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Liver fibrosis secondary to bile duct injury: Correlation of Smad7 with TGF-β and extracellular matrix proteins
(2009)
Background: Liver fibrosis is the result of continuous liver injury stemming from different etiological factors. Bile duct injury induces an altered expression of TGF-β, which has an important role in liver fibrosis because ...
Analysis of the SLC4A1 gene in three Mexican patients with hereditary spherocytosis: Report of a novel mutation
(2010)
We analyzed the SLC4A1 gene in three Mexican patients with Hereditary Spherocytosis (HS). The promoter and all 20 exons were investigated through heteroduplex analysis and DNA sequencing. No DNA changes were detected in ...
Prevalence and characterization of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance genes in extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing enterobacteriaceae isolates in Mexico
(2011)
The objectives of this study were to investigate the prevalence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance genes in a collection of 226 extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae isolates and characterize ...
Liver function test results predict nutritional status evaluated by arm anthropometric indicators
(2009)
Background: Liver fibrosis is the result of continuous liver injury stemming from different etiological factors. Bile duct injury induces an altered expression of TGF-?, which has an important role in liver fibrosis because ...
Association analysis between -308G/A and -238G/A TNF-alpha gene promoter polymorphisms and insulin resistance in Mexican women with gestational diabetes mellitus
(2013)
Background: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is characterized by insulin resistance. It has been described that tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) plays a key role in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance; moreover, ...
Identification by Q-PCR of Trypanosoma cruzi lineage and determination of blood meal sources in triatomine gut samples in México
(2013)
Triatomine vectors were collected on human dwellings in Michoacán México. Blood meal sources were identified by real time polymerase chain reaction (Q-PCR) using DNA extracted from triatomine guts. The assay was performed ...
Histological evaluation and gene expression profiling of autophagy-related genes for cartilage of young and senescent rats
(MDPI AG, 2020-11-02)
Autophagy is a cellular mechanism that protects cells from stress by digesting non-functional cellular components. In the cartilage, chondrocytes depend on autophagy as a principal mechanism to maintain cellular homeostasis. ...
Restoration of WNT4 inhibits cell growth in leukemia-derived cell lines
(2013)
Background: WNT signaling pathways are significantly altered during cancer development. Vertebrates possess two classes of WNT signaling pathways: the " canonical" WNT/β-catenin signaling pathway, and the " non-canonical" ...
Iron bioavailability in larvae yellow snapper (Lutjanus argentiventris): Cloning and expression analysis of ferritin-H
(2014)
Ferritin is a major intracellular iron storage protein in higher vertebrates and plays an important role in iron metabolism. In this study, ferritin H subunit was cloned from the larvae of yellow snapper, Lutjanus ...
Endosulfan decreases cytotoxic activity of nonspecific cytotoxic cells and expression of granzyme gene in Oreochromis niloticus
(2014)
The effect of the organochlorinated insecticide endosulfan, on the cytotoxic activity of Nile tilapia nonspecific cytotoxic cells (NCC) was assessed. Juvenile Nile tilapia were exposed to endosulfan (7ppb) for 96h and ...