Response to Yang, Shi, Wang, et al

Prophylactic octreotide in pancreatoduodenectomy: response to Yang et al.

We appreciate the comments of Yang and colleagues on our recent work entitled ‘Prophylactic octreotide for pancreatoduodenectomy: more harm than good?’ We agree with several of their points, particularly that the current evidence in the translational literature directly linking octreotide to the formation of fistulas is far from definitive; however, defining the mechanism of fistula development...

Public Participation: Methods Matter; A Response to Boaz et al.

Response to Sadek et al. and Kotlikoff et al.

Ditte Caroline Andersen,1,2,* Charlotte Harken Jensen,1 and Søren Paludan Sheikh1,3 1Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital, 5000 Odense C, Denmark 2Clinical Institute/University of Southern Denmark, 5000 Odense C, Denmark 3Institute of Molecular Medicine/University of Southern Denmark, 5000 Odense C, Den...

In Response to Fakruddin et al. and Apostolou et al

In Response to Fakruddin et al. dicted to result in substitutions of amino acids at the and Apostolou et al. corresponding positions in the protein sequence. In each of these cases, individual tumor DNA samples possessed the same sequence as that of the corresponding cell line. We agree with many of the above findings, including To determine if the divergent sequences represented the frequency ...

Response to Hofmann et al

same RHAMM1v4 isoform expressed in the same cells RHAMM belongs to a group of hyaladherins that reguwas later reported to be located exclusively in the cytolate cell motility and cell cycle and that are expressed plasm (Zhang et al., 1998). in the cytoplasm, nucleus, and cell surface, in spite of Questions about the physiological significance of the a lack of signal peptide or transmembrane dom...