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Variation in surgical demand and time to hip fracture repair: a Canadian data...
Abstract Background Competing demands for operative resources may affect time to hip fracture surgery. We sought to determine the time to hip fracture surgery by variation in... -
Eukaryotic elongation factor-2 kinase expression is an independent prognostic...
Abstract Background Prognostication of patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) currently relies on tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) staging but clinical outcomes of patients of the... -
Effects of hypoxia and hyperoxia on the differential expression of VEGF-A iso...
Abstract Dysregulation of VEGF-A bioavailability has been implicated in the development of lung injury/fibrosis, exemplified by Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF). VEGF-A is a... -
The preventive effect of resiniferatoxin on the development of cold hypersens...
Abstract Background Resiniferatoxin (RTX) is a potent analog of capsaicin and activates transient receptor potential (TRP) vanilloid type (TRPV) 1. In the current study, we... -
Evaluation of human primary intestinal monolayers for drug metabolizing capab...
Abstract Background The intestinal epithelium is a major site of drug metabolism in the human body, possessing enterocytes that house brush border enzymes and phase I and II... -
Acute kidney injury and mild therapeutic hypothermia in patients after cardio...
Abstract Background The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of mild therapeutic hypothermia (MTH) on the incidence of and recovery from acute kidney injury (AKI).... -
Risk factors for poor asthma control and impaired quality of life in a Caribb...
Objective: Asthma, a major cause of disability and reduced quality of life, has a high global prevalence and burden of death. Despite the propitious guidelines, a substantial... -
The strong competitive role of 2n pollen in several polyploidy hybridizations...
Abstract Background 2n pollen play a strong competitive role in hybridization and breeding of multiploids in Rosa hybrida. The ploidy inheritable characteristic of ‘Orange Fire’... -
Associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms in the FAS pathway and a...
Abstract Introduction To determine whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in FAS and related genes are associated with acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients with acute... -
miR-375 mediates the CRF signaling pathway to regulate catecholamine biosynth...
Corticotropin-releasing-factor (CRF) is a key regulator of catecholamines (CATs) biosynthesis in the adrenal gland. Furthermore, miR-375 has been confirmed to be localized in... -
Deltopectoral flap revisited for reconstruction surgery in patients with adva...
Abstract Background We present the cases of 2 patients with invasive thyroid cancer, who underwent reconstructive surgery using a deltopectoral flap. Although the overall rate...
