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Foraminal and Extraforaminal HNP (Paraspinal Approach)
A foraminal disc herniation (FDH) can manifest as radicular pain that is sometimes more severe than in other types of lumbar herniation. This notable feature is caused by direct irritation and compression of t...
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Open AccessRole of MCP-1 and IL-8 in viral anterior uveitis, and contractility and fibrogenic activity of trabecular meshwork cells
The inflammatory chemokines, monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1 and IL-8, are produced by normal trabecular meshwork cells (TM) and elevated in the aqueous humor of primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) and...
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Open AccessAtom Probe Tomographic Imaging of PbS Quantum Dot Formation on Neodymium Clusters in Silicate Glasses
The first 3-D direct observation of clusters of Nd oxide inside silicate glasses was achieved using atom probe tomography. Three-dimensional elemental maps of major chemical elements in glasses such as Si, Al,...
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Open AccessInhibition of β-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme 1 and cholinesterases by pterosins via a specific structure−activity relationship with a strong BBB permeability
We extracted 15 pterosin derivatives from Pteridium aquilinum that inhibited β-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme 1 (BACE1) and cholinesterases involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD)...
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CFD-DEM Simulation of the Fluidized-bed Granulation of Food Powders
In this study, the granulation behavior of food powders was simulated by taking into account the changes in the rheological properties and water content of the powders. Several food powders were studied and cl...
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Open AccessEnhanced cytomegalovirus infection in human trabecular meshwork cells and its implication in glaucoma pathogenesis
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is one of the infectious causes of hypertensive anterior uveitis, which is characterized by recurrent episodes of elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) and mild anterior uveitis. Despite th...
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Transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy via the tri-vestibular routes: results of a preclinical cadaver feasibility study
The concept of natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is an emerging experimental alternative to conventional surgery that eliminates skin incisions using an endoscope passed through a natural...
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Genetic analysis of the capsid region of norovirus GII.4 variants isolated in South Korea
Norovirus is one of the major causes of non-bacterial gastroenteritis in humans. The aim of this study was to analyze the amino acid variation of open reading frame 2 of GII.4 variants in South Korea during th...
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Surgical and radiologic anatomy of a cochleostomy produced via posterior tympanotomy for cochlear implantation based on three-dimensional reconstructed temporal bone CT images
In this study, we evaluated the surgical and radiologic anatomy of a cochleostomy produced via posterior tympanotomy for cochlear implantation (CI).
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Pressure Dependence on the Electrical Properties of SiO2 Gate Oxide Formed by Inductive Coupled Plasma Oxidation
We investigated the pressure dependence of the inductive coupled plasma (ICP) oxidation on the electrical characteristics of the thin oxide films. Activation energies and electron temperatures with different p...
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pH dependent drug release system using micelles stabilized by cationic drugs
Doxorubicin, which is a positively charged anti-cancer drug, was encapsulated into the micelles formed by copolymers consisting of methoxy poly(ethylene glycol), negatively charged aspartic acid oligomer and p...
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Conjugation of histidine derivatives to PEGylated poly(L-lysine-co-L-phenylalanine) copolymer as a non-viral gene carrier
Block copolymers composed of poly(ethylene glycol) with a molecular weight of 2 K and poly(amino acid) random copolymers with 70 mol% L-lysine and 30 mol% L-phenylalanine residues were conjugated with 10, 20 a...
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Engineering the lycopene synthetic pathway in E. coli by comparison of the carotenoid genes of Pantoea agglomerans and Pantoea ananatis
The lycopene synthetic pathway was engineered in Escherichia coli using the carotenoid genes (crtE, crtB, and crtI) of Pantoea agglomerans and Pantoea ananatis. E. coli harboring the P. agglomerans crt genes prod...
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Production of Vanillin by Metabolically Engineered Escherichia coli
E. coli was metabolically engineered to produce vanillin by expression of the fcs and ech genes from Amycolatopsis sp. encoding feruloyl-CoA synthetase and enoyl-CoA hydratase/aldolase, respectively. Vanillin pro...
