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Construct and differential item functioning in the assessment of prescription opioid use disorders among American adolescents.
(Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2009-05)
OBJECTIVE:To examine the psychometric properties of diagnostic criteria for prescription
analgesic opioid use disorders (OUDs) and to identify background predictors of a latent
continuum for OUD liability. METHOD:Data were ...
Polyclonal B cell differentiation and loss of gastrointestinal tract germinal centers in the earliest stages of HIV-1 infection.
(PLoS Med, 2009-07-07)
BACKGROUND: The antibody response to HIV-1 does not appear in the plasma until approximately
2-5 weeks after transmission, and neutralizing antibodies to autologous HIV-1 generally
do not become detectable until 12 weeks ...
Polymorphisms of TGFB1 and VEGF genes and survival of patients with gastric cancer.
(Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR, 2009-06-30)
Some TGFB1 and VEGF polymorphisms are believed to be functional. Given that these
genes are involved in tumor growth and progression including angiogenesis, dissemination,
and invasiveness, we hypothesized that ...
The VEGF -634G>C promoter polymorphism is associated with risk of gastric cancer.
(BMC gastroenterology, 2009-10-16)
Both TGF-beta1 and VEGF play a critic role in the multiple-step process of tumorgenesis
of gastric cancer. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the TGFB1 and VEGF genes
have been associated with risk and progression ...
Metronomic chemotherapy with daily, oral etoposide plus bevacizumab for recurrent malignant glioma: a phase II study.
(Br J Cancer, 2009-12-15)
BACKGROUND: We evaluated bevacizumab with metronomic etoposide among recurrent malignant
glioma patients in a phase 2, open-label trial. METHODS: A total of 59 patients, including
27 with glioblastoma (GBM) and 32 with grade ...
MYC activity mitigates response to rapamycin in prostate cancer through eukaryotic initiation factor 4E-binding protein 1-mediated inhibition of autophagy.
(Cancer Res, 2009-10-01)
Loss of PTEN and activation of phosphoinositide 3-kinase are commonly observed in
advanced prostate cancer. Inhibition of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), a downstream
target of phosphoinositide 3-kinase signaling, ...
Common genetic variation and the control of HIV-1 in humans.
(PLoS Genet, 2009-12)
To extend the understanding of host genetic determinants of HIV-1 control, we performed
a genome-wide association study in a cohort of 2,554 infected Caucasian subjects.
The study was powered to detect common genetic variants ...
Using decision analysis to improve malaria control policy making.
(Health Policy, 2009-10)
Malaria and other vector-borne diseases represent a significant and growing burden
in many tropical countries. Successfully addressing these threats will require policies
that expand access to and use of existing control ...
Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in a tropical setting: patient outcome and impact of antibiotic resistance.
(PLoS One, 2009)
BACKGROUND: Most information on invasive Staphylococcus aureus infections comes from
temperate countries. There are considerable knowledge gaps in epidemiology, treatment,
drug resistance and outcome of invasive S. aureus ...