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Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences, 2016 This study was performed in order to micropropagate the critically endangered Balkan endemic Dianthus ingoldbyi and to investigate the anatomical and morphological characteristic of shoots following the slowing down of the growth of in vitro shoots under
Hayati Arda +3 more
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Dominant-Negative Effect of a Missense Variant in the TASK-2 (KCNK5) K+ Channel Associated with Balkan Endemic Nephropathy. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2016 TASK-2, a member of the Two-Pore Domain (K2P) subfamily of K+ channels, is encoded by the KCNK5 gene. The channel is expressed primarily in renal epithelial tissues and a potentially deleterious missense variant in KCNK5 has recently been shown to be ...
Reed AP +3 more
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Environmental Science and Technology, 2019 Aristolochic acids (AAs) have been known as potent nephrotoxins since the use of AA-containing herbal medicines was linked with a series of sporadic renal fibrotic nephropathy cases, and yet an estimated 100 million people worldwide are still at risk ...
Ka-Ki Tung +6 more
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What is a tree in the mediterranean basin hotspot? A critical analysis [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Tree species represent 20% of the vascular plant species worldwide and they play a crucial role in the global functioning of the biosphere. The Mediterranean Basin is one of the 36 world biodiversity hotspots, and it is estimated that forests
Arroyo Marín, Juan +7 more
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Evaluating weight of evidence in the mystery of Balkan endemic nephropathy. [PDF]
Risk Anal, 2014 Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) is a chronic, progressive wasting disease of the kidneys, endemic in certain rural regions of the Balkan nations Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Romania. It is irreversible and ultimately fatal.
Bui-Klimke T, Wu F.
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Hantaviruses in Serbia and Montenegro
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006 Hantaviruses are endemic in the Balkan Peninsula. An outbreak of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome occurred in 2002 in Serbia and Montenegro. The epidemiologic characteristics and genetic relatedness of Dobrava/Belgrade virus strains responsible for ...
Anna Papa +2 more
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On two new cave-dwelling and relict pseudoscorpions of the genus Chthonius C.L. Koch (Chthoniidae, Pseudoscorpiones) from Bosnia [PDF]
Archives of Biological Sciences, 2011 The pseudoscorpion sample from a cave in Bosnia has been studied. Two new species have been described herein: Chthonius (Chthonius) protobosniacus n. sp. and C. (C.) kladanjensis n. sp.
Ćurčić B.P.M. +5 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 Mountains of the Balkan Peninsula are significant biodiversity hotspots with great species richness and a large proportion of narrow endemics. Processes that have driven the evolution of the rich Balkan mountain flora, however, are still insufficiently ...
Marek Šlenker +15 more
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Tamm-Horsfall Protein in Balkan Endemic Nephropathy [PDF]
Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, 1985 It is suggested that Tamm-Horsfall protein, a specific renal glycoprotein, may be involved in the pathogenesis of some renal diseases. In cadmium nephropathy and Fanconi syndrome (primary tubular diseases of the kidney) an increased excretion rate of Tamm-Horsfall protein has been observed.
Čvorišćec, Dubravka +2 more
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Plants, 2022 We investigated taxonomic and endemic richness, patterns of spatial distribution, cenotic and spatial diversification, and chorological and life form spectra of montane coniferous forests in the central part of the Balkan Peninsula.
Tijana Ilić +3 more
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