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Epigenetics and Peripheral Artery Disease.
Curr Atheroscler Rep
April 2016
The Vascular Biology Unit, Queensland Research Centre for Peripheral Vascular Disease, College of Medicine & Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, 4811, Australia.
The term epigenetics is usually used to describe inheritable changes in gene function which do not involve changes in the DNA sequence. These typically include non-coding RNAs, DNA methylation and histone modifications. Smoking and older age are recognised risk factors for peripheral artery diseases, such as occlusive lower limb artery disease and abdominal aortic aneurysm, and have been implicated in promoting epigenetic changes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNatural history and quality of life in patients with cystine urolithiasis: a single centre study.
BJU Int
October 2015
School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Objective: To describe the natural history and quality of life (QoL) in patients with cystine urolithiasis.
Patients And Methods: A cohort study was carried out involving participants recruited from a single surgeon's case mix. Patients with cystinuria and related urolithiasis were invited to complete a questionnaire involving demographic information, use of medical treatment, surgical interventions and the 36-item short-form 36-item short-form health survey (SF-36).