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converted_2832 | Is durvalumab used for lung cancer treatment? | In the phase III PACIFIC trial consolidation with durvalumab, an anti-PDL-1 antibody, was associated with survival benefit in patients diagnosed with LA-NSCLC who responded to concurrent chemoradiotherapy., METHODS: An electronic literature search was performed of public databases (MEDLINE, Excerpta Medica dataBASE [E... | yes |
converted_2552 | Is the consumption of chocolate associated with an increase in cardiovascular disease? | The consumption of natural polyphenol-rich foods, and cocoa in particular, has been related to a reduced risk of CVD, including coronary heart disease and stroke., chocolate has been shown to decrease CVD risk due to its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties., A number of studies have shown that dietary polyphen... | no |
converted_3483 | Is Ubrogepant effective for migraine? | CGRP receptor antagonists such as ubrogepant are effective for acute relief of migraine headache, whereas monoclonal antibodies against CGRP (eptinezumab, fremanezumab and galcanezumab) or the CGRP receptor (erenumab) effectively prevent migraine attacks. , Despite the clear safety concerns, clinical trial data suggest... | yes |
converted_352 | Are there studies representing the involvement of Notch mutations in neurodegenerative diseases such as Down syndrome, Pick's and Prion's disease, and cadasil syndrome? | he Notch signaling pathway plays a critical role in maintaining the balance between cell proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis, and is a highly conserved signaling pathway that regulates normal development in a context- and dose-dependent manner. Dysregulation of Notch signaling has been suggested to be key even... | yes |
converted_691 | Do lincRNAs play a role in human cancer? | Long non-coding RNA H19 increases bladder cancer metastasis, These data suggest that upregulated H19 enhances bladder cancer metastasis by associating with EZH2 and inhibiting E-cad expression, lncRNA H19 is essential for human tumor growth, Previous reports have demonstrated that HOTAIR associates with chromatin modif... | yes |
converted_2798 | Is Tecovirimat effective for smallpox? | Oral Tecovirimat for the Treatment of Smallpox., CONCLUSIONS: On the basis of its efficacy in two animal models and pharmacokinetic and safety data in humans, tecovirimat is being advanced as a therapy for smallpox in accordance with the FDA Animal Rule., Background: Tecovirimat (ST-246) is being developed as an antivi... | yes |
converted_2226 | Is there any involvement of L1 retrotransposition in the Rett syndrome? | Using neuronal progenitor cells derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells and human tissues, we revealed that patients with Rett syndrome (RTT), carrying MeCP2 mutations, have increased susceptibility for L1 retrotransposition. Our data demonstrate that L1 retrotransposition can be controlled in a tissue-specif... | yes |
converted_3379 | Is NicVAX vaccine effective for smoking cessation? | CONCLUSION: The nicotine vaccine, NicVAX, does not appear to improve the chances of stopping smoking when given in addition to varenicline and behavioural support., First efficacy results of the nicotine vaccine 3'-AmNic-rEPA (NicVAX) showed that only a subgroup of the top 30% antibody responders achieved higher absti... | no |
converted_4566 | Is Otolin-1 a matrix protein? | otoconia matrix protein, otolin-1, Otolin-1 is a collagen-like protein expressed in the inner ear of vertebrates. , Mammalian Otolin: a multimeric glycoprotein specific to the inner ear that interacts with otoconial matrix protein Otoconin-90 and Cerebellin-1, binds to otolin-1 and forming matrix protein architectures[... | yes |
converted_2876 | Does tremelimumab improve survival of mesothelioma patients? | BACKGROUND: Tremelimumab, an anti-CTLA4 monoclonal antibody, initially showed good activity when used alone in patients with mesothelioma, but did not improve the overall survival of patients who failed on first-line or second-line chemotherapy compared with placebo in the DETERMINE study. , INTERPRETATION: The combina... | no |
converted_3042 | Is Semagacestat effective for treatment of Alzheimer's disease? | However, a large phase 3 trial of semagacestat, a potential non-transition state analog (non-TSA) GSI, in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) was terminated due to unexpected aggravation of cognitive deficits and side effects., BACKGROUND: In a recent report, 76 weeks' treatment with a gamma-secretase inhibitor (sem... | no |
converted_2843 | Is ADP-ribosylation a PTM? | ADP-ribosylation is a PTM, in which ADP-ribosyltransferases use nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) to modify target proteins with ADP-ribose, Poly-ADP-ribosylation (PARylation) is a protein posttranslational modification (PTM) that is critically involved in many biological processes that are linked to cell stress... | yes |
