Basic and clinical science posters: Epidemiology

The basic science that is epidemiology.

Late Breaking Science posters

Background: Endothelial cells (ECs) are plastic cells that switch between growth/senescence states: they divide and migrate upon proangiogenic stimulation and become senescence in response to various physiologic stresses. Cellular senescence is associated with cellular dysfunction and has been shown to occur in vivo in age-related cardiovascular diseases. Purpose: Adjusting endothelial metaboli...

365 . Asthma : basic science and clinical studies

printing supported by . Visit Chiesi at Stand D.30 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH 2011 tion of corticosteroids and cold bronchial hyperresponsiveness (CBH) in patients with bronchial asthma (BA). Aim: To define the role of target-cells sensitivity to corticosteroids in cold bronchial hyperresponsiveness development in BA. Methods: 44 patients with BA were recruited. The mean level of asthma control wa...

Aberrometry: basic science and clinical applications.

This paper addresses the concept, measurement and applications of wave aberrations. The ocular optics is not perfect. Apart from conventional low order aberrations (such as defocus and astigmatism) retinal images are degraded by other high order aberrations. Aberrometers typically measure ray deviations at the retinal plane, as a function of pupil position, i.e. local derivatives of the wave ab...

Androgens/Female Clinical/Female Basic Science

Screening and monitoring in men prescribed testosterone therapy in the U.S., 2001–2010. J Baillargeon, RJ Urban, YF Kuo, HM Holmes, MA Raji, A Morgentaler, BT Howrey, YL Lin, KJ Ottenbacher. PublicHealth Rep 2015;130:143–52. Editorial Comment: Testosterone therapy for late-onset hypogonadism is a controversial practice. What is not controversial is the need for appropriate patient selection and...