Ten-Year Surgical Outcomes and Prognostic Factors for French-Door Laminoplasty in the Treatment of Multilevel Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy.

abstract：:Finding an optimal set of discriminative features is still a crucial but challenging task in biomedical science. The complexity of the task is intensified when any of the two scenarios arise: a highly dimensioned dataset and a small sample-sized dataset. The first scenario poses a big challenge to existing machine lea...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Segera D,Mbuthia M,Nyete A

更新日期：2020-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Tomatoes and tomato based-foods contain beneficial microorganisms and various organic acids that have important nutritional values for human. The objective of this study was to access the physiochemical properties of fermented tomatoes juices and to evaluate the competitiveness of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) against Li...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Bah A,Albano H,Barbosa JB,Fhoula I,Gharbi Y,Najjari A,Boudabous A,Teixeira P,Ouzari HI

更新日期：2019-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Stem cells have been proposed as a promising therapy for treating stroke. While several studies have demonstrated the therapeutic benefits of stem cells, the exact mechanism remains elusive. Molecular imaging provides the possibility of the visual representation of biological processes at the cellular and molecular le...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Chao F,Shen Y,Zhang H,Tian M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:Epidemiological studies have shown a correlation between periodontal disease (PD) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). However, the results have been inconsistent, and no relevant meta-analysis has been performed on this topic. Hence, we performed a meta-analysis to evaluate whether the two diseases ar...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Lv X,Li W,Fang Z,Xue X,Pan C

更新日期：2020-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Three-dimensional (3D) liver tumor segmentation from Computed Tomography (CT) images is a prerequisite for computer-aided diagnosis, treatment planning, and monitoring of liver cancer. Despite many years of research, 3D liver tumor segmentation remains a challenging task. In this paper, an efficient semiautomatic meth...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Wu W,Wu S,Zhou Z,Zhang R,Zhang Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To identify the Acinetobacter baumannii infection among transfusion dependent thalassemia patients. METHODS:A quantitative approach was employed to assess Acinetobacter baumannii infection in transfusion dependent thalassemia patients. Samples were collected from 916 patients, which have shown bacterial growth...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Abdul Rasheed M,Alzahrani FM,Sattar Shaikh S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To explore the effects of depression on cardiac autonomic nerve function and related metabolic pathways, the heart rate variability (HRV) and urinary differential metabolites were detected on the college students with depression. Methods:12 female freshmen with depression were filtered by the Beck Depression I...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Zhao S,Chi A,Yan J,Yao C

更新日期：2020-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The mycotoxin zearalenone (ZEN) is a frequent contaminant of animal feeds, but its effects on fish have not yet been investigated extensively. In order to fill this gap a feeding trial with juvenile carp was conducted. Three groups of fish were fed feeds contaminated with ZEN at three concentrations (low: 332 μg kg(-1...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Pietsch C,Junge R,Burkhardt-Holm P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In the process of care for disorders of sex development (DSD), clinical decisions should focus on the long-term quality of life (QOL). We sought to investigate the QOL of patients with DSD in China. DESIGN:Case-control study was carried out. PATIENTS:90 patients of DSD participated in the study. Finally, 87...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Wang C,Tian Q

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) family, which is involved in cancer development, proliferation, apoptosis, and drug resistance, is a group of noncoding RNAs that modulate the expression of oncogenes and antioncogenes. Doxorubicin is an active cytotoxic agent for breast cancer treatment, but the acquisition of doxorubicin resistanc...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Long J,Ji Z,Jiang K,Wang Z,Meng G

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Noninvasive tools to diagnose nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), including transient elastography (TE) and enhanced liver fibrosis panel (ELF), have only been evaluated in children with biopsy-proven NAFLD. We evaluated the prevalence of ELF and TE abnormalities in obese children without clinical live...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Goldschmidt I,Di Nanni A,Streckenbach C,Schnell K,Danne T,Baumann U

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study assessed the posttreatment tumor control and auditory function of vestibular schwannoma (VS) patients after CyberKnife (CK) and analyzed the possible prognostic factors of hearing loss. METHODS:We retrospectively studied 117 VS patients, with Gardner-Robertson (GR) classification grades I to IV, w...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Tsai JT,Lin JW,Lin CM,Chen YH,Ma HI,Jen YM,Chen YH,Ju DT

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between oxidative stress and miRNA changes in placenta as a potential mechanism involved in preeclampsia (PE) is not fully elucidated. We investigated the impact of oxidative stress on miRNAs and mRNA expression profiles of genes associated with PE in villous 3A first trimester trophoblast cells expos...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Cross CE,Tolba MF,Rondelli CM,Xu M,Abdel-Rahman SZ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different animal models for peritoneal dialysis (PD) have been used in the past decades to develop PD fluids compatible with patient life and to identify markers of peritoneal fibrosis and inflammation. Only few of those studies have taken into account the importance of uraemia-induced alterations at both systemic and...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Ferrantelli E,Liappas G,Keuning ED,Vila Cuenca M,González-Mateo G,Verkaik M,López-Cabrera M,Beelen RH

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sudden cardiac death is the main cause of mortality in patients affected by chronic heart failure (CHF) and with history of myocardial infarction. No study yet investigated the intra-QT phase spectral coherence as a possible tool in stratifying the arrhythmic susceptibility in patients at risk of sudden cardiac death ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Piccirillo G,Moscucci F,Persi A,Di Barba D,Pappadà MA,Rossi P,Quaglione R,Nguyen BL,Barillà F,Casenghi M,Magrì D

