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Lactoferrin and free secretory component of human milk inhibit the adhesion of enteropathogenic
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Background Diarrhoea caused by Escherichia coli is an important cause of infant morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli... -
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Echocardiography: a fundamental part of the intensive care curriculum
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Inter-rater agreement in the scoring of abstracts submitted to a primary care research conference
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Background Checklists for peer review aim to guide referees when assessing the quality of papers, but little evidence exists on the extent to which referees agree... -
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Emerging strategies of bone and joint repair
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The advances in biomedicine over the past decade have provided revolutionary insights into molecules that mediate cell proliferation and differentiation. Findings on... -
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The role of the Zn(II) binding domain in the mechanism of
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Background Escherichia coli DNA topoisomerase I binds three Zn(II) with three tetracysteine motifs which, together with the 14 kDa C-terminal region, form a 30 kDa... -
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Cytokine-stimulated T cells induce macrophage IL-10 production dependent on phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and p70S6K: implications for rheumatoid arthritis
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IL-10 is an anti-inflammatory cytokine produced in the joint in rheumatoid arthritis by macrophages and infiltrating blood lymphocytes. Regulation of its expression... -
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Single session endoscopic management of intrinsic ureteropelvic junction obstruction and concomitant renal stone disease in a child: a case report
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Background Percutaneous nephrolithotomy is a well known therapeutic modality for stone diseases of childhood. Antegrade and retrograde endopyelotomies are also well... -
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Peroxynitrite decomposition catalyst prevents apoptotic cell death in a human astrocytoma cell line incubated with supernatants of HIV-infected macrophages
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Background Oxidative stress has shown to contribute in the mechanisms underlying apoptotic cell death occuring in AIDS-dementia complex. Here we investigated the role... -
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S-carboxymethylcysteine in the treatment of glue ear: quantitative systematic review
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Objective To establish the clinical relevance of S-carboxymethylcysteine in the treatment of glue ear in children using measures approximating those saving a child... -
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In vivo involvement of polymorphonuclear neutrophils in Leishmania infantum infection
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Background The role of lymphocytes in the specific defence against L. infantum has been well established, but the part played by polynuclear neutrophil (PN) cells in... -
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Phorbol esters and CAMP differentially regulate the expression of CD4 and CD8 in human thymocytes
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Background Intrathymic development and selection of the T lymphocyte repertoire is restricted by the interactions of the T cell antigen receptor and CD4 or CD8 co-... -
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Mitochondria from cultured cells derived from normal and thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anemia individuals efficiently import thiamine diphosphate
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Background Thiamine diphosphate (ThDP) is the active form of thiamine, and it serves as a cofactor for several enzymes, both cytosolic and mitochondrial. Isolated... -
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Asymmetric interactions in the adenosine-binding pockets of the MS2 coat protein dimer
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Background The X-ray structure of the MS2 coat protein-operator RNA complex reveals the existence of quasi-synmetric interactions of adenosines -4 and -10 in pockets... -
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A new prototype of an electronic jet-ventilator and its humidification system
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Background: Adequate humidification in long-term jet ventilation is a critical aspect in terms of clinical safety. Aim: To assess a prototype of an electronic jet-... -
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What is the optimal prophylaxis for treatment of cardiac allograft vasculopathy?
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Coronary artery disease in the transplanted heart, also known as cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV), is one of the major causes of mortality late after... -
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A comparison of efficacy and toxicity between electroporation and adenoviral gene transfer
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Background Electroporation of skeletal muscle after injection of naked DNA was shown by others to increase transgene expression. Information regarding tissue damage... -
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The Distributed Annotation System
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Background Currently, most genome annotation is curated by centralized groups with limited resources. Efforts to share annotations transparently among multiple groups... -
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The human homologue of
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Background In sporadic ovarian cancer, we have previously reported allele loss at D6S193 (62%) on chromosome 6q27, which suggested the presence of a putative tumour... -
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Pro/con clinical debate: do colloids have advantages over crystalloids in paediatric sepsis?
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Despite decades of resuscitating patients with intravenous fluids in intensive care units, it is somewhat surprising that very little consensus exists regarding the... -
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Mosaic chromosomal aberrations in synovial fibroblasts of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and other inflammatory joint diseases
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Chromosomal aberrations were comparatively assessed in nuclei extracted from synovial tissue, primary-culture (P-0) synovial cells, and early-passage synovial...