Research Papers
IL-18 promoter polymorphisms under scrutiny.
Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] • 2014 • Vol. 63 (9)
Sand, P
Periodontal status and serum biomarkers levels in haemodialysis patients.
Journal of clinical periodontology • 2014 • Vol. 41 (9)
AIM: To investigate the association between periodontal status and serum biomarkers levels in haemodialysis patients. METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 96 haemodialysis patients. The perio…
Gomes-Filho, I; Guerra, R; Liberio, S
A 3 years retrospective study of survival for zirconia-based single crowns fabricated from intraoral digital impressions.
Journal of dentistry • 2014 • Vol. 42 (9)
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical performance of glass-ceramic/zirconia crowns fabricated using intraoral digital impressions - a retrospective study with a three-year follow-up. METHODS: 70 consec…
Cappare, P; Ferrini, F; Gherlone, E
Intracardiac mass as initial cardiac manifestation of Behcet's disease: think before you cut.
Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) • 2014 • Vol. 31 (8)
Behcet's disease (BD) is a chronic multisystemic inflammatory disorder. Cardiac abnormalities including intracardiac thrombi have been described in up to 16% of cases. The clinical presentation of ca…
Chajek-Shaul, T; Hiller, N; Korem, M
Development of a simplified and convenient assay for cell-mediated immunity to the mumps virus.
Journal of immunological methods • 2014 • Vol. 411
Because methods for measuring cell-mediated immunity (CMI) to the mumps virus are expensive, time-consuming, and technically demanding, the role of CMI in mumps virus infection remains unclear. To ad…
Nakajima, K; Okuno, T; Otani, N
A pilot study evaluating genetic alterations that drive tobacco- and betel quid-associated oral cancer in Northeast India.
Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine • 2014 • Vol. 35 (9)
The susceptibility of an individual to oral cancer is mediated by genetic factors and carcinogen-exposure behaviors such as betel quid chewing, tobacco use, and alcohol consumption. This pilot study …
Chattopadhyay, I; Devi, T; Kapur, S
Validation of the diagnostic utility of salivary interleukin 8 in the differentiation of potentially malignant oral lesions and oral squamous cell carcinoma in a region with high endemicity.
Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology • 2014 • Vol. 118 (3)
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical utility of salivary interleukin 8 (IL-8) in the differential diagnosis of potentially malignant lesions (PMLs) and oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) in a region …
Anandan, S; Kumar, A; Nandhini, G
External carotid artery pseudoaneurysm following microvascular free flap reconstruction. The role of endovascular thrombin injection in embolization: a case report and review.
International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery • 2014 • Vol. 43 (9)
Pseudoaneurysm at the anastomosis of the free flap following ablative head and neck surgery is uncommon. We present a case of external carotid artery pseudoaneurysm in a patient who had previously un…
Ali, M; Avery, C; Hayter, J
Medial sural artery perforator flap aided by preoperative computed tomography angiography mapping for tongue reconstruction.
International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery • 2014 • Vol. 43 (9)
The purpose of this paper is to present an innovative method for tongue reconstruction after cancer ablation using the medial sural artery perforator flap with the aid of preoperative computed tomogr…
He, Y; Jin, S; Zhang, C
Brief communication: Comparative patterns of enamel thickness topography and oblique molar wear in two Early Neolithic and medieval population samples.
American journal of physical anthropology • 2014 • Vol. 155 (1)
Enamel thickness has been linked to functional aspects of masticatory biomechanics and has been demonstrated to be an evolutionary plastic trait, selectively responsive to dietary changes, wear and t…
Bayle, P; Le Luyer, M; Rottier, S
BAPO as an alternative photoinitiator for the radical polymerization of dental resins.
Dental materials : official publication of the Academy of Dental Materials • 2014 • Vol. 30 (9)
OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated the performance of phenylbis (2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl)-phosphine oxide (BAPO) as an alternative photoinitiator in the polymerization kinetics (PK), flexural strength (…
de Carvalho, R; Leal, F; Lima, G
The impact of HPV infection, smoking history, age and operability of the patient on disease-specific survival in a geographically defined cohort of patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.
Acta oto-laryngologica • 2014 • Vol. 134 (9)
CONCLUSIONS: Patients with human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive tumours had better 5-year disease-specific survival (DSS) than HPV-negative patients. TNM score only predicted prognosis among HPV-negat…
Aarstad, H; Aarstad, H; Haave, H
Clinical & radiographic outcomes of cemented vs. diaphyseal engaging cementless stems in aseptic revision TKA.
The Journal of arthroplasty • 2014 • Vol. 29 (9 Suppl)
Modular revision systems have become standard in revision TKAs. However, the type of stem fixation remains controversial. The purpose of this study is to compare the incidence of failure between ceme…
Beaver, W; Fehring, T; Gaffney, C
Cytokine gene expression profiles during initiation, progression and resolution of periodontitis.
Journal of clinical periodontology • 2014 • Vol. 41 (9)
AIM: Variations in the expression of cytokines during the progression of periodontitis remain ill-defined. We evaluated the expression of 19 cytokine genes related to T-cell phenotype/function during…
Burgos, A; Ebersole, J; Gonzalez, O
Effect of bite force and diet composition on craniofacial diversification of Southern South American human populations.
American journal of physical anthropology • 2014 • Vol. 155 (1)
Ecological factors can be important to shape the patterns of morphological variation among human populations. Particularly, diet plays a fundamental role in craniofacial variation due to both the eff…
Bernal, V; Menendez, L; Novellino, P
Degradation in the fatigue strength of dentin by cutting, etching and adhesive bonding.
Dental materials : official publication of the Academy of Dental Materials • 2014 • Vol. 30 (9)
The processes involved in placing resin composite restorations may degrade the fatigue strength of dentin and increase the likelihood of fractures in restored teeth. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this …
Arola, D; Lee, H; Majd, B
The expression of BTG1 is downregulated in nasopharyngeal carcinoma and possibly associated with tumour metastasis.
Molecular biology reports • 2014 • Vol. 41 (9)
To determine the expression and function of B cell translocation gene 1 (BTG1) in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Nasopharyngeal samples were taken from cancer lesions (n = 75) and adjacent normal tissue (…
Cheng, Y; Hu, W; Sun, G
Temporal lobe injury after re-irradiation of locally recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma using intensity modulated radiotherapy: clinical characteristics and prognostic factors.
Journal of neuro-oncology • 2014 • Vol. 119 (2)
Temporal lobe injury (TLI) is a debilitating complication after radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), especially in patients who suffer treatment relapses and receive re-irradiation. We ex…
Guan, Y; Han, F; Huang, S
Mucocutaneous presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus.
The Journal of pediatrics • 2014 • Vol. 165 (3)
Aguado-Lobo, M; Borbujo, J; Busquets, M
Temporal gene expression analysis of Sjogren's syndrome in C57BL/6.NOD-Aec1Aec2 mice based on microarray time-series data using an improved empirical Bayes approach.
Molecular biology reports • 2014 • Vol. 41 (9)
The purpose of this study was to analyze the temporal gene expression in salivary and lacrimal glands of Sjogren's syndrome (SS) based on time-series microarray data. We downloaded gene expression da…
Hu, J; Li, G; Piao, X