Serum Levels of ApoA1 and ApoA2 Are Associated with Cognitive Status in Older Men.

abstract：:Pregnancy is associated with various physiological changes which may lead to significant alterations in the pharmacokinetics of many drugs. The present study was aimed to investigate the potential effects of pregnancy on the pharmacokinetic profile of zonisamide (ZNM) in the rabbit. Seven female rabbits were used in t...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Matar KM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To investigate the pachymetry distribution of central cornea and morphologic changes in subclinical keratoconus with normal biomechanics and determine their potential benefit for the screening of very early keratoconus. Methods:This retrospective comparative study was performed in 33 clinically unaffected eyes...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Song P,Yang K,Li P,Liu Y,Liang D,Ren S,Zeng Q

更新日期：2019-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose. This meta-analysis is to assess the effectiveness of teriparatide in fracture healing and clinical function improvement of the osteoporotic patients. Methods. We searched PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and the Cochrane databases for randomized and quasi-randomized controlled trials comparing teriparatide to ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Lou S,Lv H,Wang G,Zhang L,Li M,Li Z,Zhang L,Tang P

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anterior cruciate ligament injuries are common in humans, though cellular components of the knee have little regenerative or proliferation potential. This study investigated the differentiation of human amnion-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hAMSCs) into human anterior cruciate ligament fibroblasts (hACLFs) in vitro t...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Li Y,Liu Z,Jin Y,Zhu X,Wang S,Yang J,Ren Y,Fu Q,Xiong H,Zou G,Liu Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue fever, a reemerging disease, is putting nearly 2.5 billion people at risk worldwide. The number of infections and the geographic extension of dengue fever infection have increased in the past decade. The disease is caused by the dengue virus, a flavivirus that uses mosquitos Aedes sp. as vectors. The disease ha...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： De La Guardia C,Lleonart R

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. Prior studies have demonstrated that conventional and emerging CV risk factors are associated with worsening arterial stiffness among end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients on hemodialysis. The present cross-sectional study evaluates the association between the etiology of ESRD and arterial stiffness amon...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： El Ghoul B,Daaboul Y,Korjian S,El Alam A,Mansour A,Hariri E,Samad S,Salameh P,Dahdah G,Blacher J,Safar ME,Aoun Bahous S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to comparatively evaluate the fracture strength and mode of root canal treated teeth restored with resin composites with and without posts. The lingual cusps of root canal treated first upper premolars (n = 10/group) were removed down to cervical enamel and restored with the following: group A...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Gaintantzopoulou MD,Farmakis ET,Eliades GC

更新日期：2018-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Purslane, a fleshy herbaceous plant, plays a pivotal role in various preventive and therapeutic purposes. To date, no report has documented the consequence of salt stress on metabolite accumulation in purslane. Herein, we proposed an insight into the metabolic and physiological traits of purslane under saline stress e...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Zaman S,Bilal M,Du H,Che S

更新日期：2020-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Growing evidence suggests that increased arginase activity affects vital bioprocesses in various systems and universally mediates the pathogenesis of numerous metabolic diseases. The adverse effects of arginase are associated with a severe decline in L-arginine bioavailability, which leads to nitric oxide synthase sub...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Gilinsky MA,Polityko YK,Markel AL,Latysheva TV,Samson AO,Polis B,Naumenko SE

更新日期：2020-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria are a source of a large number of secondary metabolites with several biomedical and biotechnological applications. In recent years, there has been tremendous progress in the development of novel synthetic biology approaches both to increase the production rate of secondary metabolites of interest in native pr...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： de Frias UA,Pereira GKB,Guazzaroni ME,Silva-Rocha R

更新日期：2018-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) has a wide variety of physiological functions in the kidney. Besides the regulatory effects in intrarenal haemodynamics and glomerular microcirculation, in vivo studies reported the diuretic and natriuretic effects of NO. However, opposite results showing the stimulatory effect of NO on Na+ reabsorpt...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Satoh N,Nakamura M,Suzuki A,Tsukada H,Horita S,Suzuki M,Moriya K,Seki G

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction and Objectives. Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been suggested to be a simple marker of the systemic inflammatory response in critical care patients. We previously assessed the utility of NLR as a biomarker to predict tumor recurrence and cancer death in bladder cancer patients who underwent radi...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Ohtake S,Kawahara T,Kasahara R,Ito H,Osaka K,Hattori Y,Teranishi JI,Makiyama K,Mizuno N,Umemoto S,Miyoshi Y,Nakaigawa N,Miyamoto H,Yao M,Uemura H

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) are an abundant cell source and provide an easy way to harvest mesenchymal stem cells, which are the focus of considerable attention in regenerative medicine. Electric fields (EF) play roles in many biological events and have been reported to promote cell proliferation, migration, an...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Jin M,Zhang Y,Bian Y,Qi R,Gao X

更新日期：2020-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：Background:This study is aimed at identifying unknown clinically relevant genes involved in colorectal cancer using bioinformatics analysis. Methods:Original microarray datasets GSE107499 (ulcerative colitis), GSE8671 (colorectal adenoma), and GSE32323 (colorectal cancer) were downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnib...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Zhou J,Xie Z,Cui P,Su Q,Zhang Y,Luo L,Li Z,Ye L,Liang H,Huang J

更新日期：2020-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:This study examines the utility of electroencephalography (EEG) in clinical decision making in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients in regards to the prescription of antiseizure medications. Methods:Patients were grouped as having positive EEG (+) for epileptiform activity or negative EEG (-). These studi...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Rao R,Monlezun DJ,Kimbrough T,Burkett BJ,Samai A,Martin-Schild S