converted_1255 | Is lenvatinib effective for thyroid cancer? | New insights in the treatment of radioiodine refractory differentiated thyroid carcinomas: to lenvatinib and beyond., However, even more impressive responses and progression-free survival benefits were seen in the phase III SELECT trial with lenvatinib, giving even higher hopes for the future management of what was con... | yes |
converted_1980 | Could divalent metal transporter 1 deficiency lead to anemia? | The divalent metal transporter 1 (DMT1) is a major iron transporter required for iron absorption and erythropoiesis. Loss of DMT1 function results in microcytic anemia. , Dysfunction of human DMT1 is associated with several pathologies such as iron deficiency anemia hemochromatosis, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's ... | yes |
converted_2496 | Does prolactinoma increase osteoporosis risk? | Prolactinoma: A Massive Effect on Bone Mineral Density in a Young Patient., Osteoporosis has been noted to be an issue in postmenopausal women with prolactinomas. This case shows a similar impact on bone health in a young male resulting in low bone mineral density for age based on Z-score. This case report highlights t... | yes |
converted_2794 | Are ultraconserved enhancers important for normal development? | Ultraconserved Enhancers Are Required for Normal Development., However, initial deletion studies in mice revealed that loss of such extraordinarily constrained sequences had no immediate impact on viability. Here, we show that ultraconserved enhancers are required for normal development. , Here, we show that ultraconse... | yes |
converted_3457 | Is Rad4/XPC a DNA damage sensing protein? | Twist-open mechanism of DNA damage recognition by the Rad4/XPC nucleotide excision repair complex., Kinetic gating mechanism of DNA damage recognition by Rad4/XPC., These findings indicate that the lesions recognized by Rad4/XPC thermodynamically destabilize the Watson-Crick double helix in a manner that facilitates t... | yes |
converted_790 | Is recommended the use of perioperative treatment with thyroid hormone therapy in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting? | Short duration postoperative iv T(3) therapy increases cardiac index and does not alter mortality., We conclude that although widespread interest has been shown on the use of thyroid hormones in the perioperative period, and the effect of cardiopulmonary bypass on thyroid hormone metabolism widely studied, there is no ... | no |
converted_3643 | Is Selumetinib effective for low-grade glioma? | Conclusion: Selumetinib has promising antitumor activity in children with LGG., INTERPRETATION
Selumetinib is active in recurrent, refractory, or progressive pilocytic astrocytoma harbouring common BRAF aberrations and NF1-associated paediatric low-grade glioma., These results show that selumetinib could be an alterna... | yes |
converted_2433 | Does Enzastaurin improve survival of glioblastoma patients? | RESULTS: fourteen randomized clinical trials were identified (7 with bevacizumab, 2 cilengitide, 1 enzastaurin, 1 dasatinib, 1 vandetanib, 1 temsirolimus, 1 cediranib) including 4330 patients. Antiangiogenic drugs showed no improvement in overall survival with a pooled HR of 1.00, a trend for an inferior outcome, in te... | no |
converted_2007 | Is the mouse Sry gene locus free of repetitive sequences? | We demonstrate that the presence of long inverted repeats (IR) flanking the mouse Sry gene leads to the formation of the Sry circular transcript in cultured cells, Circularization requires the presence of both IR. As few as 400 complementary nt are necessary for this process, The presence of the IR does not significant... | no |
converted_969 | Are Sidekick proteins members of the immunoglobulin superfamily? | Here we show that four closely related immunoglobulin superfamily (IgSF) adhesion molecules--Dscam (Down's syndrome cell adhesion molecule), DscamL (refs 6-9), Sidekick-1 and Sidekick-2, Sidekick-1, a cell adhesion molecule of the immunoglobulin superfamily, is up-regulated in glomerular podocytes in the collapsing glo... | yes |
converted_3337 | Are Spinal Intradural Primary Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors(MPNST) rare in neurofibromatosis patients? | Spinal intradural primary malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST) are rare in patients without neurofibromatosis., Primary malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) are extremely rare in patients without a history of neurofibromatosis; only 18 cases have been reported in the English-language literature... | no |
converted_2570 | Is pregabalin effective for sciatica? | CONCLUSIONS: Treatment with pregabalin did not significantly reduce the intensity of leg pain associated with sciatica and did not significantly improve other outcomes, as compared with placebo, over the course of 8 weeks. The incidence of adverse events was significantly higher in the pregabalin group than in the plac... | no |
converted_1652 | Is cardiac magnetic resonance imaging indicated in the pre-participation screening of athletes? | As modern imaging further enhances our understanding of the spectrum of athlete's heart, its role may expand from the assessment of athletes with suspected disease to being part of comprehensive pre-participation screening in apparently healthy athletes., Finally we will address the role of CMR in pre-participation scr... | no |
