abstract：:Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide, which is now viewed as a disease of brain with pathogenesis not fully understood. The main diagnostic methods are examining the retinal nerve fiber layer through optical coherence tomography and investigating visual field defect, but these methods pres...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Sun Y,Huang W,Li F,Li H,Wang L,Huang Y,Zhang X

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silicone may, like any other adjuvant, induce an inflammatory reaction and diseases. There is no data about its use in renal transplant recipients. Increased immunogenicity of silicon may manifest by activation of both the innate and the adaptive immune system cells what promotes a chronic pro-inflammatory response. D...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Basic-Jukic N,Ratkovic M,Radunovic D,Kastelan Z

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis is a common disease whose complications, such as myocardial infarction, are a leading cause of mortality worldwide. Therefore, ideas which try to explain the circumstances of atherosclerotic plaque initiation and progression are warranted. We hypothesize that low-grade inflammation in early life (espec...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Kowara M,Kasarełło K,Czarzasta K,Opolski G,Cudnoch-Jędrzejewska A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic iris sphincter tear has been thought to occur secondary to anteroposterior compression of the globe with defined forces lead to equatorial expansion and active pull along the corneoscleral junction and sphincter tear. However, here in this report, we elaborate the additional forces involved in the traumatic ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Pujari A,Agarwal D,Kumar Behera A,Bhaskaran K,Sharma N

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erectile dysfunction after nerve injury is a common disease after radical prostatectomy. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a member of the neurotrophin family, which plays an important role in the survival of existing neurons, the differentiation of new neurons, and synaptic plasticity. It has been demonstra...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Chiang PK,Yang FY

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autism continues to be a significant cause of psychosocial pathology in affected children and adults. Until recently, the predominant research thrust to uncover the cause of this condition has been the search for a major nuclear mutation. Although a small percentage of cases do demonstrate such a DNA fault, recent eff...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Steinman G

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of adult and childhood obesity are increasing. Most of the human newborn's body fat accumulates in the last half of intrauterine life. Fat in the fetus was thought to be mostly synthesized from glucose, but now it is commonly accepted that the bulk of it is the product of placental transfer of maternal ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Szabo AJ

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria initiated peri-implantitis can lead to bone destruction around a dental implant, modifying its surface and preventing re-osseointegration. Consequently, all available methods for treating periimplantitis have disappointing long-term results. Implant failure will lead to loss of the prosthetic reconstruction a...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Chaushu L,Shabat R,Gadyukov A,Chaushu G

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deciding for an amputation in case of complex regional pain syndrome type I (CRPS-I) is controversial. Evidence for favorable or adverse effects of an amputation is weak. We therefore follow a careful and well-structured decision making process. After referral of the patient with the request to amputate the affected l...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Schrier E,Dijkstra PU,Zeebregts CJ,Wolff AP,Geertzen JHB

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The disturbances of the 11p15.5 chromosomal region are associated with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, Russell-Silver syndrome, Wilms tumor, IMAGe syndrome, and idiopathic hemihyperplasia. The aim of this research was to examine the hypothesis that 11p15.5 initially became unstable in the European population about 200 ye...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Shterenshis M,Roitblat Y,Ilani J,Lumbroso J,Padilla-Raygoza N

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with multiple organs involved. Kidney damage is common among SLE patients. In lupus nephritis, extracellular DNA accumulation from necrosis cells and activated cells is perceived as initial step of inflammation. The up-regulated type I IFN is one pivotal cyto...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Zheng L,Zhang H,Tang Y

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously presented a new Systemic Evolutionary Theory of Cancer (SETOC) based on the failure of proper endosymbiosis in eukaryotic cells. Here, we propose that the progressive uncoupling of two endosymbiotic subsystems (information and energy) inside the cell, as a consequence of long-term injuries, gives ri...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Mazzocca A,Ferraro G,Misciagna G,Fais S

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Almost all solid tumors consist of aneuploid cells with highly abnormal chromosome numbers. Such cancer cells could very well originate from chromosome missegregation which is a disturbingly common phenomenon, happening in 0.01 to 4 percent of cell divisions. Missegregated cells are aneuploid, typically lacking a chro...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Engvild KC

