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[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['To evaluate the expression of tumor PD-L1 and changes in tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) populations in patients with metastatic melanoma treated with targeted MAPK inhibitors.', 'Ninety-three tumors were analyzed from 40 patients treated with a BRAF inhibitor alone (BRAFi; n = 28) or combination of BRAF and MEK inhibitors (Combi; n = 12). Tumors were excised before treatment (PRE), early during treatment (EDT), and at progression (PROG). Immunohistochemical staining was performed for CD4, CD8, CD68, FOXP3, LAG3, PD-1, and PD-L1 and correlated with clinical outcome.', \"Patients' tumors that were PD-L1 positive at baseline showed a significant decrease in PD-L1 expression at PROG (P = 0.028), whereas patients' tumors that were PD-L1 negative at baseline showed a significant increase in PD-L1 expression at PROG (P = 0.008) irrespective of treatment with BRAFi or Combi. Overall PD-L1 expression highly correlated with TIL immune markers. BRAFi-treated patients showed significant increases in CD4(+), CD8(+), and PD-1(+) lymphocytes from PRE to EDT (P = 0.001, P = 0.001, P = 0.017, respectively), and Combi-treated patients showed similar increases in CD4(+) and CD8(+) lymphocytes from PRE to EDT (P = 0.017, P = 0.021).\"] Do pD-L1 Expression and Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes Define Different Subsets of MAPK Inhibitor-Treated Melanoma Patients?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['There is an increased rate of chromosomal anomalies, in particular low-level sex chromosome mosaicism, in the female partners of couples undergoing intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).', 'Among 811 consecutive couples presenting for pre-ICSI chromosome analysis, chromosomal abnormalities were detected in 54 individuals, of which 26 were low-level sex chromosome mosaicism in the females. Attention was focused on the treatment course and outcome of ICSI in 20 couples with low-level sex chromosome mosaicism in the females actually embarking on ICSI treatment (group I, n = 38 ICSI treatment cycles). Applying a case-control design, each of the 20 couples was matched according to female age and source of spermatozoa to couples without a chromosomal abnormality in either of the partners (group II, n = 38 ICSI treatment cycles).', 'No significant differences were found between the groups in ovarian response, fertilization rate and number of embryos transferred. Pregnancy rates, as well as implantation and abortion rates did not differ significantly between the groups.'] Does low-level sex chromosome mosaicism in female partners of couples undergoing ICSI therapy significantly affect treatment outcome?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "no" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['With the advent of transgenic crops, genetically modified, herbicide-resistant Brassica napus has become a model system for examining the risks and potential ecological consequences of escape of transgenes from cultivation into wild compatible species. Escaped transgenic feral B. napus and hybrids with compatible weedy species have been identified outside of agriculture and without the apparent selection for herbicide resistance. However, herbicide (glyphosate) exposure can extend beyond crop field boundaries, and a drift-level of herbicide could function as a selective agent contributing to increased persistence of transgenes in the environment.', 'The effects of a drift level (0·1 × the field application rate) of glyphosate herbicide and varied levels of plant competition were examined on plant fitness-associated traits and gene flow in a simulated field plot, common garden experiment. Plants included transgenic, glyphosate-resistant B. napus, its weedy ancestor B. rapa, and hybrid and advanced generations derived from them.', 'The results of this experiment demonstrate reductions in reproductive fitness for non-transgenic genotypes and a contrasting increase in plant fitness for transgenic genotypes as a result of glyphosate-drift treatments. Results also suggest that a drift level of glyphosate spray may influence the movement of transgenes among transgenic crops and weeds and alter the processes of hybridization and introgression in non-agronomic habitats by impacting flowering phenology and pollen availability within the community.'] Does glyphosate drift promote changes in fitness and transgene gene flow in canola ( Brassica napus ) and hybrids?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Farnesyl protein transferase inhibitors have emerged as promising novel agents for combating cancerous disease. Nevertheless, the importance for farnesyl protein transferase enzymatic activity for cellular physiology of untransformed cells remains poorly investigated.', 'Peripheral blood monocytes, isolated from the blood of eight healthy volunteers, were treated with a farnesyl protein transferase inhibitor (FTI 744,832) or vehicle control for 16 hr. Subsequently cells were challenged with different concentrations of lipopolysaccharide (LPS), colony stimulating factor-1 (CSF-1), or phorbol esters for 10 min, after which the activation state of p42/p44 MAP kinase, p38 MAP kinase, and Jun-N-terminal kinase was investigated using Western blotting and phosphospecific antibodies.', 'We observed that farnesyl protein transferase inhibition abrogated activation of p38 MAP kinase by LPS, CSF-1, and phorbol esters. Also the activation of Jun-N-terminal kinase by LPS was not seen after farnesyl protein transferase inhibition. Finally, stimulation of p42/p44 MAP kinase with CSF-1 was strongly reduced by farnesyl protein transferase inhibition, whereas activation of p42/p44 MAP kinase by phorbol ester was only slightly effected.'] Does farnesyl protein transferase inhibition interfere with activation of MAP kinase family members in human peripheral blood monocytes?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['To evaluate the association between the presence of phosphoinositide-phospholipase C beta1 (PI-PLCbeta1) mono-allelic deletion with the clinical outcome of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) patients.', 'PI-PLCbeta1, PI-PLCbeta4, and PI-PLCgamma1 cytogenetic investigations were performed on 80 newly diagnosed MDS patients (18 low risk, 26 intermediate 1, 18 intermediate 2, 18 high risk) comparing the results with the clinical outcome of the patients. Moreover, fluorescent in situ hybridization results were validated by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Finally, PI-PLCbeta1 gene and protein expression were assessed by both real-time PCR and immunocytochemical experiments.', 'Collectively, 35 (43.75%) of 80 of the MDS patients showed a specific mono-allelic deletion of PI-PLCbeta1. Kaplan-Meier analysis revealed a significant association (P < .0001) between the PI-PLCbeta1 mono-allelic deletion and a higher risk of evolution into acute myeloid leukemia (AML), since 23 of 35 MDS patients (65.7%) bearing the PI-PLCbeta1 mono-allelic deletion evolved into AML. Even in multivariate analysis, the PI-PLCbeta1 mono-allelic deletion retained a higher significance, with a P < .001, as a prognostic factor of evolution into AML (odds ratio [OR] 1.83; 95% CI, 2.26 to 17.24; P = .00045). Finally, PI-PLCbeta1 deletion was related to an altered gene and protein expression.'] Is phosphoinositide-phospholipase C beta1 mono-allelic deletion associated with myelodysplastic syndromes evolution into acute myeloid leukemia?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Increased testicular apoptosis has been observed in maturation arrest and hyposper-matogenesis states in rodent models, but this process has not yet been characterized in humans. We hypothesized that increased cell death present with accelerated apoptosis is significant in pathophysiology of many male infertility states associated with abnormal spermatogenesis. We examined frequency of apoptotic bodies in human testis biopsy specimens from infertile men using morphometric analysis of hematoxylin and eosin stained paraffin sections.', 'Testis biopsy specimens were obtained for routine clinical purposes from azoospermic and severely oligozoospermic men and were stained with hematoxylin and eosin. Apoptotic bodies were identified using established morphometric criteria. Apoptotic indexes, defined as apoptotic bodies per total number of cells and per Sertoli cells, were calculated after counting all intratubular spermatogenic cells and Sertoli cells in 20 tubules.', 'A total of 51 biopsies was performed in 50 men. Significantly increased apoptotic body per total cell and apoptotic body per Sertoli cell ratios were observed in maturation arrest and hypospermatogenesis states in comparison to Sertoli cell only and normal spermatogenesis (p < 0.05, Mann-Whitney test).'] Is apoptotic frequency increased in spermatogenic maturation arrest and hypospermatogenic states?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Zfp69 was previously identified by positional cloning as a candidate gene for obesity-associated diabetes. C57BL/6J and New Zealand obese (NZO) mice carry a loss-of-function mutation due to the integration of a retrotransposon. On the NZO background, the Zfp69 locus caused severe hyperglycaemia and loss of beta cells. To provide direct evidence for a causal role of Zfp69, we investigated the effects of its overexpression on both a lean [B6-Tg(Zfp69)] and an obese [NZO/B6-Tg(Zfp69)] background.', 'Zfp69 transgenic mice were generated by integrating the cDNA into the ROSA locus of the C57BL/6 genome and characterised.', 'B6-Tg(Zfp69) mice were normoglycaemic, developed hyperinsulinaemia, and exhibited increased expression of G6pc and Pck1 and slightly reduced phospho-Akt levels in the liver. During OGTTs, glucose clearance was normal but insulin levels were significantly higher in the B6-Tg(Zfp69) than in control mice. The liver fat content and plasma triacylglycerol levels were significantly increased in B6-Tg(Zfp69) and NZO/B6-Tg(Zfp69) mice on a high-fat diet compared with controls. Liver transcriptome analysis of B6-Tg(Zfp69) mice revealed a downregulation of genes involved in glucose and lipid metabolism. Specifically, expression of Nampt, Lpin2, Map2k6, Gys2, Bnip3, Fitm2, Slc2a2, Ppargc1α and Insr was significantly decreased in the liver of B6-Tg(Zfp69) mice compared with wild-type animals. However, overexpression of Zfp69 did not induce overt diabetes with hyperglycaemia and beta cell loss.'] Does the diabetes gene Zfp69 modulate hepatic insulin sensitivity in mice?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['It is increasingly recognized that the risk for HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) transmission among people who inject drugs (PWID), such as syringe sharing, occurs in the context of relationships between (at least) two people. Evidence suggests that the risk associated with injection behavior varies with injection partner types.', 'We utilized longitudinal dyad-level data from a study of young PWID from San Francisco (2006 to 2013) to investigate the relationship-level factors influencing high-risk injecting within HCV-serodiscordant injection partners (i.e., individuals who injected together ≥5 times in the prior month). Utilizing data from 70 HCV-serodiscordant injection partnerships, we used generalized linear models to examine relationship-level predictors (i.e., partnership composition, partnership closeness, and partnership dynamics) of: (1) receptive syringe sharing (RSS); and (2) receptive cooker use (RCU), as reported by the HCV-negative injection partner.', 'As reported by the \"at-risk\" HCV-negative injection partner, receptive syringe sharing (RSS) and receptive cooker use (RCU) were 19% and 33% at enrollment, and 11% and 12% over all visits (total follow-up time 55 person-years) resulting in 13 new HCV-infections (incidence rate: 23.8/100 person-years). Person-level factors, injection partnership composition, and partnership dynamics were not significantly associated with either RSS or RCU. Instead, intimate injection partnerships (those who lived together and were also in a sexual relationship) were independently associated with a 5-times greater risk of both RSS and a 7-times greater risk of RCU when compared to injecting only partnerships.'] Are intimate injection partnerships at elevated risk of high-risk injecting : a multi-level longitudinal study of HCV-serodiscordant injection partnerships in San Francisco , CA?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['The complement system, a major component of innate immunity, has recently been implicated in the mechanisms of fetal loss and placental inflammation in the anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome. Inhibition of complement has been proposed as an absolute requirement for normal pregnancy. Yet, pregnancy is characterized by a generalized activation of the innate immune system. This study was conducted to determine whether or not normal pregnancy is associated with complement activation in the maternal circulation.', 'Anaphylatoxins (C3a, C4a and C5a) were determined in the plasma of normal pregnant (20-42 wks; n=134) and non-pregnant women (n=40). These complement split products (C3a, C4a and C5a) were measured using specific immunoassays. Non-parametric statistics were used for analysis.', '1) The median plasma concentrations of C3a, C4a and C5a were significantly higher in normal pregnant women than in non-pregnant women (all p<0.001); 2) the concentration of C3a, C4a and C5a did not change with gestational age (p>0.05); and 3) the median plasma concentration of C3a had a positive correlation with the plasma C4a and C5a concentrations (r=0.36, p<0.001 and r=0.35, p<0.001, respectively).'] Is normal pregnancy characterized by systemic activation of the complement system?