Objectives : This study sought to explore the role of new biomarkers in heart failure (HF).
Background : We investigated the utility of novel serum markers alone or together with …

Objectives : This study sought to compare the renal clearance mechanisms of B-type
natriuretic peptide (BNP) and amino terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP). …

Objective In systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients, excessive formation of neutrophil
extracellular traps (NETs) is observed and their degradation is impaired. In vitro, immune …

Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation has been proposed as treatment for mitochondrial
neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy, a rare fatal autosomal recessive disease due to …

The carnitine–acylcarnitine translocase (CACT) is one of the components of the carnitine
cycle. The carnitine cycle is necessary to shuttle long-chain fatty acids from the cytosol into the …

The effects of a dietary supplement of rumen-protected choline on feed intake, milk yield,
milk composition, blood metabolites, and hepatic triacylglycerol were evaluated in …

Immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) activate the immune system to assault cancer cells in a
manner that is not antigen specific. We hypothesized that tolerance may also be broken to …

… In 1974 Bakker found a fragmentary chalk disc in the Late Uruk settlement of Jebel Aruda
on the middle Euphrates in Syria, 90 km east-northeast of Aleppo. This crude piece of work, 8 …

BACKGROUND Hypergonadotropic hypoestrogenic infertility is the most burdensome
complication for females suffering from classic galactosemia. In contrast, male gonadal function …

Integrating knowledge from across the natural and social sciences is necessary to effectively
address societal tradeoffs between human use of biological diversity and its preservation. …