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Essential hypertension – Is erroneous receptor output to blame?
27 January 2012
Marcin Ufnal
Abstract: Hypertension is a chronic medical condition in which systemic arterial blood pressure is elevated. About 80–90% of diagnosed hypertension is considered essential (idiopathic), which means th...
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NYGGF4 as a new therapeutic target for obesity-associated insulin resistance
27 January 2012
Zhangbin Yu, Xirong Guo
Abstract: Obesity-associated insulin resistance (IR) is manifested by increased hepatic glucose output and reduced glucose disposal in the peripheral tissues at a given level of insulin. Genetic facto...
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Adding cetuximab to stereotactic radiotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer might reduce local failure rates
27 January 2012
Carsten Nieder, Nicolaus Andratschke
Abstract: Encouraging results have been obtained with stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, local control rates decrease in larger vol...
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Extra-mitochondrial aerobic metabolism in retinal rod outer segments: New perspectives in retinopathies
27 January 2012
I. Panfoli, D. Calzia, S. Ravera, A.M. Morelli, C.E. Traverso
Abstract: Vertebrate retinal rods are photoreceptors for dim-light vision. They display extreme sensitivity to light thanks to a specialized subcellular organelle, the rod outer segment. This is fille...
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Adjuvant therapy with GnRH agonists/tamoxifen in breast cancer should be a good council for patients with hormone receptor-positive tumours and wish to preserve fertility
27 January 2012
J.G. Franco Jr, J.B.A. Oliveira, C.G. Petersen, A.L. Mauri, R. Baruffi, M. Cavagna
Abstract: Infertility represents one of the main long-term consequences of the chemotherapy used for the adjuvant treatment of breast cancer. Approximately 60–65% of breast cancers express the nuclear...
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