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The Fusion Gene at the ABO-Secretor Locus (FUT2): absence in Chinese populations
The fusion gene (sefus) is a null allele of the secretor type α (1, 2) fucosyltransferase gene (FUT2) and was first found in a Japanese population. It has not yet been reported in any other ethnic population. In...
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Cytokine Induction in Fetal Rat Brains and Brain Injury in Neonatal Rats after Maternal Lipopolysaccharide Administration
Induction of proinflammatory cytokines has been proposed to be a link between prenatal maternal intrauterine infection and neonatal brain damage. It is known that the endotoxin, lipopolysaccharide (LPS), relea...
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Business Agent
The Internet and World Wide Web represent an increasingly important channel for retail commerce as well as business transactions. However, there are almost 5 billion pages or sites on the Internet and WWW. The...
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Open AccessA mass vaccination campaign targeting adults and children to prevent typhoid fever in Hechi; Expanding the use of Vi polysaccharide vaccine in Southeast China: A cluster-randomized trial
One of the goals of this study was to learn the coverage, safety and logistics of a mass vaccination campaign against typhoid fever in children and adults using locally produced typhoid Vi polysaccharide (PS) ...
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Taurine inhibits ischemia/reperfusion-induced compartment syndrome in rabbits
To investigate effects of taurine on ischemia/reperfusion (I/R)-induced compartment syndrome in rabbit hind limbs.
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Hydrogen sulfide ameliorates vascular calcification induced by vitamin D3 plus nicotine in rats
To investigate the role of the endogenous cystathionine γ-synthase (CSE)/ hydrogen sulfide (H2S) pathway in vascular calcification in vivo.
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Cardioprotective effects of ghrelin and des-octanoyl ghrelin on myocardial injury induced by isoproterenol in rats
To determine the cardioprotective action of ghrelin and des-octanoyl ghrelin in rats with isoproterenol-induced myocardial injury.
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Urotensin II accelerates cardiac fibrosis and hypertrophy of rats induced by isoproterenol
To study whether urotensin II (UII), a potent vasoconstrictive peptide, is involved in the development of cardiac hypertrophy and fibrogenesis of rats induced by isoproterenol (ISO).
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An Energy-Efficient MAC Design for IEEE 802.15.4-Based Wireless Sensor Networks
This paper presents a new energy-efficient MAC design to improve the performance of IEEE 802.15.4-based wireless sensor networks. Our proposed mechanism adaptively determines the slee** schedules of sensor n...
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A Cross-Layered Diagnostician in OSGi Platform for Home Network
The service gateway in a home network plays an important role as a centric service controller. New services can be updated and plugged by the operators or users of the gateways. But more services in the gatewa...
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Open AccessMolecular phylogeny of the Drosophila obscura species group, with emphasis on the Old World species
Species of the Drosophila obscura species group (e.g., D. pseudoobscura, D. subobscura) have served as favorable models in evolutionary studies since the 1930's. Despite numbers of studies conducted with varied t...
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Open AccessAntihypertensive medication prescription patterns and time trends for newly-diagnosed uncomplicated hypertension patients in Taiwan
Knowledge of existing prescription patterns in the treatment of newly-diagnosed hypertension can provide useful information for improving clinical practice in this field. The aims of this study are to determin...
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Open AccessCaustic ingestion in adults: The role of endoscopic classification in predicting outcome
The ingestion of caustic substances induces an extensive spectrum of injuries to the aerodigestive tract which include extensive necrosis and perforation of the esophagus and stomach. The gold standard of safe...
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Acute pulmonary inflammation is inhibited in CXCR3 knockout mice after short-term cigarette smoke exposure
CXCR3, via binding its specific ligand CXCL10, plays an important role in cigarette smoke (CS)-induced pulmonary inflammation. CXCR3 is preferentially expressed in activated T cells (chiefly CD8+ T cells). The pu...
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Genipin inhibits endothelial exocytosis via nitric oxide in cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells
Exocytosis of endothelial Weibel-Palade bodies, which contain von Willebrand factor (VWF), P-selectin and other modulators, plays an important role in both inflammation and thrombosis. The present study invest...
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Calcineurin-NFAT signaling is involved in phenylephrine-induced vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation
Catecholamine-induced vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation is one of the major events in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and vascular remodeling. The calcineurin-NFAT pathway plays a role in re...
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Open AccessCharacterization of a potent non-cytotoxic shRNA directed to the HIV-1 co-receptor CCR5
The use of shRNAs to downregulate the expression of specific genes is now relatively routine in experimentation but still hypothetical for clinical application. A potential therapeutic approach for HIV-1 disea...
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Open AccessCritical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency in patients with severe acute biliary pancreatitis: a prospective cohort study
Gallstones are the most common cause of acute pancreatitis worldwide. Patients with severe acute biliary pancreatitis (SABP) constitute a subgroup of severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) patients in whom systemic i...
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Open AccessImpairment of insulin-stimulated Akt/GLUT4 signaling is associated with cardiac contractile dysfunction and aggravates I/R injury in STZ-diabetic Rats
In this study, we established systemic in-vivo evidence from molecular to organism level to explain how diabetes can aggravate myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury and revealed the role of insulin sign...
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Open AccessCost-effectiveness of human papillomavirus vaccination for prevention of cervical cancer in Taiwan
Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection has been shown to be a major risk factor for cervical cancer. Vaccines against HPV-16 and HPV-18 are highly effective in preventing type-specific HPV infections and related...
