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Role of Inflammatory Cytokines, Growth Factors and Adipokines in Adipogenesis and Insulin Resistance
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Springer
, 2021 , Article Review)
Obesity, manifested by increased adiposity, represents a main cause of morbidity in the developed countries, causing increased risk of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Recruitment of macrophages and activation ...
Genetic polymorphisms associated with obesity in the Arab world: a systematic review
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Springer Nature
, 2021 , Article Review)
Background: Obesity, one of the most common chronic health conditions worldwide, is a multifactorial disease caused by complex genetic and environmental interactions. Several association studies have revealed a considerable ...
Assessing left ventricular systolic function by emergency physician using point of care echocardiography compared to expert: systematic review and meta-analysis.
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Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
, 2021 , Article Review)
Assessing left ventricular systolic function (LVSF) by echocardiography assists in the diagnosis and management of a diverse range of patients presenting to the emergency department (ED). We evaluated the agreement between ...
Interrelation between Sleep Bruxism and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Literature Review
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Hooghly Sciencedomain International
, 2021 , Article Review)
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a clinical risk factor for sleep bruxism (SB). Although no clear causative link has been defined, both conditions are inter related to sleep-related arousal reactions. A literature review ...
Hiv-1 infection transcriptomics: Meta-analysis of cd4+ t cells gene expression profiles
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MDPI
, 2021 , Article Review)
HIV-1 infection elicits a complex dynamic of the expression various host genes. High throughput sequencing added an expressive amount of information regarding HIV-1 infections and pathogenesis. RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) is ...
Multiomics integration in skin diseases with alterations in notch signaling pathway: PlatOMICs phase 1 deployment
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MDPI
, 2021 , Article Review)
The high volume of information produced in the age of omics was and still is an important step to understanding several pathological processes, providing the enlightenment of complex molecular networks and the identification ...
Lipid transfer proteins (Ltps)- structure, diversity and roles beyond antimicrobial activity
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MDPI
, 2021 , Article Review)
Lipid transfer proteins (LTPs) are among the most promising plant-exclusive antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). They figure among the most challenging AMPs from the point of view of their structural diversity, functions and ...
Comparison of immunogenicity and safety of licensed Japanese encephalitis vaccines: A systematic review and network meta-analysis
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article Review)
IntroductionAnnually more than 100,000 Japanese encephalitis (JE) cases and 25,000 deaths worldwide are caused by JE virus infection. More than 15 JE vaccines are currently in use worldwide. It is unknown whether any of ...
The Spectrum of Antibiotic Prescribing During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Literature Review
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Mary Ann Liebert
, 2021 , Article Review)
Objectives: Over the last decades, there has been a significant increase in antimicrobial prescribing and
consumption associated with the development of patients’ adverse events and antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
to the ...
COVID-19 Vaccination: The Mainspring of Challenges and the Seed of Remonstrance
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MDPI
, 2021 , Article Review)
As of March 2020, the time when the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) became a pandemic, our existence has been threatened and the lives of ...