Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor Induces Endothelial Barrier Dysfunction via p38/MAPK Phosphorylation.

abstract：:Primary cilia are organelles protruding from cell surface into environment that function in regulating cell cycle and modulating cilia-related signal. Primary ciliogenesis and autophagy play important roles in tumorigenesis. However, the functions and interactions between primary cilia and autophagy in hepatocellular ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Liu L,Sheng JQ,Wang MR,Gan Y,Wu XL,Liao JZ,Tian DA,He XX,Li PY

更新日期：2019-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Macrosomia has become a worldwide problem with the rapid economic growth in the past few years. However, the detailed mechanism of how the macrosomia happened remains unknown. Growing evidence indicates that miRNAs are involved in maintaining metabolic homeostasis. We hypothesized that serum miRNAs are poten...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Hu L,Han J,Zheng F,Ma H,Chen J,Jiang Y,Jiang H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The valorization of Crocus sativus L. by-products has become important given its interesting content of bioactive molecules. In the present study, aqueous tepal extract (ATE) studied eggplant seedling's growth and physiology under a plastic tunnel. ATE was foliage sprayed 3 times every 15 days, with various concentrat...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Khoulati A,Ouahhoud S,Mamri S,Meziane M,Choukri M,Asehraou A,Saalaoui E

更新日期：2020-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To explore multiscale integrated analysis methods in identifying key regulators of esophageal cancer (ESCA). Methods:We downloaded the ESCA dataset from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database, which contained RNA-seq data, miRNA-seq data, methylation data, and clinical phenotype information. Then, we combin...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Xu Z,Wu Z,Zhang J,Zhou R,Wu J,Yu B

更新日期：2020-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural medical plant is considered as a good source of tyrosinase inhibitors. Red vine leaf extract (RVLE) can be applied to a wide variety of medical disciplines, such as treatments for chronic venous insufficiency over many decades. This study investigated the tyrosinase inhibitory activity of RVLE containing galli...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Lin YS,Chen HJ,Huang JP,Lee PC,Tsai CR,Hsu TF,Huang WY

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tongue diagnosis is a noninvasive diagnosis and is traditionally one of the most important tools for physicians who practice Kampo (traditional Japanese) medicine. However, it is a subjective process, and its results can depend on the experience of the physician performing it. Previous studies have reported how to mea...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Nakaguchi T,Takeda K,Ishikawa Y,Oji T,Yamamoto S,Tsumura N,Ueda K,Nagamine K,Namiki T,Miyake Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The selection of the most relevant molecular descriptors to describe a target variable in the context of QSAR (Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship) modelling is a challenging combinatorial optimization problem. In this paper, a novel software tool for addressing this task in the context of regression and clas...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Martínez MJ,Razuc M,Ponzoni I

更新日期：2019-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Atypical chemokine receptors (ACKRs) are a subclass of G protein-coupled receptors characterized by promiscuity of ligand binding and an obvious inability to signal after ligand binding. Although some discoveries regarding this family in Homo sapiens and other species have been reported in some studies, the evolution ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Pan L,Lv J,Zhang Z,Zhang Y

更新日期：2018-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aims to explore the usage of intraocular pressure measurements as the early indicator of the increase in intra-abdominal pressure. METHODS:In this prospective study, 40 patients undergoing elective surgery were included. Patients were divided into four groups of 10 patients. The control group (Gro...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Ece I,Vatansev C,Kucukkartallar T,Tekin A,Kartal A,Okka M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to synchronous but spatially disparate auditory and visual stimuli produces a perceptual shift of sound location towards the visual stimulus (ventriloquism effect). After adaptation to a ventriloquism situation, enduring sound shift is observed in the absence of the visual stimulus (ventriloquism aftereffect)...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Magosso E,Cona F,Ursino M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two field isolates of Rhizoctonia solani were isolated from infected paddy plants in Malaysia. These isolates were verified via ITS-rDNA analysis that yielded ~720 bp products of the ITS1-5.8S-ITS4 region, respectively. The sequenced products showed insertion and substitution incidences which may result in strain dive...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Nadarajah K,Omar NS,Rosli MM,Shin Tze O

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction. The poor long-term adherence is known to affect the efficacy of allergen immunotherapy (AIT). In the case of injection AIT (SCIT), one of the main determinants is the inconvenience for patients to undergo prolonged build-up phases. Thus, simplifying the time schedule of the induction protocol could be ef...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Caruso C,Bramé B,Bagnasco D,Cocconcelli A,Ortolani V,Pravettoni V,Scarpa S,Zisa G,Passalacqua G,Colantuono S

更新日期：2020-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Solid lipid nanoparticle is an efficient lipid based drug delivery system which can enhance the bioavailability of poorly water soluble drugs. Efavirenz is a highly lipophilic drug from nonnucleoside inhibitor category for treatment of HIV. Present work illustrates development of an SLN formulation for Efavirenz with ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Gaur PK,Mishra S,Bajpai M,Mishra A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The normal physiological loads from muscles experienced by the spine are largely unknown due to a lack of data. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of varying muscle directions on the outcomes predicted from finite element models of human lumbar spine. A nonlinear finite element model of L3-L5 was empl...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Zhu R,Niu WX,Wang ZP,Pei XL,He B,Zeng ZL,Cheng LM

