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J Ethnopharmacol
January 2025
Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Basic Medical College, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China; Engineering Research Center of TCM Protection Technology and New Product Development for the Elderly Brain Health, Ministry of Education, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China; Hubei Shizhen Laboratory, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China. Electronic address:
Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent form of dementia, characterized by a complex pathogenesis that includes Aβ deposition, abnormal phosphorylation of tau protein, chronic neuroinflammation, and mitochondrial dysfunction. In traditional medicine, ginseng is revered as the 'king of herbs'. Ginseng has the effects of greatly tonifying vital energy, strengthening the spleen and benefiting the lungs, generating fluids and nourishing the blood, and calming the mind while enhancing intelligence.
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January 2025
Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
Knowledge on the structure and composition of the haematopoietic tissue (HT) is essential to understand the basic immune functions of the immune system in any species. For reptiles, it is extremely limited, hence we undertook an in-depth in situ investigation of the HT (bone marrow, thymus, spleen, lymphatic tissue of the alimentary tract) in the common boa (Boa constrictor). We also assessed age- and disease-related changes, with a special focus on Boid Inclusion Body Disease, a highly relevant reptarenavirus-associated disease in boid snakes.
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December 2024
Laboratory of Pathology and Immunology of Aquatic Animals, KLMME, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.
von Willebrand factor (vWF) is a large multimeric sialoglycoprotein that plays key roles in normal haemostasis, inflammation regulation, angiogenesis and cancer metastasis in mammals. The gene, protein sequences and functions of vWF in flounder Paralichthys olivaceus (PovWF) were analysed in this study. PovWF possesses an 8550-bp open reading frame (ORF) that encodes a 2849 amino acid protein.
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December 2024
Department of Nephrology, Kidney Research Institute, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China. Electronic address:
Acta Trop
December 2024
Department of Clinical and Molecular Parasitology, National Liver Institute, Menoufia University, Shebin El-Kom, Menoufia, Egypt.
Even though toxoplasmosis is a worldwide parasitic disease caused by Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii), the available drugs used for the treatment of symptomatic toxoplasmosis have multiple drawbacks. So, there is a considerable need to discover new potential therapeutic agents.
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