Our study investigated whether microRNA-122 (miR-122) played important roles in the proliferation, invasion and apoptosis of human cholangiocarcinoma (CC) cells. QBC939 and RBE cells lines were chosen and divided into five groups: miR-122 mimic group, anti-miR-122 group, negative control (NC) group, mock group and blank group. MiR-122 expression was measured by qRT-PCR. Roles of miR-122 in cell...

BACKGROUND Isoflurane and pentobarbital can reduce alpha-amino-d-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole-propionate (AMPA) receptor-mediated toxicity in vitro. However, their effect on AMPA toxicity in vivo is not known. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the effects of isoflurane and pentobarbital on the in vivo neurotoxicity produced by AMPA. METHODS Wistar-Kyoto rats were allocated to one o...

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BACKGROUND Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) results in an improvement in immunologic function. We sought to investigate the factors associated with increases in CD4 cell count among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive antiretroviral-naive patients starting HAART. METHODS Five hundred ninety-six subjects were followed for a median of 2.5 years (interquartile range, 1.0-4.0 ...

OBJECTIVES This study sought to evaluate the long-term arterial response after sirolimus-eluting stent implantation. BACKGROUND Sirolimus-eluting stents are effective in inhibiting neointimal hyperplasia without affecting plaque volume behind the stent struts at six months. METHODS Serial quantitative intravascular ultrasound and computer-assisted grayscale value analysis over four years we...

BACKGROUND Ewing's sarcoma cells express c-kit, a receptor tyrosine kinase, and its ligand, stem cell factor (SCF), creating a potential autocrine loop that may promote tumor survival. We thus examined whether the specific tyrosine kinase inhibitor imatinib mesylate (hereafter imatinib; formerly STI571) could inhibit the proliferation of Ewing's sarcoma cells in vitro and in vivo. METHODS The...

Despite neuropathological and electrophysiological evidence for the involvement of parahippocampal structures in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), little attention has been paid to morphometric changes in these structures, and the relation of these changes to TLE. We performed high-resolution MRI volumetric analysis to examine in vivo the morphology of the parahippocampal region in 20 healthy subje...

Hindlimb ischemia and reperfusion results in local limb and distant lung injury. This study tests whether the mechanism of injury is by ischemia mediated polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) activation and diapedesis. Anesthetized rabbits were subjected to three hours of hindlimb ischemia (n = 8) or sham ischemia (n = 4). PMN derived solely from the reperfused ischemic limb and assayed flow cytome...

PURPOSE It has been tacitly assumed that overall extraocular muscle (EOM) volume is conserved during contraction and relaxation, yet this assumption has been untested up to now. We used high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to determine if total EOM volume changes during relaxation and contraction. METHODS Surface coil MRI in quasi-coronal planes was obtained in target-controlled, ...

AIM To investigate the relationship between neuron density of the superior cervical sympathetic ganglia and pupil diameter in subarachnoid hemorrhage. MATERIAL AND METHODS This study was conducted on 22 rabbits; 5 for the baseline control group, 5 for the SHAM group and 12 for the study group. Pupil diameters were measured via sunlight and ocular tomography on day 1 as the control values. Pup...