repair Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom9110709 Authors: Völker Plum Gindikin Breslauer DNA repeat domains implicated in DNA expansion diseases exhibit complex conformational and energy landscapes that impact biological outcomes. These landscapes include ensembles of entropically driven positional interchanges between isoenergetic, isomeric looped states...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 9, Pages 708: Algae: Critical Sources of Very Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom9110708 Authors: John L. Harwood Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), which are divided into n-3 and n-6 classes, are essential for good health in humans and many animals. They are metabolised to lipid mediators, such as eicosanoids, resolvins and protectins. Increasing interest has been paid to the 20 or 22 carbon very long chain PUFAs, since these compounds...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 9, Pages 707: Amazon Fruits Inhibit Growth and Promote Pro-apoptotic Effects on Human Ovarian Carcinoma Cell Lines Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom9110707 Authors: Vanessa Rosse de Souza Mariana Concentino Menezes Brum Isabella dos Santos Guimarães Paula de Freitas dos Santos Thuane Oliveira do Amaral Joel Pimentel Abreu Thuane Passos Otniel Freitas-Silva Etel Rodrigues Pereira Gimba Anderson Junger Teodoro Murici (Byrsonima crassifolia (L.)...
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Brain Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 311: Impact of Polymorphisms in the Serotonin Transporter Gene on Oscillatory Dynamics during Inhibition of Planned Movement in Children Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci9110311 Authors: Bocharov Savostyanov Tamozhnikov Saprigyn Proshina Astakhova Knyazev The serotonin transporter plays an important role in serotonergic neuromodulation. It is known that polymorphisms in the serotonin transporter gene are linked to the dysregulation...
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Brain Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 310: Spanish Validation of the Child and Adolescent Perfectionism Scale: Factorial Invariance and Latent Means Differences across Sex and Age Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci9110310 Authors: María Vicent Cándido J. Inglés Ricardo Sanmartín Carolina Gonzálvez Beatriz Delgado José Manuel García-Fernández The present study analyzed the psychometric properties of a Spanish translation of the child–adolescent perfectionism scale (CAPS-S),...
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Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 1741: Cell-Free DNA Methylation Profiling Analysis—Technologies and Bioinformatics Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers11111741 Authors: Huang Wang Analysis of circulating nucleic acids in bodily fluids, referred to as “liquid biopsies”, is rapidly gaining prominence. Studies have shown that cell-free DNA (cfDNA) has great potential in characterizing tumor status and heterogeneity, as well as the response to therapy and tumor recurrence. DNA methylation...
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Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 1742: Streptomyces sp. MUM256: A Source for Apoptosis Inducing and Cell Cycle-Arresting Bioactive Compounds against Colon Cancer Cells Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers11111742 Authors: Tan Chan Chan Pusparajah Khan Ser Lee Goh New and effective anticancer compounds are much needed as the incidence of cancer continues to rise. Microorganisms from a variety of environments are promising sources of new drugs; Streptomyces sp. MUM256, which...
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Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 1740: Phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5) Is Highly Expressed in Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts and Enhances Breast Tumor Progression Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers11111740 Authors: Catalano Panza Augimeri Giordano Malivindi Gelsomino Marsico Giordano Győrffy Bonofiglio Andò Barone The overexpression of phosphodiesterase (PDE) 5 is frequently found in various human cancers, such as those of the breast. However, PDE5’s...
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Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 1738: The Role and Function of microRNA in the Pathogenesis of Multiple Myeloma Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers11111738 Authors: Hiroshi Handa Yuki Murakami Rei Ishihara Kei Kimura-Masuda Yuta Masuda Recently, attention has been drawn to the role of non-coding regions of the genome in cancer pathogenesis. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs with 19–25 bases of length that control gene expression by destroying messenger RNA or inhibiting...