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although fibrosis and emphysema are in many ways on opposite ends of the pulmonary parenchymal disease spectrum, they seem to share common pathomechanistic steps. This is illustrated by the coexistence of both entities in lungs of individuals with combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema. Macroproteins elastin and co...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Janssen R,de Brouwer B,von der Thüsen JH,Wouters EFM

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crossed cerebellar diaschisis (CCD) refers to transneuronal degeneration of the corticopontocerebellar pathway, resulting in atrophy of cerebellum contralateral to supratentorial pathology. CCD is traditionally diagnosed on nuclear medicine studies. Our aim is to apply a biexponential diffusion model, composed of intr...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Kohannim O,Huang JC,Hathout GM

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the early postnatal period, intraventricular hemorrhage may develop in infants with extremely low birth weights due to hemodynamic instability. One of the most significant factors in intraventricular hemorrhage development is fluctuations in the cerebral blood flow due to left-to-right shunting as a result of paten...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Tekgündüz KŞ,Tekgündüz SE

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) has defied a clear unified pathological explanation to date. Not surprisingly, treatments for the condition are limited in number, efficacy and their ability to enact a cure. Whilst many observations have been made of physiological abnormalities, how these explain the condition an...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Russo M,Georgius P,Santarelli DM

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge about how information is stored in neurons of animals and in the human brain is still incomplete. A hypothesis related to long-term changes in synaptic efficiency has strong experimental support, but does not seem to be able to explain all observations. It has recently been proposed that magnetite together w...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Alfsen EM,Størmer FC,Njå A,Walløe L

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I hypothesize that the intermediates of the kynurenine (Kyn) pathway (KP) of tryptophan (Trp) degradation kynurenic acid (KA) and quinolinic acid (QA) play opposite roles in inflammatory diseases, with KA being antiinflammatory and QA being immunosuppressant. Darlington et al. have demonstrated a decrease in the ratio...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Badawy AA

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The S-oxidation of S-carboxymethyl-l-cysteine has been reported previously to be a biomarker of disease susceptibility in Parkinson's disease and Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. In this investigation, the original observations have been confirmed with the incidence of the poor metaboliser phenotype (no urinary recovery...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Steventon GB,Mitchell SC

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Boron is increasingly added to food supplements due to multiple effects that have been reported in mammals after boric acid administration. Among these effects are inflammatory process control, bone and muscle strength enhancement, protein expression regulation, and a decreased risk of developing some pathologies in w...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Bello M,Guadarrama-García C,Velasco-Silveyra LM,Farfán-García ED,Soriano-Ursúa MA

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delivery of large DNA constructs is necessary for combinatorial, anti-aging gene therapy. However, this is hindered by the lack of a non-inflammatory vector with sufficient packaging space and the ability to effectively spread through tissue. It is possible that a mitochondrion, altered to be able to secrete therapeut...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Renteln M

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer incidence increases with age; along with many other cancers, it could be considered a disease of aging. Prostate cancer screening has led to a significant proportion of men diagnosed with low-grade, low-stage prostate cancer who are now more likely to choose an active surveillance strategy rather than ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Liss MA,Rickborn L,DiGiovanni J,Bacich D,DeGraffenried LA,Parihar M,Thompson IM,Sharp ZD

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Digital ulcers (DU) are a common manifestation of systemic sclerosis (SSc) and occur at a variety of locations including the fingertips and over the extensor aspects of the hands. However, most recent clinical trials have included only fingertip DUs as these are believed to be ischaemic in aetiology, and therefore lik...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Hughes M,Murray A,Denton CP,Herrick AL

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanoma is one of the most aggressive cancers which has very low response rate and survival rate. Melanoma cells are known to be inherently resistant to the chemotherapy which results in poor outcomes and even failure of the therapy. For this reason, a better understanding of underlying mechanism of melanoma pathogen...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Mishra H,Mishra PK,Ekielski A,Iqbal Z,Jaggi M,Talegaonkar S

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is increasingly admitted that Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, the two entities of inflammatory bowel disease, are initiated and reactivated by environmental factors in genetically susceptible hosts, and result from aberrant immune response to specific intestinal microbes, in the context of altered compositi...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Beaugerie L,Langholz E,Nyboe-Andersen N,Pigneur B,Sokol H,ECCO Epicom.

