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The acute effects of body position strategies and respiratory therapy in paralyzed patients with acute lung injury
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background: Routine turning of critically ill patients is a standard of care. In recent years, specialized beds that provide automated turning have been introduced.... -
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In what extent anemia coexists with cognitive impairment in elderly: a cross-sectional study in Greece
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background A project aimed at studying the frequency of dementia and depression in the catchment area of the Health Centre of Chrissoupolis (HCCh), Northern Greece,... -
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Sources of nonlinearity in cDNA microarray expression measurements
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background A key assumption in the analysis of microarray data is that the quantified signal intensities are linearly related to the expression levels of the... -
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Th2 cytokines and asthma — The role of interleukin-5 in allergic eosinophilic disease
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Interleukin-5 is produced by a number of cell types, and is responsible for the maturation and release of eosinophils in the bone marrow. In humans, interleukin-5 is... -
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Changes in anti-viral effectiveness of interferon after dose reduction in chronic hepatitis c patients: a case control study
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background High dose interferon induction treatment of hepatitis C viral infection blocks viral production over 95%. Since dose reduction is often performed due to... -
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MPN+, a putative catalytic motif found in a subset of MPN domain proteins from eukaryotes and prokaryotes, is critical for Rpn11 function
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Three macromolecular assemblages, the lid complex of the proteasome, the COP9-Signalosome (CSN) and the eIF3 complex, all consist of multiple proteins... -
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Genetically modified parthenocarpic eggplants: improved fruit productivity under both greenhouse and open field cultivation.
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Parthenocarpy, or fruit development in the absence of fertilization, has been genetically engineered in eggplant and in other horticultural species by... -
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Local and distant recurrences in rectal cancer patients are predicted by the nonspecific immune response; specific immune response has only a systemic effect - a histopathological and immunohistochemical study
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Invasion and metastasis is a complex process governed by the interaction of genetically altered tumor cells and the immunological and inflammatory host... -
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Analysis of strain and regional variation in gene expression in mouse brain
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background We performed a statistical analysis of a previously published set of gene expression microarray data from six different brain regions in two mouse strains.... -
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Management of acidosis: the role of buffer agents
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Human disc cells in monolayer vs 3D culture: cell shape, division and matrix formation
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The relationship between cell shape, proliferation, and extracellular matrix (ECM) production, important aspects of cell behavior, is examined in a little-... -
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Design and performance of a multi-centre randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of joint tele-consultations [ISRCTN54264250]
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Appropriate information flow is crucial to the care of patients, particularly at the interface between primary and secondary care. Communication problems... -
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Efficacy of SSH PCR in isolating differentially expressed genes
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Suppression Subtractive Hybridization PCR (SSH PCR) is a sophisticated cDNA subtraction method to enrich and isolate differentially expressed genes.... -
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Conservation of the binding site for the arginine repressor in all bacterial lineages
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background: The arginine repressor ArgR/AhrC is a transcription factor universally conserved in bacterial genomes. Its recognition signal (the ARG box), a weak... -
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Model-based analysis of oligonucleotide arrays: model validation, design issues and standard error application
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background A model-based analysis of oligonucleotide expression arrays we developed previously uses a probe-sensitivity index to capture the response characteristic... -
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Digitoxin medication and cancer; case control and internal dose-response studies
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Digitoxin induces apoptosis in different human malignant cell lines in vitro. In this paper we investigated if patients taking digitoxin for cardiac... -
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Analysis of genetic heterogeneity in the HCAR adenovirus-binding Ig1 domain in a Caucasian Flemish population
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Polymorphisms in the gene that encodes the human cellular receptor for group B coxsackieviruses and adenoviruses (HCAR) could be responsible for... -
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Comparison of an immortalized human corneal epithelial cell line with Vero cells in the isolation of Herpes simplex virus-1 for the laboratory diagnosis of Herpes simplex keratitis
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Herpes simplex keratitis (HSK) is a sight threatening ocular infection often requiring a specific and prompt laboratory diagnosis. Isolation of Herpes... -
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Hedgehog signal transduction proteins: contacts of the Fused kinase and Ci transcription factor with the Kinesin-related protein Costal2
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Hedgehog signaling proteins play important roles in development by controlling growth and patterning in various animals including Drosophila and mammals.... -
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Molecular determinants and regulation of Leishmania virulence
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
A Leishmania model to explain microbial virulence in chronic infectious diseases is proposed. All these diseases progress from infection to symptomatic phase to host...