... organ/space SSIs The intraoperative and postoperative PaO values were not associated with an increased risk of SSI either by univariate or multivariate analysis (Table 1) The 30-day mortality rate was ... of the data andthe accuracy of the data analysis Both authors contributed equally tothe study Study concept and design: ET, JB, FJA, IGC, JIGH Data acquisition: JB, ET, FJA, IGC, IF, JIGH Analysis ... Avenida Ramón y Cajal 47005 Valladolid Spain 4Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation Hospital Universitario Rio Hortega Calle Dulzaina s/n 47012 Valladolid Spain 5Departament of Cardiac Surgery...
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... response against cancer TAMs contribute tothe balance between antigen availability and clearance through phagocytosis and subsequent degradation of senescent or apoptotic cells The role of TAMs is ... XQ, and HJH carried out the immunohistochemical staining; and PRQ and ZX analyzed the results ZXS and ZYX conceived the study, participated in the design, and coordinated and helped draft the manuscript ... of hepatic metastasis These data indicate that colon cancer is an immunogenic tumor Therefore, more Figure Kaplan–Meier analysis of overall survival (A) and liver metastasis-free survival (B)...
... statistical analysis GA, MEC and MB contributed tothe design of the experiments and revised the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements We thank Mr Varnava, ... quantitative RT-PCR, using a standardised protocol [16] Each analysis was representative of a pool of 10 individuals and heads were analysed separately from thoraxes and abdomens DWV RNA loads ... AR and DT contributed equally to this work AR and AP performed field experiments DT did the quantitative PCR analysis LG and AR planed the experiments and wrote the manuscript MEC did the statistical...
... through antiapoptotic factors such as cFLIP and members of the “inhibitor of apoptosis” (IAP) family (i.e XIAP, cIAP1-2 and Survivin) that have the ability to prevent caspase-8 and -3 activation ... Figure The emphysematous lung is abnormally sensitive to TRAIL-mediated apoptosis ex vivo [A] Caspase-3 activity and active caspase-8 levels were assessed at 0, 6, 12 and 18 h in untreated and rTRAIL-treated ... [13,21-23] and are a good model to study resistance to TRAIL as they are known to be resistant to TRAIL-induced apoptosis [24,25] Moreover, they can respond to oxidative stress [13,26] and display functional...
... Braun’s and Dr Spies’ message that training is one of the important hurdles facing physicians We disagree that our study is ‘divisive’, and suggest that it would be irresponsible notto examine ... length of stay as our primary outcomes because, once patients are discharged from the ICU, nonintensivists assume patient care and confound the effect of intensivists on patient outcome In the end, ... References Billington EO, Zygun DA, Stelfox HT, Peets AD: Intensivists’ base specialty of training is associated with variations in mortality and practice pattern Crit Care 2009, 13:R209 Rothen HU, Stricker...
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... of antidepressants [90-92] They propose to use a drug-based approach to understand the effect of antidepressants rather than the traditional disease-based approach To clarify this further, the ... of antisocial behaviour: the ethical dilemma Limitations A diagnosis of psychopathy, ASPD or dissocial personality disorder is associated with stigma At the same time, such a diagnosis has a significant ... diseased-based approach assumes that the therapeutic efficacy of drugs emanate from their ability to alter the disease pathology (for example, SSRIs increase the serotonin concentrations that...
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