Trace elements in human nutrition (ii) – An update
International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2020 The dietary requirement for an essential trace element is an intake level which meets a specified criterion for adequacy and thereby minimizes risk of nutrient deficiency or excess.
Aliasgharpour Mehri
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In vitro characterization of mitochondrial function and structure in rat and human cells with a deficiency of the NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase Ndufc2 subunit [PDF]
, 2017 Ndufc2, a subunit of the NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase, plays a key role in the assembly and activity of complex I within the mitochondrial OXPHOS chain. Its deficiency has been shown to be involved in diabetes, cancer and stroke.
1000 Genomes Project Consortium +38 more
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Adiposity, Cardiometabolic Risk, and Vitamin D Status: The Framingham Heart Study [PDF]
, 2009 OBJECTIVE: Because vitamin D deficiency is associated with a variety of chronic diseases, understanding the characteristics that promote vitamin D deficiency in otherwise healthy adults could have important clinical implications.
Booth, Sarah L. +13 more
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Acta Medica Bulgarica, 2016 Diarrhea is the most common gastrointestinal symptom in HIV-infected patients. The incidence and severity of diarrhea increase with progression of the immune defi ciency.
Yancheva N. +8 more
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MHC class II-restricted antigen presentation by plasmacytoid dendritic cells drives proatherogenic T cell immunity [PDF]
, 2014 Background—Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) bridge innate and adaptive immune responses and are important regulators of immuno-inflammatory diseases. However, their role in atherosclerosis remains elusive.
Ait-Oufella, Hafid +16 more
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Surveillance and response systems for elimination of tropical diseases : summary of a thematic series in infectious diseases of poverty [PDF]
, 2016 The peer-reviewed journal Infectious Diseases of Poverty provides a new platform to engage with, and disseminate in an open-access format, science outside traditional disciplinary boundaries.
Bergquist, Robert +5 more
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Molecular Evolution and Epidemiological Characteristics of SARS COV-2 in (Northwestern) Poland
Viruses, 2021 The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) evolved into a worldwide outbreak, with the first Polish cases in February/March 2020.
Karol Serwin +10 more
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 Recent studies highlighted that CD8+ T cells are necessary for restraining reservoir in HIV-1-infected individuals who undergo antiretroviral therapy (ART), whereas the underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms remain largely unknown.
Wei Hu +35 more
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Hypovitaminosis D in geriatric inpatients: a marker of severity of chronic diseases [PDF]
, 2012 Background and aims: Hypovitaminosis D is associated with adverse health outcomes including several bone and non-bone chronic diseases. It remains unclear whether hypovitaminosis D leads to more numerous or more severe chronic diseases.
C. Annweiler +5 more
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Picolinic Acid in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Infection: A Preliminary Report
Mediators of Inflammation, 2012 Macrophage activation seems to be a feature of chronic liver diseases. Picolinic acid (PA) as a macrophage secondary signal causes the activation of interferon-gamma- (IFN-γ-) prime macrophage and triggers cytokine-driven inflammatory reactions.
Jolanta Zuwała-Jagiello +3 more
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