更新日期：2020-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The Toll-Like receptor 4 (TLR4) plays an important role in immunity, tissue repair, and regeneration. The objective of the present work was to evaluate the association of TLR4 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) rs4986790, rs4986791, rs11536858 (merged into rs10759931), rs1927911, and rs1927914 with increased diabe...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Singh K,Singh VK,Agrawal NK,Gupta SK,Singh K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioadhesive superporous hydrogel composite (SPHC) particles were developed for an intestinal delivery of metoprolol succinate and characterized for density, porosity, swelling, morphology, and bioadhesion studies. Chitosan and HPMC were used as bioadhesive and release retardant polymers, respectively. A 3(2) full fact...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Chavda H,Modhia I,Mehta A,Patel R,Patel C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:India has one of the highest tuberculosis (TB) burdens globally. However, few studies have focused on TB in young children, a vulnerable population, where lack of early diagnosis results in poor outcomes. METHODS:Young children (≤ 5 years) with suspected TB were prospectively enrolled at a tertiary hospital...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Jain SK,Ordonez A,Kinikar A,Gupte N,Thakar M,Mave V,Jubulis J,Dharmshale S,Desai S,Hatolkar S,Kagal A,Lalvani A,Gupta A,Bharadwaj R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolomics is the sophisticated and high-throughput technology based on the entire set of metabolites which is known as the connector between genotypes and phenotypes. For any phenotypic changes, potential metabolite (biomarker) identification is very important because it provides diagnostic as well as prognostic ma...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Kumar N,Hoque MA,Shahjaman M,Islam SM,Mollah MN

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:Rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is characterized by dream-enacting behavior (shouting, punching, and falling out of bed) related to unpleasant dreams and loss of normal rapid eye movement (REM) sleep muscle atonia. Rapid eye movement sleep enhances learning and memory by regulating neurona...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Dagnew B,Dagne H,Andualem Z

更新日期：2020-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimuli responsive pH- and temperature-sensitive hydrogel drug delivery systems, as those based on N-isopropylacrylamide (NiPAAm) and itaconic acid (IA), have been attracting much of the attention of the scientific community nowadays, especially in the field of drug release. By adjusting comonomer composition, the mat...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Milašinović N,Knežević-Jugović Z,Milosavljević N,Lučić Škorić M,Filipović J,Kalagasidis Krušić M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) has been recently evaluated for its ability to assess coronary plaque characteristics, including plaque composition. Identification of the relationship between plaque composition by CCTA and patient clinical presentations may provide insight into the pathophysiology of c...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Sun Z,Xu L

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background and Aims:Concordance between transient elastography (TE) and ultrasonography (US) in assessing liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) and concurrent nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has been rarely studied. This study aimed to evaluate the individual and combined performances of TE...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Zhang GL,Zhao QY,Lin CS,Hu ZX,Zhang T,Gao ZL

更新日期：2019-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase (FPPS) plays a vital role in the mevalonate pathway and has been shown to be involved in hypertrophy and cardiovascular diseases. Lentivirus-mediated RNA interference (RNAi) to knock down a gene of interest has become a promising new tool for the establishment of transgenic animals. The...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Yang J,Zhao CZ,Chen B,Chen F,Han J,Hu SJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Sympathetic sprouting in the dorsal root ganglion (DRG) following nerve injuries had been proved to induce adult neuropathic pain. However, it is unclear whether the abnormal sprouting occurs in infant nerve injury. Methods:L5 spinal nerve ligation (SNL) or sham surgery was performed on adult rats and 10-da...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Liu P,Zhang Q,Gao YS,Huang YG,Gao J,Zhang CQ

更新日期：2020-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The anaerobic skin commensal Propionibacterium acnes is an underestimated cause of human infections and clinical conditions. Previous studies have suggested a role for the bacterium in lumbar disc herniation and infection. To further investigate this, five biopsy samples were surgically excised from each of 64 patient...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Rollason J,McDowell A,Albert HB,Barnard E,Worthington T,Hilton AC,Vernallis A,Patrick S,Elliott T,Lambert P

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of PbtO2-guided therapy with traditional intracranial pressure- (ICP-) guided treatment on the management of cerebral variables, therapeutic interventions, survival rates, and neurological outcomes of moderate and severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients. From 20...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Lin CM,Lin MC,Huang SJ,Chang CK,Chao DP,Lui TN,Ma HI,Liu MY,Chung WY,Shih YH,Tsai SH,Chiou HY,Lin MR,Jen SL,Wei L,Wu CC,Lin EY,Liao KH,Chiang YH,Chiu WT,Lin JW

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Thermographic assessment of temperature distribution within the examined tissues allows a quick, noncontact, noninvasive measurement of their temperature. The aim of the study was to evaluate the usefulness of digital infrared imaging in monitoring experimental inflammation of pleura (PL), lower lip (LL), and l...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Całkosiński I,Dobrzyński M,Rosińczuk J,Dudek K,Chrószcz A,Fita K,Dymarek R

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within-litter birth weight variation in multiparous animals has become a big issue due to high incidence of low birth weight neonates, which gives rise to high preweaning mortality and morbidity. Foetus with various birth weights is the outcome of diverse embryos competence which is affected by oocyte quality. Glucosa...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Feng C,Yuan T,Wang S,Liu T,Tao S,Han D,Wang J

更新日期：2020-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim. In periodontology lasers have been suggested for the photodynamic therapy (PDT): such therapy can be defined as the inactivation of cells, microorganisms, or molecules induced by light and not by heat. The aim of this study was to evaluate results of PDT using a 980 nm diode laser (Wiser Doctor Smile, Lambda SPA,...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Caccianiga G,Baldoni M,Ghisalberti CA,Paiusco A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00