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Vol. 1. Issue 5.Pages 155-192 (November - December 2016)
Editorial
Asthma as an example of non-communicable diseases – Let us simplify the chain of causality
Tari Haahtela
Porto Biomed J. 2016;1:155
Open access
Review article
Pulsed electromagnetic field therapy effectiveness in low back pain: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials
Renato Andrade, Hugo Duarte, Rogério Pereira, Isabel Lopes, Hélder Pereira, Rui Rocha, João Espregueira-Mendes
Porto Biomed J. 2016;1:156-63
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Original article
Genetic polymorphism in DNMTs and gastric cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Marco Neves, Joana Ribeiro, Rui Medeiros, Hugo Sousa
Porto Biomed J. 2016;1:164-72
Highlights
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Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) modulate protein expression and affect DNA methylation.
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Aberrant DNA methylation, have been associated with gastric carcinogenesis.
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DNMT2 rs11254413 is associated with protection for GC development.
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DNMT3A rs7560488, DNMT3A rs36012910 and, specially, DNMT1 rs16999593 are associated with increased susceptibility for GC development.
Open access
Communication skills in medical students – An exploratory study before and after clerkships
Isabel Taveira-Gomes, Rui Mota-Cardoso, Margarida Figueiredo-Braga
Porto Biomed J. 2016;1:173-80
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Cohort study to evaluate the assimilation and retention of knowledge after theoretical test in undergraduate health science
Jorge Josaphat Ferreira, Lukewell Maguta, António Bernardo Chissaca, Inocêncio Fancisco Jussa, Sara Sarajabo Abudo
Porto Biomed J. 2016;1:181-5
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Study was conducted at the UniLurio to evaluate the assimilation and retention capacity.
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Students from undergraduate in Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nutrition, Optometry and Nursing.
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A questionnaire was applied in three evaluation periodspretest), posttest) and after six months.
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Assimilation and retention capacity improves student knowledge.
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Assimilation and retention capacity suffered a small deterioration with passage oftime.
Open access
The acute effect of the antioxidant drug “U-74389G” on mean platelet volume levels during hypoxia reoxygenation injury in rats
C. Tsompos, C. Panoulis, K. Toutouzas, A. Triantafyllou, G. Zografos, A. Papalois
Porto Biomed J. 2016;1:186-90
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Images in biomedicine
“Non-resolving pneumonia”: A case of cryptogenic organizing pneumonia
Pedro Pinto-Lopes, André Santos Silva, Joana Pimenta
Porto Biomed J. 2016;1:191-2
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