First Description of Macrolide-Resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Adults with Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Italy.

abstract：:Heart failure (HF) is associated with mitochondrial dysfunction and energy metabolism impairment. MicroRNAs are implicated in the development of heart failure. However, the mitochondria enriched microRNA during heart failure remains elusive. Here, we generated a pressure overload-induced early and late stage heart fai...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Wang X,Song C,Zhou X,Han X,Li J,Wang Z,Shang H,Liu Y,Cao H

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim. To refine the decellularization protocol of whole porcine liver, which holds great promise for liver tissue engineering. Methods. Three decellularization methods for porcine livers (1% sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), 1% Triton X-100 + 1% sodium dodecyl sulfate, and 1% sodium deoxycholate + 1% sodium dodecyl sulfate...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Wu Q,Bao J,Zhou YJ,Wang YJ,Du ZG,Shi YJ,Li L,Bu H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eccentric exercise is characterized by initial unfavorable effects such as subcellular muscle damage, pain, reduced fiber excitability, and initial muscle weakness. However, stretch combined with overload, as in eccentric contractions, is an effective stimulus for inducing physiological and neural adaptations to train...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Hedayatpour N,Falla D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. Surgical correction of mitral regurgitation (MR) can lead to postoperative low cardiac output state. We aimed to assess the acute hemodynamic changes after percutaneous MitraClip therapy (a unique model without influence of factors linked to surgical procedure) in patients with functional MR without the in...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Bednar F,Budesinsky T,Linkova H,Kocka V

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeting nanoparticles by conjugating various specific ligands has shown potential therapeutic efficacy in nanomedicine. However, poor penetration of antitumor drugs into solid tumors remains a major obstacle. Here, we describe a targeting strategy for antitumor drug delivery by conjugating a crosslinked multilamella...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Liu Y,Ji M,Wong MK,Joo KI,Wang P

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:(1) To evaluate a new acquisition protocol of (18)F-choline (FCH) PET/CT for prostate cancer patients (PC), (2) to review acquisition (18)F-choline PET/CT methodology, and (3) to propose a standardized acquisition protocol on FCH PET/CT in PC patients. MATERIALS:100 consecutive PC patients (mean age 70.5 years...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Chondrogiannis S,Marzola MC,Grassetto G,Maffione AM,Rampin L,Veronese E,Massaro A,Rubello D

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to perform a structural characterization and evaluate the in vitro safety profile and in vitro antioxidant activity of liquid crystalline systems (LCS) with and without retinyl palmitate (RP). LCS containing polyether functional siloxane (PFS) as a surfactant, silicon glycol copolymer (...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Oliveira MB,do Prado AH,Bernegossi J,Sato CS,Lourenço Brunetti I,Scarpa MV,Leonardi GR,Friberg SE,Chorilli M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer is one of the leading triggers for cancer death worldwide. In this study, the relationship of the aberrantly methylated and differentially expressed genes in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) with cancer prognosis was investigated, and 5 feature genes were identified eventually. Specifically, we firstly downloade...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Wang X,Shi D,Zhao D,Hu D

更新日期：2020-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop a dual energy imaging method to improve the accuracy of electron density measurement with a cone-beam CT (CBCT) device. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The imaging system is the XVI CBCT system on Elekta Synergy linac. Projection data were acquired with the high and low energy X-ray, respectively, to set up a...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Men K,Dai JR,Li MH,Chen XY,Zhang K,Tian Y,Huang P,Xu YJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute systemic vasculitis of childhood with prolonged fever, and the diagnosis of KD is mainly based on clinical criteria, which is prone to misdiagnosis with other febrile infectious (FI) diseases. Currently, there remain no effective molecular markers for KD diagnosis. In this study, we a...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Zhong J,Huang Q,Wang Y,Gao H,Jia H,Fan J,Liang H

更新日期：2020-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：Background:As the important components in polycomb repressive complexes 1 (PRC1) and heterochromatin protein 1 (HP1), Chromobox (CBX) family members are involved in epigenetic regulatory function, transcriptional repression, and other cellular metabolisms. Increasing studies have indicated significant associations betw...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Chen ZY,Sun SX,Zhu SX,Bu J

更新日期：2020-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have extensively analyzed single SNP effects on a wide variety of common and complex diseases and found many genetic variants associated with diseases. However, there is still a large portion of the genetic variants left unexplained. This missing heritability problem might be due...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Lee S,Kim Y,Kwon MS,Park T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A diffusion theory-based, all-physical ab initio protein folding simulation is described and applied. The model is based upon the drift and diffusion of protein substructures relative to one another in the multiple energy fields present. Without templates or statistical inputs, the simulations were run at physiologic ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Kang Y,Fortmann CM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arrhythmia is a disease that is caused by abnormal electrical activity in the heart rate or rhythm. It is the major cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Although several antiarrhythmic drugs have been used in clinic for decades, their application is often limited by their adverse effects. As a result, natu...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Li J,Hu D,Song X,Han T,Gao Y,Xing Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver transplantation is the best treatment option for early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma, liver cirrhosis, fulminant liver failure, and end-stage liver diseases. Even though advances in surgical techniques and perioperative care have improved postoperative outcomes, perioperative cardiovascular complications are a ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Choi JM,Kong YG,Kang JW,Kim YK

