The natriuretic peptide system as a possible therapeutic target for stress-induced obesity.

abstract：:Atherosclerosis is a common disease whose complications, such as myocardial infarction, are a leading cause of mortality worldwide. Therefore, ideas which try to explain the circumstances of atherosclerotic plaque initiation and progression are warranted. We hypothesize that low-grade inflammation in early life (espec...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Kowara M,Kasarełło K,Czarzasta K,Opolski G,Cudnoch-Jędrzejewska A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer is caused by a combination of factors, genetic, epigenetics and environmental. Among the latter, environmental pollutants absorbed by contact, inhalation, or ingestion are major proven or suspected culprits. Depleted uranium (DU) is one of them directly pertinent to the military and civilians working in militar...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Cappello F,Macario AJL

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma is a histologically benign tumor composed of stroma and vessels. The vascular component of the lesion is prone to bleeding and responsible for its clinical "malignancy". Some nasopharyngeal angiofibromas are resistant to surgical therapy because of extensive growth and occasionally bone des...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Krstulja M,Car A,Bonifacić D,Braut T,Kujundzić M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preliminary reports have suggested that chronic, intermittent electrical stimulation of the cervical vagus nerve (VNS) is an effective treatment for patients who suffered from medically refractory epilepsy. But the traditional VNS is an invasive and implantable procedure that will bring some injury to the patient. Ana...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Yang AC,Zhang JG,Rong PJ,Liu HG,Chen N,Zhu B

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major thesis of the proposed hypothesis is that in the absence of microbial material synovial macrophages in rheumatoid arthritis patients continue to release interleukin 1, which perpetuates the inflammation so characteristic of the disease. Its release is suggested to result from an altered synovial macrophage g...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Rafter GW

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is one of the most common problems faced by aging men and can be associated with bothersome lower urinary tract symptoms that affect quality of life by interfering with normal daily activities and sleep patterns. Despite the clinical importance of BPH, its pathogenesis is still poorl...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Cho KS,Kim J,Choi YD,Kim JH,Hong SJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hyponatremia found in multiple myeloma and which is associated with a reduced anion gap (ag) is considered to be pseudohyponatremia due to the displacement of water by the high globulin content in the blood. Serum proteins participate in acid-base balance. Stewart and other authors in their approach to acid-base i...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Sachs J,Fredman B

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a severe anxiety disorder that develops after exposure to trauma. Symptoms include persistent reexperiencing, persistent avoidance, persistent numbing, and persistent hyperarousal. Subsequent to trauma exposure, the onset of symptoms of an acute stress reaction can typically dev...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Wallace J

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a new hypothesis claiming that natriuresis of fasting is not only caused by diminished insulin resistance and hyperinsulinaemia with the subsequent reduction of renal sodium retention but it can also be attributed to the function of the leptin-NPY system. Each element of this concept has been substantiate...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Sulyok E,Tulassay T

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has long been recognized that the symptom complex of fibromyalgia can be seen with hypothyroidism. Hypothyroidism may been categorized, like diabetes, into type I (hormone deficient) and type II (hormone resistant). Most cases of fibromyalgia fall into the latter category. The syndrome is reversible with treatment,...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Garrison RL,Breeding PC

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Consideration of nine major factors predisposing to cerebral thrombosis, coronary thrombosis or thrombosis in the deep veins of the calf, reveals that these factors all have one thing in common. Estrogen administration, pregnancy, ageing, smoking, infection, trauma, surgery, soft water and winter season are all associ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Clemetson CA

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All kinds of hypotheses have been proposed to explain the mechanism of tumorigenesis. Up until now, we have not had any generally acknowledged model that helps us understand the process. In this paper, I propose a dynamic model of how tumor cells escape the supervision of the immune system; I also examine the possibil...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Cai DW

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracts of the unripe fruit of Momordica charantia--bitter melon, which flourishes throughout the tropics--appear to have utility in the management of type 2 diabetes. Rodent studies suggest that the thus-far-uncharacterized active components of such extracts enhance the efficiency of postprandial glucose storage in ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： McCarty MF

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Restless legs syndrome (RLS) exhibits sensorimotor symptoms. In familial cases, a gene at chromosomal location 9p-24-22 is linked to RLS and the expressed mutation is Dopamine Receptor Specific Individual Sensitivity (DRSIS). The symptoms are triggered during changes in alertness, generally at sleep hours, resulting f...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Akpinar S

