Benfotiamine Supplementation Increases Thiamine in Muscle of Endurance-Trained Mice and Affects the Energy Metabolism.

Background: Benfotiamine, a synthetic analog of thiamine, offers greater bioavailability compared to other thiamine salts and increases thiamine stores upon oral intake. Thiamine is essential for energy metabolism. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of oral benfotiamine supplementation on energy metabolism, particularly the Krebs cycle function, in the muscle of endurance-trained mice, and to assess its impact on endurance performance.

CIN Extension at Colposcopy: Relation to Treatment and Blood Parameters.

Objective: To determine the colposcopic lesion size that predicts the presence of residual lesion in patients with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) 2/3, to aid gynaecologists in selecting conservative management.

Methods: Data from 51 patients with low- and high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions were evaluated. Colposcopic images were captured and lesion areas were calculated.

Pathways of IFN-alpha Activation in Patients with Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia (CIN).

Objective:  The aim of the present study was to compare the local and systemic expression of the factors linked to the interferon alpha (IFN-α) activation pathway in different degrees of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and cervical cancer.

Methods:  A total of 128 patients with CIN I, CIN II, CIN III and cervical cancer was evaluated. The real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) technique was used to evaluate the gene expression of , , IFN-α, oligoadenylate synthase (2'5'OAS), cytokine signal suppressor 1 () 1, , signal transducer and transcription activator 1 (), and from 128 biopsies.

Prophylactic Dendritic Cell Vaccination in Experimental Breast Cancer Controls Immunity and Hepatic Metastases.

Background/aim: Liver metastases are among the principal mortality causes in cancer patients. Dendritic cell immunotherapies have shown promising results in some tumors by mediating immunological mechanisms that could be involved in liver metastases during primary tumor growth. The present study aimed to evaluate the impact of prophylactic dendritic cell vaccination on the liver of mice with 4T1 mouse breast carcinoma.