Autoimmunity in schizophrenia: a review of recent findings.

abstract：:In the last three decades the incidence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) has been growing worldwide along with an increase of obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). In children and adolescents such epidemics are particularly worrisome, since the metabolic consequences in adulthoo...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Alisi A,Cianfarani S,Manco M,Agostoni C,Nobili V

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a genetically complex disorder associated with multiple genetic defects either mutational or of susceptibility. Current AD genetics does not explain in full the etiopathogenesis of AD, suggesting that environmental factors and/or epigenetic phenomena may also contribute to AD pathology and ...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Cacabelos R

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Certain bacterial infections have been demonstrated to be causative of reactive arthritis. The most common bacterial trigger of reactive arthritis is Chlamydia trachomatis. Chlamydia pneumoniae is another known cause, albeit far less frequently. Although Chlamydia-induced reactive arthritis will often spontaneously re...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Carter JD,Inman RD,Whittum-Hudson J,Hudson AP

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The question why low-density lipoprotein (LDL) stranded in the subendothelium of arteries should acquire the proinflammatory properties that initiate and sustain atherogenesis has puzzled researchers for decades. The most popular concept contends that oxidative processes are crucial because oxidized LDL (ox-LDL) produ...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Bhakdi S

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and obesity are recognized as conditions of growing biomedical importance to societies worldwide. Despite this, lack of understanding concerning the processes which normally serve to maintain weight and to regulate glucose concentrations, and ignorance about the mechanisms by which these homeosta...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Jafar-Mohammadi B,McCarthy MI

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although food habits arc not stable and unchanging during a person's lifetime, a base for healthy food habits can be created in early childhood. Children's food habits can be assumed to be influenced by their parents' food habits and choices. The aim of this article is to review factors influencing food choice in chil...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Hursti UK

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regular presence and persistence of specific serum antibodies in Helicobacter pylori infection gives an excellent tool for diagnostic work. Eradication of the infection leads to gradual disappearance of the gastritis and decrease of specific serum antibodies. The fall of IgG and IgA antibody titres can be followed wit...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Kosunen TU

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The circadian rhythms of night shift workers do not usually adjust to their unusual work and sleep schedules, reducing their quality of life and producing potentially dangerous health and safety problems. This paper reviews field studies of simulated night work in which shifted light-dark cycles were constructed with ...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Eastman CI,Martin SK

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The causes of colorectal cancer are complex and in most cases obscure, making primary prevention impossible at present. Secondary prevention by finding and treating early asymptomatic cancers may possibly reduce mortality from this very common cancer. Results from conventional treatment have changed little during rece...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Kronborg O

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adipose tissue (AT) is an important source of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra). Its expression is markedly increased in obesity. AIMS AND METHODS:To quantify the associations of IL-1Ra with body fat distribution as well as to examine the respective contributions of IL-1Ra and visceral adiposity to...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Cartier A,Bergeron J,Poirier P,Alméras N,Tremblay A,Lemieux I,Després JP

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vulvodynia is a complex multifactorial and multidisciplinary clinical syndrome of unexplained vulvar pain, sexual dysfunction, and psychological disability. Because of the absence of abnormal physical findings among such patients, vulvodynia was long thought to be solely a psychosomatic syndrome. The incidence or prev...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Paavonen J

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Human Genome Project (HGP), as the primary sequencing of the human genome, lasted more than one decade to be completed using the traditional Sanger's method. At present, next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology could provide the genome sequence data in hours. NGS has also decreased the expense of sequencing; th...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Kalayinia S,Goodarzynejad H,Maleki M,Mahdieh N

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD) has been constantly higher in eastern late settlement regions compared to western early settlements in Finland, unrelated to classical risk factors. In line with this, eastern birthplace was an age-dependent predictor of severe coronary atherosclerosis and pre-hosp...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Tyynelä P,Goebeler S,Ilveskoski E,Mikkelsson J,Perola M,Lehtimäki T,Karhunen PJ

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than 50 different pharmacological and mechanical interventions have been tested to date for prevention of vascular restenosis without success. Intracoronary radiotherapy is the first one showing promise of significantly attenuating neointimal proliferation, causing positive vascular remodelling and thus inhibitin...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Kaluza GL,Ali NM,Raizner AE

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin resistance in humans is not always accompanied by obesity, since severe insulin resistance also characterizes patients lacking subcutaneous fat such as those with HAART- (highly-active antiretroviral therapy)-associated lipodystrophy. Both obese and lipodystrophic patients, however, have an increase in the amo...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Yki-Järvinen H

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunocytochemical studies using antibodies to cytoskeletal proteins have provided conflicting data on the components of paired helical filaments (PHF), due solely to immunological cross-reactivities. To avoid such ambiguity, we developed a protein chemical approach to the identification of the PHF components. After t...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Ihara Y,Kondo J

