Medicine - Table of Contents

September 11, 2017

Biochemical and structural characterization of a novel arginine kinase from the spider Polybetes pythagoricus

Aldana Laino, Alonso A. Lopez-Zavala, Karina D. Garcia-Orozco, Jesus S. Carrasco-Miranda, Marianela Santana, Vivian Stojanoff, Rogerio R. Sotelo-Mundo, Carlos Fernando Garcia

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3787 PubMed 28924503

September 12, 2017

Awareness about antibiotic resistance in a self-medication user group from Eastern Romania: a pilot study

Gabi Topor, Ionela-Alina Grosu, Cristina Mihaela Ghiciuc, Aurel Lulu Strat, Cătălina Elena Lupuşoru

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3803 PubMed 28924507

September 28, 2017

Multi-scale immunoepidemiological modeling of within-host and between-host HIV dynamics: systematic review of mathematical models

Nargesalsadat Dorratoltaj, Ryan Nikin-Beers, Stanca M. Ciupe, Stephen G. Eubank, Kaja M. Abbas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3877 PubMed 28970973

September 13, 2017

In rats fed high-energy diets, taste, rather than fat content, is the key factor increasing food intake: a comparison of a cafeteria and a lipid-supplemented standard diet

Laia Oliva, Tània Aranda, Giada Caviola, Anna Fernández-Bernal, Marià Alemany, José Antonio Fernández-López, Xavier Remesar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3697 PubMed 28929011

September 14, 2017

A dark past, a restrained present, and an apocalyptic future: time perspective, personality, and life satisfaction among anorexia nervosa patients

Danilo Garcia, Alexandre Granjard, Suzanna Lundblad, Trevor Archer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3801 PubMed 28929023

September 14, 2017

Curcumin longa extract-loaded nanoemulsion improves the survival of endotoxemic mice by inhibiting nitric oxide-dependent HMGB1 release

Min Young Ahn, Jung Seok Hwang, Su Bi Lee, Sun Ah Ham, Jinwoo Hur, Jun Tae Kim, Han Geuk Seo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3808 PubMed 28929026

September 6, 2017

Laboratory evaluation of different formulations of Stress Coat^® for slime production in goldfish (Carassius auratus) and koi (Cyprinus carpio)

Raghunath B. Shivappa, Larry S. Christian, Jerry M. Law, Gregory A. Lewbart

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3759 PubMed 28894641

September 13, 2017

Calcitonin receptor expression in medullary thyroid carcinoma

Virginia Cappagli, Catarina Soares Potes, Luciana Bueno Ferreira, Catarina Tavares, Catarina Eloy, Rossella Elisei, Manuel Sobrinho-Simões, Peter J. Wookey, Paula Soares

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3778 PubMed 28929017

September 13, 2017

Constructing three emotion knowledge tests from the invariant measurement approach

Ana R. Delgado, Gerardo Prieto, Debora I. Burin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3755 PubMed 28929013

September 27, 2017

Identification of reference genes in blood before and after entering the plateau for SYBR green RT-qPCR studies

Jun Xiao, Xiaowei Li, Juan Liu, Xiu Fan, Huifen Lei, Cuiying Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3726 PubMed 28970964

September 19, 2017

Analysis of drug binding pockets and repurposing opportunities for twelve essential enzymes of ESKAPE pathogens

Sadia Naz, Tony Ngo, Umar Farooq, Ruben Abagyan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3765 PubMed 28948099

September 15, 2017

Association of rs1801157 single nucleotide polymorphism of CXCL12 gene in breast cancer in Pakistan and in-silico expression analysis of CXCL12–CXCR4 associated biological regulatory network

Samra Khalid, Rumeza Hanif

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3822 PubMed 28929029

September 7, 2017

Contrast based circular approximation for accurate and robust optic disc segmentation in retinal images

Jose Sigut, Omar Nunez, Francisco Fumero, Marta Gonzalez, Rafael Arnay

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3763 PubMed 28894642

September 27, 2017

A probe-based qRT-PCR method to profile immunological gene expression in blood of captive beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas)

Ming-An Tsai, I-Hua Chen, Jiann-Hsiung Wang, Shih-Jen Chou, Tsung-Hsien Li, Ming-Yih Leu, Hsiao-Kuan Ho, Wei Cheng Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3840 PubMed 28970970

September 1, 2017

The influence of fundamental frequency on perceived duration in spectrally comparable sounds

Caitlin Dawson, Daniel Aalto, Juraj Simko, Martti Vainio

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3734 PubMed 28879063

September 19, 2017

Vascular anatomy is a determining factor of successful submental flap raising: a retrospective study of 70 clinical cases

Hung-Che Lin, Yuahn-Sieh Huang, Yueng-Hsiang Chu, Shao-Cheng Liu, Wei-Chuan Shangkuan, Wen-Sen Lai, Jinn-Moon Yang, Yaoh-Shiang Lin, Kuo-Hsing Ma, Jih-Chin Lee

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3606 PubMed 28948094

September 19, 2017

Morning surge in blood pressure and sympathetic activity in Mongolians and Han Chinese: a multimodality investigation of hypertension and dyssomnia

Guanhua Huang, Xiaoming Yang, Jing Huang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3758 PubMed 28948098

September 4, 2017

Minimum infusion rate and adrenocortical function after continuous infusion of the novel etomidate analog ET-26-HCl in rats

Junli Jiang, Bin Wang, Zhaoqiong Zhu, Jun Yang, Jin Liu, Wensheng Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3693 PubMed 28890850