KIDNEY INJURY MOLECULE-1 IS UP-REGULATED IN RENAL EPITHELIAL CELLS IN RESPONSE TO OXALATE IN VITRO AND IN RENAL TISSUES IN RESPONSE TO HYPEROXALURIA IN VIVO.

Kidney injury molecule-1 is up-regulated in renal epithelial cells in response to oxalate in vitro and in renal tissues in response to hyperoxaluria in vivo.

Oxalate is a metabolic end product excreted by the kidney.Mild increases in urinary oxalate are most commonly associated with Nephrolithiasis.Chronically high levels of urinary oxalate, as seen in patients with primary hyperoxaluria, are driving factor for recurrent renal stones, and ultimately lead to renal failure, calcification of soft tissue an

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Birth, Annexation, and Squeezing of Cities in a Prefecture: Can the Ranking of Competitive Areas of Municipalities Obey the Authentic Power Law?

As the first step for revealing potential rules inherent in cities that are closely squeezed in a sectioned domain, municipalities in the entire prefecture in Japan are considered and their distributions of the areas are analyzed in details Dab Rigs according to a rank-size procedure.Computed results suggest that among the population, area, and pop

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Bioremediation of diesel oil in marine environment

Natural gas emissions from oil spill ensue changes to microbial consortia in oceans which might cause ecotoxicological impacts Jars on marine life.Gas flaring, a technique in the clean-up of oil spill, is a major source of greenhouse gas emission and possess high risk of fire hazard.It is of utmost importance to avoid flaring and resort to cleaner

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Eleven cases of dermatomyositis accompanied with gynecological malignant tumor: clinical characteristics and short-term follow-up

Objective: To analyze the clinical characteristics, diagnosis and treatment of dermatomyositis (DM) accompanied with gynecological malignant tumor to provide evidence for early detection and intervention of the disease.Methods: The clinical data of 11 DM patients with gynecological malignant tumor treated in our hospital from 2015 to 2020 were enro

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