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Open AccessThe use of non-contrast-enhanced MRI to evaluate serial changes in endoleaks after aortic stenting: a case report
Aortic dissection is a life-threatening syndrome that sometimes requires emergency intervention, and endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) is a treatment option. Long-term image follow-up is also required...
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Open AccessCT-based peritumoral radiomics signatures to predict early recurrence in hepatocellular carcinoma after curative tumor resection or ablation
To construct a prediction model based on peritumoral radiomics signatures from CT images and investigate its efficiency in predicting early recurrence (ER) of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after curative trea...
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Open AccessScrub typhus and depression: a nationwide cohort analysis
Studies on the relationship between depression and scrub typhus are limited. We conducted a retrospective cohort study to investigate whether scrub typhus is a risk factor for depression.
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The Role and Molecular Mechanism of Long Nocoding RNA-MEG3 in the Pathogenesis of Preeclampsia
A growing body of evidence suggests that the dysregulation of long noncoding RNA is increasingly linked to many human diseases. Maternally expressed gene 3 (MEG3) is one such gene thought to be affected. In the p...
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Open AccessClinical characteristics and surgical history of Taiwanese patients with mucopolysaccharidosis type II: data from the Hunter Outcome Survey (HOS)
Mucopolysaccharidosis type II (MPS II) is the most frequently occurring MPS in Taiwan, with an incidence of 2.05 per 100,000 live male births, but little is known about clinical characteristics and surgical hi...
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Open AccessStatus of newborn screening and follow up investigations for Mucopolysaccharidoses I and II in Taiwan
Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) are lysosomal storage diseases in which mutations of genes encoding for lysosomal enzymes cause defects in the degradation of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). The accumulation of GAGs in ...
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Open AccessCharacterization of PIK3CA and PIK3R1 somatic mutations in Chinese breast cancer patients
Deregulation of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway contributes to the development and progression of tumors. Here, we determine that somatic mutations in PIK3CA (44%), PIK3R1 (17%), AKT3 (15%), and PTEN
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Open AccessDelayed epidural transplantation of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neural progenitors enhances functional recovery after stroke
Induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neural progenitor cells (iPSC-NPCs) are a promising source of tailor-made cell therapy for neurological diseases. However, major obstacles to clinical use still exist. To ...
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Open AccessAbstracts from the 8th International Congress of the Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control (APSIC)
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Concurrence of Tuberculosis and Other Major Diseases
The chronic respiratory disease of tuberculosis (TB) has become one of the most significant infectious diseases because of its high mortality. It also results in serious social and economic problems that chall...
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Open AccessCauses of death and clinical characteristics of 34 patients with Mucopolysaccharidosis II in Taiwan from 1995–2012
Mucopolysaccharidosis type II (MPS II) is an X-linked recessive, multisystemic lysosomal storage disorder caused by a deficiency of iduronate-2-sulfatase. MPS II has a variable age of onset and variable rate o...
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Open AccessComparing clinical responses and the biomarkers of BDNF and cytokines between subthreshold bipolar disorder and bipolar II disorder
Patients with subthreshold hypomania (SBP; subthreshold bipolar disorder) were indistinguishable from those with bipolar disorder (BP)-II on clinical bipolar validators, but their analyses lacked biological an...
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Sulforaphane prevents rat cardiomyocytes from hypoxia/reoxygenation injury in vitro via activating SIRT1 and subsequently inhibiting ER stress
Sulforaphane (SFN), a natural dietary isothiocyanate, is found to exert beneficial effects for cardiovascular diseases. This study aimed to investigate the mechanisms underlying the protective effects of SFN i...
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Open AccessExtractions of steady-state auditory evoked fields in normal subjects and tinnitus patients using complementary ensemble empirical mode decomposition
Auditory steady-state response (ASSR) induced by repetitive auditory stimulus is commonly used for audiometric testing. ASSR can be measured using electro-encephalography (EEG) and magnetoencephalography (MEG)...
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Open AccessAberrant PTPRO methylation in tumor tissues as a potential biomarker that predicts clinical outcomes in breast cancer patients
Aberrant hypermethylation of gene promoter regions is a primary mechanism by which tumor suppressor genes become inactivated in breast cancer. Epigenetic inactivation of the protein tyrosine phosphatase recept...
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Open AccessNatural history and clinical assessment of Taiwanese patients with mucopolysaccharidosis IVA
Mucopolysaccharidosis IVA (MPS IVA) is a rare lysosomal storage disorder caused by N-acetylgalactosamine-6-sulfatase deficiency, which catalyzes a step in the catabolism of glycosaminoglycans, keratan sulfate and...
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Effects of Dietary Copper on Growth, Digestive, and Brush Border Enzyme Activities and Antioxidant Defense of Hepatopancreas and Intestine for Young Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)
To investigate the effects of dietary copper (Cu) on fish growth, digestive and absorptive enzyme activities, and antioxidant status in the hepatopancreas and intestine, young grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)...
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Open AccessPotential of bacteriophage ΦAB2 as an environmental biocontrol agent for the control of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MDRAB) is associated with nosocomial infections worldwide. To date, the use of a phage to prevent infections caused by MDRAB has not been demonstrated.
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Electrical measurements of an AlGaN/GaN high-electron-mobility transistor structure grown on Si
We report on magnetotransport results for an Al0.15Ga0.85N/GaN high-electron-mobility-transistor structure grown on a p-type Si (111) substrate. Our results show that there exists an approximately temperature (T)...
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Open AccessRisk factors associated with brachial–ankle pulse wave velocity among peritoneal dialysis patients in Macao
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality among peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients in Macao. Increased arterial stiffness determined by pulse wave velocity (PWV) has been established as an indepe...
