AB STRACT: Smoking pa tients show re duc tion of in flam ma tory clin i cal signs that might be as so ci ated with lo cal vasoconstriction and an in creased gingival ep i the lial thick ness. The pur pose of this work was to eval u ate the thick ness of the mar ginal gingival oral ep i the lium in smok ers and non-smok ers, with clin i cally healthy gingivae or with gin gi vi tis. Twenty bi op ...

AIMS A defective DNA damage response can result in genomic instability (GIN) and lead to transformation to cancer. As p53-binding protein 1 (53BP1) localizes at the sites of DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) and rapidly forms nuclear foci (NF), the presence of 53BP1 NF can be considered to be an indicator of endogenous DSBs reflecting GIN. Our aim was to analyse the presence of DSBs by immunofluo...

BACKGROUND Even after needle biopsy, the preoperative differential diagnoses of intracystic tumors of the breast are challenging because of their nonspecific radiological characteristics and subtle cytological and histological appearance. The aim of this study is to investigate a novel diagnostic method, targeting genomic instability (GIN) in intracystic tumors of the breast, using tumor DNA fr...

abstract background: previous studies have indicated an unspecific correlation between noise exposure and blood pressure disturbances. blood pressure disturbances could be caused by the environmental hazards such as noise exposure. the aim of this study is to analyze whether there is a relationship between noise exposure and hypertension. methods: atotal sample of 218 workers working in a small...

INTRODUCTION The problem of anthelmintic resistance in gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN) of small ruminants is world wide in distribution. In the past 20 years no new classes of anthelmintics have been developed for use in animals. Anthelmintic resistance has been documented to all classes of anthelmntics and multi-class resistance exists in many flocks. The challenge to veterinarians and produc...

Granulomatous interstitial nephritis (GIN) is a rare manifestation of renal tuberculosis (TB). We report a case of rapidly progressive renal failure (RPRF), granulomatous inflammation of cervical lymph node and GIN as presenting manifestations of TB. Aspiration cytology of cervical lymph node showed granulomatous necrotizing inflammation with acid-fast bacilli (AFB). The renal biopsy and urine ...