Research Papers
Bias and precision of methods for estimating the difference in restricted mean survival time from an individual patient data meta-analysis.
BMC medical research methodology • 2016 • Vol. 16
BACKGROUND: The difference in restricted mean survival time ([Formula: see text]), the area between two survival curves up to time horizon [Formula: see text], is often used in cost-effectiveness ana…
Bonastre, J; Lueza, B; Michiels, S
Ablation of the Sox11 Gene Results in Clefting of the Secondary Palate Resembling the Pierre Robin Sequence.
The Journal of biological chemistry • 2016 • Vol. 291 (13)
Mouse gene inactivation has shown that the transcription factor Sox11 is required for mouse palatogenesis. However, whether Sox11 is primarily involved in the regulation of palatogenesis still remain…
Bao, M; Cao, H; Gan, L
TMD: Costen's Syndrome.
British dental journal • 2016 • Vol. 220 (6)
Dean, R
An orthodontist's life: 'It's a real privilege to see how patients grow in confidence'.
British dental journal • 2016 • Vol. 220 (6)
Quinlan, K
Assessing the use of the Index of Sedation Need in oral surgery.
British dental journal • 2016 • Vol. 220 (6)
OBJECTIVE: This article evaluates the use of the Index of Sedation Need in oral surgery. DESIGN: Service evaluation and audit. SETTING: Oral surgery department of a London dental teaching hospital. S…
Gerrard, G
Chronic stress accelerates ligature-induced periodontitis by suppressing glucocorticoid receptor-alpha signaling.
Experimental & molecular medicine • 2016 • Vol. 48 (3)
Periodontitis is a common chronic inflammatory disease. Recent studies have shown that chronic stress (CS) might modulate periodontal disease, but there are few models of CS-induced periodontitis, an…
Gu, J; Lin, S; Liu, S
Upregulated TRIM29 promotes proliferation and metastasis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma via PTEN/AKT/mTOR signal pathway.
Oncotarget • 2016 • Vol. 7 (12)
Tripartite motif-containing 29 (TRIM29) has been reported to be dysregulated in human cancers. Up-regulation of TRIM29 was first observed in NPC cell lines by a genome-wide transcriptome analysis in …
Luo, D; Mai, S; Sun, J
Prognostic value of wait time in nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated with intensity modulated radiotherapy: a propensity matched analysis.
Oncotarget • 2016 • Vol. 7 (12)
The aim of this study was to determine the prognostic value of wait time from histological diagnosis to primary treatmen for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) treated with intensity-modulated radiothera…
Chen, L; Chen, Y; Guo, R
The decline in dental caries among Korean children aged 8 and 12 years from 2000 to 2012 focusing SiC Index and DMFT.
BMC oral health • 2016 • Vol. 16
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to analyse the prevalence and severity of dental caries among Korean children aged 8 and 12 years over a period of 12 years by determining the number of decayed,…
Han, D; Jeong, S; Jun, E
Tongue volume in adults with skeletal Class III dentofacial deformities.
Head & face medicine • 2016 • Vol. 12
BACKGROUND: The size of the tongue is implicated as an essential etiological factor in the development of malocclusions. The aim of our study was to assess tongue size in skeletal Class III (SCIII) p…
Barbic, U; Ihan Hren, N
Expression of Epstein-Barr virus antibodies EA-IgG, Rta-IgG, and VCA-IgA in nasopharyngeal carcinoma and their use in a combined diagnostic assay.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR • 2016 • Vol. 15 (1)
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection is closely associated with nasopharyngeal carcinoma, which can be monitored by the levels of Rta protein antibody IgG (Rta-IgG), early antigen antibody (EA-IgG), an…
Li, Y; Min, D; Wang, K
An analysis of the readability characteristics of oral health information literature available to the public in Tasmania, Australia.
BMC oral health • 2016 • Vol. 16
BACKGROUND: The effectiveness of print-based health promotion materials is dependent on their readability. This study aimed to assess the characteristics of print-based oral health information litera…
Barnett, T; Furlan, A; Hoang, H
[Alice in Wonderland syndrome as a prodrome of streptococcal tonsillopharyngitis].
Revista de neurologia • 2016 • Vol. 62 (6)
Liebana, S
Lichen planus-like drug reaction associated with recombinant human growth hormone therapy in a child patient with Turner syndrome.
Dermatology online journal • 2016 • Vol. 22 (3)
Turner syndrome (TS) is a genetic disease with an incidence rate of between 1:2000 and 1:5000 live female births. The treatment of TS differs according to age and Recombinant Human Growth Hormone (RH…
Mendonca, E; Soares, M
Electrochemical bioplatforms for the simultaneous determination of interleukin (IL)-8 mRNA and IL-8 protein oral cancer biomarkers in raw saliva.
Biosensors & bioelectronics • 2016 • Vol. 77
The development of electrochemical magnetobiosensors for the simultaneous determination of two biomarkers associated with salivary oral cancer, protein IL-8 and its messenger RNA (IL-8 mRNA) associat…
Campuzano, S; Gamella, M; Pingarron, J
Absent and abundant MET immunoreactivity is associated with poor prognosis of patients with oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.
Oncotarget • 2016 • Vol. 7 (11)
Although the receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) MET is widely expressed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), its prognostic value remains unclear. This might be due to the use of a variety o…
Baatenburg de Jong, R; De Herdt, M; KoljenoviA, S
CD274/PD-L1 gene amplification and PD-L1 protein expression are common events in squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity.
Oncotarget • 2016 • Vol. 7 (11)
Immunomodulatory therapies, targeting the immune checkpoint receptor-ligand complex PD-1/PD-L1 have shown promising results in early phase clinical trials in solid malignancies, including carcinomas …
Drecoll, E; Gotz, C; Hapfelmeier, A
[Forensic analysis of injuries in dentistry].
Orvosi hetilap • 2016 • Vol. 157 (11)
INTRODUCTION: Documentation and evaluation of dental injuries in forensic medicine are rather problematic. It needs a professional work up why dental injuries are out of focus, and how the diagnosis,…
Barath, Z; Heltai, N; Kereszty, E
Investigation: 'Our goal is to improve their quality of life'.
British dental journal • 2016 • Vol. 220 (5)
Westgarth, D
The place of James Arnott (1797-1883) in the development of local anaesthesia in dentistry.
British dental journal • 2016 • Vol. 220 (5)
Dental disease in the form of caries and abscesses has been known since antiquity. Before the advent of anaesthesia, operations upon the mouth were painful. The introduction of general anaesthesia in…
Silver, J; Silver, K