Decrease in expression of the tumor suppressor microRNA-138 (miR-138) correlates well with an increase in telomerase activity in many human cancers. The ability of almost all human cancer cells to grow indefinitely is dependent on presence of telomerase activity. The catalytic component of human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) regulates telomerase activity in most of the human cancers ...

Background. Facial aging is a dynamic process involving both soft tissue and bony structures. Skin atrophy, with loss of tone, elasticity, and distribution of facial fat, coupled with gravity and muscle activity, leads to wrinkling and folds. Purpose. The aim of the study was to evaluate microporous tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) and autologous platelet gel (APG) mix in mice for oral and maxillof...

Abstract Passive control of turbulent boundary layer (TBL) separation in a channel with adverse pressure gradient (APG) condition towards the outlet is investigated using Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) methods and Large Eddy simulations (LES) help commercial ANSYS software. Isothermal incompressible flow near-wall area flat plate as well various configurations wavy wall studied. It show...

Over the last two decades our understanding of angiosperm phylogeny has improved dramatically. Progress was initially based on large-scale analyses of chloroplast rbcL sequences (e.g., Chase & al., 1993; Savolainen & al., 2000b) but data matrices have more recently included loci from all three genomes (e.g., Zanis & al., 2002; Qiu & al., 2005). In addition, studies based on more targeted sample...

OBJECTIVE Our objectives were to determine the prevalence of previously undiagnosed abnormal glucose tolerance, i.e., diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) in patients with acute coronary syndrome and to assess the utility of admission and fasting glucose in identifying diabetes in these patients. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Glycemic status was characterized on the basis of admission ...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to compare the pattern of secretion and the expression of mucin glycoprotein-2 (MG2) and lactoferrin in individuals with or without periodontitis. MATERIAL AND METHODS Five individuals with aggressive periodontitis (APG), 5 with generalized chronic periodontitis (CPG) and 5 without periodontitis (CG) were enrolled after informed consent. Non-stimulated and...

Tumors of the accessory parotid gland (APG) are rare, and pleomorphic adenoma (PA) is the most common benign APG tumor subtype. Myoepithelioma of the APG is much rarer than PA, and to date, only 5 cases have been sporadically reported in the English literature. We describe the clinicopathological and MRI findings of an epithelioid myoepithelioma of the APG that was treated in our hospital. The ...

Previous studies had shown that elevated admission plasma glucose (APG) could increase mortality rate and serious complications of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), but whether fasting plasma glucose (FPG) had the same role remains controversial. In this retrospective study, 253 cases of AMI patients were divided into diabetic (n = 87) and nondiabetic group (n = 166). Our results showed that: ...

The acceleration plethysmography (APG) is a useful tool to analyze the heart rate variability (HRV) with the merits of being portable and simple in operation. To use it clinically, 'stationarity' of the HRV measurements in resting state should be justified as a fundamental premise. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to investigate the stationarity of the short-term HRV derived from APG...

Neoplasm from the accessory parotid glands (APG) rarely occurs, and its malignancy rate is higher than other salivary glands. The B-cell lymphoma APG rare, with less 2% of all in APG. mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma, a subtype tends to be localized disease an indolent clinical course. It very rare for MALT develop bilaterally without autoimmune disease. A 43-year-old male pres...