OBJECTIVE: Estrogen and estrogen receptor(ER)-alpha and-beta play a role in the development and progression of thyroid c......

Sepsis causes neutrophil sequestration in the lung which leads to acute lung injury(ALI).Neutrophil elastase(NE) is thou......

Background Early loading statin therapy before percutaneous coronary intervention is associated with reduced mortality a......

Dear Editor,Priapism is an uncommon pathological erection that mainly occurs in adult males between the ages of 20 years......

Aim: To evaluate the role of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) as a potential environmental hazard in the deteriora-tion......

OBJECTIVE Recent studies have shown that hepsin, a type of transmembrane serine protease, is highly upregulated in prost......

The paper introduces firstly the seismic loss assessment method based on macro-economic indicators and new vulnerability......

OBJECTIVE To explore whether MDM2 transfection can alter the MDM2-p53 autoregulatory feedback loop so as to change the s......

Objective:To explore the relationship between expressions of NF-κBp50,p53 and Bcl-2 in tissue of cervical can-cer and h......

The quality of groundwater resources needs to be assessed and monitored to ensure sustainable use and management.Groundw......

AIM:To investigate the role of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate(NADPH) oxidase in colon epithelial cells in t......

AIM:To build a consensus among Chilean specialists on the appropriate management of patients with nonalcoholic fatty liv......

AIM:To investigate the role and mechanism of insulinlike growth factor binding protein-related protein 1(IGFBPrP1)in the......

AIM: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of tolvaptan to treat refractory ascites in decompensated liver cirrhosis patie......

AIM:To analyze the safety and the adequacy of a sample of liver biopsies(LB)obtained by gastroenterologist(G)and interve......

AIM:To compare the liver transplantation-free(LTF)survival rates between patients who underwent transjugular intrahepati......

Objective To assess on-treatment serum HBsAg and HBV DNA kinetics in HBeAg-positive CHB patients to predict the efficacy......

Toll-like receptors(TLRs) family may play important roles in inflammatory bowel disease. This study examined the express......

During the early mid-1990s,a number of rural farmers across central China were employed to the unregulated plasmaselling......

Objective To evaluate levels of the circulating antisperm antibody (ASA) in women with secondary infertility. Methods Ei......

The purpose of this study was to explore the change of telomerase in passage from human endometrial stromal stem cells i......

AIM:To study the association between genetic ancestry,non-alcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD) metabolic characteristics......

AIM: To compare the ability of model for end-stage liver disease(MELD)-Na and Maddrey discrimination function index(DFI)......

AIM: To investigate changes in oxidative stress in Crohn’s disease(CD) before and after anti-tumor necrosis factor(TNF)......

AIM: To compare the nutritional status between alcoholic compensated cirrhotic patients and hepatitis C virus(HCV)-relat......

AIM: To study the clinical presentation of Budd-Chiari syndrome(BCS) and identify the aetiologies of this disease in Alg......

AIM: To examine characteristics of patients with blood urea nitrogen(BUN) levels higher and lower than the normal limit.......

AIM:To evaluate the efficacy of adding irsogladine maleate(IM) to proton-pump inhibitor(PPI) therapy in non-erosive refl......

AIM:To investigate the adipokine levels of leptin,adiponectin,resistin,visfatin,retinol-binding protein 4(RBP4),apelin i......

AIM: To assess numbers and case fatality of patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding(UGIB),effects of deprivation a......

AIM:To investigate the accuracy and inter-observer variation of bowel sound assessment in patients with clinically suspe......

AIM:To investigate the efficacy and adverse effects of antioxidant therapy in acute pancreatitis(AP),chronic pancreatiti......

AIM:To evaluate the efficacy of autologous bone marrow mononuclear cell transplantation in decompensated liver disease.M......

Muscle wasting is defined as the progressive and generalized loss of muscle mass. Muscle depletion is a common feature o......

AIM:To investigate perfusion change in contrastenhanced ultrasonography(CEUS) to evaluate liver fibrosis based on biliar......

AIM: To explore the feasibility of non-invasive quantitative estimation of portal venous pressure by contrast-enhanced u......

AIM: To characterize the influence of location, species and treatment upon RNA degradation in tissue samples from the ga......

AIM:To determine the difference in clinical outcome between ulcerative colitis(UC)patients with Mayo endoscopic subscore......

AIM:To evaluate a levofloxacin-doxycycline-based triple therapy with or without a susceptibility culture test in non-res......

AIM: To investigate local corticosterone production and angiotensin-Ⅰ converting enzyme(ACE) protein expression and the......

AIM:To investigate the effects of mesenchymal stem cells(MSCs)on dextran sulfate sodium-induced inflammatory bowel disea......

AIM:To determine the impact of a clinical pathway(CP) on acute pancreatitis(AP) treatment outcome.METHODS:A retrospectiv......

AIM:To investigate the diagnostic significance oftransient elastography(TE) in a daily routine clinical setting in compa......

AIM:To investigate whether central obesity is associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD) formation after ad......

AIM: To investigate the effect of vitamin D(VD) concentrations and VD supplementation on health related quality of life ......

AIM: To investigate the effects of activated rat hepatic stellate cells(HSCs) on rat Th1/Th2 profile in vitro.METHODS: G......

AIM:To investigate whether targeting proteasome might reverse intestinal fibrosis in rats.METHODS:Chronic colitis was in......

AIM:To investigate the relationship between sense of coherence,psychological distress and health related quality of life......

TW19 is a diterpene compound isolated from the root cortex of Tripterygium Wil- fordii Hood. F.. Its effects on the i......

Aim: To study the effect of intracavemous sodium nitropmsside (SNP), a nitric oxide (NO) donor, on penile erec-tion. Me......