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Immune ablation and stem-cell therapy in autoimmune disease: Introduction
Immune ablation and stem-cell therapy in autoimmune disease: Introduction
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Expression and localization of estrogen receptor-β in annulus cells of the human intervertebral disc and the mitogenic effect of 17-β-estradiol in vitro
Background Recent evidence suggests that estrogens exert effects in different tissues throughout the body, and that the estrogen receptor β (ERβ) may be important for the action of estrogen (17-β-estradiol) on the…
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Efficacy and adverse effects of intravenous lignocaine therapy in fibromyalgia syndrome
Background To investigate the effects of intravenous lignocaine infusions (IV lignocaine) in fibromyalgia. Methods Prospective study of the adverse effects of IV lignocaine in 106 patients with fibromyalgia;…
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Role of CD28/B7 costimulation and IL-12/IL-10 interaction in the radiation-induced immune changes
Background The present paper aims at studying the role of B7/CD28 interaction and related cytokine production in the immunological changes after exposure to different doses of ionizing radiation. Results The stimulatory…
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Organization specific predictors of job satisfaction: findings from a Canadian multi-site quality of work life cross-sectional survey
Background Organizational features can affect how staff view their quality of work life. Determining staff perceptions about quality of work life is an important consideration for employers interested in improving…
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Autocrine regulation of asthmatic airway inflammation: role of airway smooth muscle
Chronic airway inflammation is one of the main features of asthma. Release of mediators from infiltrating inflammatory cells in the airway mucosa has been proposed to contribute directly or indirectly to changes in…
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To what degree does cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease predict dependence of patients on caregivers?
Background Patients with Alzheimer's disease experience a progressive loss of cognitive function, and the ability to independently perform activities of daily life. Sometimes a dependent stage is reached quite early in…
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Evidence for an evolutionarily conserved interaction between cell wall biosynthesis and flowering in maize and sorghum
Background Factors that affect flowering vary among different plant species, and in the grasses in particular the exact mechanism behind this transition is not fully understood. The brown midrib (bm) mutants of maize…
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Evidence for modulation of pericryptal sheath myofibroblasts in rat descending colon by Transforming Growth Factor β and Angiotensin II.
Background Absorption of water and Na+ in descending colonic crypts is dependent on the barrier function of the surrounding myofibroblastic pericryptal sheath. Here the effects of high and low Na+ diets and exposure to…
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Dorsal horn-enriched genes identified by DNA microarray, in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry
Background Neurons in the dorsal spinal cord play important roles in nociception and pain. These neurons receive input from peripheral sensory neurons and then transmit the signals to the brain, as well as receive and…
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The families evaluation on management, care and disclosure for terminal stage cancer patients
Background Quality of life is an important concept which is subjective and personal; what is an acceptable quality of life to one may be 'worse than death' to another. The objective of this study was to develop and…
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Effect of a homeopathic drug, Chelidonium, in amelioration of p-DAB induced hepatocarcinogenesis in mice
Background Crude extracts of Chelidonium majus, and also purified compounds derived from crude extracts of this plant, have been reported to exhibit anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor and anti-microbial…
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Utility of postintubation chest radiographs in the intensive care unit
Objective: To determine the clinical usefulness of immediate (stat) chest radiographs after endotracheal intubation when performed by experienced critical care personnel. Patients and methods: This was a prospective…
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Experimental study of the morphine de-addiction properties of
Background Our aim was to explore the de-addiction properties of Delphinium denudatum Wall. in morphine dependent rats. Methods Charles Foster male albino rats were made morphine dependent by injecting morphine sulphate…
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Angiotensin II induced inflammation in the kidney and in the heart of double transgenic rats
Background We are investigating a double transgenic rat (dTGR) model, in which rats transgenic for the human angiotensinogen and renin genes are crossed. These rats develop moderately severe hypertension but die of…
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Physicians' preference values for hepatitis C health states and antiviral therapy: A survey
Background Physicians' perspectives regarding hepatitis C shape their approach to patient management. We used utility analysis to evaluate physicians' perceptions of hepatitis C-related health states (HS) and their…
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Macrofilaricides and onchocerciasis control, mathematical modelling of the prospects for elimination
Background In most endemic parts of the world, onchocerciasis (river blindness) control relies, or will soon rely, exclusively on mass treatment with the microfilaricide ivermectin. Worldwide eradication of the parasite…
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Pro/con clinical debate: Are steroids useful in the management of patients with septic shock?
Decision-making in the intensive care unit is often very difficult. Although we are encouraged to make evidence-based decisions, this may be difficult for a number of reasons. To begin with, evidence may not exist to…
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The effects of isatin (indole-2, 3-dione) on pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide-induced hyperthermia in rats
Background Previous studies have demonstrated that centrally administered natriuretic peptides and pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide-38 (PACAP-38) have hyperthermic properties. Isatin (indole-2,…
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A necdin/MAGE-like gene in the chromosome 15 autism susceptibility region: expression, imprinting, and mapping of the human and mouse orthologues
Background Proximal chromosome 15q is implicated in neurodevelopmental disorders including Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes, autistic disorder and developmental abnormalities resulting from chromosomal deletions or…
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