Mosaic aging.

abstract：:As known, gamma-interferon-induced cell death in HeLa cells can be mediated via the recently identified protein kinase, death associated protein (DAP) kinase which is localized to the microfilament system of the cytoskeleton. However, the downstream or upstream effectors of DAP kinase remain uncertain. In the present ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Gerashchenko BI,Murata-Hori M,Hosoya H

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the recent hypothesis that hair loss might be a manifestation of metabolic abnormalities particularly hyperglicemia. It has been reported various environmental risk factors affecting hair loss. There is growing evidence on the relationship between prediabetes and worse metabolic profile. However, there are few stud...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Cakir E

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel virus named 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV/SARS-CoV-2) causes symptoms that are classified as coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Respiratory conditions are extensively described among more serious cases of COVID-19, and the onset of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is one of the hallmark features of ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Geier MR,Geier DA

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis is defined as the process of ''programmed cell death'' (PCD), during which many cells simultaneously die from within along a very orderly pattern. PCD is as intrinsic for cells as mitosis and is involved in both degenerative and developmental processes of organs and organisms. The pattern of apoptotic cell d...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Bongaerts GP

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article proposes the hypothesis that allantois is the anatomical homologue of bursa of Fabricius in mammalia. This hypothesis is based on immunohistochemical study of sections from hematopoietic organs of three fetuses with cloacal exstrophy. In the complex maldevelopment of cloacal exstrophy the common features ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Zarabi CM

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endophthalmitis following pars-plana procedures such as a vitrectomy vitreo-retinal procedures has been infrequently reported in literature. The cited incidence is about 0.1% to 0.2%. In the 8 cases of endophthalmitis that have been reported in literature, the prognosis has been indicated as very poor due to a delay i...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Venkatesh P,Verma L,Tewari H

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper studies how certain topologic features of the nuclear envelope may reorganize entrained transcription via spatial rearrangements of genes carried by distinct chromatids. ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Matioli GT

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is frequently associated with a mild infection, the incidence peaking during the third month of life. We hypothesize that the neonatal immaturity of both the acute febrile response and hypothalamus promote neonatal protection from SIDS. Vagal afferents modify the febrile response. V...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Reid GM,Tervit H

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mathematics and physics, chaos theory deals with the behavior of certain nonlinear dynamical systems that under certain conditions exhibit a phenomenon known as chaos, which is characterised by a sensitivity to initial conditions. Mathematicians paradoxically call such states of order chaos and distinguish them fro...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Zifan A,Gharibzadeh S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following allegations that Hepatitis B vaccination causes or triggers multiple sclerosis (MS), several epidemiological studies have been conducted to evaluate the association between MS and vaccination. In one study conducted in the US, a significant protective effect on the development of MS was observed for tetanus ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Verstraeten T,Davis R,DeStefano F

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with multiple organs involved. Kidney damage is common among SLE patients. In lupus nephritis, extracellular DNA accumulation from necrosis cells and activated cells is perceived as initial step of inflammation. The up-regulated type I IFN is one pivotal cyto...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Zheng L,Zhang H,Tang Y

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Aquatic Ape Theory claims that human ancestors once lived in a semi-aquatic habitat. Some human diseases might be explained by our aquatic past. Such problems include hyperventilation, periodic breathing, laryngo- and bronchospasm, vasomotor rhinopathy, seborrhea, dandruff, male pattern alopecia, rhinophyma, osteo...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Verhaegen MJ

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For almost 70 years, essential fatty acid deficiency has been known to be associated with skin disorders, vessel abnormalities, and increased tumorigenesis. However, the underlying molecular and cellular mechanism is largely unknown. Recently, it has been reported that essential fatty acids regulate cell adhesion by m...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Jiang WG,Eynard AR,Mansel RE

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural tube defect (NTD) is more common among spontaneously aborted fetuses than in infants born in the third trimester, but there is no direct evidence that NTD-affected conceptuses, presenting at these two different gestational ages, are components of a single disease process. Evidence for homology is here presented...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Machin GA

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although once considered by biologists almost exclusively for their toxicity, reactive oxygen (ROS) and nitrogen (RNS) species produced within normal cells under baseline physiological conditions are now appreciated as redox regulators of a wide range of protein functions. Two families of enzymes, the NADPH oxidases (...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Stuart JA,Aibueku O,Bagshaw O,Moradi F

