Improvement of D-Ribose Production from Corn Starch Hydrolysate by a Transketolase-Deficient Strain Bacillus subtilis UJS0717.

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：:Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) K88 is a zoonotic pathogen. Previous studies have shown that lactic acid bacteria (LAB) have great potential in promoting health and resisting pathogenic infections; however, relatively little research has been done on the Pediococcus genus of LAB. This study is aimed at explori...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Tan K,Deng D,Ma X,Cui Y,Tian Z

更新日期：2020-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between diabetes mellitus (DM) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) has attracted wide attention. Studies have reported that ginsenoside Rb1 can improve human cognitive ability and glucose tolerance during the development of diabetes. The mechanism behind the improvement in cognitive ability and glucose toler...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Yang R,Jiang X,He X,Liang D,Sun S,Zhou G

更新日期：2020-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary heart disease (CHD) has become one of the leading causes of death and functional impairment in the world. Hyperglycemia is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. It was speculated that miRNAs in peripheral blood were a primary parameter in discriminating CHD. The biological characteristi...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Jiang Y,Liu N,Xue B,Hou J,Lin C,Ren J,Liu J

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In orthopaedic surgery and sports medicine, the knee joint has traditionally been considered the workhorse. The reconstruction of every damaged element in this joint is crucial in achieving the surgeon's goal to restore the knee function and prevent degeneration towards osteoarthritis. In the last fifteen years, the f...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Sánchez M,Delgado D,Sánchez P,Fiz N,Azofra J,Orive G,Anitua E,Padilla S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Our study aims to determine the prevalence of nicotine dependence and investigate the effect of nicotine dependence on psychopathology among schizophrenia patients. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was carried out in an outpatient psychiatric clinic at a general hospital in Malaysia. 180 recruited subjects...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Yee A,Bt Nek Mohamed NN,Binti Hashim AH,Loh HS,Harbajan Singh MK,Ng CG,Jambunathan ST

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria is one of the life-threatening diseases in the world. The spread of resistance to antimalarial drugs is a major challenge, and resistance to artemisinin has been reported in the Southeast Asian region. In the previous study, the active compound of Streptomyces hygroscopicus subsp. Hygroscopicus (S. hygroscopic...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Nugraha RY,Faratisha IF,Mardhiyyah K,Ariel DG,Putri FF,Nafisatuzzamrudah,Winarsih S,Sardjono TW,Fitri LE

更新日期：2020-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies pertaining to trans fatty acids (TFA), which have been implicated in development of chronic diseases, are more relevant in developing countries where nutrition transition is changing traditional habits and practices. Measuring TFA is an arduous task because of the need for fat biopsies. This study identifies a...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Abraham RA,Bahl VK,Parshad R,Seenu V,Roy A,Golandaz S,Dorairaj P,Ramakrishnan L

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ezrin, coding protein EZR which cross-links actin filaments, overexpresses and involves invasion, metastasis, and poor prognosis in various cancers including esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). In our previous study, Ezrin was knock down and analyzed by mRNA expression profile which has not been fully mined. In...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Wu B,Xie J,Du Z,Wu J,Zhang P,Xu L,Li E

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of modern surgical dressings to prevent wound complications and surgical site infection (SSI) after minimally invasive total knee arthroplasty (MIS-TKA) is lacking. In a prospective, randomized, controlled study, 240 patients were randomized to receive either AQUACEL Ag Surgical dressing (study group) or a sta...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Kuo FC,Chen B,Lee MS,Yen SH,Wang JW

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prognosis of patients with advanced oropharyngeal carcinoma (OPSCC) is generally poor. The aim of this study is to investigate the different therapeutic approaches and identify prognostic factors associated with a worse outcome for patients treated for T4a OPSCC, in order to improve treatment selection f...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Psychogios G,Mantsopoulos K,Agaimy A,Brunner K,Mangold E,Zenk J,Iro H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. Surgical treatment of proximal humeral fractures (PHF) in osteoporotic bone of elderly patients is challenging. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the clinical and radiological outcome after percutaneous reduction and internal fixation of osteoporotic PHF in geriatric patients using the se...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Bogner R,Ortmaier R,Moroder P,Karpik S,Wutte C,Lederer S,Auffarth A,Resch H

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse lines selected for maximal (AIRmax) or minimal acute inflammatory reaction (AIRmin) were used to characterize the immune response and the influence of genetic background during pristane-induced arthritis (PIA). Susceptible AIRmax mice demonstrated exacerbated cellular profiles during PIA, with intense infiltrati...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Correa MA,Borrego A,Jensen JR,Cabrera WHK,Barros M,Katz ISS,Canhamero T,Spadafora-Ferreira M,Fernandes JG,Starobinas N,Ribeiro OG,Ibañez OM,De Franco M

更新日期：2018-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Shigellosis is a global human health problem and the incidence is highest among children. In the present work, main Shigella virulence genes was examined by PCR and compared to symptoms of pediatric shigellosis. Thirty Shigella isolates were identified from an etiologic study at which 1,339 children ranging 0-10 years...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： da Cruz CB,de Souza MC,Serra PT,Santos I,Balieiro A,Pieri FA,Nogueira PA,Orlandi PP