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is a common complication arising after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and valve replacement or repair surgeries. POAF has been associated with increased mortality, morbidity and cost.', 'The study was conducted to evaluate the incidence of POAF following CABG, valve or combination surgeries when perioperative ranolazine (1,000 mg preoperatively, then 1,000 mg twice daily for 7 days or until discharge) was or was not added to standard therapy.', 'A total of 205 patients were evaluated for POAF after CABG, valve or combination surgeries. POAF occurred less frequently in the ranolazine group compared with the non-ranolazine group in unmatched analysis (10.1 vs. 41.9 %, p < 0.0001). After adjusting for potential sources of bias through propensity-score matched-pair analysis and conditional logistic regression, ranolazine was an independent predictor of preventing POAF (p < 0.0001). There were no differences in bradycardia, new renal failure or neurological events between the two groups. Early, symptomatic hypotension occurred more frequently in the ranolazine group (p = 0.0004) although this difference did not persist after 72 h. No significant difference was found in the length of stay in the intensive care unit following cardiac surgery. While a significant difference was found in the hospital readmission rate for a cardiac cause within 30 days in the unmatched analysis (p = 0.046), this difference was nonexistent after matching (p = 0.39). No difference was found in 30-day cardiovascular mortality.'] Does short-course of ranolazine prevent postoperative atrial fibrillation following coronary artery bypass grafting and valve surgeries?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Biopsychosocial models are currently accepted for study of low back pain (LBP), but there is little evidence investigating socioeconomic status (SES) influence on disability, pain intensity, and physical impairment. The present study examined SES (income and education) and fear-avoidance model (fear-avoidance beliefs and pain catastrophizing) for their influence on disability, pain intensity and physical impairment.', 'Cohort study, where patients (n = 108) were referred to physical therapy for treatment of acute or sub-acute LBP and completed standard questionnaires.', 'SES had no statistically significant associations with disability, pain intensity, or physical impairment. Moderation analysis indicated that the interaction between fear-avoidance beliefs about work and SES accounted for significant amount of variance in disability scores (Beta = -0.24, t = -2.71, P = 0.008). The interaction indicated that people in the low SES group experienced a higher association of fear avoidance beliefs and disability at baseline, 4 weeks, and 6 months. Other moderation results between psychological factors and SES were not observed for pain intensity and physical impairment.'] Does socioeconomic status influence the relationship between fear-avoidance beliefs work and disability?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Estradiol plays an important role in male reproductive health as a germ cell survival factor. Chlorpyrifos and carbaryl, nonpersistent insecticides to which the general population are commonly exposed, were recently shown to inhibit estradiol metabolism in vitro which could lead to altered hormone balance.', 'Subjects (N=322) were the male partners in couples presenting to a Massachusetts infertility clinic from years 2000-2003. 3,5,6-Trichloro-2-pyridinol (TCPY), the major urinary metabolite of chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl, and 1- and 2-naphthol (1N and 2N), urinary metabolites of carbaryl and naphthalene, were measured in a spot urine sample from each subject. Estradiol, sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG), and prolactin were measured in serum collected from subjects during the same clinic visit.', 'Using multiple linear regression, an interquartile range (IQR) increase in TCPY was associated with a 1.36 pg/mL decline (95% confidence interval=-2.91 to -0.22) in estradiol concentration. When estradiol and TCPY were divided into quintiles, there was a dose-dependent increase in the odds of being in the lowest estradiol quintile with increasing TCPY quintiles.'] Is circulating estradiol in men inversely related to urinary metabolites of nonpersistent insecticides?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['The use of oral calcium supplementation among the elderly for prevention and treatment of osteoporosis and osteopenia is increasing. The incidence of aortic valve disease and coronary artery disease also is increasing. No study thus far has been done to demonstrate whether this affects the progression of calcification in both the valves and vasculature. We sought to determine whether ingestion of oral calcium supplementation has an effect on aortic valve calcification (AVC) and coronary artery calcification (CAC).', 'We performed an independent assessment of AVC, CAC, and calcium supplementation among patients enrolled in the Epidemiology of Coronary Artery Calcification study who were >60 years of age and had baseline and 4-year follow-up AVC data. In this population-based study of Olmsted County (Minnesota) residents, AVC and CAC scores were determined prospectively by electron beam computed tomography. We evaluated baseline demographic data and analyzed whether those patients using calcium supplementation had a higher rate of progression of both AVC and CAC.', 'We identified 257 patients (mean age, 67.8+/-5.2 years), 144 of whom were women. Twenty-five patients (all women) reported using calcium supplements. Analysis of the 144 women (25 taking calcium supplementation) showed there was no difference in the progression of AVC (mean difference in baseline and follow-up AVC score; no supplement versus supplement, 30+/-9 vs 39+/-28; P=.73) or CAC (mean difference in baseline and follow-up CAC score; no supplement vs supplement, 47+/-15 vs 112+/-22; P=.154). There were no significant differences between the 2 groups with regard to baseline AVC, serum calcium, renal function, diabetes, hypertension, cholesterol, or body mass index.'] Do oral calcium supplements affect the progression of aortic valve calcification or coronary artery calcification?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "no" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['To analyze the characteristics of publications of Shanghai Journal of Stomatology (SJS) between 2001 and 2005.', 'By use of literature metrology, a comprehensive analysis of the publications of Shanghai Journal of Stomatology from 2001 to 2005 was made.', 'The number of articles published from 2001 to 2005 in Shanghai Journal of Stomatology was 208, the authors were from 4 countries and 23 states or provinces. The cooperative articles accounted for 90.40%, and the average paper author cooperating degree was 3.46. Authors with middle and high professional positions accounted for 90.93%. Authors with doctorate degree and master degree accounted for 72.59%, the average cited references were 8.11, with references from English literatures accounting for 65.28%.'] Do [ Analysis of the peer reviewed papers published in Shanghai Journal of Stomatology between 2001 and 2005 ]?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['The aim of this study was to evaluate the significance of postoperative peripheral absolute blood lymphocyte-to-monocyte (ALC/AMC) ratio in pancreatic resections for pancreatic carcinoma.', 'One hundred eleven patients who underwent pancreatic resection for pancreatic carcinoma were included in this study. We retrospectively examined perioperative findings as predictors of therapeutic outcome and the relation between postoperative ALC/AMC ratio and recurrence rate as well as overall survival of the patients with pancreatic carcinoma.', 'In univariate analysis, advanced tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) classification (p=0.0002), intraoperative flesh-frozen plasma (FFP) transfusion (p=0.0395), increased in preoperative serum carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) (p=0.0051) and lower postoperative ALC/AMC ratio (p=0.0007) were positively associated with poor disease-free survival. Advanced TNM classification (p=0.0008), intraoperative FFP transfusion (p=0.0343), elevated postoperative serum C-reactive protein (CRP) (p=0.0165) and lower postoperative ALC/AMC ratio (p=0.0029), as well as decreased preoperative lymphocyte counts (p=0.0248) were positively associated with poor overall survival. In multivariate analysis, advanced TNM classification (p=0.007), intraoperative FFP transfusion (p=0.0197), increase in preoperative serum CA19-9 (p=0.0075) and lower postoperative ALC/AMC ratio (p=0.0051) were independent factors for poor disease-free survival. Advanced TNM classification (p=0.0083), lower postoperative ALC/AMC ratio (p=0.0070) and elevated postoperative serum CRP (p=0.0094) were independent factors for poor overall survival.'] Does postoperative peripheral absolute blood lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio predict therapeutic outcome after pancreatic resection in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['The study was undertaken to evaluate whether raloxifene influences endothelium-dependent and endothelium-independent vasodilatation in women.', 'In a double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized study, 30 osteopenic but otherwise healthy postmenopausal women received either placebo (n = 15 with one dropout) or raloxifene (60 mg/d, n = 15). Brachial artery flow-mediated endothelium-dependent and endothelium-independent vasodilatation was evaluated by ultrasound before and after 6 months of treatment, along with lipid and glucose metabolism. Endothelium-dependent dilatation was evaluated after a 4-minute block of artery blood flow through a cuff insufflated at suprasystolic blood pressure. Endothelium-independent vasodilatation was evaluated after sublingual nitroglycerin administration (400 microg).', 'Placebo did not modify any vascular or metabolic parameter. Raloxifene significantly decreased low-density lipoprotein levels (4.60 +/- 0.18 mmol/L vs 3.94 +/- 0.30 mmol/L, P <.015) but did not modify endothelium-dependent (21.6% +/- 4.6% vs 20.6% +/- 3.8%) or endothelium-independent vasodilatation (26.3% +/- 5.1% vs 32.0% +/- 5.5%).'] Does raloxifene influence flow-mediated endothelium-dependent and endothelium-independent vasodilatation of osteopenic postmenopausal women?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "no" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airway that is mediated by T-helper 2(TH2) cells. Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) can aggravate asthmatic lung inflammation by activating dendritic cells (DCs) to promote TH2 differentiation. TSLP promoter polymorphisms are associated with susceptibility to bronchial asthma in Japanese population. We sought to determine whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in TSLP gene are associated with asthma in Chinese Han population.', 'To analyze the polymorphism of the two SNPs Rs2289276 and Rs2289278 in TSLP gene and to evaluate the association between the two SNPs and asthma susceptibility in Chinese Han population by using case-control study.', 'five hundred and thirty one asthmatic patients and 540 age-sex matched normal controls were collected and DNA were extracted from peripheral blood, then the genotypes of SNPs Rs2289276 and Rs2289278 in TSLP gene were detected with polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP), genotype and allele frequencies were calculated and analyzed with Chi-square test.', 'Frequencies of CC/CT/TT genotypes at Rs2289276 site were 0.4706/0.4392/0.0902 in the asthmatic patients and 0.5604/0.3800/0.0595 in the healthy controls. Frequencies of CC/CG/GG genotypes at Rs2289278 site were 0.6502/0.2966/0.0532 in the asthmatic patients and 0.5795/0.3428/0.0777 in the healthy controls. The genotype and allele frequencies of the two SNPs in asthma patients were significantly different from those in the healthy controls. Rs2289278 C allele was correlated with decreased FEV(1): FVC (P ≤ .05).'] Are two single nucleotide polymorphisms in TSLP gene associated with asthma susceptibility in Chinese Han population?