Advances in Medical Sciences            Advances in Medical Sciences

Volume 61 (No.2), 2016

 

 Volume 61 (No.2), September 2016

 

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Pages 175-324

 

Editorial Board

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Review Articles
 

1. Anti-parietal cell antibodies – diagnostic significance.
Pages 175-179
Authors: Ewa Rusak, Agata Chobot, Agnieszka Krzywicka, Janet Wenzlau

2. Recent advancements in diagnostic tools in mitochondrial energy metabolism diseases.
Pages 244-248
Authors: Naazneen Khan

3. Borrelia miyamotoi: A human tick-borne relapsing fever spirochete in Europe and its potential impact on public health.
Pages 255-260  
Authors: Edward Siński, Renata Welc-Falęciak, Joanna Zajkowska

4. Salusins and adropin: New peptides potentially involved in lipid metabolism and atherosclerosis,
Pages 282-287 
Authors: Leszek Niepolski, Alicja E. Grzegorzewska

5. New potential biomarkers of acetaminophen-induced hepatotoxicity.
Pages 325-330  
Authors: Katarzyna Siemionow, Joanna Teul, Paweł Drągowski, Jerzy Pałka, Wojciech Miltyk

6. The role of invasive diagnostics and its impact on the treatment of dilated cardiomyopathy: a systematic review.
Pages 331-343  
Authors: Katarzyna E. Gil, Agnieszka Pawlak, Robert J. Gil, Małgorzata Frontczak-Baniewicz, Jacek Bil

 

Original Research Articles

7. Occlusion trajectory and a concept of a device for testing operating life of dentures.
Pages 180-186 
Authors: Marek Jałbrzykowski, Marcin Derlatka, Dariusz Urban

8. Expression of IL-1 and IL-6 and their natural regulators in leukocytes of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia patients.
Pages 187-192  
Authors: Marzena Garley, Ewa Jabłońska, Jolanta Sawicka-Powierza, Janusz Kłoczko, Jarosław Piszcz, Magdalena Kakareko, Wioletta Ratajczak-Wrona, Angelika Charkiewicz, Wioleta Omeljaniuk, Andrzej Szpak

9. Changes of glycosylation of IgG in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with methotrexate.
Pages 193-197  
Authors: Ewa Gińdzieńska-Sieśkiewicz, Iwona Radziejewska, Izabela Domysławska, Piotr Adrian Klimiuk, Agnieszka Sulik, Joanna Rojewska, Halina Gabryel-Porowska, Stanisław Sierakowski

10. Polymorphisms in the type I deiodinase gene and frontal function in recurrent depressive disorder.
Pages 198-202  
Authors: Elżbieta Gałecka, Monika Talarowska, Agata Orzechowska, Paweł Górski, Janusz Szemraj

11. Circumferential strain of carotid arteries does not differ between patients with advanced coronary artery disease and group without coronary stenoses.
Pages 203-206  
Authors: Karina Wierzbowska-Drabik, Kamila Cygulska, Urszula Cieślik-Guerra, Barbara Uznańska-Loch, Tomasz Rechciński, Ewa Trzos, Małgorzata Kurpesa, Jarosław D. Kasprzak

12. Dithranol treatment of plaque-type psoriasis increases serum TNF-like weak inducer of apoptosis (TWEAK).
Pages 207-211  
Authors: Hanna Myśliwiec, Piotr Myśliwiec, Anna Baran, Iwona Flisiak

13. PET/CT and MRI directed extended salvage radiotherapy in recurrent prostate cancer with lymph node metastases.
Pages 212-218  
Authors: Hans Christian Rischke, Ann-Kristin Eiberger, Natalja Volegova-Neher, Karl Henne, Tobias Krauss, Anca-L. Grosu, Cordula A. Jilg

14. Association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations and prevalence of metabolic syndrome.
Pages 219-223  
Authors: Shokoufeh Bonakdaran, Farzaneh Fakhraee, Maryam Saberi Karimian, Seyed Reza Mirhafez, Haleh Rokni, Mohsen Mohebati, Mohsen Mazidi, Mina Mousavi, Gordon A. Ferns, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan

15. Vitamin D and functional arterial parameters in postmenopausal women with metabolic syndrome.
Pages 224-230  
Authors: Jolanta Dadoniene, Alma Čypiene, Egidija Rinkuniene, Jolita Badariene, Jelizaveta Burca, Ieva Sakaite, Goda Kalinauskaite, Vaiva Kumpauskaite, Aleksandras Laucevičius

