IFN-τ Displays Anti-Inflammatory Effects on Staphylococcus aureus Endometritis via Inhibiting the Activation of the NF-κB and MAPK Pathways in Mice.

abstract：:Infective endocarditis (IE) is a life-threatening disease that is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Its long-term prognosis strongly depends on a timely and optimized antibiotic treatment. Therefore, identification of the causative pathogen is crucial and currently based on blood cultures followed by chara...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Maneg D,Sponsel J,Müller I,Lohr B,Penders J,Madlener K,Hunfeld KP

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Methods:In the study, we included 86 children diagnosed with atopic asthma (n = 25), allergic rhinitis (n = 20), and atopic dermatitis (n = 20) and healthy control subjects (n = 21) of Caucasian origin from the Polish population. The blood leukocyte expression of 31 genes involved in neuroinflammatory response (neurotr...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Sobkowiak P,Langwiński W,Nowakowska J,Wojsyk-Banaszak I,Szczepankiewicz D,Jenerowicz D,Wasilewska E,Bręborowicz A,Szczepankiewicz A

更新日期：2020-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:In this study, we examined whether the associations between working hours, job satisfaction, and work-life balance are mediated by occupational stress. In addition, we tested whether perceived time control helps moderate the effects of working hours and occupational stress. Methodology:Questionnaires were admi...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Hsu YY,Bai CH,Yang CM,Huang YC,Lin TT,Lin CH

更新日期：2019-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Flaviviridae viruses are single-stranded, positive-sense RNA viruses, which threat human constantly mediated by mosquitoes, ticks, and sandflies. Considering the recent increase in the prevalence of the family virus and its risk potential, we investigated the codon usage pattern to understand its evolutionar...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Yao H,Chen M,Tang Z

更新日期：2019-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural matrices are important sources of new antitumor and antimicrobial compounds. Species such as Laurus nobilis L. (laurel) might be used for this purpose, considering its medicinal properties. Herein, in vitro activity against human tumor cell lines, bacteria, and fungi was evaluated in enriched phenolic extracts...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Dias MI,Barreira JC,Calhelha RC,Queiroz MJ,Oliveira MB,Soković M,Ferreira IC

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Reproductive system cancer is an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide which threatens women's health and lives. Breast, cervical, and ovarian cancer have the higher incidence and mortality among a series of gynecology malignant tumor. We aimed to compare and assess the temporal trends of comm...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Wang J,Lv H,Xue Z,Wang L,Bai Z

更新日期：2018-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Inorganic arsenic (iAs) exposure induces a decrease in glucose type 4 transporter (GLUT4) expression on the adipocyte membrane, which may be related to premature births and low birth weight infants in women exposed to iAs at reproductive age. The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of sodium arsenite (NaAsO2) ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Gutiérrez-Torres DS,González-Horta C,Del Razo LM,Infante-Ramírez R,Ramos-Martínez E,Levario-Carrillo M,Sánchez-Ramírez B

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:This study investigated the potential therapeutic effects of acupoint catgut embedding (ACE) at ST36 and BL13 on lipopolysaccharide- (LPS-) induced acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in rats. Materials and Methods:Male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomized into the normal saline (NS group with a sham ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Li D,Sun T,Chi L,Zhao D,Li W

更新日期：2020-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A search for novel and more efficient therapeutic modalities of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is one of the most important tasks of contemporary medicine. The anti-inflammatory action of nicotine in IBD might be therapeutic, but its toxicity due to off-target and nonreceptor effects limited its use and prompted a s...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Chernyavsky AI,Galitovskiy V,Shchepotin IB,Grando SA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate whether osteopontin (OPN) variants are associated with susceptibility to ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in a Chinese population. Polymorphisms at the 9175th position in exon 7 of OPN and rs17524488 were genotyped using direct sequencing in 186 unrelated AS patients and 188 ethnica...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Li J,Cai Y,Wang Z,Deng A,Yang G

更新日期：2018-01-18 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：:Cancer related fatigue (CRF) is a common and debilitating symptom that can influence quality of life (QoL) in cancer patients. The increase in survival times stresses for a better understanding of how CRF affects patients' QoL. This was a cross-sectional descriptive study with 148 randomly recruited prostate cancer pa...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Charalambous A,Kouta C

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:Objective. To confirm that physical activity program improves the symptoms of dementia and the most effective physical activity was selected to help establish exercise programs. Methods. Three databases, PubMed, Science Direct, and Willey online, were used to collect articles. The databases were published between Janu...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Lee HS,Park SW,Park YJ