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Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 1739: Synergistic Antitumorigenic Activity of Calcitriol with Curcumin or Resveratrol is Mediated by Angiogenesis Inhibition in Triple Negative Breast Cancer Xenografts Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers11111739 Authors: Janice García-Quiroz Rocío García-Becerra Clara Santos-Cuevas Gerardo J. Ramírez-Nava Gabriela Morales-Guadarrama Nohemí Cárdenas-Ochoa Mariana Segovia-Mendoza Heriberto Prado-Garcia David Ordaz-Rosado Euclides Avila Andrea Olmos-Ortiz...
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Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 1737: Treatment with a Combination of Metformin and 2-Deoxyglucose Upregulates Thrombospondin-1 in Microvascular Endothelial Cells: Implications in Anti-Angiogenic Cancer Therapy Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers11111737 Authors: Samson Mathews Samuel Noothan Jyothi Satheesh Suparna Ghosh Dietrich Büsselberg Yasser Majeed Hong Ding Chris R. Triggle Metformin, the most widely used anti-diabetic drug, also exhibits anti-cancer properties; however, the...
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Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 1400: Identification of a Diagnostic Set of Endomyocardial Biopsy microRNAs for Acute Cellular Rejection Diagnostics in Patients after Heart Transplantation Using Next-Generation Sequencing Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8111400 Authors: Nováková Macháčková Novák Hude Godava Žampachová Oppelt Zlámal Němec Bedáňová Slabý Bienertová-Vašků Špinarová Krejčí Introduction: Acute cellular rejection (ACR) of heart allografts...
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Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 1397: Hypoxia and EGF Stimulation Regulate VEGF Expression in Human Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) Cells by Differential Regulation of the PI3K/Rho-GTPase and MAPK Pathways Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8111397 Authors: Samer Nicolas Sandra Abdellatef Maria Al Haddad Isabelle Fakhoury Mirvat El-Sibai Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is one of the most common and deadly cancers of the central nervous system (CNS). It is characterized by the presence of hypoxic regions,...
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Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 1398: Pivotal Role of STAT3 in Shaping Glioblastoma Immune Microenvironment Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8111398 Authors: Christina Piperi Kostas A. Papavassiliou Athanasios G. Papavassiliou Glioblastoma belongs to the most malignant intracranial tumors characterized by indispensable growth and aggressiveness that highly associates with dismal prognosis and therapy resistance. Tumor heterogeneity that often challenges therapeutic schemes is largely attributed to...
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Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 1396: VEGF-A-Cleavage by FSAP and Inhibition of Neo-Vascularization Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8111396 Authors: Özgür Uslu Joerg Herold Sandip M. Kanse Alternative splicing leads to the secretion of multiple forms of vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A) that differ in their activity profiles with respect to neovascularization. FSAP (factor VII activating protease) is the zymogen form of a plasma protease that is activated (FSAPa) upon tissue injury via...
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Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 1399: Emerging Roles of Long Non-Coding RNAs as Drivers of Brain Evolution Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8111399 Authors: Geraldine Zimmer-Bensch Mammalian genomes encode tens of thousands of long-noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs), which are capable of interactions with DNA, RNA and protein molecules, thereby enabling a variety of transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulatory activities. Strikingly, about 40% of lncRNAs are expressed specifically in the brain with precisely...
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Diagnostics, Vol. 9, Pages 176: Breast Ultrasound Image Synthesis using Deep Convolutional Generative Adversarial Networks Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics9040176 Authors: Tomoyuki Fujioka Mio Mori Kazunori Kubota Yuka Kikuchi Leona Katsuta Mio Adachi Goshi Oda Tsuyoshi Nakagawa Yoshio Kitazume Ukihide Tateishi Deep convolutional generative adversarial networks (DCGANs) are newly developed tools for generating synthesized images. To determine the clinical...
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Environments, Vol. 6, Pages 117: Preface: New Solutions Mitigating Environmental Noise Pollution Environments doi: 10.3390/environments6110117 Authors: Gaetano Licitra Konstantinos Vogiatzis The increasing attention of the public towards the effects of noise pollution on health pushed the EU to issue the Environmental Noise 49/2002/CE Directive [...]