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the principal inhibitory neurotransmitter in the adult mammalian brain. However, GABA is found not only in peripheral neuronal tissue, but also in many peripheral non-neuronal tissues, and is thought to have important physiological functions in addition to neurotransmission. We previously reported that GABA participates in chondrocyte proliferation. In the present study, we investigated the effects of GABA on the proliferation of a gastric cancer cell line, KATO III.', 'Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemical analyses were performed to examine the expression of the GABA synthesis enzyme, glutamate decarboxylase (GAD), and that of the GABA(A) and GABA(B) receptor subunits. The production of GABA was confirmed by immunohistochemistry. The proliferative effect of GABA on KATO III cells was analyzed by bromodeoxyuridine incorporation assay, and the activation status of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases (extracellular signal-regulated kinase [ERK]-1/2, Jun-N-terminal kinase, and p38) and the expression of cyclin D1 were analyzed by western blotting.', 'KATO III cells expressed GAD and GABA. More than five GABA(A) receptor subunits, including the pi subunit, were expressed in KATO III cells; however, GABA(B) receptor subunits were not seen. The addition of GABA to the medium promoted KATO III proliferation, and maximum proliferative effects were observed in the presence of 10 or 1 microM GABA. The addition of 1 microM GABA predominantly activated ERK-1/2 among the three MAP kinases in addition to increasing cyclin D1 expression.'] Are proliferative effects of gamma-aminobutyric acid on the gastric cancer cell line associated with extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 activation?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: [\"Estimates suggest that the drug discovery and development processes take between 10 and 15 years, with costs ranging between US$500 million and $2 billion. A growing number of bacteria have become resistant to approved antimicrobials. For example, the Gram-negative bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii has become multidrug resistant (MDR) and is now an important pathogen to the US military in terms of wound infections. Industry experts have called for a 'disruptive' transformation of the drug discovery process to find new chemical entities for treating drug-resistant infections. One such attempt is drug 'repurposing' or 'repositioning' - that is, identification and development of new uses for existing or abandoned pharmacotherapies.\", 'Using a novel combination of screening technologies based on cell growth and cellular respiration, we screened 450 US FDA-approved drugs from the NIH National Clinical Collection against a dozen clinical MDR A. baumannii (MDRAb) isolates from US soldiers and Marines. We also screened the collection against a diverse set of select agent surrogate pathogens.', 'Seventeen drugs showed promising antimicrobial activity against all MDRAb isolates and select agent surrogates; three of these compounds - all rifamycins - were found to be effective at preventing growth and preventing cellular respiration of MDRAb and select agent surrogate bacteria when evaluated in growth prevention assays, highlighting the potential for repurposing.'] Do repurposing screens identify rifamycins as potential broad-spectrum therapy for multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and select agent microorganisms?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['To assess the genotypic diversity in patients with Stargardt disease and to characterise epidemiological and genotypic predictors of phenotype.', 'Retrospective, cross-sectional study of 112 patients with Stargardt disease. We evaluated the correlation between age at presentation, best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), and ABCA4 genotypes.', 'Mean age at presentation was 30 ± 16 years (range 6-78 years) for the 112 patients of 104 families. 98 of 90 families had a probable molecular diagnosis. We found that BCVA is not related to age of presentation in a linear or polynomial manner; that BCVA of patients presenting in the first decade was significantly worse than those presenting in later decades (p=0.04); that patients who harboured two or more mutations presented earlier and had worse BCVA than those with no or 1 mutation identified by any method of testing (n=112, p=3.29 × 10(-6)) or by full sequencing (n=32, p=0.02); that 16 patients with c.5882G>A allele demonstrated better BCVA than the remaining patients (p=0.01); and that 10 patients with the c.5461-10T>C mutation presented earlier (p=0.02 × 10(-5)) and had more severe disease.'] Does predictors of visual acuity and genotype-phenotype correlate in a cohort of patients with Stargardt disease?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Primary mediastinal large cell lymphoma (PMLCL) is an emerging entity. New parameters can help define it.', 'Retrospective analysis of medical records from 35 patients treated at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center from 1985 to 1990. Immunohistochemical evaluation of tissue specimens. Determination of survival (S) and time to treatment failure (TTF).', 'The median age was 34 years and 69% were females. Eight-three percent presented with symptoms of mediastinal involvement. While 100% of the patients presented with bulky mediastinal disease and 72% had elevated pretreatment serum lactate dehydrogenase, only 6% presented with an elevated pretreatment serum beta 2 microglobulin. The lymphoma cells lacked CD21 staining. For the 18 patients treated initially at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, S and TTF curves rates after doxorubicin-based regimens (plus radiotherapy in 14 cases) were 72% and 61%, respectively, at 5 years follow-up (median, 42 months). Four out of six patients who received autologous bone marrow transplant as salvage therapy are currently alive without disease at follow-up times of 21, 25, 32, and 54 months.'] Is primary mediastinal large cell lymphoma characterized by an inverted pattern of large tumoral mass and low beta 2 microglobulin levels in serum and frequently elevated levels of serum lactate dehydrogenase?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['The yeast Orm1/2 proteins regulate ceramide biosynthesis.', 'Depletion of the mammalian Orm1/2 homologues, ORMDL1-3, eliminates the negative feedback of exogenous ceramide on ceramide biosynthesis in HeLa cells.'] Do mammalian ORMDL proteins mediate the feedback response in ceramide biosynthesis?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Membrane-stabilizing effects may be part of glucocorticoid action during high-dose glucocorticoid therapy. The present study investigates the mode of action of dexamethasone megadoses on rat liver lysosomal membranes.', 'Following intravenous administration of dexamethasone in rats, the release of beta-glucuronidase from liver lysosomes was assessed ex vivo as a marker for lysosomal membrane integrity.', 'Dexamethasone megadoses significantly inhibited beta-glucuronidase release 10 min post-administration by 38% (3 mg/kg dexamethasone) and 33% (10 mg/kg dexamethasone) at corresponding dexamethasone liver concentrations of 3.9 x 10(-5) mol/kg and 15.1 x 10(-5) mol/kg, respectively. Comparable inhibition of beta-glucuronidase release (34% for 3 mg/kg and 38% for 10 mg/kg) was observed 24 h after administration of dexamethasone, although dexamethasone liver concentrations had already declined to 0.09 x 10(-5) mol/kg and 0.19 x 10(-5) mol/kg, respectively. A 2-h oral pretreatment of rats with the glucocorticoid receptor antagonist RU 486 (10 mg/kg) did not alter immediate (10 min) stabilization by dexamethasone (3 mg/kg). but almost completely prevented lysosomal membrane protection 24 h after dexamethasone injection.'] Do dexamethasone megadoses stabilize rat liver lysosomal membranes by non-genomic and genomic effects?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['The HIV-1 accessory factor Vif is necessary for efficient viral infection in non-permissive cells. Vif antagonizes the antiviral activity of human cytidine deaminase APOBEC3 proteins that confer the non-permissive phenotype by tethering them (APOBEC3DE/3F/3G) to the Vif-CBF-β-ElonginB-ElonginC-Cullin5-Rbx (Vif-CBF-β-EloB-EloC-Cul5-Rbx) E3 complex to induce their proteasomal degradation. EloB and EloC were initially reported as positive regulatory subunits of the Elongin (SIII) complex. Thereafter, EloB and EloC were found to be components of Cul-E3 complexes, contributing to proteasomal degradation of specific substrates. CBF-β is a newly identified key regulator of Vif function, and more information is needed to further clarify its regulatory mechanism. Here, we comprehensively investigated the functions of EloB (together with EloC) in the Vif-CBF-β-Cul5 E3 ligase complex.', 'The results revealed that: (1) EloB (and EloC) positively affected the recruitment of CBF-β to Vif. Both knockdown of endogenous EloB and over-expression of its mutant with a 34-residue deletion in the COOH-terminal tail (EloBΔC34/EBΔC34) impaired the Vif-CBF-β interaction. (2) Introduction of both the Vif SLQ → AAA mutant (VifΔSLQ, which dramatically impairs Vif-EloB-EloC binding) and the Vif PPL → AAA mutant (VifΔPPL, which is thought to reduce Vif-EloB binding) could reduce CBF-β binding. (3) EloB-EloC but not CBF-β could greatly enhance the folding of full-length Vif in Escherichia coli. (4) The over-expression of EloB or the N-terminal ubiquitin-like (UbL) domain of EloB could significantly improve the stability of Vif/VifΔSLQ/VifΔPPL through the region between residues 9 and 14.'] Are interactions between HIV-1 Vif and human ElonginB-ElonginC important for CBF-β binding to Vif?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Serum creatinine is the most commonly used screening test for renal failure. We hypothesized that serum creatinine would underestimate the degree of renal failure in elderly people because they have a reduced muscle mass. If so, this would lead to underrecognition and thus suboptimal care of patients with severe renal failure.', 'We conducted a retrospective medical record review of all patients 65 years or older in an outpatient academic family medicine practice. The glomerular filtration rate was calculated using the Cockcroft and Gault formula and was used to evaluate the testing characteristics of serum creatinine for the detection of renal failure.', 'We screened 1510 patients, 854 (56.6%) of whom met the inclusion criteria. Renal failure (glomerular filtration rate, </=50 mL/min) was present in 28.9% of the patients, and severe renal failure (Cockcroft and Gault formula glomerular filtration rate, </=30 mL/min) was present in 6.4%. A serum creatinine level of greater than 1.7 mg/dL (>150 micro mol/L) had a sensitivity of 12.6% and a specificity of 99.9% for the detection of renal failure. For the detection of severe renal failure, the sensitivity was 45.5%, with a 99.1% specificity. Only 15 (27.3%) of the 55 patients with severe renal failure were referred to a nephrologist. Moreover, 34 (85%) of the 40 nonreferred patients with severe renal failure were incompletely evaluated regarding the metabolic complications associated with kidney dysfunction.'] Is serum creatinine an inadequate screening test for renal failure in elderly patients?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Detecting heart failure (HF) patients at risk is a relevant clinical problem. Our goal was to define associations of clinical HF-markers and exercise parameters with respect to their prognostic power in HF-patients.', 'We performed cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) in 103 ischemic HF-patients. CPET-parameters included peak VO(2), VO(2) at AT, peak oxygen pulse, minimal CO(2) and O(2) equivalents, VE/VCO(2) and s1, a motivation-independent and submaximal parameter representing the initial slope of the VCO(2)/VO(2)-curve that has not been described in HF-patients so far.', 'Median follow-up was 668 days. The combined endpoint of cardiovascular death and rehospitalization due to HF occurred in 14 patients. Patients with/without events differed significantly regarding their age, NYHA-class, LVEF and NT-proBNP serum-levels. Patients with events had significantly lower peak VO(2)- and higher s1-values. NT-proBNP serum-levels, NYHA-class and LVEF were significantly correlated with peak VO(2). Only age, peak VO(2) and s1 were independent predictors of adverse events. Using multivariate analysis, s1 was a strong and independent parameter with good sensitivity and specificity.'] Is the initial slope of the VCO2/VO2-curve ( s1 ) in cardiopulmonary exercise testing a strong and independent predictor of outcome in patients with previous myocardial infarction?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: [\"Osteoprotegerin (OPG) is a glycoprotein that inhibits nuclear factor-κB's regulatory effects on inflammation, skeletal, and vascular systems, and is a potential biomarker of atherosclerosis and seems to be involved in vascular calcifications. The objective of this study was to assess the relationship between OPG, left ventricular function, and microvascular function in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).\", 'After successful revascularization, noninvasive assessment of coronary flow reserve (CFR) was performed in the distal part of the left anterior descending artery in 183 patients with first AMI. We performed low-dose dobutamine stress echocardiography to assess viability and finally we assessed the ventriculoarterial coupling (VAC). Plasma OPG was determined by ELISA.', \"Plasma OPG concentrations were higher in patients with impaired microcirculation (CFR<2) than in patients without [median (first; third quartile), 1.939 (1.366; 2.724) vs. 1.451 (0.925; 2.164) ng/l; P=0.001]. OPG was associated with CFR both in linear regression single-variable analysis (P=0.001) and in multivariable analysis adjusting for possible confounders (P=0.024).Eighty-seven patients had resting wall motion abnormalities and 28 patients fulfilled the criteria for viability. In the group with low OPG 20 patients had viability, and in patients with high OPG only eight patients had viability (P=0.03).Both the E/A ratio (1.22±0.65 vs. 1.06±0.39; P=0.04) and the E/e' ratio (10.4±3.1 vs. 12.2±4.6; P=0.002) indicated worse diastolic function in patients with increased levels of OPG.Overall, an increase in the VAC point was observed in the population (1.11±0.6). The VAC point was higher in patients with increased OPG compared with low OPG (1.01±0.51 vs. 1.2±0.67; P=0.03).