converted_3248 | Is endotrophin derived from collagen? | endotrophin production from type IV collagen, High levels of COL6A3 and its cleaved product, endotrophin (ETP), Endotrophin is released from COL VI[SEP]Definitions: COL6A3 defined as following: Collagen alpha-3(VI) chain (3177 aa, ~344 kDa) is encoded by the human COL6A3 gene. This protein plays a role in extracellular... | yes |
converted_4677 | Is Ameloblastoma (AB) a benign tumor that never metastasizes? | Ameloblastic carcinoma (AC) is defined as a rare primary epithelial odontogenic malignant neoplasm and the malignant counterpart of benign epithelial odontogenic tumor of ameloblastoma (AB) by the WHO classification, AC develops pulmonary metastasis in about one third of the patients and reveals a poor prognosis, Amelo... | no |
converted_3245 | Is the Fluzone intradermal and the Fluzone intradermal quadrivalent vaccine produced by different companies? | An intradermal version of Fluzone® split-virion inactivated trivalent influenza vaccine, containing 9 µg hemagglutinin per strain of A/H1N1, A/H3N2, and one B lineage virus (Fluzone Intradermal, Sanofi Pasteur), became available in the US during the 2011-2012 influenza season for adults 18-64 years of age. In advance o... | no |
converted_3681 | Is Aptiganel effective for treatment of stroke? | Trends for increased mortality with three NMDA antagonists were seen - selfotel (OR 1.19 [0.81-1.74]), aptiganel (OR 1.32 [0.91-1.93]) and gavestinel (OR 1.12 [0.95-1.32]) - but this did not achieve significance for the NMDA antagonists considered as a class (1.09 [0.96-1.23]). Aptiganel was also associated with a tren... | no |
converted_1097 | Does thyroid hormone affect cardiac remodeling? | The aim of this brief paper is to highlight new developments in understanding the cardioprotective role of thyroid hormone in reverting regulatory networks involved in adverse cardiac remodeling., Thyroid hormone receptor α1 (TRα1) is shown to be critical for the maturation of cardiomyocytes and for the cellular respon... | yes |
converted_1215 | Is zolpidem an antibiotic? | Zolpidem is a short-acting imidazopyridine hypnotic drug that is metabolized mainly by CYP3A4., FGIN-1-27 and alpidem, like the neurosteroid 3 alpha,21-dehydroxy-5 alpha-pregnane-20-one (THDOC), clonazepam and zolpidem (the direct allosteric modulators of gamma-aminobutyric acidA receptors) delay the onset of isoniazid... | no |
converted_3168 | Tocilizumab is an anti-TNF antibody, yes or no? | was treated with tocilizumab, an anti-interleukin-6 receptor monoclonal antibody , Tocilizumab (TCZ) is a humanized monoclonal antibody against IL-6 receptor licensed in 2009 that has demonstrated clinical efficacy in various adult RA populations. RA management guidelines and recommendations consider TCZ as one of the ... | no |
converted_2050 | Is Dupilumab used for treatment of atopic dermatitis? | Dupilumab has demonstrated efficacy in patients with asthma and atopic dermatitis, which are both type 2 helper T-cell-mediated diseases., Background Dupilumab, a human monoclonal antibody against interleukin-4 receptor alpha, inhibits signaling of interleukin-4 and interleukin-13, type 2 cytokines that may be importan... | yes |
converted_108 | Are stress granules involved in the pathogenesis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis? | SGs have been linked to several pathologies including inflammatory diseases, cancer, viral infection, and neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD)., Like several other ALS-associated proteins, CREST is recruited to induced stress granules., Our data indica... | yes |
converted_1543 | Is there a mouse model for Fanconi anemia? | Cyclophosphamide promotes engraftment of gene-modified cells in a mouse model of Fanconi anemia without causing cytogenetic abnormalities, We compared Cy preconditioning with fludarabine (Flu) or cytarabine (AraC) or no conditioning as a control in fanca ( -/- ) mutant mice receiving gene-modified bone marrow cells, We... | yes |
converted_604 | Has the fungus Ashbya gossypii got many nuclei that share cytoplasm? | multinucleated Ashbya gossypii cells., multinucleated Ashbya gossypii fungal cells, Nuclei in the filamentous, multinucleated fungus Ashbya gossypii divide asynchronously. , multinucleated Ashbya gossypii cells, We analyzed a unique asynchronous nuclear division cycle in a multinucleated filamentous fungus, Ashbya goss... | yes |
converted_1754 | Could BRCA gene test used for breast and ovarian cancer risk? | Participation of Korean families at high risk for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer in BRCA1/2 genetic testing., The prevalence of BRCA1/2 mutations in Korean ovarian cancer patients irrespective of the family history was significantly higher than previously reported. Possible founder mutations in Korean ovarian can... | yes |