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Foods, Vol. 8, Pages 557: Compositional Analysis of Non-Polar and Polar Metabolites in 14 Soybeans Using Spectroscopy and Chromatography Tools Foods doi: 10.3390/foods8110557 Authors: Raghavendhar R. Kotha Savithiry Natarajan Dechun Wang Devanand L. Luthria There has been significant interest in soybean oil, fatty acid, and sugar composition to develop new value-added soybean products. Thus, compositional analysis is critical for developing value-added soybeans. In the present...
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Foods, Vol. 8, Pages 556: Rapid Estimation of Parameters for Gelatinization of Waxy Corn Starch Foods doi: 10.3390/foods8110556 Authors: Robert Bertrand William Holmes Cory Orgeron Carl McIntyre Rafael Hernandez Emmanuel D. Revellame Starch gelatinization is an important process due to the prevalence of starch usage in industries such as cosmetics and food production. In this study, the gelatinization of waxy corn starch (WCS) was investigated with the goal of providing...
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Foods, Vol. 8, Pages 555: Introduction to the Special Issue: Foods of Plant Origin Foods doi: 10.3390/foods8110555 Authors: Yasmina Sultanbawa Michael E. Netzel Plant food is usually rich in health-promoting ingredients such as polyphenols, carotenoids, betalains, glucosinolates, vitamins, minerals and fibre. However, pre- and post-harvest treatment, processing and storage can have significant effects on the concentration and composition of these bioactive ingredients. Furthermore,...
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Foods, Vol. 8, Pages 554: Isolation of Penicillium citrinum from Roots of Clerodendron cyrtophyllum and Application in Biosynthesis of Aglycone Isoflavones from Soybean Waste Fermentation Foods doi: 10.3390/foods8110554 Authors: Duy Tien Doan Duc Phuong Luu Thanh Duong Nguyen Bich Hoang Thi Hong Minh Pham Thi Huu Nghi Do Van Huyen Luu The Dan Pham Van Thai Than Hai Ha Pham Thi Minh Quan Pham Quoc Toan Tran Soybeans offer an abundant source of isoflavones,...
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Fractal Fract, Vol. 3, Pages 49: The Unexpected Fractal Signatures in Fibonacci Chains Fractal and Fractional doi: 10.3390/fractalfract3040049 Authors: Fang Fang Raymond Aschheim Klee Irwin In this paper, a new fractal signature possessing the cardioid shape in the Mandelbrot set is presented in the Fourier space of a Fibonacci chain with two lengths, L and S, where L / S = ϕ . The corresponding pointwise dimension is 1.7. Various modifications, such as truncation from the...
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Healthcare, Vol. 7, Pages 137: Comparison of Aggregated N-of-1 Trials with Parallel and Crossover Randomized Controlled Trials Using Simulation Studies Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare7040137 Authors: J. Walker Blackston Andrew G. Chapple James M. McGree Suzanne McDonald Jane Nikles Background: N-of-1 trials offer an innovative approach to delivering personalized clinical care together with population-level research. While increasingly used, these methods have raised some...
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Healthcare, Vol. 7, Pages 138: Dynamic Linkages among Economic Development, Energy Consumption, Environment and Health Sustainable in EU and Non-EU Countries Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare7040138 Authors: Yongqi Feng Xinye Yu Yung-ho Chiu Tzu-Han Chang There is a close and important relationship between environmental pollution and public health, and environmental pollution has an important impact on the public health. This study employed the two-stage meta-frontier dynamic...
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Healthcare, Vol. 7, Pages 136: N-of-1 Trials as a Decision Support Tool in Clinical Practice: A Protocol for a Systematic Literature Review and Narrative Synthesis Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare7040136 Authors: Joyce Samuel Travis Holder Donald Molony The n-of-1 trial can utilized in clinical practice as a decision support tool, which may improve patient outcomes by providing both the patient and the clinician with objective evidence to inform personalized treatment decisions....
