Chronic Exposure to the Fusarium Mycotoxin Deoxynivalenol: Impact on Performance, Immune Organ, and Intestinal Integrity of Slow-Growing Chickens

This study investigates the long-term effects of deoxynivalenol (DON) consumption on avian growth performance, on the proliferation, apoptosis, and DNA damage of spleen cells, and on intestinal integrity.Two hundred and eight 5-day-old black-feathered Taiwan country chickens were fed diets containing 0, 2, 5, and 10 mg/kg of DON for 16 weeks.Body w

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Inhibition of EZH2 alleviates SAHA-induced senescence-associated secretion phenotype in small cell lung cancer cells

Abstract Chemotherapy has been widely used in small cell lung cancer (SCLC) treatment in the past decades.However, SCLC is easy to recur after chemotherapy.The senescence of cancer cells during chemotherapy is one of the effective therapeutic strategies to inhibit the progression of cancer.Nevertheless, the senescence-associated secretion phenotype

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Gil-Vernet Antireflux Surgery in Treatment of Lower Pole Reflux

Purpose: Prevalence of ureter and kidney duplication is roughly 1 per 125 people, and is associated with vesicoureteral reflux to lower pole in about 45% of cases.From antireflux surgical principles viewpoint, standard antireflux surgeries can be performed in these kidneys without releasing ureters from each other.We studied the results of Gil-Vern

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Embroided Portraits in the Romanian Medieval Art

If the artistic value of the Romanian medieval embroidery is obvious, it is no less real its documentary value.Most embroided portraits are made on liturgical pieces and they are a proof of the relationship Knives of the rulers with the Orthodox Church.The position of the characters is a mute way of communicating the status Exhaust Systems that the

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