... Serum Vitamin D Level in Groups 33 Abstract SERUM VITAMIN D, PTH, AND CALCIUM LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH AND WITHOUT EARLY CHILDHOOD CARIES By Susan Meinerz, DDS A thesis submitted in partial ... patients without dental decay Materials and Methods: Serum vitamin D, PTH, and calcium levels were obtained from 30 children without dental decay who acted as controls and 60 children with ECC A ... urinary tract, the skin, and the oral health of individuals.2 Yet, vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency continues to be a global issue.2 Two of the more well-known outcomes involving vitamin
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... liver injury in chronic hepatitis B or C, non-alcoholic fatty-liver disease (NAFLD) and drug-induced liver disease [23–29] Here, we review the key involvement of miR-122 in liver physiology and disease, ... associated with various diseases Indeed, several pieces of evidence have demonstrated that altered regulation of miRNA expression might contribute to disease processes, including genetic and infectious ... randomized clinical trials miRNAs and disease biology Given their involvement in regulating cell homeostasis and functions, miRNA expression is tightly controlled in a temporally restrained and
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Báo cáo y học: " Asthma families show transmission disequilibrium of gene variants in the vitamin D metabolism and signalling pathway" pot
... tamin D3 and 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 in the blood and tissues of the 25-hydroxyvitamin D- 24-hydroxylase (Cyp24a1) null mouse Endocrinology 2005, 146:825-834 Ren S, Nguyen L, Wu S, Encinas C, Adams ... trait can be included It is likely that some of the genes identified here are acting in concert to determine the overall vitamin D sensitivity Besides increasing sample size and testing additional ... SNPs indicated by ¶ were used to build haplotypes candidate genes was rather subjective, it turned out that some of the tested candidate genes are associated with both allergy and vitamin D metabolites
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 16:20
Study of relationships between plasma 25hydroxyvitamin D and insulin resistance, and effects of vitamin D supplementation on insulin resistance in gestational diabetes mellitus
... (Vitamin D3 ) and Ergocalciferol (Vitamin D2 ) Vitamin D is converted to 25(OH )D in liver by the first hydroxylation and in kidneys by the second one to 1,25(OH) 2D that is biologically active and ... findings and practical contributions - The finding of the prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency in women with GDM serves the base for making recommendations on vitamin D insufficiency screening ... vitamin D supplementation compared with a lower dose in reducing IR increase in the period from the middle to the end of gestation This finding serves the basis for recommending vitamin D supplementation
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Breastfeeding and vitamin D supplementation reduce the risk of Kawasaki disease in a German populationbased case-control study
... minimized the risk of misdiagnosed KD cases being included in our study However, the validity of our results should be interpreted in light of our retrospective study design and considered in ... described a reduced serum vitamin D concentration in KD cases These authors suggested that vitamin D may be reduced by the inflammatory process [19] Our findings indicate that lower vitamin D levels ... submitted SU.: Contributed interpretation of the data, served on the adjudicating committee and approved the final manuscript as submitted AJ.: Conceived and designed the study, contributed to drafting
Ngày tải lên: 01/02/2020, 03:59
DO IT Trial: Vitamin D Outcomes and Interventions in Toddlers – a TARGet Kids! randomized controlled trial
... two in adults and one in older children Li-Ng and colleagues randomized 162 adults to 2000 IU per day of vitamin D or placebo for months during the winter in Long Island, NY U.S and recorded the ... longitudinal study Lancet 2006, 367:36–43 Markestad T, Aksnes L, Ulstein M, Aarskog D: 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D of D2 and D3 origin in maternal and umbilical cord serum ... children and pregnant women living in Newfoundland and Labrador Canada Matern Child Nut 2009, 5:186–91 Ward LM, Gaboury I, Ladhani M, Zlotkin S: Vitamin D- deficiency rickets among children in
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Aberrant activation of Notch signaling in extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: Clinicopathological features and therapeutic potential for cancer stem cell-like properties