converted_4296 | Is FKBP52 encoding a chaperone ? | Hsp90 co-chaperones Pp5 and FKBPs, The co-chaperone FK506-binding protein 51 (FKBP51), co‑chaperone FKBP52 [SEP]Definitions: Hsp90 defined as following: Human HSP90AA1 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 14q32.33 and is approximately 59 kb in length. This allele, which encodes heat shock protein HSP 90-alpha... | yes |
converted_2071 | Has the gorilla genome been determined? | Starting with human, chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan genomes, our software generated an exhaustive data set of 292 ALs (∼1 kb each) in ∼3 h. , We generated a high-quality assembly of the gorilla genome using single-molecule, real-time sequence technology and a string graph de novo assembly algorithm, Here we present... | yes |
converted_3480 | Does nintedanib hold promise for lung disease associated with systemic sclerosis? | The patient developed progressive lung fibrosis under several immunosuppressants and was started on nintedanib, with clinical and functional stabilization. Nintedanib is a tyrosine-kinase inhibitor that blocks several profibrotic pathways, inhibiting proliferation and migration of fibroblasts and decreasing the synthes... | yes |
converted_1612 | Is physical performance influenced by thyroid hormone metabolism? | Longitudinal analysis showed that in Eut men higher baseline FT4 was significantly (p = 0.02) predictive of a lower SPPB score at the 3-year follow-up, Even a modest thyroid hormone excess is associated with a reduced physical function in elderly men., Oral L-thyroxine treatment was started and at a 1-month follow-up e... | yes |
converted_985 | Is JTV519 (K201) a potential drug for the prevention of arrhythmias? | We compared the suppressive effect of K201 (JTV519), a multiple-channel blocker and cardiac ryanodine receptor-calcium release channel (RyR2) stabilizer, with that of diltiazem, a Ca(2+ )channel blocker, in 2 studies of isoproterenol-induced (n = 30) and ischemic-reperfusion-induced VAs (n = 38) in rats. , After admini... | yes |
converted_3432 | Is Dexmecamylamine effective for depression? | At treatment end, no significant differences were seen for change in MADRS total score with TC-5214 versus placebo. Furthermore, there were no significant differences in any of the secondary endpoints. , TC-5214 (dexmecamylamine) is a nicotinic channel modulator that has previously been evaluated for treatment of major... | no |
converted_3510 | Are there interactions between short and long noncoding RNAs? | It is now evident that noncoding RNAs play key roles in regulatory networks determining cell fate and behavior, in a myriad of different conditions, and across all species. Among these noncoding RNAs are short RNAs, such as MicroRNAs, snoRNAs, and Piwi-interacting RNAs, and the functions of those are relatively well un... | yes |
converted_2364 | Are Conserved Nonexonic Elements (CNEEs) important in phylogenomics research? | Overall, CNEEs appear to be promising as phylogenomic markers, yielding phylogenetic resolution as high as for UCEs and introns but with fewer gaps, less ambiguity in alignments and with patterns of nucleotide substitution more consistent with the assumptions of commonly used methods of phylogenetic analysis., Conserve... | yes |
converted_1082 | Are there any Decision support systems for chronic pain management ? | a project to operationalize the 2003 VA/DOD Clinical Practice Guideline for Opioid Therapy for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain into a computerized decision support system (DSS), We based the DSS on the existing ATHENA-DSS, Use of this iterative process led to development of a multifunctional DSS, interactive decision dashboard... | yes |
converted_764 | Is insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) able to affect tendon protein synthesis in classic Ehlers-Danlos syndrome patients? | Tendon protein synthesis rate in classic Ehlers-Danlos patients can be stimulated with insulin-like growth factor-I, IGF-I injections significantly increased FSR values in cEDS patients but not in controls, In conclusion, baseline protein synthesis rates in connective tissue appeared normal in cEDS patients, and the pa... | yes |
converted_4344 | Does trimetazidine protect from myocardial injury after percutaneous coronary intervention? | After a median follow-up of 47·5 months (IQR 42·3-53·3), incidence of primary endpoint events was not significantly different between the trimetazidine group (700 [23·3%] patients) and the placebo group (714 [23·7%]; hazard ratio 0·98 [95% CI 0·88-1·09], p=0·73). When analysed individually, there were no significant di... | no |
converted_1523 | Can siRNA affect response to afatinib treatment? | On the other hand, miR-146a enhanced the inhibition of cell proliferation by drugs targeting EGFR, including both TKIs (gefitinib, erlotinib, and afatinib) and a monoclonal antibody (cetuximab), These effects were independent of the EGFR mutation status (wild type, sensitizing mutation or resistance mutation), but were... | yes |
converted_3073 | Is the NLM medical text indexer (MTI) still useful and relevant? | 12 years on - Is the NLM medical text indexer still useful and relevant?, Facing a growing workload and dwindling resources, the US National Library of Medicine (NLM) created the Indexing Initiative project in 1996. This cross-library team's mission is to explore indexing methodologies for ensuring quality and currency... | yes |
