Role of soluble programmed death-1 (sPD-1) and sPD-ligand 1 in patients with cystic echinococcosis.

abstract：:The present retrospective study aimed to investigate the prognostic factors for critically ill patients with an Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) infection. A total of 37 patients from the intensive care unit (ICU) were enrolled in the study. Data was collected from patients, including age, gender, ethnicity, A. ...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Xiao D,Wang L,Zhang D,Xiang D,Liu Q,Xing X

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical efficacy of octreotide acetate combined with thrombin in the treatment of liver cirrhosis complicated with gastrointestinal hemorrhage was investigated. A retrospective analysis of 157 patients with liver cirrhosis and gastrointestinal hemorrhage admitted to Weifang People's Hospital from March 2012 to Septem...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Wang X,Liu Y,Zhao J,Zhang J

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous research has shown that breathing exercises may improve the prognosis and health status in patients with lung cancer by enhancing pulmonary function and quality of life (QOL). However, individually published results are inconclusive. The aim of the present meta-analysis was to evaluate the clinical value of b...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Liu W,Pan YL,Gao CX,Shang Z,Ning LJ,Liu X

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids are a class of steroid hormones commonly used for the treatment of hematological malignancies due to their ability to induce apoptosis in lymphoid cells. An understanding of the critical steps in glucocorticoid-induced apoptosis is required to identify sources of drug resistance. Previously, we found t...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Tome ME,Lee K,Jaramillo MC,Briehl MM

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to provide reliable experimental evidence for the application of autologous skin fibroblasts (asFbs) in the repair of depressed scars. In the experiments, depressed trauma was induced in male Wistar rats, and fibroblasts were separated from the removed skin tissues to culture in medium...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Zhao J,Liu YC,Shi YH,Xie YQ,Cui HP,Li Y,Li XJ,Ren LQ

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical efficacy of microvascular decompression (MVD) combined with percutaneous stereotactic radiofrequency rhizotomy (PSR) in the treatment of primary trigeminal neuralgia was investigated. The medical records of 141 patients with primary trigeminal neuralgia admitted to Shandong Provincial Hospital from May 2011 t...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Zhao G,Sun X,Zhang Z,Yang H,Zheng X,Feng B

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD), otherwise known as sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy, is a rare disease. Cutaneous RDD (CRDD) is an extremely rare form of RDD, which is limited to the skin. The present study examined a case of purely CRDD in a 25-year-old female patient who presented with a two-month histo...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Fang S,Chen AJ

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of telomerase is involved in carcinogenesis in most types of cancers. However, the prognostic value of telomerase activity (TA) in patients with gastric carcinoma (GC) remains controversial. We conducted a meta-analysis to assess the relationship between TA and the clinical outcome of GC. A meta-analysis of...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Lü MH,Deng JQ,Cao YL,Fang DC,Zhang Y,Yang SM

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main function of adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein (A-FABP) is to regulate fatty acid metabolism as its molecular chaperone. The clinical significance of A-FABP in hypoxic-ischemic brain damage (HIBD) neonates is not yet clear. Free fatty acid (FFA) in cerebral cortex increases along with hypoxia ischemia degre...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Li M,Jiang L,Zhang H,Wang D,Zhang M,Zhang L

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to determine the accuracy rate of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) diagnosis and risk factors of short-term poor prognosis for premature infants. This study analyzed the clinical data of 81 premature infants (<32 weeks gestational age) with BPD, who were on oxygen therapy >28 days, and survive...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Du Z,Kong X,Ren Y,Feng Z,Huang J,Chen J,Wang R

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sjogren's syndrome type B (SSB)/La antibody is an autoantibody generally observed in connective tissue diseases whereas double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (dsDNA) antibodies are the most characteristic autoantibodies found in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. The relationship of these autoantibodies rema...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Ding M,Zhang J

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-based tissue engineering has the potential to restore cartilage defects. Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are regarded as an alternative cell source in regenerative medicine. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the use of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) derived from human iPSCs (hiPSCs) for the r...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Xu X,Shi D,Liu Y,Yao Y,Dai J,Xu Z,Chen D,Teng H,Jiang Q

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a heterogeneous disease, with varying immunological and histopathological features. The CC chemokine ligand 19 (CCL19) can stimulate T cells and antigen-presenting cells into secondary lymphoid node formation, as observed in allergic rhinitis, inflammatory bowel disease and other inflam...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Zou Y,Wang Y,Wang SB,Kong YG,Xu YU,Tao ZZ,Chen SM

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The application value of conventional ultrasound and ultrasonic elastography (UE) in preoperative diagnosis and combined diagnosis of malignant anus neoplasms was investigated. One hundred and twenty patients, whose mass was detected by digital rectal examination, were examined using UE and conventional ultrasound bef...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Zhu Y,Deng S,Zhang Y,Jiang Q

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:17-dimethylaminoethylamino-17-demethoxygeldanamycin (17-DMAG) is a water soluble, semisynthetic derivative of endotoxin that has anticancer effects. The aim of the present study was to determine whether 17-DMAG enhances the apoptosis of lymphoma cells in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Apoptosis was induced in SU-DHL-4...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Li JJ,Zhang JJ,Wang X,Sun ZM

