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Diversity and bioactivity of fungi associated with the marine sea cucumber Holothuria poli: disclosing the strains potential for biomedical applications
(Society for Applied Microbiology (SfAM), 2020-04-10)
Aims: Identification of the mycobiota associated to the marine echinoderm Holothuria poli and investigation of cytotoxic and pro-osteogenic potential of isolated strains.
Methods and results: Fungal strains were isolated ...
Fasciola hepatica serine protease inhibitor family (serpins): Purposely crafted for regulating host proteases
(Public Library of Science, 2020-08-06)
Serine protease inhibitors (serpins) regulate proteolytic events within diverse biological processes, including digestion, coagulation, inflammation and immune responses. The presence of serpins in Fasciola hepatica ...
A survey of current datasets for code-switching research
(IEEE, 2020-03-06)
Code switching is a prevalent phenomenon in the multilingual community and social media interaction. In the past ten years, we have witnessed an explosion of code switched data in the social media that brings together ...
A novel high-throughput screening platform identifies itaconate derivatives from marine Penicillium antarcticum as inhibitors of mesenchymal stem cell differentiation
(MDPI, 2020-04-05)
Worldwide diffused diseases such as osteoarthritis, atherosclerosis or chronic kidney
disease are associated with a tissue calcification process which may involve unexpected local stem cell differentiation. Current ...
Biological applications of knowledge graph embedding models
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2020-02-17)
Complex biological systems are traditionally modelled as graphs of interconnected biological entities. These graphs, i.e. biological knowledge graphs, are then processed using graph exploratory approaches to perform different ...
The secretome derived from mesenchymal stromal cells cultured in a xeno-free medium promotes human cartilage recovery in vitro
(Frontiers Media, 2020-02-14)
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a disabling joint disorder causing articular cartilage degeneration. Currently, the treatments are mainly aimed to pain and symptoms relief, rather than disease amelioration. Human bone marrow stromal ...
Submission to the Joint Committee on Climate Action for pre-legislative scrutiny of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020: A legislative ban on importing fracked gas
(Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland Galway, 2020-11-11)
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TGF-ß1-Licensed Murine MSCs show superior therapeutic efficacy in modulating corneal allograft immune rejection In Vivo
(Elsevier, 2020-05-29)
Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are a promising therapeutic option for multiple immune diseases/disorders; however, efficacy of MSC treatments can vary significantly. We present a novel licensing strategy to improve the ...
Conceptualising coping and resilience in the context of socio-political and economic change: Generational perspectives from Slovenia
(Routledge, 2020-06-09)
The significance of a wider social context in building youth resilience has recently been recognised, with the suggestion that resilience research requires a move from individual-level experience to wider social practices, ...
A corpus of the Sorani Kurdish folkloric lyrics
(National University of Ireland Galway, 2020-05-16)
Kurdish poetry and prose narratives were historically transmitted orally and less in a written form. Being an essential medium of oral
narration and literature, Kurdish lyrics have had a unique attribute in becoming a ...