in the present investigation, a novel adsorbent, ionic liquid modified magnetic nanoparticles (il-fe3o4), was successfully synthesized and characterized by ft-ir spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis (tga), xrd analysis, scanning electron microscopy (sem) and theory of brunauer, emmett, and teller (bet) for removal of reactive orange 122 (ro-122) from aqueous solutions. the effects of variou...

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) replication requires binding of the liver-specific microRNA (miRNA) miR-122 to two sites in the HCV 5' untranslated region (UTR). Although we and others have shown that viral genetics impact the amount of active miR-122 required for replication, it is unclear if HCV can replicate in the complete absence of this miRNA. To probe the absolute requirements for miR-122 and th...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of microRNA-122 (miR-122) on proliferation, migration, and invasion in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells by activating epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) pathways. METHODS miR-122 mimics, miR-122 inhibitors, relevant control oligonucleotides, and Wnt1 were transfected into HepG2 and huh7 cell lines which were then divided into six groups: miR...

Our study investigated whether microRNA-122 (miR-122) played important roles in the proliferation, invasion and apoptosis of human cholangiocarcinoma (CC) cells. QBC939 and RBE cells lines were chosen and divided into five groups: miR-122 mimic group, anti-miR-122 group, negative control (NC) group, mock group and blank group. MiR-122 expression was measured by qRT-PCR. Roles of miR-122 in cell...

We have studied risk factors for perinatal asphyxia among babies fulfilling the inclusion criteria and compared them with matched controls. Maternal or antepartum factors included were maternal age, gestational age, hypertension, diabetes mellitus and antenatal clinic (ANC) visits less than 3. Intrapartum factors included malpresentation, mode of delivery, meconium stained amniotic fluid, Chori...

Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) transplantation alone may be insufficient for treatment of liver fibrosis because of complicated histopathological changes in the liver. Given that miR-122 plays an essential role in liver fibrosis by negatively regulating the proliferation and transactivation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs), this study investigated whether miR-122 modification can improve the thera...

BACKGROUND In the present study we retrospectively evaluated the results of outpatients who had an HPV analysis, and present objective evidence for the administration of preventive inoculation in our area. MATERIAL AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed 532 outpatients who visited a single center between 2012 and 2016 and had an HPV infection analysis. The criteria for inclusion of patients wi...

By combining expressions A.1 and A.2 it becomes clear that the variance ratio is equal to 1 when the sum of population covariances is zero (population dynamics are independent), whereas values greater (less) than 1 indicate positive (negative) covariances and thus synchronous (compensatory) dynamics amongst populations. The variance ratio reflects the cumulative population dynamics rather than ...

Parathyroid carcinoma is an uncommon cause of PTHdependent hypercalcemia. The collective published experience with this rare neoplasm has provided a distinctive clinical profile that differs in a number of respects from that of benign primary hyperparathyroidism (1–3). The distinguishing features of parathyroid carcinoma assume even greater prominence when viewed within the current context of p...