\"] Is microvascular dysfunction associated with plasma osteoprotegerin levels in patients with acute myocardial infarction?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['In chronic schizophrenia and chronic bipolar disorder, gamma band (30-100 Hz) auditory steady-state electroencephalogram responses (ASSRs) are reduced in power and phase locking, likely reflecting neural circuit dysfunction. Here we examined whether gamma ASSR deficits are also present at first hospitalization for psychosis.', 'Subjects were 16 first episode schizophrenia patients (SZ), 16 first episode affective disorder patients (AFF) (13 with bipolar disorder), and 33 healthy control subjects (HC). Stimuli were 20-, 30-, and 40-Hz binaural click trains. The ASSR phase locking and evoked power were analyzed with the Morlet wavelet transform.', 'At 40-Hz stimulation, SZ and AFF had significantly reduced phase locking compared with HC. This deficit was more pronounced over the left hemisphere in SZ. Evoked power at 40 Hz was also reduced in the patients compared with HC. At 30-Hz stimulation phase locking and evoked power were reduced in both patient groups. The 20-Hz ASSR did not differ between groups, but phase locking and evoked power of the 40-Hz harmonic of the 20-Hz ASSR were reduced in both SZ and AFF. Phase locking of this 40-Hz harmonic was correlated with total positive symptoms in SZ.'] Are gamma-band auditory steady-state responses impaired in first episode psychosis?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Negative effects of dehydration on the human brain and cognitive function have been reported. In this study, we examined the effects of dehydration on pain thresholds and cortical activations in response to pain, compared with rehydration with an oral rehydration solution (ORS) by functional magnetic resonance imaging.', \"Five healthy adult men were subjected to dehydration and rehydration on 2 different days. The condition on the first day was randomly assigned to each subject. They completed a 40-minute exercise protocol using a walking machine after 12 hours of fasting under both conditions. For rehydration, the subjects consumed up to 3000 mL ORS starting from the night before the test day. After exercise, a painful stimulus (cold pressor test) was applied to the subjects' medial forearm in a magnetic resonance imaging scanning gantry, and pain-evoked brain activation was analyzed.\", 'On the rehydration day, each of the subjects consumed an average of 2040 mL (range; 1800-2500 mL) ORS. Physiological data revealed that subjects when dehydrated lost more weight from exercise than subjects when rehydrated had a larger heart rate increase, a higher tympanic temperature, and a higher urine osmolality. Subjective data revealed that the subjects reported significantly stronger thirst while dehydrated than while rehydrated with ORS, although the levels of hunger and anxiety and mood did not significantly differ between conditions. The cold pressor test robustly activated the pain-related neural network, notably the anterior cingulate cortex, insula, and thalamus. Such activations in the dehydrated subjects were greater than those in the rehydrated subjects in terms of peak and cluster, accompanied by a decrease in pain threshold (P = 0.001).'] Does dehydration enhance pain-evoked activation in the human brain compared with rehydration?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Selective nerve root blocks or transforaminal epidural injections are used for diagnosis and treatment of different spinal disorders. A clear consensus on the use of selective nerve root injections as a diagnostic tool does not currently exist. Additionally, the effectiveness of this procedure as a diagnostic tool is not clear. A systematic review of diagnostic utility of selective nerve root blocks was performed and published in January 2005, which concluded that selective nerve root injections may be helpful as a diagnostic tool in evaluating spinal pain with radicular features, but its role needs to be further clarified.', 'To evaluate and update the accuracy of selective nerve root injections in diagnosing spinal disorders.', 'A systematic review of selective nerve root blocks for the diagnosis of spinal pain.', 'A systematic review of the literature for clinical studies was performed to assess the accuracy of selective nerve root injections in diagnosing spinal pain. Methodologic quality evaluation was performed utilizing Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and Quality Assessment Studies of Diagnostic Accuracy (QUADAS) criteria. Studies were graded and evidence classified into 5 levels: conclusive, strong, moderate, limited, or indeterminate. An extensive literature search was performed utilizing resources from the library at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, PubMed, EMBASE, BioMed, and Cochrane Reviews. Manual searches of bibliographies of known primary and review articles, and abstracts from scientific meetings within the last 2 years were also reviewed.', 'There is limited evidence on the effectiveness of selective nerve root injections as a diagnostic tool for spinal pain. There is insufficient research for stronger support, but the available literature is supportive of selective nerve root injections as a diagnostic test for equivocal radicular pain. There is moderate evidence for use in the preoperative evaluation of patients with negative or inconclusive imaging studies. The positive predictive value of diagnostic selective nerve root blocks is low, but they have a useful negative predictive value.'] Does an updated systematic review of the diagnostic utility of selective nerve root block?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['The pregnancy-specific disorder preeclampsia is a major cause of maternal mortality and morbidity. Activin A has been suggested as a potential biomarker of the disease, but whether it plays a role in the pathology of preeclampsia or is just a manifestation of the disease is not fully understood.', 'The objective of the study was to examine the roles of Activin A on placental trophoblast cells under pathological conditions of preeclampsia.', 'Placental and plasma productions of Activin A in healthy pregnant women and preeclamptic patients were compared by using clinical samples obtained from Peking University First Hospital during November 2005 to November 2007. The role of Activin A at pathological doses was investigated in human trophoblast cells.', \"Plasma and placental productions of Activin A were significantly higher in preeclamptic patients when compared with normal pregnant subjects in a Chinese Han population. Treatment of trophoblast cells with high doses of Activin A resulted in a significant increase in cell apoptosis. This effect was blocked not only by silencing Activin A's receptor activin receptor-like kinase 4 but also by knockdown of Nodal's receptor ALK7. Important to note was that Activin A could significantly increase Nodal expression in trophoblast cells, and knockdown of Nodal resulted in evident blockage on Activin A-induced trophoblast cell apoptosis.\"] Do high levels of activin A detected in preeclamptic placenta induce trophoblast cell apoptosis by promoting nodal signaling?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Poor sleep quality, insomnia, and restless legs syndrome (RLS) and sleep apnea are common in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Clinical correlates of these problems are poorly understood.', \"This study was to find out the prevalence and correlates of insomnia and subjects with 'high risk for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)' in adults with chronic kidney disease.\", 'One hundred and four adults with CKD were included. Their demographic data, details regarding kidney disease and hemodialysis (HD) were recorded. Presence of insomnia and its severity was assessed. They were screened for sleep apnea using a validated questionnaire.', 'Average age was 54.17 (± 12.96) years. 89.4% had stage 5 nephropathy and 78.8% subjects were on regular HD. Males outnumbered females. Insomnia was reported by 35.5%. Among these, 50% had chronic insomnia. Insomnia subjects had higher prevalence of diabetes (P = 0.01) and depression (P < 0.001). Fifty-one percent subjects were at \"high risk for sleep apnea\". They had higher prevalence of diabetes (P < 0.001), coronary disease (P = 0.02), insomnia (P = 0.008), and experienced daytime symptoms of insomnia (P < 0.001). However, in the logistic regression, only male gender (odds ratio, OR = 13.59) and daytime symptoms of insomnia (OR = 7.34) were found to be associated with \"higher risk for sleep apnea\".'] Does prevalence and correlate of insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea in chronic kidney disease?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Recent studies have shown the anti diabetic effects of oral sodium tungstate treatment in several animal models of diabetes based on short-term experiments. In this study, we examined the effectiveness of long-term tungstate treatment of streptozotocin-induced-diabetic rats.', 'Tungstate was administered to the drinking water of rats for eight months.', 'The treatment resulted in a reduction in serum glucose concentrations in diabetic rats, but no change in glycaemia was detected in healthy rats. Alterations in the hepatic glucose metabolism due to diabetes were almost completely counteracted by tungstate treatment. The partial recovery of glucokinase activity, not found in diabetic animals, normalised glycogen and glucose 6-phosphate concentrations. Tungstate treatment also restored pyruvate kinase activity and fructose 2,6-bisphosphate concentrations. In healthy rats, tungstate treatment did not modify the majority of the hepatic parameters studied. Moreover, tungstate treatment prevented diabetes-induced morphological changes in the kidney and ocular lens and also reduced mortality. Furthermore, no hypoglycaemic episodes or undesirable side effects were observed in treated diabetic or healthy rats. In addition, there is no evidence of intolerance developing after prolonged use.'] Is tungstate an effective antidiabetic agent in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats : a long-term study?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['The ability of intestinal helminths to manipulate the immune system of their host towards a Th2 response has been proposed to modulate auto-immune and allergic diseases.', 'This initial study investigated the anti-inflammatory potential of S. mansoni and soluble egg antigen (SEA) in a murine model of colitis.', 'Colitis was induced in female NMRI mice by 5% dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) for 7\\xa0days, either 9\\xa0weeks post-infection with S. mansoni or during treatment with SEA. In addition to clinical signs of colitis, colon histology, immunohistochemistry, and flow cytometry of leukocytes were performed. Colon cytokines were measured using a quantitative real-time technique.', 'Infection with cercariae of S. mansoni attenuated DSS-induced colitis. Clinical symptoms such as weight loss and shortening of colon length were significantly prevented. Histological scores and cell infiltration were affected and expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines in the colons of infected DSS colitis mice was reduced. In contrast, application of SEA failed to improve colitis, even though some findings like earlier manifestation of inflammation and local induction of Th2 cytokines were similar to the effects of cercarial infection.'] Does schistosoma mansoni infection but not egg antigen promote recovery from colitis in outbred NMRI mice?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['The SA14-14-2 Japanese encephalitis (JE) live attenuated vaccine is licensed for use only in China, and has provided excellent efficacy in reducing the incidence of JE. The humoral immune response related to the JE vaccination has been well characterized, however cellular immune responses are less well known.', 'Thirty-four healthy males who had recently received inoculation with the SA14-14-2 live attenuated vaccine were recruited. Serum samples from these subjects were analyzed for cytokine and chemokine levels using the FlowCytomix method.', 'Eighteen of 34 subjects were positive for JE virus-specific IgG antibodies. Levels of interleukin (IL)-8, monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1, macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-1α, and MIP-1β were significantly higher in the vaccinees than in a control group (p<0.0001, p<0.0001, p=0.021, and p<0.0001, respectively). IL-6 was detectable in 64.7% of vaccinees, but was not detectable in any of the controls. IL-1β, IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-9, IL-10, IL-12p70, IL-13, IL-17A, IL-22, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, and interferon (IFN)-γ were detected in very few subjects or were undetectable in both groups.'] Do cytokine and chemokine responses to Japanese encephalitis live attenuated vaccine in a human population?