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http://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/jowc.2016.25.1.46, A biological marker (biomarker) is a substance used as an indicator of biological state. Advances in genomics, proteomics and molecular pathology have generated many candidate biomarkers with potential clinical value. Research has identified several cellular events and mediators associated with wound healing that can serve as biomarkers. Macrophages, neutrophils, fibroblasts and platelets release cytokines molecules including TNF-a, interleukins (ILs) and growth factors, of which platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) holds the greatest importance. As a result, various white cells and connective tissue cells release both matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and the tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs). Studies have demonstrated that IL-1, IL-6, and MMPs, levels above normal, and an abnormally high MMP/TIMP ratio are often present in non-healing wounds. Clinical examination of wounds for these mediators could predict which wounds will heal and which will not, suggesting use of these chemicals as biomarkers of wound healing. There is also evidence that the application of growth factors like PDGF will alleviate the recuperating process of chronic, non-healing wounds. Finding a specific biomarker for wound healing status would be a breakthrough in this field and helping treat impaired wound healing.

Abstract This paper is aimed at providing an insight in some of the most up-to-date technologies for offshore pipeline inspection. The first part reviews the basics of the main underwater [...]

According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 36th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology, held December 2-6, 1994, in Nashville, Tennessee, 'Acute Myelogenous leukemia (AML) [...]

"The Ten-Year Cancer and HIV Experience of the UMDNJ-University Hospital (UH) Cancer Registry: Excess Proportions of Hodgkin's Lymphoma and Lung Cancer." S.H. Weiss, T. Karcnik, S. Patel, J.H. Skurnick, F. [...]

Nagpal, S.; Cai, J.; Zheng, T.; Patel, S.; Masood, R.; Lin, G.Y.; Friant, S.; Johnson, A.; Smith, D.L.; Chandraratna, R.A.S.; Gill, P.S. "Retinoid Antagonism of NF-IL6: Insight into the Mechanism [...]

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology, "A heminested inverse PCR (HIP) for the amplification of sequences flanking the Mycobacterium tuberculosis insertion sequence [...]

'Pharmacokinetic Studies of SMS 201-995 (Sandostatin) Comparing Two Subcutaneous Injection Sites.' According to the authors' abstract of a presentation to the 80th annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer [...]

The article reports on the three-day Bhumi Puja event that was held on May 14-15, 2010 in Kent, Washington. It notes that the event marked as a blessing of the land Sanatan Dharm Mandir, which is where a new temple will be constructed. The vision of the construction is to turn a single-family home, that has been converted into a temporary place, into a two-storey temple.