Evaluation of cardiac function index as measured by transpulmonary thermodilution as an indicator of left ventricular ejection fraction in cardiogenic shock.

abstract：:Several intestinal parasites of baboons are of zoonotic importance, especially where there is considerable interaction between the baboons and humans. The identification of gastrointestinal parasite infections of baboons (Papio anubis) was undertaken at the Shai Hills Reserve Resort, Ghana. A total of 51 faecal sample...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Larbi JA,Akyeampong S,Abubakari A,Offei Addo S,Okoto D,Hanson H

更新日期：2020-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate tumor structure in children with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) using histogram analyses of mean diffusivity (MD), determine potential treatment and corticosteroid-related effects on MD, and monitor changes in MD distributions over time. MATERIALS AND METHODS:DTI was performed on a 1.5T GE...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Steffen-Smith EA,Sarlls JE,Pierpaoli C,Shih JH,Bent RS,Walker L,Warren KE

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:L-amino acid oxidases are enzymes found in several organisms, including venoms of snakes, where they contribute to the toxicity of ophidian envenomation. Their toxicity is primarily due to enzymatic activity, but other mechanisms have been proposed recently which require further investigation. L-amino acid oxidases ex...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Izidoro LF,Sobrinho JC,Mendes MM,Costa TR,Grabner AN,Rodrigues VM,da Silva SL,Zanchi FB,Zuliani JP,Fernandes CF,Calderon LA,Stábeli RG,Soares AM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) is a rare, indolent B-cell lymphoma. Clinically, chromosome 6q deletion (6q del) including loss of the B lymphocyte-induced maturation protein 1 gene (BLIMP-1) is reported to be associated with poor prognosis. However, it remains unclear how the underlying biological mechan...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Sekiguchi N,Nomoto J,Nagata A,Kiyota M,Fukuda I,Yamada K,Takezako N,Kobayashi Y

更新日期：2018-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb, i.e., the aetiological agent); the WHO has established this disease as high priority due to its ensuing mortality. Mtb uses a range of mechanisms for preventing its elimination by an infected host; new, viable alternatives for blocking th...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Sánchez-Barinas CD,Ocampo M,Tabares L,Bermúdez M,Patarroyo MA,Patarroyo ME

更新日期：2019-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study obtained a germ cell-specific marker dead end (dnd) in olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) named Podnd. The tissue-specific expressions of Podnd transcripts were present in testis and ovary but were not detectable in other somatic tissues detected. SISH showed that Podnd expressed only in germ ce...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Wang X,Liu Q,Xiao Y,Yang Y,Wang Y,Song Z,You F,An H,Xiao Z,Xu S,Ma D,Li J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To identify the Acinetobacter baumannii infection among transfusion dependent thalassemia patients. METHODS:A quantitative approach was employed to assess Acinetobacter baumannii infection in transfusion dependent thalassemia patients. Samples were collected from 916 patients, which have shown bacterial growth...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Abdul Rasheed M,Alzahrani FM,Sattar Shaikh S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasound tomography (UST) image segmentation is fundamental in breast density estimation, medicine response analysis, and anatomical change quantification. Existing methods are time consuming and require massive manual interaction. To address these issues, an automatic algorithm based on GrabCut (AUGC) is proposed i...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Wu S,Yu S,Zhuang L,Wei X,Sak M,Duric N,Hu J,Xie Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe stages of acute, colonic diverticulitis can progress into intestinal perforations with peritonitis. In such cases, urgent treatment is needed, and Hartmann's procedure is the standard treatment for cases with fecal peritonitis. Peritoneal lavage may be an alternative to resection for acute diverticulitis with p...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Hupfeld L,Burcharth J,Pommergaard HC,Rosenberg J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to develop a new biodegradable stent for peripheral artery disease (PAD) that could provide sufficient radial force to maintain long-term patency and flexibility. All self-expandable hybrid biodegradable stents were designed by using a knitting structure composed of poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA) and nitin...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Lee JH,Kim SJ,Park SI,Ko YG,Choi D,Hong MK,Jang Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mung bean is a hepatoprotective agent in dietary supplements. Fermentation and germination processes are well recognized to enhance the nutritional values especially the concentration of active compounds such as amino acids and GABA of various foods. In this study, antioxidant and hepatoprotective effects of freeze-dr...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Mohd Ali N,Mohd Yusof H,Long K,Yeap SK,Ho WY,Beh BK,Koh SP,Abdullah MP,Alitheen NB

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CA-125 has been a valuable marker for the follow-up of ovarian cancer patients but it is not sensitive enough to be used as diagnostic marker. We had already used secretomic methods to identify proteins differentially secreted by serous ovarian cancer cells compared to healthy ovarian cells. Here, we evaluated the sec...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Kramer M,Pierredon S,Ribaux P,Tille JC,Petignat P,Cohen M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Technetium-99 conjugated with methylene diphosphonate (99Tc-MDP) is an effective anti-inflammatory drug in treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA) for over 15 years in China. However, as a special form of bisphosphonate, the antiosteoporotic effect of 99Tc-MDP is unclear. We systematically investigated the effects of 99Tc-...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Shi L,Ning Y,Xu L,Li J,Zhang X

