Hyperkalemia is frequently observed in patients at the end-stage of chronic kidney disease (CKD), and has possible harmful consequences on cardiac function. Many strategies are currently used to manage hyperkalemia, one consisting of increasing fecal K+excretion through the administration of cation-exch...
The leading causes of death were heart disease and cancer, followed by COVID-19. Other causes of death were drug overdoses and other unintentional injuries, followed by stroke, chronic lower respiratory diseases, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, influenza, pneumonia and kidney disease."There was a...
If you get sick easily or know you have compromised immunity, be sure to load up on vitamin C-rich foods every single day! 4. How to Get More Vitamin C Ideally, you should aim to consume five servings per day of vitamin C-rich foods (especially if you’re suffering from any kind of...
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The RNA was reverse transcribed using a PrimerScript RT Reagent Kit (Takara, Kusatsu, Japan) with primers targeting the ALV-J gp37 and chGRP78 coding sequences. Chicken 18s and human β-actin were used as an internal control in the real-time PCR. Fold change of target gene RNA level ...
"While we have learned a great deal about the drivers of EMT in recent years, much less is known about the inducer of the reverse process, MET, which is equally important to both healthy development andcancer metastasis," says Lu. "This study has identified a new inducer and a gatekeeper...
It has been reported that PepT1 is mostly expressed in the small intestine, but in limited level or absent in the colon, kidney, pancreas and bile duct16,17,18,19,20. However, the expression of colonic PepT1 is known to be induced under conditions of chronic inflammation, such as inflamm...
In view of the constellation of morbidities associated with obesity mentioned in Section 1, there were numerous efforts to reverse obesity through dieting and physical energy expenditure. Physiological defenses against weight loss are impressive compared to the ease with which palatability of food, a de...