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4332: Eye–Hand Coordination Impairment in Glaucoma Patients International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16224332 Authors: Teresa Zwierko Wojciech Jedziniak Piotr Lesiakowski Marta Śliwiak Marta Kirkiewicz Wojciech Lubiński This study examined whether patients with glaucoma exhibit differences in eye–hand coordination tasks compared to age-matched normal-sighted control subjects. Twenty-eight patients...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4331: Analysis of Small Area Environmental, Socioeconomic and Health Data in Collaboration with Local Communities to Target and Evaluate ‘Triple Win’ Interventions in a Deprived Community in Birmingham UK International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16224331 Authors: Patrick Saunders Paul Campbell Mark Webster Michael Thawe The contemporary environment is a complex of interactions between physical, biological and...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4329: Exploring a Moderate Fallow Scale of Cultivated Land in China from the Perspective of Food Security International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16224329 Authors: Lu Wang Yang He Su Food security remains a primary concern because of the large population and scarce land resources in China, and it is a core task to determine the appropriate proportion and scale of fallowing for fallow systems. The aim...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4330: Patient Evaluation of Food Waste in Three Hospitals in Southern Italy International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16224330 Authors: Schiavone Pelullo Attena In recent years, food waste has received great attention and is now considered the cause of many negative effects, including health, economic, social and environmental issues. A cross-sectional study was conducted among a sample of 762 inpatients at three...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4327: The Association Between Body Mass Index (BMI) and Sleep Duration: Where Are We after nearly Two Decades of Epidemiological Research? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16224327 Authors: Victoria Garfield Over the past twenty years we have seen a vast number of epidemiological studies emerge on the topic of obesity and sleep duration, with a focus on body mass index, as it is easy and cheap to measure and analyse....
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4326: Assessing Vitamins, Minerals and Supplements Marketed to Children in Canada International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16224326 Authors: Charlene Elliott Given the growth of supplements specifically designed for children in Canada, this study examines the nutrient levels of these products, and evaluates them in light of the US Health and Medical Division (HMD)—formerly the Institute of Medicine—and...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4328: Why Do Homeless Families Exit and Return the Homeless Shelter? Factors Affecting the Risk of Family Homelessness in Salt Lake County (Utah, United States) as a Case Study International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16224328 Authors: Kim Garcia Previous quantitative research on family homelessness has addressed a question of why some households become homeless. However, why some homeless families return the shelter...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4325: Traditional Korean Medicine-Based Forest Therapy Programs Providing Electrophysiological Benefits for Elderly Individuals International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16224325 Authors: Jiyune Yi Boncho Ku Seul Gee Kim Taegyu Khil Youngsuwn Lim Minja Shin Sookja Jeon Jingun Kim Byunghoon Kang Jongyeon Shin Kahye Kim Ah Young Jeong Jeong Hwan Park Jungmi Choi Wonseok Cha Changseob...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4323: Concentrations of Atmospheric Culturable Bioaerosols at Mountain and Seashore Sites International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16224323 Authors: Byung Uk Lee Gunwoong Lee Ki Joon Heo Jaeho Jung Concentrations of atmospheric culturable bioaerosols at mountain and seashore sites were measured in field investigations by using a bio-culture sampler. The eastern Korean peninsula was selected for the measurements...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4324: Factors Affecting Discharge to Home of Medical Patients Treated in an Intensive Care Unit International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16224324 Authors: Shimogai Izawa Kawada Kuriyama The purpose of this study was to examine the factors affecting the discharge to home of medical patients treated in an intensive care unit, including elements of in-hospital rehabilitation and prehospital movement ability....
