This meta-analysis was conducted to estimate the association between matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1) expression and pelvic organ prolapse (POP) in women. Relevant studies published before 6 December 2015 were identified by searching PubMed, Ovid, EBSCO, and EMBASE. A total number of five case-control studies, including 182 POP cases and 192 controls, were identified. The results indicated th...

CRISTINA IORDACHE1, RODICA CHIRIEAC2, EUGEN ANCUTA3*, CRISTINA POMIRLEANU4,5, CODRINA ANCUTA4,5 1 Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi Faculty of Dental medicine, 16 Universitatii Str., 700115, Iasi, Romania 2 SANOCARE Medical Center, 3A Ghica Voda Str., Iasi, Romania 3 Elena Doamna Clinical Hospital, Research Department, 49 Elena Doamna Str., 700389, Iasi, Romania 4Clinical...

Ptomaphagus (s. str.) chenggongi sp. n. and Ptomaphagus (s. str.) tingtingae sp. n. (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae, Ptomaphagini) are described from Taiwan Island. In addition, a new subjective synonym is proposed, Ptomaphagus (s. str.) yasutoshii Nishikawa, 1993 = Ptomaphagus (s. str.) smetanai Perreau, 1996, syn. n. Relevant morphological characters of the examined Ptomaphagus species are...

To find mechanisms of an extreme polydipsia in an inbred strain of mice, STR/N, this study was undertaken using Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) mice as a control. During food deprivation, daily water intake of both strains decreased. The decrement in the STR/N mice was larger than that in the ICR mice. During dehydration, daily food intake of the STR/N mice was smaller than that of the ICR m...

Objective: Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) remains a great therapeutic challenge with no optimal treatment available. Tissue maintenance and remodeling are performed by fibroblasts, therefore altered cellular functionality may influence tissue quality. In this study, we evaluated functional characteristics of fibroblasts from tissues involved in POP. Study design: To rule out normal ageing tissue d...

This study was conducted Ismailoglu grape type (Vitis vinifera L.) and its vine which was aged 15 was grown on its own root in a vegetation period of 2013 in Nevşehir province in Turkey. In this research, it was investigated whether the applications of Control (C), 1/3 cluster tip reduction (1/3 CTR), shoot tip reduction (STR), 1/3 CTR + STR, TKI-HUMAS (TKI-HM) (Soil) (S), TKIHM (Foliar) (F), T...