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001). Overall, cancer-specific and relapse-free survival rates were lower in the vasohibin-1-positive (P = 0.034, P less then 0.001, P = 0.002, respectively) and high vasohibin-2 expression (P = 0.004, P = 0.003, P less then 0.001, respectively) groups. Multivariate analysis revealed that vasohibin-1 expression was associated with cancer-specific…[Read more]

Background Mental nerve (MN) injuries are reported during transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy vestibular approach. Effect of trocar insertion and position on MN are examined in the present study. Materials and methods Ten millimeter incision was made at the center of the lower lip oral vestibule. Two 5 mm lateral incisions of the lower lip oral…[Read more]

9%) and nonchild-related stress (90.5%). None of the participants’ sociodemographic features had a significant relationship with either social support or social constraints (p > .05). Findings indicated an inverse relationship between social support and social constraint.Conclusion Findings of this study suggest that adequate social support…[Read more]

OBJECTIVE To assess the value of preimplantation genetic test (PGT) based on next generation sequencing (NGS) for achieving pregnancy for 71 couples with one partner carrying a reciprocal or Robertsonian translocation. METHODS Following blastocyst biopsy, whole genome of single cell was amplified, and PGT was performed by NGS. The subjects…[Read more]

We found that S. oralis and other mitis group streptococci inhibited the IgE-triggered degranulation of RBL-2H3 cells. Since mitis group streptococci produce H2O2, we examined the effect of S. oralis mutant strain deficient in producing H2O2, and found that they lost the ability to suppress the degranulation. Moreover, H2O2 alone inhibited the…[Read more]

Vibrio species are ubiquitous in a number of different aquatic environments and promptly adapting to environmental changes due to high genome plasticity. The presence of these bacteria in marine salterns, in relation to a salinity gradient has been not investigated yet. Moreover, it is not clear if these hypersaline environments could represent a…[Read more]

The mean number of lesions at each stage was lower in purebred pigs than in crossbreds (entering the fattening stage 4.01 in P and 4.68 in X; before slaughter 3.72 in P and 4.22 in X; on carcass 4.50 in P and 4.96 in X). We also observed a decrease in the average number of lesions between the two stages in live pigs. We found high genetic…[Read more]