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. Central systolic blood pressure (CSBP) has prognostic significance and simplified devices for its estimation have been introduced recently. The aim of this study was to assess the achievement of the target CSBP in treated hypertensive patients. Subjects and Methods. One hundred patients with well-controlle...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Bulas J,Potočárová M,Murín J,Kozlíková K,Luha J,Čaprnda M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumors and wounds share many similarities including loss of tissue architecture, cell polarity and cell differentiation, aberrant extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling (Ballard et al., 2006) increased inflammation, angiogenesis, and elevated cell migration and proliferation. Whereas these changes are transient in repa...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Tolg C,McCarthy JB,Yazdani A,Turley EA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to expanding applications of positron emission tomography (PET) there is a demand for developing new techniques to introduce fluorine-18 (t 1/2 = 109.8 min). Considering that most novel PET tracers are sensitive biomolecules and that direct introduction of fluorine-18 often needs harsh conditions, the insertion of...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Kettenbach K,Schieferstein H,Ross TL

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy is the most common medical condition in pregnancy. There is an increasing trend to prescribe ondansetron although its safety for use in pregnancy has not been established. METHODS:Exposed pregnancies were all births in Western Australia, 2002-2005, where the mother was dispensed o...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Colvin L,Gill AW,Slack-Smith L,Stanley FJ,Bower C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Pakistan is a country with one of the highest burden of tuberculosis (TB) in the world, and therefore, it is imperative to revisit the design of behaviour change interventions in the program. This study was designed to understand and assess the knowledge, awareness, perceptions, and health-seeking behaviour ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Khan A,Shaikh BT,Baig MA

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomavirus (HPV) is an etiological risk factor for oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas (OPSCC). Our study investigates the prevalence, prognostic, and clinicopathologic features of HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer in Northeast China and elucidates the involvement of p16 in the tumorigenesis and progressio...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Meng HX,Miao SS,Chen K,Li HN,Yao G,Geng J,Wang H,Shi QT,He J,Mao X,Tong FJ,Wei LL,Sun J,Tan D,You Q,Li X,Geng JS

更新日期：2018-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) is a parameter reported in complete blood cell count tests, and has been reported as an inflammatory biomarker. Multiple myeloma (MM) is known to be associated with inflammatory microenvironments. However, the importance of RDW has been seldom studied in MM. For this study, 146 ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Lee H,Kong SY,Sohn JY,Shim H,Youn HS,Lee S,Kim HJ,Eom HS

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrocephalus is a common neurological condition that can have traumatic ramifications and can be lethal without treatment. Nowadays, during therapy radiologists have to spend a vast amount of time assessing the volume of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by manual segmentation on Computed Tomography (CT) images. Further, som...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Klimont M,Flieger M,Rzeszutek J,Stachera J,Zakrzewska A,Jończyk-Potoczna K

更新日期：2019-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. There are limited epidemiological studies evaluating the effect of age at onset on disease features in vitiligo. Objectives. To identify factors associated with adult onset vitiligo in comparison with childhood onset vitiligo. Patients and Methods. We retrospectively collected medical records of 191 patien...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Lazzeri L,Colucci R,Cammi A,Dragoni F,Moretti S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excessive ethanol consumption is one of the main causes of liver fibrosis. However, direct effects of ethanol exposure on endothelial cells and their contribution to fibrogenesis and metastasis were not investigated. Therefore we analysed whether ethanol directly affects endothelial cells and if this plays a role duri...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Raskopf E,Gonzalez Carmona MA,Van Cayzeele CJ,Strassburg C,Sauerbruch T,Schmitz V

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenesis is essential for tumor growth and metastasis. Over the last decades, a substantial progress has been achieved in defining different patterns of tumor microcirculation. Sprouting angiogenesis, the oldest model of microcirculation, is the de novo vessel formation from preexisting blood vessels. Vessel split...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Alameddine RS,Hamieh L,Shamseddine A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM) of the living human cornea offers the ability to perform repeated imaging without tissue damage. Studies using corneal IVCM have led to significant contributions to scientific and clinical knowledge of the living cornea in health and pathological states. Recently the application of c...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Wang EF,Misra SL,Patel DV

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prediction of RNA-binding proteins is one of the most challenging problems in computation biology. Although some studies have investigated this problem, the accuracy of prediction is still not sufficient. In this study, a highly accurate method was developed to predict RNA-binding proteins from amino acid sequence...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Ma X,Guo J,Sun X

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To better understand the molecular mechanism for the pathogenesis of follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC), this study aimed at identifying key miRNAs and their target genes associated with FTC, as well as analyzing their interactions. Based on the gene microarray data GSE82208 and microRNA dataset GSE62054, the differen...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Hu S,Liao Y,Zheng J,Gou L,Regmi A,Zafar MI,Chen L

更新日期：2019-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To characterize and evaluate CT and MRI features of extremity soft tissue adult fibrosarcoma. Methods:CT and MRI images from 10 adult patients with pathologically proven fibrosarcomas were retrospectively analyzed with regard to tumor location, size, number, shape, margins, attenuation, signal intensity, and...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Wang H,Nie P,Dong C,Li J,Huang Y,Hao D,Xu W

更新日期：2018-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate the potential of differentiating embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells by the regularized linear and decision tree machine learning classification algorithms, based on a number of intragene methylation measures. The resulting average accuracy of classification has been proven to be above 95%, whi...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Druzhkov P,Zolotykh N,Meyerov I,Alsaedi A,Shutova M,Ivanchenko M,Zaikin A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00