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:Restriction enzymes are the main defence system against foreign DNA, in charge of preserving genome integrity. Lactococcus raffinolactis BGTRK10-1 expresses LraI Type II restriction-modification enzyme, whose activity is similar to that shown for EcoRI; LraI methyltransferase protects DNA from EcoRI cleavage. The gene...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Miljkovic M,Malesevic M,Filipic B,Vukotic G,Kojic M

更新日期：2018-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Recurrent shoulder dislocations occur much more frequently in adolescents than in the older population but a clear explanation of this incidence does not exist. The aim of the present study was to define the age-related distribution of the elastic fibers (EFs) in the shoulder capsule's extracellular matrix a...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Castagna A,Cesari E,Gigante A,Di Matteo B,Garofalo R,Porcellini G

更新日期：2018-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Heteronemin is a bioactive marine sesterterpene isolated from the sponge Hyrtios sp. Previous reports have shown that heteronemin possesses anticancer activity. Here, heteronemin displayed cytotoxic effects against three human cancer cell lines (A549, ACHN, and A498) and exhibited potent activity in A498 human renal c...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Wu SY,Sung PJ,Chang YL,Pan SL,Teng CM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of low concentrations of H2O2 on angiogenesis of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) in vitro and explore the underlying mechanisms. Methods. HUVECs were cultured and stimulated with different concentrations of H2O2. Flow cytometric analysis was u...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Jiang S,Zhang D,Huang H,Lei Y,Han Y,Han W

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：:Host jump can result in deadly pandemic events when avian influenza A viruses broaden their host specificity and become able to infect mammals, including humans. Haemagglutinin-the major capsid protein in influenza A viruses-is subjected to high rate mutations, of which several occur at its "head": the receptor-bindin...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Righetto I,Filippini F

更新日期：2018-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) using warmed and nonwarmed miriplatin for hepatocellular carcinoma. Eighty patients (117 nodules), treated between January 2010 and June 2013, were evaluated. Thirty-two and 85 nodules were treated with non...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Yasui D,Murata S,Onozawa S,Mine T,Ueda T,Sugihara F,Kawamoto C,Uchida E,Kumita S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The receptor of advanced glycation end products (RAGE) and its ligands are linked to the pathogenesis of coronary artery disease (CAD), and circulating soluble receptor of advanced glycation end products (sRAGE), reflecting the RAGE activity, is suggested as a potential biomarker. Elevated sRAGE levels are reported in...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Jensen LJ,Flyvbjerg A,Bjerre M

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:Insecticides are still largely applied in public health to control disease vectors. In Brazil, organophosphates (OP) and pyrethroids (PY) are used against Aedes aegypti for years. Since 2009 Insect Growth Regulators (IGR) are also employed in the control of larvae. We quantified resistance to temephos (OP), deltamethr...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Bellinato DF,Viana-Medeiros PF,Araújo SC,Martins AJ,Lima JB,Valle D

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiparametric MRI of the prostate combines high-resolution anatomic imaging with functional imaging of alterations in normal tissue caused by neoplastic transformation for the identification and characterization of in situ prostate cancer. Lesion detection relies on a systematic approach to the analysis of both anat...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Margolis DJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was aimed to evaluate the in vitro lethal activity of the nematophagous fungi Clonostachys rosea against 5 nematodes species belonging to different taxa. Two groups of 35 Petri dishes (PD) each were divided into 5 series of 7 (PD). Group 1 (series 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5) contained only water agar; meanwhile grou...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Rodríguez-Martínez R,Mendoza-de-Gives P,Aguilar-Marcelino L,López-Arellano ME,Gamboa-Angulo M,Hanako Rosas-Saito G,Reyes-Estébanez M,Guadalupe García-Rubio V

更新日期：2018-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The utility of various regions of the ribosomal repeat unit for phylogenetic analysis was examined in 16 species representing four families, nine genera, and two orders of the subclass Copepoda (Crustacea). Fragments approximately 2000 bp in length containing the ribosomal DNA (rDNA) 18S and 28S gene fragments, the 5....

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Zagoskin MV,Lazareva VI,Grishanin AK,Mukha DV

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythrocytes deformation is one of the exciting properties of erythrocytes. It is still under investigation by many of the researchers in different disciplines. The clinicians and researchers are still looking for a simple and efficient method to monitor and tracking the erythrocytes deformation. This research article...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Elblbesy MA

更新日期：2018-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim was to verify the effects of prednisone related to gastrointestinal motility, intestinal histology, and mucosal mast cells in rats. Two-month-old male Wistar rats were randomly assigned to control group (vehicle) animals receiving saline 0.9% (n = 7) or treated orally with 0.625 mg/kg/day of prednisone (n = 7)...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： de Lima MB,Gama LA,Hauschildt AT,Dall'Agnol DJR,Corá LA,Americo MF

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00