The identification of amino acid residues essential for function of the hematopoietic growth factor erythropoietin has been approached by several methods, including comparisons of related sequences, immunochemical approaches, mutagenesis, and computer modeling. We have reported previously that mutations within amino acids 100-109 of erythropoietin can have profound effects on the hormone's stru...

Information overload and an abundance of choices create situations where selecting one option becomes extremely difficult or even worse, a guessing game. Collaborative ranking systems address this problem by creating intelligent rankings of items based on user opinions aggregation. This paper presents a metric-based multi-criteria recommender system that can be used on non-rigid sets of criteri...

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play important roles in the cancer development and progression; overexpression of miR-103 has been identified in various tumors. However, its biological function and regulatory mechanism involved in modulation of human gastric cancer (GC) remain largely unknown. This study aimed to confirm clinical significance of miR-103 and investigate its biological role and underlying mec...

Given the emerging role of microRNAs (miRs) in cancer progression, the present study investigated the role and underlying mechanism of miR‑103 in colorectal cancer (CRC). Reverse transcription‑quantitative polymerase chain reaction was conducted to quantify the expression levels of miR‑103 in clinical specimens and cell lines. The role of miR‑103 in CRC was examined using MTT, colony formation ...