Maternal Overnutrition Programs Central Inflammation and Addiction-Like Behavior in Offspring.

abstract：:Stress shielding and micromotion are two major issues which determine the success of newly designed cementless femoral stems. The correlation of experimental validation with finite element analysis (FEA) is commonly used to evaluate the stress distribution and fixation stability of the stem within the femoral canal. T...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Baharuddin MY,Salleh ShH,Hamedi M,Zulkifly AH,Lee MH,Mohd Noor A,Harris AR,Abdul Majid N

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), the most common form of muscular dystrophy, is characterized by muscular wasting caused by dystrophin deficiency that ultimately ends in force reduction and premature death. In addition to primary genetic defect, several mechanisms contribute to DMD pathogenesis. Recently, antioxidan...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Sitzia C,Farini A,Colleoni F,Fortunato F,Razini P,Erratico S,Tavelli A,Fabrizi F,Belicchi M,Meregalli M,Comi G,Torrente Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A bioenergetical analysis of swimming at intensities near competitive distances is inexistent. It was aimed to compare the transient VO2 kinetics responses and metabolic contributions whilst swimming at different velocities around VO2max. 12 trained male swimmers performed (i) an incremental protocol to determine the ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Sousa AC,Vilas-Boas JP,Fernandes RJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, an important topic of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) had been published in 2013. In this report, the expression of the IFN-induced myxovirus resistance 2 (MX2) had been defined the function to kill the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The screening from the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Hung TC,Lee WY,Chen KB,Chan YC,Chen CY

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to predict the ten-year cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk among low-income urban dwellers of metropolitan Malaysia. Participants were selected from a cross-sectional survey conducted in Kuala Lumpur. To assess the 10-year CVD risk, we employed the Framingham risk scoring (FRS) models. Significant determinants...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Su TT,Amiri M,Mohd Hairi F,Thangiah N,Bulgiba A,Majid HA

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose. We aimed to study long-term outcome after pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) guided by remote magnetic navigation (RMN) and provided comparative data to outcome after manual navigation (MAN). Methods. Three hundred thirty-six patients with symptomatic paroxysmal AF underwent PVI by irrigated point-by-point radiof...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Kataria V,Berte B,Vandekerckhove Y,Tavernier R,Duytschaever M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, differences between multichannel EEG signals of artists and nonartists were analyzed during visual perception and mental imagery of some paintings and at resting condition using approximate entropy (ApEn). It was found that ApEn is significantly higher for artists during the visual perception and the me...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Shourie N,Firoozabadi M,Badie K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present work reports the anticancer, antioxidant, lipo-protective, and anti-HIV activities of phytoconstituents present in P. hysterophorus leaf. Dried leaf samples were sequentially extracted with nonpolar and polar solvents. Ethanol fraction showed noticeable cytotoxic activity (81-85%) in SRB assay against MCF-...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Kumar S,Chashoo G,Saxena AK,Pandey AK

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Osteopontin (OPN), a multifunctional glycoprotein secreted from a wide variety of cells after inflammatory stimulation, is well accepted to contribute to the development of allergic diseases. However, the influence of histamine H1 receptor antagonists (antihistamines) on OPN functions is not well understood....

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Komatsuzaki T,Suzaki I,Hirano K,Kanai K,Asano K,Suzaki H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a common cause of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the prevalence of macrolide-resistant M. pneumoniae strains in a convenience series of 234 adult hospitalised and nonhospitalised subjects with a diagnosis of CAP in January 2013 to Ap...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Loconsole D,De Robertis AL,Mallamaci R,Sallustio A,Morea A,Prato R,Quarto M,Martinelli D,Chironna M

更新日期：2019-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic approach for Alzheimer's disease (AD) is still deficient. To find active compounds from herbal medicine is of interest in the alleviation of AD symptoms. This study aimed to investigate the protective effects of Tanshinone IIA (TIIA) on memory performance and synaptic plasticity in a transgenic AD model at...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Li F,Han G,Wu K

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tripartite Motif Containing 11 (TRIM11), an E3 ubiquitin ligase, is identified as a carcinogen causing certain human cancers. However, the specific role of TRIM11 is still uncovered in human osteosarcoma (OS) cells. To explore the role of TRIM11 in OS cells, TRIM11 was induced by silencing and overexpression in OS cel...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Wang Z,Xu X,Tang W,Zhu Y,Hu J,Zhang X

更新日期：2019-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective alteration of the recalcitrance properties like crystallization of cellulose, lignin shield, and interlinking of lignocellulosic biomass is an ideal way to utilize the full-scale potential for biofuel production. This study exhibited three different pretreatment effects to enhance the digestibility of corn s...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Siddhu MA,Li J,Zhang J,Huang Y,Wang W,Chen C,Liu G

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) is the key part of multiple signal transduction of inflammation in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy (DN). The ubiquitin-proteasome system is extensively involved in the regulation of the NF-κB pathway. Cylindromatosis (CYLD) has deubiquitinase activity and acts as a negative regu...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Li Y,Huang W,Xu Y,Zhou L,Liang Y,Gao C,Long Y,Xu Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological age (BA) equation is a prediction model that utilizes an algorithm to combine various biological markers of ageing. Different from traditional concepts, the BA equation does not emphasize the importance of a golden index but focuses on using indices of vital organs to represent the senescence of whole b...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Jia L,Zhang W,Jia R,Zhang H,Chen X