16. CagA-positive Helicobacter pylori strain containing three EPIYA C phosphorylation sites produces increase of G cell and decrease of D cell in experimentally infected gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus).
Pages 231-236  
Authors: Moacir Ferreira Júnior, Sérgio de Assis Batista, Rafael Calvao Barbuto, Adriana Dias Gomes, Dulciene Maria Magalhaes Queiroz, Ivana Duval Araújo, Marcelo Vidigal Caliari

17. Survivin, caspase-3 and MIB-1 expression in astrocytic tumors of various grades.
Pages 237-243  
Authors: Agnieszka Lebelt, Robert Rutkowski, Waldemar Och, Kamil Jaczun, Dorota Dziemiańczyk-Pakieła, Robert Milewski, Zenon Mariak, Joanna Reszeć

18. Soluble CD163 modulates cytokine production by peripheral blood mononuclear cells stimulated by Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus allergens in vitro.
Pages 249-254  
Authors: Pawel Bernatowicz, Krzysztof Kowal

19. Assessment of sleep disorders among patients with hypertension and coexisting metabolic syndrome.
Pages 261-268
Authors: Grzegorz Kiełbasa, Katarzyna Stolarz-Skrzypek, Artur Pawlik, Monika Łątka, Tomasz Drożdż, Marta Olszewska, Agata Franczyk, Danuta Czarnecka

20. Osteoprotegerin and osteoprotegerin/TRAIL ratio are associated with cardiovascular dysfunction and mortality among patients with renal failure.
Pages 269-275  
Authors: Marek Kuźniewski, Danuta Fedak, Paulina Dumnicka, Ewa Stępień, Beata Kuśnierz-Cabala, Marcin Cwynar, Władysław Sułowicz

21. Relationship of the rs1799752 polymorphism of the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene and the rs699 polymorphism of the angiotensinogen gene to the process of in-stent restenosis in a population of Polish patients with stable coronary artery disease.
Pages 276-281  
Authors: Tadeusz Osadnik, Joanna Katarzyna Strzelczyk, Martyna Fronczek, Kamil Bujak, Rafał Reguła, Małgorzata Gonera, Marcin Gawlita, Anna Kurek, Jarosław Wasilewski, Andrzej Lekston, Marek Gierlotka, Michał Hawranek, Zofia Ostrowska, Andrzej Wiczkowski, Lech Poloński, Mariusz Gąsior

22. Are anti-Müllerian hormone and its receptor polymorphism associated with the hormonal condition of undescended testes?
Pages 288-292  
Authors: Marta Diana Komarowska, Robert Milewski, Radosław Charkiewicz, Ewa Matuszczak, Anetta Sulewska, Beata Zelazowska-Rutkowska, Justyna Hermanowicz, Jacek Niklinski, Wojciech Debek, Adam Hermanowicz

23. Cell-cycle gene expression analysis using real time PCR in locally advanced squamous-cell head and neck cancer.
Pages 293-299  
Authors: Grzegorz Woźniak, Robert Herok, Roman Jaksik, Maciej Misiołek, Bogdan Kolebacz, Anna Fiszer-Kierzkowska, Katarzyna Miśkiewicz-Orczyk, Cezary Szymczyk, Adam Maciejewski, Grzegorz Głowacki, Rafał Suwiński

24. Folate status, regulatory T cells and MTHFR C677T polymorphism study in allergic children.
Pages 300-305  
Authors: Anna Socha-Banasiak, Barbara Kamer, Agnieszka Gach, Urszula Wysocka, Lucjusz Jakubowski, Ewa Głowacka, Elżbieta Czkwianianc

25. The number of regulatory Foxp3+ T-cells in different stages of malignant transformation of large intestinal polyps.
Pages 306-310
Authors: Mateusz Rubinkiewicz, Marcin Migaczewski, Jerzy Hankus, Marcin Dembiński, Michał Pędziwiatr, Krzysztof Okoń, Magdalena Pisarska, Andrzej Budzyński

26. Clinical features and treatment outcomes of peripheral T-cell lymphoma in children. A current data report from Polish Pediatric Leukemia/Lymphoma Study Group (PPLLSG).
Pages 311-316  
Authors: Lucyna Maciejka-Kemblowska, Radoslaw Chaber, Grazyna Wrobel, Jadwiga Maldyk, Marta Kozlowska, Dominika Kulej, Bernarda Kazanowska, Halina Bubala, Bozena Dembowska-Baginska, Grazyna Karolczyk, Andrzej Koltan, Elzbieta Wyrobek

27. Expression of tumor suppressor genes related to the cell cycle in endometrial cancer patients.
Pages 317-324 
Authors: Łukasz Witek, Tomasz Janikowski, Piotr Bodzek, Anita Olejek, Urszula Mazurek