Our aim was to evaluate a novel technique, real time PCR coupled with the high-resolution melting analysis (real time PCR-HRMA) for NTM identification. Two pairs of unique primers targeted to 16S rRNA gene and 16S-23S ITS region were selected for further evaluation. A total of 149 mycobacterial clin...

Previous studies showed that recognizing a phonetic category produced by different talkers relies on both intrinsic (target-internal) and extrinsic (contextual) cues. Extrinsic cues influence perception when intrinsic cues allow more than one phonetic interpretation. A recent study i...

We show that cognitive capacities in the neurodegenerating brain are constrained by an epigenetic blockade of gene transcription that is potentially reversible. This blockade is mediated by histone deacetylase 2, which is increased by Alzheimer's-disease-related neurotoxic insults in vitro, in two m...

Pneumonia, the most typical and frequent lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI), is a leading cause of health problems in the United States. Bacteria represent the most prevailing cause of pneumonia in both children and adults. Although pneumonia with a single bacterial infection i...

We demonstrate that a series of Superconductors with enhanced Tc = 30~46 K can be obtained by intercalating Metals, Li, Na, Ba, Sr, Ca, Yb, and Eu in between FeSe layers by the liquid Ammonia method at room temperature. The findings provide a new starting point For studying the properties of these s...

In this group of LCH cases, the ratio of adult patients is high, but the proportion of multi-organ lesion is low. No significant difference of the sensitivity is found among langerin, CD1a and S-100 expression in diagnosis of LCH....

We report that AtVPS15, a homologue of yeast VPS15p in Arabidopsis, plays an essential role in pollen germination. Homozygous T-DNA insertion mutants of AtVPS15 could not be obtained from the progenies of self-pollinated heterozygous mutants. Reciprocal crosses between atvps15 mutants and wild-type...

To evaluate and compare the dynamic changes in functional loading or non-functional loading with platform-switching (PLS) implants and butt-joint implants,and to refine the factors leading to marginal bone loss around PLS. Six adult dogs were selected and numbered ran...

We report a case presenting shock status at first due to rupture of liver angiosarcoma- induced internal bleeding. After emergent transarterial embolization (TAE), she received partial hepatectomy two weeks later. 4 months after operation, she is still with a good performance status without obvious...

A variety of aetiologies may cause third nerve palsy (TNP), and some manifestations may herald neurological emergencies. This article describes and illustrates various diseases that lead to TNP.

We found that l-AP4 prevented sevoflurane-induced cell apoptosis, but MSOP promoted. Specially, application of AMN082 contributed to the relief of sevoflurane-induced apoptosis in vitro, whereas VU0155041 did not. In addition, sevoflurane treatment led to a decrease of Bcl-2 and an increase of caspa...

Quercetin affects the expressions of leptin and its receptor in human gastric cancer MGC-803 cells and JAK-STAT pathway. The cultured MGC-803 cells were divided into three groups: Control group: the cultured cells without quercetin, and Quercetin group: the cu...

Tone identification of Mandarin listeners exhibited relatively stable normalization irrespective of the voice, whereas tone identification of Cantonese listeners was unstable and susceptible to the influence of inter-talker variations. In the case of Cantonese, inter-talker variations had a larger...

To study pharmacokinetic properties of puerarin poly(amido amine) (PAMAM) dendrimer complex, a sensitive liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry method (LC-MS/MS) was developed and validated to determine puerarin in rabbit aqueous humor using microdialysis sampling. Astilbin was used as the in...

Abstract Seven cases of testicular extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal-type, were reported with literature review. Two patients had a testicular lesion as the initial presentation and 4 with a history of nasal NK/T-cell lymphoma, the remaining one with involvement of adrenal gland...

To investigate therapeutic effects of balance acupuncture on scapulohumeral periarthritis (SP)and the mechanisms. Thirty male New Zealand rabbits were randomly divided into a blank group (group B), a model group (group M) and a balance acupuncture group (group BA) wit...