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction. Luteolin, a falconoid compound in many Chinese herbs and formula, plays important roles in cardiovascular diseases. The underlying mechanism of luteolin remains to be further elaborated. Methods. A model of hydrogen peroxide- (H2O2-) induced H9C2 cells apoptosis was established. Cell viabilities were exa...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Chang H,Li C,Huo K,Wang Q,Lu L,Zhang Q,Wang Y,Wang W

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary artery disease complicates only 0.01% of all pregnancies. For this reason, more exhaustive data on the management of such cases is lacking. Even guidelines on management of cardiovascular disease in pregnant women are scarce focusing mainly on acute myocardial infarction. This is a complex issue involving tho...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Janion-Sadowska A,Sadowski M,Kurzawski J,Zandecki L,Janion M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. For development of individualized treatment on a routine basis, transfer of patients' tumor tissue in a xenograft model (i.e., generation of patient-derived xenografts (PDX)) is desirable for molecular, biochemical, or functional analyses. Drawbacks are dissatisfactory tumor take rates, the necessity of fa...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Gock M,Kühn F,Mullins CS,Krohn M,Prall F,Klar E,Linnebacher M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the synovial membrane that results in the destruction of bone and cartilage in affected joints. Tocilizumab is a biological agent and an anti-interleukin-6 (IL-6) receptor monoclonal antibody that blocks IL-6-mediated inflammatory processes in RA patients...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Yanagida M,Kawasaki M,Fujishiro M,Miura M,Ikeda K,Nozawa K,Kaneko H,Morimoto S,Takasaki Y,Ogawa H,Takamori K,Sekigawa I

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We test the hypothesis that ultrasound-targeted microbubble destruction (UTMD) technique increases the renoprotective effect of kidney-targeted transplantation of bone-marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) in diabetic nephropathy (DN) rats. Diabetes was induced by streptozotocin injection (60 mg/Kg, intraper...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Zhang Y,Ye C,Wang G,Gao Y,Tan K,Zhuo Z,Liu Z,Xia H,Yang D,Li P

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To create a predictive score for the discrimination between benign and malignant parotid tumors using elastographic parameters and to compare its sensitivity and specificity with standard ultrasound. METHODS:A total of 124 patients with parotid gland lesions for whom surgery was planned were examined using convent...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Heřman J,Sedláčková Z,Vachutka J,Fürst T,Salzman R,Vomáčka J,Heřman M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study is to investigate the relationship between physical activity as assessed by accelerometers and cognitive development across the human age ranges (from children and adolescents to adults). Additionally, this study seeks to explore whether physical activity contributes to cognitive development via m...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Zhao G,Quan M,Su L,Zhang H,Zhang J,Zhang J,Fang H,Cao ZB,Zhu Z,Niu Z,Wang R,Chen P

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies suggested that migraine attack onset shows a circadian variation; however, there has not been an overview and synthesis of these findings. A PubMed search with keywords "migraine" AND "circadian" resulted in ten studies directly investigating this topic. Results of these studies mostly show that migrai...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Baksa D,Gecse K,Kumar S,Toth Z,Gal Z,Gonda X,Juhasz G

更新日期：2019-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether high-molecular-weight proteins excretion predicts outcome and therapy-responsiveness in patients with FSGS and nephrotic syndrome. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS:Thirty-eight patients measured at biopsy fractional excretion of IgG (FEIgG) and urinary α2-macroglobulin/creatinine ratio ( α m/C)....

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Bazzi C,Rizza V,Casellato D,Stivali G,Rachele G,Napodano P,Gallieni M,D'Amico G

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and a novel curcumin derivative (NCD) on HepG2 cells (hepatoma cell line) and to investigate their effect on Notch1 signaling pathway target genes. HepG2 cells were divided into HepG2 control group, HepG2 cells treated with MSC conditione...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Abdel Aziz MT,Khaled HM,El Hindawi A,Roshdy NK,Rashed LA,Sabry D,Hassouna AA,Taha F,Ali WI

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:Patients with stage 3 medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) suffer from severe complications. Chemotherapeutic agents and targeted drugs are considered to be associated with the development of MRONJ. However, little is known regarding the association of those agents with stage 3 MRONJ. The purp...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Zhou Y,Yu Y,Shi Y,Li M,Yang C,Wang S

更新日期：2020-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic echinococcosis is a serious zoonotic disease caused by Echinococcus granulosus species complex. The current study is the first attempt to determine the level of infection in domestic livestock and to explore the CE-related knowledge and awareness among livestock farmers in different districts of Khyber Pakhtunk...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Haleem S,Niaz S,Qureshi NA,Ullah R,Alsaid MS,Alqahtani AS,Shahat AA

更新日期：2018-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This paper presents the final results of a cross-sectional study started in 2010. It compares the perceived efficacy of different types of tobacco health warning (texts versus shocking pictures) to quit or reduce tobacco use. METHODS:The study conducted between 2010 and 2012 in Italy enrolled adults smoke...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Mannocci A,Colamesta V,Conti V,Cattaruzza MS,Paone G,Cafolla M,Saulle R,Bulzomì V,Antici D,Cuccurullo P,Boccia A,La Torre G,Terzano C

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune system is regulated by distinct signaling pathways that control the development and function of the immune cells. Accumulating evidence suggest that ligation of aryl hydrocarbon receptor (Ahr), an environmentally responsive transcription factor, results in multiple cross talks that are capable of modulating...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Hanieh H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA Primase Subunit 1 (PRIM1) is crucial for cancer development and progression. However, there remains a lack of comprehension concerning the clinical implication of PRIM1 in HCC. Here, aberrant expression of PRIM1 was identified in HCC according to available databases. The prognostic value of PRIM1 in patients prese...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Zhang Y,Li L,Liu R,Zeng C

更新日期：2020-08-22 00:00:00