Repaglinide, an oral hypoglycemic agent, is a short-acting insulin secretagogue. We describe a case, in which an extremely low dose of repaglinide caused severe hypoglycemia and novel drug interactions are suggested. A 71-year-old man with type 2 diabetes was taken to the hospital due to consciousness disorder caused by severe hypoglycemia. He was…[Read more]

Two (p)ppGpp nucleotide analogs, sometimes abbreviated simply as ppGpp, are widespread in bacteria and plants. Their name alarmone reflects a view of their function as intracellular hormone-like protective alarms that can increase a 100-fold when sensing any of an array of physical or nutritional dangers, such as abrupt starvation, that trigger…[Read more]

Two (p)ppGpp nucleotide analogs, sometimes abbreviated simply as ppGpp, are widespread in bacteria and plants. Their name alarmone reflects a view of their function as intracellular hormone-like protective alarms that can increase a 100-fold when sensing any of an array of physical or nutritional dangers, such as abrupt starvation, that trigger…[Read more]

Regardless of the advances in the knowledge of the importance of gene variations in silicosis, more studies need to be performed, in particular, special polygenic and genome-wide investigations.Skin and subcutaneous tissue tumors are the most common neoplasms in dogs. The most common sites of origin in dogs include digits, skin and the oral cavity…[Read more]

In functional food advertising, messages are not always easily understandable for the target audience. Current European legislation, enforced through Regulation 1924/2006, specifies that such messages should be clear and precise so as not to mislead the consumer. The objective of this study was to observe consumers’ understanding of messages in…[Read more]

Carotenoids are a large class of structures that are important in human health and include both provitamin A and nonprovitamin A compounds. Vitamin A deficiency is a global health problem that can be alleviated by enriching provitamin A carotenoids in a range of food crops. Suitable plants for biofortification are those with high levels of the…[Read more]

These 2 cases demonstrated that given the high risk of postoperative persistent epithelial defect and sterile keratolysis, the application of APCS in peripheral keratoplasty may need further evaluation.

These 2 cases demonstrated that given the high risk of postoperative persistent epithelial defect and sterile keratolysis, the application of…[Read more]

The Rh blood group system plays a key role in transfusion and organ transplant medicine. The complex transmembrane Rh polypeptides RhD and RhCE carry numerous antigens, including the extremely immunogenic D antigen. The Rh polypeptides form multimolecular Rh complexes with certain transmembrane and skeletal proteins, with so far only incompletely…[Read more]