Stage Ta/T1 urothelial carcinoma of the bladder (Ta/T1 BC) has a marked tendency to recurrence. Long noncoding RNA HOTAIR has been reported to be expressed in some human cancers such as breast… (More)
Published data regarding the association between 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) polymorphisms and prostate cancer risk have been conflicting. To derive a more precise estimation of… (More)
Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) seropositivity is an important risk factor for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and HBsAg-transgenic mice have been reported to spontaneously develop HCC. The major… (More)
BACKGROUND AND AIM
Recent investigation revealed that dysbiosis in the gut flora and disruption of permeability of intestinal barrier are possible causes for the development of autoimmune hepatitis.… (More)
2016 International Automatic Control Conference…
2016
In recent years, the IoT application and the biometric-based authorization become popular. This paper proposes a face recognition system with high accuracy rate based on extended Local Binary… (More)
Although treatment of acute liver failure has been improved significantly recently, the survival rate of acute liver failure is only 5–20%. Therefore, prevention and treatment of acute liver failure… (More)
Using polymerase chain reaction (PCR), we examined 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) of Helicobacter species in liver tissue specimens obtained from 15 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Sixty percent (9… (More)
Hepatology research : the official journal of the…
2011
T-helper (Th)17 cells, a new population of effector CD4(+) T cells, are characterized by the secretion of interleukin (IL)-17. It has been demonstrated that Th17 cells are distinct from Th1 and Th2… (More)
Age-related impairment of learning and memory is a common phenomenon in humans and animals, yet the underlying mechanism remains unclear. We hypothesize that a small ubiquitin-related modifier (Sumo)… (More)
Brain delivery of drug molecules through the nasal passage represents a viable approach for bypassing the blood-brain barrier (BBB) but remains a major challenge due to lack of efficient homing… (More)