converted_2256 | Is tretinoin effective for photoaging? | Background. Tretinoin has been shown to improve photoaged skin. This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of a 5% retinoic acid peel combined with microdermabrasion for facial photoaging., .Conclusion. This study demonstrated that 5% retinoic acid peel cream combined with microdermabrasion was s... | yes |
converted_926 | Is there a role for transcription factories in genome organization? | The mammalian nucleus is a highly complex structure that carries out a diverse range of functions such as DNA replication, cell division, RNA processing, and nuclear export/import. Many of these activities occur at discrete subcompartments that intersect with specific regions of the genome. Over the past few decades, e... | yes |
converted_3904 | Is Ixodes a species of tick? | ixodid ticks, ixodid ticks , ixodid ticks, tick, Ixodes ricinus, hard ticks (family Ixodidae), The two enzootic tick vectors, Ixodes affinis and Ixodes minor, rarely bite humans but are more important than the human biting "bridge" vector, Ixodes scapularis, in maintaining the enzootic spirochete cycle in nature., is ... | yes |
converted_993 | Are there clinical trials using stem cells for the treatment of cardiac disease? | Therapy with mesenchymal stem cells is one of the promising tools to improve outcomes after myocardial infarction. Adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) are an ideal source of mesenchymal stem cells due to their abundance and ease of preparation., Furthermore, several ongoing clinical trials using ASCs are producing promis... | yes |
converted_1559 | Are the proteins Erbin (LAP2) and Merlin cooperating? | Erbin and the NF2 tumor suppressor Merlin cooperatively regulate cell-type-specific activation of PAK2 by TGF-beta., The results show that the epithelial-enriched protein Erbin controls the function of the NF2 tumor suppressor Merlin by determining the output of Merlin's physical interactions with active PAK2. , Erbin ... | yes |
converted_3695 | Are Chernobyl survivors at increased risk for breast cancer? | Results: A more aggressive course of breast cancer is observed in patients exposed to radiation from the Chernobyl accident under the age of 30 years (P < .01). , A significant excess of multiple myeloma incidence [standardized incidence rate (SIR) 1.61 %, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.01-2.21], thyroid cancer (SIR 4.... | yes |
converted_732 | Is autism one of the characteristics of Moebius syndrome? | The diagnosis of Moebius syndrome, a rare congenital disorder, is primarily based on congenital facial and abducent nerve palsy. Involvement of other cranial nerves is also common. Occasionally the V, X, XI, and XII cranial nerves are involved, resulting in a difficulty to chew, swallow, and cough, which often leads to... | yes |
converted_4357 | Is MEDI2228 a bispecific antibody? | We here delineated the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying novel immunomodulatory effects triggered by BCMA pyrrolobenzodiazepine (PBD) antibody drug conjugate (ADC) MEDI2228 which can augment efficacy of these immunotherapies.[SEP]Definitions: molecular defined as following: Relating to or produced by or cons... | no |
converted_1562 | Is abdominal pain a common symptom in autism? | Participants included 132 children with ASD and 81 with special educational needs (SEN) but no ASD, aged 10-14 years plus 82 typically developing (TD) children, The ASD group had significantly increased past vomiting and diarrhoea compared with the TD group and more abdominal pain than the SEN group, Many children with... | yes |
converted_1392 | Do RNA:DNA hybrids preferentially form in high or low GC regions? | Intrinsic termination signals for multisubunit bacterial RNA polymerases (RNAPs) encode a GC-rich stem-loop structure followed by a polyuridine [poly(U)] tract, and it has been proposed that steric clash of the stem-loop with the exit pore of the RNAP imposes a shearing force on the RNA in the downstream RNA:DNA hybrid... | yes |
converted_418 | Is there evidence that tomato juice lowers cholesterol levels? | The hypocholesterolemic effect of tomato juice has been investigated in an intervention study with rats, along with the possible inhibition effect of bioactive tomato compounds binding to the HMGCR enzyme., The molecular modelling showed that components of tomato can bind to the active site of the enzyme and compete wi... | yes |
converted_700 | Can FOXOs modulate longevity? | Forkhead box O (FOXO) transcription factors have a conserved function in regulating metazoan lifespan., In contrast to FoxO1, FoxO3a and FoxO6 were specifically diminished in the CNS of HFD animals possibly contributing to the reduced lifespan observed in these animals., Interestingly, many target proteins of AMPK are ... | yes |
