Unstable genes unstable mind: beyond the central dogma of molecular biology.

abstract：:The globally increasing incidences of Type 1 diabetes (T1DM) and Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) can have a common background. If challenged by the contemporary high level of nutritional glucose stimulation, the β-cells in genetically predisposed individuals are at risk for damage which can lead to the diseases. The fat to car...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Sjöblad S

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistently infecting DNA viruses depend heavily on host cell DNA synthesis machinery. Replication of cellular and viral DNA is inhibited by mutagenic stress. It is hypothesized that diurnal regulation of viral DNA replication may occur at the level of cell cycle checkpoints and DNA repair, to protect DNA from exposu...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Shadan FF

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The initial treatment for hypotension due to blood loss is intravenous fluids. Occasionally there is need for additional medication, as well as stopping the source of the bleeding. The literature in the main discusses the use of dopamine. Ephedrine has not been reviewed as useful in such situations. This article discu...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Eldor J

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several hypotheses have been developed to interpret the progression of tubulointerstitial fibrosis (TF), including senescence, epithelial-mesenchymal transition, inflammation, chronic hypoxia, and reactive oxygen species. All of these hypotheses are based on persistent cell injury and localized cell death. Proliferati...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Chen BC,Bai YH,Tang LL,Wang BQ,Liu B,Cai Y,Peng X,Yang YR,Zheng SL

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both human cell lines HL-60 and AML-193 exhibit a myeloblastic and promyelocytic morphology, respectively, but may be regarded as bipotent leukemic precursors. They can be triggered to differentiate to either granulocytes or monocytes upon retinoic acid (RA) or 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (D3) addition, respectively. We h...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Camagna A,Testa U,Masciulli R,Barberi T,Samoggia P,Tritarelli E,Pustorino E,Cipollone L,Ciancio L,del Duca P,Dionisi S,del Vecchio LR,Misasi G,de Martinis C,Peschle C

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human placenta contains a significant amount of histamine, a potent vasoconstrictor of the placental vasculature, shown by the author to be stored within the tissues' mast cells. The proposed hypothesis suggests that placental mast cells may have an important role in normal and, or pathological processes during pr...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Purcell WM

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is generally accepted that a placebo in a standard, randomized, controlled trial (RCT), being an inert substance, cannot itself produce any effects. Yet, the magnitude of the placebo effect has increased remarkably in the last three decades. We propose that macroscopic information entanglement potentially explains ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Manek NJ,Tiller WA

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In idiopathic scoliosis the convexity of the thoracic curve of the vertebral column is most commonly directed toward the right side. The right lung is normally larger than the left lung. This asymmetry acting through chest wall movement is hypothesized to exert rotatory forces on the vertebral column. The result, in p...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Del Bigio MR

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Celiac disease is an immune mediated disorder, the only one with a well-established origin, resulting from a permanent gluten intolerance. Although a gluten-free diet is currently the "safe" and appropriate therapy for celiac disease, this is not always an easy and simple option as "harmful" gluten may contaminate foo...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Ivanovski PI,Ivanovski IP,Sedlarevic R

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cocaine is one of the principal drugs of abuse. Although impressive advances have been made, unanswered questions remain concerning mechanism of toxicity and addiction. Discussion of action mode usually centers on receptor binding and enzyme inhibition, with limited attention to events at the molecular level. This rev...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Kovacic P

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The precise role of erythrophagocytosis in sickle cell disease is not known. Using hematological data from three studies and 791 subjects comprising of eight epidemiological groups, we found a strong statistical support for the hypothesis that erythrophagocytosis is increased in sickle cell trait, that neutrophils and...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Mamtani M,Sharma M,Amin M,Amin A,Jawahirani A,Kulkarni H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunotherapy has attracted attention as a novel treatment modality for malignant melanoma. Although the use of immunotherapy in metastatic melanoma has shown promising results, there remains a lack of predictive biomarkers indicating treatment benefit from immunotherapy. There is growing evidence suggesting that micr...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Kubecek O,Trojanova P,Molnarova V,Kopecky J

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a severe, occlusive, thrombotic microangiopathy characterized by a systemic platelet aggregation, organ ischemia, profound thrombocytopenia and erythrocyte fragmentation. Recent observations have documented that a deficiency of a von Willebrand factor (VWF)-cleaving proteas...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Franchini M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, the concept of drug delivery requires that the release of encapsulated drug be produced only at the diseased site with controllable rates. Given that thermosensitive hydrogels have been widely investigated for controlled delivery based on their phase transition, we speculate that nanoparticles with the novel...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Li J,Wang B,Liu P

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise-induced hypoalgesia is characterised by a reduction in pain sensitivity following exercise. Recently, low intensity exercise performed with blood flow restriction has been shown to induce hypoalgesia. The purpose of this manuscript is to discuss the mechanisms of exercise-induced hypoalgesia and provide ratio...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Hughes L,Patterson SD

