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Effects of telmisartan and perindopril combination on hypertension and cardiovascular damage
Combined therapy is considered when monotherapy fails to control blood pressure (BP). This study evaluated the effects of combined treatment with telmisartan (an angiotensin receptor blocker, ARB) and perindop...
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Association of expression of GADD family genes and apoptosis in human kidney proximal tubular (HK-2) cells exposed to nephrotoxic drugs
Nephrotoxicity is often referred to as a side effect of most drugs, but methods for effectively detecting nephrotoxicants still require development.
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Open AccessKAI1(CD82) is a key molecule to control angiogenesis and switch angiogenic milieu to quiescent state
Little is known about endogenous inhibitors of angiogenic growth factors. In this study, we identified a novel endogenous anti-angiogenic factor expressed in pericytes and clarified its underlying mechanism an...
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Tunnelling-based ternary metal–oxide–semiconductor technology
The power density limits of complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) technology could be overcome by moving from a binary to a ternary logic system. However, ternary devices are typically based on multi-...
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Open AccessProangiogenic cells enhanced persistent and physiologic neovascularization compared with macrophages
Proangiogenic cells (PACs) display surface markers and secrete angiogenic factors similar to those used by myelomonocytic cells, but, unlike myelomonocytic cells, PACs enhance neovascularization activity in ex...
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Direct plan comparison of RapidArc and CyberKnife for spine stereotactic body radiation therapy
We compared the treatment planning performance of RapidArc (RA) vs. CyberKnife (CK) for spinal stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT). Ten patients with spinal lesions who had been treated with CK were re-...
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Open AccessAssociation of microRNAs and pathologic response to preoperative chemotherapy in triple negative breast cancer: preliminary report
Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) has caught the attention of oncologists worldwide because of poor prognosis and paucity of targeted therapies. Gene pathways have been widely studied, but less is known abo...
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Charity begins at home: non-coding RNA functions in DNA repair
Both microRNAs (miRNAs) and other small non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) are induced by DNA breaks and have been linked to the DNA damage response. This interplay between ncRNAs and repair factors may help to ensure e...
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Association between OPG, RANK and RANKL gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to acute coronary syndrome in Korean population
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Lines of Minima and Teichmüller Geodesics
For two measured laminations ν+ and ν− that fill up a hyperbolizable surface S and for \(t\,\in\,(-\infty,\infty)\) , ...
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Open AccessMLN51and GM-CSF involvement in the proliferation of fibroblast-like synoviocytes in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory autoimmune disease of unclear etiology. This study was conducted to identify critical factors involved in the synovial hyperplasia in RA pathology. We applied cDNA ...