miR-155 Inhibits Nucleus Pulposus Cells' Degeneration through Targeting ERK 1/2.

abstract：:Prognostic markers of compensated cirrhosis should mainly investigate factors involved with progression to decompensation because death in cirrhosis is related with decompensation. Portal hypertension plays a crucial role in the pathophysiology of most complications of cirrhosis. Accordingly, HVPG monitoring has stron...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Poca M,Puente A,Graupera I,Villanueva C

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosomal aneuploidy consists the leading cause of fetal death in our species. Around 50% of spontaneous abortions until 15 weeks of gestational age are chromosomally aneuploid, with trisomies accounting for 50% of the abnormal abortions. Trisomy 21 is the most common chromosome abnormality in liveborns and is usual...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Kokotas H,Grigoriadou M,Mikkelsen M,Giannoulia-Karantana A,Petersen MB

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the in vitro sensitivity of paired Leishmania braziliensis samples isolated from the same patient before pentavalent antimonial treatment (Sample A) and after treatment failure or cutaneous leishmaniasis reactivation (Sample B) in patients undergoing intralesional administration or injections (5 m...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Baptista C,Miranda Lde F,Madeira Mde F,Leon LL,Conceição-Silva F,Schubach Ade O

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:In order to further study the changes of cerebral functional connectivity in patients with toothache (TA), this study used the resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) technique and degree centrality (DC) analysis method. Methods:Eighteen TA patients (8 males, 10 females) and 18 healthy ...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Wu SN,Zhang MY,Shu HY,Liang RB,Ge QM,Pan YC,Zhang LJ,Li QY,Shao Y

更新日期：2020-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the Mn-superoxide dismutase gene (SOD2) underlie the susceptibility to noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). METHODS:Audiometric data from 2400 Chinese Han workers who exposed to occupational noise were analyzed. DNA samples were collected from th...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Liu YM,Li XD,Guo X,Liu B,Lin AH,Ding YL,Rao SQ

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytoskeletal rearrangement occurs in variety of cellular processes and involves a wide spectrum of proteins. Gelsolin super family proteins control actin organization by severing and capping filament ends and nucleating actin assembly. Gelsolin is the founding member of this family and plays important role in pathogen...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Baig RM,Mahjabeen I,Sabir M,Masood N,Ali K,Malik FA,Kayani MA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kidney insufficiency is a hallmark of nephropathia epidemica (NE). Little is known about the mechanisms of the NE kidney pathology, with current knowledge mainly based on findings in postmortem tissue. We have analyzed kidney damage biomarkers in urine collected from early- and late-phase NE using Bio-Plex kidney toxi...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Martynova EV,Maksudova AN,Shakirova VG,Abdulkhakov SR,Khaertynova IM,Anokhin VA,Ivanova VV,Abiola IM,Garanina EE,Tazetdinova LG,Valiullina AH,Khaiboullina SF

更新日期：2018-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was highly prevalent in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Cathepsin S (CTSS), a cysteine protease, is involved in the inflammatory activity in T2D and hypoxia conditions. The aim of the study was to evaluate whether CTSS could be involved in the inflammatory reaction of OSA i...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Wen W,Sun H,Yang Y,Jia Y,Fang F,Qin Y,Zhang M,Wei Y

更新日期：2020-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We investigated the relationship between NT-pro-BNP, glomerular filtration rate (GFR), and all-cause mortality rates in a cohort of older people discharged from an internal medicine unit after admission for dyspnoea. PATIENTS AND METHODS:NT-pro-BNP was evaluated in serum samples of 134 patients aged 80 ± 6 ...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Fabbian F,De Giorgi A,Pala M,Volpato S,Portaluppi F,Zuliani G,Manfredini R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lymph node (LN) metastasis was an independent risk factor for stomach cancer recurrence, and the presence of LN metastasis has great influence on the overall survival of stomach cancer patients. Thus, accurate prediction of the presence of lymph node metastasis can provide guarantee of credible prognosis eva...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Wu J,Xiao Y,Xia C,Yang F,Li H,Shao Z,Lin Z,Zhao X

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent advances in high-throughput data acquisition have driven a revolution in the study of human disease and determination of molecular biomarkers of disease states. It has become increasingly clear that many of the most important human diseases arise as the result of a complex interplay between several factors ...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： McDermott JE,Costa M,Janszen D,Singhal M,Tilton SC

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of MHC class I, II, and III markers in a group of southern Chinese in Hong Kong is reported. HLA antigen frequencies and complement allele frequencies are given, together with statistically significant pair-wise co-occurrences. Over half of the statistically significant positive and negative linkage disequilib...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Hawkins BR,Serjeantson SW,Higgins DA

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the occurrence of mutations in P53, K-RAS, COX-2, expression of COX-2 and hTERT and relations among clinicopathological signs. P53 mutations were identified in 34.4% of tumours, the majority of them occurring in SCC (squamous cell carcinoma, 55.6%). K-RAS was mutated in 12.2% of NSCLC tumours, the majorit...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Strazisar M,Rott T,Glavac D

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Aim:To explore the diagnostic efficacy of des-gamma-carboxy prothrombin (DCP) in hepatitis B virus- (HBV-) related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Methods:A retrospective study of 459 cases from June 2016 to March 2018 was undertaken, and records of the DCP levels were extracted. The sensitivity, specificity, and cuto...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Chen J,Wu G,Li Y

更新日期：2018-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To study the changes of the metabolic profile during the pathogenesis in monocrotaline (MCT) induced pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). METHODS:Forty male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into 5 groups (n = 8, each). PAH rats were induced by a single dose intraperitoneal injection of 60 mg/kg MC...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Lin T,Gu J,Huang C,Zheng S,Lin X,Xie L,Lin D

