The College of Health Sciences: Recent submissions
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Mediterranean diet and all-cause mortality: A cohort of Italian men
(2020-09-24)Background and Aims: The present study analyzes the relation between diet and all-cause mortality in a cohort of Italian men residing in different regions of Italy. Methods and Results: The cohort was established using the ... -
Racial/ethnic, age and sex disparities in leukemia survival among adults in the United States during 1973-2014 period
(2019-08-01)There has been marked improvement in leukemia survival, particularly among children in recent time. However, the long-term trends in survival among adult leukemia patients and the associated sex and racial survival disparities ... -
Oxidative stress by Ca2+ overload is critical for phosphate-induced vascular calcification
(2020-11)Hyperphosphatemia is the primary risk factor for vascular calcification, which is closely associated with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Recent evidence showed that oxidative stress by high inorganic phosphate ... -
Gastric cancer: Epidemiology, biology, and prevention: A mini review
(2019-09-01)Gastric cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer-related mortality worldwide. The objective of this article is to review the epidemiology and biology of gastric cancer risk. This literature review explores the ... -
Lifetime Drinking Trajectories and Nonfatal Acute Myocardial Infarction
(2019-11-01)Background: The relation of lifetime drinking trajectories to coronary heart disease is not well understood. Methods: Cases hospitalized for a nonfatal acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and healthy population-based controls ... -
Magnitude of the Quality Assurance, Quality Control, and Testing in the Shiraz Cohort Heart Study
(2020)To determine the conclusive integrity in the Shiraz Cohort Heart Study (SCHS) project, management began quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) of the collected data throughout the study end-points. The QA is a ... -
Vγ9γδ T Cell Induction by Human Umbilical Cord Blood Monocytes-Derived, Interferon-α-Stimulated Dendritic Cells
(2020)Dendritic cells (DC) are professional antigen-presenting cells that activate T cells to kill cancer cells. The extracellular products of DCs have also been reported to perform the same function. In this study, we examined ... -
Induction of antitumor immunity by exosomes isolated from cryopreserved cord blood monocyte-derived dendritic cells
(2020-03-01)(1) Background: Dendritic cell (DC) vaccination has shown outstanding achievements in cancer treatment, although it still has some adverse side effects. Vaccination with DC-derived exosomes has been thought to overcome the ... -
Hyd ubiquitinates the NF-κB co-factor Akirin to operate an effective immune response in Drosophila
(2020-04)The Immune Deficiency (IMD) pathway in Drosophila melanogaster is activated upon microbial challenge with Gram-negative bacteria to trigger the innate immune response. In order to decipher this nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) ... -
Differential Wound Healing Capacity of Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes Originated From Bone Marrow, Adipose Tissue and Umbilical Cord Under Serum- and Xeno-Free Condition
(2020-06-24)Exosomes are nano-scale and closed membrane vesicles which are promising for therapeutic applications due to exosome-enclosed therapeutic molecules such as DNA, small RNAs, proteins and lipids. Recently, it has been ... -
Prioritizing training needs of school health staff: The example of Vietnam
(2020-08-01)Competencies of school health staff (SHS) members, including school nurses, are crucial to improving child and adolescent health. In Vietnam, although SHS members are dispatched to schools, they have limited training ... -
Outcomes of Bone Marrow-Derived Mononuclear Cell Transplantation for Patients in Persistent Vegetative State After Drowning: Report of Five Cases
(2020-09-10)Aim: Anoxic brain injury (ABI) due to non-fatal drowning may cause persistent vegetative state (VS) that is currently incurable. The aim of this paper is to present the safety and feasibility of autologous bone marrow-derived ... -
Review on databases and bioinformatic approaches on pharmacogenomics of adverse drug reactions
(2021)Pharmacogenomics has been used effectively in studying adverse drug reactions by determining the person-specific genetic factors associated with individual response to a drug. Current approaches have revealed the significant ... -
A novel allele-specific pcr protocol for the detection of the hla-c*03:02 allele, a pharmacogenetic marker, in vietnamese kinh people
(2021)Background: Allopurinol, a common anti-hyperuricemia drug, is well known as an inducer of severe cutaneous adverse drug reactions (SCARs). One of the most well-defined risk factors of allopurinol-induced SCARs is the ... -
Public Reactions in Online Newspapers to Workplace Violence Against Nurses
(2021)Background: Nurses frequently suffer from workplace violence, but the public is often not fully aware of the situation because many events are not widely reported. Methods: This study is an attempt to describe public ... -
Innovations in medical education in Vietnam
(2021-03-01)Medical education reforms are a crucial component to ensuring healthcare systems can meet current and future population needs. In 2010, a Lancet commission called for € a new century of transformative health professional ... -
Food insecurity and food label comprehension among libyan migrants in australia
(2021-07)Food security among migrants and refugees remains an international public health issue. However, research among ethnic minorities in Australia is relatively low. This study explored the factors that influence the understanding ... -
Factors Associated With the Intention to Participate in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Frontline Prevention Activities Among Nursing Students in Vietnam: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior
(2021-07-02)Introduction: Medical students have been serving as a key part of the frontline health workforce responding to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic globally. Their contribution is especially important in the ... -
Iloprost attenuates oxidative stress-dependent activation of collagen synthesis induced by sera from scleroderma patients in human pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells
(2021-08-02)Endothelial cell injury is an early event in systemic sclerosis (SSc) pathogenesis and several studies indicate oxidative stress as the trigger of SSc-associated vasculopathy. Here, we show that circulating factors present ...