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4321: Survey Results of a Pilot Sleep Study Near Atlanta International Airport International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16224321 Authors: Sarah Rocha Michael G. Smith Maryam Witte Mathias Basner Aircraft noise can disturb the sleep of residents living near airports. To investigate potential effects of aircraft noise on sleep, recruitment surveys for a pilot field study were mailed to households around Atlanta...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4320: Effects of a School Based Intervention on Children’s Physical Activity and Healthy Eating: A Mixed-Methods Study International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16224320 Authors: Khan Bell Combined diet and physical activity school-based interventions (rather than only diet or physical activity interventions) are more likely to help prevent children from becoming overweight in the long term. However, such interventions...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4319: A Study of Different Types of Air Pollutants on the Efficiency of China’s Hotel Industry International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16224319 Authors: Xiaoying Guo Wei Wei Yang Li Lei-Ya Wang This study focuses on visible and invisible air pollutants and their impacts on China’s hotel industry. Overall, visible air pollutants may block the sights and sceneries and worsen the quality of visitors’ sensory experiences,...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4322: Network Evolution of a Large Online MSM Dating Community: 2005–2018 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16224322 Authors: Chuchu Liu Xin Lu Due to multiple sexual partners and low rates of condom use, the HIV infection rate among MSM (men who have sex with men) is much higher than that of the general population. In order to analyze the characteristics of online activities of MSM, and to understand the evolution...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4317: Quick Analysis of Organic Amendments via Portable X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16224317 Authors: Rafael López-Núñez Fátima Ajmal-Poley José A. González-Pérez Miguel Angel Bello-López Pilar Burgos-Doménech The determination of heavy metals in soils and organic amendments, such as compost, manure, biofertilizer, and sludge, generally involves the digestion of...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4316: The Effect of the Full Coverage of Essential Medicines Policy on Utilization and Accessibility of Primary Healthcare Service for Rural Seniors: A Time Series Study in Qidong, China International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16224316 Authors: Ying Wang Yulei Zhu Hang Shi Xiaoluan Sun Na Chen Xin Li Background: Since 2015, in order to handle the increasing prevalence of age-related diseases and escalating...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4315: Factors Associated with Sleep Disorders among Methadone-Maintained Drug Users in Vietnam International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16224315 Authors: Tuan Anh Le Anh Duc Dang An Ha Thi Tran Long Hoang Nguyen Trang Huyen Thi Nguyen Hai Thanh Phan Carl A. Latkin Bach Xuan Tran Cyrus S.H. Ho Roger C.M. Ho Sleep quality among heroin-dependent patients receiving methadone maintenance treatment...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4318: ‘A Healthy CIT’: An Investigation into Student Health Metrics, Lifestyle Behaviours and the Predictors of Positive Mental Health in an Irish Higher Education Setting International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16224318 Authors: Bickerdike Dinneen O’Neill Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are potent health promotion settings, uniquely positioned to aid societal efforts to combat non-communicable diseases...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4313: Heavy Metals in Sediment from the Urban and Rural Rivers in Harbin City, Northeast China International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16224313 Authors: Song Cui Fuxiang Zhang Peng Hu Rupert Hough Qiang Fu Zulin Zhang Lihui An Yi-Fan Li Kunyang Li Dong Liu Pengyu Chen The concentrations and ecological risk of six widespread heavy metals (Cu, Cr, Ni, Zn, Cd and Pb) were investigated and evaluated...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4314: A Novel Method in Surface Water Quality Assessment Based on Improved Variable Fuzzy Set Pair Analysis International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16224314 Authors: Yucheng Liu Chuansheng Wang Yutong Chun Luxin Yang Wei Chen Jack Ding In the case of surface water pollution, it is important and necessary to accurately assess the level of contaminated water and ensure the safety of drinking water for people...