Bladder cancer is a very common malignancy. Although new treatment strategies have
been developed, the identification of new therapeutic targets and reliable diagnostic/prognostic …

Background—Paraoxonase is an HDL-associated enzyme that protects lipoproteins from
oxidative modifications. Smoking is a major cardiovascular risk factor that promotes lipid …

Bile duct ligation in the rat leads to a rapid increase in hepatic and serum alkaline phosphatase
activity. Within 12 hr after bile duct ligation, hepatic alkaline phosphatase has increased 7…

CXCL12 is a chemokine that acts through CXCR4 and ACKR3 receptors and plays a
physiological role in embryogenesis and haematopoiesis. It has an important role also in tumor …

High mortality and low survival rates for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) mainly
result from the delay in diagnosis and treatment. Therefore, there is an urgent need to identify …

Background Although several myocardial iodine 123 metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG)
indices are increasingly used to detect alterations in myocardial sympathetic activity in various …

Anemia affects one-quarter of the world's population, but its etiology remains poorly understood.
We determined the prevalence of anemia and studied underlying risk factors in infants (6…

A brief review reporting the recent advances on the carbon nanostructured materials-based
sensors covering recently published works is presented. Several works dealing with …

By choosing pump wavelengths at which excited state absorption does not occur, efficient
high gain operation of erbium-doped fibre amplifiers is possible. Practical pump wavelengths …

Background Given the widespread distribution of Plasmodium and helminth infections, and
similarities of ecological requirements for disease transmission, coinfection is a common …