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Vitamin D for the Immune System in Cystic Fibrosis (DISC): A double-blind, multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial
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Oxford University Press
, 2019 , Article)
Background Patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) have increased risk of vitamin D deficiency owing to fat malabsorption and other factors. Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with increased risk of pulmonary exacerbations ...
Cell shortening and calcium dynamics in epicardial and endocardial myocytes from the left ventricle of Goto-Kakizaki type 2 diabetic rats
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
New Findings: What is the central question of this study? To investigate haemodynamic dysfunction in the type 2 diabetic Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rat, we measured shortening and Ca2+ transport in ventricular myocytes from ...
Estimation of sex from the metacarpal dimensions at the nutrient foramen in white South Africans
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Taylor and Francis
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020 Australian Academy of Forensic Sciences. Sex estimation is important in both forensic and archaeological cases and requires a variety of bones and measurements to obtain accurate estimates. Discriminant function ...
Moving towards a standards-based methodological quality assessment scheme for clinical research
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Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
, 2019 , Article)
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A unified framework for bias assessment in clinical research
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Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
, 2019 , Article)
Methodological flaws, limitations, and inadequate practices in research are well known and pose threats to the internal validity of any research study. However, there are ways of safeguarding research conduct to reduce the ...
Potential Markers of Dietary Glycemic Exposures for Sustained Dietary Interventions in Populations without Diabetes.
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Oxford University Press
, 2020 , Article)
There is considerable interest in dietary and other approaches to maintaining blood glucose concentrations within the normal range and minimizing exposure to postprandial hyperglycemic excursions. The accepted marker to ...
Protein Glycation in Plants-An Under-Researched Field with Much Still to Discover.
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MDPI
, 2020 , Article)
Recent research has identified glycation as a non-enzymatic post-translational modification of proteins in plants with a potential contributory role to the functional impairment of the plant proteome. Reducing sugars with ...
Umbelliferone inhibits spermatogenic defects and testicular injury in lead-intoxicated rats by suppressing oxidative stress and inflammation, and improving Nrf2/HO-1 signaling
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Dove Medical Press
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020 Alotaibi et al. Introduction: Lead (Pb) is an environmental toxic metal that threatens human health. Umbelliferone (UMB) is a coumarin with known medicinal and protective properties against cytotoxicity. This study ...
Changes in expression of Kv7.5 and Kv7.2 channels in dorsal root ganglion neurons in the streptozotocin rat model of painful diabetic neuropathy
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain (DPNP), the most debilitating complication of diabetes mellitus, is resistant to current therapy. The pathogenesis of DPNP is still elusive, but several mechanisms have been proposed ...