Cubic and hexagonal liquid crystals as drug delivery systems.

abstract：Background:The aims of this study were to explore the characteristics of left ventricular (LV) functional changes in subjects with or without acute mountain sickness (AMS) and their associations with AMS incidence. Methods:A total of 589 healthy men were enrolled and took a trip from Chengdu (500 m, above sea level (a...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Ke J,Liu C,Yu S,Bian S,Zhang C,Yang J,Zhang J,Jin J,Rao R,Zeng Y,Huang L

更新日期：2020-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：Background:We investigated the potential safety of remimazolam and propofol in malignant hyperthermia- (HM-) susceptible patients using ryanodine receptor 1- (RYR1-) expressing human embryonic kidney- (HEK-) 293 cells. Methods:We compared the enhanced responsiveness of HEK-293 cells expressing wild-type RYR1 with that...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Watanabe T,Miyoshi H,Noda Y,Narasaki S,Morio A,Toyota Y,Kimura H,Mukaida K,Yasuda T,Tsutsumi YM

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) K88 is a zoonotic pathogen. Previous studies have shown that lactic acid bacteria (LAB) have great potential in promoting health and resisting pathogenic infections; however, relatively little research has been done on the Pediococcus genus of LAB. This study is aimed at explori...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Tan K,Deng D,Ma X,Cui Y,Tian Z

更新日期：2020-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Hitherto, limited clinical impact has been achieved in the treatment of glioblastoma (GBMs). Although phytochemicals found in medicinal herbs can provide mankind with new therapeutic remedies, single agent intervention has failed to bring the expected outcome in clinical trials. Therefore, combinations of several agen...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Elkady AI,Hussein RA,Abu-Zinadah OA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Methods:The implantation sites, fetus resorption, and abnormal fetuses were studied in pregnant mice treated with different doses of BaP by oral gavage from day 1 to day 10 of gestation. Additionally, apoptosis and related signaling pathway, and the migration and invasion of trophoblasts, were assessed before and after...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Ye Y,Jiang S,Zhang C,Cheng Y,Zhong H,Du T,Xu W,Azziz R,Zhang H,Zhao X

更新日期：2020-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Subtle perturbations in intraglomerular VEGF/VEGFR-2 signaling or in the influencing microenvironment can profoundly affect renal function, resulting in the apparently paradoxical observation that VEGF blockade attenuates proteinuria development in experimental diabetes despite exerting the opposite effect under other...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Advani A,Connelly KA,Advani SL,Thai K,Zhang Y,Kelly DJ,Gilbert RE

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Lung cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide. The treatment choice for advanced stage of lung cancer may depend on histotype, performance status (PS), age, and comorbidities. In the present study, we focused on the effect of metronomic vinorelbine treatment in elderly patients with advanced unresectab...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： D'Ascanio M,Pezzuto A,Fiorentino C,Sposato B,Bruno P,Grieco A,Mancini R,Ricci A

更新日期：2018-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:WNT proteins are involved in embryonic development, sex determination, stem cell recruitment, angiogenesis, and cancer. They take part in morphological changes in the endometrium during development, regulate processes of endometrial proliferation and differentiation. This review presents current knowledge about implic...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Kiewisz J,Wasniewski T,Kmiec Z

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To analyze the keratectasia area (KEA) shown in corneal topography before and after corneal cross-linking (CXL) in patients with progressive keratoconus (KC) and figure out whether KEA is appropriate for evaluating the effect of CXL. Methods:A retrospective analysis was conducted in 34 eyes from 24 progressive...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Wang J,Li Z,Zhang H,Gao N,Mu G

更新日期：2019-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfated polysaccharides (GSP) were isolated from the cloned Grateloupia filicina which was cultured in Jiaozhou Bay, Qingdao, China. The yield of GSP was 15.75%. The total sugar and sulfate were 40.90 and 19.89%, respectively. And the average molecular weight was 11.7 KDa. The results of neutral sugar analysis showed...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Chen X,Yang S,Wang J,Song L,Xing R,Liu S,Yu H,Li P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stem cell-based therapy has been considered as a promising option in the treatment of ischemic heart disease. Although stem cell administration resulted in the temporary improvement of myocardial contractility in the majority of studies, the formation of new cardiomyocytes within the injured myocardium has not been co...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Belostotskaya G,Hendrikx M,Galagudza M,Suchkov S

更新日期：2020-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of amides derived from vanillic acid were obtained by coupling reactions using PyBOP ((Benzotriazol-1-yloxy)tripyrrolidinophosphonium hexafluorophosphate) and DCC (Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide) coupling reagents. These were submitted to biological evaluation for species of Candida, Staphylococcus, and Pseudomonas...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Santos Oliveira AJM,de Castro RD,Pessôa HLF,Wadood A,de Sousa DP

更新日期：2019-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Canine inflammatory mammary cancer (IMC) shares clinical and histopathological characteristics with human inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) and has been proposed as a good model for studying the human disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the capacity of female and male mice to reproduce IMC and IBC tumors and...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Caceres S,Peña L,Silvan G,Illera MJ,Woodward WA,Reuben JM,Illera JC

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ablative therapies have been utilized with increasing frequency for the treatment of Barrett's esophagus with and without dysplasia. Multiple modalities are available for topical ablation of the esophagus, but radiofrequency ablation (RFA) remains the most commonly used. There have been significant advances in techniq...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Tuttle R,Nurkin SJ,Hochwald SN

