Scanning electron microscopy and X-ray microanalysis for chemical and morphological characterisation of the inorganic component of gunshot residue: selected problems.

abstract：:In this paper, a novel small-molecular apoptotic PET imaging probe, (18)F-ML-8 with a malonate motif structure, is presented and discussed. After study, the small tracer that belongs to a member of ApoSense family is proved to be capable of imaging merely apoptotic regions in the CTX treated tumor-bearing mice. The ex...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Yao S,Hu K,Tang G,Gao S,Tang C,Yao B,Nie D,Sun T,Jiang S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung injury was the common and serious complication of sepsis, a systemic inflammatory response syndrome caused by severe infections. Chinese medicine had unique advantages in attenuating inflammatory response, such as Zuojinfang (ZJF). ZJF was a classical compound herb formula composed of Coptidis Rhizoma and Euodiae...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Yin J,Yu Z,Hou C,Peng Y,Xiao J,Jiang J

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the years, studies have demonstrated morphological changes in the brain of fibromyalgia (FMS). We aimed to conduct a coordinate-based meta-analytic research through systemic review on voxel-based morphometry (VBM) imaging results to identify consistent gray matter (GM) difference between FMS patients and healthy ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Lin C,Lee SH,Weng HH

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chloroplasts are key organelles in the management of oxygen in algae and plants and are therefore crucial for all living beings that consume oxygen. Chloroplasts typically contain a circular DNA molecule with nucleus-independent replication and heredity. Using "palindrome analyser" we performed complete analyses of sh...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Brázda V,Lýsek J,Bartas M,Fojta M

更新日期：2018-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Microcystins (MCs) are hepatotoxins harmful for animal and human health. The most toxic type between them is MC-LR whose presence has been investigated in different reservoirs all around the world. In this work microcystins were monitored in spring and summer in water and mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) of two Sar...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Baralla E,Varoni MV,Sedda T,Pasciu V,Floris A,Demontis MP

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) are the primary vectors of trypanosomes, which can cause human and animal African trypanosomiasis in Sub-Saharan African countries. The objective of this study was to explore the genome of Glossina morsitans morsitans for evidence of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) from microorganisms. We e...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Nakao R,Abe T,Funayama S,Sugimoto C

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart failure commonly results from an irreparable damage due to cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. In recent years, the rapid advancements in stem cell research have garnered much praise for paving the way to novel therapies in reversing myocardial injur...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Sheng CC,Zhou L,Hao J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcal food-borne disease (SFD) is one of the most common food-borne diseases worldwide resulting from the contamination of food by preformed S. aureus enterotoxins. It is one of the most common causes of reported food-borne diseases in the United States. Although several Staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) have...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Kadariya J,Smith TC,Thapaliya D

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:In addition to the widely known effect of vitamin D3 (vitD3) on the skeleton, its role in the regulation of the immune response was also confirmed. Aim:The assessment of biochemical and densitometric markers of calcium-phosphate metabolism in the groups of patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosi...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Niedziela N,Pierzchała K,Zalejska-Fiolka J,Niedziela JT,Romuk E,Torbus-Paluszczak M,Adamczyk-Sowa M

更新日期：2018-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Seed inoculation with bacterial consortium was found to increase legume yield, providing a higher growth than the standard nitrogen treatment methods. Alfalfa plants were inoculated by mono- and binary compositions of nitrogen-fixing microorganisms. Their physiological and biochemical properties were estimated. Inocul...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Karaushu EV,Lazebnaya IV,Kravzova TR,Vorobey NA,Lazebny OE,Kiriziy DA,Olkhovich OP,Taran NY,Kots SY,Popova AA,Omarova E,Koksharova OA

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preeclampsia (PE) is a unique complication of pregnancy, the pathogenesis of which has been generally accepted to be associated with the dysfunctions of extravillous trophoblast (EVT) including proliferation, apoptosis, and migration and invasion. Decorin (DCN) has been proved to be a decidua-derived TGF-binding prote...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Zou Y,Yu X,Lu J,Jiang Z,Zuo Q,Fan M,Huang S,Sun L

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bloodstream infections are a major concern because of high levels of antibiotic consumption and of the increasing prevalence of antimicrobial resistance. Bacteraemia is identified in a small percentage of patients with signs and symptoms of sepsis. Biomarkers are widely used in clinical practice and they are useful fo...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Henriquez-Camacho C,Losa J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein phosphorylation is catalyzed by kinases which regulate many aspects that control death, movement, and cell growth. Identification of the phosphorylation site-specific kinase-substrate relationships (ssKSRs) is important for understanding cellular dynamics and provides a fundamental basis for further disease-re...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Wang M,Wang T,Wang B,Liu Y,Li A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regiospecific distribution of fatty acids (FAs) and composition of triglyceride (TAG) molecular species of fishes were analyzed and calculated by pancreatic lipase (PL) hydrolysis and Visual Basic (VB) program. DHA was preferentially located at sn-2 position in TAG molecule, whereas EPA was almost equally distribu...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Zhang H,Shen Y,Zhang Y,Li L,Wang X