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Whether minimal microvascular resistance of the myocardium is affected by the presence of an epicardial stenosis is controversial. Recently, an index of microcirculatory resistance (IMR) was developed that is based on combined measurements of distal coronary pressure and thermodilution-derived mean transit time. In normal coronary arteries, IMR correlates well with true microvascular resistance. However, to be applicable in the case of an epicardial stenosis, IMR should account for collateral flow. We investigated the feasibility of determining IMR in humans and tested the hypothesis that microvascular resistance is independent of epicardial stenosis.', 'Thirty patients scheduled for percutaneous coronary intervention were studied. The stenosis was stented with a pressure guidewire, and coronary wedge pressure (P(w)) was measured during balloon occlusion. After successful stenting, a short compliant balloon with a diameter 1.0 mm smaller than the stent was placed in the stented segment and inflated with increasing pressures, creating a 10%, 50%, and 75% area stenosis. At each of the 3 degrees of stenosis, fractional flow reserve (FFR) and IMR were measured at steady-state maximum hyperemia induced by intravenous adenosine. A total of 90 measurements were performed in 30 patients. When uncorrected for P(w), an apparent increase in microvascular resistance was observed with increasing stenosis severity (IMR=24, 27, and 37 U for the 3 different degrees of stenosis; P<0.001). In contrast, when P(w) is appropriately accounted for, microvascular resistance did not change with stenosis severity (IMR=22, 23, and 23 U, respectively; P=0.28).'] Does epicardial stenosis severity affect minimal microcirculatory resistance?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "no" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['We hypothesized that spontaneous inspiratory effort transmitted to the pleural space during airway pressure release ventilation would result in increased lung perfusion after surgery for tetralogy of Fallot or following a cavopulmonary shunt as a consequence of transient decreases in intrapleural pressure.', 'Prospective crossover cohort study.', 'A tertiary care cardiac pediatric intensive care unit.', 'Children after tetralogy of Fallot repair, cavopulmonary shunt, or Fontan operation.', 'Lung perfusion and cardiac output were measured during airway pressure release ventilation and pressure control ventilation with pressure support, both with and without spontaneous ventilation. Oxygen consumption was measured (mass spectrometer) and lung perfusion/cardiac output calculated (Fick equation). Constant levels of CO₂ and mean airway pressure were targeted in all study phases.', 'Twenty patients were enrolled in the study, nine after repair of tetralogy of Fallot and 11 after a cavopulmonary shunt. In the absence of spontaneous ventilation, there were no differences in lung perfusion or any of the measured gas exchange or hemodynamic parameters. In the presence of spontaneous ventilation for all patients, mean pulmonary blood flow increased from 2.4 to 2.9 L·min⁻¹M⁻² (p = .02). Oxygen delivery increased from 594 to 774 mL/min/m² (p = .05) in the patients with tetralogy of Fallot patients and from 473 to 518 L·min⁻¹M⁻² (p = .07) in the cavopulmonary shunt group.'] Does airway pressure release ventilation improve pulmonary blood flow in infants after cardiac surgery?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Circadian rhythms play an integral role in human behavior, physiology and health. Individual differences in daily rhythms (chronotypes) can affect individual sleep-wake cycles, activity patterns and behavioral choices. Diurnal preference, the tendency towards morningness or eveningness among individuals, has been associated with interpersonal variation in circadian clock-related output measures, including body temperature, melatonin levels and clock gene mRNA in blood, oral mucosa, and dermal fibroblast cell cultures.', 'Here we report gene expression data from two principal clock genes sampled from hair follicle cells, a peripheral circadian clock. Hair follicle cells from fourteen individuals of extreme morning or evening chronotype were sampled at three time points. RNA was extracted and quantitative PCR assays were used to measure mRNA expression patterns of two clock genes, Per3 and Nr1d2.', 'We found significant differences in clock gene expression over time between chronotype groups, independent of gender or age of participants. Extreme evening chronotypes have a delay in phase of circadian clock gene oscillation relative to extreme morning types. Variation in the molecular clockwork of chronotype groups represents nearly three-hour phase differences (Per3: 2.61 hours; Nr1d2: 3.08 hours, both: 2.86) in circadian oscillations of these clock genes.'] Does diurnal Preference predict Phase Differences in Expression of Human Peripheral Circadian Clock Genes?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['The role of growth factors in ovarian cancer development and progression is complex and multifactorial. We hypothesized that new growth factors may be identified through the molecular analysis of ovarian tumors as they exist in their native environment.', 'RNA extracted from microdissected serous low malignant potential (LMP) and invasive ovarian tumors was used to construct cDNA libraries. A total of 7300 transcripts were randomly chosen for sequencing, and those transcripts were statistically evaluated. Reverse transcription-PCR and immunohistochemistry were used to validate the findings in tumor tissue samples. Ovarian cancer cell lines were used to test gene effects on monolayer growth, proliferative capacity, and density-independent growth.', 'Analysis of the pooled library transcripts revealed 26 genes differentially expressed between LMP and invasive ovarian cancers. The granulin-epithelin precursor [GEP/PC-cell derived growth factor (PCDGF)] was expressed only in the invasive ovarian cancer libraries (P < 0.028) and was absent in the LMP libraries (0 of 2872 clones). All of the invasive tumor epithelia, 20% of the LMP tumor epithelia, and all of the stroma from both subsets expressed GEP by reverse transcription-PCR. Immunohistochemical staining for GEP was diffuse and cytosolic in invasive ovarian cancer tumor cells compared with occasional, punctate, and apical staining in LMP tumor epithelia. Antisense transfection of GEP into ovarian cancer cell lines resulted in down-regulation of GEP production, reduction in cell growth (P < 0.002), decrease in the S-phase fraction (P < 0.04), and loss of density-independent growth potential (P < 0.01).'] Is the granulin-epithelin precursor/PC-cell-derived growth factor a growth factor for epithelial ovarian cancer?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['CD26 is highly expressed on lung epithelial cells as well as on immune cells. Ovalbumin (OVA)-induced airway inflammation induces a further increase of CD26 expression. CD26-deficient rat strains exhibit blunted clinical courses in models of experimental asthma.', '(1) To investigate the involvement of regulatory T cells (Tregs) and the surfactant system in a rat model of genetic CD26 deficiency. (2) To investigate regulatory mechanisms dependent on the endogenous CD26 expression. (3) To investigate the impact of CD26 on surfactant protein (SP)-levels under inflammatory conditions.', 'Wild-type and CD26-deficient F344 rats were sensitized to and challenged with OVA. Subsequently, airway inflammation, SP levels as well as surface tension of the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid were evaluated.', 'CD26 deficiency led to decreased airway inflammation, e.g. reduced numbers of eosinophils and activated T cells in the BAL. Remarkably, the CD26-deficient rats exhibited a significantly increased influx of FoxP3(+) Tregs into the lungs and increased IL-10-secretion/production by draining lymph node cells in culture experiments. Furthermore, in OVA-challenged CD26-deficient rats, the increase of the expression of the collectins SP-A and SP-D as well as of the surface tension-active SP-B was significantly less pronounced than in the CD26-positive strain. Only in the wild-type rats, functional alterations of the surfactant system, e.g. the increased surface tension were obvious after OVA challenge.'] Is reduced airway inflammation in CD26/DPP4-deficient F344 rats associated with altered recruitment patterns of regulatory T cells and expression of pulmonary surfactant proteins?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['To determine if arthroscopic surgery performed on weanlings/yearlings with trochlear ridge OCD of the femur (stifle OCD), or intermediate ridge of the tibia (tarsal OCD) detected on routine presale radiographs affects future racing performance.', 'Retrospective case control study.', 'Thoroughbred weanlings and yearlings.', 'Stifle (N = 37; 22 male, 15 female) and tarsal (N = 35; 22 male, 13 female) OCD cases were identified. Outcome measures relating to racing performance (number of race starts, wins, places, and prize money earned, from races in their 2- and 3-year-old racing careers and in total from the period studied) were defined and then cases were compared to 2 age and sex matched controls using multilevel linear regression models. The effect of horse age at surgery and surgeon experience on the outcomes for cases with stifle OCD were also examined.', 'Stifle OCD cases (N = 37; age 190-563 days at surgery) had significantly lower total earnings (P = .043), fewer total starts (P = .001) and fewer total 1st place finishes (P = .003) than their matched controls. For tarsal OCD cases (N = 35, age 127-470 days at surgery), fewer starts made by cases than controls (P = .018). Younger horse age at time of surgery and reduced surgeon experience were significantly associated with worse outcomes for stifle OCD cases.'] Do treatment of osteochondrosis dissecans in the stifle and tarsus of juvenile thoroughbred horses?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['To investigate whether autophagy can be induced by 1, 4-benzoquinone (1, 4-BQ) in HL60 cells, as well as the role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in induced autophagy.', 'In order to determine a suitable 1, 4-BQ treatment concentration for autophagy detection in HL60 cells, the cell vitality were examined by CCK8 assay. Logarithmic-growth-phased cells were divided into control group, 1, 4-BQ group (10μmol/L 1, 4-BQ, 24 h) , NAC group (antioxidant n-acetyl cysteine, 5mmol/L, 24 h) and the 1, 4-BQ+NAC group (5 mmol/L NAC were preincubated for 1h prior to the treatment with 10 μmol/L 1, 4-BQ for 24 h). The autophagic acidic vesicle were inspected by acridine orange staining, LC3 were detected by immunofluorescence staining, and expressions of LC3 and Beclin1 were quantitatively detected by Western blot.', 'The results from cell viability test indicated that 1, 4-BQ exhibited a dose-dependent toxicity to HL60 cells. Compared with control group.the cell viability in 20.0、40.0μmol/L concentration were decreased obviously, and the differences had statistical significance (P<0.05). Compare with contrd group acidic vesicle, LC3II, LC3II/LC3I and Beclin1 protein expressions were increased in 1, 4-BQ group, after both respectively 12.4% and 27%, the differences had statistital significance. While 1, 4-BQ+NAC group was observed that acidic vesicle, LC3 and Beclin1 protein level were markedly lower than 1, 4-BQ group, after both decreased 12.6% and 22.6% respectively, both the difference were statistically significant (P<0.05).'] Do [ Benzoquinone induce autophagy in HL60 cells and the role of reactive oxygen species in induced autophagy ]?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Several epidemiological studies have shown an inverse relation between high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels and coronary heart disease. Recently, observational studies have suggested a similar inverse relation between HDL and restenosis after coronary balloon angioplasty. Despite these observations, it is unclear whether this inverse relation reflects a direct vascular protective effect of HDL or apolipoprotein (apo) A-I, the major apolipoprotein component of HDL. Therefore, to determine whether HDL directly influences neointima formation, we investigated the effect of recombinant apo A-I Milano (apo A-I M), a mutant of human apo A-I with Arg-173 to Cys substitution, on intimal thickening after balloon injury in cholesterol-fed rabbits.', 'Cholesterol feeding was initiated 18 days before injury and continued until the time of death. Eight rabbits received intravenous injections of 40 mg of apo A-I M linked to a phospholipid carrier on alternate days, beginning 5 days before and continuing for 5 days after balloon injury of femoral and iliac arteries. Eight rabbits received the carrier alone, and four received neither apo A-I M nor the carrier. Three weeks after balloon injury, apo A-I M-treated rabbits had significantly reduced intimal thickness compared with the two control groups (mean +/- SD): 0.49 +/- 0.29 versus 1.14 +/- 0.38 mm2 and 1.69 +/- 0.43 mm2, P < .002 by ANOVA). The intima-to-media ratio was also significantly reduced by apo A-I M (0.7 +/- 0.2 versus 1.5 +/- 0.5 and 2.1 +/- 0.1, P < .002 by ANOVA) compared with the two controls. The fraction of intimal lesion covered by macrophages, as identified by immunohistochemistry using macrophage-specific monoclonal antibody, was significantly less in apo A-I M-treated rabbits compared with carrier-treated animals (25.3 +/- 17% versus 59.4 +/- 12.3%, P < .005). Aortic cholesterol content, measured in an additional 10 rabbits, did not differ significantly between apo A-I M-treated animals (n = 5) and carrier-treated controls (n = 5).'] Does recombinant apolipoprotein A-I Milano reduce intimal thickening after balloon injury in hypercholesterolemic rabbits?