OBJECTIVE To evaluate if there is a relationship between findings of carotid artery calcification (CAC) and periodontal risk in nonsmoker subjects by using panoramic radiographs (DPR). MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 1146 DPRs were investigated. Gender, age, severity of bone loss, tooth loss, periodontal risk, and findings of carotid calcification were recorded. The periodontal risk was eval...

We found that enterostatin (VPDPR), an anorexigenic peptide for a high-fat diet, significantly reduces serum cholesterol levels after oral administration of 100 mg/kg for 3 days in mice fed a high cholesterol-cholic acid diet. DPR, a peptide fragment of VPDPR, also had hypocholesterolemic activity at a dose of 50 mg/kg. Food intake was not suppressed under these dietary conditions. Fecal excret...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of previously trained endodontists in the detection of artificially created periapical lesions using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) and digital periapical radiography (DPR). MATERIALS AND METHODS An ex vivo model using dry skulls was used, in which simulated apical lesions were created and then progressively enlarged u...

Expansion of a hexanucleotide (GGGGCC) repeat in the gene chromosome 9 open reading frame 72 (C9ORF72) is the most common cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Three non-exclusive mechanisms have been proposed to contribute to the pathology initiated by this genetic insult. First, it was suggested that decreased expression of the C9orf72 protein product may c...

Introduction: The double pressure reserve (DPR) has recently been shown to have greater prognostic power than metabolic equivalents, heart rate indices, and systolic blood pressure in healthy subjects. It is unclear whether DPR offers any prognostic value in a heart failure population where variables derived from metabolic gas exchange data provide important prognostic information. Methods: Pat...

Dynamic Partially Recon ̄guration (DPR) designs provide additional bene ̄ts compared to traditional FPGA application. However, due to the lack of support from automatic design tools in current design °ow, designers have to manually de ̄ne the dimensions and positions of Partially Recon ̄gurable Regions (PR Regions). The following ̄ne-grained placement for system modules is also limited because it ta...

background : acanthamoeba castellanii forms a resistant cyst that protects the para-site against the host’s immune response. acanthamoeba type-i metacaspase (acmcp) is a caspase-like protein that has been found to be expressed during the encysta-tions. dictyostelium discoideum is an organism closely related to acanthamoeba useful for studying the molecular function of this protozoan caspase-lik...

BACKGROUND Acanthamoeba castellanii forms a resistant cyst that protects the parasite against the host's immune response. Acanthamoeba Type-I metacaspase (Acmcp) is a caspase-like protein that has been found to be expressed during the encystations. Dictyostelium discoideum is an organism closely related to Acanthamoeba useful for studying the molecular function of this protozoan caspase-like pr...

INTRODUCTION Cytoplasmic TDP-43 inclusions are the pathological hallmark of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and tau-negative frontotemporal lobar dementia (FTLD). The G4C2 repeat mutation in C9ORF72 is the most common cause of ALS and FTLD in which, in addition to TDP-43 inclusions, five different di-peptide repeat (DPR) proteins have been identified. Di-peptide repeat proteins are translat...