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Open AccessWhat is the impact of n-3 PUFAs on inflammation markers in Type 2 diabetic mellitus populations?: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
To explore the possible role of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in lowering inflammation markers in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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Open AccessOutcome benefit of abdominal paracentesis drainage for severe acute pancreatitis patients with serum triglyceride elevation by decreasing serum lipid metabolites
Our previous reports demonstrated that abdominal paracentesis drainage (APD) exerts a beneficial effect on severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) patients. However, the underlying mechanisms for this effectiveness ar...
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A Simple Fluorescence Probe Based on Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE) Property for the Detection of Mg2+ Ions
A simple aggregation-induced emission-based fluorescence probe (1) for Mg2+ was synthesized by condensation of benzene-1, 2-diamine with 5-bromo-2-hydroxybenzaldehyde, This compound shows favourable character of ...
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Combination of exosomes and circulating microRNAs may serve as a promising tumor marker complementary to alpha-fetoprotein for early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma diagnosis in rats
Due to unsatisfying prognosis of AFP for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), we aim to evaluate the prognostic value of combination of exosomes and miRNAs in detecting HCC.
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Ultrasound-guided double-tract percutaneous cholecystostomy combined with a choledochoscope for performing cholecystolithotomies in high-risk surgical patients
Cholecystolithiasis is the most common disease treated by general surgery, with an incidence of about 0.15–0.22 %. The most common therapies are open cholecystectomy (OC) or laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). ...
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Notch inhibition promotes fetal liver stem/progenitor cells differentiation into hepatocytes via the inhibition of HNF-1β
In a previous study, the Notch pathway inhibited with N-[N-(3,5-difluorophenacetyl)-L-alanyl]-S-phenylglycine t-butyl ester (also called DAPT) was shown to promote the differentiation of fetal liver stem/proge...
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Open AccessTherapeutic effect and mechanism of electroacupuncture at Zusanli on plasticity of interstitial cells of Cajal: a study of rat ileum
Electroacupuncture (EA) is one of the techniques of acupuncture and is believed to be an effective alternative and complementary treatment in many disorders. The aims of this study were to investigate the effe...
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Open AccessProgressive balloon dilatation following hepaticojejunostomy improves outcome of bile duct stricture after iatrogenic biliary injury
Iatrogenic biliary stricture (IBS) is a disastrous complication of cholecystectomy. Although the endoscopic treatments are well accepted as initial attempts for IBS, surgical hepaticojejunostomy (HJ) is often ...
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Highly selective fluoride recognition by a simple carbazole-based hydrozone derivative
A simple carbazole hydrozone derivative(1) was synthesized and used as an optical probe for fluoride recognition in CH3CN. Receptor 1 exhibited colorimetric and fluorescent dual-channel response to fluoride anion...
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Interpretation of interlocking key issues of cancer stem cells in malignant solid tumors
In this review, several interlinking issues related to cancer stem cells (CSCs) in malignant solid tumors are sequentially discussed.
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The expression of the PIWI family members miwi and mili in mice testis is negatively affected by estrogen
PIWI family members miwi and mili as a constituent part of the piRNA pathway play a crucial role in germline maintenance, differentiation and meiosis conserved in mammals. A previous study shows estrogen could...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Application of HSI Based Fusion Control Strategy in Sewerage Disposing
Being lack of drinking water is threatening human survivorship seriously, it makes reutilizing of water resource getting very important. Aimed at the complexity of sewerage disposing process, the paper propose...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Networked Monitoring System Based on Embedded Dynamic Web
Aimed at the puzzle of heterogeneous data integration for networked monitoring system, the paper presented a sort of solution based on embedded dynamic web. By means of the embedded Web server based on high pe...
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The Study of Aortic Stiffness in Different Hypertension Subtypes in Dialysis Patients
The aim of this study was to validate whether differences in aortic stiffness are responsible for the differences in cardiovascular mortality among hypertension subtypes. Twenty hundred and fifty continuous am...
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Limitation of the Augmentation Index for Evaluating Arterial Stiffness
Although the augmentation index (AIx) is widely used to evaluate arterial stiffness in clinics and research, some conflicting data exist in regard to its validity. We therefore performed a series of studies to...
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Effects of IFN-α combined with il-6 on growth and expression of the genes related to cell-growth and apoptosis of bone marrow cells from patients with CML
Objective: To investigate the effects of interferon-α (IFN-α) and IFN-α combined with interleukin-6 (IL-6) on growth and expression of bcr-abl, bcl-2 and c-myc genes in the mononuclear cells (MNCs) from bone m...
