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Umbilical Cord Blood Cells CD133+/CD133− Cultivation in Neural Proliferation Media Differentiates Towards Neural Cell Lineages
19 October 2011
Background and Aims: Umbilical cord blood (UCB) has been identified as a good source of hematopoietic and nonhematopoietic stem cells that can be easily isolated. In the present study we investigated ...
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Lucia Slovinska,
Ivana Novotna,
Miroslav Kubes,
Jozef Radonak,
Stanislava Jergova,
Viera Cigankova,
Jan Rosocha,
Dasa Cizkova
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555-562
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Intranasal Anti-rabies DNA Immunization Promotes a Th1-related Cytokine Stimulation Associated with Plasmid Survival Time
04 November 2011
Background and Aims: DNA vaccination has a great potential to decrease infectious diseases worldwide, such as rabies. Here we showed the effects of a single anti-rabies DNA vaccination applied intrana...
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Iris Angélica Feria-Romero,
Karina Chávez-Rueda,
Sandra Orozco-Suárez,
Francisco Blanco-Favela,
Fernando Calzada-Bermejo,
Luis Chávez-Sánchez,
Leticia Manuel-Apolinar,
Rafael Hernández-González,
Álvaro Aguilar-Setién,
Emiliano Tesoro-Cruz
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563-571
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Immunomodulatory Activities of Chitin Microparticles on Leishmania major-infected Murine Macrophages
07 December 2011
Background: Chitin microparticles (CMPs) are found to be potent macrophage stimulators; however, their immunomodulatory effects on the parasite-infected macrophages have not yet been studied. To addre...
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Fatemeh Dehghani,
Mostafa Haji Molla Hoseini,
Arash Memarnejadian,
Farshid Yeganeh,
Alireza Mokarram Rezaie,
Vahid Khaze,
Mandana Sattari,
Hassan Darbandi Tamijani,
Farzaneh Labibi,
Nariman Mossaffa
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572-576
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2-Hydroxy-3-methylanthraquinone from Hedyotis diffusa WILLD Induces Apoptosis via Alteration of Fas/FasL and Activation of Caspase-8 in Human Leukemic THP-1 Cells
21 November 2011
Background and Aims: Numerous studies have shown that Hedyotis diffusa WILLD (H. diffusa) could promote apoptosis in several cancer cell lines. However, the cellular and molecular mechanisms responsib...
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Jia-he Wang,
Lin-hua Shu,
Li-li Yang,
Meng Zhang,
Ping He
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577-583
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High Level of PTEN Expression Is Associated with Low-grade Liver Metastasis and Satisfactory Patient Survival in Pancreatic Cancer
31 October 2011
Background and Aims: We investigated PTEN expression in primary pancreatic cancer and pancreatic cancer liver metastasis in order to evaluate the interrelationship between PTEN expression and clinicop...
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Chao Feng,
Ruoquan Yao,
Feizhou Huang,
Xunyang Liu,
Wanpin Nie
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584-588
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Prognostic Value of Elevated SHIP2 Expression in Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
10 November 2011
Background and Aims: SHIP2, an important negative regulator of insulin signaling, has recently been found to be involved in cancer development and progression. Methods: In this study, immunohistochemi...
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Xiaojuan Zhou,
Yong Liu,
Guolin Tan
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589-595
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Elevated Serum Levels of Advanced Glycation End Products and their Monocyte Receptors in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
18 November 2011
Background and Aims: Animal experiments showed that interaction between advanced glycation end products (AGE) and their receptors (RAGE) play an important role in the pathogenesis of diabetic complica...
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Xu-dong Su,
Shou-she LI,
Ya-qiang Tian,
Zhao-yan Zhang,
Guang-zhen Zhang,
Le-xin Wang
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596-601
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Tumor Necrosis Factor −308 and Lymphotoxin +252 Polymorphisms in Mexican Children with Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Aneurysms
18 November 2011
Background and Aims: The Mexican population has a distinct capacity for the expression of tumor necrosis factor (TNF), a cytokine that plays a cardinal role in Kawasaki disease (KD), particularly in t...
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Francisco Cruz-Olivo,
Guadalupe García-Elorriaga,
César González-Bonilla,
Guillermo del Rey-Pineda,
Javier Mancilla-Ramírez
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602-607
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Early Cataract Formation Due to Galactokinase Deficiency: Impact of Newborn Screening
07 December 2011
Background and Aims: Galactokinase (GALK) deficiency is an autosomal recessive disorder causing cataract formation that can be prevented or mitigated by early diagnosis and galactose-restricted diet. ...
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Nils Janzen,
Sabine Illsinger,
Uta Meyer,
Yoon S. Shin,
Johannes Sander,
Thomas Lücke,
Anibh M. Das
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608-612
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Association of Serum Lipid/Lipoprotein with Pro12Ala Polymorphism in PPAR-γ2 Among Chinese Nonagenarians/Centenarians
14 October 2011
Background and Aims: In previous studies, the Pro12Ala polymorphism in the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma 2 (PPAR-γ2) was shown to be associated with both lipid metabolism and longev...
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Huang Chang-Quan,
Wang Hui,
Liu Qing-Xiu,
Cheng Gang
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613-619
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Polymorphisms in COX-2 Gene Influence Prostate Cancer Susceptibility in a Northern Indian Cohort
24 October 2011
Background and Aims: Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) converts arachidonic acid to prostaglandins, which are important mediators of cell proliferation and inflammation. Evidence indicates that COX-2 plays a r...
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Raju K. Mandal,
Rama D. Mittal
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620-626
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Events Temporarily Associated with Anti-influenza A (H1N1) Vaccination in Mexico
31 October 2011
Background and Aims: In Mexico from December 2009 to June 2010, 45,490,501 doses of the vaccine against the influenza virus were administered; 27,048,330 of those corresponded to influenza A (H1N1) an...
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Patricia Vidal,
Jesús Reyna,
Paulina Saldaña,
Vesta L. Richardson
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627-632
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Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Among Preschool Children from Six Cities of Northeast China
10 November 2011
Background and Aims: This study was carried out to assess and investigate the prevalence of overweight and obesity among preschool-age children living in northeast China using the World Health Organiz...
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Ya-Nan Ma,
Tao Chen,
Da Wang,
Miao-Miao Liu,
Qin-Cheng He,
Guang-Hui Dong
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633-640
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Myeloperoxidase as a Biomarker in Acute Coronary Syndrome: Beware of the Pitfalls
13 October 2011
I read with interest the report by Chen et al. that investigated the long-term prognostic value of myeloperoxidase (MPO) on acute coronary syndrome (ACS) by performing a meta-analysis of clinical stud...
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Regent Lee
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Response: Myeloperoxidase as a Biomarker in Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Trap or a Treasure
13 October 2011
We would like to thank the author for his thoughtful comments on our paper. In our meta-analysis, we showed significant differences in prognosis of ACS patients between high/low MPO level groups . Whe...
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Yongle Chen,
Feng Zhang,
Lili Dong,
Xianhong Shu
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642-643
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