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Decreased Urinary Epidermal Growth Factor in Children with Acute Renal Failure: Epidermal Growth Factor/Creatinine Ratio Not a Reliable Parameter for Urinary Epidermal Growth Factor Excretion
To verify some animal experimental results in humans, we have studied urinary epidermal growth factor (EGF) excretion in normal children as well as children with acute renal failure (ARF). Urinary EGF excretio...
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Intermediates in Endogenous Synthesis of C22:6ω3 and C20:4ω6 by Term and Preterm Infants
An alternative pathway of ω3 and ω6 fatty acid metabolism has been described in isolated rat hepatocytes and human fibroblasts. This alternative pathway, which is independent of Δ4 desaturation, involves elongati...
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Effect of Short-Term Cigarette Smoke Exposure on Body Weight, Appetite and Brain Neuropeptide Y in Mice
Although nicotinic receptors have been demonstrated in hypothalamic appetite-regulating areas and nicotine administration alters food intake and body weight in both animals and humans, the mechanisms underlyin...
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Open AccessA haplotype variation affecting the mitochondrial transportation of hMYH protein could be a risk factor for colorectal cancer in Chinese
The human MutY homolog (hMYH), a DNA glycolsylase involved in the excision repair of oxidative DNA damage, is currently studied in colorectal cancer (CRC). We previously demonstrated a haplotype variant c.53C>T/c...
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Open AccessAn association between hOGG1Ser326Cys polymorphism and the risk of bladder cancer in non-smokers: a meta-analysis
Bladder cancer results from complex interactions between many genetic and environment factors. The polymorphism Ser326Cys in hOGG1 gene has been reported to be associated with bladder cancer in some studies, thou...
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Open AccessUse of the PiCCO system in critically ill patients with septic shock and acute respiratory distress syndrome: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Hemodynamic monitoring is very important in critically ill patients with shock or acute respiratory distress syndrome(ARDS). The PiCCO (Pulse index Contour Continuous Cardiac Output, Pulsion Medical Systems, G...
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Open AccessPrevalence and risk factors for diabetic retinopathy in a high-risk Chinese population
Lifestyle plays an important role in the development of diabetic retinopathy. The lifestyle in Guangzhou is different from other cities in China as the Cantonese prefer eating rice porridge, but not spicy food...
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Open AccessRing cell migration assay identifies distinct effects of extracellular matrix proteins on cancer cell migration
Alterations in cell migration are a hallmark of cancer cell invasion and metastasis. In vitro assays commonly used to study cell migration, including the scratch wound healing assay, Boyden chamber assay, and new...
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Open AccessNerve growth factor improves functional recovery by inhibiting endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced neuronal apoptosis in rats with spinal cord injury
Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-induced apoptosis plays a major role in various diseases, including spinal cord injury (SCI). Nerve growth factor (NGF) show neuroprotective effect and improve the recovery of...
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Open AccessSimvastatin prevents alveolar bone loss in an experimental rat model of periodontitis after ovariectomy
Periodontitis is an inflammatory disease characterized by the loss of connective tissue and alveolar bone. There is an increasing evidence that periodontitis is associated with a number of chronic disease, inc...
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Open AccessLeft ventricular filling pressure assessed by exercise TDI was correlated with early HFNEF in patients with non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) patients are more susceptible to suffer from heart failure with normal ejection fraction (HFNEF). Therefore, it is critical to evaluate the relationship between left ventricul...
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Open AccessmiR-130a can predict response to temozolomide in patients with glioblastoma multiforme, independently of O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase
Currently, O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase(MGMT) promoter methylation is the most convincing predictive biomarker for temozolomide (TMZ) response in patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). However,...
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Open AccessThe long non-coding RNA HOTTIP promotes progression and gemcitabine resistance by regulating HOXA13 in pancreatic cancer
The human genome encodes many long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs). However, their biological functions, molecular mechanisms, and the prognostic value associated with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remain ...
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Open AccessThe changing trends of HIV-1 prevalence and incidence from sentinel surveillance of five sub-populations in Yunnan, China, 2001–2010
Yunnan is one of the provinces hardest-hit by HIV in China. To understand HIV epidemic dynamics and evaluate prevention effectiveness, we studied the changing trends in HIV-1 prevalence and incidence among fiv...
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Open AccessConcordance analysis of methylation biomarkers detection in self-collected and physician-collected samples in cervical neoplasm
Non-attendance at gynecological clinics is a major limitation of cervical cancer screening and self-collection of samples may improve this situation. Although HPV testing of self-collected vaginal samples is a...
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Open AccessFeatures of COPD patients by comparing CAT with mMRC: a retrospective, cross-sectional study
The group assignment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may differ depending on whether the COPD assessment test (CAT) or modified Medical Research Council dyspnoea scale (mMRC) is used.
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Open AccessArgonaute 2 and nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a genetic association study and functional analysis
Argonaute 2 (AGO2), a central component of RNA-induced silencing complex, plays critical roles in cancer. We examined whether the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of AGO2 were related to the risk of nasopha...
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Open AccessAtorvastatin treatment improves effects of implanted mesenchymal stem cells: meta-analysis of animal models with acute myocardial infarction
Previous studies reported that Atorvastatin (ATOR) can improve the efficacy of Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) transplantation after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). However, the results of those studies were ...
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Erratum: Genes with de novo mutations are shared by four neuropsychiatric disorders discovered from NPdenovo database
Correction to: Molecular Psychiatry advance online publication, 7 April 2015; doi:10.1038/mp.2015.40 Following publication of this paper, the authors noticed that the postal address shown for corresponding aut...
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Open AccessDiabetic ketoacidosis presenting with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome associated with a variant of complement factor B in an adult: a case report
Non-Shiga toxin-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome is known to be caused by dysregulation of the alternative complement pathway. Infections, drugs, pregnancy, bone marrow transplantation, malignancy, and aut...
