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J Exp Biol
January 2025
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, 116 St and 85 Ave, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada.
Acidification is a key component of digestion throughout metazoans. The gut digestive fluid of many invertebrates is acidified by the vesicular-type H+-ATPase (VHA). In contrast, vertebrates generate acidic gut fluids using the gastric H+/K+-ATPase (HKA); an evolutionary innovation linked with the appearance of a true stomach that greatly improves digestion, absorption, and immune function.
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January 2025
Division of Nephrology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Purpose Of The Review: Calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) are central to immunosuppression in kidney transplantation (KT), improving short-term outcomes but falling short in enhancing long-term outcomes due to cardiovascular, metabolic, and renal complications. Belatacept, an FDA-approved costimulation blocker, offers a less toxic alternative to CNIs but is limited by its intravenous administration and reduced efficacy in high-immunological-risk patients.
Recent Findings: Emerging therapies target more specific pathways to improve efficacy and accessibility.
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
January 2025
school of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, P.R. China.
Study Design: A cross-sectional analysis of 10,000 cervical spine X-rays.
Objective: This study investigates the variations in C6S and C7S across demographic factors (gender, age, cervical curvature, symptoms) and explores their correlation. Additionally, machine learning models are applied to improve the accuracy of C7S prediction.
ACS Appl Bio Mater
January 2025
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, Palakkad, Kerala 678623, India.
The emerging prevalence of antimicrobial resistance demands cutting-edge therapeutic agents to treat bacterial infections. We present a synthetic strategy to construct sequence-defined oligomers (SDOs) by using dithiocarbamate (DTC). The antibacterial activity of the synthesized library of SDOs was studied using a Gram-positive and a Gram-negative .
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January 2025
Department of Neurological Surgery, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Study Design: Prospective cohort study.
Objective: This study aims to define Substantial Clinical Benefit (SCB) thresholds for PROMIS physical function (PF) and pain interference (PI) in lumbar or thoracolumbar spine surgery population.
Summary Of Background Data: Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are widely used in spine surgery to assess treatment efficacy.
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