Advanced Age as a Predictor of Survival and Weaning in Venoarterial Extracorporeal Oxygenation: A Retrospective Observational Study.

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：:Paclitaxel, a class of taxane with microtubule stabilising ability, has remained with platinum based therapy, the standard care for primary ovarian cancer management. A deeper understanding of the immunological basis and other potential mechanisms of action together with new dosing schedules and/or routes of administr...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Kampan NC,Madondo MT,McNally OM,Quinn M,Plebanski M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel and more effective treatment strategies against multiple myeloma (MM) have significantly prolonged patients' survival and raised interest in the depth of response and its association with clinical outcome. Minimal residual disease (MRD) has emerged as one of the most relevant prognostic factors in MM and should ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Fulciniti M,Munshi NC,Martinez-Lopez J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptors (TLRs), a critical family of pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), are responsible for the innate immune responses via signalling pathways to provide effective host defence against pathogen infections. However, TLR-signalling pathways are also likely to stringently regulate tissue maintenance and h...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： He X,Jing Z,Cheng G

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the clinical value of the Hadlock and INTERGROWTH-21st EFW standards for predicting adverse perinatal outcomes (APOs) in the third trimester. The purpose of this study was to study the association between low estimated fetal weight percentile (EFWc) in the third trimester and the risk of APOs and...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Zhu C,Ren YY,Wu JN,Zhou QJ

更新日期：2019-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：Background:A multifactorial decision support system (mDSS) is a tool designed to improve the clinical decision-making process, while using clinical inputs for an individual patient to generate case-specific advice. The study provides an overview of the literature to analyze current available mDSS focused on prostate ca...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： van Wijk Y,Halilaj I,van Limbergen E,Walsh S,Lutgens L,Lambin P,Vanneste BGL

更新日期：2019-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. Findings on the association between posttransplant anemia (PTA) and mortality in posttransplant patients are scarce. This study explored whether PTA shortly after kidney transplantation (KT) predicts mortality at up to 10 years' follow-up, stratified for chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages. Methods. PTA wa...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Majernikova M,Rosenberger J,Prihodova L,Jarcuskova M,Roland R,Groothoff JW,van Dijk JP

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ELABELA (ELA) is considered to be implicated in the pathophysiology of preeclampsia (PE), since ELA-deficient mice exhibited PE-like symptoms and infusion of exogenous ELA normalized the gestational hypertension (GH) and proteinuria. However, no evidence show that circulating ELA is deficient in early placental develo...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Ma S,Guo C,Zhang J,Long S,Tan H,You Y

更新日期：2020-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is rapidly becoming the most prevalent cause of liver disease worldwide and afflicts adults and children as currently associated with obesity and insulin resistance. Even though lately some advances have been made to elucidate the mechanism and causes of the disease much remain...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Duarte N,Coelho IC,Patarrão RS,Almeida JI,Penha-Gonçalves C,Macedo MP

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction. Infection and apoptosis are combined triggers for inflammation in dental tissues. Octamer-binding transcription factor 4-B1 (OCT4B1), a novel spliced variant of OCT4 family, could respond to the cellular stress and possess antiapoptotic property. However, its specific role in dental pulpitis remains unkn...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Liu L,Huang R,Yang R,Wei X

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:This paper included a retrospective review of the effect of tranexamic acid (TXA) combined with pressure bandaging on hemostasis of patients who received a unilateral total knee arthroplasty (TKA) from 2017 to 2019. Methods:A total of 197 patients undergoing TKA were chosen to be classified into 2 groups, th...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Li GH,Ding LM,Sun L,Wang F

更新日期：2020-11-02 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：:The aims of this study were to investigate the reasons of transfers from long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) to emergency departments (EDs) of university hospitals in geriatric patients and to categorize the avoidable causes of these transfers. This retrospective multicenter study involved patients aged 65 years and olde...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Kim K,Lee DH,Yune HY,Wee JH,Kim DH,Kim EC,Lim JY,Choi SP

更新日期：2019-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the discovery of JAK2V617F tyrosine kinase-activating mutation, several genes have been found mutated in myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs). FLT3-ITD, NPM1, and DNMT3A mutations frequently occurred in AML patients and have been found conferred with myeloproliferative neoplasms in mouse model. Therefore, we soug...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Wang M,He N,Tian T,Liu L,Yu S,Ma D

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Yes-associated protein 1 (YAP1) is an effector of Hippo pathway, which plays a significant role in cell proliferation and tumor progression. The relationship between YAP1 and gastrointestinal cancer has been explored in many previous studies. We conducted a meta-analysis to explore the prognostic effect of Y...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Zhang L,Song X,Li X,Wu C,Jiang J