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4312: Cost-Effectiveness of Using Mass Media to Prevent Tobacco Use among Youth and Young Adults: The FinishIt Campaign International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16224312 Authors: Elizabeth C. Hair David R. Holtgrave Alexa R. Romberg Morgane Bennett Jessica M. Rath Megan C. Diaz Donna M. Vallone Mass media campaigns have been hailed as some of the most effective tobacco prevention interventions. This...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4311: An Exploration of Complementary Feeding Practices, Information Needs and Sources International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16224311 Authors: Ada L. Garcia Sarah Looby Kimberley McLean-Guthrie Alison Parrett Following complementary feeding (CF) guidelines might be challenging for mothers lacking time, resources and/or information. We aimed to explore CF practices, information needs and channels used to obtain...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4309: Rotavirus Seasonality: An Application of Singular Spectrum Analysis and Polyharmonic Modeling International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16224309 Authors: Olga K. Alsova Valery B. Loktev Elena N. Naumova The dynamics of many viral infections, including rotaviral infections (RIs), are known to have a complex non-linear, non-stationary structure with strong seasonality indicative of virus and host sensitivity...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4308: Who Is Happier in China? Exploring Determinant Factors Using Religion as a Moderator International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16224308 Authors: Yingying Sun Yue Zhang The relationship between religion and happiness has been seriously understudied in non-Western and non-Islamic societies. Taking religious identity and religious practice as strata, the 2015 Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) data were used to...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4310: Development and Evaluation of a Training Program for Community-Based Participatory Research in Breast Cancer International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16224310 Authors: Marj Plumb Senaida Fernandez Poole Heather Sarantis Susan Braun Janna Cordeiro Juliana Van Olphen Marion Kavanaugh-Lynch This paper describes the development and feasibility of the Community Based Research Infrastructure to Better...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5545: Sphingosine 1-Phosphate (S1P)/ S1P Receptor Signaling and Mechanotransduction: Implications for Intrinsic Tissue Repair/Regeneration International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225545 Authors: Chiara Sassoli Federica Pierucci Sandra Zecchi-Orlandini Elisabetta Meacci Tissue damage, irrespective from the underlying etiology, destroys tissue structure and, eventually, function. In attempt to achieve a morpho-functional recover of the...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5544: Characterization of New TRPM8 Modulators in Pain Perception International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225544 Authors: Carmen De Caro Claudia Cristiano Carmen Avagliano Alessia Bertamino Carmine Ostacolo Pietro Campiglia Isabel Gomez-Monterrey Giovanna La Rana Oreste Gualillo Antonio Calignano Roberto Russo Background: Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin-8 (TRPM8) is a non-selective cation channel activated...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5543: A Double Negative Feedback Loop between mTORC1 and AMPK Kinases Guarantees Precise Autophagy Induction upon Cellular Stress International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225543 Authors: Marianna Holczer Bence Hajdú Tamás Lőrincz András Szarka Gábor Bánhegyi Orsolya Kapuy Cellular homeostasis is controlled by an evolutionary conserved cellular digestive process called autophagy. This mechanism is tightly regulated by the two sensor...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5542: Ishige okamurae Extract and Its Constituent Ishophloroglucin A Attenuated In Vitro and In Vivo High Glucose-Induced Angiogenesis International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225542 Authors: K.H.N. Fernando Hye-Won Yang Yunfei Jiang You-Jin Jeon BoMi Ryu Diabetes is associated with vascular complications, such as impaired wound healing and accelerated vascular growth. The different clinical manifestations, such as retinopathy and...