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reconciling the early promising results of radiation therapy in the treatment of epilepsy with the recent theory concerning the role of nonsynaptic mechanisms in focal epileptogenesis, it is suggested that the potential of irradiation as an alternative to temporal lobe resection in intractable epilepsy should be re-ev...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Elomaa E

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis proposed is that restoration of functional capacity of denervated diaphragm may be achieved by reinervating it with vagus nerve. Following trauma, carcinomatose infiltration, and/or large thoracic surgery and neck surgery, phrenic nerve is frequently injured. Reinervation even in the most favourable con...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Pavlovic D,Wendt M

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delayed healing and nonunions of bone fracture are critical problems in orthopedic surgery. Electrical stimulation has been used as a therapeutic method for enhancing bone healing for a long time. Despite unanimous clinical success, the underlying mechanism concerning bone tissue in response to electrical stimulation ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Huang CP,Chen XM,Chen ZQ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a novel technique of non-invasive brain stimulation which has been used to treat several neuropsychiatric disorders such as major depressive disorder, chronic pain and epilepsy. Recent studies have shown that the therapeutic effects of rTMS are associated with pla...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Brunoni AR,Boggio PS,Fregni F

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Supercritical carbon dioxide (CO(2)) possesses germicide (bactericide and sporicide) effect. Despite of the fact, that this effect is used in industrial sterilization processes, the sterilization mechanism at molecular level is unclear. Our hypotheses can provide a molecular-biological explanation for the phenomenon. ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： András CD,Csajági C,Orbán CK,Albert C,Abrahám B,Miklóssy I

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence rate of cutaneous melanoma has been increasing faster than that of any other cancer in white-skinned populations over the past decades. The main risk factors for melanoma (i.e. exposure to sunlight, naevus count, phototype, and family history of melanoma) may not wholly explain the epidemiological trends...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Kvaskoff M,Weinstein P

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are different theories and hypotheses related to the aetiology of depression. The interaction between brain 5-HT level and the activity of its autoreceptors plays a role in mood changes and depression. In major depression, activation of the inflammatory response system (IRS) and, increased concentrations of proi...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Myint AM,Kim YK

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mood disturbances and depression are supposed to have a negative impact on patients' outcome in malignant tumour disease. On the other hand, poor prognosis in cancer patients is associated with chronic immune challenge which is paralleled by enhanced degradation of the essential amino acid tryptophan and thus decrease...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Murr C,Widner B,Sperner-Unterweger B,Ledochowski M,Schubert C,Fuchs D

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Consciousness" "mood," "identity" and "personality" are all emergent properties from whole-brain organizations; these are typically disturbed in psychiatric disorders. This work proposes that the underlying etiopathology of mental disorders originates from disturbances to global brain dynamics, or "Globalopathies" th...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Peled A

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：:It is proposed that there is biological regulation of the low molecular weight antioxidant (LMWA) status of the body, and that these different antioxidants work in concert and in homeostasis as a system analogous to the regulation of acid-base status (pH). The theoretical design characteristics for such a system inclu...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Berry EM,Kohen R

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The apparent association of laryngeal cancer with asbestos and possibly other occupational exposures can be accounted for by the hypothesis that chronic vocal abuse peculiar to certain working conditions will act as a promoting factor for active carcinogens found mainly in tobacco smoke. ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Chovil A

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This novel, iso-osmo-resistive theory offers electro-resistivity of food components as a new dimension for digestion. Firstly, fats, carbohydrates and proteins differ markedly in their resistivity, which offers a way to monitor them, especially when digestive enzymes cause consistent and distinctive changes. Secondly ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Sutton JA

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipid peroxidation has been shown to both enhance carcinogenesis and to have an anticarcinogenic effect. This paradox is of great relevance to the fields of free radical biology, biochemistry, pathology, nutrition and oncology among others and needs to be addressed. A proper understanding of this issue can be a key to...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： González MJ,Riordan NH

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TP53 (Tumor Protein 53, previously known as p53) is probably the best known of all tumor suppressor genes, and is mutated in nearly all (96%) high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGS-OvCa), which is the most common histopathological type of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). Recently, TP53 is found to involve in regulating...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Hu J,Liu Z,Wang X

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CML, a myeloproliferative clonal disorder of myeloid stem cells, is characterized by the consistent presence of a bcr-c-abl fusion gene which is formed as a result of a translocation of the c-abl gene from chromosome 9 to downstream of the bcr gene on chromosome 22 (ph'). Current approaches to the treatment of CML are...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Nadkarni KS,Datar RH,Rao SG

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00