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Hepatic circadian clock oscillators and nuclear receptors integrate microbiome-derived signals
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Nature Publishing Group
, 2016 , Article)
The liver is a key organ of metabolic homeostasis with functions that oscillate in response to food intake. Although liver and gut microbiome crosstalk has been reported, microbiome-mediated effects on peripheral circadian ...
Associations of Vitamin D Receptor Polymorphisms with Coronary Artery Diseases
(2016 , Poster)
Background:
Previous studies have investigated the association of rs1544410, rs7975232 and rs731236 polymorphisms on vitamin D receptor gene and its impact on diseases such as cancer, diabetes and hypertension in different ...
New 3-Cyano-2-Substituted Pyridines Induce Apoptosis in MCF 7 Breast Cancer Cells
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
, 2016 , Article)
The synthesis of new 3-cyano-2-substituted pyridines bearing various pharmacophores and functionalities at position 2 is described. The synthesized compounds were evaluated for their in vitro anti-cancer activities on five ...
Inflammogenesis of Secondary Spinal Cord Injury
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Frontiers Media
, 2016 , Article)
Spinal cord injury (SCI) and spinal infarction lead to neurological complications and eventually to paraplegia or quadriplegia. These extremely debilitating conditions are major contributors to morbidity. Our understanding ...
WORKSITE HEALTH PROMOTION SCORE: TO ASSESS A HEALTH PROMOTIONAL WORKER SETTING
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Wolters Kluwer Health
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Objective: Workplace play a central role in the lives of employees and their potential as health-promotional-setting is enormous as it could aim at keeping employees healthy which is considered a key long-term human asset ...
Osteoporosis in patients with stroke: A cross-sectional study
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Medknow Publications
, 2016 , Article)
Stroke-related impairments and inactivity contribute to the accelerated development of bone mass removal. However, the extent of decrease in bone mineral density (BMD) after stroke and all factors that influence such rapid ...
Time Dependent Assessment of Morphological Changes: Leukodepleted Packed Red Blood Cells Stored in SAGM
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Hindawi
, 2016 , Article)
Usually packed red blood cells (pRBCs) require specific conditions in storage procedures to ensure the maximum shelf life of up to 42 days in 2–6°C. However, molecular and biochemical consequences can affect the stored ...
Glycine and Folate Ameliorate Models of Congenital Sideroblastic Anemia
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Public Library of Science (USA)
, 2016 , Article)
Sideroblastic anemias are acquired or inherited anemias that result in a decreased ability to
synthesize hemoglobin in red blood cells and result in the presence of iron deposits in the
mitochondria of red blood cell ...
Human microbiome and its association with health and diseases
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Wiley
, 2016 , Article)
Human microbiota are distinct communities of microorganisms that resides at different body
niches. Exploration of the human microbiome has become a reality due to the availability of
powerful metagenomics and metatranscriptomic ...
A Randomised Single-Blinded Controlled Trial on the Effectiveness of Brief Advice on Smoking Cessation among Tertiary Students in Malaysia
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OMICS International
, 2016 , Article)
Introduction
Tobacco smoking, a habitual behavior, is addictive and detrimental to health. Quitting requires personal abilities and environmental opportunities and therefore, improving these abilities and opportunities ...