更新日期：2018-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aims to investigate the effects of the alcohol extract of Coreopsis tinctoria Nutt (AC) on diabetic nephropathy (DN) mice. A total of 30 db/db (DN) mice were divided into 3 groups, which were treated with AC (300 mg/kg/day), metformin (180 mg/kg/day), or saline by gavage for 10 weeks. Ten db/m mice treated w...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Yu S,Zhao H,Yang W,Amat R,Peng J,Li Y,Deng K,Mao X,Jiao Y

更新日期：2019-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives. Lung ultrasonography (LUS) is a useful examination to identify lung problems. Unfortunately, there are currently no LUS educational programs for medical students. We designed a brief LUS training course for medical students during the ED rotation. The purpose of training was improving cognitive and psychom...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Lim JS,Lee S,Do HH,Oh KH

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xiaoxuming decoction (XXMD), a classic traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) prescription, has been used as a therapeutic in the treatment of stroke in clinical practice for over 1200 years. However, the pharmacological mechanisms of XXMD have not yet been elucidated. The purpose of this study was to develop neuroprotect...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Yang S,Shen Y,Lu W,Yang Y,Wang H,Li L,Wu C,Du G

更新日期：2019-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of simvastatin on the jaw bone microstructural defect and autophagy in rats with high cholesterol diet (HCD). Methods:Male Sprague-Dawley rats were fed a standard rodent chow (NC group) or a high cholesterol diet for 32 weeks and the HCD-fed rats were tre...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Zhou J,Gao X,Huang S,Ma L,Cui Y,Wang H,Qiu J,Wang L,Dong Q,Chen Z,Wang X,Zhang D

更新日期：2018-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin B6 is one of the most versatile cofactors in plants and an essential phytonutrient in the human diet that benefits a variety of human health aspects. Although biosynthesis of the vitamin has been well resolved in recent years, the main research is currently based on Arabidopsis thaliana with very little work d...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Mooney S,Chen L,Kühn C,Navarre R,Knowles NR,Hellmann H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Conventional surgical techniques of laryngomicrosurgery (LMS) on hemorrhagic vocal polyps are often difficult due to obscuration of the surgical field by inadvertent bleeding from the lesion, and there are often significant amounts of mucosal epithelium loss. Here, we introduce our surgical technique using pu...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Byeon HK,Han JH,Choi BI,Hwang HJ,Kim JH,Choi HS

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:POZ/BTB domains are widespread modules detected in a variety of different biological contexts. Here, we report a biophysical characterization of the POZ/BTB of KCTD6, a protein that is involved in the turnover of the muscle small ankyrin-1 isoform 5 and, in combination with KCTD11, in the ubiquitination and degradatio...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Pirone L,Esposito C,Correale S,Graziano G,Di Gaetano S,Vitagliano L,Pedone E

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Netrins, a family of laminin-related proteins, were originally identified as axonal guidance molecules. Subsequently, netrins were found to modulate various biological processes including morphogenesis, tumorogenesis, adhesion, and, recently, angiogenesis. In human placenta, the most vascularized organ, the presence o...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Dakouane-Giudicelli M,Alfaidy N,de Mazancourt P

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cabbages (Brassica oleracea L.) are an important vegetable crop around world, and cold temperature is among the most significant abiotic stresses causing agricultural losses, especially in cabbage crops. Plant bZIP transcription factors play diverse roles in biotic/abiotic stress responses. In this study, 119 putative...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Hwang I,Manoharan RK,Kang JG,Chung MY,Kim YW,Nou IS

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction is common in septic shock. Global longitudinal strain (GLS) measured by speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) is a useful marker of intrinsic left ventricular systolic function. However, the association between left ventricular GLS and outcome in septic patients i...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Hai PD,Binh NT,Hien NVQ,Hoang NH,Hoan VN,Son PN,Hoa LTV

更新日期：2020-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular imaging based personalized therapy has been a fascinating concept for individualized therapeutic strategy, which is able to attain the highest efficacy and reduce adverse effects in certain patients. Theranostics, which integrates diagnostic testing to detect molecular targets for particular therapeutic moda...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Ahn BC

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we aimed to develop a capillary electrophoresis-based high-throughput multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) system for the simultaneous detection of nine pathogens in swine. Nine pairs of specific primers and a set of universal primers were designed; the multiplex PCR was established. The specificity and cros...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Wu XL,Xiao L,Lin H,Yang M,Chen SJ,An W,Wang Y,Yao XP,Yang ZX,Tang ZZ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate the anesthetic management in premature infants with retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) treated with intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) injections. METHODS:A retrospective chart review was performed for the patients with ROP who had IVB injection. Clinical characteristics, demographic variables, ane...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Tokgöz O,Sahin A,Tüfek A,Cınar Y,Güzel A,Ciftçi T,Celik F,Yüksel H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ELMO3 is a member of the engulfment and cell motility (ELMO) protein family, which plays a vital role in the process of chemotaxis and metastasis of tumor cells. However, remarkably little is known about the role of ELMO3 in cancer. The present study was conducted to investigate the function and role of ELMO3 in gastr...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Hu Y,Yu Q,Zhong Y,Shen W,Zhou X,Liu X,Xu M,Zhou N,Min W,Gao D

更新日期：2018-09-24 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：: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