conclusions serum ck-18 levels in hepatitis patients were higher, compared with healthy controls. our results revealed the clinical values of ck-18, in combination with other apoptosis markers, in identifying the development of hepatitis. background as an important intermediate filament protein within liver cells, cytokeratin-18 (ck-18) has been confirmed as a potential indicator in various hep...

INTRODUCTION Cytokeratins are important part of cytoskeleton. Cytokeratin 19 (CK 19) belongs to type I cytokeratins. Lung cancer is currently most frequently diagnosed neoplasm in males in many developed countries and in Poland. The prognosis in lung cancer remains unfavourable. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of cytokeratin 19 expression in non-small cell lung cancer...

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A 6-year-old female rabbit was presented to a veterinary clinic, and the result of ultrasound examination suggested a tumor in the uterine tube. Subsequently, both ovaries and uterus were surgically removed. In gross, a single large cyst in the right ovary and enlargement of the left uterine tube were observed. Histological examination revealed that the cyst had developed in the hilus of the ov...

Proteus mirabilis is an opportunistic nosocomial pathogen that is commonly associated with urinary tract infections. Here, we present draft genome sequences of two multidrug-resistant P. mirabilis strains, isolated from urine samples in Malaysia, that harbored a CTX-M-type extended-spectrum β-lactamase-encoding gene, as well as a repertoire of other antimicrobial-resistant determinants.

The aim of the present study was to explore the histogenesis of metaplastic cells in the human uterine cervix. In a previous study we demonstrated that squamous cervical metaplasia expresses a unique set of cytokeratin polypeptides different from that expressed by the various normal epithelial elements of both the exo- and endocervix. It was thus proposed that the formation of squamous metaplas...

The liver is a unique organ that is endowed with a plethora of specialized functions. Most of its functional traits are controlled by hepatocytes. Primary hepatocytes have been used widely in in vitro models to understand the biological processes occurring in the liver. There are a number of methods used to separate hepatocytes, but the cell activity and purity are much lower in this condition....