OBJECT To compare the clinical efficacy of titanium mesh cages and autogenous iliac bone graft to restore vertebral height through posterior approach in patients with thoracic and lumbar spinal tuberculosis. METHOD 59 patients with spinal tuberculosis underwent interbody fusion and internal fixation through posterior approach in our department from January 2011 to December 2013. In group A, 3...

BACKGROUND Several data have demonstrated the efficacy of metformin in inducing ovulation in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), however, the exact mechanism by which this drug acts remains unknown. The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether the efficacy of the drug in patients with PCOS is related to a systemic hormonal-metabolic improvement, or to a local action on the o...

Cross-talk between insulin and the renin angiotensin system signaling system shows that angiotensin 2 (A2) negatively modulates insulin signaling by stimulating multiple serine phosphorylation events in the early stages of the insulin-signaling cascade; however, the biological actions of A2 on insulin sensitivity remain controversial. Preservation of glucose transporter 4 (GLUT4) expression dur...

Recent investigations have revealed a correlation between human serum alkaline phosphatase types, the ABO blood groups, and the secretion of ABH substance in the saliva (Arfors, Beckman, and Lundin, 1963a, b; Shreffler, 1964; Beckman, 1964; Evans, 1965; Bamford, Harris, Luffman, Robson, and Cleghorn, 1965). Arfors et al. (1963a) reported that phosphatase type 2 (Pp 2) was uncommon in people hav...

Blood disease bacterium A2 HR-MARDI was isolated from banana plants infected with banana blood disease and which were planted in Kuala Kangsar, Malaysia. Here, we report a draft genome sequence of blood disease bacterium A2 HR-MARDI, which could provide important information on the virulence mechanism of this pathogen.

The fucose-binding lectins from Lotus tetragonolobus have been purified (1-3), characterized, and shown to be specific for oligosaccharides containing fucosyl residues on C-2 of DGalfll--~4DGlcNAc I (type 2 chains) but not for DGalfll-->3DGlcNAc (type 1 chains) similarly substituted (3, 4). In addition, the Lo~us lectin precipitated with H, A2 and Le a, but failed to interact with A1 or B blood...

We obtain a description of quasi-endomorphism rings torsion-free Abelian groups G rank 4, quasi-decomposable into direct sum A1 and A2 1 strongly indecomposable group B 2 in the case where quasi-homomorphism ℚ ⨂ Hom(A2,B) has 2.

OBJECTIVES The optimum treatment with intramedullary nails (IMN) or sliding hip screws (SHS) for type 31-A2 trochanteric fractures remains controversial. Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to compare IMN with SHS in AO/OTA 31-A2 trochanteric fractures. MATERIAL AND METHODS Databases including PubMed, Cochrane, and Embase were searched to identify RC...