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Studies on nitric oxide in the respiratory system
(1997-11-14)
Nitric oxide (NO) is formed in biological tissues and has regulatory functions in many organ systems. Endogenous NO has been found in exhaled air and NO is considered to have effects on the pulmonary circulation and bronchial ...
Care by districts nurses : management of patients with chronic-pain conditions, patient satisfaction and effects of pain advisers
(2001-05-10)
. The questionnaire was answered by 70 (97%) of the district nurses. The results showed that 85% of the district nurses met patients with chronic pain at least once a week and that no PHCC had any written information or policy on pain control. Many district nurses (27-69...
Endogenous thrombospondin-1 and proteases in the regulation of lymphocyte adhesion and motility
(2008-09-26)
lipoprotein receptor-related protein (LRP)/CD91. Interaction of TSP-1 with its cell surface receptors calreticulin (CRT), LRP and integrin associated protein (IAP)/CD47 was promoting motility of T cells in 3D collagen through CD47. T cell surface TSP-1 also...
Insulin signalling and TBC1D1 in skeletal muscle metabolism
(2011-11-18)
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has taken the form of a pandemic disease globally as people adopt a more western lifestyle. High circulating glucose levels indicates that an individual is in the risk zone for developing ...
Renal insufficiency, mortality and myocardial infarction
(2008-05-09)
for the highest versus the lowest quartile of the apoB/apoA-1 ratio was 2.88 (2.54 to 3.26) compared to HR, 3.35 (2.25 to 4.91) for those with CKD. After adjustment for the total cholesterol/ high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio, an increase by one standard...
Determination of transcription factor binding specificities
(2015-11-19)
The term "genetic code" refers to the way in which the information encoded in nucleic acids
is converted into the amino-acid sequence of proteins. There is however also a second genetic
code, one that is used by the cells ...
Early indicators for adverse development of cardiovascular, renal and metabolic function in children born with low birth weight
(2018-08-17)
Prematurity affects more than 10% of infants worldwide and is the main reason for neonatal mortality. Improvements in neonatal care have led to higher survival rates into adulthood. Adverse events during organogenesis and ...
Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm
(2014-09-19)
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) is a common disease with a prevalence of 1.5-2.0%
in 65-year old men in Sweden. The risk of having AAA is increased with smoking, high
age, family history of AAA and cardiovascular disease. ...
Body perception and brain plasticity in blind and sighted individuals
(2023-04-28)
Lack of vision is associated with large-scale brain plasticity. Vision, touch, proprioception, interoception, and other sensory modalities are thought to play a vital role in developing and maintaining bodily awareness. ...
Who is killing whom? Hantaviruses vs programmed cell death
(2016-02-17)
Hantaviruses belong to the Bunyaviridae family of negative stranded RNA viruses. They
carry a tri-segmented genome and consist of four structural proteins. The four structural
proteins are two glycoproteins Gn and Gc, a ...