更新日期：2018-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) oil (NO) was assayed against forty-eight isolates of Escherichia coli by standardised disc diffusion test and microdilution test. By molecular biology characterization, fourteen isolates resulted in diarrheagenic E. coli with sixteen primer pairs that specifically amplify unique seque...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Del Serrone P,Toniolo C,Nicoletti M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the role and mechanism of miR-15b in the proliferation and apoptosis of glioma. METHODS:The miR-15b mimics were transfected into human glioma cells to upregulate the miR-15b expression. Cyclin D1 was determined by both western blotting analysis and luciferase reporter assay. Methylthiazol tetrazoliu...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Sun G,Shi L,Yan S,Wan Z,Jiang N,Fu L,Li M,Guo J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal inflammation can result in renal injury. Uric acid (UA) is the final product of purine metabolism in humans and because of the lack of urate oxidase, UA may accumulate in tissues, including kidney, causing inflammation. Galangin was isolated from a traditional Chinese medicine plant and possesses several benefic...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Lu H,Yao H,Zou R,Chen X,Xu H

更新日期：2019-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin B-6 has a strong antioxidative effect. It would be useful to determine whether vitamin B-6 supplementation had effects on antioxidant capacities in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who had recently undergone tumor resection. Thirty-three HCC patients were randomly assigned to either the placebo (n ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Cheng SB,Lin PT,Liu HT,Peng YS,Huang SC,Huang YC

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the suitability of insoluble Eudragit® water dispersions (NE, NM, RL, and RS) for direct high-shear granulation of very soluble levetiracetam in order to decrease its burst effect from HPMC K100M matrices. The process characteristics, ss-NMR analysis, in vitro dissolutio...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Mašková E,Naiserová M,Kubová K,Mašek J,Pavloková S,Urbanová M,Brus J,Vysloužil J,Vetchý D

更新日期：2019-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to introduce a method using a percutaneous full-endoscopic interlaminar approach via a surrounding nerve root discectomy (SNRD) operative route that involves removing the protrusive disc via both the shoulder and the axilla of the corresponding nerve root for the treatment of ventral-typ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Shi C,Kong W,Liao W,Lu Y,Fu Y,Wen H,Du Q,Wu F

更新日期：2018-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) is associated with chronic gastrointestinal diseases and structural/functional abnormalities of the gastrointestinal tract. SIBO's association with clinical characteristics is unclear. This study investigates the association between clinical factors and SIBO according to la...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Newberry C,Tierney A,Pickett-Blakely O

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of Aspergillus niger strain to reduce organic and mineral pollution as well as the toxicity of two tannery wastewaters, the unhairing effluent (UE) and the final effluent (FE), taken from a local Tunisian tannery and under nonsterile conditions, was studied. Raw effluents show alkaline pH ≥11; thus experim...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Boujelben R,Ellouze M,Sayadi S

更新日期：2019-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of patulin with human serum albumin (HSA) was studied in vitro under normal physiological conditions. The study was performed using fluorescence, ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis), circular dichroism (CD), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and molecular modeling techniques. The quenching mechanism...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Yuqin L,Guirong Y,Zhen Y,Caihong L,Baoxiu J,Jiao C,Yurong G

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies indicated that intracerebroventricular administration of nerve growth factor (NGF) leads to massive Schwann cell hyperplasia surrounding the medulla oblongata and spinal cord. This study was designed to characterize the proliferation of peripheral glial cells, that is, Schwann and satellite cells, in ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Schlachetzki JC,Pizzo DP,Morrissette DA,Winkler J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Removal of MTA from dentin by applying 37% hydrochloric acid (HCl) to reduce microhardness and push-out bond strength. Forty dentin slices were filled with WMTA and divided into two groups (n = 20). Ten slices remained untreated while others were exposed to either HCl or phosphate buffer saline (PBS) and all samples w...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Saghiri MA,Garcia-Godoy F,Gutmann JL,Sheibani N,Asatourian A,Lotfi M,Elyasi M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart failure (HF) can be defined as cardiac structural or functional abnormality leading to a series of symptoms due to deficiency of oxygen delivery. In the clinical practice, acute heart failure (AHF) is usually performed as cardiogenic shock (CS), pulmonary edema, and single or double ventricle congestive heart fa...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Zhong ZP,Wang H,Hou XT

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori colonization of gastric mucosa causes pain of unknown etiology in about 15-20% of infected subjects. The aim of the present work was to determine the level of expression of enzymes involved in the synthesis of melatonin in gastric mucosa of asymptomatic and symptomatic H. pylori infected patients. ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Chojnacki C,Popławski T,Blasiak J,Chojnacki J,Reiter RJ,Klupinska G

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microbial resistance of fungi and bacteria is currently considered a major public health problem. Esters derived from cinnamic acid have a broad spectrum of pharmacological properties that include antimicrobial activity. In this study, a collection of structurally related 4-chlorocinnamic acid esters was prepared ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Silva RHN,Andrade ACM,Nóbrega DF,de Castro RD,Pessôa HLF,Rani N,de Sousa DP

更新日期：2019-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression profile of long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) in human epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) has not been widely studied. In the present study, we performed RNA sequencing to analyze the expression profiles of lncRNA and mRNA in EAT in coronary artery disease (CAD) patients with and without heart failure (HF). Our r...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Zheng M,Zhao L,Yang X

更新日期：2019-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are involved in the remodeling of extracellular matrix in various tissues. Their functioning could be related to the formation of complexes, containing MMP9, MMP2, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases type 1 (TIMP1), and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL). Such complex...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Kiczak L,Tomaszek A,Bania J,Paslawska U,Zacharski M,Noszczyk-Nowak A,Janiszewski A,Skrzypczak P,Ardehali H,Jankowska EA,Ponikowski P

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is the most prevalent form of oral cancer. Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and p53 are associated with a variety of human cancers, but their expression and interaction in OSCC have not been fully explored. In this study, we investigated the expression of iNOS and p53 in OSCC ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Yang L,Wang Y,Guo L,Wang L,Chen W,Shi B

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00