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a recent paper it was argued that all stem cells are small motile cells, the haemopoietic stem cell being no exception. Although haemopoietic stem cells arise and mature in an extravascular milieu, they are present in small numbers in the peripheral circulation, where they have a lymphocyte-like appearance, and in ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Drummond R

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autism is a severe developmental disability believed to have multiple etiologies. This paper outlines the possibility of a subacute, chronic tetanus infection of the intestinal tract as the underlying cause for symptoms of autism observed in some individuals. A significant percentage of individuals with autism have a ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Bolte ER

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schmorl's nodes (SNs) are common abnormalities in the human spine, which represent herniation of the nucleus pulposus of the intervertebral disc into the adjacent cartilaginous endplate of the vertebra. However, the principle mechanism of SNs is still not fully understood. And the relationship of SNs in the spine and ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Zhang N,Li FC,Huang YJ,Teng C,Chen WS

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:p27(Kip1) (here after referred to as p27) is a member of a family of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors that control cell cycle. There is a considerable evidence that p27 plays a pivotal role in multiple foundational cellular processes, including cell proliferation, cell differentiation, and apoptosis. A large number ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Guan X,Chen L,Wang J

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cumulative incidence of uterine leiomyoma at age 50 is ≈ 70% in White women and >80% in Black women. Although risk factor research is limited, increasing age, and being premenopausal, nulliparous or Black are risk factors for leiomyomas. Black women tend to have larger leiomyomas and be younger at diagnosis. Surpr...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Wegienka G

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hepatitis B infection leads to various profound pathological processes in liver metabolism. Some biochemical alterations detectable by blood analysis are currently used for a preliminary evaluation of the infection. Based on existing data we present here evidence that non-protein amino acid L-homoserine is a patho...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Gazarian KG,Gening LV,Gazarian TG

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccines are effective in preventing disease by stimulating the immune system and sustaining an immune response towards eradication of pathogens and diseased cells. However, designing successful vaccines is not always straightforward. For a vaccine to be successful, antigen-presenting cells (APC) need to be stimulated...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Ilag LL

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a lethal muscle wasting disease caused by a lack of dystrophin, which eventually leads to apoptosis of muscle cells and impaired muscle contractility. Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats/CRISPR associated protein 9 (CRISPR/Cas9) gene editing of induced pluripo...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Hagan M,Ashraf M,Kim IM,Weintraub NL,Tang Y

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic stresses can induce physiological and psychological changes and result in stress-related neuropsychiatry, sometimes they may also contribute to hypersensitivity to pain known as stress-induced hyperalgesia (SIH). Recently it was found that GABAergic disinhibition is closely related to morphine and chronic infl...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Dai S,Ma Z

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A lowered risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) has been reported in the Hutterite community residing mainly in southern Canada. In another anabaptist community, the Old Colony Mennonites (OCM), settled in Canada and spread to Latin America, only a large pedigree with an increased risk of autoimmune diseases, including type...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Lauer K

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endometriosis is a common gynecological disorder that affects approximately 6-10% of the female population impairing the quality of life of patients. Several pathophysiologic pathways have been proposed as potential regulators of its severity; however, to date, the processes that trigger the onset and that influence t...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Zarkadoulas N,Pergialiotis V,Dimitroulis D,Stefanidis K,Verikokos C,Perrea DN,Kontzoglou K

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel substance-attributed biophysical theory of brain-mind unity is presented. We separate spiritualism and matters of the soul from the medical sphere. Biophysical principles are responsible for the body's operational regimen (BOR) in the homeostatic state which allows for materialization and emergence of the mind...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Naisberg Y

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast to Geschwind, Behan and Galaburda (GBG) theory, there is strong evidence that inheritance through maternal line is responsible for the coexistence of asthma and left-handedness early in childhood. A new model that incorporates GBG's theory and maternal inheritance is proposed. This hypothesis suggests that...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Krommydas G,Gourgoulianis KI,Andreou G,Kotrotsiou E,Raftopulos V,Paralikas T,Molyvdas PA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whether retroviral integration is a phenomenon specific to properties of the surrounding genomic region is a widely debated question. In this paper we attempt to enlight the involvement of genomic regions prone to DNA double strand breaks in such process, as well as the more general concept of genome plasticity concer...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Guinet E,Mimaud V,Rossignol P,Hameau L,Benboudjema L,Jasmin C,Tovey MG,Bélec L,Lang MC

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of deaths per year from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) exceeds 250000, placing it sixth as the cause of death from cancer worldwide. The primary etiology of most cases of HCC in the US is hepatitis B and/or C. Extensive research has demonstrated that the relationship between hepatitis B infection and the pr...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Steel J,Carney M,Carr BI,Baum A

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00