The aim of this study was to review the proinflammatory cytokine profiles in the peri-implant crevicular fluid (PICF) of patients with peri-implantitis (PI). Databases were explored from 1994 up to and including July 2010 using various combinations of the following keywords: "cytokine", "crevicular fluid", "implant", "inflammation", "peri-implantitis" and "periodontitis". The eligibility criter...

Glioblastomas are highly malignant tumors of the central nervous system that are resistant to radiation and chemotherapy [1]. We explored the role of the phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase signal transduction pathway in glioblastomas, as this pathway has been shown to inhibit apoptosis induced by cytokine withdrawal and the detachment of cells from the extracellular matrix [2]. Components of th...

for a ring endomorphism $alpha$ and an $alpha$-derivation $delta$, we introduce a concept, so called skew $pi$-armendariz ring, that is a generalization of both $pi$-armendariz rings, and $(alpha,delta)$-compatible skew armendariz rings. we first observe the basic properties of skew $pi$-armendariz rings, and extend the class of skew $pi$-armendariz rings through various ring extensions. we nex...

Abstract Background and Aims Vascular calcification (VC) represents a common pathological feature of cardiovascular disease VC caused by hyperphosphatemia is one the hallmarks chronic kidney (CKD). Therefore, elucidating pathogenesis may have significant clinical benefits for CKD patients. smooth muscle cells challenged with high-phosphate (Pi) actively participate to trans-differentiating into...

Protein kinase B (PKB or Akt) is a mitogen-regulated protein kinase involved in the protection of cells from apoptosis, the promotion of cell proliferation and diverse metabolic responses [1]. Its activation is initiated by the binding of 3' phosphorylated phosphoinositide lipids to its pleckstrin homology (PH) domain, resulting in the induction of activating phosphorylation at residues Thr308 ...

We present a simple algorithm for the calculation of event weights embedding effects anomalous electric and magnetic dipole moments in simulation ${e}^{\ensuremath{-}}{e}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\tau}}^{\ensuremath{-}}{\ensuremath{\tau}}^{+}(n\ensuremath{\gamma})$ events, subsequent decay $\ensuremath{\tau}$-leptons produced. The impact these on spin-correlation matrix total cro...

We evaluate the contributions of $({\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0},{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0}\ensuremath{\eta},\ensuremath{\eta}\ensuremath{\eta})\ensuremath{\gamma}$ exclusive channels to leading order hadronic vacuum polarization (HVP) muon anomalous magnetic moment. These final states can be viewed as decay subchannels in previous evaluations ${\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0}\ensuremath{\omeg...

The continuous time Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR) theory has been implemented in the present work for the design of optimal Proportional Integral(PI) controller for the frequency response enhancement of multi area interconnected power system . The PI controller gains as proportional gain (Kp) and integral gain (Ki) are formulated as the optimal state-feedback gains, corresponding to the stan...

In response to kidney damage, osteocytes increase the production of several hormones critically involved in mineral metabolism. Recent studies suggest that osteocyte function is altered very early in the course of chronic kidney disease. In the present study, to clarify the role of osteocytes and the canalicular network in mineral homeostasis, we performed four experiments. In Experiment 1, we ...