Aortic stenting in the growing sheep causes aortic endothelial dysfunction but not hypertension: Clinical implications for coarctation repair [PDF]
, 2016 Stent implantation is the treatment of choice for adolescents and adults with aortic coarctation (CoAo). Despite excellent short-term results, 20%-40% of the patients develop arterial hypertension later in life, which was attributed to inappropriate ...
Aresu, Luca +14 more
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Porcine Colostrum Protects the IPEC-J2 Cells and Piglet Colon Epithelium against Clostridioides (syn. Clostridium) difficile Toxin-Induced Effects [PDF]
, 2020 Clostridioides difficile toxins are one of the main causative agents for the clinical symptoms observed during C. difficile infection in piglets. Porcine milk has been shown to strengthen the epithelial barrier function in the piglet’s intestine and may ...
Grześkowiak, Łukasz +7 more
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Improved crystal structure solution from powder diffraction data by the use of conformational information [PDF]
, 2017 The effect of introducing conformational information to the DASH implementation of crystal structure determination from powder diffraction data is investigated using 51 crystal structures, with the aim of allowing increasingly complex crystal structures ...
Adrian C. Williams +56 more
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High dietary zinc supplementation increases the occurrence of tetracycline and sulfonamide resistance genes in the intestine of weaned pigs [PDF]
, 2015 Background Dietary zinc oxide is used in pig nutrition to combat post weaning diarrhoea. Recent data suggests that high doses (2.5 g/kg feed) increase the bacterial antibiotic resistance development in weaned pigs. Therefore, the aim of this study was to
Pietruszyńska, Dominika +3 more
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Retinal pigment epithelium degeneration caused by aggregation of PRPF31 and the role of HSP70 family of proteins [PDF]
, 2020 Background Mutations in pre-mRNA splicing factor PRPF31 can lead to retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Although the exact disease mechanism remains unknown, it has been hypothesized that haploinsufficiency might be involved in the ...
Aramburu, Ana +13 more
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The feasibility study of transnasopharyngeal esophagus echocardiography in the ultrasonic diagnosis
Cardiovascular Ultrasound, 2019 Background Professor Xinfang Wang first introduced the clinical application of trans nose pharynx esophagus echocardiography (TNPEE) in 2014. Subsequently, we developed the technology.
Xiaofeng Wang +4 more
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Muscleblind-like 3 deficit results in a spectrum of age-associated pathologies observed in myotonic dystrophy. [PDF]
, 2016 Myotonic dystrophy type I (DM1) exhibits distinctive disease specific phenotypes and the accelerated onset of a spectrum of age-associated pathologies.
Abdallah, Walid F +9 more
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Pathogen-reactive T helper cell analysis in the pig [PDF]
, 2017 There is growing interest in studying host-pathogen interactions in human-relevant large animal models such as the pig. Despite the progress in developing immunological reagents for porcine T cell research, there is an urgent need to directly assess ...
Agnone +63 more
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Myopia control with a novel peripheral gradient soft lens and orthokeratology: a 2-year clinical trial [PDF]
, 2015 Objective. To evaluate the degree of axial elongation with soft radial refractive gradient (SRRG) contact lenses, orthokeratology (OK), and single vision (SV) spectacle lenses (control) during a period of 1 year before treatment and 2 years after ...
Armengol, Jesús +5 more
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Formulation of Casein Hydrogels
Chemistry ProceedingsProtein-based hydrogels have attracted considerable interest due to their biocompatibility, nontoxic properties, biodegradability, and renewable nature, as well as their being inexpensive and easy to obtain. Hydrogel properties depend on the temperature,
Vanina A. Guntero +4 more
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