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Effectiveness of an action-oriented educational intervention in ensuring long...
Abstract Background The potential role of Community Health Workers (CHWs) in improving maternal and child health outcomes, particularly in low and middle-income countries and in... -
Temporal trends of incident diabetes mellitus and subsequent outcomes in pati...
Abstract Background Allograft kidney transplantation has become a treatment of choice for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), and post-transplant diabetes mellitus... -
Risk factors for new-onset diabetes mellitus after living donor kidney transp...
Abstract Background New-onset diabetes mellitus after transplantation (NODAT) is a serious complication following renal transplantation. The aim of this study was to identify... -
Production of human pro-relaxin H2 in the yeast Pichia pastoris
Abstract Background Initially known as the reproductive hormone, relaxin was shown to possess other therapeutically useful properties that include extracellular matrix... -
Oral health-related quality of life in adult patients with end-stage kidney d...
Abstract Background The oral health of patients undergoing renal replacement therapy (RRT) is insufficient. Poor oral health and its components can affect the oral... -
Development of a silicon limitation inducible expression system for recombina...
Abstract Background An inducible promoter for recombinant protein expression provides substantial benefits because under induction conditions cellular energy and metabolic... -
Association between hydroxocobalamin administration and acute kidney injury a...
Abstract Background The use of hydroxocobalamin has long been advocated for treating suspected cyanide poisoning after smoke inhalation. Intravenous hydroxocobalamin has however... -
Production of rosmarinic acid and correlated gene expression in hairy root cu...
Rosmarinic acid (RA) is an active constituent of Ocimum basilicum. It has been shown that hairy root production (measured as dry weight) improves when green basil (O. basilicum... -
mTOR transcriptionally and post-transcriptionally regulates Npm1 gene express...
The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) plays essential roles in the regulation of growth-related processes such as protein synthesis, cell sizing and metabolism in both normal... -
Preoperative plasma growth-differentiation factor-15 for prediction of acute ...
Abstract Background Growth-differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) is an emerging humoral marker for risk stratification in cardiovascular disease. Cardiac-surgery-associated acute... -
A discrete event simulation model to evaluate the treatment pathways of patie...
Background The number of people affected by cataract in the United Kingdom (UK) is growing rapidly due to ageing population. As the only way to treat cataract is through... -
Complete versus culprit-only revascularization in patients with ST-segment el...
Abstract Background The best strategy for the treatment of the non-infarct artery in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and multivessel disease (MVD)... -
The role of intraoperative parameters on predicting laparoscopic abdominal su...
Abstract Background Laparoscopic abdominal surgery has been widely used to reduce the length of hospital stay and complications from open abdominal surgery. During the... -
FGF23C-tail improves diabetic nephropathy by attenuating renal fibrosis and i...
Abstract Background High level of serum fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) is implicated in the development and progression of diabetic nephropathy (DN), making it a crucial... -
Re-evaluation of the role of Indian germplasm as center of melon diversificat...
Abstract Background The importance of Indian germplasm as origin and primary center of diversity of cultivated melon is widely accepted. Genetic diversity of several collections... -
The KDIGO acute kidney injury guidelines for cardiac surgery patients in crit...
Abstract Background The Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) guidelines assign the same stage of AKI to patients whether they fulfil urine... -
Sex-specific changes in gene expression in response to estrogen pollution aro...
Abstract The synthetic 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) is a common estrogenic pollutant that has been suspected to affect the demography of river-dwelling salmonids. One possibility... -
Asthmatic bronchial epithelial cells promote the establishment of a Hyalurona...
Abstract Background Airway inflammation is a hallmark of asthma. Alterations in extracellular matrix (ECM) hyaluronan (HA) content have been shown to modulate the recruitment... -
Point-of-care ultrasound curriculum for internal medicine residents: what do ...
Abstract Background Point-of-care Ultrasound is a relative new diagnostic tool for internists. Since 2019, it is a mandatory skill for internal medicine residents in the... -
Identification of promoter elements in the Dolichospermum circinale AWQC131C ...
Abstract Background Dolichospermum circinale is a filamentous bloom-forming cyanobacterium responsible for biosynthesis of the paralytic shellfish toxins (PST), including...
