Understanding the architecture and mechanism of assembly of polyelectrolyte-nucleic acid complexes is critical to the rational design of their performance for gene delivery. Surface-initiated polymer brushes were recently found to be particularly effective at delivering oligonucleotides and maintaining high knock down efficiencies for prolonged periods of time, in highly proliferative cells. However, what distinguishes their binding capacity for oligonucleotides from that of larger therapeutic macromolecules remains unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrevious studies have suggested that choroid plexus (ChP) enlargement occurs in individuals with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders (SSD) and is associated with peripheral inflammation. However, it is unclear whether such an enlargement delineates a biologically defined subgroup of SSD. Moreover, it remains elusive how ChP is linked to brain regions associated with peripheral inflammation in SSD.
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December 2024
Introduction: In the absence of appropriateness specific guidelines, one important cause of health resources waste could be overuse of diagnostic procedures. Since arterial hypertension is a very frequent disease there could be such a risk in its management.
Aim: To evaluate the prescriptive appropriateness of non-invasive diagnostic tests (echocardiography, carotid ultrasound, ECG exercise test, 24 h Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring-ABPM) in a primary and secondary prevention outpatient's service.