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Cardiovascular and metabolic effects of endothelins in man : an experimental and clinical study
(1998-10-30)
Increased plasma concentrations of endothelin-1 (ET-1) and of its propeptide big endothelin-1 have been reported in diseases associated with endothelial dysfunction, cardiovascular remodelling and insulin resistance. In ...
Consequences of outsourcing referrals for radiological examinations
(2016-11-14)
Background: Demands for ever more effective healthcare and care accessibility for all patients continue to increase the workload in diagnostic radiology departments. Along with rapid developments in imaging technology which ...
Periodontitis and invasive oral treatment in relation to myocardial infarction : epidemiological studies
(2019-11-25)
10 code I.21) within 4 weeks was investigated. Invasive dental treatment before a first myocardial infarction was not associated with an increased risk of a myocardial infarction (adjusted OR 0.98; 95% CI: 0.91−1.06). Conclusions: In nationwide...
Epidemiology, risk and protective factors of self-immolation : a study from Iran
(2013-04-04)
Background: Suicide by self-burning (self-immolation) is one of the suicide methods that is far more common in low-middle income countries than in high-income ones. Iran is one of the countries that has a high rate of ...
Prevention of growth failure caused by glucocorticoid treatment
(2023-03-10)
Children with chronic inflammation often suffer from growth failure and many of these children are treated with high doses of glucocorticoids (GCs). However, the underlying mechanisms of growth failure under conditions of ...
Conditions for care : factors in the nurse work environment related to safe and high quality care in acute care hospitals
(2018-12-20)
on data derived from the Swedish component of the cross-sectional, multi-national EU 7th framework project Registered Nurse Forecasting (RN4CAST). Swedish data include survey responses from a national sample of 11 015 RNs working in inpatient care...
Exploring the role of mesenchymal stromal cells in endometriosis
(2018-11-16)
Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease where there is growth of endometrial tissue in ectopic sites, most commonly within the pelvic cavity. The major symptoms of this disease are chronic pelvic pain and infertility. ...
Effects of acute exercise and training on gene expression and regulatory proteins in human skeletal muscle
(2019-05-20)
Regular physical activity affects all tissues in the human body, not least skeletal muscle. The skeletal muscle adaptation involves changes that help the muscle to handle perturbations of the intracellular homeostasis ...
Structural enzymology of oxalate degradation in Oxalobacter formigenes
(2008-01-04)
Oxalic acid, as one of nature's most highly oxidised compounds, is toxic
to most organisms. It is introduced in the human body in the diet but
also as a waste product of cellular metabolism. Mammals do not posses ...
Hsp70 in immunotherapy : a potential vector in cancer and viral vaccines
(2000-04-28)
New efficient vaccines against cancers and infectious diseases are in demand. In 1993 heat shock protein 70 (hsp70) purified from tumour was shown to elicit tumour protection in mice. It was also shown that the protection ...