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Usefulness of convalescent plasma transfusion for the treatment of severely ill COVID-19 patients in Pakistan

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Convalescent plasma(CP) was utilized as potential therapy during COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan. The study aimed at appraisal of CP transfusion safety and usefulness in COVID pneumonia.
Tehmina Nafees Sonia Khan, Samina Naz Mukry, Shahtaj Masood, Lubna Meraj, Bikha Ram Devrajani, Javed Akram, Naveena Fatima, Sidra Maqsood, Ayesha Mahesar, Roomana Siddiqui, Sadia Ishaque, Muhammad Bilal Afzal, Sanam Mukhtar, Sara Ahmed, Arshi Naz, Tahir Sultan Shamsi   +15 more
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Sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 in local transmission cases through Oxford Nanopore MinION platform from Karachi Pakistan

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2021
Introduction: The first case of severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was imported to Pakistan in February 2020, since then 8,260 deaths have been witnessed.
Samina Naz Mukry, Shariq Ahmed, Ali Raza Bukhari, Aneeta Shahni, Gul Sufaida, Arshi Naz, Tahir Sultan Shamsi   +6 more
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Antiproliferative Properties of Oleuropein in Human Osteosarcoma Cells

Natural Product Communications, 2016
In this study, we evaluated the antiproliferative activity on two human osteosarcoma cell lines (MG-63 and Saos2) of oleuropein, an olive oil compound traditionally found in the Mediterranean diet.
Jose M. Moran, Olga Leal-Hernandez, Maria L. Canal-Macías, Raul Roncero-Martin, Rafael Guerrero-Bonmatty, Ignacio Aliaga, Juan D. Pedrera Zamorano   +6 more
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The Assessment of the Osteoporosis Self-Assessment Tool for Asians and Calcaneal Quantitative Ultrasound in Identifying Osteoporotic Fractures and Falls Among Chinese People

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2021
The lack of DXA has made the diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis extremely difficult in the vast rural areas of China, which has the largest population with high risks of osteoporosis.
Chao Gao, Huijiang Song, Bihua Chen, Zhenlin Zhang, Hua Yue   +4 more
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Atypically localized glomus tumor causing anterior interosseous nerve syndrome: A case report

Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 2017
This article presents a 48-year-old male patient who presented with pain in the left forearm and weakness and clumsiness in the left hand of 6 months' duration. Flexor motor strength loss of the thumb and the index finger was present and neurophysiologic
Yunus Emre Akman, Merter Yalcinkaya, Yavuz Arikan, Yavuz Kabukcuoglu   +3 more
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The Effects of Alpha Interferon on the Development of Autoimmune Thyroiditis in the NOD H2h4 Mouse

Clinical and Developmental Immunology, 2003
Alpha interferon (αIFN) therapy is known to induce thyroid autoimmunity in up to 40% of patients. The mechanism is unknown, but Th1 switching has been hypothesized.
Yael Oppenheim, Grace Kim, Yoshiyuki Ban, Pamela Unger, Erlinda Concepcion, Takao Ando, Yaron Tomer   +6 more
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Osteal tissue macrophages are intercalated throughout human and mouse bone lining tissues and regulate osteoblast function in vitro and in vivo [PDF]

, 2008
Resident macrophages are an integral component of many tissues and are important in homeostasis and repair. This study examines the contribution of resident tissue macrophages to bone physiology.
Chang, M. K., Kuliwaba, J., Fazzalari, N., Maylin, E., Raggatt, Liza-Jane, Kuliwaba, Julia S., Alexander, K., Hume, D., Schroder, Kate, Maylin, Erin R., Alexander, Kylie A., Maylin, E. R., Fazzalari, Nicola L., Raggatt, L. J., Ripoll, V., Alexander, K. A., Ripoll, V. M., Schroder, K., Ripoll, Vera M, Pettit, A., Raggatt, L., Pettit, Allison R., Kuliwaba, J. S., Fazzalari, N. L., Hume, D. A., Hume, David A., Pettit, A. R., Chang, M., Chang, Ming K.   +28 more
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Adipokines and Chronic Rheumatic Diseases: from Inflammation to Bone Involvement

, 2021
Besides its well-known role as energy storage tissue, adipose tissue is a biologically active tissue that can also be considered as an endocrine organ, as it is able to secrete adipokines.
Cantatore F. P., Corrado A., Colia R., Rotondo C., Cici D.   +4 more
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Relationship between dietary characteristics and heel quantitative ultrasound parameters in postmenopausal women from the OsteoLaus cohort

Scientific Reports
The role of dietary patterns in the development of osteoporosis is unclear. The heel quantitative ultrasound (QUS) is a potential alternative to Dual X-Ray Absorptiometry.
A. Lanyan, P. Marques-Vidal, A. Métrailler, E. Gonzalez Rodriguez, D. Hans, E. Shevroja, O. Lamy   +6 more
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Clinical characteristics and identification of a novel TGFB1 variant in three unrelated Chinese families with Camurati‐Engelmann disease

Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine, 2022
Background To investigate the clinical characteristics and molecular diagnosis of Camurati‐Engelmann disease (CAEND) in Chinese individuals. Methods We recruited six patients aged 14 to 45 years in three unrelated families with CAEND, including five ...
Xiao‐Hui Tao, Xing‐Guang Yang, Zi‐Yuan Wang, Yang Xu, Xiao‐Yun Lin, Tian Xu, Zhen‐Lin Zhang, Hua Yue   +7 more
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