Potential Role of Reversion-Inducing Cysteine-Rich Protein with Kazal Motifs (RECK) in Regulation of Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMPs) Expression in Periodontal Diseases.

abstract：:In December 2019, an outbreak of coronavirus infection emerged in Wuhan, Hubei Province of China, which is now named Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The outbreak spread rapidly within mainland China and globally. This paper reviews the different imaging modalities used in the diagnosis and treatment process of CO...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Jiang ZZ,He C,Wang DQ,Shen HL,Sun JL,Gan WN,Lu JY,Liu XT

更新日期：2020-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND Cardiac dysfunction during endotoxemia is a major cause of cardiovascular disease with high morbidity and mortality. Alisol B 23-acetate (AB23A) is a triterpenoid extracted from the Rhizoma Alismatis, a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, exhibits anti-inflammatory activity on endotoxemia. This investigat...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Wang B,Chen L,Dai L,Fang W,Wang H

更新日期：2019-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Freezing of Gait (FOG) can be a serious problem in Parkinson's disease (PD) and is usually refractory to medical treatment. Botulinum toxin (BTX) type A has been reported to relieve FOG in small open label studies. MATERIAL/METHODS:We performed a double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study using ...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Fernandez HH,Lannon MC,Trieschmann ME,Friedman JH

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The goal was to ascertain the prevalence of SLE in the population over 18 years of age in the Scandicci-Le Signe area of Florence, Italy, based on the records of general practitioners (GPs). MATERIAL/METHODS:Twenty GPs screened 32,521 patients by administering the Lupus Screening Questionnaire (LQS) and fou...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Benucci M,Del Rosso A,Li Gobbi F,Manfredi M,Cerinic MM,Salvarani C

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND Different blood pressure targets should be formulated for different groups of people. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of intensive blood control in improving the carotid morphology and hemodynamics in Chinese patients with hyperhomocysteinemia-type hypertension and high risk of stroke. MATERIAL...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Wu W,Liu J,Li A,Li J,Yang Y,Ye X,Zheng J

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND Quercetin is a natural bioactive flavonoid that is present in a wide variety of vegetables and fruits and exhibits a promising anti-metastasis property in various human cancer cells. However, the effect of quercetin on human HCCLM3 cells is unclear. MATERIAL AND METHODS In the current study, a wound-healing...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Lu J,Wang Z,Li S,Xin Q,Yuan M,Li H,Song X,Gao H,Pervaiz N,Sun X,Lv W,Jing T,Zhu Y

更新日期：2018-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND Acute cerebral infarction is a major clinical subtype of ischemic stroke that has become a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) is an important oxidative enzyme in alcohol metabolism. The polymorphism of ALDH2 Glu504Lys polymorphism modifies the activity of this ...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Qu Y,Zhang H,Li H,Yu L,Sun Y,Chen Y

更新日期：2017-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have shown that sensory nerves and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) affect caerulein-induced pancreatitis. The aim of this study was to examine the role of capsaicin-sensitive nerves and the impact of CGRP administration on necrotizing pancreatitis induced by ischemia/reperfusion. MAT...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Dembiński A,Warzecha Z,Ceranowicz P,Jaworek J,Sendur R,Knafel A,Dembiński M,Bilski J,Pawlik WW,Tomaszewska R,Stachura J,Konturek SJ

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND We explored the effect of asthma on erectile dysfunction (ED) and the effects of the expression of related proteins. MATERIAL AND METHODS We used a bioinformatics database to predict the targets and pathways associated with asthma and ED. The rat model of asthma was caused by an ovalbumin solution. The numb...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Wang J,Gong X,Deng S,Meng F,Dai H,Bao B,Feng J,Li H,Wang B

更新日期：2020-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND The purpose of the study was to investigate the ability of microbubbles (MBs) targeting interleukin-18 (IL-18) to detect plaques in a rabbit atherosclerotic plaque model. MATERIAL AND METHODS A rabbit atherosclerotic plaque model was established. The locations of the atherosclerotic plaques were verified by...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Jiang ZZ,Liu XT,Ma CY,He C,Li XY,Hou CL,Cheng ZS,Xia GY

更新日期：2017-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Researchers are not in complete agreement over the extent to which specific language functions are subserved by certain brain areas. The purpose of this article was to determine neuroanatomical correlates of aphasia following cerebrovascular accident. MATERIAL/METHODS:The participants included 50 stroke pat...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Jodzio K,Gasecki D,Drumm DA,Lass P,Nyka W

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There have been reports demonstrating an association between increased QT dispersion and ventricular arrhythmia in a variety of pathological cardiac conditions, including left ventricular hypertrophy. However, there are limited data about an association of right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH) and corrected QT...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Tuncer M,Gunes Y,Guntekin U,Aslan S,Gumrukcuoglu HA,Eryonucu B,Ermis C

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is efficacious in the treatment of chronic heart failure (CHF); however, because it is non-physiological, some patients are unresponsive. The present study used rate-adaptive atrioventricular delay (RAAVD) to track the physiological atrioventricular delay and investig...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Zhao L,Zhao L,Pu L,Hua B,Wang Y,Li S,Li Q,Guo T

更新日期：2017-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tuberculosis is a world-wide public health problem which may clinically present in many different ways. Here we report on a patient with presumed serpiginous choroiditis (PSC) found to have latent ocular tuberculosis. CASE REPORT:The clinical history and physical examination, complete blood count, erythrocy...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Znaor L,Medic A,Karaman K,Perkovic D

