Wroclaw Medical University

Original Article

Simvastatin increases cell viability and suppresses the expression of cytokines and vascular endothelial growth factor in inflamed human dental pulp stem cells in vitro

Dai Xue, Zhongjian Gong, Fangyong Zhu, Yanjing Qiu, Xiaodan Li

1615-1623

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Effects of young extracellular matrix on the biological characteristics of aged tendon stem cells

Dapeng Jiang, Bo Xu, Peng Gao

1625-1630

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All-trans retinoic acid effectively reduces atheroma plaque size in a rabbit model of high-fat-induced atherosclerosis

Leila Zarei, Mehran Bahrami, Negin Farhad, Seyyed Meysam Abtahi Froushani, Ata Abbasi

1631-1636

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ENHO gene expression and serum adropin level in rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus

Servet Yolbas, Murat Kara, Mehmet Kalayci, Ahmet Yildirim, Baris Gundogdu, Suleyman Aydin, Suleyman Serdar Koca

1637-1641

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The effect of anakinra to nephrotoxicity with cisplatin induced in rats: Biochemical, gene expression and histopathological evaluation

Adalet Ozcicek, Fatih Ozcicek, Ferda Keskin Cimen, Renad Mammadov, Murat Cankaya, Talat Ezmeci, Durdu Altuner

1643-1650

Original Article

Health needs in local government policies in Poland in the context of anti-smoking health policy programs

Anna Augustynowicz, Aleksandra I. Czerw, Andrzej Deptała

1651-1659

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Design and control of system for elbow rehabilitation: Preliminary findings

Tadeusz Mikołajczyk, Adam Kłodowski, Emilia Mikołajewska, Paweł Walkowiak, Pedro Berjano, Jorge Hugo Villafañe, Francesco Aggogeri, Alberto Borboni, Davide Fausti, Gianluigi Petrogalli

1661-1669

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Iron excretion in urine in patients with acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery

Jowita Biernawska, Joanna Bober, Katarzyna Kotfis, Iwona Noceń, Anna Bogacka, Edyta Barnik, Dariusz Chlubek, Maciej Żukowski

1671-1676

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The peripheral neutrophils in subjects with COPD-OSA overlap syndrome and severe comorbidities: A feasible inflammatory biomarker?

Madalina Macrea, Sabrina Campbell, Thomas Martin, Kris Ann Oursler

1677-1682

Original Article

Richter syndrome: A rare complication of chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma

Ewa Wąsik-Szczepanek, Agnieszka Szymczyk, Dariusz Szczepanek, Joanna Wszoła-Kleinrok, Sylwia Chocholska, Andrzej Pluta, Marek Hus

1683-1689

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Carotid artery stenting versus endarterectomy for the treatment of both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients with carotid artery stenosis: 2 years’ experience in a high-volume center

Dariusz Janczak, Maciej Malinowski, Agnieszka Ziomek, Jakub Kobecki, Michał Leśniak, Tadeusz Dorobisz, Karolina Dorobisz, Dawid Janczak, Mariusz Chabowski

1691-1695

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When should gallbladder polyps be treated surgically?

İbrahim T. Şahiner, Mete Dolapçı

1697-1700

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The relationship between IFN-γ and TNF-α gene polymorphisms and brucellosis: A meta-analysis

Ebrahim Eskandari-Nasab, Mehdi Moghadampour

1701-1709

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The use of direct immunofluorescence and nested polymerase chain reaction in diagnosing perinatal infections of Chlamydia trachomatis

Magdalena Frej-Mądrzak, Dorota Teryks-Wołyniec, Piotr Jankowski, Paulina Krochmal, Jolanta Sarowska, Agnieszka Jama-Kmiecik, Irena Choroszy-Król

1711-1716

Original Article

ALOX12 gene polymorphisms and serum selenium status in elderly osteoporotic patients

Atiyeh Al-e-Ahmad, Hadi Parsian, Mojtaba Fathi, Soghrat Faghihzadeh, Seyed Reza Hosseini, Haji Ghorban Nooreddini, Abbas Mosapour

1717-1722

Original Article

Clinical applicability of monitoring pulmonary artery blood flow acceleration time variations in monitoring fetal pulmonary artery pressure

Hong-Yan Zhan, Feng-Qin Xu, Chuan-Xi Liu, Gang Zhao

1723-1727

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Application of fractal dimension analysis and photodynamic diagnosis in the case of differentiation between lichen planus and leukoplakia: A preliminary study

Kamil Jurczyszyn, Klaudia Kazubowska, Paweł Kubasiewicz-Ross, Piotr Ziółkowski, Marzena Dominiak

1729-1736

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The diagnostic usefulness of the basophil activation test (BAT) with annexin V in an allergy to Alternaria alternata

Emilia Królewicz, Krzysztof Gomułka, Anna Wolańczyk-Mędrala, Wojciech Mędrala, Wojciech Barg, Irena Kustrzeba-Wójcicka

1737-1744

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The phospholipid fraction obtained from egg yolk reduces blood pressure increase induced by acute stress in spontaneously hypertensive rats

Helena Martynowicz, Dorian Nowacki, Grzegorz Mazur, Tadeusz Trziszka, Andrzej Szuba

1745-1749