A novel seven-octapeptide repea ...
Human prion diseases can be sporadic, inherited or acquired by infection and show considerable phenotypic heterogeneity. We describe the clinical, h ...
Pediatric and adult sonic hedge ...
Recent integrative genomic approaches have defined molecular subgroups of medulloblastoma that are genetically and clinically distinct. Sonic hedgeh ...
Mutation-specific IDH1 antibody ...
Isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) mutations are frequent in astrocytomas, oligoastrocytomas and oligodendrogliomas. We previously reported the gener ...
PI3K/AKT pathway alterations ar ...
Pilocytic astrocytomas (PA) are well-differentiated gliomas having a favorable prognosis when compared with other diffuse or infiltrative astrocytom ...
Potential cognitive endophenoty ...
Endophenotypes are neurobiological markers cosegregating and associated with illness. These biomarkers represent a promising strategy to dissect ADH ...
HIV-Related Behavioral Studies ...
HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men (MSM) has increased significantly in China since early 2000, with MSM accounting for 32.5% of the new ...
Factors Associated with HIV Tes ...
We evaluated factors associated with HIV testing history and returning for HIV test results among 2,049 Thai men who have sex with men. Of men, 50.3 ...
Assessment of in vivo calculati ...
We compared three methods for the determination of prostate volume: prostate volume measured via transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS); the Cavalieri m ...
In vitro immunoblockade of VIP ...
VIP is a peptide synthesised in the pituitary gland and is involved in the stimulation of prolactin secretion. However, to date it has not been dete ...
Ultrastructure of cell contacts ...
Differentiation, development, and function of Leydig cells in the testis are regulated also by macrophages, vascular endothelial cells, and peritubu ...
Sperm binding glycoprotein is d ...
In several mammals a sperm reservoir is formed at the isthmus of the Fallopian tube, providing viable, potentially fertile sperm for an extensive pe ...
Quantitative analysis of Hb Bar ...
It has long been recognized that the presence of hemoglobin (Hb) Bart’s in newborn’s blood is associated with α-thalassemia. However, the automated ...
Dysmetabolic hyperferritinemia ...
Hyperferritinemia is common in individuals with the metabolic syndrome (dysmetabolic hyperferritinemia), but its pathophysiology and the degree to w ...
Impact of leukocytosis on throm ...
Established risk factors for thrombosis in essential thrombocythemia (ET) include age (.60 years) and previous vascular events. Recently, also leuko ...
Proliferation and differentiati ...
CD34 is the most frequently used marker for the selection of cells for bone marrow (BM) transplantation. The use of CD133 as an alternative marker i ...
Prevalence and progression of m ...
We determined the prevalence and progression rate of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) and light-chain MGUS (LCMGUS) in Ger ...
In vitro vessel-forming capacit ...
In type 2 diabetes, the impairment of vascular repair processes and angiogenesis are due to endothelial progenitor cell (EPC) dysfunction. In this s ...
Single nucleotide polymorphisms ...
Little is known on the impact of polymorphisms in the IL1B gene on outcome in multiple myeloma. In a population-based study of 348 Danish myeloma pa ...
Monitoring MRD with flow cytome ...
This study evaluated the prognostic value of minimal residual disease (MRD) monitoring by four-color flow cytometry (FCM) in patients with acute lym ...
Comparison of 99mTc-labeled PR8 ...
Objective We digested anti-MUC1 monoclonal antibody PR81 to produce F(ab0)2 fragments. A comparison was performed between the two radiolabeled PR81 ...
Evaluation of outcome predictio ...
Objective The objective of this study is to determine whether 2-deoxy-2-[18F] fluoro-D-glucose with positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) imaging a ...
Relationship of detection rate ...
Objective PET cancer screening is performed widely in Japan as opportunistic screening, but no study has focused on the correlation with various can ...
The molecular imaging approach ...
Inflammatory and infectious diseases are a heterogeneous class of diseases that may be divided into infections, acute inflammation and chronic infla ...
Double-phase 131I whole body sc ...
Objective This study aims to determine whether a 131I double-phase whole body scan (WBS) and SPECT-CT images have added value over a single-phase WB ...
18F-FDG uptake in primary lung ...
Objective This study investigated how fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake on PET in the primary tumor may predict intratumoral vessel invasion (IVI) in ...