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND Liver cancer is the third leading cause of tumor-related deaths worldwide. Stomatin-like protein 2 (STOML2) is obviously upregulated in various tumors. In this study, we explored the potential roles and mechanisms of si-STOML2 in the migration and invasion of human hepatoma LM3 cells. MATERIAL AND METHODS T...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Zhu W,Li W,Geng Q,Wang X,Sun W,Jiang H,Pu X

更新日期：2018-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND Obestatin, primarily recognized as a peptide within the gastrointestinal system, has been shown to benefit the cardiovascular system. We designed this experiment to study the protective role and underlying mechanism of obestatin against ischemia-reperfusion(I/R) injury in myocardial cells. MATERIAL AND METH...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Zhang Q,Dong XW,Xia JY,Xu KY,Xu ZR

更新日期：2017-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In cases of triplet gestation where patients are reluctant to undergo multifetal pregnancy reduction, it would be helpful to identify predictive factors regarding poor or better outcomes. One such possible factor may be maternal height, which is possibly predictive of gestational age and neonatal birth weigh...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Blumenfeld Z,Lowenstein L,Brook O,Gonen R,Ophir E,Samueloff A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Intracranial arterial variations are a frequent finding in the general population. Knowledge of these vascular variations has significant clinical impact because some of them predispose patients to development of an aneurysm or cerebrovascular ischemic disease. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Kovač JD,Stanković A,Stanković D,Kovač B,Šaranović D

更新日期：2014-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) has been shown to activate a non-thromboxane, non-ADP pathway of platelet aggregation. In contrast, nitric oxide (NO) is known to inhibit platelet adhesion and aggregation. Therefore, we have studied the release of MMP-2 during platelet adhesion to fibrinogen, the effects o...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Martinez A,Salas E,Radomski A,Radomski MW

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The methods of increasing the efficacy of thrombolysis under clinical and experimental conditions are have been discussed in the light of analysis of current tendencies in the investigation and development of thrombolytic and adjunctive therapy. Analysis of the data obtained in the search for novel plasminogen activat...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Maksimenko AV

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Wilson's disease (WD) is an autosomal recessive disorder leading to copper overload, mainly in the liver and brain, due to mutations in the ATP7B gene. About 10% of heterozygous carriers of ATP7B gene mutations have decreased serum ceruloplasmin, posing diagnostic difficulties. CASE REPORT:We report a four-...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Sundaresan S,Eapen CE,Shaji RV,Chandy M,Kurian G,Chandy G

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND Osteoporosis is a common osteopathy, resulting in fractures, especially in elder people. Sesamin has many pharmacological effects, including supplying calcium. However, how sesamin might prevent osteoporosis is still under study. MATERIAL AND METHODS Bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) extracted from rat femu...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Ma ZP,Zhang ZF,Yang YF,Yang Y

更新日期：2019-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of our study is to determine how early and reliably ischemic brain infarcts can be detected on CT scanning. We report two cases of an early CT finding of acute ischemic infarcts where CT examination was obtained within the first 3 hours of onset of neurological symptoms. CT examination showed blurred outlines ...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Abdalla M,Bogusławska R,Poniatowska R

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate relationships between early atherosclerosis and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) using laboratory, functional, and morphological markers of atherosclerosis. MATERIAL AND METHODS In the present prospective single-center study, 96 patients with IBD (58 patients with ul...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Üstün Y,Kilincalp S,Çoban Ş,Coşkun Y,Yüksel İ,Ongun A,Soykan İ,Bektaş M,Törüner M,Çetinkaya H,Örmeci N

更新日期：2016-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of our research was to determine diagnosis and outcomes for non-contact lens related Acanthamoeba keratitis in south India. MATERIAL/METHODS:A retrospective review of the medical and microbiology records of culture-positive Acanthamoeba cases presenting between 1987 and 2001 to a tertiary eye ca...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Srinivasan M,Burman S,George C,Nirmalan PK

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to study the effects of 1-alpha,25-dihydroxy-cholecalcifero (1,25(OH)2D3) on liver fibrosis and the generation of Th17 cells in vivo and in vitro. MATERIAL AND METHODS Thirty C57 mice were randomly divided into control, model, and treatment groups. Hepatic fibrosis was induced by s...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Gu L,Xu Q,Cao H

更新日期：2017-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to determine the effect of diabetic autonomic neuropathy (AN) on the incretin effect in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2). MATERIAL/METHODS:Forty patients with DM2 (20 with and 20 without AN) and 10 healthy controls were studied. The subjects underwent an oral glucose to...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Kazakos KA,Sarafidis PA,Yovos JG

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From a mathematical point of view, the genetic code is a surjective mapping between the set of the 64 possible three-base codons and the set of 21 elements composed of the 20 amino acids plus the Stop signal. Redundancy and degeneracy therefore follow. In analogy with the genetic code, non-power integer-number represe...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Gonzalez DL

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is characterized by a progressive increase in pulmonary circulatory resistance. Pulmonary vascular endothelial dysfunction is one of the main causes of primary PAH. Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) can proliferate and differentiate into vascular endothelial cells and...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Wang Y,Zhong B,Wu Q,Tong J,Zhu T,Zhang M

更新日期：2020-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND Hypertonic saline (HS) has been successfully used for treatment of various forms of brain edema. Decreased expression of aquaporin (AQP)4 and pro-inflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-a and interleukin (IL)-1b have been linked to edema pathogenesis. This study examined the effect of 3% ...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Yin J,Zhang H,Chen H,Lv Q,Jin X

更新日期：2018-03-30 00:00:00