Whether Keratectasia Area Shown in Corneal Topography Is Appropriate for Evaluating the Effect of Corneal Cross-Linking for Keratoconus: A 12-Month Follow-Up Study.

abstract：:The framework of graph theory provides useful tools for investigating the neural substrates of neuropsychiatric disorders. Graph description measures may be useful as predictor variables in classification procedures. Here, we consider several centrality measures as predictor features in a classification algorithm to i...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： dos Santos Siqueira A,Biazoli Junior CE,Comfort WE,Rohde LA,Sato JR

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A wide range of molecular techniques have been developed for genotyping Candida species. Among them, multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and microsatellite length polymorphisms (MLP) analysis have recently emerged. MLST relies on DNA sequences of internal regions of various independent housekeeping genes, while MLP iden...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Spampinato C,Leonardi D

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1155/2014/169203.]. ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Arosio B,D'Addario C,Gussago C,Casati M,Tedone E,Ferri E,Nicolini P,Rossi PD,Maccarrone M,Mari D

更新日期：2020-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The crude ethanolic extract from aerial parts of Pothomorphe umbellata L. (Piperaceae) and fractions obtained by partitions sequentially among water-methanol, methylene chloride, and ethyl acetate, as well as the major constituent, 4-nerolidylcatechol, were, respectively, evaluated and evidenced for antioxidant and cy...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Lopes AP,Bagatela BS,Rosa PC,Nanayakkara DN,Tavares Carvalho JC,Maistro EL,Bastos JK,Perazzo FF

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Upper-limb movement analysis is important to monitor objectively rehabilitation interventions, contributing to improving the overall treatments outcomes. Simple, fast, easy-to-use, and applicable methods are required to allow routinely functional evaluation of patients with different pathologies and clinical condition...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Caimmi M,Guanziroli E,Malosio M,Pedrocchi N,Vicentini F,Molinari Tosatti L,Molteni F

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been a remarkable interest in finding lipid inhibitors from natural products to replace synthetic compounds, and a variety of oriental medicinal herbs are reported to have biological activity with regard to lipid inhibition. Buginawa (Bugi) is a novel combined formula that contains twelve medicinal herbs wit...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Park YJ,Seo DW,Ju JY,Cha YY,An HJ

更新日期：2019-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Panax ginseng Meyer, a valuable medicinal plant, is severely threatened by rusty root, a condition that greatly affects its yield and quality. Studies investigating the relationship between soil microbial community composition and rusty roots are vital for the production of high-quality ginseng. Here, high-throughput ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Wei X,Wang X,Cao P,Gao Z,Chen AJ,Han J

更新日期：2020-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Liver ischaemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) remains a problem in liver transplantation. Interleukin-4 (IL-4) has been found to reduce liver IRI, but the exact mechanism remains unclear. Methods:Donor livers were infused with recombinant IL-4 or normal saline during cold storage, and the hepatocellular apoptosi...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Deng M,Wang J,Wu H,Wang M,Cao D,Li J,Wu Y,Gong J

更新日期：2020-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrocephalus is a common neurological condition that can have traumatic ramifications and can be lethal without treatment. Nowadays, during therapy radiologists have to spend a vast amount of time assessing the volume of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by manual segmentation on Computed Tomography (CT) images. Further, som...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Klimont M,Flieger M,Rzeszutek J,Stachera J,Zakrzewska A,Jończyk-Potoczna K

更新日期：2019-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Technetium-99 conjugated with methylene diphosphonate (99Tc-MDP) is an effective anti-inflammatory drug in treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA) for over 15 years in China. However, as a special form of bisphosphonate, the antiosteoporotic effect of 99Tc-MDP is unclear. We systematically investigated the effects of 99Tc-...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Shi L,Ning Y,Xu L,Li J,Zhang X

更新日期：2018-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Haemonchus contortus, the causative agent of Haemonchosis, is the most economically important parasite in small ruminant production. Control with chemotherapy has not been successful due to rapid emergence of drug-resistant strains. There is a continuous search for alternative leads particularly from plants....

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Zenebe S,Feyera T,Assefa S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Picobirnavirus (PBV) which has been included in the list of viruses causing enteric infection in animals is highly versatile because of its broad host range and genetic diversity. PBVs are among the most recent and emerging small, nonenveloped viruses with a bisegmented double-stranded RNA genome, classified under a n...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Malik YS,Kumar N,Sharma K,Dhama K,Shabbir MZ,Ganesh B,Kobayashi N,Banyai K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although ginseng has long been broadly used in clinical settings around the world, few clinical trials on ginseng have been conducted. The objective of this study was to provide a comprehensive evaluation of the characteristics of ginseng clinical trials registered in the WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Pla...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： He Y,Yang J,Lv Y,Chen J,Yin F,Huang J,Zheng Q

更新日期：2018-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of simvastatin on the jaw bone microstructural defect and autophagy in rats with high cholesterol diet (HCD). Methods:Male Sprague-Dawley rats were fed a standard rodent chow (NC group) or a high cholesterol diet for 32 weeks and the HCD-fed rats were tre...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Zhou J,Gao X,Huang S,Ma L,Cui Y,Wang H,Qiu J,Wang L,Dong Q,Chen Z,Wang X,Zhang D