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:J-proteins are molecular chaperones and present in a wide variety of organisms from prokaryote to eukaryote. Based on their domain organizations, J-proteins can be classified into 4 types, that is, Type I, Type II, Type III, and Type IV. Different types of J-proteins play distinct roles in influencing cancer propertie...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Feng P,Lin H,Chen W,Zuo Y

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess glutamine/glutamate (Glx) and lactate (Lac) metabolism using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (1H-MRS) in order to differentiate between adrenal gland nodules and masses (adenomas, pheochromocytomas, carcinomas, and metastases). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Institutional review board approval...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Goldman SM,Nunes TF,Melo HJ,Dalavia C,Szejnfeld D,Kater C,Andreoni C,Szejnfeld J,Ajzen SA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preterm birth remains the most prevalent cause of neonatal morbidity. This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic value of SDF-1α, resistin, secretory RAGE (sRAGE), and endogenous secretory RAGE (esRAGE) in preterm labor. A total of 211 pregnant women participated in the study. Group A contained 72 women between 22 an...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Rzepka R,Dołęgowska B,Rajewska A,Sałata D,Budkowska M,Kwiatkowski S,Torbé A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Doublecortin-like kinase 1 (DCLK1) has been universally identified as a cancer stem cell (CSC) marker and is found to be overexpressed in many types of cancers including breast cancer. However, there is little data regarding the functional role of DCLK1 in breast cancer metastasis. In the present study, we s...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Liu H,Wen T,Zhou Y,Fan X,Du T,Gao T,Li L,Liu J,Yang L,Yao J,Ge Y,An G

更新日期：2019-05-15 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：:Host jump can result in deadly pandemic events when avian influenza A viruses broaden their host specificity and become able to infect mammals, including humans. Haemagglutinin-the major capsid protein in influenza A viruses-is subjected to high rate mutations, of which several occur at its "head": the receptor-bindin...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Righetto I,Filippini F

更新日期：2018-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Preoperative 5-fluorouracil- (5-FU-) based chemoradiotherapy is a standard treatment for locally advanced colorectal cancer (CRC). However, the effect of 5-FU-based chemoradiotherapy on CRC is limited due to the development of chemoradiation resistance (CRR), and the molecular mechanisms underlying this resistance are...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Xiong W,Ai YQ,Li YF,Ye Q,Chen ZT,Qin JY,Liu QY,Wang H,Ju YH,Li WH,Li YF

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. Therefore, assessing the risk of its occurrence is a crucial step in predicting serious cardiac events. Identifying heart disease risk factors and tracking their progression is a preliminary step in heart disease risk assessment. A large number of studies have rep...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Jonnagaddala J,Liaw ST,Ray P,Kumar M,Dai HJ,Hsu CY

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the biggest obstetric challenges is the diagnosis and management of a short cervix as cervical length has an inverse relationship with risk of preterm birth. A cervical cerclage is a surgical procedure to reduce the risk of preterm birth and can be placed in an elective or emergency setting. This is a retrospec...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Vasudeva N,Reddington C,Bogdanska M,De Luca L

更新日期：2018-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Three-dimensional (3D) liver tumor segmentation from Computed Tomography (CT) images is a prerequisite for computer-aided diagnosis, treatment planning, and monitoring of liver cancer. Despite many years of research, 3D liver tumor segmentation remains a challenging task. In this paper, an efficient semiautomatic meth...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Wu W,Wu S,Zhou Z,Zhang R,Zhang Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large number of occupational exposure limit values (OELs) are based on avoiding of sensory irritation of the eyes and the upper respiratory tract. In order to investigate the chemosensory effect range of a chemical, odor and sensory irritation thresholds (lateralization thresholds, LTs) can be assessed. Humidity aff...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Monsé C,Sucker K,Hoffmeyer F,Jettkant B,Berresheim H,Bünger J,Brüning T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The large-scale production of cardiomyocytes is a key step in the development of cell therapy and tissue engineering to treat cardiovascular diseases, particularly those caused by ischemia. The main objective of this study was to establish a procedure for the efficient production of cardiomyocytes by reprogramming mes...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Zanetti BF,Gomes WJ,Han SW

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart failure is a major and costly problem in public health, which, in certain cases, may lead to death. The failing heart undergo a series of electrical and structural changes that provide the underlying basis for disturbances like arrhythmias. Computer models of coupled electrical and mechanical activities of the h...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Rocha BM,Toledo EM,Barra LP,dos Santos RW

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:Even today, despite medical progress and intensive health education, odontogenic infections leading to surgical intervention and hospitalization are common in children and young people. The aim of this study was to give a detailed overview of clinical and economic data on children and young people treated ...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Doll C,Carl F,Neumann K,Voss JO,Hartwig S,Waluga R,Heiland M,Raguse JD

更新日期：2018-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Radiopharmaceutical production process must adhere to current good manufacturing process (CGMP) compliance to ensure the quality of precursor, prodrug (active pharmaceutical ingredient, API), and the final drug product that meet acceptance criteria. We aimed to develop an automated system for production of CG...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Chi YT,Chu PC,Chao HY,Shieh WC,Chen CC

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a controversial relationship between HLA-A2 and Alzheimer's disease (AD). It has been suggested a modifier effect on the risk that depends on genetic loadings. Thus, the aims of this study were to evaluate this relationship and to reveal genes associated with both concepts the HLA-A gene and AD. Consequently,...

journal_title：BioMed research international

authors： Cifuentes RA,Murillo-Rojas J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00