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of target-controlled infusion (TCI) of propofol and remifentanil combined with dexmedetomidine on functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) bleeding and surgical field. 62 patients scheduled to undergo FESS were randomly divided into experimental group (intr...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Ding DF,Wu LF,Wang P,Jiang YX,Luo YW,Dai ZL,Zhang XP,Li YL

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the safety, feasibility and mid-term results of laparoscopy-assisted surgery in the treatment of locally advanced gastric antral cancer. The clinical data of 50 patients who received laparoscopy-assisted surgery (Group A) and 62 patients who were treated by conventional laparot...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Fang F,Han F,Ding YL,Wang HJ

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that Hedyotis diffusa Willd (HDW), a traditional Chinese herbal medicine, exhibits potent anticancer activity in models of colorectal cancer (CRC). Aggressive forms of CRC exhibit resistance to widely used chemotherapeutic drugs, including the antimetabolite, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU); h...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Li Q,Wang X,Shen A,Zhang Y,Chen Y,Sferra TJ,Lin J,Peng J

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by lower back pain, enthesitis and asymmetrical peripheral arthritis. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are recommended as a first-line drug treatment for AS. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Fan M,Liu J,Zhao B,Wu X,Li X,Gu J

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) levels are closely associated with diabetes-related erectile dysfunction (DMED). Mitochondrial ATP synthase serves a key role in ATP production. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between F1-ATP synthase and DMED in vivo and in vitro. The F1-ATP synthase expression lev...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Xu Z,Chen J,Cai J,Xiao Y,Wang Q,Chen S,Zhang L,Wu Z

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnostic criteria of osteoporosis were established based on bone mineral density (BMD). Therefore, BMD measured by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry has been recognized as the gold standard to diagnose osteoporosis. However, discrepancies between fracture risk and BMD have been recognized. Bone is composed of col...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Suzuki Y,Maruyama-Nagao A,Sakuraba K,Kawai S

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women with endometrial cancer often undergo hysteroscopy during their diagnostic work-up. Whether or not the duration of hysteroscopy affects the rate of positive peritoneal cells and the duration of recurrence-free survival is unknown. In a retrospective multi-centre study, the records of 552 patients with endometria...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Tempfer C,Froese G,Buerkle B,Polterauer S,Grimm C,Concin N,Hofstetter G,Weigert M,Oehler MK

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungal prosthetic joint infections (PJI) and reports of their clinical investigation are rare. In addition, there has been little evidence regarding the outcome of the two-stage exchange protocol for the treatment of fungal PJI. In order to investigate the risk factors and clinical, microbiological and pathological fe...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Geng L,Xu M,Yu L,Li J,Zhou Y,Wang Y,Chen J

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Esophageal submucosal tumors are occasionally detected incidentally during a gastrointestinal survey. In the present study, a case of esophageal leiomyoma is reported, which was incidentally detected by chest radiography during an annual survey of mass-screening for lung cancer. The patient underwent a laparoscopic lo...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Tadano S,Kondo T,Watanabe M,Takayashiki N,Shiozawa T,Ohara G,Kagohashi K,Kurishima K,Satoh H

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years accumulating evidence has indicated that tocotrienol exhibits an oxidation resistance function, decreased cholesterol function, inhibits cancer function and has unique physiological functions, including anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic and anti-oxidative properties. The present study investigated the ...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Xun C,Mamat M,Guo H,Mamati P,Sheng J,Zhang J,Xu T,Liang W,Cao R,Sheng W

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to investigate the effects of glycerol on the physical properties and release of an insulin-loaded polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) hydrogel film. The insulin-loaded hydrogel composite film was produced using the freeze-thawing method, after which the in vitro swelling ratio, transmittance and insulin r...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Cai Y,Che J,Yuan M,Shi X,Chen W,Yuan WE

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of apolipoprotein E (Apo E) gene polymorphisms in the etiology of recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) is not clearly understood. We evaluated this polymorphism in unexplained pregnancy losses in a group of Turkish women. In our prospective case-control study, 45 well-characterized RPL cases were examined for their...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Korkmazer E,Ustunyurt E,Tekin B,Cilingir O

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of polyethylene glycol 4000 (PEG 4000) for the treatment of constipation in children over 8 years of age. A total of 216 children from 7 hospitals were enrolled. A total of 105 patients received oral PEG 4000 (20 g/day) and 111 patients received oral lactul...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Wang Y,Wang B,Jiang X,Jiang M,Xu C,Shao C,Jia L,Huang Z,Xu X,Liu H,Shang L

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a progressive disease with a high mortality rate. Previous studies have revealed the important function of the β3 adrenergic receptor (β3-AR) in cardiovascular diseases, and the potential beneficial effects of numerous β3-AR agonists on pulmonary vasodilation. Conversely, a num...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Sun J,Cheng J,Ding X,Chi J,Yang J,Li W

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study is a retrospective analysis of 11 cases with severe acute liver failure combined with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) performed during the period June, 2012 to December, 2014. After part of plasmapheresis with plasma filtration adsorption combined with continuous hemodiafiltration treatmen...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Li M,Wang Z,Wang Y,Du C,Li S,Shi Z,Lu B

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00