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Urinary β-2-microglobulin as an alternative marker for fetal inflammatory response and development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in premature infants
To evaluate the clinical utility of urinary β-2-microglobulin (B2M) at birth, an alternative to proinflammatory cytokines, as an indicative marker of fetal inflammatory response and subsequent higher risk of b...
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Little evidence of transdifferentiation of bone marrow-derived cells into pancreatic beta cells
Bone marrow cells contain at least two distinct types of stem cells which are haematopoietic stem cells and mesenchymal stem cells. Both cells have the ability to differentiate into a variety of cell types der...
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Depressed natural killer cell activity due to decreased natural killer cell population in a vitamin E-deficient patient with Shwachman syndrome: reversible natural killer cell abnormality by α-tocopherol supplementation
Natural Killer (NK) cell activity was examined in a 16-month-old Japanese boy with Shwachman syndrome associated with severe vitamin E deficiency. As evaluated by 51Cr-release assay from K562 cells, NK cell acti...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Efficient ZnS:Mn Electroluminescent Films Grown by Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition
Electroluminescent ZnS:Mn films grown by reduced pressure MOCVD are characterized in comparison with films deposited by the EB method. An important feature of the crystallinity is that the mean grain size as o...
