Background. The natural history of idiopathic membranous nephropathy and recurrent disease in transplants is variable. We performed a retrospective cohort study of renal transplant recipients with a primary diagnosis of idiopathic membranous nephropathy. We aimed to establish patterns of disease recurrence and to identify factors associated with disease recurrence. Methods. We accessed the Iris...

Salinity stress is the most widespread and the most severe abiotic stress that plants face. More than 800 million hectares worldwide, representing more than 6% of world's land area, are affected by salinity. Tomato is one of the most important horticultural crops. However, due to the progressive salinization of irrigated land, areas for optimal growth of tomato are being reduced all over the wo...

We consider Shiraishi’s metrics on the moduli space of extreme black holes. We interpret the simplification in the pattern of N-body interactions that he observed in terms of the recent picture of black holes in four and five dimensions as composites, made up of intersecting branes. We then show that the geometry of the moduli space of a class of black holes in five and nine dimensions is hyper...

PURPOSE There is a paucity of information on the serum soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 (sVEGFR-2) concentrations, membranous VEGFR-2 expression and the mechanism involved in their modulations during the clinical onset of pre-eclampsia. This cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate the concentration of sVEGFR-2 in serum and to investigate the expression of membranous...

AIMS To assess whether heterogeneity of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) immunoreactivity in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is related to non-standardised criteria for staining evaluation. METHODS EGFR expression was investigated in 132 primary and 55 metastatic conventional RCCs using a tissue microarray technique. RESULTS Overall, membranous and/or cytoplasmic EGFR immunostaining was p...