Enteric Pathogens and Coinfections in Foals with and without Diarrhea.

abstract：Background:Promoting health-enhancing physical activity following rehabilitation is a well-known challenge. This study analysed the barriers to leisure time activity among low back pain patients. Methods:A subset of 192 low back pain patients who participated in a randomized controlled trial promoting physical activit...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Schaller A,Exner AK,Schroeer S,Kleineke V,Sauzet O

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria, the energy-generating organelles, play a role in numerous cellular functions including adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production, cellular homeostasis, and apoptosis. Maternal inheritance of mitochondria and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is universally observed in humans and most animals. In general, high leve...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Song WH,Ballard JW,Yi YJ,Sutovsky P

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Purkinje network is a specialized conduction system within the heart that ensures the proper activation of the ventricles to produce effective contraction. Its role during ventricular arrhythmias is less clear, but some experimental studies have suggested that the Purkinje network may significantly affect the gene...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Liu BR,Cherry EM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) bone cement is a popular bone void filler for vertebroplasty. However, the use of PMMA has some drawbacks, including the material's excessive stiffness, exothermic polymerization, and short handling time. This study aimed to create an ideal modified bone cement to solve the above-mentione...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Tai CL,Lai PL,Lin WD,Tsai TT,Lee YC,Liu MY,Chen LH

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Reduced baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) has been reported in patients with acute cardiovascular events. We tested the hypothesis that BRS varies in different subtypes of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and that BRS is a predictor of clinical outcomes. Methods:We examined autonomic parameters in 34 patients with AI...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Tsai WC,Lin HC,Lai YR,Hsu CW,Huang CC,Wang HC,Su CM,Su YJ,Lin WC,Cheng BC,Chang WN,Lu CH,Tsai NW

更新日期：2019-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) damage macromolecules and cellular components in nearly all kinds of cells and often generate toxic intracellular byproducts. In this work, aldehyde generation derived from the Escherichia coli membrane oxidation as well as membrane fatty acid profiles, protein oxidation, and bacterial re...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Pradenas GA,Díaz-Vásquez WA,Pérez-Donoso JM,Vásquez CC

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The craniofacial complex is the billboard of sorts containing information about sex, health, ancestry, kinship, genes, and environment. A thorough knowledge of the genes underlying craniofacial morphology is fundamental to understanding craniofacial biology and evolution. These genes can also provide an important foun...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Roosenboom J,Hens G,Mattern BC,Shriver MD,Claes P

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a pilot study using a prototype telerehabilitation system (Ghostman). Ghostman is a visual augmentation system designed to allow a physical therapist and patient to inhabit each other's viewpoint in an augmented real-world environment. This allows the therapist to deliver instruction remotely and ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Chinthammit W,Merritt T,Pedersen S,Williams A,Visentin D,Rowe R,Furness T

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2), a marker of vascular inflammation, is associated with cardiovascular disease. This prospective study of an inception cohort aimed to investigate whether the level of Lp-PLA2 is associated with subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Södergren A,Karp K,Bengtsson C,Möller B,Rantapää-Dahlqvist S,Wållberg-Jonsson S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tanshinone IIA (Tan IIA), an active phytochemical in the dried root of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge, has shown an antiproliferative activity on various human cancer cell lines including nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells. However, the effects of Tan IIA on human oral cancer cells are still unknown. This study aimed to invest...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Tseng PY,Lu WC,Hsieh MJ,Chien SY,Chen MK

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 40% of patients admitted to the medical intensive care unit (ICU) require mechanical ventilation. An accurate prediction of successful extubation in patients is a key clinical problem in ICU due to the fact that the successful extubation is highly associated with prolonged ICU stay. The prolonged ICU sta...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Tu CS,Chang CH,Chang SC,Lee CS,Chang CT

更新日期：2018-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli O157:H7 is the main causative agent of haemolytic uremic syndrome. Cattle are the main reservoir of these bacteria, and have been shown to develop immune response to colonization. Our aim was to investigate the faecal shedding pattern of E. coli O157:H7 in calves challenged intragastrically with eithe...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Martorelli L,Hovde CJ,Vilte DA,Albanese A,Zotta E,Ibarra C,Cantet RJ,Mercado EC,Cataldi A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adverse obstetric outcomes, such as preeclampsia, preterm birth, gestational diabetes, and fetal growth restriction, are poorly predicted by maternal history and risk factors alone, especially in nulliparae. The ability to predict these outcomes from the first trimester would allow for the early initiation of prophyla...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Kane SC,Costa Fda S,Brennecke S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Densitometry data generated for Western blots are commonly used to compare protein abundance between samples. In the last decade, it has become apparent that assumptions underpinning these comparisons are often violated in studies reporting Western blot data in the literature. These violations can lead to erroneous in...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Butler TAJ,Paul JW,Chan EC,Smith R,Tolosa JM

更新日期：2019-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein phosphorylation is one of the most widespread regulatory mechanisms in eukaryotes. Over the past decade, phosphorylation site prediction has emerged as an important problem in the field of bioinformatics. Here, we report a new method, termed Random Forest-based Phosphosite predictor 2.0 (RF-Phos 2.0), to predi...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Ismail HD,Jones A,Kim JH,Newman RH,Kc DB

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Results:In 221 cycles from 138 patients (104 cycles requiring HLA matching), 90.5% had embryo(s) biopsied for genetic testing. There were 119 embryo transfers for thalassemia (76) and thalassemia-HLA cases (43), respectively, resulting in overall clinical pregnancy rates of 54.6%, implantation rates of 45.7%, and live ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Tiewsiri K,Manipalviratn S,Sutheesophon W,Vanichsetakul P,Thaijaroen P,Ketcharoon P,Bradley CK,McArthur SJ,Krutsawad W,Marshall JTA,Papadopoulos KI

