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Awareness of Cervical Cancer Causes and Predeterminants of Likelihood to Screen Among Women in Haiti.
(Journal of lower genital tract disease, 2017-01)
Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women in Haiti. Given
this high disease burden, we sought to better understand women's knowledge of its
causes and the sociodemographic and health correlates of ...
Association between single nucleotide polymorphisms in ERCC4 and risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.
(PloS one, 2012-01)
Excision repair cross-complementation group 4 gene (ERCC4/XPF) plays an important
role in nucleotide excision repair and participates in removal of DNA interstrand
cross-links and DNA double-strand breaks. Single nucleotide ...
Genetic variants of NOXA and MCL1 modify the risk of HPV16-associated squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.
(BMC cancer, 2012-05)
The cooperation between phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate induced protein 1 (NOXA) and
myeloid cell leukemia 1 (MCL1) is critical in the intrinsic apoptotic pathway. Human
papillomavirus 16 (HPV16), by inducing p53 and pRb-E2F ...
Ghrelin suppresses glucose-stimulated insulin secretion and deteriorates glucose tolerance in healthy humans.
(Diabetes, 2010-09)
OBJECTIVE: The orexigenic gut hormone ghrelin and its receptor are present in pancreatic
islets. Although ghrelin reduces insulin secretion in rodents, its effect on insulin
secretion in humans has not been established. ...
Quantifying the utility of taking pills for preventing adverse health outcomes: a cross-sectional survey.
(BMJ Open, 2015-05-11)
OBJECTIVES: The utility value attributed to taking pills for prevention can have a
major effect on the cost-effectiveness of interventions, but few published studies
have systematically quantified this value. We sought to ...
The human antibody response to the surface of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
(PLoS One, 2014)
BACKGROUND: Vaccine-induced human antibodies to surface components of Haemophilus
influenzae and Streptococcus pneumonia are correlated with protection. Monoclonal
antibodies to surface components of Mycobacterium tuberculosis ...
Hypertension and obesity as cardiovascular risk factors among HIV seropositive patients in Western Kenya.
(PLoS One, 2011)
BACKGROUND: There is increased risk of cardiovascular disease among HIV seropositive
individuals. The prevalence of HIV is highest in sub-Saharan Africa; however, HIV-related
cardiovascular risk research is largely derived ...
Quality of Life and Recommendations for Further Care.
(Crit Care Med, 2016-11)
OBJECTIVES: Physician recommendations for further medical treatment or palliative
treatment only at the end of life may influence patient decisions. Little is known
about the patient characteristics that affect physician-assessed ...
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 ...
Blood pressure level impacts risk of death among HIV seropositive adults in Kenya: a retrospective analysis of electronic health records.
(BMC Infect Dis, 2014-05-22)
BACKGROUND: Mortality among people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
is increasingly due to non-communicable causes. This has been observed mostly in developed
countries and the routine care of HIV infected ...