Potassium homeostasis is vital for all organisms, but is challenging in single-celled organisms like bacteria and yeast and immobile organisms like plants that constantly need to adapt to changing external conditions. KUP transporters facilitate potassium uptake by the co-transport of protons. Here, we uncover the molecular basis for transport in…[Read more]

The ability to communicate quantum information over long distances is of central importance in quantum science and engineering1. Although some applications of quantum communication such as secure quantum key distribution2,3 are already being successfully deployed4-7, their range is currently limited by photon losses and cannot be extended using…[Read more]

Competitive risk survival models for each cause of death revealed that the only hazard of non-cardiac death was consistently higher among patients with less than or equal to median TC and LDL levels. CONCLUSION In the present prospective long term study, after acute coronary syndrome, baseline plasma lipid levels seem not to be associated with…[Read more]

in English, Portuguese, O objetivo deste artigo é analisar as práticas e significados em torno da ultrassonografia obstétrica (USG) em mulheres com abortamento na maternidade pública em Salvador, Bahia, Brasil. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa, etnográfica, que envolveu observação participante das interações entre mulheres, profissi…[Read more]

The SDHA and RPL4 genes constitute stable internal controls as reference genes when analyzing gene expression in the DT40 cell line.A total of 420 day old chicks were divided into seven groups (5 replicates of 12 chicks/group) fed isoproteic and isoenergetic diets. The control group was fed diets containing 0.50%, 0.45% and 0.40% of non-phytic…[Read more]

Mechanistically, circRNA_002581 interference significantly rescue the defective autophagy evidenced by increased autophagosome number, upregulated LC3-II/I level, and decreased p62 level. Further chloroquine-mediated total autophagy inhibition antagonizes the protective effect of circRNA_002581 knockdown. Finally, CPEB1-PTEN-AMPK-mTOR pathway is…[Read more]

43; P = .0002), ASES (32 vs. 43; P = .001), SST (3.5 vs. 4.6; P = .04), and SANE (34 vs. 38; P = .35). Postoperative scores were worse for smokers compared with nonsmokers WORC (79 vs. 89; P = .001), ASES (82 vs. 89; P = .04), SST (9.0 vs. 10.2; P = .02), and SANE (84 vs. 89; P = .09). There were no significant differences in change in scores over…[Read more]

asthmatics with DEX. Copyright © Qian et al.Vitiligo is a common congenital or acquired disfiguring skin disorder. At present, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress has been identified to serve a critical role in the pathogenesis of vitiligo. Receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 1 (RIPK1) is a protein serine/threonine kinase. The…[Read more]

β-stabilized Ti-alloys present several unexplored and intriguing surprises in relation to orthorhombic α″ phases. Among them are (i) the diffusion-controlled formation of transitional α″iso, α″lean and α″rich phases and ii) the highly anisotropic thermal expansion of martensitic α″. Using the prototypical Ti-Nb system, we demonstrate tha…[Read more]

CONCLUSIONS We found that patients with MetS were more likely to quit smoking than those without MetS. However, intervention is still needed, as numerous patients with MetS continued to smoke. Interventions that actively involve medical institutions or organizations are among the most effective approaches to promote smoking cessation in patients…[Read more]