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5541: Biosynthesis of Phenylamide Phytoalexins in Pathogen-Infected Barley International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225541 Authors: Naoki Ube Yukinori Yabuta Takuji Tohnooka Kotomi Ueno Shin Taketa Atsushi Ishihara Phytoalexins are inducible antimicrobial metabolites in plants, and have been indicated to be important for the rejection of microbial infection. HPLC analysis detected the induced accumulation of three compounds 1–3...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5539: Changes in Calcium Homeostasis and Gene Expression Implicated in Epilepsy in Hippocampi of Mice Overexpressing ORAI1 International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225539 Authors: Majewski Wojtas Maciąg Kuznicki Previously, we showed that the overexpression of ORAI1 calcium channel in neurons of murine brain led to spontaneous occurrence of seizure-like events in aged animals of transgenic line FVB/NJ-Tg(ORAI1)Ibd (Nencki Institute...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5540: Evaluation and Proteomic Analysis of Lead Adsorption by Lactic Acid Bacteria International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225540 Authors: Liu Zheng Ma Sarwar Zhao Luo Yang Heavy metals are a growing threat to human health due to the resulting damage to the ecology; the removal of heavy metals by lactic acid bacteria (LAB) has been a focus of many studies. In this study, 10 LAB strains were evaluated for their ability...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5538: Effect of Kinase Inhibiting RNase Attenuator (KIRA) Compounds on the Formation of Face-to-Face Dimers of Inositol-Requiring Enzyme 1: Insights from Computational Modeling International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225538 Authors: Carlesso Chintha Gorman Samali Eriksson Inositol-requiring enzyme 1α (IRE1α) is a transmembrane dual kinase/ribonuclease protein involved in propagation of the unfolded protein...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5537: Efficacy and Safety of Pemafibrate, a Novel Selective Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor α Modulator (SPPARMα): Pooled Analysis of Phase 2 and 3 Studies in Dyslipidemic Patients with or without Statin Combination International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225537 Authors: Yamashita Arai Yokote Araki Matsushita Nojima Suganami Ishibashi Hypertriglyceridemia has emerged as an independent risk factor for...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5536: When Does Alzheimer′s Disease Really Start? The Role of Biomarkers International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225536 Authors: Lloret Esteve Lloret Cervera-Ferri Lopez Nepomuceno Monllor While Alzheimer’s disease (AD) classical diagnostic criteria rely on clinical data from a stablished symptomatic disease, newer criteria aim to identify the disease in its earlier stages. For that, they incorporated the...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5534: Cationic Surfactants: Self-Assembly, Structure-Activity Correlation and Their Biological Applications International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225534 Authors: Zakharova Pashirova Doktorovova Fernandes Sanchez-Lopez Silva Souto Souto The development of biotechnological protocols based on cationic surfactants is a modern trend focusing on the fabrication of antimicrobial and bioimaging agents, supramolecular...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5535: Farnesiferol C Induces Apoptosis in Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Cells as an Imatinib Sensitizer via Caspase Activation and HDAC (Histone Deacetylase) Inactivation International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225535 Authors: Ji Hoon Jung Ji Eon Park Deok Yong Sim Eunji Im Woon Yi Park Duckgue Lee Bum-Sang Shim Sung-Hoon Kim Herein the underlying apoptotic mechanism of Farnesiferol C (FC) derived from Ferula assafoetida...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5532: Impaired Expression of Ectonucleotidases in Ectopic and Eutopic Endometrial Tissue Is in Favor of ATP Accumulation in the Tissue Microenvironment in Endometriosis International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225532 Authors: Carla Trapero August Vidal Maria Eulàlia Fernández-Montolí Buenaventura Coroleu Francesc Tresserra Pere Barri Inmaculada Gómez de Aranda Jean Sévigny Jordi Ponce Xavier Matias-Guiu Mireia Martín-Satué...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5531: The C-Type Lysozyme from the upper Gastrointestinal Tract of Opisthocomus hoatzin, the Stinkbird International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225531 Authors: Edward J. Taylor Michael Skjøt Lars K. Skov Mikkel Klausen Leonardo De Maria Garry P. Gippert Johan P. Turkenburg Gideon J. Davies Keith S. Wilson Muramidases/lysozymes are important bio-molecules, which cleave the glycan backbone in the peptidoglycan polymer found...