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Genetic variants in FBN-1 and risk for thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
ObjectivesA recent genome wide association study (GWAS) by LeMaire et al. found that two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), rs2118181 and rs10519177 in the FBN-1 gene (encoding Fibrillin-1), were associated with thoracic aortic dissection (TAD), non-
Olga A Iakoubova, Carmen H Tong, Charles M Rowland, May M Luke, Veronica E Garcia, Joseph J Catanese, Remo M Moomiaie, Peter Sotonyi, Gyorgy Ascady, Demitrios Nikas, Panagiotis Dedelias, Maryann Tranquilli, John A Elefteriades   +12 more
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A 4-Decade Population-Based Registry of Thoracic Aortic Dissection Causing Sudden Death in the Young [PDF]

JACC: Advances
Background: Thoracic aortic dissection (TAD) causing sudden cardiac death (SCD) in the young is overlooked and poorly described. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess: 1) the incidence of TAD-related SCD, and 2) the prevalence and features ...
Monica De Gaspari, MD, PhD, Cristina Basso, MD, PhD, Francesca Dalla Zanna, BSc, Maria Bueno Marinas, PhD, Marco Cason, PhD, Rudy Celeghin, PhD, Serena Pinci, BSc, Martina Perazzolo Marra, MD, PhD, Domenico Corrado, MD, PhD, Ugo Fedeli, MD, Hector I. Michelena, MD, Stefano Nistri, MD, PhD, Gaetano Thiene, MD, Kalliopi Pilichou, PhD, Stefania Rizzo, MD, PhD   +14 more
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Modeling Thoracic Aortic Dissection Using Patient-Specific iPSCs Reveals VSMC Dysfunction and Extracellular Matrix Dysregulation [PDF]

Stem Cells International
Thoracic aortic dissection (TAD) is a life-threatening condition characterized by medial degeneration and vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) dysfunction, with no effective medical therapy currently available. The underlying pathological mechanisms of TAD
Peifeng Jin, Yubin Xu, Sixian Wang, Lu Ding, Yuhao Chen, Miqi Zhou, Xiufang Chen, Xiaofang Fan, Yongsheng Gong, Ming Li, Yongyu Wang   +10 more
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Hospitalised COPD Exacerbations in Malta

Pulmonary Medicine, 2021
Introduction and Aims. The first COVID-19 case in Malta was confirmed on the 7th of March 2020. This study is aimed at investigating a significant difference between the number of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD ...
Yvette Farrugia, Bernard Paul Spiteri Meilak, Neil Grech, Rachelle Asciak, Liberato Camilleri, Stephen Montefort, Christopher Zammit   +6 more
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A reflection on Animación.es, a history of animation in Spain in an exhibition

Con A de Animación, 2021
On 13th June 2021, Animación.es: una historia en una exposición closed its doors at the Imprenta Municipal de Madrid. It was the largest exhibition held to date on the history and production processes of Spanish animation and it had to face an extremely ...
José Antonio Rodríguez Díaz, Samuel Viñolo Locubiche   +1 more
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Multiple cardiac metastases from urothelial carcinoma case report

The Egyptian Heart Journal, 2022
Background Cardiac metastases are rare and frequently remain undiagnosed due to the absence of clinical signs in the majority of cases. Malignancies found to most commonly metastasise to the heart include lung carcinoma, breast carcinoma and lymphoma ...
Neil Grech, William Camilleri, Alexander Borg   +2 more
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Comparative evaluation of duration of extraction space closure and degree of root resorption with conventional and self-Ligation brackets

Indian Journal of Dental Research, 2022
Introduction: Determination of difference between conventional and passive self-ligating brackets (SLBs) in respect of extraction space closure, patient perception and root resorption.
Raj Kumar Maurya, Preeti Bhardwaj, Harpreet Singh, Harsh Ashok Mishra   +3 more
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Beyond the coding genome: non-coding mutations and cancer

Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark, 2020
Latest advancements in genomics involving individuals from different races and geographical locations has led to the identification of thousands of common as well as rare genetic variants and copy number variations (CNVs). These studies have surprisingly
Kaivalya Walavalkar, Dimple Notani
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TADs or no TADS: Lessons From Single-cell Imaging of Chromosome Architecture [PDF]

Journal of Molecular Biology, 2020
Eukaryotic genomes are folded in a hierarchical organization that reflects and possibly regulates their function. Genomewide studies revealed a new level of organization at the kilobase-to-megabase scale termed "topological associating domains" (TADs).
Cardozo Gizzi, Andrés M., Cattoni, Diego I., Nollmann, Marcelo   +2 more
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Method for Studying Water Removal and Air Penetration during Through Air Drying of Tissue in Laboratory Scale

BioResources, 2023
Energy use, together with consumption of raw materials, machine clothing, and wet end chemicals, are some of the most critical aspects in successful tissue making today. This work was aimed at developing a laboratory-scale method of estimating dewatering
Björn Sjöstrand, Mikael Danielsson, Magnus Lestelius   +2 more
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