background: pattern recognition receptors (prrs) are the main sensors of pathogen and danger signals in innate immunity of which toll like receptors (tlrs) are the most studied ones. the contribution of prrs in cerebral inflammation induced by microbial infection, tissue damage and cancer has not extensively been addressed so far. glioma is the most common tumor of the central nervous system an...

the key to successful long-term peritoneal dialysis (pd) is permanent and safe access to peritoneal cavity. the two most commonly used tenckoff catheters for pd are the straight and coiled catheters. the present study was undertaken to assess the catheter survival, catheter associated infections, and all cause mortality and to compare the straight with coiled catheters in pd. during april 1997-...

Background: Nasal inflammatory disorders such as chronic rhinosinusitis and nasal polyp are among the most prevalent complications with high socioeconomic costs. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) plays a key role in angiogenesis and cell proliferation. In the present study the effect of VEGF on the development and prognosis of chronic rhinosinusitis and nasal p...

objective(s): epigenetic regulation of gene expression can be carried out through chromatin remodeling enzymes such as swi/snf. brg1 also known as smarca4 is a catalytic subunit of swi/snf, which is necessary for mmps expression. matrix metalloproteinases (mmps) are known as important player enzymes during tumor progression and metastasis. aberrant epigenetic modification of chromatin should be...

The article investigates the impact of venture capital investment and investment syndication on enterprise lifecycle and success using the exit history of venture capital backed companies in Australia. It is observed that the venture capital backed companies tend to outperform those which are not while companies receiving syndicated venture capital investment tend to outperform the other ventur...

We propose a stringy version of the old inflation scenario which does not require any slowroll inflaton potential and is based on a specific example of string compactification with warped metric. Our set-up admits the presence of anti-D3-branes in the deep infrared region of the metric and a false vacuum state with positive vacuum energy density. The latter is responsible for the accelerated pe...