Vol. 18 No. 4 (2018)

Published: 2018-11-07

Reviews

Recent advances in research on aspartate β-hydroxylase (ASPH) in pancreatic cancer: A brief update

Guofang Hou, Boran Xu, Yanghui Bi, Chuanlin Wu, Beibei Ru, Bei Sun, Xuewei Bai

297-304

Biochemistry

The effect of 131I-induced hypothyroidism on the levels of nitric oxide (NO), interleukin 6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), total nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity, and expression of NOS isoforms in rats

Jing Zhou, Gang Cheng, Hua Pang, Qian Liu, Ying Liu

305-312

Pathology

Prognostic value of aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 (ALDH1) in invasive breast carcinomas

Hale Demir, Ozgecan Dulgar, Bugra Taygun Gulle, Hande Turna, Sennur Ilvan

313-319

Molecular Biology

Modulatory effect of curcumin on ketamine-induced toxicity in rat thymocytes: Involvement of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (Akt) pathway

Svetlana Pavlovic, Zorica Jovic, Radmila Karan, Dane Krtinic, Gorana Rankovic, Mladjan Golubovic, Jelena Lilic, Voja Pavlovic

320-327
Upregulation of miR-210 promotes differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) into osteoblasts

Ali Asgharzadeh, Shaban Alizadeh, Mohammad Reza Keramati, Masoud Soleimani, Amir Atashi, Mahdi Edalati, Zahra Kashani Khatib, Mohammad Rafiee, Mohyedin Barzegar, Hengamehsadat Razavi

328-335
Induction of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and Gli1 expression in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) spheroid cultures

Nesrine Essid, Jean Claude Chambard, Amel Benammar Elgaaïed

336-346

Translational and Clinical Research

Interleukin-4 (IL4) -590C/T (rs2243250) gene polymorphism is not associated with diabetic nephropathy (DN) in Caucasians with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)

Matej Završnik, Jernej Letonja, Jana Makuc, Maja Šeruga, Ines Cilenšek, Daniel Petrovič

347-351
Epidermal growth factor (EGF) promotes bone healing in surgically induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH)

Ozgur Basal, Tolga Atay, İbrahim Metin Ciris, Yakup Barbaros Baykal

352-360
Ceftriaxone treatment of complicated urinary tract infections as a risk factor for enterococcal re-infection and prolonged hospitalization: A 6-year retrospective study

Kristian Karlović, Jadranka Nikolić, Jurica Arapović

361-366

New and Emerging Methods

Simple, reliable, and time-efficient colorimetric method for the assessment of mitochondrial function and toxicity

Faraz Ahmad, Widyan Alamoudi, Shafiul Haque, Mohammad Salahuddin, Khaldoon Alsamman

367-374

Case reports

Non-endoscopic minimally invasive evacuation of intracerebral hematoma (ICH): A case report

Tomaz Velnar

375-379