Vol. 16 No. 2 (2016)

Published: 2016-04-30

Reviews

Biomaterials and host versus graft response: a short review

Tomaz Velnar, Gorazd Bunc, Robert Klobucar, Lidija Gradisnik

82-90
Brachiomedian artery (arteria brachiomediana) revisited: a comprehensive review

David Kachlik, Marek Konarik, Jitka Riedlova, Vaclav Baca

91-101

Biochemistry

Impacts of N-Butylphthalide on expression of growth factors in rats with focal cerebral ischemia

Yan Jiang, Leyu Sun, Xiaoyan Xuan, Jianping Wang

102-107

Pathology

LGALS3 and AXIN1 gene variants playing role in the Wnt/ β-catenin signaling pathway are associated with mucinous component and tumor size in colorectal cancer

Gurbet Korkmaz, Cem Horozoglu, Soykan Arıkan, Zeynep Gural, Esra Kaytan Sağlam, Saime Turan, Nazlı Ezgi Özkan, Ozlem Timirci Kahraman, Ezgi Nurdan Yenilmez, Yigit Düzköylü, Mehmet Baki Doğan, Umit Zeybek, Arzu Ergen, İlhan Yaylım

108-113

Molecular Biology

Cholesteryl ester transfer protein gene polymorphism (I405V) and premature coronary artery disease in an Iranian population

Hamidreza Goodarzynejad, Mohammadali Boroumand, Mehrdad Behmanesh, Shayan Ziaee, Arash Jalali

114-120
Diagnostics of common microdeletion syndromes using fluorescence in situ hybridization: single center experience in a developing country

Amina Kurtovic-Kozaric, Lejla Mehinovic, Meliha Stomornjak-Vukadin, Ilvana Kurtovic-Basic, Feriha Catibusic, Mirza Kozaric, Senka Mesihovic-Dinarevic, Mensuda Hasanhodzic, Darinka Glamuzina

121-125

Microbiology

Nod-like receptor protein 3 inflammasome activation by Escherichia coli RNA induces transforming growth factor beta 1 secretion in hepatic stellate cells

Hui Wang, Shu Liu, Ying Wang, Bing Chang, Bingyuan Wang

126-131
The use of Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry in the identification of Francisella tularensis

Onur Karatuna, Bekir Celebi, Simge Can, Isin Akyar, Selcuk Kilic

132-138

Translational and Clinical Research

Efficacy of laparoscopic transversus abdominis plane block for elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy in elderly patients

Deniz Tihan, Tolga Totoz, Merve Tokocin, Gulcin Ercan, Tugba Koc Calıkoglu, Talar Vartanoglu, Fatih Celebi, Ozgur Dandin, Ilker Mustafa Kafa

139-144
Tocilizumab inhibits neuronal cell apoptosis and activates STAT3 in cerebral infarction rat model

Shaojun Wang, Jun Zhou, Weijie Kang, Zhaoni Dong, Hezuo Wang

145-150
The etiology of hypertransaminasemia in Turkish children

Filiz Serdaroğlu, Tuğba Koca, Selim Dereci, Mustafa Akçam

151-156
Procalcitonin and C-reactive protein-based decision tree model for distinguishing PFAPA flares from acute infections

Barbara Kraszewska-Głomba, Zofia Szymańska-Toczek, Leszek Szenborn

157-161