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5533: Curcumin Ameliorates Benzo[a]pyrene-Induced DNA Damages in Stomach Tissues of Sprague-Dawley Rats International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225533 Authors: Kyeong Seok Kim Na Yoon Kim Ji Yeon Son Jae Hyeon Park Su Hyun Lee Hae Ri Kim Boomin Kim Yoon Gyoon Kim Hye Gwang Jeong Byung Mu Lee Hyung Sik Kim Benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) is a well-known carcinogen formed during the cooking process. Although BaP exposure has...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5529: A Miniaturized Pump Out Method for Characterizing Molecule Interaction with ABC Transporters International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225529 Authors: Emmanuel Sevin Lucie Dehouck Romain Versele Maxime Culot Fabien Gosselet Characterizing interaction of newly synthetized molecules with efflux pumps remains essential to improve their efficacy and safety. Caco-2 cell line cultivated on inserts is widely used for measuring apparent...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5530: Transcriptome Analysis Implicates Involvement of Long Noncoding RNAs in Cytoplasmic Male Sterility and Fertility Restoration in Cotton International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225530 Authors: Bingbing Zhang Xuexian Zhang Meng Zhang Liping Guo Tingxiang Qi Hailin Wang Huini Tang Xiuqin Qiao Kashif Shahzad Chaozhu Xing Jianyong Wu The cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS)/restorer-of-fertility system is an important...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5528: Acute Liver Injury after CCl4 Administration is Independent of Smad7 Expression in Myeloid Cells International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225528 Authors: Jessica Endig Ludmilla Unrau Paulina Sprezyna Sebasting Rading Meliha Karsak Diane Goltz Lukas C. Heukamp Gisa Tiegs Linda Diehl Myeloid cells are essential for the initiation and termination of innate and adaptive immunity that create homeostasis in the liver....
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5524: β-Xylosidases: Structural Diversity, Catalytic Mechanism, and Inhibition by Monosaccharides International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225524 Authors: Ali Rohman Bauke W. Dijkstra Ni Nyoman Tri Puspaningsih Xylan, a prominent component of cellulosic biomass, has a high potential for degradation into reducing sugars, and subsequent conversion into bioethanol. This process requires a range of xylanolytic enzymes. Among them, β-xylosidases...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5526: AEG-1/miR-221 Axis Cooperatively Regulates the Progression of Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Targeting PTEN/PI3K/AKT Signaling Pathway International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225526 Authors: Maheshkumar Kannan Sridharan Jayamohan Rajesh Kannan Moorthy Siva Chander Chabattula Mathan Ganeshan Antony Joseph Velanganni Arockiam Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third leading malignancy worldwide, causing mortality in children...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5523: Broad-Spectrum Disease Resistance Conferred by the Overexpression of Rice RLCK BSR1 Results from an Enhanced Immune Response to Multiple MAMPs International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225523 Authors: Yasukazu Kanda Hitoshi Nakagawa Yoko Nishizawa Takashi Kamakura Masaki Mori Plants activate their immune system through intracellular signaling pathways after perceiving microbe-associated molecular patterns (MAMPs). Receptor-like...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5521: Irrigation-Induced Changes in Chemical Composition and Quality of Seeds of Yellow Lupine (Lupinus luteus L.) International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225521 Authors: Justyna Polit Iwona Ciereszko Alina Dubis Joanna Leśniewska Anna Basa Konrad Winnicki Aneta Żabka Marharyta Audzei Łukasz Sobiech Agnieszka Faligowska Grzegorz Skrzypczak Janusz Maszewski The quality and amount of yellow lupine yield depend...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5522: Genotype–Phenotype Correlation in a Family with Brugada Syndrome Harboring the Novel p.Gln371* Nonsense Variant in the SCN5A Gene International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225522 Authors: Michelle M. Monasky Emanuele Micaglio Daniela Giachino Giuseppe Ciconte Luigi Giannelli Emanuela T. Locati Elisa Ramondini Roberta Cotugno Gabriele Vicedomini Valeria Borrelli Andrea Ghiroldi Luigi Anastasia Carlo Pappone...
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