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aging process causes a number of changes in the skin, including oxidative stress and dyschromia. The kojic acid (KA) is iron chelator employed in treatment of skin aging, and inhibits tyrosinase, promotes depigmentation. Nanotechnology-based drug delivery systems, such as liquid crystalline systems (LCSs), can mod...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Gonçalez ML,Corrêa MA,Chorilli M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiotonic drugs mainly include digitalis, catecholamines, phosphodiesterase inhibitors, and calcium sensitizers, which have been successively discovered and applied in clinical practice. However, there are only a few new drugs available in this field, and the selection is very limited. Digitalis, catecholamines, and...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Pan J,Yang YM,Zhu JY,Lu YQ

更新日期：2019-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Although neurological ailments continue to be some of the main causes of disease burden in the world, current therapies such as pharmacological agents have limited potential in the restoration of neural functions. Cell therapies, firstly applied to treat different hematological diseases, are now being investigated in ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Rosado-de-Castro PH,Pimentel-Coelho PM,Gutfilen B,Lopes de Souza SA,de Freitas GR,Mendez-Otero R,Barbosa da Fonseca LM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subtle perturbations in intraglomerular VEGF/VEGFR-2 signaling or in the influencing microenvironment can profoundly affect renal function, resulting in the apparently paradoxical observation that VEGF blockade attenuates proteinuria development in experimental diabetes despite exerting the opposite effect under other...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Advani A,Connelly KA,Advani SL,Thai K,Zhang Y,Kelly DJ,Gilbert RE

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the apical microleakage of Biodentine and MTA orthograde apical plugs and to compare the effect of thickness of these biomaterials on their sealing ability. A total of eighty maxillary anterior teeth were used. The apices were removed by cutting with a diamond disc (Jota, Germany)...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Bani M,Sungurtekin-Ekçi E,Odabaş ME

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper represents data of long-term open prospective study. 312 male clean-up workers, who participated in elimination of the Chernobyl disaster consequences in 1986-87, were observed and examined in Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry. The average age of patients was 57,0 ± 6,8 years. All patients were diagno...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Krasnov V,Kryukov V,Samedova E,Emelianova I,Ryzhova I

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Noncardiac chest pain (NCCP) is seen more frequently in young population and in these patients loss of function is evolving in social and professional areas. The aim of the study is to evaluate the levels of anxiety and somatic perception in patients with chest pain presenting to cardiology clinic. METHODS:F...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Zincir SB,Sunbul M,Sunbul EA,Dalkilic B,Cengiz F,Kivrak T,Durmus E

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Chinese medicinal fern Blechnum orientale (Linn) was separately collected from polluted and unpolluted sites to determine whether it could accumulate hazardous pollutants or not. Metal concentrations (Cu, Zn, Mn, Pb, Cd, Cr, As, and Hg) both in the fronds and roots and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Zhu XM,Kuang YW,Xi D,Li J,Wang FG

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite good safety records, vaccines given to young children can cause adverse events. We investigated the reported adverse events following immunization (AEFI) of vaccines given to children of less than seven years of age during the first ten years (1998 to 2008) in the state of Rondonia, Brazil. We worked with the ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Cunha MP,Dórea JG,Marques RC,Leão RS

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taiwan has very high incidence and prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD), which easily progresses to end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The association between inflammation and CKD has been explored in several studies. ORAI1 functions as a pore-forming subunit of the store-operated calcium channels which are involve...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Hwang DY,Chien SC,Hsu YW,Kao CC,Cheng SY,Lu HC,Wu MS,Chang JM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A set of optical models associated with blood cells are introduced in this paper. All of these models are made up of different parts possessing symmetries. The wrapped phase images as well as the unwrapped ones from two orthogonal directions related to some of these models are obtained by simulation technique. Because...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Ji Y,Liang M,Hua T,Xu Y,Xin Z,Wang Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation (RAR) is relevant for treating patients affected by nervous system injuries (e.g., stroke and spinal cord injury). The accurate estimation of the joint angles of the patient limbs in RAR is critical to assess the patient improvement. The economical prevalent method to estimate the patient...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Cortés C,de Los Reyes-Guzmán A,Scorza D,Bertelsen Á,Carrasco E,Gil-Agudo Á,Ruiz-Salguero O,Flórez J

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerenkov luminescence imaging (CLI) can provide information of medical radionuclides used in nuclear imaging based on Cerenkov radiation, which makes it possible for optical means to image clinical radionuclide labeled probes. However, the exceptionally weak Cerenkov luminescence (CL) from Cerenkov radiation is suscep...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Cao X,Li Y,Zhan Y,Chen X,Kang F,Wang J,Liang J

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:It has been indicated that activation of peripheral imidazoline I2-receptor (I-2R) may reduce the blood pressure in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs). Also, guanidinium derivatives show the ability to activate imidazoline receptors. Thus, it is of special interest to characterize the I-2R using guanidinium deriva...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Chen MF,Tsai JT,Chen LJ,Wu TP,Yang JJ,Yin LT,Yang YL,Chiang TA,Lu HL,Wu MC

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00