converted_1580 | Do Conserved noncoding elements act as enhancers? | The aCNEs are rich in tissue-specific enhancers, Transgenic zebrafish assay of some human CNE enhancers that have been lost in teleosts, Conserved noncoding elements (CNEs) in vertebrate genomes often act as developmental enhancers,, In all four cases where the zebra fish and human CNE display a similar expression patt... | yes |
converted_3792 | Is tocilizumab a csDMARD? | The task force agreed on 5 overarching principles and 12 recommendations concerning use of conventional synthetic (cs) DMARDs (methotrexate (MTX), leflunomide, sulfasalazine); glucocorticoids (GCs); biological (b) DMARDs (tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (adalimumab, certolizumab pegol, etanercept, golimumab, inflixim... | no |
converted_1267 | Does HER2 under-expression lead to favorable response to trastuzumab? | over-expression of HER2 is reported in approximately 20% of gastric tumours, challenging the use of targeted therapies. , In patients with advanced gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction cancer, addition of trastuzumab to chemotherapy significantly improved overall survival compared with chemotherapy alone. Addition of... | no |
converted_296 | is intense physical activity associated with longevity ? | We found a very significant increase in average longevity (17%) of the cyclists when compared with the general population. The age at which 50% of the general population died was 73.5 vs. 81.5 years in Tour de France participants. Our major finding is that repeated very intense exercise prolongs life span in well train... | yes |
converted_2451 | Can multiple myeloma patients develop hyperviscosity syndrome? | Multiple myeloma (MM) is an immedicable malignancy of the human plasma cells producing abnormal antibodies (also referred to as paraproteins) leading to kidney problems and hyperviscosity syndrome. , This skin condition may be observed in patients with the following condtions, such as primary polycythemic hyperviscosit... | yes |
converted_908 | Is miR-126 involved in heart failure? | he miRNAs miR-126 and miR-508-5p are associated with the outcome of ICM and NICM patients with CHF. These two miRNAs could be useful in the diagnosis of CHF patients, and might provide novel targets for prevention and treatment of CHF., The plasma concentration of miR-126 was negatively correlated with age and NYHA cla... | yes |
converted_3384 | Does the chromatin remodeling complex, RSC target H2A.Z nucleosomes? | In contrast, the upstream nucleosome which covers the TATA box under repressed conditions is shifted approximately 50 bp further upstream by the ATP-dependent chromatin remodeler RSC upon activation. It is marked with the histone variant H2A.Z and H4K16 acetylation in active state, In RSC-depleted cells, NFRs shrink su... | yes |
converted_3736 | Is αCGRP a member of the CGRP family? | αCGRP, another amyloidogenic member of the CGRP family., Therefore, in this work, we investigated the amyloidogenic profile of αCGRP, a 37-residue-long peptide hormone, utilizing both biophysical experimental techniques and Molecular Dynamics simulations. These efforts unravel a novel amyloidogenic member of the CGRP f... | yes |
converted_2659 | Is human lysyl oxidase-like 2 a glycoprotein? | This method was successfully applied to a novel recombinant protein, human lysyl oxidase-like 2. Furthermore, the glycosylation PTMs were readily detected at two glycosylation sites in the protein. , application to the characterization of human lysyl oxidase-like 2 glycosylation, These results suggest that the N-glycan... | yes |
converted_4419 | Is Sotatercept effective for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension? | Sotatercept for the Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension., CONCLUSIONS: Treatment with sotatercept resulted in a reduction in pulmonary vascular resistance in patients receiving background therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension., Sotatercept for the Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, CONCLUSIONS... | yes |
converted_3129 | Has Hesperidin any role as a Neuroprotective Agent? | Neuroprotective effect of hesperetin and nano-hesperetin on recognition memory impairment and the elevated oxygen stress in rat model of Alzheimer's disease, Hesperidin attenuates depression-related symptoms in mice with mild traumatic brain injury, Neuroprotective Effects of Hesperidin on Cerebral Vasospasm, The neuro... | yes |
converted_4266 | Is cytokeratin a tumor marker? | cytokeratin fragment antigen 21-1 (CYFRA21-1) in patients with laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) and its correlation with tumorigenesis and progression, cytokeratin fragment 19 (AUC=0.6882, p<0.0001) proved best in detecting relapse., The immunohistochemistry staining for cancer antigen 19-9, carcinoembryonic a... | yes |
converted_2259 | Does TUC.338 inhibit colorectal cancer? | TUC.338 promotes invasion and metastasis in colorectal cancer., Until now, the role of TUC.338 in colorectal cancers remains undefined. This study revealed that TUC.338 is significantly up-regulated in colorectal cancers (CRC) tissue and CRC cell lines, and the up-regulated TUC.338 is associated with lymph node metasta... | no |