更新日期：2018-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolomics is the sophisticated and high-throughput technology based on the entire set of metabolites which is known as the connector between genotypes and phenotypes. For any phenotypic changes, potential metabolite (biomarker) identification is very important because it provides diagnostic as well as prognostic ma...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Kumar N,Hoque MA,Shahjaman M,Islam SM,Mollah MN

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beyond hemostasis and thrombosis, an increasing number of studies indicate that platelets play an integral role in intercellular communication, mediating inflammatory and immunomodulatory activities. Our knowledge about how platelets modulate inflammatory and immunity has greatly improved in recent years. In this revi...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Yun SH,Sim EH,Goh RY,Park JI,Han JY

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM) of the living human cornea offers the ability to perform repeated imaging without tissue damage. Studies using corneal IVCM have led to significant contributions to scientific and clinical knowledge of the living cornea in health and pathological states. Recently the application of c...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Wang EF,Misra SL,Patel DV

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, an elevated preoperative absolute monocyte count (Pre-AMC) is reported to be a predictor of survival, but the clinical application of postoperative absolute monocyte count change (AMCc) remains unknown. The present study was designed to investigate the prognostic value of AMCc in...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Song Q,Wu JZ,Wang S

更新日期：2019-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives. To construct a frailty index from next-of-kin information of the last year of life of community-dwelling 50 years old or older adults and test its association with health services utilization. Methods. Cross-sectional analysis from next-of-kin data available from the last wave of the Mexican Health and Agi...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Pérez-Zepeda MU,Cesari M,Carrillo-Vega MF,Salinas-Escudero G,Tella-Vega P,García-Peña C

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Densitometry data generated for Western blots are commonly used to compare protein abundance between samples. In the last decade, it has become apparent that assumptions underpinning these comparisons are often violated in studies reporting Western blot data in the literature. These violations can lead to erroneous in...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Butler TAJ,Paul JW,Chan EC,Smith R,Tolosa JM

更新日期：2019-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The three-dimensional (3D) structures of the right atrial appendage (RAA) and left atrial appendage (LAA) were compared to clarify why thrombus formation less frequently occurs in RAA than in LAA. Morphological differences between RAA and LAA of 34 formalin-preserved cadaver hearts were investigated. Molds of RAA and ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Shinoda K,Hayashi S,Fukuoka D,Torii R,Watanabe T,Nakano T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heavy metals have the potential to interact and induce several stress responses in the plants; thus, effects of heavy metal stress on DNA damages and total antioxidants level in Urtica dioica leaves and stems were investigated. The samples are sampled from areas with different metal exposition. Metal content was analy...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Gjorgieva D,Kadifkova Panovska T,Ruskovska T,Bačeva K,Stafilov T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the fifth most common cancer in men and the eighth most common cancer in women, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, with standard chemotherapy and radiation being minimally effective in prolonging survival. Virus hepatitis, particularly HBV and HCV infection is th...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Wang Z,Jin W,Jin H,Wang X

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In our study, we evaluated the feasibility of a new sampling method for splenic stiffness (SS) measurement by Quantitative Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Elastography (Virtual Touch Tissue Quantification (VTTQ)).We measured SS in 54 patients with HCV-related cirrhosis of whom 28 with esophageal varices (EV), 27 with...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Rizzo L,Attanasio M,Pinzone MR,Berretta M,Malaguarnera M,Morra A,L'Abbate L,Balestreri L,Nunnari G,Cacopardo B

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among other diseases characterized by the onset of cachexia, congestive heart failure takes a place of relevance, considering the high prevalence of this pathology in most European countries and in the United States, and is undergoing a rapid increase in developing countries. Actually, only few models of cardiac cache...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Sala V,Gatti S,Gallo S,Medico E,Cantarella D,Cimino J,Ponzetto A,Crepaldi T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Craniofacial development consists of a highly complex sequence of the orchestrated growth and fusion of facial processes. It is also known that craniofacial abnormalities can be detected in 1/3 of all patients with congenital diseases. Within the various craniofacial abnormalities, orofacial clefting is one of the mos...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Kurosaka H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary cilia are organelles protruding from cell surface into environment that function in regulating cell cycle and modulating cilia-related signal. Primary ciliogenesis and autophagy play important roles in tumorigenesis. However, the functions and interactions between primary cilia and autophagy in hepatocellular ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Liu L,Sheng JQ,Wang MR,Gan Y,Wu XL,Liao JZ,Tian DA,He XX,Li PY

更新日期：2019-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been no previous study using three-dimensional (3D) measurement on femoral tunnel characteristics according to the combined influence of various flexion angles of knee and transverse drill angles in single-bundle ACL reconstruction with transportal technique. The purpose of this study was to determine optima...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Kim SH,Kim SJ,Choi CH,Kim D,Jung M

更新日期：2018-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient receptor potential polycystic 2 (TRPP2) exerts vital roles in various types of cancer; however, its underlying mechanisms remain largely unknown. This study is aimed at investigating whether knockdown of TRPP2 affected the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK)/acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) signaling pathway and...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Li K,Chen L,Lin Z,Zhu J,Fang Y,Du J,Shen B,Wu K,Liu Y

更新日期：2020-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Cabbages (Brassica oleracea L.) are an important vegetable crop around world, and cold temperature is among the most significant abiotic stresses causing agricultural losses, especially in cabbage crops. Plant bZIP transcription factors play diverse roles in biotic/abiotic stress responses. In this study, 119 putative...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Hwang I,Manoharan RK,Kang JG,Chung MY,Kim YW,Nou IS

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00