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[年龄相关性黄斑变性的发病机制及预防：重点是氧化应激和抗氧化剂]
Anna Wiktorowska-Owczarek,Jerzy Z Nowak
Anna Wiktorowska-Owczarek
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of severe visual loss and blindness in people over 55. Its pathogenesis--likely multifactorial, involving a complex interaction of metabolic, functional, genetic and environmental ...
Katarzyna Jezierska-Woźniak,Dorota Nosarzewska,Anna Tutas et al.
Katarzyna Jezierska-Woźniak et al.
Enormous expectations are associated with stem cells with regard to cell therapy and tissue engineering. Stem cells have unlimited potential for self-renewal and develop into various cell types. For the mesodermal tissue engineering such a ...
Irena Bubko,Beata M Gruber,Elzbieta L Anuszewska
Irena Bubko
Proteins constitute the basic building elements of living organisms. Proteins have a limited lifetime in a cell. The so called "half-life period" of proteins is diverse and lasts from several minutes to several days. Regulatory proteins app...
Anna Krasowska
Anna Krasowska
Biosurfactants, amphiphilic compounds, synthesized by microorganisms have surface, antimicrobial and antitumor properties. Biosurfactants prevent adhesion and biofilms formation by bacteria and fungi on various surfaces. For many years micr...
Adam Sadzyński,Krzysztof Kurek,Tomasz Konończuk et al.
Adam Sadzyński et al.
Gelsolin is an actin-binding and an actin-fragmenting protein. It contains 730 amino-acids, organized in six G1-G6 homologous domains which determine different functions of the protein. Two variants of gelsolin, cytoplasmic and secreted (co...
[Nailfold videocapillaroscopy - a useful tool for screening patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis at the risk of development of premature atherosclerosis] [0.03%]
[甲襞微循环视频镜检查在筛查幼年特发性关节炎患儿早期动脉粥样硬化高危患者中的应用价值]
Anna Górska,Lidia Rutkowska-Sak,Elzbieta Musiej-Nowakowska et al.
Anna Górska et al.
Inflammation of the vascular wall with endothelial dysfunction and subsequent activation of inflammatory immune response play pivotal roles in the early development of the atherosclerotic process not only in adults with rheumatoid arthritis...
Marcin Nylec,Magdalena Olszanecka-Glinianowicz
Marcin Nylec
Appetite control is a complex process regulated by both neurotransmitters, such as: appetite- increasing neuropeptide Y (NPY), Agouti related peptide (AgRP), orexins A and B, as well as appetite-suppressing propiomelanocortin (POMC) and a p...
[All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) in prevention and cancer therapy] [0.03%]
[全反式维甲酸(ATRA)在预防和癌症治疗中的作用]
Ewelina Hoffman,Wojciech P Mielicki
Ewelina Hoffman
Retinoids are useful pharmacological agents in therapy and prevention of cancer. All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) is applied in chemoprevention and differentiation therapy of some cancers with particularly impressive results in the management...
Arleta Kaźmierczuk,Zofia M Kiliańska
Arleta Kaźmierczuk
Apoptosis is, apart from necrosis and autophagy, one of the possible cell death mechanisms eliminating needless, not normal or infected cells. This process ensures quantitative and qualitative cell control of organisms. Apoptosis is tightly...
Ireneusz Całkosiński,Ewa Seweryn,Arkadiusz Zasadowski et al.
Ireneusz Całkosiński et al.
2.5 million cases of snake bites are noticed in the world every year (within 100,000 is mortal). These bites occur frequently in Asia and Africa. Some reports proved the toxicity and composition changes of well-known venoms from the same sn...