supported by a grant from the Beijing Municipal Commission of Science and Technology(Applied technology research and development project)(No.Z191100007619043).
Cochlear spiral ganglion neurons(SGNs)are bipolar ganglion cells and are the first neurons in the auditory transduction pathway.They transmit complex acoustic information from hair cells to second-order sensory neuron...
To the Editor:We appreciated the attentive and interesting paper by Huai et al.[1] on the protective effects of pravastatin on preeclampsia (PE)-like effects in mouse models.We would like to remind that PE is the f...
This study was funded by grants from National Natural Science Fund of China (No. 81570388), Beijing Natural Science Foundation (No. 7142048), and the Major State Basic Research Development Program of China (973 Program, No. 2015CB554404).
Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is closely related to the cardiovascular events in vascular calcification (VC). However, little has known about the characteristics of kidney injury caused by VC. Fibrobla...
To the Editor: In a single-center, prospective randomized clinical study including 122 elderly patients undergoing the carotid endarterectomy (CEA), Wang et al. showed that compared with propofol-based total intrav...
Background:Antioxidants and the duration of treatment after noise exposure on hearing recovery are important.We investigated the protective effects of an antioxidant substance,edaravone,and its slow-release dosage fo...
Background The role of gastro-protecting agents on symptomatic chronic gastritis is unclear. This multicenter, open, randomized trial was designed to compare the comprehensive effects of gefarnate with sucralfate on e...
This work was supported by the grants from the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No. 98029) and the Scientific Development Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No. 2000409).
Background Treatment with inhaled carbon monoxide (CO) has been shown to ameliorate intestinal injury in experimental animals induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or ischemia-reperfusion. We hypothesized that CO in...
This study was supported by grants from the Major Science Research Program of Zhejiang Province (No. 2006C23029), Medical Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (No. 2005HN007) and Zhejiang Provincial Program for the Cultivation of High-level Innovative Health Talents.
Background Erythropoietin (EPO) functions as a tissue-protective cytokine in addition to its crucial hormonal role in red cell production and neuron protection. This study aimed to determine the neuron protective ef...
Background The lung functional status could be displayed on lung perfusion images. With the images, the radiotherapy plans of lung cancer could be guided to more optimized. This study aimed to assess quantitatively th...
Background It is still controversial as to the implementation of higher positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). This study was conducted to compare the ...