Renin and Prorenin Receptor in ...

The (pro)renin receptor, PRR, was initially characterized as a component of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS). PRR-bound renin and prorenin display ...

Update on Prostate Brachytherap ...

Current research in prostate brachytherapy focuses on five key concepts covered in this review. Transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate brachytherapy ...

Isolated Russell Body Duodeniti ...

Under the influence of an antigen, plasma cells produce immunoglobulins, which appear as eosinophilic globules on light microscopy. Sometimes, one o ...

High diagnostic accuracy of pro ...

Objectives The accuracy of computed tomography (CT) for assessment of coronary stents is as yet unproven and radiation exposure has been a concern. ...

“Number needed to read”—How to ...

Purpose To evaluate the effect of the number of readers on the statistical results in peripheral MRA. Materials and methods 40 patients with periphe ...

Simvastatin suppresses expressi ...

Background Angiogenic factors such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), erythropoietin, and angiopoietin play important roles in the pathop ...

Caspase-3-independent photorece ...

Background Retinal degeneration is followed by significant changes in the structure and function of photoreceptors in humans and several genetic ani ...

The health consequences of invo ...

ch. 1. Introduction, summary, and conclusions -- Introduction -- Definitions and terminology -- Evidence evaluation -- Major conclusions -- Chapt ...

Environmental Stratified Flows

Preface 1 Internal Solitary Waves Roger Grimshaw 2 Internal Tide Transformation and Oceanic Internal Solitary Waves Peter Holloway, Efim Pelinov ...

Practical occupational medicine ...

1 The occupational history 1 2 Work-related diseases 12 3 Investigation of occupational disease 47 4 The management of occupational disease 78 5 A ...

The human factors of transport ...

Book Cover; Title; Contents; An Introduction to Transport Signs and an Overview of This Book; History of Traffic Signs; Design of Traffic Signs; The E ...

Colour atlas of anatomical path ...

The working back : a systems ap ...

Back pain magnitude and potential risk factors -- Function, structure, and support of the back -- The process of pain -- Potential pathways to back ...

Safety and health for engineers ...

The importance of safety and health for engineers -- Safety and health professions -- Fundamental concepts and terms -- Federal agencies, laws, and ...

From Genesis to genetics : the ...

When worlds collide -- Creation according to Genesis -- Creationists meet Mr. Darwin, 1859 -- Making the case for evolution -- Twentieth-century e ...

The tumor microenvironment

Combination strategies targeting hypoxia inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) for cancer therapy -- The tumor microenvironment: new insights into regulation of ...

The anti-diabetic drug metformi ...

We here demonstrate that the anti-diabetic drug metformin interacts synergistically with the anti-HER2 monoclonal antibody trastuzumab (Tzb; Hercept ...

Leptomeningeal metastases from ...

Leptomeningeal metastasis (LM) usually occurs late during the course of breast cancer. The aim of this study was to characterize the clinical featur ...

Synchronous bilateral neuroendo ...

Neuroendocrine ductal carcinoma in situ (NEDCIS) is a breast malignancy that has characteristic clinicopathological features and can, therefore, be ...

Indapamide-induced hyponatremia ...

We report a case of an apparently well-documented indapamide-induced hyponatremia. The initial diagnosis was made on the basis of dechallenge and rec ...

A case of a 6-year-old girl wit ...

Maki Shimizu , Takanori Sekiguchi , Natsuko Kishi , Aya Goji , Tomoko Takahashi , Hiroko Kozan , Zenichi Sakaguchi , Yukiko Kinoshita , Sato Matsuura ...

Altered monocyte-derived dendri ...

Background Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are known to have impaired immune function. Dendritic cells (DCs) are the major antigen-pres ...

Hemorrhagic radiation gastritis ...

Intra-arterial steroid infusion therapy has previously been shown to be effective for inflammatory bowel disease; however, few cases in which it has ...

Clinical manifestations of neur ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate neurological manifestations of primary Sjِgren’s syndrome (pSS) and investigate the etiology and pathogenesis ...

coa types and antimicrobial res ...

The objective of the study was to determine the interrelationship between coa types of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from bovine mastitis cases and ...