... further studies are needed to elucidate a role of Notch signaling, including types of Notch receptors, for CC Notch signaling is initiated by ligand binding from adjacent cells, followed by intramembranous ... Background Cholangiocarcinoma (CC) arises from epithelial cells lining the bile duct The incidence of CC is the highest in East and South Asia and has been increasing worldwide [1, 2] Chronic damage and ... antibodies of Notch1, 2, and 4, the streptavidin-biotin (SAB) method was applied Briefly, sections of μm thick from a paraffin-embedded tissue blocks were deparaffinized in xylene for 10 min, rehydrated
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Homeobox proteins are potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets in gastric cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis
... investigators (XJ and LD) independently reviewed all included studies and extracted the available data The following information was collected: (1) publication details, including the first author’s ... familial diffuse” The references of eligible studies in this field were also searched manually Two investigators (XJ and LD) reviewed the titles and abstracts of studies and retrieved studies that ... studies of cancer cells or animal models, or irrelevant studies; and (4) studies without adequate information for calculating HRs and 95% CIs Search strategies Two researchers (XJ and LD) independently
Ngày tải lên: 28/09/2020, 09:39
Prognostic significance and therapeutic potential of the activation of anaplastic lymphoma kinase/protein kinase B/mammalian target of rapamycin signaling pathway in anaplastic
... expression was performed semiquantitatively In brief, both percentage of stained cells and staining intensity were evaluated No staining or weak staining in 50% of cells and strong staining of any percentage ... The analysis included mean values, standard deviation, standard error, and a 95% confidence interval Results Histology and immunophenotyping of ALCL tumor samples One hundred and three ALCL tumor ... counterstained with hematoxylin Controls were performed by omitting the primary antibodies Evaluation of the IHC staining was performed in a blinded set up regarding the clinical data Scoring of
Ngày tải lên: 05/11/2020, 05:15
ONCOGENOMICS AND CANCER PROTEOMICS – NOVEL APPROACHES IN BIOMARKERS DISCOVERY AND THERAPEUTIC TARGETS IN CANCER pot
... Src-activated effector kinases, such as c-Abl and Pyk2 would be potential candidates for combined therapies with antibodies and/ or small molecule inhibitors used in clinical trials These findings also ... employed KinobeadsTM to enrich protein kinases and then performed competition-based assays using specific kinase inhibitor drugs such as imatinib (Gleevec), dasatinib (Sprycel) and bosutinib in BCR-Abl ... results indicate that combined inhibition of the MAPK and PI3K/AKT pathways optimally inhibited the signaling networks and decreased cell viability In contrast, combined inhibition of the MAPK and
Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 09:20
Prophylactic and therapeutic potential of synthetic peptides against enterovirus 71
... bands were detected in the brkA knockout BPSY1 strain using either antibody (Fig. 1C and D) . FHA and BrkA were not detected by anti-SP70 antibodies (Fig. 1B and D, respectively). These data demonstrate ... averages of data obtained from triplicate assays. Standard deviations are in parentheses. imately 15 amino acids in length and are derived from internalized proteins that entered the endocytotic ... Such bioinformatics tools have been successfully employed to identify HLADR ligands derived from tumor antigens and endogenous proteins involved in autoimmune diseases (21,28). In addition, these
Ngày tải lên: 12/09/2015, 08:19
Nanofabrication, architecture control, and crosslinking of collagen scaffolds and the potential in corneal tissue engineering application
... emerging as a new interdisciplinary field studying and applying the nano-sciences into biotechnology and has gained increasing attraction and importance during the last 10 years. This field could ... D' Emanuele, A. and Attwood, D. , Dendrimer-drug interactions. Adv. Drug Deliv. Rev., 2005. 57(15): p. 2147-2162. 282. Duncan, R. and Izzo, L., Dendrimer biocompatibility and toxicity. Adv. Drug ... Kwon, I.K., and Matsuda, T., Mesoscopic spatial designs of nanoand microfiber meshes for tissue-engineering matrix and scaffold based on newly devised multilayering and mixing electrospinning techniques.
Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 09:33
Pharmacokinetics of caroverine and its protective and therapeutic roles in noise induced hearing loss following round window administration in the guinea pig
... PHARMACOKINETICS OF CAROVERINE AND ITS PROTECTIVE AND THERAPEUTIC ROLES IN NOISEINDUCED HEARING LOSS FOLLOWING ROUND WINDOW ADMINISTRATION IN THE GUINEA PIG ZHIQIANG CHEN (Bachelor of Medicine) ... PHARMACOKINETICS OF CAROVERINE AND ITS PROTECTIVE AND THERAPEUTIC ROLES IN NOISEINDUCED HEARING LOSS FOLLOWING ROUND WINDOW ADMINISTRATION IN THE GUINEA PIG ZHIQIANG CHEN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE ... skull and opened to examine the middle ear and the round window under microscopy. Then the cochlea was put into 4% paraformaldehyde in phosphate-buffered saline (pH 7.4), and a small hole was made
Ngày tải lên: 16/09/2015, 17:11
Fatty acid binding protein 7 may be a marker and therapeutic targets in clear cell renal cell carcinoma
... immunohistochemistry PM and EO supervised the design, methods and results of the study and helped to draft the manuscript HM participated in its design and coordination of the study and helped to draft the ... experiment) and drafted the manuscript FS, MD and SJ carried out the transcriptome analysis and performed instruction for qRT-PCR YO carried out the comprehension of the acquired data in the study and instruction ... paraffin-embedded ccRCC and normal kidney samples extracted from the same cases used in our transcriptome analysis Slides of paraffin-embedded ccRCC samples were deparaffinized in xylene, followed
Ngày tải lên: 03/07/2020, 00:57
Insulin-like growth factor receptor and sphingosine kinase are prognostic and therapeutic targets in breast cancer
... faint staining = 1, weak to moderate staining = and strong staining = 3, in line with published studies [27, 28] Positive staining was defined as membrane/cytoplasmic and/ or nuclear staining detectable ... (Taxotere), Adriamycin (Doxorubicin) and Cyclophosphamide 22 (9.3) TC: Docetaxel (Taxotere) and Cyclophosphamide (0.4) TCH: Docetaxel (Taxotere), Carboplatin and Trastuzumab (3.8) EC: Epirubicin and Cyclophosphamide ... citric acid monohydrate adjusted to pH 6.0 The sections were quenched in 0.3% hydrogen peroxide for min, blocked with 5% goat serum for 30 and incubated in primary antibodies: IGF1Rβ antibody (no
Ngày tải lên: 06/08/2020, 03:26
global climate change and its potential impact on disease transmission by salinity tolerant mosquito vectors in coastal zones
... al., 1971; Kulatilaka and www.frontiersin.org Climate change and mosquito-borne diseases boats; (C,E): abandoned wells; (D, F) discarded food and beverage containers (reproduced with permission from ... the incidence of malaria has decreased over the last decade in many countries due primarily to better case detection and treatment, the use of insecticide treated mosquito nets and indoor residual ... oviposit and undergo preimaginal development in collections of brackish water in unused wells, abandoned boats, disposable plastic, and glass food and beverage containers (Figure 1) in coastal
Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2022, 10:45
Evaluation of the Uncertainty in Satellite-Based Crop State Variable Retrievals Due to Site and Growth Stage Specific Factors and Their Potential in Coupling with Crop Growth Models
... planting date in Hybrid-Maize for the observed emergence date and then this planting date is varied in the sensitivity analysis This method of determining the planting date to be varied is used in ... based on the inputs used in [90], varying the planting density, the planting date, and the seed’s growing degree days to maturity from their actual values, and observe the error in the modeled ... is in days and termed the smoothing window 2.3.2 Regression-Based LAI and LUECanopy Retrieval Second, we train a regression of LANDSAT measurements to LAI and LUECanopy with the LAIGROUND and
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Stem Cells in Human Reproduction Basic Science and Therapeutic Potential Second Edition pot
... polyadenylated during meiotic maturation and binds CPE-binding protein (CPEB), a highly conserved RNA-binding protein with both a zinc finger and an RNA-recognition motif (RRM) (53,54). Injection into ... removed and other growth factors including retinoic acid (RA) were added to cultures. E13–17 mouse PGCs cultured in the presence of SCF, insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), and LIF progressed to ... DEVELOPMENT In vivo, oogenesis is closely regulated by paracrine and endocrine factors and cell-cell interaction. This interaction is initiated once PGCs enter the genital ridges during their homing period...
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 20:21
Hydraulic modeling of open channel flows over an arbitrary 3-d surface and its applications in amenity hydraulic engineering
... depth-averaged model in a nonorthogonal curvilinear coordinates for prediction of flow pattern in meandering channel with 60 o and 90 o bend, and also with compound meandering channel. In ... 1981). Since then, many researchers have developed and applied the 2D depth-averaged models in variety of hydraulic engineering problems as follows: McGuirk and Rodi (1978) studied the side discharge ... Vreugdenhil and Wijbenga (1982) studied the flow pattern in rivers with a depth-averaged model in Cartesian coordinates and introduced the curved river boundary to the model through steps. Tingsanchali...
Ngày tải lên: 06/11/2012, 10:35
Tài liệu SLEEP-RELATED BREATHING DISORDERS EXPERIMENTAL MODELS AND THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL docx
... Pollutants and the Respiratory Tract, edited by D. L. Swift and W. M. Foster 129. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Airway Disease, edited by M. R. Stein 130. Exercise-Induced Asthma, edited by E. ... Disease, edited by M. D. Altose and Y. Kawakami 136. Immunotherapy in Asthma, edited by J. Bousquet and H. Yssel 137. Chronic Lung Disease in Early Infancy, edited by R. D. Bland and J. J. Coalson 138. ... exponential increase in knowledge regarding sleep-related breathing disorders (SRBD). Significant strides have been made in our understanding of these disorders with respect to epidemiology and risk factors,...
Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 17:20