Background The role of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) in shikonin-induced HeLa cells apoptosis remains vague. This study was to investigate
Background Asymmetry of bilateral cerebral function, i.e. laterality, is an important phenomenon in many brain actions: arithmetic calculation may be one of the
AIM: To determine whether the mast cell (MCs) and tumor-associated macrophage (TAMs) counts have any correlation with clinical outcome in colorectal cancer, and
Various benign and malignant conditions could cause biliary obstruction. Compression of extrahepatic bile duct (EBD) by right hepatic artery was reported as a r
AIM: To investigate the frequency and distribution of N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) and uridine 5′-diphosphate (UDP)-glucuronosyltransferase 1A7 (UGT1A7) genes
AIM: To study the effect of IL-10 on the expression of growth factors - transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1),epidermal growth factor (EGF), hepatocyte growt
AIM: Silymarin is a potent antioxidant, antiinflammatory and anti-fibrogenic agent in the liver, which is mediated by alteration of hepatic Kupffer cell functio
AIM: To demonstrate the prevalence of sonographic fatty liver, overweight and ischemic heart disease (IHD) among the male workers in Taiwan, and to investigate