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['The number of reported cases of allergic reactions to sesame seeds (Sesamum indicum) has increased significantly. The specific IgE tests and skin prick tests presently available for diagnosis of sesame allergy are all based on crude sesame extract and are limited by their low clinical specificity. Thus, oral food challenge (OFC) is still the gold standard in the diagnosis.', 'The aim was to identify the allergen components useful to diagnose sesame-allergic children with the goal to reduce the number of OFCs needed.', 'Ninety-two sesame-sensitized children were consecutively enrolled and diagnosed based on OFC or convincing history. Specific IgE to purified native 11S globulin (nSes i 11S), 7S globulin (nSes i 7S), 2S albumin (nSes i 2S), and two recombinant 2S albumins (rSes i 1 and rSes i 2) was measured by ELISA and/or ImmunoCAP (rSes i 1/streptavidin application).', 'Based on area under curve (AUC) values from receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis, rSes i 1 was shown to have the best diagnostic performance of the allergen components in ELISA. The experimental rSes i 1 ImmunoCAP test had larger AUC (0.891; 95% CI, 0.826-0.955) compared to the commercially available sesame ImmunoCAP (0.697; 95% CI, 0.589-0.805). The clinical sensitivity and specificity for the rSes i 1 ImmunoCAP test at optimal cut-off (3.96 kUA /L) were 86.1% and 85.7%, respectively.'] Does measurement of specific IgE antibodies to Ses i 1 improve the diagnosis of sesame allergy?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Apart from the platelet/endothelial cell adhesion molecule 1 (PECAM-1, CD31), endoglin (CD105) and a positive factor VIII-related antigen staining, human primary and immortalized macro- and microvascular endothelial cells (ECs) differ in their cell surface expression of activating and inhibitory ligands for natural killer (NK) cells. Here we comparatively study the effects of irradiation on the phenotype of ECs and their interaction with resting and activated NK cells.', 'Primary macrovascular human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) only express UL16 binding protein 2 (ULBP2) and the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I chain-related protein MIC-A (MIC-A) as activating signals for NK cells, whereas the corresponding immortalized EA.hy926 EC cell line additionally present ULBP3, membrane heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70), intercellular adhesion molecule ICAM-1 (CD54) and HLA-E. Apart from MIC-B, the immortalized human microvascular endothelial cell line HMEC, resembles the phenotype of EA.hy926. Surprisingly, primary HUVECs are more sensitive to Hsp70 peptide (TKD) plus IL-2 (TKD/IL-2)-activated NK cells than their immortalized EC counterpatrs. This finding is most likely due to the absence of the inhibitory ligand HLA-E, since the activating ligands are shared among the ECs. The co-culture of HUVECs with activated NK cells induces ICAM-1 (CD54) and HLA-E expression on the former which drops to the initial low levels (below 5%) when NK cells are removed. Sublethal irradiation of HUVECs induces similar but less pronounced effects on HUVECs. Along with these findings, irradiation also induces HLA-E expression on macrovascular ECs and this correlates with an increased resistance to killing by activated NK cells. Irradiation had no effect on HLA-E expression on microvascular ECs and the sensitivity of these cells to NK cells remained unaffected.'] Does irradiation-induced up-regulation of HLA-E on macrovascular endothelial cells confer protection against killing by activated natural killer cells?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Differential diagnosis of sporadic inclusion body myositis (s-IBM) and polymyositis (PM)/dermatomyositis (DM) is difficult and can affect proper disease management. Detection of heterogeneous muscular involvement in s-IBM by muscle sonography could be a unique diagnostic feature.', 'Sonography of the lower leg and forearm was performed in patients with s-IBM, PM/DM and control subjects (n = 11 each). Echo intensities (EIs) of the adjacent muscles [medial head of the gastrocnemius versus soleus and the flexor digitorum profundus (FDP) versus flexor carpi ulnaris (FCU)] were scored by three blinded raters. The mean EIs of these muscles were compared using computer-assisted histogram analysis.', 'Both evaluation methods showed high echoic signals in the gastrocnemius of patients with s-IBM. EIs were significantly different between the gastrocnemius and soleus in patients with s-IBM, but not in those with DM/PM and the controls. In the forearm, although the EI of the FDP was higher in the s-IBM group than in the other groups, the EI differences between the FDP and FCU did not differ significantly between disease groups. The difference in area under the curves to differentiate between s-IBM and DM/PM was greatest between the gastrocnemius-soleus EIs (0.843; P = 0.006).'] Do intramuscular dissociation of echogenicity in the triceps surae characterizes sporadic inclusion body myositis?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['(S)-Leucoxine, isolated from the Colombian Lauraceae tree Rhodostemonodaphne crenaticupula Madriñan, was found to inhibit the growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv. A biomimetic approach for the chemical synthesis of a wide array of 1-substituted tetrahydroisoquinolines was undertaken with the aim of elucidating a common pharmacophore for these compounds with novel mode(s) of anti-TB action.', 'Biomimetic Pictet-Spengler or Bischler-Napieralski synthetic routes were employed followed by an evaluation of the biological activity of the synthesized compounds.', 'In this work, the synthesized tetrahydroisoquinolines were found to inhibit the growth of M. tuberculosis H37Rv and affect its whole-cell phenotype as well as the activity of the ATP-dependent MurE ligase, a key enzyme involved in the early stage of cell wall peptidoglycan biosynthesis.'] Do tetrahydroisoquinolines affect the whole-cell phenotype of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by inhibiting the ATP-dependent MurE ligase?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['The Israeli population has a unique genetic make-up, with a high prevalence of consanguineous marriages and autosomal recessive diseases. In rod-dominated phenotypes, disease-causing genes and mutations that differ from those identified in other populations often are incurred. We used whole exome sequencing (WES) to identify genetic defects in Israeli families with cone-dominated retinal phenotypes.', 'Clinical analysis included family history, detailed ocular examination, visual function testing, and retinal imaging. Whole exome sequencing, followed by segregation analysis, was performed in 6 cone-dominated retinopathy families in which prior mutation analysis did not reveal the causative gene. Based on the WES findings, we screened 106 additional families with cone-dominated phenotypes.', 'The WES analysis revealed mutations in known retinopathy genes in five of the six families: two pathogenic mutations in the GUCY2D gene in three families, and one each in CDHR1 and C8orf37. Targeted screening of additional cone-dominated families led to identification of GUCY2D mutations in four other families, which included two highly probable novel disease-causing variants.'] Does whole exome sequencing reveal GUCY2D as a major gene associated with cone and cone-rod dystrophy in Israel?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Parthenogenetic and androgenetic embryos fail to develop to term, possibly because of genomic imprinting, an epigenetic alteration of certain genes, depending on the parent of origin. The effect of this phenomenon has been studied mainly in mid-gestation embryos, without morphological abnormalities detected during the preim-plantation period. Nevertheless, parthenogenetic mouse embryos never develop to the blastocyst stage in the same numbers as do fertilized ones, and up to 50% fail to implant, suggesting that genomic imprinting may be responsible for this lack of viability.', 'We have made a quantitative and morphometric analysis of the cell proliferation capacity at the end of the preimplantation period in parthenogenetic mice to study if such parameter is affected by the monoparental constitution of the embryos.'] Is cell proliferation reduced in parthenogenetic mouse embryos at the blastocyst stage : a quantitative study?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Mucin hypersecretion and mucus plugging in the airways are characteristic features of chronic respiratory diseases like cystic fibrosis (CF) and contribute to morbidity and mortality. In CF, Pseudomonas aeruginosa superinfections in the lung exacerbate inflammation and alter mucus properties. There is increasing evidence that n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) exhibit anti-inflammatory properties in many inflammatory diseases while n-6 PUFA arachidonic acid (AA) favors inflammatory mediators such as eicosanoids prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and leukotriene B4 (LTB4) that may enhance inflammatory reactions. This suggests that n-3 PUFAs may have a protective effect against mucus over-production in airway diseases. Therefore, we hypothesized that n-3 PUFAs may downregulate mucins expression.', 'We designed an absolute real-time PCR assay to assess the effect of a 5-week diet enriched either with n-3 or n-6 PUFAs on the expression of large mucins in the lungs of mice infected by P. aeruginosa.', 'Dietary fatty acids did not influence mucin gene expression in healthy mice. Lung infection induced an increase of the secreted gel-forming mucin Muc5b and a decrease of the membrane bound mucin Muc4. These deregulations are modulated by dietary fatty acids with a suppressive effect of n-3 PUFAs on mucin (increase of Muc5b from 19-fold up to 3.6 x 10(5)-fold for the n-3 PUFAs treated group and the control groups, respectively, 4 days post-infection and decrease of Muc4 from 15-fold up to 3.2 x 10(4)-fold for the control and the n-3 PUFAs treated groups, respectively, 4 days post-infection).'] Do dietary n-3 fatty acids have suppressive effects on mucin upregulation in mice infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Previous studies have examined the impact of physician gender and gender concordance on preventive care, satisfaction, and communication. Less is known about how physician gender and gender concordance affect care for chronic illnesses, including HIV.', 'This study sought to determine whether patient-clinician gender concordance (patient and clinician are of the same gender) influences receipt of protease inhibitor (PI) therapy and ratings of care among HIV-infected patients.', \"We reviewed data from 1860 patients and 397 clinicians in the HIV Cost and Services Utilization Study, a nationally representative the association between gender concordance and time to first PI use, and multivariable logistic regression was utilized to examine the association of gender concordance with patients' problems with care and their overall rating of care.\", 'Patients who had a male clinician received PIs earlier than those who had a female clinician (adjusted time ratio = 0.69 for having a male vs having a female clinician; P <or= 0.01). Gender concordance was not a significant predictor of time to PI use. Gender discordance was associated with problems with feeling respected by clinicians. Female patients with a male clinician were most likely, and female patients with female clinicians were least likely, to report a problem with being treated with respect (P <or= 0.01 for the interaction term). Gender discordance was not associated with other problems with care or with overall ratings of care.'] Is clinician gender more important than gender concordance in quality of HIV care?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Serotonin (5-HT) is present in much larger amounts in the gut than in the central nervous system and is predominantly synthesized and stored in mucosal enterochromaffin cells. Bicarbonate secretion by the duodenal mucosa is the major mechanism in maintaining mucosal integrity, neutralizing invading protons within the surface mucus gel. In this study the role of local 5-HT in the control of the protective secretion was investigated.', 'A segment of proximal duodenum was perfused in situ in anaesthetized rats and the alkaline secretion was continuously recorded by pH-stat. Intracellular calcium signalling was measured in clusters of human and rat duodenal enterocytes devoid of neural tissue. After loading with the fluorescent probe, fura-2, the clusters were attached to the bottom of a temperature-controlled perfusion chamber.', 'Close intra-arterial infusion to the duodenal segment of 5-HT (20-200 nmol kg(-1) h(-1)) dose-dependently increased duodenal mucosal HCO3 secretion. A higher dose (2000 nmol kg(-1) h(-1)) did not further increase secretion. Responses were inhibited by the ganglionic blocker and nicotinic receptor antagonist hexamethonium, and were abolished by the 5-HT4 receptor antagonist SB 204070. The 5-HT3 antagonist tropisetron, in contrast, caused only slight inhibition. Viable human and rat duodenal enterocytes responded to 5-HT (100-500 nM) with an increase in intracellular calcium concentration. Pretreatment with SB 204070 or removal of external calcium abolished the response.'] Does serotonin increase protective duodenal bicarbonate secretion via enteric ganglia and a 5-HT4-dependent pathway?