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) has been considered essential for normal ovarian follicular development and spermatogenesis. Although this concept remains valid, the recent reports of defects in genes encoding FSH and its receptor (FSHR) have altered the concepts, particularly with regard to the role of FSH in sper...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Tapanainen JS,Aittomäki K,Huhtaniemi IT

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oxidative polymorphism of debrisoquine has been determined in 125 patients with bladder cancer and in 556 healthy control subjects; 96.6% of patients and 93.9% of controls with a metabolic ratio of debrisoquine less than 12.6 were classified as extensive metabolizers of debrisoquine (P = NS). The distribution of f...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Benítez J,Ladero JM,Fernández-Gundín MJ,Llerena A,Cobaleda J,Martínez C,Muñoz JJ,Vargas E,Prados J,González-Rozas F

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circadian rhythms are a cardinal feature of living organisms. The stereotypical organization of homeostatic, endocrine and behavioural variables around the 24-hour cycle constitutes one of the most conserved attributes among species. It is now well established that circadian rhythmicity is not a learned behaviour, but...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Florez JC,Takahashi JS

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Geneticists have been predicting that advances in their discipline will revolutionize the understanding of human disease and behavior. While there has been considerable progress in disorders showing simple, Mendelian patterns of inheritance, expectations have yet to be fulfilled for disorders and traits showing comple...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： van den Bree MB,Owen MJ

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thoracolumbar junctional region (T10-L1) of the spine is a transitional zone, where more than half of the thoracic and lumbar fractures occur. In this presentation the origin of the pathoanatomical changes in the thoracolumbar junctional region of the spine is discussed in view of the previous studies. These studi...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Malmivaara AO

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial health is a key factor in normal cardiovascular homeostasis, and recent studies have revealed several important functions of the vascular endothelium that protect against atherothrombosis. These include control over arterial tone, coagulation, fibrinolysis, and vascular growth. Consequently, endothelial dy...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Raitakari OT,Celermajer DS

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The expression of disintegrin and metalloprotease ADAM-9, ADAM-15, and ADAM-17 has been associated with cell-cell, cell-platelet, and cell-matrix interactions and inflammation. They are possibly implicated in the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis. METHODS AND RESULTS:Whole-genome expression array ...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Oksala N,Levula M,Airla N,Pelto-Huikko M,Ortiz RM,Järvinen O,Salenius JP,Ozsait B,Komurcu-Bayrak E,Erginel-Unaltuna N,Huovila AP,Kytömäki L,Soini JT,Kähönen M,Karhunen PJ,Laaksonen R,Lehtimäki T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the aetiological diagnosis of pulmonary infections in patients affected by haematological malignancies we evaluated the utility of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL). One hundred and twenty-seven BAL were performed in 119 patients. In our series, we identified the agent of pneumonia in 53.5% of episodes with the best res...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Pagano L,Pagliari G,Basso A,Marra R,Sica S,Frigieri L,Morace G,Ardito F,Leone G

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews current diagnostic techniques for Helicobacter pylori infection and critically questions their value under different diagnostic circumstances. As long as we do not have general treatment recommendations for H. pylori infection, endoscopy is still the basis for primary diagnosis because it assesses t...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Braden B,Caspary WF

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria provide cells with most of the energy in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Mitochondria are complex organelles encoded both by nuclear and mtDNA. Only a few mitochondrial components are encoded by mtDNA, most of the mt-proteins are nuclear DNA encoded. Remarkably, the majority of the known mutatio...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Maassen JA,Janssen GM,'t Hart LM

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sudden arrhythmic death is the most common mode of death in Western countries. An increased understanding of the pathophysiology and trigger mechanisms of life-threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmias in patients with structural heart disease can provide a logical basis for improved therapeutic strategies in the preve...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Huikuri HV

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steroids diffuse through polysiloxone at a constant rate, and steroids placed in the vagina rapidly pass through the vaginal epithelium into the circulation. Combining these principles led to the development of contraceptive vaginal rings (CVR) consisting of various progestins, with and without oestrogen, placed in fl...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Mishell DR Jr

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In three patients with attacks of acute intermittent porphyria we found markedly impaired functions of the left ventricle accompanied by ECG changes that returned to normal after administration of heme arginate or cytochrome C administration. In nine patients with other types of porphyria, and in one patient with acut...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Kordac V,Kozáková M,Martásek P

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Finnish type of hereditary gelsolin amyloidosis (FGA) is one of the most common diseases of Finnish disease heritage. Existing FGA knowledge is based only on smaller patient series, so our aim was to elucidate the natural course of the disease in a comprehensive sample of patients and to build up a national ...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Nikoskinen T,Schmidt EK,Strbian D,Kiuru-Enari S,Atula S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00