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scrub typhus is a mite borne infectious disease which has re-emerged in India in the 3rd millennium after years of quiescence. In this review, the authors hypothesize the various factors responsible for resurgence of this disease. The main drivers that could have contributed to the upsurge in scrub typhus cases in pas...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Ranjan J,Prakash JAJ

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to classical metastatic pathways, recently gastric cancer was described having an alternative route called "endoluminal exfoliation". Provisional analyses demonstrated, in fact, this kind of shedding is associated with several clinico-pathological features indicative of aggressive behavior and resulted to ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Virgilio E,Balducci G,Mercantini P,Giarnieri E,Giovagnoli MR,Montagnini M,Proietti A,D'Urso R,Cavallini M

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin resistance (IR) is a common denominator of metabolic and hemodynamic disorders simultaneously present in one person and responsible for elevated risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and cardiovascular incidents. According to the latest research, IR is present in 25-45% of the general population. Therefore...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Blaslov K,Kruljac I,Mirošević G,Kirigin Biloš LS,Vrkljan M

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rigid gas permeable contact lens (RGPCL) is an ideal choice to improve the corrective vision of patients with a high degree of refractive error, keratoconus and corneal transplantation. However, RGPCL fitting is not an easy work for those patients with extremely irregular corneal surface. Technicians or doctors of...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Zhao F,Zhao G,Weijie F,Chen L

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The small vessel vasculitides granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) and microscopic polyangiitis are associated with autoantibodies to neutrophil cytoplasm antigens (ANCA), principally proteinase-3 (PR3) and myeloperoxidase (MPO). There is an association between GPA and nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus. The re...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Oliveira DBG

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The non-invasive assessment of chronic tissue hypoxia is difficult. Pulse oximetry only allows the peripheral oxygen saturation to be measured, while the detection of hyperlactataemia needs to take into account the fact that the accumulation of lactic acid may result from several causes other than prolonged tissue hyp...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Puri BK,Monro JA

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Innumerable studies have been carried out by people to trace out those elements, find out the mechanisms that are vital to the maintenance of stemness. Amongst them, the one which is gaining importance in the recent past is the metabolism of stem cells, especially One carbon metabolism. Being associated directly or in...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Kasulanati S,Venkatesan V

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1937, Drs. Moritz and Oldt described arteriolar injuries in the kidneys (and other viscera) in hypertension, across the age range, in both sexes, and, in different races. This hypothesis proposes that injuries to vasomotor nerves cause the arteriolar injury in the kidney in hypertension, (as well as that in the ute...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Gu QR,Li YY,Chen GR,Quinn MJ

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen therapy, usually administered by a facemask or nasal cannulae, is the current default treatment of respiratory failure. Since respiration entails intake of oxygen and release of carbon dioxide from tissues as waste product, the notion of administering carbon dioxide in respiratory failure appears counter-intuit...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Julu POO,Shah M,Monro JA,Puri BK

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibromyalgia (FM) is a debilitating, widespread pain disorder that is assumed to originate from inappropriate pain processing in the central nervous system. Psychological and behavioral factors are both believed to underlie the pathogenesis and complicate the treatment. This hypothesis, however, has not yet been suffi...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Hulens M,Dankaerts W,Stalmans I,Somers A,Vansant G,Rasschaert R,Bruyninckx F

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cause and therapy of neurodegenerative diseases remain unsolved puzzles. These diseases are correlated with presence of beta sheet-rich amyloid assemblies. Here, I derive and assemble puzzle pieces to obtain a loose end-tying hypothesis for cause with direct implications for therapy. I use the following extrapolat...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Serwer P

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a lethal muscle wasting disease caused by a lack of dystrophin, which eventually leads to apoptosis of muscle cells and impaired muscle contractility. Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats/CRISPR associated protein 9 (CRISPR/Cas9) gene editing of induced pluripo...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Hagan M,Ashraf M,Kim IM,Weintraub NL,Tang Y

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both, hamstring and ACL injuries are among the most typical injuries, particularly in change of direction and high speed running sports. They're also difficult to treat. Therefore, in the past few years, sports medicine practitioners and exercise scientists have mainly been focusing on the development and implementati...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Ertelt T,Gronwald T

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positive cancer patient outcomes, including increased time to recurrent events, have been associated with increased counts and function of natural killer (NK) cells. NK cell counts and function are elevated following acute exercise, and the generally accepted mechanism of increased recruitment suggests that binding of...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Evans W

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00