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: [\"Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most prevalent age-related neurodegenerative diseases and usually refers to a complex disorder with multiple genetic and environmental factors influencing disease risk. We here performed a gene-based case-control association study to scrutinize whether genetic variants in SNCA and LRRK2 genes could predispose to sporadic, late-onset form of PD in Taiwanese population.\", '17 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) markers located within SNCA gene as well as the 16 SNP markers within LRRK2 gene were chosen for genotyping and evaluated their haplotype structure in a cohort of sporadic PD patients and control individuals.', \"This study showed that two SNPs near the promoter region (rs2301134 and rs2301135) of SNCA gene gave the greatest evidence for an association with PD (p\\xa0≤\\xa00.01) and a haplotype block with two SNPs in the 3' UTR (rs356221 and rs11931074) revealed another evidence of association (p\\xa0≤\\xa00.02). For the LRRK2 gene, only R1628P variants of total 16 SNPs giving a marginal significant association with PD across the whole gene (p\\xa0=\\xa00.0058) and no haplotype block was constructed. Many genetic variants (A419V, I1122V, R1441C, R1441G, R1441H, Y1699C, M1869V, M1869T, I2012T, G2019S, and I2020T) from previous reports were not detected in our cohort.\"] Are genetic variants of SNCA and LRRK2 genes associated with sporadic PD susceptibility : a replication study in a Taiwanese cohort?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['The District of Columbia General Hospital has a flexible sigmoidoscopy (FS) colorectal cancer screening program. We noted that this program was underused. The aim of this study was to determine whether education could improve use of a flexible sigmoidoscopy screening program in an inner city population.', 'Patients undergoing screening FS 5 months before our educational initiative were compared to patients undergoing screening FS 5 months after implementation. A 1-month period was allowed for implementation. Procedure logs and GI charts were reviewed.', 'A total of 121 patients underwent FS screening during our study period. Of the patients, 97% were African-American; 58% were female; and the average age was 61 yr. A total of 50 patients underwent FS in the pre-education group, and 71 patients underwent FS after implementation of our educational initiative.'] Does education improve colorectal cancer screening by flexible sigmoidoscopy in an inner city population?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Beta-catenin is an essential mediator of canonical Wnt signaling and a central component of the cadherin-catenin epithelial adhesion complex. Dysregulation of beta-catenin expression has been described in pancreatic neoplasia. Newly published studies have suggested that beta-catenin is critical for normal pancreatic development although these reports reached somewhat different conclusions. In addition, the molecular mechanisms by which loss of beta-catenin affects pancreas development are not well understood. The goals of this study then were; 1] to further investigate the role of beta-catenin in pancreatic development using a conditional knockout approach and 2] to identify possible mechanisms by which loss of beta-catenin disrupts pancreatic development. A Pdx1-cre mouse line was used to delete a floxed beta-catenin allele specifically in the developing pancreas, and embryonic pancreata were studied by immunohistochemistry and microarray analysis.', 'Pdx1-cre floxed beta-catenin animals were viable but demonstrated small body size and shortened median survival. The pancreata from knockout mice were hypoplastic and histologically demonstrated a striking paucity of exocrine pancreas, acinar to duct metaplasia, but generally intact pancreatic islets containing all lineages of endocrine cells. In animals with extensive acinar hypoplasia, putative hepatocyte transdifferention was occasionally observed. Obvious and uniform pancreatic hypoplasia was observed by embryonic day E16.5. Transcriptional profiling of Pdx1-cre floxed beta-catenin embryonic pancreata at E14.5, before there was a morphological phenotype, revealed significant decreases in the beta-catenin target gene N-myc, and the basic HLH transcription factor PTF1, and an increase of several pancreatic zymogens compared to control animals. By E16.5, there was a dramatic loss of exocrine markers and an increase in Hoxb4, which is normally expressed anterior to the pancreas.'] Is wnt/beta-catenin signaling required for development of the exocrine pancreas?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['To determine whether nonparetic arm force overinhibits the paretic arm in patients with chronic unilateral poststroke hemiparesis.', 'Case-control neurophysiological and behavioral study of patients with chronic stroke.', 'Research institution.', 'Eighty-six referred patients were screened to enroll 9 participants (N=9) with a >6 month history of 1 unilateral ischemic infarct that resulted in arm hemiparesis with residual ability to produce 1Nm of wrist flexion torque and without contraindication to transcranial magnetic stimulation. Eight age- and handedness-matched healthy volunteers without neurologic diagnosis were studied for comparison.', 'Not applicable.', 'Change in interhemispheric inhibition targeting the ipsilesional primary motor cortex (M1) during nonparetic arm force. We hypothesized that interhemispheric inhibition would increase more in healthy controls than in patients with hemiparesis.', 'Healthy age-matched controls had significantly greater increases in inhibition from their active to resting M1 than patients with stroke from their active contralesional to resting ipsilesional M1 in the same scenario (20%±7% vs -1%±4%, F1,12=6.61, P=.025). Patients with greater increases in contralesional to ipsilesional inhibition were better performers on the 9-hole peg test of paretic arm function.'] Does nonparetic arm force overinhibit the paretic arm in chronic poststroke hemiparesis?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "no" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Redox-active iron, a catalyst in the production of hydroxyl radicals via the Fenton reaction, is one of the key participants in ROS-induced tissue injury and general inflammation. According to our recent findings, an excess of tissue iron is involved in several airway-related pathologies such as nasal polyposis and asthma.', 'To examine the anti-inflammatory properties of a newly developed specific iron-chelating complex, Zn/Ga-DFO, in a mouse model of asthma.', 'Asthma was induced in BALBc mice by ovalbumin, using aluminum hydroxide as an adjuvant. Mice were divided into four groups: (i) control, (ii) asthmatic and sham-treated, (iii) asthmatic treated with Zn/Ga-DFO [intra-peritoneally (i/p) and intra-nasally (i/n)], and (iv) asthmatic treated with Zn/Ga-DFO, i/n only. Lung histology and cytology were examined. Biochemical analysis of pulmonary levels of ferritin and iron-saturated ferritin was conducted.', 'The amount of neutrophils and eosinophils in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, goblet cell hyperplasia, mucus secretion, and peri-bronchial edema, showed markedly better values in both asthmatic-treated groups compared to the asthmatic non-treated group. The non-treated asthmatic group showed elevated ferritin levels, while in the two treated groups it returned to baseline levels. Interestingly, i/n-treatment demonstrated a more profound effect alone than in a combination with i/p injections.'] Does zn/Ga-DFO iron-chelating complex attenuate the inflammatory process in a mouse model of asthma?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['To explore the role of autocrine interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1 alpha) as a central regulator of the repair phenotype in corneal fibroblasts.', 'Disruption of the actin cytoskeleton with cytochalasin B (CB), which mimics changes in shape that occur in repair tissues, was used to stimulate repair gene expression in early-passage fibroblasts. Changes in expression of IL-1 alpha, IL-8, collagenase, and ENA-78 were determined by Northern blot analysis, radioimmunoassay, and an enzyme-amplified sensitivity immunoassay (EASIA). Expression of repair genes was also examined in repair fibroblasts, isolated from healing, penetrating keratectomy wounds in rabbits.', 'Blocking IL-1 alpha activity prevented both constitutive and stimulated increases in synthesis of IL-8 and collagenase in early-passage cultures of corneal fibroblasts, demonstrating the role of IL-1 alpha as a necessary intermediate for expression of these genes. Evidence is also presented that the IL-1 alpha autocrine controls expression of an IL-8 related factor, ENA-78. Unlike early-passage fibroblasts, fibroblasts freshly isolated from the uninjured cornea did not express IL-1 alpha. However, fibroblasts freshly isolated from remodeling corneal repair tissue 3 weeks after injury were found to express substantial levels of IL-1 alpha, regulated through an autocrine feedback loop. Neutralization experiments demonstrated that the IL-1 alpha autocrine is largely responsible for controlling both collagenase and IL-8 synthesis in repair fibroblasts, as it is in early-passage fibroblasts.'] Is repair phenotype in corneal fibroblasts controlled by an interleukin-1 alpha autocrine feedback loop?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['To determine the prevalence of vitamin B12 deficiency in patients who have had gastric surgery.', 'Cross-sectional study.', 'Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center.', '61 patients who had had gastric surgery and 107 controls.', 'Serum levels of vitamin B12, folate, methylmalonic acid, and total homocysteine measured before and after treatment in participants with vitamin B12 deficiency. Vitamin B12 deficiency was defined as one of the following: 1) a serum vitamin B12 level less than 221 pmol/L and an elevated methylmalonic acid level; 2) a serum vitamin B12 level less than 221 pmol/L and an elevated total homocysteine level that decreased with vitamin B12 treatment; or 3) in patients unavailable for treatment, a serum vitamin B12 level less than 221 pmol/L, a folate level greater than 9 nmol/L, and an elevated total homocysteine level.', 'Study patients and controls were similar in age, sex, and racial distribution. Nineteen patients (31%) and 2 controls (2%) had vitamin B12 deficiency (P < 0.001). Twelve (63%) of the 19 vitamin B12-deficient patients had elevated total homocysteine levels. In all participants with vitamin B12 deficiency who received treatment (15 of 21), methylmalonic acid and total homocysteine levels decreased substantially, confirming the deficiency before treatment.'] Do elevated methylmalonic acid and total homocysteine levels show high prevalence of vitamin B12 deficiency after gastric surgery?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['To determine the relationship between affluence and the presence of diabetic retinopathy at time of diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes.', 'Records of patients held by Southampton Retinal Screening Programme were examined. Patients (n = 1844) newly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and subsequently receiving photographic retinal screening within 24 months were selected. Townsend scores for social deprivation were calculated and the patients with and without retinopathy at first screening were then compared.', 'No significant difference was found in the median Townsend score of those people with (-0.2, interquartile range (IQR) -3.7 to 3.8) and those without (-0.5, IQR -3.3 to 3.6) diabetic retinopathy at first screening after diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes (P = 0.6).'] Is affluence related to delay in diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes as judged by the development of diabetic retinopathy?