Relationship between Outer Retinal Layers Thickness and Visual Acuity in Diabetic Macular Edema.

abstract：:Unipotent spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) can be transformed into ESC-like cells that exhibit pluripotency in vitro. However, except for mouse models, their characterization and their origins have remained controversies in other models including humans. This controversy has arisen primarily from the lack of the direc...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Lim JJ,Kim HJ,Kim KS,Hong JY,Lee DR

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modified poly(aspartic acid)/poly(vinyl alcohol) interpenetrating polymer network (KPAsp/PVA IPN) hydrogel for drug controlled release was synthesized by a simple one-step method in aqueous system using poly(aspartic acid) grafting 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (KH-550) and poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) as materials. The h...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Lu J,Li Y,Hu D,Chen X,Liu Y,Wang L,Zhao Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postprandial metabolic response depends on the meals' components and can be different in normal weight and obese people. However, there are some discrepancies between various reports. The aim of this study was to determine the metabolic response after intake of standardised meals with various fat and carbohydrate cont...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Adamska E,Ostrowska L,Gościk J,Waszczeniuk M,Krętowski A,Górska M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The exosomes are derived from mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and may be potentially used as an alternative for cell therapy, for treating diabetic wounds, and aid in angiogenesis. This study, aimed to investigate whether exosomes originated from bone marrow-derived MSCs (BMSCs) preconditioned by deferoxamine (DFO-Exos)...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Ding J,Wang X,Chen B,Zhang J,Xu J

更新日期：2019-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:It is unclear whether the methyltransferase-like 14 (METTL14) protein promotes or suppresses cancer growth. We examined the association between METTL14 expression, cancer progression, and patient prognosis in a total of 398 breast cancer tissue specimens. Significantly fewer cancer tissue specimens compared with norma...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Dong XF,Wang Y,Huang BF,Hu GN,Shao JK,Wang Q,Tang CH,Wang CQ

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A search for novel and more efficient therapeutic modalities of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is one of the most important tasks of contemporary medicine. The anti-inflammatory action of nicotine in IBD might be therapeutic, but its toxicity due to off-target and nonreceptor effects limited its use and prompted a s...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Chernyavsky AI,Galitovskiy V,Shchepotin IB,Grando SA

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：Objective:The presence of radiological signs of femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is not necessarily associated with symptoms. Hence, the prevalence of cam and pincer deformities in the overall population may be underestimated. The purpose of this study was to screen an unselected cohort of people without hip symptoms...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Thier S,Gerisch D,Weiss C,Fickert S,Brunner A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past decade, much emphasis has been put on the transcriptional activation of HIV-1, which is proposed as a promised strategy for eradicating latent HIV-1 provirus. Two drugs, prostratin and hexamethylene bisacetamide (HMBA), have shown potent effects as inducers for releasing HIV-1 latency when used alone or in...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Chen D,Wang H,Aweya JJ,Chen Y,Chen M,Wu X,Chen X,Lu J,Chen R,Liu M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than one-third of the world's population is infected with one or more helminthic parasites. Helminth infections are prevalent throughout tropical and subtropical regions where malaria pathogens are transmitted. Malaria is the most widespread and deadliest parasitic disease. The severity of the disease is strongly...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Salazar-Castañon VH,Legorreta-Herrera M,Rodriguez-Sosa M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present paper was to review the most important mechanisms explaining the possible association of vitamin D deficiency and cardiovascular diseases, focusing on recent experimental and clinical data. Low vitamin D levels favor atherosclerosis enabling vascular inflammation, endothelial dysfunction, format...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Mozos I,Marginean O

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction. Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and urinary incontinence (UI) have increasing prevalence in the elderly population. The aim of this study was to compare the comorbidities of these procedures between <70 y/o and ≥70 y/o patients. Materials and Methods. In our retrospective study over a period of 2.5 years, 40...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Joukhadar R,Wöckel A,Herr D,Paulus V,Radosa J,Hamza A,Solomayer E,Baum S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) has several functions in the central nervous system, where it contributes to brain development and its functionality through affecting neuronal survival and activity and also modulating neurotransmitter levels. This neurotrophin is also found in the serum, but its origin and pe...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Türck P,Frizzo ME

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Neighborhood destinations play important roles in daily activity levels of older adults. However, little is known about how specific destinations are associated with these activities and/or sedentary behaviors, especially in Asia. This study investigated how neighborhood destinations were associated with phy...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Park JH,Park JH,Song S,Lai TF,Liao Y

更新日期：2020-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternative splicing (AS) is a major engine that drives proteome diversity in mammalian genomes and is a widespread cause of human hereditary diseases. More than 95% of genes in the human genome are alternatively spliced, and the most common type of AS is the cassette exon. Recent discoveries have demonstrated that th...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Cui Y,Cai M,Stanley HE

