Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Receptor (FSHR) -29G/A polymorphism (rs1394205) was reported to modulate gene expression and reproductive parameters in women, but data in men is limited. We aimed to bring evidence to the effect of FSHR -29G/A variants in men. In Baltic young male cohort (n = 982; Estonians, Latvians, Lithuanians; aged 20.2 ± 2.0 years), the FSHR -29 A-allele was significantly asso...

BACKGROUND Metastatic carcinoma to the jaws and oral region are very rare, representing less than 1% of all oral tumors. Unfortunately, oral metastasis is usually manifestation of an advanced stage of primary cancer, and indicates widespread disease and poor prognosis. MATERIAL AND METHODS In this retrospective study, a total of 2039 patients with history of oral malignant tumor between 1980 ...

p63, a p53 homologue nuclear transcription factor was expressed in basal cells of multilayered epithelia and myoepithelial cells of the breast. 14-3-3 was a putative tumour suppressor gene, transactivated by p53 in response to DNA damage and immunohistochemically demonstrated that 14-3-3 was consistently expressed in the cytoplasmic compartment and occasionally in the nuclei of myoepithelial ...

Three cytoplasmic-nuclear male-sterile (CMS) lines, one each derived from Cajanus sericeus (A(1) cytoplasm), Cajanus scarabaeoides (A(2) cytoplasm), and Cajanus cajanifolius (A(4) cytoplasm), were crossed to 7 pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) cultivars in a line x tester mating scheme to study the fertility restoration of the CMS lines. Twenty-one F(1) hybrid combinations were planted in ...

Two hundred and thirty children clinically diagnosed as suffering from acute respiratory infection were tested for four major groups of viral aetiological agents, i.e. influenza para-influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and adenoviruses using indirect immunofluorescence technique. At least one of the respiratory viruses was identified in 51 (22 per cent) specimens, which included influe...

Thalassemia Reports (ISSN: 2039-4365) was launched in 2011 and has become the premier peer-reviewed international medical journal devoted entirely to study, diagnosis, treatment of thalassemia [...]

It has been argued that the prevalence of 99 cent prices in shops can be explained with rational consumers who disregard the rightmost digits of the price. This bounded rational behaviour leads to a Bertrand equilibrium with positive markups. We use data from an Austrian price comparison site and find results confirming this theory. We can show that price points (special prices ending in 9 or 0...

Abstract The present study aimed to analyse changes in the land cover of Vilnius city and its surrounding areas propose a scenario for their future using an Artificial Neural Network. dynamics modelling was based on multilayer perceptron neural network. Landscape metrics at class landscape level were evaluated determine amount uses. As results showed, Built-up area increased, while forest (Semi...