Assessing the Toxicity of Aluminum Oxide Nanoparticles (Al2O3 NPS) Prepared by Laser Ablation Technique on Blood Components [PDF]
Journal of Applied Sciences and Nanotechnology, 2023 Along with its uses in a wide range of sectors, NP toxicity research was one of the fastest-growing areas of research, so the growing commercial applications brought aluminum oxide nanoparticles under the purview of toxicologists.
Tuqa Sabah, kareem Jawad, Nebras Essam
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Potent innate immune response to pathogenic leptospira in human whole blood. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 BACKGROUND: Leptospirosis is caused by pathogenic spirochetes of the genus Leptospira. The bacteria enter the human body via abraded skin or mucous membranes and may disseminate throughout.
Marga G A Goris +8 more
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Forensic DNA Analysis of Mixed Mosquito Blood Meals: STR Profiling for Human Identification
Insects, 2023 Mosquito vectors captured at a crime scene are forensically valuable since they feed on human blood, and hence, human DNA can be recovered to help identify the victim and/or the suspect.
Ashraf Mohamed Ahmed +4 more
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Endocrine Connections, 2022 Objective: The beneficial effect of angiotensin(1–7) (Ang(1–7)), via the ac tivation of its receptor, MAS-1, has been noted in diabetes treatment; however, how Ang(1–7) or MAS-1 affects insulin secretion remains elusive and whether the endoge nous level ...
Xue-Lian Zhang +13 more
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A cautionary tale: the non-causal association between type 2 diabetes risk SNP, rs7756992, and levels of non-coding RNA, CDKAL1-v1 [PDF]
, 2015 Journal ArticleCopyright © The Author(s) 2015. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com.Aims/hypothesis: Intronic single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the CDKAL1 gene are associated with risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Harries, LW +4 more
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Heliyon, 2020 We measured the blood viscosity of 25 male and 25 female healthy people (total 50) using a compact-sized falling needle viscometer (Falling Needle Rheometer) capable of highly accurate measurements. Based on the analysis of the flow characteristics, most
Hideki Yamamoto +7 more
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The impact of ABO and RhD blood types on Babesia microti infection.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023 BackgroundBabesiosis is an emerging infectious disease caused by intraerythrocytic Babesia parasites that can cause severe disease and death. While blood type is known to affect the mortality of Plasmodium falciparum malaria patients, associations ...
Ryan Philip Jajosky +5 more
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Association of ABO Blood Group Status in Patients with Breast Lesions and Emphasis on Invasive Breast Carcinoma [PDF]
National Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2022 Introduction: The ABO blood group antigens are expressed on the erythrocyte membrane and on the surface of other normal and pathological cells. Recently, there has been an increasing research interest in the association between ABO blood group ...
SHAHANAZ SHAIK +4 more
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Systemic Metabolomic Changes in Blood Samples of Lung Cancer Patients Identified by Gas Chromatography Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry. [PDF]
, 2015 Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Metabolic alterations in tumor cells coupled with systemic indicators of the host response to tumor development have the potential to yield blood profiles with clinical utility for diagnosis and ...
Barupal, Dinesh K +10 more
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Substrate utilization by the failing human heart by direct quantification using arterio-venous blood sampling. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2009 Metabolic substrate utilization of the human failing heart is an area of controversy. The purpose of this study is to directly quantify myocardial substrate utilization in moderately severe heart failure, type 2 diabetes and healthy controls using ...
Junichi Funada +6 more
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