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Feb 28, 2020
To investigate the prevalence and risk factors of functional decline during hospitalisation and its relationship with postdischarge outcomes in very old patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF)...
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In many repeat diseases, such as Huntington’s disease (HD), ongoing repeat expansions in affected tissues contribute to disease onset, progression and severity. Inducing contractions of expanded repeats by exogenous agents...
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Epidemiological evidences have shown an association of exposure to pesticides or heavy metals with increased incidences of Parkinson’s disease (PD) in humans. Exposure to pesticides or metals during the decisive period of...
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The neurotoxicity of hard metal-based nanoparticles (NPs) remains poorly understood. Here, we deployed the human neuroblastoma cell line SH-SY5Y differentiated or not into dopaminergic- and cholinergic-like neurons to study the...
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Diosmin, a naturally occurring flavonoid commonly present in citrus fruit, is known to exhibit anti-inflammatory, antimutagenic, antioxidant, and free radical scavenging as well as blood lipid lowering activities among others....
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Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is one of the most common causes of neurodegenerative diseases in the elderly. The accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides is one of the pathological hallmarks of AD and leads to the impairments of...
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Transcranial B-mode sonography (TCS) can detect hyperechogenic speckles in the area of the substantia nigra (SN) in Parkinson’s disease (PD). These speckles correlate with iron accumulation in the SN tissue, but an exact...
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G73A polymorphism in the CST3 gene of cystatin C has been associated with Alzheimer’s disease, age-related macular degeneration, and cardiovascular disease. However, studies investigating the influence of this genetic...
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Corticobasal degeneration (CBD) is a neurodegenerative tauopathy that is characterised by motor and cognitive disturbances. A higher frequency of the H1 haplotype of MAPT, the tau gene, is present in cases of CBD than in...
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