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    • Body esteem in adolescent hair pullers 

      ALTENBURGER, ERIN M.; TUNG, ESTHER S.; KEUTHEN, NANCY J. (Akadémiai Kiadó, 2014)
      Background and aims: Trichotillomania (TTM) often first presents in adolescence, a developmental period marked by vulnerability in body image. To date, no one has studied the relationship between this disorder and body ...

    • Body expressions of emotion do not trigger fear contagion in autism spectrum disorder 

      Hadjikhani, Nouchine; Joseph, Robert M.; Manoach, Dara S.; Naik, Paulami; Snyder, Josh; Dominick, Kelli; Hoge, Rick; Stock, Jan den; Flusberg, Helen Tager; Gelder, Beatrice de (Oxford University Press, 2009)
      Although there is evidence of emotion perception deficits in autism spectrum disorder (ASD), research on this topic has been mostly confined to perception of emotions in faces. Using behavioral measures and 3T functional ...

    • Body Fat Percentage Should Not Be Confused With Lifestyle Behaviors 

      Kyle, Theodore K.; Stanford, Fatima Cody (Elsevier BV, 2016)

    • Body Mass Index and Decline of Cognitive Function 

      Kim, Sujin; Kim, Yongjoo; Park, Sang Min (Public Library of Science, 2016)
      Background: The association between body mass index (BMI) and cognitive function is a public health issue. This study investigated the relationship between obesity and cognitive impairment which was assessed by the Korean ...

    • Body Mass Index Genetic Risk Score and Endometrial Cancer Risk 

      Prescott, Jennifer; Setiawan, Veronica W.; Wentzensen, Nicolas; Schumacher, Fredrick; Yu, Herbert; Delahanty, Ryan; Bernstein, Leslie; Chanock, Stephen J.; Chen, Chu; Cook, Linda S.; Friedenreich, Christine; Garcia-Closas, Monserrat; Haiman, Christopher A.; Le Marchand, Loic; Liang, Xiaolin; Lissowska, Jolanta; Lu, Lingeng; Magliocco, Anthony M.; Olson, Sara H.; Risch, Harvey A.; Shu, Xiao-Ou; Ursin, Giske; Yang, Hannah P.; Kraft, Peter; De Vivo, Immaculata (Public Library of Science, 2015)
      Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified common variants that predispose individuals to a higher body mass index (BMI), an independent risk factor for endometrial cancer. Composite genotype risk scores (GRS) ...

    • Body Mass Index, Smoking and Hypertensive Disorders during Pregnancy: A Population Based Case-Control Study 

      Gudnadóttir, Thuridur A.; Bateman, Brian T.; Hernádez-Díaz, Sonia; Luque-Fernandez, Miguel Angel; Valdimarsdottir, Unnur; Zoega, Helga (Public Library of Science, 2016)
      While obesity is an indicated risk factor for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, smoking during pregnancy has been shown to be inversely associated with the development of preeclampsia and gestational hypertension. The ...

    • Body Satisfaction and Body Weight: Gender Differences and Sociodemographic Determinants 

      Austin, Sydney Bryn; Haines, Jess; Veugelers, Paul J (BioMed Central, 2009)
      Background: Given the documented links between body satisfaction, weight-related behaviors, and weight change in adolescents, we sought to examine the prevalence of poor body satisfaction in prepubescent girls and boys and ...

    • Body Satisfaction, Weight Gain, and Binge Eating Among Overweight Adolescent Girls 

      Sonneville, Kendrin Rae; Calzo, Jerel; Horton, Nicholas J.; Haines, Jess; Austin, Sydney Bryn; Field, Alison Ellen (2012)
      Objective: To examine if body satisfaction is associated with body mass index (BMI) change and whether it protects against the development of frequent binge eating among overweight and obese adolescent girls. Methods: We ...

    • Body-Mass Index and Mortality Risk in US Blacks Compared to Whites 

      Jackson, Chandra L.; Wang, Nae-Yuh; Yeh, Hsin-Chieh; Szklo, Moyses; Dray-Spira, Rosemary; Brancati, Frederick L. (2013)
      Objective: To compare body-mass index (BMI)-related mortality risk in US Blacks vs. Whites as the relationship appears to differ across race/ethnicity groups. Design and Methods We pooled cross-sectional surveys of nationally ...

    • Bologna guidelines for diagnosis and management of adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO): 2013 update of the evidence-based guidelines from the world society of emergency surgery ASBO working group 

      Di Saverio, Salomone; Coccolini, Federico; Galati, Marica; Smerieri, Nazareno; Biffl, Walter L; Ansaloni, Luca; Tugnoli, Gregorio; Velmahos, George C; Sartelli, Massimo; Bendinelli, Cino; Fraga, Gustavo Pereira; Kelly, Michael D; Moore, Frederick A; Mandalà, Vincenzo; Mandalà, Stefano; Masetti, Michele; Jovine, Elio; Pinna, Antonio D; Peitzman, Andrew B; Leppaniemi, Ari; Sugarbaker, Paul H; Goor, Harry Van; Moore, Ernest E; Jeekel, Johannes; Catena, Fausto (BioMed Central, 2013)
      Background: In 2013 Guidelines on diagnosis and management of ASBO have been revised and updated by the WSES Working Group on ASBO to develop current evidence-based algorithms and focus indications and safety of conservative ...

    • Bolus Estimation—Rethinking the Effect of Meal Fat Content 

      Laxminarayan, Srinivas; Reifman, Jaques; Edwards, Stephanie S.; Wolpert, Howard; Steil, Garry M. (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2015)
      Abstract Background: Traditionally, insulin bolus calculations for managing postprandial glucose levels in individuals with type 1 diabetes rely solely on the carbohydrate content of a meal. However, recent studies have ...

