Hormonal therapy is necessary in hormone receptor-positive breast cancer patients. It is used in both early and advanced-stage patients. Unfortunately, many patients developed endocrine resistance later on after the treatment ...
Mycobacterium species cause several vital human diseases, including tuberculosis (TB) and non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections. TB is a chronic infectious disease caused by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex ...
Computed Tomography (CT) examinations have been increasingly requested and become the major sources of patient exposure. The cancer risk from CT scans is contingent upon the amount of organ absorbed dose. This study aims ...
Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) is commonly caused by obstruction of the terminal meibomian gland duct, which is associated with alterations in the quantity and quality of the meibum. This may affect the composition of ...
This cross-sectional, age and gender matched study included 20 eyes of non-diabetic subjects (non-DM group) and 60 eyes of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM group). Subgroups of DM were classified by diabetic retinopathy (DR) ...
Background: Bacterial translocation (BT) and systemic inflammation play a key role in the pathogenesis of cirrhotic complications. The 16S ribosomal bacterial DNA (bactDNA) has been widely used as a marker of BT. The data ...
Malaria vaccine development confronts high genetic polymorphism in some antigenic components of the vaccine candidates, which could potentially limit the vaccine efficacy. An antigen of Plasmodium falciparum, designated ...
Human corneal endothelial cells (hCECs) are vital for maintaining corneal transparency. However, their limited capacity for proliferation can result in vision loss, requiring corneal transplantation. The Leucine-rich ...