Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4008/1710009
Upregulation of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism of PD-1 Gene (rs10204525) in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients
Peyman Ghorbani, Hamid Reza Mollaei, Seyed Alimohammad Arabzadeh and Mohammad Javad Zahedi
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: May 29, 2019
Programmed death-1 (PD-1) is major inhibitory molecule that reduces T cell activation. PD-1 and their polymorphisms have separately been shown to be associated with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the association of PD1 polymorphisms with potential of chronic hepatitis B infection in Iranian population to do a Case-Control study....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4555/1710011
Race and Menarche: A Study on Racial Subgroups Living in the West of Iran
Ali Ghanbari, Telka Noormohamadi, Pegah Mirzapur and Mohammad Rasool Khazaei
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: May 25, 2019
Menarche is a physiological phenomenon and significant mile stone in the life of a women and the age at menarche is an indicator of racial, geographical and nutritional patterns of different societies. The aim of present study was to determine the age at menarche in Kermanshah city in the west of Iran focusing on the effect of population racial subgroups living this city....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3397/1410101
Vertebral Endplate, Posterior Ligamentous Complex and Neural Dysfunction: Key Factors for Posterior Fusion Strategy in Thoracolumbar Fractures
Mingyong Liu, Liang Zhang, Liangmin Zhang, Jianhua Zhao, Peng Liu, W Fan, X Ying and Y Liu
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: May 25, 2019
The thoracolumbar region (T11 to L2) is more susceptible to injury than other parts of the spine. Approximately 50% of all vertebral body fractures and 40% of all spinal cord injuries occur from T11 to L2. Although basic principles of diagnosis and treatment are established, there are controversies concerning diagnosis and treatment, including classification, indications for surgery and approach, as well as long-or short-segment of fixation and fusion....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410267
Cardiac Lipoma: Diagnosis after Cardiac Arrest
Elaine dos Reis Coutinho, Jose de Arimatea Francisco, Daniele Orrico, Mauricio Lopes Marson, Cleydicion Eloy da Costa, Gustavo Calado de Aguiar Ribeiro, Jose Humberto Pucci de Mesquita Filho, Aloisio Marchi da Rocha and Jose Francisco Kerr Saraiva
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: May 29, 2019
A 24-year-old female patient was admitted to the emergency room with palpitations associated with precordial pain and dyspnea. She was pale, sweating, with the heart rate 220 bpm and blood pressure 80 × 40 mmHg. The ECG demonstrated a sustained ventricular tachycardia rhythm evolving to a ventricular fibrillation rhythm. Four defibrillation attempts were performed with 360 J until obtained to sinus rhythm. ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410266
Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma of Thyroid: A Case Report
Youn Joo Jung, Dong-il Kim, Hyun-june Paik, Jeong Hee Lee and Hyun Yul Kim
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: May 29, 2019
Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphomas are a relatively recently recognized subset of B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Generally, mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphomas in the thyroid gland are known to have good prognosis, but recurrence and metastasis have also been reported....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3286.1510043
Autophagy and Transforming Growth Factor Beta1 in Renal Tubular Epithelia Cells
Rui Hong Chen, Fen Song, Yu Gan, Ting Ting Li, Lin Ye, Wei Jing Liu and Hua-Feng Liu
Article Type: Review Article | First Published: May 29, 2019
Transforming growth factor beta1 (TGF-β1) is regarded as the important factor in many fibrotic kidney diseases. Autophagy is a vital mechanism which maintains intracellular homeostasis in eukaryotic cells and involves in various renal physiologic and pathological processes. Current studies indicate that autophagy in renal tubular epithelial cells serves as a renoprotective mechanism which modulates the course of diverse kidney disease....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5823/1510124
Nurses' Experiences of Health Promotion and Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases Related to Smoking
Ernelind N, BSN, Wirkensjö H, BSN, Pangastuti HS, BSN, MSc, Perdana M, BSN, MS, Widyawati W, BSN, MPH, PhD and Lepp M, RNT, PhD
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: May 27, 2019
Three themes emerged from the analysis: Conceptions in relation to the patient and their family, conceptions in relation to the hospital and health care centers and conceptions in relation to the culture and policies. All nurses are working with health promotion and prevention of cardiovascular diseases related to smoking in one way or another. However, distinct guidelines and resources are missing....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5734/1510089
Treatment of Edentulousness by Combined Implantation and Reduced Dentures: A Case Report
Slavoljub Tomić
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: May 27, 2019
Finding the optimal solution for total numbness, which would satisfy all the principles of the modern dental profession, and thus the patient itself, is still a matter of the skills of a surgeon and prosthetist, but also a compromise with the patient, which should in no way compromise with the postulates of dental implantology. This is a presentation of the care of a 65-year-old patient who appeared in a private dental clinic for the solution of total heartlessness, among which the implant-prost...