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common and underdiagnosed medical disorder. OSA is associated with the symptoms of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS). These patients typically follow a sedentary lifestyle, and sedentary behavior is related to impaired fluid dynamics in the lower body, particularly the legs. In a su...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Mirrakhimov AE

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute viral infection is characterised by high-level replication before prompt decline of viraemia and, commonly, viral clearance. This kinetic pattern is generally held to be due to immune control. However, infection with some viruses, notably hepatitis C (HCV), hepatitis B (HBV) and the human immunodeficiency virus ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Sallie R

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosomiasis (whether African sleeping sickness, or American Chaga's disease) is caused by an infection with a protozoan parasite, i.e. the trypanosome. This carries fatal sequences in the untreated host. Currently available chemotherapeutic drugs (some of which cure by involving reactive oxygen species (ROS] are n...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Eze MO

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical syndrome of hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) which occurs in association with birth asphyxia, is thought to represent a reperfusion injury consequent upon the generation of cytotoxic oxygen derived free radicals. It has recently been suggested that resuscitation of asphyxiated infants with unrestrict...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Ballot DE,Rothberg AD,Davies VA,Smith J,Kirsten G

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal degeneration in the post-menopausal term leads to cognitive symptoms such as anxiety, difficulty in concentrating, overreacting to minor upsets, quickly becoming irritated and forgetfulness in approximately 70-80% of all women around the world. These symptoms, which result from microtubule damage in the axon ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Karamese M,Aksak S,Gundogdu OB,Unal B

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiologic findings of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) among patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) suggest that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is insufficient for the development of KS. It was speculated that another sexually transmitted infection is responsible for the markedly increa...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Rechavi G,Katzir N,Ramot B

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The right timing of surgical intervention in patients with aortic insufficiency is the crucial precondition for optimal postoperative course. To meet this demand, it is essential to have precise knowledge of the pathogenesis of this disease. Within the rabbit model of aortic insufficiency, four periods of adaptational...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Simko F

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past decade evidence from multiple research trajectories have converged to provide evidence that impaired glucose metabolism and mitochondrial dysfunction in the brain are the critical issues laying at the root of Bipolar Disorder (BD). These developments have been paralleled by increasing recognition of the ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Campbell I,Campbell H

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of the lithium ion against DNA type viruses is explained by its competition with magnesium ions. Magnesium acts as the cofactor of the enzymes responsible for the replicative building of viral proteins and nucleosides. When lithium replaces magnesium, it appears to render the polymerase enzymes impotent. ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Bach RO

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The modified base 5-methylcytidine has been found in the DNA of a number of different eukaryotic cells where it occurs principally in the dinucleotide sequence -CmpG- which is present as a palindrome in double-strand nucleic acid molecules. There is considerable evidence to indicate and suggest that 5-methylcytosine s...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Hawtrey AO,Ariatti M

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Submagnetic domain magnetic fluid particles of approximately 10 nm average diameter complexed with CD4 or monoclonal antibody and then injected into the patient, will localize to the cell membrane of the target cell. These ferrofluid particles will interact with an externally applied rotating magnetic field of rapidly...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Peasley KW

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new collection of ideas from Medical Hypotheses by Roger Dobson is entitled Death can be cured and 99 other Medical Hypotheses. It consists of humorous summaries of Medical Hypotheses articles from the past 30 years. The book's humour derives mainly from the subject matter, although sometimes also from the 'unconven...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Charlton BG

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exacerbation of certain medical conditions during specific phases of the menstrual cycle has long been recognized. Mechanisms of the cyclic variations are poorly understood, but are often attributed to fluctuations in reproductive hormones. We hypothesize that normal variations in autonomic balance during the menstrua...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Lee PY,Bazar KA,Yun AJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Narcolepsy is a disorder characterized by the sudden urge to sleep. The biochemical etiology of this disorder is believed to be due to dopamine abnormalities. Since the precursor of dopamine is L-tyrosine, the administration of this amino acid may prove beneficial in the treatment of narcolepsy. Preliminary research a...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Roufs JB

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among older individuals. Although the causes of Parkinson's disease are multifactorial, considerable evidence indicates that elevated labile iron in the substantia nigra pars compacta plays an important role in producing oxyradicals which subsequentl...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Edwin Shackelford R,Manuszak RP,Heard SC,Link CJ,Wang S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00