更新日期：2018-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to offer a new insight into the microstructure changes during in vitro lipolysis of five lipid-based drug delivery formulations belonging to different lipid formulation types. Five lipid-based formulations of indomethacin were investigated using an in vitro lipolysis model. During lipolys...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Xiao L,Yi T,Liu Y,Zhou H

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction. The aim of the present study was to determine the closeness of agreement between a self-reported and an objective measure of physical activity in low back pain patients and healthy controls. Beyond, influencing factors on overestimation were identified. Methods. 27 low back pain patients and 53 healthy c...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Schaller A,Rudolf K,Dejonghe L,Grieben C,Froboese I

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy (known as Ohtahara Syndrome) is one of the most severe and earliest forms of epilepsy, characterized by early seizures onset. It affects newborns and children between two and six years old. Among the genes that have been associated with early infantile epileptic encephalopathy,...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Al Mehdi K,Fouad B,Zouhair E,Boutaina B,Yassine N,Chaimaa AEC,Najat S,Hassan R,Rachida R,Abdelhamid B,Halima N

更新日期：2019-12-17 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：:Background. Whether additional benefit can be achieved with the use of L-carnitine (L-C) in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) remains controversial. We therefore performed a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to evaluate the effects of L-C treatment in CHF patients. Methods. Pubmed, Ovid Emba...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Song X,Qu H,Yang Z,Rong J,Cai W,Zhou H

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：:One of the most common complications of diabetes mellitus is diabetic neuropathy. It may be provoked by metabolic and/or vascular factors, and depending on duration of disease, various layers of nerve may be affected. Our aim was to investigate influence of diabetes on the epineurial, perineurial, and endoneurial conn...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Kundalić B,Ugrenović S,Jovanović I,Stefanović N,Petrović V,Kundalić J,Stojanović V,Živković V,Antić V

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate whether blood transfusions affect overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (MM) patients without hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. A total of 181 patients were enrolled and divided into two groups: 68 patients in the tran...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Fan L,Fu D,Zhang J,Huang H,Wang Q,Ye Y,Xie Q

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As emerging tick born rickettsial diseases caused by A. phagocytophilum and E. chaffeensis, anaplasmosis and ehrlichiosis have become a serious threat to human and animal health throughout the world. In particular, in China, an unusual transmission of nosocomial cases of human granulocytic anaplasmosis occurred in Anh...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Zhang L,Liu H,Xu B,Zhang Z,Jin Y,Li W,Lu Q,Li L,Chang L,Zhang X,Fan D,Cao M,Bao M,Zhang Y,Guan Z,Cheng X,Tian L,Wang S,Yu H,Yu Q,Wang Y,Zhang Y,Tang X,Yin J,Lao S,Wu B,Li J,Li W,Xu Q,Shi Y,Huan

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viscosupplementation with hyaluronic acid is safe and effective in the management of osteoarthritis, but its use in the treatment of tendon disorders has received less attention. The aim of this review is to summarize the current knowledge on this topic, evaluating experimental and clinical trials. A search of English...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Abate M,Schiavone C,Salini V

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza virus contains two highly variable envelope glycoproteins, hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA). Here we show that, while HA evolution is much more complex than NA evolution, it still shows abrupt punctuation changes linked to punctuation changes of NA. HA exhibits proteinquakes, which resemble earthqua...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Phillips JC

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seeking new biomarkers for epithelial ovarian cancer, the fifth most common cause of death from all cancers in women and the leading cause of death from gynaecological malignancies, we performed a meta-analysis of three independent studies and compared the results in regard to clinicopathological parameters. This anal...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Buehler M,Tse B,Leboucq A,Jacob F,Caduff R,Fink D,Goldstein DR,Heinzelmann-Schwarz V

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to evaluate the contribution of chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) in the prenatal diagnosis of fetuses with central nervous system (CNS) anomalies but normal chromosomal karyotype. A total of 46 fetuses with CNS anomalies with or without other ultrasound anomalies but normal karyotypes ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Sun L,Wu Q,Jiang SW,Yan Y,Wang X,Zhang J,Liu Y,Yao L,Ma Y,Wang L

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a new product called titanium-prepared platelet-rich fibrin (T-PRF). The T-PRF method is based on the hypothesis that titanium may be more effective in activating platelets than the silica activators used with glass tubes in Chouckroun's leukocyte- and platelet-rich fibrin (L-PRF) method. In this study, w...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Tunalı M,Özdemir H,Küçükodacı Z,Akman S,Yaprak E,Toker H,Fıratlı E

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) can aid in improving diagnostic level; however, the main problem currently faced by CAD is that it cannot obtain sufficient labeled samples. To solve this problem, in this study, we adopt a generative adversarial network (GAN) approach and design a semisupervised learning algorith...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Zheng G,Han G,Soomro NQ,Ma L,Zhang F,Zhao Y,Zhao X,Zhou C

更新日期：2019-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aims of this study were to evaluate the complications that occur after trauma and the characteristics of individuals who develop complications, to identify potential risk factors that increase their incidence, and finally to investigate the relationship between complications and mortality. METHODS:We di...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Mondello S,Cantrell A,Italiano D,Fodale V,Mondello P,Ang D

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00