Background Tooth loss is suggested to be associated with an increased risk of dementia in
many studies. But the relationship between tooth loss and dementia is not yet fully understood…

Aims Oxidative stress is frequently implicated in the pathology of neurodegenerative
diseases. This study aimed to investigate the effects and their underlying mechanism(s) of …

Quercetin can reverse high glucose-induced inhibition of neural cell proliferation, and
therefore may have a neuroprotective effect in diabetic peripheral neuropathy. It is difficult to …

Aim To evaluate the effect of a ketogenic diet (KD) in women with polycystic ovary syndrome
(PCOS) and liver dysfunction who were obese. Methods Women with PCOS and liver …

A method for simultaneously running a collection of dynamic simulators coupled by
algebraic boundary conditions is presented. Dynamic interactions between subsystems are …

Background/Aims: The ubiquitin-specific peptidase USP22 mediates various cellular and
organismal processes, such as cell growth, apoptosis, and tumor malignancy. However, the …

CD133 is widely expressed in colorectal cancer (CRC) tissues and cell lines. This protein has
been used as a marker of CRC cancer stem cells, although the function and mechanism of …

CD133 has been identified as a cancer stem cell marker in colon and several other cancers,
but its function is still unknown. We examined the CD133 expression in 44 human cancer …

The effectiveness and stability of epithelial barrier depend on apical junctional complexes,
which consist of tight junctions (TJs) and adherens junctions (AJs). E-cadherin is the primary …

Biliary atresia (BA) is an idiopathic neonatal cholestatic disease. Recent genome-wide
association study (GWAS) revealed that common variation of ADD3, GPC1, ARF6, and EFEMP1 …