Transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta1) inhibits the proliferation of tumors in early stages of cancers, whereas it promotes tumor growth and metastasis in later stages of cancers. To examine the effect of the TGF-beta1 polymorphisms on gastric cancer risk, we studied the association between C-509T and T+29C (Leu10Pro) polymorphisms in TGF-beta1 and gastric cancer risk in 414 cases and 41...

Pre-eclampsia affects approximately 5% of all pregnant women and remains a major cause of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. The hypertension associated with pre-eclampsia develops during pregnancy and remits after delivery, suggesting that the placenta is the most likely origin of this disease. The pathophysiology involves insufficient trophoblast invasion, resulting in incomplete nar...

Communication is one of the important aspects of life. With the advancement in age and its growing demands, there has been rapid growth in the field of communications. Signals, which were initially sent in the analog domain, are being sent more and more in the digital domain these days. For better transmission, even single carrier waves are being replaced by multi carriers. Multi carrier system...

There is a growing interest to immobilize desired bacteria using inexpensive materials in order to improve the wastewater treatment process. Three different types of carriers namely natural zeolite, magnesium-exchanged natural zeolite and quartz sand of different particle size were used to immobilize the phosphate-accumulating bacteria Acinetobacter calcoaceticus and to determine which one was ...

Src homology 2 B adapter protein 1 (SH2B1) modulates signaling by a variety of ligands that bind to receptor tyrosine kinases or JAK-associated cytokine receptors, including leptin, insulin, growth hormone (GH), and nerve growth factor (NGF). Targeted deletion of Sh2b1 in mice results in increased food intake, obesity, and insulin resistance, with an intermediate phenotype seen in heterozygous ...

Planar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are candidates for the diffuse interstellar band (DIB) carriers. Nanometer-size Fe metallic particles, expected to be present during astrophysical graphite growth, are catalytic for formation of a related species—large tubular PAH molecules. We propose that tubular PAH molecules are a component of the interstellar medium. Electronic structure calcu...

The goal of this study was to determine the dynamics and yield of immobilization of the phosphate-accumulating bacterium Acinetobacter junii on mineral carriers. As mineral carriers natural clinoptilolite tuff from Turkey (T) and Serbia (S) and natural bentonite (TER), in original and magnesium (Mg)-exchanged form were used. The key feature which determined the extent of immobilization of A. ju...

This experiment was conducted to evaluate and compare the effects of inorganic organic selenium sources with carriers on growth performance, starter feed intake, blood parameters, concentration glutathione peroxidase in suckling Holstein calves. To this objective, 40 calves (38.47±2.52 kg average birth weight) at 7 days age were selected randomly divided into four experimental groups (10 replic...

conclusions carriage of pvl-positive s. aureus is common in this region, even in the low frequency of mrsa colonization. the detection of acme-arca gene in s. aureus isolates is a public-health concern and demands continued surveillance and close monitoring. results among the 813 subjects screened, 83 (10.2%) were persistent carriers, 86 (10.6%) were transient carriers and 644 (79.2%) cases wer...