converted_860 | Is hypersensitivity to DNA crosslinking agents a hallmark of Fanconi anemia? | The Fanconi anemia (FA) core complex plays a central role in the DNA damage response network, FAAP100-deficient cells display hallmark features of FA cells, including defective FANCD2 monoubiquitination, hypersensitivity to DNA crosslinking agents, and genomic instability., Fanconi anemia (FA) is a rare genetic disorde... | yes |
converted_1223 | Is there any association of the chromosomal region harboring the gene ITIH3 with schizophrenia? | The most widely shared subset of genes-common to five of six disorders-included ANK3, AS3MT, CACNA1C, CACNB2, CNNM2, CSMD1, DPCR1, ITIH3, NT5C2, PPP1R11, SYNE1, TCF4, TENM4, TRIM26, and ZNRD1. , Genome-wide significant associations in schizophrenia to ITIH3/4, CACNA1C and SDCCAG8, and extensive replication of associati... | yes |
converted_49 | Are ultraconserved elements often transcribed? | Starting from a genome-wide expression profiling, we demonstrate for the first time a functional link between oxygen deprivation and the modulation of long noncoding transcripts from ultraconserved regions, termed transcribed-ultraconserved regions (T-UCRs), Our data gives a first glimpse of a novel functional hypoxic ... | yes |
converted_530 | Is there an association between bruxism and reflux | Rhythmic masticatory muscle activity, including sleep bruxism (SB), can be induced in healthy individuals by experimental esophageal acidification, which plays an important role in the pathogenesis of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). However, no robust evidence supports the association between SB and GERD., Slee... | yes |
converted_2067 | Can glyburide reduce cerebral edema? | Preclinical studies have shown that a continuous infusion of glyburide blocks edema formation and improves outcome. We hypothesize that treatment with RP-1127 (Glyburide for Injection) reduces formation of brain edema in patients after large anterior circulation infarction., CONCLUSIONS: GAMES-RP was designed to provid... | yes |
converted_2637 | Is there a disease or condition called Exploding Head Syndrome? | This case report describes the first-ever diagnosis of exploding head syndrome in a patient with longstanding epilepsy and novel nocturnal events. , Exploding head syndrome (EHS) is characterized by loud noises or a sense of explosion in the head during sleep transitions., Exploding head syndrome is characterized by th... | yes |
converted_3680 | Is Verubecestat effective for Alzheimer's Disease? | The lack of efficacy of verubecestat in mild-to-moderate AD raises important questions about the timing of intervention with BACE-1 inhibitors, and anti-amyloid therapies in general, in AD treatment. , CONCLUSIONS: Verubecestat did not reduce cognitive or functional decline in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's... | no |
converted_839 | Are seizures among the neurological symptoms of incontinentia pigmenti? | High-dose glucocorticoid therapy in the management of seizures in neonatal incontinentia pigmenti, Incontinentia pigmenti is an X-linked dominant disorder resulting from a mutation of IKBKG. This disorder has a classic dermatologic presentation, but neurologic involvement, with seizures and cortical infarction, can ari... | yes |
converted_321 | Is exonuclease Xrn1 a component of the P-bodies? | PBs are associated with mRNA decay and contain the decapping enzymes DCP1/2, the 5' to 3' exonuclease Xrn1, the Lsm proteins (1-7), and the scaffolding proteins hedls/GE-1 and GW182. Both SGs and PBs contain mRNA, eIF4E, microRNAs and argonaute proteins, and various regulators of mRNA stability and translation (TTP, RC... | yes |
converted_1570 | Does neuroglobin has neuroprotective properties in the setting of traumatic brain injury? | Neuroglobin has shown rich neuroprotective effects against cerebral hypoxia, and therefore has the potential to impact outcomes after traumatic brain injury (TBI). , Neuroglobin (Ngb) is proposed to be a neuron-specific, hypoxia-responsive, neuroprotective protein. , CONCLUSION: The increased expression of neuroglobin ... | yes |
converted_3273 | Has the drug Afrezza been approved by the FDA? | In contrary, MannKind Corporation started developing its ultra-rapid-acting insulin Afrezza in a bold bid, probably by managing the issues in which Exubera was not successful. Afrezza has been marketed since February, 2015 by Sanofi after getting FDA approval in June 2014.[SEP]Definitions: bid defined as following: Two... | yes |
converted_3557 | Are astronauts in higher risk for developing cancer? | Understanding space radiation health effects is critical due to potential increased morbidity and mortality following spaceflight. , No significant associations between space radiation dose and mortality were found using logistic regression with an internal reference group, adjusting for medical radiation., Despite ye... | no |
converted_4502 | Is autism thought to be related to the Arginine Vasopressin Peptide (AVP)? | However, we recently found that cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) concentration of the "social" neuropeptide arginine vasopressin (AVP) is significantly lower in pediatric ASD cases vs. controls., A large number of controlled trials demonstrated that exogenous oxytocin or arginine-vasopressin administration can mitigate social... | yes |
