Publications by authors named "P Babal"
Background: Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is a rare autoimmune blistering disease predominantly affecting the elderly population.
Objectives: The present study aims to identify clinical factors that may influence outcomes of BP, including skin phenotype, serology, mucosal involvement, pruritus, and triggers.
Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 70 cases with BP registered from January 2019 to December 2022.
Objectives: Roofless individuals represent the most severe category of homelessness. Their clinical characteristics and mortality patterns in Central and Eastern Europe are little known.
Methods: A single-center retrospective case-control study at the internal medicine department in Bratislava, Slovakia was conducted.
The free radical nitric oxide (NO) and Ca are critical regulators of skeletal muscle exercise performance and fatigue. The major source of NO in skeletal muscle cells is the neuronal form of the enzyme Nitric oxide synthase (nNOS). One of the most peculiar characteristics of the Nurse cell of () is the complete loss of the contractile capabilities of its derivative striated muscle fiber.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Immunogenic cell death plays an important role in anticancer treatment because it combines cell death with appearance of damage associated molecular patterns that have the potential to activate anticancer immunity. Effects of damage associated molecular patterns induced by aminolevulinic acid-based photodynamic therapy were studied mainly on dendritic cells. They have not been deeply studied on macrophages that constitute the essential component of the tumor microenvironment.
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- - The study investigates how nerve connections (innervation) affect prostate cancer, noting that while many experiments show nerves influence cancer growth, there's limited information specifically about human prostate cancer innervation.
- - Analysis of prostate tissue samples revealed a significant decrease in nerve density in cancerous tissues compared to normal tissues and benign prostatic hyperplasia, with various types of nerves detected (sympathetic, parasympathetic, and sensory).
- - The research suggests that while the pattern of innervation in prostate cancer is similar to that in healthy tissues, the overall nerve presence is much lower, particularly in higher-grade cancer cases, and does not show increased nerve activity linked to cancer proliferation.