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonenzymatic glycosylation or glycation of macromolecules, especially proteins leading to their oxidation, play an important role in diseases. Glycation of proteins primarily results in the formation of an early stage and stable Amadori-lysine product which undergo further irreversible chemical reactions to form advan...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Ansari NA,Moinuddin,Ali R

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The C-reactive protein (CRP)/albumin ratio is a useful index used to represent patient inflammation and nutritional status. Elderly patients are at the highest risk for acute kidney injury (AKI). We clarified the impact of the preoperative CRP/albumin ratio on AKI and evaluated the impact of postoperative AK...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Yu J,Park JY,Ha S,Hwang JH,Kim YK

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A limited number of studies have been performed so far on the polymorphism in the transmembrane region (exon 5) of the major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related gene A (MICA) in patients with melanoma. However, the influence of MICA polymorphism in extracellular domains (exons 2, 3, and 4) has not been in...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Campillo JA,López-Hernández R,Martínez-Banaclocha H,Bolarín JM,Gimeno L,Mrowiec A,López M,Las Heras B,Minguela A,Moya-Quiles MR,Legáz I,Frías-Iniesta JF,García-Alonso AM,Álvarez-López MR,Martínez-Escribano JA,Muro M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence suggests that the tumor microenvironment has a profound influence on tumor initiation and progression, opening a new avenue for studying tumor biology. Nonetheless, the prognostic values of the peritumoral expression of EpCAM and CD13 remain to be elucidated in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) pati...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Dai XM,Huang T,Yang SL,Zheng XM,Chen GG,Zhang T

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In this study, we sought to investigate the dynamic changes in the levels of TNF-α, IL-1β and LPS in the gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) in a rat model of diabetes mellitus (DM) and periodontitis (PD). Additionally, we evaluated alveolar bone loss and the histopathological response associated with experimenta...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Jiang ZL,Cui YQ,Gao R,Li Y,Fu ZC,Zhang B,Guan CC

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1155/2016/4703854.]. ...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Mutuiri SPM,Kutima HL,Mwapagha LM,Munyao JK,Kebira AN,Wanjiru I,Khamadi SA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apolipoprotein E (apoE) plays an important role in lipid metabolism. Its epsilon4 allele has been consistently associated with lipoprotein disorders but its connection to myocardial infarction (MI) is controversial. Because epsilon4 frequency decreases with age we thought that the contradictory results in different st...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Garcés C,Maicas C,Grande R,Benavente M,Viturro E,Cano B,López D,de Oya M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously identified an allele of the human SP-A2 gene that occurs with greater frequency in an RDS population [12]. Because of the importance of SP-A in normal lung function and its newly emerging role in innate host defense and regulation of inflammatory processes, we wish to better characterize genotypes o...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： DiAngelo S,Lin Z,Wang G,Phillips S,Ramet M,Luo J,Floros J

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence indicates that microRNAs (miRNA) play a role in the pathogenesis of chronic kidney diseases (CKD). We explored the possibility of using urinary miRNA as non-invasive biomarkers for CKD. METHODS:We quantified miRNA expression in urinary sediment of 56 CKD patients who underwent kidney biopsy. Patien...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Szeto CC,Ching-Ha KB,Ka-Bik L,Mac-Moune LF,Cheung-Lung CP,Gang W,Kai-Ming C,Kam-Tao LP

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify the novel, noninvasive biomarkers to assess the outcome and prognosis of breast cancer (BC), patients with high sensitivity and specificity are greatly desired. Herein, the miRNA expression profile and matched clinical features of BC patients were extracted from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. The...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Tang J,Ma W,Zeng Q,Tan J,Cao K,Luo L

更新日期：2019-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Impaired fasting glucose (IFG) through the nondiabetic range (100-125 mg/dL) is not considered in the cardiovascular (CV) risk profile. AIM:To compare the clustering of CV risk factors (RFs) in nondiabetic subjects with normal fasting glucose (NFG) and IFG. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Cross-sectional study in 373...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Valentino G,Kramer V,Orellana L,Bustamante MJ,Casasbellas C,Adasme M,Salazar A,Navarrete C,Acevedo M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The pathogenesis of thoracic aortopathy is complex, and much evidence suggests the influence of genetic factors. Some genes with polymorphisms are widely considered critical factors in the initiation and development of aortic aneurysm. The aim of our study was to analyze the association of genetic polymorphi...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Gorący I,Grudniewicz S,Safranow K,Ciechanowicz A,Jakubiszyn P,Gorący A,Brykczyński M

更新日期：2020-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the world's leading skin cancer in terms of frequency at the moment and its incidence continues to rise each year, leading to profound negative psychosocial and economic consequences. UV exposure is the most important environmental factor in the development of BCC in genetically predispos...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Lupu M,Caruntu C,Ghita MA,Voiculescu V,Voiculescu S,Rosca AE,Caruntu A,Moraru L,Popa IM,Calenic B,Greabu M,Costea DE

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Acute gangrenous appendicitis (AGA) is a common medical condition; however, the grade of appendicitis usually cannot be established preoperatively. We have attempted to identify some indicators, such as the mean platelet volume (MPV) and the platelet distribution width (PDW), to diagnose AGA. Aims. To eval...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Fan Z,Pan J,Zhang Y,Wang Z,Zhu M,Yang B,Shi L,Jing H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:soluble urokinase Plasminogen Activator Receptor (suPAR) levels reflect inflammation and elevated suPAR levels are found in several infectious diseases and cancer. suPAR exists in three forms; suPAR(I-III), suPAR(II-III) and suPAR(I) which show different properties due to structural differences. Studies suggest that f...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Thunø M,Macho B,Eugen-Olsen J

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00