converted_249 | Does burning mouth syndrome preferentially affect post-mepopausal women? | It is observed principally in middle-aged patients and postmenopausal women and may be accompanied by xerostomia and altered taste., It occurs more commonly in middle-aged and elderly women and often affects the tongue tip and lateral borders, lips, and hard and soft palate. , BMS is a chronic disorder that frequently ... | yes |
converted_673 | Does the protein mTOR regulate autophagy? | autophagy is negatively regulated by the mammalian target of rapamycin receptor (mTOR), Subjecting cells to starvation or rapamycin efficiently induces autophagy by inhibiting the MTOR signaling pathway triggering increased autophagic flux. , Several pathways, including mTOR, have been shown to regulate autophagy., the... | yes |
converted_2244 | Does RNA polymerase II have RNA cleavage activity? | In addition to RNA synthesis, multisubunit RNA polymerases (msRNAPs) support enzymatic reactions such as intrinsic transcript cleavage., msRNAP active sites from different species appear to exhibit differential intrinsic transcript cleavage efficiency and have likely evolved to allow fine-tuning of the transcription pr... | yes |
converted_820 | Is Lysine-specific demethylase 1 (LSD1) a critical regulator of hematopoiesis? | Histone lysine-specific demethylase 1 (LSD1) protein is involved in Sal-like protein 4 (SALL4)-mediated transcriptional repression in hematopoietic stem cells, shRNA-mediated knockdown of LSD1 in hematopoietic precursor cells resulted in altered SALL4 downstream gene expression and increased cellular activity, our data... | yes |
converted_1484 | Can clonidine be used to reduce agitation in children. | Children receiving clonidine immediately after anesthesia induction had statistically significant improvement in postoperative agitation at the 15-minute mark (P = .096) and last score obtained (P = .095) using the Watcha scale., Clonidine has proven to be effective in reducing the incidence of post-operative agitation... | yes |
converted_4686 | Is retinol binding protein 4 an adipokine? | Systematic Quantification of Neurotrophic Adipokines RBP4, PEDF, and Clusterin in Human Cerebrospinal Fluid and Serum., Retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4) is a prominent adipokine i, Fetuin-A and retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4) are secreted as both hepatokine and adipokine. [SEP]Relations: retinol binding has relations:... | yes |
converted_2421 | Is patisiran currently (November 2017) in clinical phase II trials? | This review addresses nine small-interfering RNAs (siRNAs) and one unique microRNA (miRNA) inhibitor, which entered the phase 2-3 clinical trials. The siRNAs in focus are PF-04523655, TKM-080301, Atu027, SYL040012, SYL1001, siG12D-LODER (phase 2), QPI-1002, QPI-1007, and patisiran (phase 3). , patisiran (phase 3), Ph... | no |
converted_1664 | Is the protein FAK (Focal Adhesion Kinase) phosphorylated? | Overexpression of NEDD9 led to tyrosine phosphorylation of FAK and SRC oncoproteins, , yrosine phosphorylated FAK, TNFα contributes for attenuating both Y397FAK and Y416Src phosphorylations in osteoblasts., It was possible to show that TNFα provokes attenuation at Y-phosphorylation of both FAK (at Y397 ), ownregulatio... | yes |
converted_3744 | Has tocilizumab been assessed against Covid-19? | Preliminary clinical results have indicated that antagonism of the IL-6 receptor (IL-6R), including with the FDA-approved humanized monoclonal antibody tocilizumab, can improve the outcomes of patients with severe or critical COVID-19 while maintaining a good safety profile.[SEP]Definitions: IL-6 receptor defined as fo... | yes |
converted_2150 | Is skin color affected by variations of the SLC24A5 gene? | the alleles of single-nucleotide polymorphisms rs1426654 and rs1834640 (SLC24A5) associated with light skin pigmentation in Eurasian populati, Associations between five single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) known to play a role in pigmentation (rs1426654-SLC24A5, rs1042602-TYR, rs16891982-SLC45A2, rs6058017-ASIP, and ... | yes |
converted_72 | Are transcribed ultraconserved regions involved in cancer? | Although most cancer research has focused in mRNA, non-coding RNAs are also an essential player in tumorigenesis. In addition to the well-recognized microRNAs, recent studies have also shown that epigenetic silencing by CpG island hypermethylation of other classes of non-coding RNAs, such as transcribed ultraconserved ... | yes |
converted_317 | Have mutations in the Polycomb group been found in human diseases? | We identify a novel mutation in PHC1, a human orthologue of the Drosophila polyhomeotic member of polycomb group (PcG), which significantly decreases PHC1 protein expression, increases Geminin protein level and markedly abolishes the capacity to ubiquitinate histone H2A in patient cells., In clinical specimens of head ... | yes |
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