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Effects of febuxostat on delaying chronic kidney disease progression: a randomized trial in China
A few studies have tested febuxostat for its usefulness in delaying chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression by treating hyperuricemia and results were controversial. Thus, we attempted to conduct a randomized...
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MicroRNA-758 Regulates Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma via COX-2
The present study is to examine the expression of microRNA (miRNA or miR)-758 in tumor tissues, blood, and serum from patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) and try to investigate its regulatory mec...
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Open AccessInsights into the Role of Renal Biopsy in Patients with T2DM: A Literature Review of Global Renal Biopsy Results
Renal biopsy performed in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) for atypical or suspected diabetic kidney disease (DKD) reveals one of three possibilities: diabetic nephropathy (DN, pathological diagno...
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Prognostic impact of galectin-3 in chronic kidney disease patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Galectin-3 as a β-galactoside-binding lectin, which has served important functions in numerous biological activities including cell growth, apoptosis, pre-mRNA splicing, differentiation, transformation, angiog...
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Open AccessFungal peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis: 5-year review from a North China center
Fungal peritonitis (FP) is a rare but devastating complication in peritoneal dialysis (PD), accounting for high rates of technique failure, morbidity and mortality. This study was conducted to investigate FPs ...
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Open AccessThe key role of Shenyan Kangfu tablets, a Chinese patent medicine for diabetic nephropathy: study protocol for a randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled clinical trial
Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a major microvascular complication with diabetes. In China, an estimated 34.7 percent of people diagnosed with diabetes have renal complications and a further 50 percent die of ren...
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Treadmill exercise promotes interleukin 15 expression in skeletal muscle and interleukin 15 receptor alpha expression in adipose tissue of high-fat diet rats
Interleukin 15 (IL-15) has recently been proposed as a myokine involved in regulating lipid metabolism. We investigated the effect of exercise training on IL-15 content in skeletal muscle and expression of IL-...
