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Open AccessPhagocytic cell death leads to enhanced release of pro-inflammatory S100A12 in familial Mediterranean fever
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a prototypical autoinflammatory syndrome associated with phagocytic cell activation. Pyrin mutations are the genetic basis of this disease, and its expression has been sho...
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Open AccessCharacterization of oxidation of glutathione by cytochrome c
Cytochrome c is a member of the respiratory chain of the mitochondria. Non-membrane-bound (free) cytochrome c can be reduced by gluthatione as well as ascorbic acid. We investigated the effect of pH, Ca2+, Mg2+ a...
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Open AccessPomegranate peel as a new low-cost adsorbent for ammonium removal
Since adsorption is one of the best ammonium removal methods, great efforts have been made to identify new low-cost and efficient adsorbents from agricultural waste and by-products due to their abundant availa...
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Open AccessEnergy potential of a single-fracture, robust, engineered geothermal system
Engineered Geothermal Systems (EGS) are promising, but high-risk targets for baseline energy generation. Technology breakthrough is needed to lower the high risks from largely unknown geologic variables and th...
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Open AccessA field survey–based method to characterise landslide development: a case study at the high bluff of the Danube, south-central Hungary
There are several common tools and practices to record surface displacement, monitor and characterise landslide development. However, is it possible to use only total station monitoring network to gain useful ...
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NOTES and Hybrid NOTES Procedures in Clinical Practice
Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) has emerged in the early 2000 as a logic development of ideas originating from interventional endoscopists and gastroenterologists as well as surgeons. A...
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Surgical Technique and Difficult Situations from Karl-Hermann Fuchs
The terms paraesophageal hernia, large hiatal hernia, upside-down stomach, and mixed hiatal hernia are used sometimes with a remarkable amount of confusion without a clear differentiation. However, these diffe...
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Translationale Forschung in der pädiatrischen Rheumatologie
Durch translationale Forschung werden Grundlagenforschung und Klinik eng miteinander verknüpft, indem die in einem Bereich gewonnenen Erkenntnisse zu Fortschritten im jeweils anderen Bereich führen können. Ins...
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The effect of peptone on the structure of electrodeposited Sn-Fe binary alloys
Sn-Fe thin films were electrodeposited by constant current deposition on copper substrates using an aqueous gluconate based electrolyte with varying concentrations of the organic additive peptone. Good quality...
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Translational Research and Therapeutic Applications of Neural Crest-Derived Stem Cells in Regenerative Periodontology
Regeneration of periodontal tissues aims to utilize tissue engineering techniques to restore lost periodontal tissues including the cementum, periodontal ligament and alveolar bone. Regenerative dentistry and ...
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The Potential and Perspective of Peroral Endoscopic Esophageal Myotomy for Achalasia
The therapeutic spectrum of this disorder consists of medical therapy, endoscopic balloon dilatation, endoscopic Botox injection, open or laparoscopic cardia myotomy, and most recently transesophageal endoscop...
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Open AccessPReS-FINAL-2332: Activation-induced cell death of human monocytes as a novel mechanism fine-tuning inflammation and autoimmunity
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Open AccessPW03-031 – Activation-induced cell death of human monocytes
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Open AccessMss4 protein is a regulator of stress response and apoptosis
Mss4 (mammalian suppressor of Sec4) is an evolutionarily highly conserved protein and shows high sequence and structural similarity to nucleotide exchange factors. Although Mss4 tightly binds a series of exocy...
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Laparoscopic repair of large hiatal hernia with teres ligament: midterm follow-up
Although laparoscopic repair of large, mostly paraesophageal hiatal hernias is widely applied, there is a great concern regarding the higher recurrence rate associated with this procedure. In order to reduce t...
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Prevention of recurrence by reinforcement of hiatal closure using ligamentum teres in laparoscopic repair of large hiatal hernias
Several attempts were made to develop an effective technique to reduce the high recurrence rate associated with the repair of large hiatal hernias.
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Longitudinal monthly body measurements from 1 to 12 months of age: a study by practitioners for practitioners
A longitudinal growth study with monthly measurements during the 1st year of life was conducted by nine paediatricians working in private practice in Zurich. Of 92 children, none was lost to the study and onl...
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Critical Evaluation of Acinar, Ductal, Vascular and Intestinal Intraluminal Factors Influencing Pancreatic Cytoprotection
This paper gives a brief survey on adaptive pancreatic cytoprotection and vasoprotection in the framework of which noxious agents and factors of defensive mechanism are made known and critically evaluated. In ...
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Peptide Receptor Antagonists and Monoclonal Antibodies Raised Against Peptides: Tools to Study Physiological Regulation of Pancreatic Function
This work is an attempt to demonstrate the applicability of peptide antagonists and monoclonal antibodies for blocking certain regulatory elements of pancreatic function in vivo. Data from the experiments usin...