更新日期：2020-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-VKA oral anticoagulants (NOACs) have now widely reached the lucrative market of anticoagulation. While the marketing authorization holders claimed that no routine monitoring is required and that these compounds can be given at fixed doses, several evidences arisen from the literature tend to demonstrate the opposi...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Douxfils J,Mani H,Minet V,Devalet B,Chatelain B,Dogné JM,Mullier F

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim. The aim of this study was to describe PCa characteristics and long-term outcomes in young men aged ≤55 years after radical prostatectomy (RP) and to compare them with older men cohort. Methods. Among 2,200 patients who underwent RP for clinically localized PCa at our centre between 2001 and 2015, 277 (10.3%) men ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Milonas D,Venclovas Z,Gudinaviciene I,Zviniene K,Matjosaitis AJ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variations in human genome (e.g., single nucleotide polymorphisms, SNPs) may be associated with hereditary diseases, their complications, comorbidities, and drug responses. Using Web service SNP_TATA_Comparator presented in our previous paper, here we analyzed immediate surroundings of known SNP markers of diseases an...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Ponomarenko P,Rasskazov D,Suslov V,Sharypova E,Savinkova L,Podkolodnaya O,Podkolodny NL,Tverdokhleb NN,Chadaeva I,Ponomarenko M,Kolchanov N

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To analyze retrospectively the clinical efficacy and safety for patients treated with fractionated stereotactic radiation therapy (FSRT) using volumetric modulated arc therapy. Methods:Between 2016 and 2017, 46 patients with solitary brain metastasis who underwent FSRT consisting of 25-40 Gy/5 fractions were r...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Zhou C,Xia Y,Huang P,Guan L,Shen X,Hao D,Chen M,Ren H,Lian L,Yin H

更新日期：2020-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:T. reesei is an efficient cellulase producer and biomass degrader. To improve xylitol production in Trichoderma reesei strains by genetic engineering, two approaches were used in this study. First, the presumptive D-xylulokinase gene in T. reesei (xyiH), which has high homology to known fungi D-xylulokinase genes, was...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Hong Y,Dashtban M,Kepka G,Chen S,Qin W

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compressive sensing (CS) offers compression of data below the Nyquist rate, making it an attractive solution in the field of medical imaging, and has been extensively used for ultrasound (US) compression and sparse recovery. In practice, CS offers a reduction in data sensing, transmission, and storage. Compressive sen...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Yousufi M,Amir M,Javed U,Tayyib M,Abdullah S,Ullah H,Qureshi IM,Alimgeer KS,Akram MW,Khan KB

更新日期：2019-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The intra- and extracellular accumulation of misfolded and aggregated amyloid proteins is a common feature in several neurodegenerative diseases, which is thought to play a major role in disease severity and progression. The principal machineries maintaining proteostasis are the ubiquitin proteasomal and lysosomal aut...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Maiti P,Manna J,Veleri S,Frautschy S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Uveitis is a known ophthalmologic manifestation of seronegative spondyloarthropathy, including psoriatic arthritis. However, the data is less clear among patients with psoriasis due to the limited number of published studies. Aims:To investigate whether the risk of incident and prevalent uveitis is elevated...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Chaiyabutr C,Ungprasert P,Silpa-Archa N,Wongpraparut C,Chularojanamontri L

更新日期：2020-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:During vertebrate development, the lung inaugurates as an endodermal bud from the primitive foregut. Dichotomous subdivision of the bud results in arborizing airways that form the prospective gas exchanging chambers, where a thin blood-gas barrier (BGB) is established. In the mammalian lung, this proceeds through conv...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Makanya A,Anagnostopoulou A,Djonov V

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic patients are at risk for spontaneous foot ulcers, chronic wounds, infections, and tissue necrosis. Current theories suggest that the development and progression of diabetic foot ulcers are mainly caused by arteriosclerosis and peripheral neuropathy. Tissue necrosis plays a primordial role in the progression o...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Lévigne D,Tobalem M,Modarressi A,Pittet-Cuénod B

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The history of polyglutamine diseases dates back approximately 20 years to the discovery of a polyglutamine repeat in the androgen receptor of SBMA followed by the identification of similar expansion mutations in Huntington's disease, SCA1, DRPLA, and the other spinocerebellar ataxias. This common molecular feature of...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Weber JJ,Sowa AS,Binder T,Hübener J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose. Kawasaki disease (KD) is a systemic vasculitis and is a leading cause of coronary artery lesions (CALs) in childhood. Our previous study has shown higher levels of serum Resistin in KD patients with coronary aneurysm. This study aimed at examining the association of Resistin with inflammatory cytokine express...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Gao F,Si F,Feng S,Yi Q,Liu R

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida krusei is osmotolerant yeast used for the production of glycerol. Addition of osmolyte such as NaCl into culture medium can increase the production of glycerol from glucose, but osmolytes may burden the glycerol separation. A coencapsulation method was suggested to create local extracellular hyperosmotic stres...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Chen G,Yao S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The framework of graph theory provides useful tools for investigating the neural substrates of neuropsychiatric disorders. Graph description measures may be useful as predictor variables in classification procedures. Here, we consider several centrality measures as predictor features in a classification algorithm to i...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： dos Santos Siqueira A,Biazoli Junior CE,Comfort WE,Rohde LA,Sato JR

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00