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virulence-associated traits have frequently been studied in enterococci and are considered to contribute towards the pathogenicity of infections. In the present study, Enterococcus isolates were collected during diagnostic investigations from meat turkeys in Germany. Twenty-eight isolates of three different Enterococc...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Maasjost J,Lüschow D,Kleine A,Hafez HM,Mühldorfer K

更新日期：2019-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Isoniazid (INH), a key agent in the treatment of tuberculosis (TB), is metabolized primarily by the genetically polymorphic N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) enzyme. Patients treated with INH can be classified as fast, intermediate, and slow acetylators. The objective of this study was to explore the relationship...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Zabost A,Brzezińska S,Kozińska M,Błachnio M,Jagodziński J,Zwolska Z,Augustynowicz-Kopeć E

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer, closely related to smoking, are major lung diseases affecting millions of individuals worldwide. The generated gas mixture of smoking is proved to contain about 4,500 components such as carbon monoxide, nicotine, oxidants, fine particulate matter, and aldeh...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Hou W,Hu S,Li C,Ma H,Wang Q,Meng G,Guo T,Zhang J

更新日期：2019-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Medicinal plants have played an important role in the treatment of many diseases. Medicinal plants are believed to be well appropriate with the human body and to produce less side influences than the pharmaceuticals. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has abundant and wide variety of medicinal plants whose therapeutic effects ha...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Almalki DA,Alghamdi SA,Al-Attar AM

更新日期：2019-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Fever in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) can be caused by infection or flare-up of the disease. This study aimed to determine whether the ratio of the level of erythrocyte-bound C4d to that of complement receptor 1 (C4d/CR1) can serve as a useful biomarker in the differentiation between infection and flare...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Chen CH,Tai SB,Chen HC,Yang DH,Peng MY,Lin YF

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to anthropogenic activities the relative concentrations of cadmium and manganese have increased in the marine environment. Cephalopods are able to accumulate such metals and, as inhabitant of coastal waters, Octopus vulgaris is continuously exposed to anthropogenic activities. Since no study is available on the ef...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Nicosia A,Salamone M,Mazzola S,Cuttitta A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult neuronal cells which can regenerate have been reported. The present study investigated whether acupuncture enhances neuronal regeneration in ischemic stroke rats. We established an ischemic stroke rat model by occluding the cerebral blood flow of the right middle cerebral artery for 15 minutes and then allowing ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Liao SL,Lin YW,Hsieh CL

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taenia solium thioredoxin-1 gene (TsTrx-1) has a length of 771 bp with three exons and two introns. The core promoter gene presents two putative stress transcription factor binding sites, one putative TATA box, and a transcription start site (TSS). TsTrx-1 mRNA is expressed higher in larvae than in adult. This gene en...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Jiménez L,Rodríguez-Lima O,Ochoa-Sánchez A,Landa A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart rate variability is a physiological feature indicating the influence of the autonomic nervous system on the heart rate. Association of the reduced heart rate variability due to myocardial infarction and the increased postinfarction mortality was first described more than thirty years ago. Many studies have unequ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Lakusic N,Mahovic D,Kruzliak P,Cerkez Habek J,Novak M,Cerovec D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the influence of gene-gene and gene-environment interactions on the risk of developing asbestosis. The study comprised 262 cases with asbestosis and 265 controls with no asbestos-related disease previously studied for MnSOD, ECSOD, CAT, GSTT1, GSTM1, GSTP1, and iNOS polymorphisms. Data on cumul...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Franko A,Dolžan V,Arnerić N,Dodič-Fikfak M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study aortic murine smooth muscle cell (SMC) antigen presentation capacity was evaluated using the Eα-GFP/Y-Ae system to visualize antigen uptake through a GFP tag and tracking of Eα peptide/MHCII presentation using the Y-Ae Ab. Stimulation with IFN-γ (100 ng/mL) for 72 h caused a significant (P < 0.01)...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Maddaluno M,MacRitchie N,Grassia G,Ialenti A,Butcher JP,Garside P,Brewer JM,Maffia P

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid development of picture archiving and communication systems (PACSs) thoroughly changes the way of medical informatics communication and management. However, as the scale of a hospital's operations increases, the large amount of digital images transferred in the network inevitably decreases system efficiency. ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Liu YL,Shih CT,Chang YJ,Chang SJ,Wu J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyketide belongs to a family of abundant natural products typically produced by the filamentous soil bacteria Streptomyces. Similar to the biosynthesis of most secondary metabolites produced in the Streptomyces species, polyketide compounds are synthesized through tight regulatory networks in the cell, and thus extr...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Nah JH,Kim HJ,Lee HN,Lee MJ,Choi SS,Kim ES

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the role and mechanism of miR-15b in the proliferation and apoptosis of glioma. METHODS:The miR-15b mimics were transfected into human glioma cells to upregulate the miR-15b expression. Cyclin D1 was determined by both western blotting analysis and luciferase reporter assay. Methylthiazol tetrazoliu...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Sun G,Shi L,Yan S,Wan Z,Jiang N,Fu L,Li M,Guo J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Any bioassay to test new chemically synthesized larvicides or phytolarvicides against Culicidae and more harmful mosquito species, such as Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, which specifically transmit dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya viral fevers as well as Zika virus, or Anopheles gambiae, a vector for malaria and...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Fontana JD,Ferreira RL,Zuccolotto T,de Borba Dallagassa C,Wielewski LP,Chalcoski BMS,da Silva MAN,Richardi VS,Golart J,de Melo Rodovalho C

更新日期：2020-08-29 00:00:00