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Example Input: Pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH) is characterized by vascular remodeling, high pulmonary blood pressure, and right ventricular hypertrophy. Oxidative stress, inflammation and pulmonary artery remodeling are important components in PAH. Ellagic acid (EA) is a phenolic compound with anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory, and anti-proliferative properties. This study aimed to investigate whether EA could prevent the development of monocrotaline (MCT)-induced PAH in rats.', 'Male Sprague-Dawley rats received EA (30 and 50mg/kg/day) or vehicle one day after a single-dose of monocrotaline (MCT, 60mg/kg). Hemodynamic changes, right ventricular hypertrophy, and lung morphological features were assessed 4weeks later. Activation of the NLRP3 (NACHT, LRR, and PYD domain-containing protein 3) inflammasome pathway in the lungs was assessed using Western blot analysis.', 'MCT induced PAH, oxidative stress, and NLRP3 inflammasome activation in vehicle-treated rats. EA reduced the right ventricle systolic pressure, the right ventricular hypertrophy and the wall thickness/external diameter ratio of the pulmonary arteries compared with vehicle. EA also inhibited the MCT-induced elevation of oxidative stress, NLRP3, and caspase-1, IL- in the lungs and the elevated levels of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and inflammatory cytokines in serum.
Example Output: Does ellagic acid prevent monocrotaline-induced pulmonary artery hypertension via inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome activation in rats?

Example Input: We have previously shown that advanced glycation-endproducts (AGEs) induced NFB activation in differentiated mouse podocytes. This NFB activation may contribute to the progression of renal disease and mediation of fibrosis by various mechanisms. This study was undertaken to test whether this detrimental response may be reversed by vitamin D3 or its analogue paricalcitol.', 'Differentiated mouse podocytes were challenged with glycated bovine serum albumin (AGE-BSA), or non-glycated control BSA (in the presence or absence of various concentrations of vitamin D3 (decostriol, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3)) or its active analog paricalcitol. Quantitative mRNA expressions were measured by real-time PCR, whereas protein expressions were determined by Western blotting followed by densitometry. Cytoplasmic and nuclear protein expression of the NFB subunit p65 (Rel A) were determined by Western blotting. Furthermore, the ratio of phosphorylated to non-phosphorylated IB- was measured using specific antibodies. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays and a capture ELISA assay were used to assess NFB transactivation in vitro. In addition, NFB transactivation was also monitored in HEK-NFBIA reporter cells using live cell luminometry.', 'Podocytes expressed the receptor for vitamin D. The vitamins did not suppress receptor for AGEs (RAGE) expression; instead, they rather upregulated RAGE. Although vitamin D3 and paricalcitol partly and differentially modified some of the studied parameters, both hormones inhibited AGE-BSA-induced NFB transactivation, presumably by various mechanisms including the upregulation of IB- protein, keeping NFB sequestered in an inactive state in the cytoplasm.
Example Output: Does vitamin D3 Partly antagonize Advanced-Glycation Endproducts-Induced NFB Activation in Mouse Podocytes?

Example Input: The contribution of neutrophils to myocardial injury during stunning remains controversial because of conflicting results in neutropenic animals. The goal of this study was to compare the recovery of function in stunned myocardium using two distinct methods for inducing neutropenia in pigs.', 'Three groups of pigs were studied: control (n = 6), and made neutropenic by either Leukopak blood filters (n = 7), or cyclophosphamide (n = 7, 50 mg.kg-1 intravenously 4 d prior to study). In anaesthetised open chest pigs, with the heart paced at 110 beats.min-1, the left anterior descending coronary artery was perfused with an extracorporeal circuit at controlled coronary pressure (CP) and the regional coronary blood flow was measured. Systolic wall thickening was determined by sonomicrometry in the left anterior descending and circumflex coronary artery regions. The protocol consisted of 15 min of low flow ischaemia (CP = 40 mm Hg), followed by a staged reperfusion over 10 min back to baseline (CP = 90 mm Hg), and continued for 2 h. Blood filtration was initiated prior to ischaemia and stopped after 90 min reperfusion.', 'In both treated groups during ischaemia and the initial 60 min of reperfusion the neutrophil count was severely depleted to < 5% compared to the control group. Aortic pressure, coronary blood flow during ischaemia, area at risk, and systolic wall thickening in the circumflex region were similar between groups. Recovery of systolic wall thickening in the left anterior descending region after reperfusion was equivalent in all three groups. In the filter group, arrhythmias during ischaemia and reperfusion were significantly less.
Example Output:
Does severe neutrophil depletion by leucocyte filters or cytotoxic drug improve recovery of contractile function in stunned porcine myocardium?