Objectives The current survey aimed to investigate the link between energy-adjusted dietary inflammatory index (E-DII) and risk factors for CVD including markers of endothelial systemic inflammation in Iranian hemodialysis patients. Methods Patients on at least 6 months prior enrollment were considered eligible this cross-sectional study. usual intakes individuals examined through 4 non-consecu...

Previous studies have established that an epitope on the lateral ridge of domain III (DIII-lr) of West Nile virus (WNV) envelope (E) protein is recognized by strongly neutralizing type-specific antibodies. In contrast, an epitope against the fusion loop in domain II (DII-fl) is recognized by flavivirus cross-reactive antibodies with less neutralizing potential. Using gain- and loss-of-function ...

Seagrass plays an important role in marine ecosystem. Plans for sustainable management of ecosystem should give due attention to this critical habitat. One effort monitoring the long-term seagrass is use spatial data using remote sensing techniques. Satellite imagery offers efficient and cost-effective means estimating water conditions shallow environments. This study aims map coverage meadows ...

Abstract Plant breeders need efficient systems to identify which inbreds combine create new hybrid cultivars. The North Carolina Design II (NC DII) is a useful mating design evaluate the potential of varieties and their inbred parents. Genomic best linear unbiased prediction (GBLUP) models, either with or without inclusion dominance term in model, have been found be an method for using rich mar...

BACKGROUND Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are implicated as mediators for ovarian remodeling events, and are involved with ovarian recrudescence during seasonal breeding cycles in Siberian hamsters. However, involvement of these proteases as the photoinhibited ovary undergoes atrophy and regression had not been assessed. We hypothesized that 1) MMPs and their tissue inhibitors, the TIMPs woul...

In skeletal muscle, slow inactivation (SI) of Na(V)1.4 voltage-gated sodium channels prevents spontaneous depolarization and fatigue. Inherited mutations in Na(V)1.4 that impair SI disrupt activity-induced regulation of channel availability and predispose patients to hyperkalemic periodic paralysis. In our companion paper in this issue (Silva and Goldstein. 2013. J. Gen. Physiol. http://dx.doi....

Apical membrane antigen-1 (AMA-1) of Plasmodium vivax Grassi et Feletti, 1890 is a promising malaria vaccine candidate. However, antigenic variation is a major problem to design a universal malaria vaccine. Hence, detailed understanding of the pvama-1 gene polymorphism can provide conductive information on this potential vaccine component. Therefore, this study investigated the extent of geneti...