更新日期：2018-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In spite of the declining incidence of gastric cancer (GC) in recent years, the mortality rate is still high. The asymptomatic nature and nonspecific clinical manifestations combined with the lack of efficient screening programs delay the diagnosis of GC. Therefore, the prevalence of advanced gastric cancer (AGC) has ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Xu W,Beeharry MK,Liu W,Yan M,Zhu Z

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abdominal pregnancy is a very rare form of ectopic pregnancy, associated with high morbidity and mortality for both fetus and mother. It is, and often, seen in poor resource nations, where early diagnosis is often a major challenge due to poor prenatal care and lack of medical resources. An advanced abdominal pregnanc...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Dabiri T,Marroquin GA,Bendek B,Agamasu E,Mikhail M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The knowledge on the genetic etiology of complex disorders largely results from the study of rare monogenic disorders. Often these common and rare diseases show phenotypic overlap, though monogenic diseases generally have a more extreme symptomatology. ABCC6, the gene responsible for pseudoxanthoma elasticum, an autos...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： De Vilder EY,Hosen MJ,Vanakker OM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Overuse of antibiotics is a major driver for rapid spread of antimicrobial resistance worldwide, particularly common in China. The close linkage between hospital revenue and sales of drugs has become the key incentive for overprescription of antibiotics. Since 2009, the Chinese government implemented a serie...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Wang Y,Zhu Y,Liu X,Xu X,Fang W,Li X

更新日期：2020-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1155/2019/4370258.]. ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Yaradua SS,Alzahrani DA,Albokhary EJ,Abba A,Bello A

更新日期：2020-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Bloodstream infections are a major concern because of high levels of antibiotic consumption and of the increasing prevalence of antimicrobial resistance. Bacteraemia is identified in a small percentage of patients with signs and symptoms of sepsis. Biomarkers are widely used in clinical practice and they are useful fo...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Henriquez-Camacho C,Losa J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sun Island Bund Wetland (SIBW) is a river floodplain wetland located at the south part of Heilongjiang Province in Northeast China. An investigation of the influence of habitat type on macroinvertebrates assemblages structure was conducted in July 2016. Nine (9) sampling sites were selected based on sediment type, wat...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Khudhair N,Yan C,Liu M,Yu H

更新日期：2019-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian protection against leishmanial infection depends on the development of an effective immune response. Zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (ZVL) patients are usually unable to mount an effective immune response against the parasite and indeed appear to be severely immunosuppressed. This suppression has strong nons...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Soares NM,de Souza JN,Leal TF,Reis EAG,Miranda MS,Dos Santos WLC,Teixeira MCA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to assess in vitro metacyclogenesis of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis and Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis clinical field isolates obtained from patient lesions (L. braziliensis IMG3 and PPS6m; L. amazonensis MAB6). Metacyclogenesis was evaluated by different criteria, namely, promastigot...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： da Silva IA Jr,Morato CI,Quixabeira VB,Pereira LI,Dorta ML,de Oliveira MA,Horta MF,Ribeiro-Dias F

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Human mesenchymal stromal cells (hMSCs) exhibit the potential to accelerate bone healing by enhanced osteogenic differentiation. Interleukin-1β is highly expressed during fracture healing and has been demonstrated to exert a significant impact on the differentiation behaviour of hMSCs. Here, we investigate...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Voss JO,Loebel C,Bara JJ,Fussinger MA,Duttenhoefer F,Alini M,Stoddart MJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1155/2016/3746232.]. ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Liu Q,Wang C,Li P,Liu J,Huang G,Song S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral mucosa is an attractive region for the local and systemic application of many drugs. Oral mucoadhesive films are preferred for their prolonged time of residence, the improved bioavailability of the drug they contain, their painless application, their protection against lesions, and their nonirritating properties....

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Landová H,Vetchý D,Gajdziok J,Doležel P,Muselík J,Dvořáčková K,Jekl V,Hauptman K,Knotek Z

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose. To report pilot data from a novel image analysis software "RetiView," to highlight clinically relevant information in RetCam images of infants with aggressive posterior retinopathy of prematurity (APROP). Methods. Twenty-three imaging sessions of consecutive infants of Asian Indian origin with clinically diag...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Jayadev C,Vinekar A,Mohanachandra P,Desai S,Suveer A,Mangalesh S,Bauer N,Shetty B

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interest is rising for animal modeling of pathological gambling. Using the operant probabilistic-delivery task (PDT), gambling proneness can be evaluated in laboratory animals. Drawing a comparison with rats, this study evaluated the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) using a PDT. By nose- or hand-poking, subjects l...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Zoratto F,Sinclair E,Manciocco A,Vitale A,Laviola G,Adriani W

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The aim of our study was to investigate the impact of abdominal wall reconstruction surgery on tissue anatomy and to explore how flap surgery influences the patient's immune status. Methods:Experimental abdominal wall defects were created in 8 Sus scrofa (swine) animal models. The animals were divided into ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Popa F,Georgescu AV

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00