Human umbilical mesenchymal stem cells ameliorate atrophic gastritis in aging mice by participating in mitochondrial autophagy through Ndufs8 signaling

Abstract Background Chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG) is a chronic disease of the gastric mucosa characterized by a reduction or an absolute disappearance of the original gastric glands, possibly replaced by pseudopyloric fibrosis, intestinal metaplasia, or fibrosis.CAG develops progressively into intestinal epithelial metaplasia, dysplasia, and ult

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Complete Unilateral Maxillary Sinus Opacity in Computed Tomography

Unilateral maxillary sinus opacity can be caused by many diseases, but an exact diagnosis is difficult to make.The aim of this study was to describe the pathological conditions and clinical features of patients with unilateral maxillary sinus opacity.Methods: From 2004 to 2008, 830 consecutive patients underwent sinus surgery or endonasal endoscopi

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Coinfections of Sudanese dairy cattle with bovine herpes virus 1, bovine viral diarrhea virus, bluetongue virus and bovine herpes virus 4 and their relation to reproductive disorders

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the seroprevalence of coinfections with bovine herpes virus-1 (BHV-1), bovine viral diarrhea (BVD), bluetoungue virus (BTV) and bovine herpes virus-4 (BHV-4) tapestry in cattle with reproductive problems in Sudan, and to determine the relation of single or mixed seropositivity with abortion, infer

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