Background: Unilateral cleft lip repair continues to leave behind some amount of dissatisfaction, as Wet a scope for further improvement is always felt.Most surgeons do not like to deviate from the standard Millard′s/ triangular techniques, or their minor modifications, as no one likes to experiment on the face for fear of unfavourable outco
Soil propagule bank of ectomycorrhizal fungi associated with Masson pine (Pinus massoniana) grown in a manganese mine wasteland.
Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungal propagule bank could facilitate the regeneration and plantation of seedlings in disturbed area.In this study, Masson pine (Pinus massoniana) seedlings were used to bait the ECM fungal propagule bank buried in the soils collected from a manganese (Mn) mine wasteland and a non-polluted area in China.After 6-month growth,
Dosimetric benefits of daily treatment plan adaptation for prostate cancer stereotactic body radiotherapy
Abstract Background Hypofractionation is increasingly being applied in radiotherapy for prostate cancer, requiring higher accuracy of daily treatment deliveries than in conventional image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT).Different adaptive radiotherapy (ART) strategies were evaluated with regard to dosimetric benefits.Methods Treatments plans for 32 pati
Pleiotropic vasoprotective effects of statins: The chicken or the egg?
Dimitrios Kirmizis, Dimitrios ChatzidimitriouAristotle University, Thessaloniki, GreeceAbstract: Statins (3-hydroxy-3-methyl glutaryl coenzyme A [HMG-CoA] reductase inhibitors) Oven Wall Fixing Cap are the most commonly used lipid-lowering drugs.Their main lipid-lowering effect is achieved by an increase in the expression of low-density lipoprotein
The paracaspase MALT1 controls cholesterol homeostasis in glioblastoma stem-like cells through lysosome proteome shaping
Summary: Glioblastoma stem-like cells (GSCs) compose a tumor-initiating and -propagating population remarkably vulnerable to variation in the stability and integrity of the lysosomal compartment.Previous work has shown that the expression and activity of the paracaspase MALT1 control GSC viability via lysosome abundance.However, the underlying mech