Adiponectin is unrelated to kidney function or injury markers in renal transplant recipients: A one-year follow-up study.

Background: Adiponectin (ADPN) is a biologically active cytokine produced by adipose tissue. This protein exhibits anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antifibrotic, and insulin-sensitizing properties. As ADPN is primarily eliminated by the kidneys, it is a potential biomarker of chronic kidney disease progression.

Characteristics of the Structure, Mechanical, and Tribological Properties of a Mo-MoN Nanocomposite Coating Deposited on the Ti6Al4V Alloy by Magnetron Sputtering.

Mo-MoN nanocomposite coating was produced by reactive magnetron sputtering of a molybdenum target, in the atmosphere, of Ar and N gases. Coating was deposited on Ti6Al4V titanium alloy. Presented are the results of analysis of the XRD crystal structure, microscopic SEM, TEM and AFM analysis, measurements of hardness, Young's modulus, and adhesion.

Noncanonical G(syn)-G(anti) base pairs stabilized by sulphate anions in two X-ray structures of the (GUGGUCUGAUGAGGCC) RNA duplex.

The structures of two crystal forms of the RNA 16-mer with the sequence GUGGUCUGAUGAGGCC, grown in the presence of a high concentration of sulphate ions, have been determined using synchrotron radiation at 1.4- and 2.0-A resolution.

[Peritoneal metastasis from regionally advanced hypopharyngeal cancer].

A very rare case of patient with locally advanced hypopharyngeal cancer with solitary, large peritoneal metastasis was presented. Diagnostic imaging excluded other organs metastases (lungs, liver, bones). At 62-old patient with advanced hypopharyngeal cancer (T4N2b) a dynamical nodal progression (within 1.