The present study investigated the effects of microRNA-124-3p (miR-124-3p) expression on nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) cells and its relevant mechanism. A total of 90 NPC tissues and 85 postnasal catarrh tissues were collected. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) was used to detect tissue samples and expression of miR-124-3p in CNE1, CNE2, SUNE1, H0NE1, 5-8F, 6-10B and C...

UNLABELLED Erdosteine, a drug approved for the treatment of acute and chronic pulmonary diseases, has been shown to be an effective treatment for chronic bronchitis or COPD (CB/COPD) in several studies, although marked differences in the perception of its usefulness still remain. AIM to test the available evidence for the efficacy of erdosteine in adults with stable or exacerbated CB/COPD. ...

Sir,?In the January issue of the Indian Medical Gazette, you have a note on hill diarrhoea as it occurs at Darjeeling and Poona and suggest a record of the experience of Civil Surgeons at other hill stations. From an experience of three years at Ootacamund, the "Queen of Hill Stations," the period including four "seasons," and from information gathered from my predecessors as Civil Surgeon, or ...

THE use of corneal grafting has increased considerably in the last 15 years and it was therefore thought of interest to survey the frequency of infection and the bacterial strains found post mortem in the conjunctival sac and on the cornea in eyes suitable for use as donor eyes. We have also investigated the possibility of reducing the frequency of infection by pre-treatment with antibiotics. T...