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myricetin has been reported as a promising chemopreventive compound with multiple biofunctions. To evaluate its influence on gene expressions in genome-wide set and further investigate its anti-inflammatory property, the present study performed Gene Ontology and Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA) to describe the basic g...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Li T,Zhu J,Deng F,Wu W,Zheng Z,Lv C,Li Y,Xiang W,Lu X,Qin S

更新日期：2019-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We have determined patient's amyloid subtype through immunohistochemical and proteomic analyses of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue samples from two affected organs per patient. Amyloid typing, via immunohistochemistry (IHC) and laser microdissection followed by the combination of liquid chromatography ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Holub D,Flodrova P,Pika T,Flodr P,Hajduch M,Dzubak P

更新日期：2019-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The perceived risk of nonremunerated blood donation (NRBD) is one of the most important factors which hinder the Chinese public from donating blood. To understand deeply and measure scientifically the public's perceived risk of NRBD, in this paper the qualitative and quantitative methods were used to explore the const...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Chen L,Ma Z

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is glucose-dependent insulinotropic hormone secreted from enteroendocrine L cells. Its long-acting analogue, exendin-4, is equipotent to GLP-1 and is used to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus. In addition, exendin-4 has effects on the central and peripheral nervous system. In this study, w...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Yamamoto K,Amako M,Yamamoto Y,Tsuchihara T,Nukada H,Yoshihara Y,Arino H,Fujita M,Uenoyama M,Tachibana S,Nemoto K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our research investigates the serum levels of three angiogenic factors in the AF family, namely, placenta growth factor (PlGF), basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), in 54 patients with SLE (SLE group) and 28 healthy controls (normal control) through ELISA measurement. A...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Zhou L,Lu G,Shen L,Wang L,Wang M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinocerebellar ataxia-3 (SCA3) is the most common dominant inherited ataxia worldwide and is caused by an unstable CAG trinucleotide expansion mutation within the ATXN3 gene, resulting in an expanded polyglutamine tract within the ATXN3 protein. Many in vitro studies have examined the role of autophagy in neurodegene...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Ou Z,Luo M,Niu X,Chen Y,Xie Y,He W,Song B,Xian Y,Fan D,OuYang S,Sun X

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the rapid progression of cancer pharmacotherapy, the high drug resistance of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) makes it one of the most lethal malignancies. Therefore, there are high expectations associated with experimental therapies, such as electrochemotherapy (ECT). This technique involves the applica...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Michel O,Kulbacka J,Saczko J,Mączyńska J,Błasiak P,Rossowska J,Rzechonek A

更新日期：2018-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Background and Aims. CIN is a major and serious complication following PCI in patients with ACS. It is unclear whether a higher serum ferritin level is associated with an increased risk of CIN in high-risk patients. Thus, we conducted this study to assess the predictive value of SF for the risk of CIN after PCI. Metho...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Zhu B,Hou J,Gong Y,Yan G,Wang Q,Wang D,Qiao Y,Chen Y,Tang C

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was proposed to investigate the toxicological and prophylactic potential of ethanolic extracts of Rosa damascena and Nymphaea alba and their mixture in albino mice. For toxicity study, three different doses of plant extracts were orally administrated to three groups of mice for 14 successive days. Bl...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Batool R,Kalsoom A,Akbar I,Arshad N,Jamil N

更新日期：2018-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Health-related physical fitness is vital for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) to gain healthier lives. The adapted rhythmic gymnastics (ARG) program was designed for children with IDD and is aimed at testing the effects of the exercise program on children's physical fitness. M...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Xu C,Yao M,Kang M,Duan G

更新日期：2020-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Owing to its hydrophilicity, negative charge, small size, and labile degradation by endogenous nucleases, small interfering RNA (siRNA) delivery must be achieved by a carrier system. In this study, cationic copolymers composed of low-molecular-weight polyethylenimine and polythiophenes were synthesized and evaluated a...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： He P,Hagiwara K,Chong H,Yu HH,Ito Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:Alzheimer's disease is a multifactorial neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive cognitive dysfunction. It is the most common form of dementia. The pathologic hallmarks of the disease include extracellular amyloid plaque, intracellular neurofibrillary tangles, and oxidative stress, to mention some of the...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Assefa BT,Tafere GG,Wondafrash DZ,Gidey MT

更新日期：2020-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual motor integration (VMI) is a vital ability in childhood development, which is associated with the performance of many functional skills. By using the Beery Developmental Test Package and Executive Function Tasks, the present study explored the VMI development and its factors (visual perception, motor coordinati...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Fang Y,Wang J,Zhang Y,Qin J

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:Despite the fact that it is widely acknowledged that immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) rely on the presence of immune response to take their antitumor effect, little is known whether there is an influence exerted on the efficacy of ICIs based on patients' age. We performed a systematic review and meta-anal...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Zhang L,Sun L,Yu J,Shan F,Zhang K,Pang X,Ma C,Zhang Y,Shen M,Ma S,Ruan S

更新日期：2019-05-13 00:00:00