PURPOSE To investigate the clinicopathological value and potential roles of microRNA-198 (miR-198) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS Ninety-five formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded HCC and the para-cancerous liver tissues were gathered. Real-time reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction was applied to determine the miR-198 expression. The association between the miR-...

Objectives: This study was designed to compare the in-hospital outcomes of primary PCI with export vs. balloon in patients total occlusion. Methodology: Consecutive STEMI undergoing TA and pre-balloon dilatation were recruited 1:1 ratio post-procedure mortality complication rate (slow flow/no-reflow, contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN), arrhythmias) compared. Patients group further stratified ba...

The antioxidant and protective properties of a synthetic soybean isoflavone (ISO) were investigated using sow mammary gland cell. Cells were cultured with 10, 20 and 30 uM ISO, respectively, under 80 uM FeSO4·7H2O/H2O2 conditions. After 48 h of incubation, the cells in the presence of ISO were lost less compared with that of control under oxidative damage by H2O2/FeSO4; ISO decreased the cell n...

In order to support livelihoods, enhance food security, restore ecosystem services, and reduce pressure on forests, degraded land can be restored by utilising alternative land-use systems (ALUS), such as silviculture, silvipasture, hortipasture techniques. ALUS significantly modify the dynamics of soil nutrients in both surface subsurface layers. Soils from 0–15, 15–30, 30–45 cm layers Leucaena...

BACKGROUND This randomized, phase III study compared the efficacy and safety of first-line gemcitabine versus epirubicin in the treatment of postmenopausal women with metastatic breast cancer (MBC). PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients aged > or = 60 years (median 68 years) with clinically measurable MBC received either gemcitabine 1200 mg/m(2) or epirubicin 35 mg/m(2) on days 1, 8, and 15 of a 28-d...

in this study, a new adsorbent, silver nanoparticle loaded on activated carbon (ag˗np˗ac) was used for removal of acid yellow199 (ay 199) dye. this novel material was characterized and identified by different techniques such as brunauer, emmett and teller (bet), field emission scanning electron microscopy (fesem), x-ray diffraction (xrd) analysis. unique properties of this adsorbent such as hig...

PURPOSE Malignant melanomas of the ocular surface (conjunctival melanoma [CM]) and within the eye (uveal melanoma [UM]) show different types of metastatic behavior. While CM has a propensity to spread first to regional lymph nodes, UM metastasizes almost exclusively via the hematogenic route to the liver. We investigated whether these different metastatic patterns might be attributable to diffe...