    • Bone marrow endothelial dysfunction promotes myeloid cell expansion in cardiovascular disease 

      Rohde, David; Vandoorne, Katrien; Lee, I-Hsiu; Grune, Jana; Zhang, Shuang; McAlpine, Cameron S.; Schloss, Maximilian J.; Nayar, Ribhu; Courties, Gabriel; Frodermann, Vanessa; Wojtkiewicz, Gregory; Honold, Lisa; Chen, Qi; Schmidt, Stephen; Iwamoto, Yoshiko; Sun, Yuan; Cremer, Sebastian; Hoyer, Friedrich F.; Iborra-Egea, Oriol; Muñoz-Guijosa, Christian; Ji, Fei; Zhou, Bin; Adams, Ralf H.; Wythe, Joshua D.; Hidalgo, Juan; Watanabe, Hideto; Jung, Yookyung; van der Laan, Anja M.; Piek, Jan J.; Kfoury, Youmna; Désogère, Pauline A.; Vinegoni, Claudio; Dutta, Partha; Sadreyev, Ruslan I.; Caravan, Peter; Bayes-Genis, Antoni; Libby, Peter; Scadden, David T.; Lin, Charles P.; Naxerova, Kamila; Swirski, Filip K.; Nahrendorf, Matthias (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021-12-23)
      Abnormal hematopoiesis advances cardiovascular disease by generating excess inflammatory leukocytes that attack the arteries and the heart. The bone marrow niche regulates hematopoietic stem cell proliferation and hence ...

    • Bone Marrow Microenvironment in Multiple Myeloma Progression 

      Manier, S.; Sacco, A.; Leleu, X.; Ghobrial, Irene; Roccaro, Aldo M. (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2012)
      Substantial advances have been made in understanding the biology of multiple myeloma (MM) through the study of the bone marrow (BM) microenvironment. Indeed, the BM niche appears to play an important role in differentiation, ...

    • Bone marrow-derived CD13+ cells sustain tumor progression: A potential non-malignant target for anticancer therapy 

      Dondossola, Eleonora; Corti, Angelo; Sidman, Richard L; Arap, Wadih; Pasqualini, Renata (Landes Bioscience, 2014)
      Non-malignant cells found within neoplastic lesions express alanyl (membrane) aminopeptidase (ANPEP, best known as CD13), and CD13-null mice exhibit limited tumor growth and angiogenesis. We have recently demonstrated that ...

    • Bone Marrow-Derived lin-c-kit+Sca-1+ Stem Cells Do Not Contribute to Vasculogenesis in Lewis Lung Carcinoma 

      Patil, Vivek Shinde; Friedrich, Erik B.; Wolley, Allison E.; Gerszten, Robert E.; Allport, Jennifer R.; Weissleder, Ralph (Elsevier, 2005)
      The development of tumor vasculature is thought to occur through two complementary processes: sprouting angiogenesis from preexisting blood vessels of the host, and vasculogenesis, which involves the spontaneous development ...

    • Bone Marrow-Derived Multipotent Stromal Cells Attenuate Inflammation in Obliterative Airway Disease in Mouse Tracheal Allografts 

      Casey, Alicia; Dirks, Fabian; Liang, Olin D.; Harrach, Hakima; Schuette-Nuetgen, Katharina; Leeman, Kristen; Kim, Carla F.; Gerard, Craig; Subramaniam, Meera (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2014)
      Obliterative bronchiolitis (OB) remains the most significant cause of death in long-term survival of lung transplantation. Using an established murine heterotopic tracheal allograft model, the effects of different routes ...

    • Bone Mineral Density of the Spine in 11,898 Chinese Infants and Young Children: A Cross-Sectional Study 

      Xu, Haiqing; Zhao, Zhiwei; Wang, Hong; Ding, Ming; Zhou, Aiqin; Wang, Xiaoyan; Zhang, Ping; Duggan, Christopher; Hu, Frank B. (Public Library of Science, 2013)
      Background: Bone mineral density (BMD) increases progressively during childhood and adolescence and is affected by various genetic and environmental factors. The aim of this study was to establish reference values for ...

    • Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4 Promotes Vascular Smooth Muscle Contractility by Activating MicroRNA-21 (miR-21), which Down-regulates Expression of Family of Dedicator of Cytokinesis (DOCK) Proteins 

      Kang, Hara; Davis-Dusenbery, Brandi N.; Nguyen, Peter H.; Lal, Ashish; Lieberman, Judy; Aelst, Linda Van; Lagna, Giorgio; Hata, Akiko (American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2012)
      The bone morphogenetic protein 4 (BMP4) signaling pathway plays a critical role in the promotion and maintenance of the contractile phenotype in vascular smooth muscle cell (vSMC). Misexpression or inactivating mutations ...

    • Bone Morphogenetic Protein‐2 Decreases MicroRNA‐30b and MicroRNA‐30c to Promote Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Calcification 

      Balderman, Joshua A. F.; Lee, Hae‐Young; Mahoney, Christopher E.; Handy, Diane Elizabeth; White, Kevin; Annis, Sofia; Lebeche, Djamel; Hajjar, Roger J.; Loscalzo, Joseph; Leopold, Jane Anne (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2012)
      Background: Vascular calcification resembles bone formation and involves vascular smooth muscle cell (SMC) transition to an osteoblast‐like phenotype to express Runx2, a master osteoblast transcription factor. One possible ...

    • Book Report on Comprehensive Respiratory Medicine 

      Kacmarek, Robert Michael (BioMed Central, 2003)