BACKGROUND We investigated whether an endogastric capsule (EC) may be a valuable tool for collecting DNA from exfoliated cells from the gastric mucosa and for carrying out an analysis of promoter methylation status of the E-cadherin (CDH1) gene in poorly differentiated, diffuse gastric cancer (DGC). MATERIAL AND METHODS Consecutive patients with a confirmed diagnosis of poorly differentiated ...

temperature and precipitation are two climatic variables haveing the most significant impact on the variability of crops yield. in this study, the relationship between rainfed barley yield, temperature and rainfall were assessed with both simple correlation and iterative chi-square analysis for eastern azerbaijan in four districts (tabriz, maragheh, sarab and miyaneh). the iterative chi-square ...

Depending on whether a mathematical program with equilibrium constraints 6 (MPEC) is considered in its original or its enhanced (via KKT conditions) form, the assumed 7 constraint qualifications (CQs) as well as the derived necessary optimality conditions may 8 differ significantly. In this paper, we study this issue when imposing one of the weakest pos9 sible CQs, namely the calmness of the pe...

This is the first of two articles providing an overall view of oral diseases and conditions, taking the oral cavity and its organs and tissues as integrated parts of the human body. This article provides an overview of three oral diseases and conditions that are associated directly with loss of tooth structure or loss of teeth and reviews their risk factors and preventive and treatment interven...

The Notch/CSL pathway plays an important role in skin homeostasis and carcinogenesis. CSL, the key effector of canonical Notch signaling endowed with an intrinsic transcription repressive function, suppresses stromal fibroblast senescence and Cancer Associated Fibroblast (CAF) activation through direct down-modulation of key effector genes. Interacting proteins that participate with CSL in this...