Scatter factor/hepatocyte growth factor (SF/HGF) is known to be involved in the detachment of myogenic precursor cells from the lateral dermomyotomes and their subsequent migration into the newly formed limb buds. As yet, however, nothing has been known about the role of the persistent expression of SF/HGF in the limb bud mesenchyme during later stages of limb bud development. To test for a pot...

background: chronic pain is a frequent disability that negatively affects patient’s quality of life. understanding of the possible relation between sociodemographic and medical variables with health related quality of life (hrql) may help identifying the multidimensionality of pain and risk factors that limit physical and psychological adjustment of the patients. the present study was done to f...

OBJECTIVE To analyse the relationship between serum folate (SF), vitamin B12 and impaired cognitive function in the Chilean elderly. DESIGN We analysed the relationships between impaired cognitive function and age, SF (µg/l) and vitamin B12 (pg/ml) with Student's t test, as well as between impaired cognitive function and gender, educational level, residence area, diabetes and hypertension wit...

BACKGROUND Value of serum ferritin (SF) as an iron store index in hemodialysis (HD) patients has been questioned, especially at ranges >or=200. The objective of this study was to determine the variability of SF in patients with high SF (500-1,200.) and low TSAT (<or=25%). METHODS This was a multicenter observational study. Data were obtained from Dialysis Patients' Response to IV Iron with El...

BACKGROUND The SF-6D was derived from the SF-36. A single summary score is obtained allegedly preserving the descriptive richness and sensitivity to change of the SF-36 into utility measurement. We compared the SF-6D and EQ-5D on domain content, scoring distribution, pre-treatment and change scores. METHODS The SF-6D and the EQ-5D were completed prior to intervention and 1, 3, 6 and 12 months...

Abstract Let $A \subseteq \{0,1\}^n$ be a set of size $2^{n-1}$ , and let $\phi \,:\, \{0,1\}^{n-1} \to A$ bijection. We define the average stretch $\phi$ as \begin{equation*} {\sf avgStretch}(\phi ) = {\mathbb E}[{{\sf dist}}(\phi (x),\phi (x'))], \end{equation*} where expectation is taken over uniformly random $x,x' \in \{0,1\}^{n-1}$ that differ in exactly one coordinate. In this paper, we c...

Co-delivery approach has been recommended to reduce the amount of each drug and to achieve the synergistic effect for cancer treatment. CUR and SF have antitumor effects, but their application is limited because of their low water solubility and poor oral bioavailability. To improve the bioavailability and solubility of SF and CUR, we performed an innovative co-delivery of SF and CUR with magne...

The clinical significance of cytoplasmic inclusions(CPI) in synovial fluid(SF) examination was evaluated. We examined SF specimens collected from major rheumatology clinics in the Philadelphia area during the period of January to December 1995. Among 759 patients in the initial study group, 419 cases with established diagnoses and full synovial analyses were included. Their diagnoses and SF ana...

Cirrhotic rats show higher expression levels of hepatic RhoA and Rho-kinase than normal healthy rats, and the activation of this signaling pathway leads to portal hypertension. Sodium ferulate (SF) has been shown to decrease the production of geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate (GGPP), a substance essential for RhoA activation. In the present study, to investigate the effects of SF on fibrosis, portal...