COMBINED EFFECT OF COFFEE CONSUMPTION AND CIGARETTE SMOKING ON SERUM LEVELS OF VITAMIN B12, FOLIC ACID, AND LIPID PROFILE IN YOUNG MALE: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY [CORRIGENDUM]

Combined Effect of Coffee Consumption and Cigarette Smoking on Serum Levels of Vitamin B12, Folic Acid, and Lipid Profile in Young Male: A Cross-Sectional Study [Corrigendum]

Abu-Taha M, Dagash R, Mohammad BA, et al.Int J Gen Med.2019;12:421– 432. Upon reviewing the published article, the authors noticed an error that they had overlooked while completing their revisions.The affiliation of Beisan A Bubbles Mohammad is incorrect. On page 421 the current author details read:May Abu-Taha 1Raja

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Alterations in Vitamin D signalling and metabolic pathways in breast cancer progression: a study of VDR, CYP27B1 and CYP24A1 expression in benign and malignant breast lesions Vitamin D pathways unbalanced in breast lesions

Abstract Background Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease associated with different patient prognosis and responses to therapy.Vitamin D has been emerging as a potential treatment for cancer, as it has been demonstrated that it modulates proliferation, apoptosis, invasion and metastasis, among others.It acts mostly through the Vitamin D receptor

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Attention to time-of-day variability improves the reproducibility of gene expression patterns in multiple sclerosis

Summary: Low reproducibility in gene expression profiles has been observed in transcriptome studies, and this often limits applying findings to clinical practice.Here, we show time-of-day effects on gene expression and analytical schemes to increase the reproducibility in expression patterns.We recruited patients with relapsing-remitting multiple s

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Establishing Regional Medical Campuses to Ensure Comparable Experiences: Recommendations From a Narrative Review

Background: Given increasing class sizes and desires to keep costs down, many medical schools are developing regional clinical campuses.We found our regional campus system to be very successful in allowing Quiver class size expansion, inspiring a workforce for the state, and concurrently allowing our students to individualize their experience.We de

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