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Attitudes towards organ donation in Malta in the last decade [PDF]
, 2006 Organ transplantation is possibly one of the few cases when even though the medical professionals have the expertise to carry out transplants of certain organs, and even though a person may have financial resources to cover every possible cost, the ...
Lauri, Mary Anne
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Promoting Organ Donation Among Adults [PDF]
, 2022 Organ donation is an important component of the American healthcare system however, the issue of low organ donation rates among the average American population is an ever-growing problem.
Hammitt, Susan
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Low‐density lipoprotein receptor‐related protein 6 (LRP6) is a key receptor for the Wnt antagonist Dickkopf1 (DKK1). DKK1 protein expression is induced in a bleomycin (BLM)‐induced lung injury model. We show that DKK1 induces proinflammatory and profibrotic genes in lung fibroblasts.
Eun‐Ah Sung +6 more
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Indian Journal of Transplantation, 2021 Introduction: Organ transplantation is the therapeutic modality available for people with end-organ failure. However, only 10% of the need for transplantation is met globally. There are different factors that influence organ donation by people. Objective:
Puneet Misra +5 more
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Attitudes Toward Organ Donation Among Saudi Arabians [PDF]
, 2020 The specific aim examined the relationship between Saudi Arabians’ attitudes toward organ donation and acculturation. The study tested the hypothesis that controlling for sociodemographic characteristics, Saudis who were more acculturated to Western ...
Alkaltham, Abdulaziz Fahad
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The Gift:Transforming Lives through Organ Donation [PDF]
, 2018 It is my great pleasure to introduce this comic. Our project originated from an honest conversation with my friend and colleague Prof Chris Murray: how to communicate complex issues surrounding the issue of organ donation?
Balson , Elliot +21 more
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Taurine promotes glucagon‐like peptide‐1 secretion in enteroendocrine L cells
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Taurine, a sulfur‐containing amino acid, is likely taken up by enteroendocrine L cells via the taurine transporter. This process increases the levels of cytosolic ATP. The increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentrations and glucagon‐like peptide‐1 secretion through membrane depolarization is caused by the closure of ATP‐sensitive potassium channels ...
Yuri Osuga +6 more
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Stem Cell Research & Therapy, 2017 Background This study aimed to investigate the tolerogenic mechanisms induced by semimature dendritic cells (smDCs) and regulatory dendritic cells (regDCs) after transplantation of hepatocytes differentiated from mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and to ...
Cheng Zhang +7 more
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Religious, Cultural and Legal Barriers to Organ Donation: The Case of Bangladesh
Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics, 2021 There is a substantial shortage of organs available for transplantation in Bangladesh. This has resulted in the commodification of organs. This study analyzes the religious, cultural, and legal barriers to organ donation in Bangladesh.
Md Shaikh Farid +1 more
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Metaphors of organ donation, social representations of the body and the opt-out system [PDF]
, 2009 Organ donation is the only available treatment for end-stage failure of organs such as liver, lung, and heart and therefore increasing the number of organ donors is a priority for most countries. One measure that could be taken by a country to increase
Lauri, Mary Anne
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