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The Islamic veil and its discontents: how do they undermine gender equality
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2012)
The article addresses the use of notions of gender equality and
non-discrimination in the discussions concerning the practice of Islamic veiling
by the European Court of Human Rights as well as by French authorities ...
Effects of combined progesterone and beta-estradiol treatment on the transcriptome of cultured human myometrial smooth muscle cells
(American Physiological Society, 2015)
A transcriptomic analysis of cultured human uterine smooth muscle cells (hUtSMCs) was performed in order to examine gene expression profiles in smooth muscle in an environment containing the two major steroid hormones that ...
Immunogenicity of allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells
(2012)
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) inhibit proliferation of allogeneic T cells and express low levels of major histocompatibility complex class I (MHCI), MHCII and vascular adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1). We investigated whether ...
Effect of sodium glucose co-transporter-2 inhibition on the Aldosterone/Renin Ratio in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
(Thieme Publishing, 2018-12-06)
The aldosterone to renin ratio (ARR) is recommended for case detection of primary aldosteronism (PA). Several factors including medications can undermine its diagnostic accuracy. The objective was to explore the effect of ...
Hyaluronic acid based hydrogels attenuate inflammatory receptors and neurotrophins in interleukin-1 beta induced inflammation model of nucleus pulposus cells
(American Chemical Society, 2015-04-14)
Inflammation plays an important role in symptomatic intervertebral disc degeneration and is associated with the production of neurotrophins in sensitizing innervation into the disc. The use of high molecular weight (HMw) ...
Synthesis of polymer-silica hybrid microparticles with defined geometry using surface initiated atom transfer radical polymerization
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015)
Nanostructured polymer/silica hybrid materials have gained attention as they combine the advantageous properties of organic and inorganic materials in one entity. Herein, we report incorporation of chloromethyl moieties ...
Global biodiversity of the genus Ommastrephes (Ommastrephidae: Cephalopoda): an allopatric cryptic species complex
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2020-03-20)
Cryptic speciation among morphologically homogeneous species is a phenomenon increasingly reported in cosmopolitan marine invertebrates. This situation usually leads to the discovery of new species, each of which occupies ...
An injectable elastin-based gene delivery platform for dose-dependent modulation of angiogenesis and inflammation for critical limb ischemia
(Elsevier, 2015-10)
Critical limb ischemia is a major clinical problem. Despite rigorous treatment regimes, there has been only modest success in reducing the rate of amputations in affected patients. Reduced level of blood flow and enhanced ...
Defining reference intervals for a serum growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) assay in a Caucasian population and its potential utility in diabetic kidney disease (DKD).
(De Gruyter, 2018-09-15)
BACKGROUND:
Growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15), a stress responsive cytokine, is a promising biomarker of renal functional decline in diabetic kidney disease (DKD). This study aimed primarily to establish normative ...
Towards precision medicine: discovering novel gynecological cancer biomarkers and pathways using linked data
(BioMed Central, 2017-09-19)
Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) is playing a key role in therapeutic decision making for the cancer prognosis and treatment. The NGS technologies are producing a massive amount of sequencing datasets. Often, these datasets ...