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Administration of L-arginine plus L-citrulline or L-citrulline alone successf...
L-citrulline and L-arginine supplementation has been shown to have several beneficial effects on the cardiovascular system. Nitric oxide (NO) protects against the progression of... -
cgmanalysis: An R package for descriptive analysis of continuous glucose moni...
Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) is an essential part of diabetes care. Real-time CGM data are beneficial to patients for daily glucose management, and aggregate summary... -
Comparison of the effects of kilohertz- and low-frequency electric stimulatio...
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine whether kilohertz-frequency alternating current (KFAC) is superior to low-frequency pulsed current (PC) in increasing muscle-evoked... -
Ten simple rules when considering retirement
This is an article submitted to the Ten Simple Rules series of professional development articles published by PLOS Computational Biology. -
Prognostic value of C-reactive protein levels in patients with bone neoplasms...
Objective The aim of this study was to conduct a meta-analysis of retrospective studies that investigated the association of preoperative C-reactive protein (CRP) levels with... -
Pharmacologic control of oxidative stress and inflammation determines whether...
Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is characterized by progressive glomerulosclerosis (GS). ROP mice have a sclerosis-prone phenotype. However, they develop severe, rapidly... -
The effectiveness of intensity-modulated radiation therapy versus 2D-RT for t...
Background At present, the management of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is mainly based on radiotherapy, but there are many radiation delivery techniques such as... -
A sequential Monte Carlo approach to gene expression deconvolution
: High-throughput gene expression data are often obtained from pure or complex (heterogeneous) biological samples. In the latter case, data obtained are a mixture of different... -
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ABSTRACTThe pathogenesis of spinal cord injury (SCI) remains poorly understood and treatment remains limited. Emerging evidence indicates the severity of post-SCI inflammation... -
White matter hyperintensities and the mediating role of cerebral amyloid angi...
Introduction White matter hyperintensity (WMH) volume on MRI is increased among presymptomatic individuals with autosomal dominant mutations for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). One... -
The value of C-reactive protein as an independent prognostic indicator for di...
Backgrounds Serum C-reactive protein (CRP) level has been shown to be a predictor of survival for multiple cancer types. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether... -
Sentinel lymph node biopsy mapped with methylene blue dye alone in patients w...
Background Methylene blue dye is easy to obtain in developing countries and can be used in sentinel lymph node mapping for breast cancer. However, the accuracy of methylene... -
Bayesian multivariate reanalysis of large genetic studies identifies many new...
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have now been conducted for hundreds of phenotypes of relevance to human health. Many such GWAS involve multiple closely-related... -
Expert opinion on metal chains and other indestructible objects as proper enr...
EC Directive 2001/93 requires that all pigs have access to proper investigation and manipulation materials. Intensively farmed pigs in Europe are frequently provided with a... -
Platelet-rich plasma to treat experimentally-induced skin wounds in animals: ...
The objective of the study was to review current literature to determine whether the topical application of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) promotes healing in experimentally-induced... -
Scientist and data architect collaborate to curate and archive an inner ear e...
In the past scientists reported summaries of their findings; they did not provide their original data collections. Many stakeholders (e.g., funding agencies) are now requesting... -
The Full Spectrum of Clinical Ethical Issues in Kidney Failure. Findings of a...
Background When treating patients with kidney failure, unavoidable ethical issues often arise. Current clinical practice guidelines some of them, but lack comprehensive... -
The quality of reporting in randomized controlled trials of acupuncture for k...
Objective To assess the reporting quality of acupuncture trials for knee osteoarthritis (KOA), and explore the factors associated with the reporting. Method Three... -
Sequential organ failure assessment in predicting mortality after paraquat po...
Sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score is commonly used to determine disease severity and predict prognosis in critically ill patients. However, the prognostic value...
