... prophylaxis in the setting of hepatotoxic drugs; results were mixed • Meta-analyses generally showed small effect sizes, some statistically significant and some not, favoring milk thistle • Available ... outcomes have been studied less, with mixed results Future research should include definition of multifactorial mechanisms of action, well-designed clinical trials, and clarification of adverse effects ... Results were mixed among the three trials • Exploratory meta-analyses generally showed positive but small and nonsignificant effect sizes and a sprinkling of significant positive effects • No studies...
... necessary to begin therapy empirically Selection of the antibiotic must take into consideration many factors, including results of clinical trials demonstrating efficacy of a chosen regimen, known ... cost-effective means of therapy [4] In order to fully compare potential antimicrobial regimens, factors such as clinical cure rates, complications, including adverse events of treatment, and quality...
... our knowledge on modes of action of Bt toxins and modes of interaction (e.g., [21]) with other cofactors (e.g., [22]) After all, an increasing number of so-called ‘stacked’ Bt plants are reaching...
... applications of transforming growth factor- beta (TGF-beta) Growth Factors 1993, 8:1-9 Assoian RK, Komoriya A, Meyers CA, Miller DM, Sporn MB: Transforming growth factor- beta in human platelets ... analysis of simian transforming growth factor- beta cDNA DNA 1987, 6:239-244 Miller DA, Pelton RW, Derynck R, Moses HL: Transforming growth factor- beta A family of growth regulatory peptides Ann ... healing and strength of granulation skin wounds Growth Factors 1990, 3:267-275 Prud’homme GJ, Piccirillo CA: The inhibitory effects of transforming growth factor- beta-1 (TGF-beta1) in autoimmune diseases...
... have dissociated effects on transrepression and transactivation, like selective glucocorticoid receptor agonists, and that could have a more favorable balance of clinical effects and adverse...
... biomechanical factors, we, and other investigators, have shown that systemic factors also affect the risk of BMLs [18,20,43] It may be that in the observed relation between BMLs and cartilage, factors ... of any other type of arthritis were excluded Due to the small number of persistent BMLs we were unable to examine change in BML size The small number of BMLs may have also reduced our power to ... prospective cohort study of 41,528 people, assembled to examine the role of lifestyle and genetic factors in the risk of cancer and chronic diseases in Melbourne, Australia [31] Participants for...
... prospective analysis of immunohistochemically determined estrogen receptor alfa and progesterone receptor expression and host and tumor factors as predictors of disease-free period in mammary tumors ... hyperplasia and an increased number of progesterone receptors [9] The serum level of this hormone remains unaltered, but as the number of receptors is increased, leukocyte recruitment to the ... action of tamoxifen are related to specific variant oestrogen receptor expression in different cell types and different mechanisms of DNAreceptor interaction Thus, tamoxifen acts more as agonist...
... instrument is also a commonly used form of spinal manipulation [22-24] The cause of neck pain is multifactorial and can be due to musculoskeletal conditions, trauma, systemic conditions, infections, ... pain due to fracture, neoplasm, infection, inflammatory arthropathy, radiculopathy or myelopathy; factors contraindicating manipulation, such as blood coagulation disorders, long-term use of corticosteroids, ... delivery between manipulation and mobilisation differed, with mobilisation having rhythmically applied smaller movements within a joint's physiological range, whereas manipulation used a single impulse...
... Chlorpromazine Atropine mAChreceptor mAChreceptor Receptor specificity but lacking organ selectivity !-adrenoceptor Atropine Dopamine receptor Histamine receptor Lacking receptor specificity C Adverse ... lymphocytes Macromolecule MW > 10 000 Distribution in body Antigen Immune reaction with repeated drug exposure e.g., Neutrophilic granulocyte IgE Mast cell (tissue) basophilic granulocyte (blood) Receptor ... Drugantibody (IgG) complexes adhere to the surface of blood cells, where either circulating drug molecules or complexes al- ready formed in blood accumulate These complexes mediate the activation...
... the whole-body resonance frequency In addition to the rapid growth in the number of base stations since 1990, there has also been growth in other sources of RF radiation from cordless phones, ... capturing personal RF exposures Furthermore, in addition to the rapid growth in the number of base stations, there has been a growth of other sources of RF radiation from cordless phones and wireless ... used to introduce polar molecules into a host cell through the cell membrane In this procedure, a large electric pulse temporarily disturbs the phospholipid bilayer, allowing molecules like DNA to...
... by imprecise measurements of pollution exposure, and the potential for environmental and social factors to confound the apparent associations For a causal association to have scientific credence, ... globally Large particles (diameter >10 μm) are mostly derived from soil and crustal elements, whereas smaller particles are primarily produced from the combustion of fossil fuels by motor vehicles and ... concentrations of cytokines such as interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, and granulocyte–macrophage colony-stimulating factor, 21 all of which could be released as a consequence of interactions between particles, alveolar...
... irradiated small bowel volumes were smaller than the internal radiation target volumes Implications As typically may be the case with phase studies, the size of the PRAVO study population was small ... evaluable for this reanalysis Individual loops of small bowel were contoured on each slice of the planning CT scans, enabling the generation of total small bowel dose-volume histograms [4] For each ... tumor volume; ccm = cubic centimeter; ITV = internal target volume; SBV = small bowel volume; V6-V30 = the relative volumes of small bowel receiving radiation doses of 6-30 Gy; DLT = dose-limiting...
... Statview 5.0 was used to perform the statistical analysis Nonparametric tests were used because of the small sample size Data were analyzed with a Friedman test followed by a Wilcoxon signed-rank test ... including assessment of regional perfusion should be applied One major limitation of our study is the small number of patients studied Thus, a type II error cannot be excluded We did not perform any...
... computer interfaces have been evolving since they were invented, but the changes come in small steps Later, a small company that specializes in Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) hired me This was ... time the screen on the phone changes content, there is some sort of transition This is due to two factors First, Apple made it extremely simple for developers to include these effects in its applications ... am a strong believer in iterative process I find, as a developer, it is much easier to make many small changes than create an entire application out of whole cloth I think a lot of designers find...
... represents one standard deviation) Metal speciation of digested sludge 953 Table I The effect of factoring in the dilution by red mud addition on total metal content in sludge compost and the metal ... shown in Fig A comparison with calculated metal concentration when the red mud dilution effect was factored in is shown in Table The calculated metal concentration is derived from the metal concentrations ... more reliable total metal concentrations The differences in the total metal values were, however, small among the three measurements compared to the total metal content The dried and ground samples...
... ligands The ratio of soluble/exchangeable metal to total metal content is therefore an important factor in assessing the role of clay addition in controlling the mobility and plant availability ... was changed by red mud amendment due to the high Cr concentration in the red mud (Fig 4) After factoring out the red mud dilution effect, the residual Cr appeared to have a negative value due ... increasing of the total Cr content, the mobility and plant availability of Cr was still very low Factoring out the dilution effect of red mud, there is about one third of Cr unextractable by the...
... predict serious Page of 14 complications and all causes of mortality as compared to established risk factors and clinical scores The study protocol was approved by all local ethical committees, and ... between the three multivariable models according to the AUC and the Brier score appeared to be small Cross-validated AUC's for the model based on CURB65 covariates and proADM ranged between 0.72 ... moderate improvement of clinical risk scores Thereby, this study validates a series of previous smaller trials demonstrating a clinical utility of prohormones for an optimized risk prediction...