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "no" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['During the therapeutic videofluoroscopic examination of swallowing, gradation of bolus volume, texture, and viscosity can be implemented to determine the optimal bolus characteristics in that particular patient. When a thickened liquid is given to a dysphagic patient it is served at room temperature. However, in these patients with a delayed oral and/or pharyngeal stage of swallow, the bolus is held for a long time in the oral cavity. The temperature of the thickened liquid thereby increases.', 'To study the rheological exploration (variation of viscosity with temperature) of thickened food used for radiologic swallowing examinations in patients with oral and pharyngeal dysfunction, in particular in mixtures of barium sulfate suspensions and in iodine solutions.', 'Deep-frozen mango purée was thawed at room temperature. It was then mixed with barium sulfate contrast medium to a density of 25% w/w. Resorce Thicken Up was mixed at room temperature at two concentrations: 4.3% w/w (4.5 g thickener + 100 g distilled water) and 6.0% w/w (4.5 g thickener + 70 g distilled water). The thickener consisted of modified corn starch. Resorce Thicken Up was also mixed at room temperature with two concentrations of an iodine contrast material, iohexol (Omnipaque, 350 mg I/ml). The two concentrations were: 4.3% w/w (4.5 g thickener + 100 g iohexol) and 6% w/w (6 g thickener + 100 g iohexol). Measurements were carried out from 20 degrees C to 37 degrees C using a Stresstech HR rheometer. The rheometer was equipped with a concentric cylinder measuring system (inner cylinder 15 mm).', 'The samples containing thickener in water as well as in iohexol showed a dependence on thickener concentration and temperature. The mango purée with barium sulfate displayed very small temperature dependence. The thickener solutions in iohexol had significantly higher viscosity compared with the other thickener solutions and the mango purée. The relative decrease shows that mango purée, the 6% thickener solution in water, and solutions with iohexol exhibited similar relative viscosity change at different temperatures.'] Do flow properties of oral contrast medium formulations depend on the temperature?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Salivary gland side effects (SSEs) can be a source of significant morbidity in thyroid cancer patients receiving radioactive iodine (RAI) for remnant ablation or therapy. However, the incidence, time course, and ultimate resolution of SSEs that develop in the first few months after a single administered activity of RAI for remnant ablation has not be adequately defined.', 'We retrospectively reviewed the clinical records of patients after RAI remnant ablation (RRA) to determine the incidence of salivary gland-related side effects reported within the first year of RRA, the dose-response relationship between administered activity and specific SSEs, and the incidence of specific SSEs based on the method of preparation for remnant ablation (recombinant human thyroid-stimulating hormone [rhTSH] vs. traditional thyroid hormone withdrawal [THW]).', 'SSEs were reported within the first year of RAI ablation in 39% of a cohort of 262 patients (66% women, 93% papillary thyroid cancer; median dose, 5,217 MBq [141 mCi]). Persistent side effects were noted after a median of 7 y in 5% or less of the entire cohort. However, when side effects developed in patients during the first year, the incidence of persistence of the symptom at last follow-up ranged from 5% to 13%. A statistically significant dose response was seen between administered activity of RAI and development of salivary gland swelling (P = 0.001, logistic dose-response curve) but not with dry mouth (P = 0.63), altered taste (P = 0.27), or salivary gland pain (P = 0.152). SSEs developed in 14% of patients receiving administered activities of 1,110 MBq (30 mCi); administered activities of 2,775 MBq (75 mCi) or more were associated with symptoms in 40% of patients (P = 0.046). Despite receiving a statistically higher administered activity (5,661 +/- 2,997 MBq [153 +/- 81 mCi] for THW vs. 4,958 +/- 2,294 MBq [134 +/- 62 mCi] for rhTSH), THW was associated with a lower rate of salivary gland swelling than the rhTSH preparation (20% vs. 10%; P = 0.017), without differences in the development of dry mouth, altered taste, or salivary gland pain.'] Do salivary gland side effects commonly develop several weeks after initial radioactive iodine ablation?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['An established rabbit posterolateral lumbar fusion model was used to evaluate the ability of osteogenic protein-1 to overcome the inhibitory effect of nicotine.', 'To determine whether osteogenic protein-1 should be considered as a bone graft alternative for the patient who smokes.', 'Smoking interferes with the success of posterolateral lumbar fusion. This inhibitory effect has been attributed to nicotine and confirmed in a New Zealand white rabbit model. Osteoinductive protein-1 has been shown to induce posterolateral spine fusion reliably in the rabbit model. The effectiveness with which osteogenic protein-1 induces fusion in the presence of nicotine has not been studied previously.', 'Single-level posterolateral intertransverse process fusions were performed at L5-L6 in 18 New Zealand white rabbits. Either autograft or osteogenic protein-1 was used as grafting material. Nicotine was administered via subcutaneous mini-osmotic pumps. The animals were killed 5 weeks after surgery, and the resulting fusion masses were studied.', 'Three rabbits (17%) were excluded because of complications. By manual palpation, two of the eight nicotine-exposed autograft rabbits (25%) and all of the nicotine-exposed osteogenic protein-1 rabbits (100%) were found to be fused. These results correlated well with those obtained from biomechanical testing. Histologically, the fusion zones of the nicotine-exposed autograft rabbits were distinctly less mature than the fusion masses of the nicotine-exposed osteogenic protein-1 rabbits.'] Does osteogenic protein-1 overcome the inhibitory effect of nicotine on posterolateral lumbar fusion?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Our study investigates the significance of the expression of Wnt pathway proteins including beta-catenin, Axin, beta-transducin-repeat-containing protein (beta-TrCP), and adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) in squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus (ESCC).', 'Immunohistochemical analysis was performed on paraffin-embedded tissue specimens from 128 resected ESCC tumors to detect the expression of beta-catenin, Axin, beta-TrCP, and APC. Correlation between immunoexpression, clinicopathological parameters, and patient survival was analyzed.', 'Increased beta-catenin expression was noted in 22 (18.2%) of 121 tumor specimens. Reduced expression of Axin, beta-TrCP, and APC was observed in 57 (46.0%) of 124, 29 (24.4%) of 119, and 54 (48.2%) of 119 specimens, respectively. No correlation was found among these protein expressions. Axin protein expression was inversely correlated with tumor invasion depth (P = 0.033). Reduced Axin protein expression, lymph node involvement, and distant metastasis were significant negative predictors for overall survival and disease-free survival on univariate analysis. In multivariate analysis, reduced Axin expression remained a significant prognostic factor for patients with ESCC (P = 0.005).'] Is reduced axin protein expression associated with a poor prognosis in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['To our knowledge the impact of body mass index on oncologic outcomes in nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer has not been evaluated. We hypothesized that higher body mass index is associated with worse outcomes in patients with clinical primary T1 high grade urothelial carcinoma of the bladder.', 'We retrospectively analyzed data from 892 patients with primary nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer from 7 centers. Patients were treated with transurethral resection of the bladder with or without intravesical therapy. Body mass index was analyzed as a continuous and a categorical variable (nonobese-body mass index less than 30 kg/m(2) vs obese-body mass index 30 kg/m(2) or greater). Disease progression was defined as the development of T2 or higher tumor stage.', 'Median followup was 42.8 months (IQR 56). Of the patients 44.3% were obese and median body mass index was 29.2 kg/m(2) (IQR 8). On univariable analyses higher body mass index and age were associated with an increased risk of disease recurrence, progression, cancer specific mortality and any cause mortality (all p ≤ 0.001). On multivariable analyses that adjusted for the effects of gender, concomitant carcinoma in situ, tumor size, number of tumors and intravesical therapy, higher body mass index and age remained independent predictors of disease recurrence, progression, cancer specific mortality and any cause mortality (all p <0.05). This study was limited by its design (ie lack of data on repeat transurethral resection of the bladder and intravesical therapy protocol).'] Is obesity associated with worse outcomes in patients with T1 high grade urothelial carcinoma of the bladder?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['To investigate the therapeutic effect of combined operation on cataract complicated with vitreous pathology.', '19 patients (20 eyes) with coexisting cataract and vitreous opacification or endophthalmitis or intraocular foreign bodies were operated with pars plana lensectomy-vitrectomy preserving lens anterior capsule. The ciliary sulcus intraocular lenses (IOLs) were primarily implanted for sixteen eyes of 19 cases in the operation.', 'All cases were followed up for 12-36 months. Visual acuities of 18 cases were improved, 7 eyes between 0.3-0.5, 11 eyes beyond 0.5, the best one at 1.2. Anterior capsule opacification occurred merely in one eye, and in others the capsule kept being transparent.'] Do [ Clinical observation on pars plana lensectomy-vitrectomy preserving lens anterior capsule ]?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Head extension and excessive laryngoscope blade levering motion (LBLM) are undesirable during airway management of trauma patients. We hypothesized that laryngoscopy with a modified blade facilitating glottic exposure by balloon inflation would reduce head extension and LBLM.', 'Seventeen elective surgery patients were enrolled. Patients lay supine with their heads flat on a rigid board and had a rigid collar around their necks. Laryngoscopy was performed with the modified blade and a standard curved blade. Head extension and LBLM angles were determined upon maximal glottic exposure and compared used paired t-tests. Laryngoscopic view grade and oxygen saturation were also determined.', 'Balloon laryngoscopy resulted in less head extension and LBLM (P <0.001). Laryngoscopic view was approximately identical with both blades, and oxygen saturation was always above 97%.'] Does balloon laryngoscopy reduce head extension and blade leverage in patients with potential cervical spine injury?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) and solitary long terminal repeats (LTRs) have a significant antisense bias when located in gene introns, suggesting strong negative selective pressure on such elements oriented in the same transcriptional direction as the enclosing gene. It has been assumed that this bias reflects the presence of strong transcriptional regulatory signals within LTRs but little work has been done to investigate this phenomenon further.', 'In the analysis reported here, we found significant differences between individual human ERV families in their prevalence within genes and degree of antisense bias and show that, regardless of orientation, ERVs of most families are less likely to be found in introns than in intergenic regions. Examination of density profiles of ERVs across transcriptional units and the transcription signals present in the consensus ERVs suggests the importance of splice acceptor sites, in conjunction with splice donor and polyadenylation signals, as the major targets for selection against most families of ERVs/LTRs. Furthermore, analysis of annotated human mRNA splicing events involving ERV sequence revealed that the relatively young human ERVs (HERVs), HERV9 and HERV-K (HML-2), are involved in no human mRNA splicing events at all when oriented antisense to gene transcription, while elements in the sense direction in transcribed regions show considerable bias for use of strong splice sites.'] Do multiple effects govern endogenous retrovirus survival patterns in human gene introns?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['A recent multi-institutional analysis of 995 patients treated for renal cell cancer questioned the relationship between tumor size and the synchronous metastasis rate. We revisited the hypothesis that metastatic potential is unrelated to tumor size.', 'We tested the relationship between tumor size and synchronous metastasis in 22,204 patients with T1a and T1b renal cell cancer diagnosed and/or treated with nephrectomy for clear cell, papillary or chromophobe histological subtypes in 1 of 9 Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results registries between 1988 and 2004.', 'In the study population the synchronous metastasis rate was 9.6%, including 5.6% vs 14.2% for T1a vs T1b. Stratification by 1 cm tumor size intervals revealed that the rate increased with increasing tumor size, that is 4.8% at 1.0 cm or less, 4.2% at 1.1 to 2.0 cm, 4.9% at 2.1 to 3.0 cm, 7.1% at 3.1 to 4.0 cm, 12.1% at 4.1 to 5.0 cm, 13.3% at 5.1 to 6.0 cm and 18.4% 6.1 to 7.0 cm (chi-square trend p <0.001). Cubic spline analysis showed that tumor size was virtually linearly related to the synchronous metastasis rate. Stratification by histological subtype in patients treated with nephrectomy revealed that clear cell renal cell cancer was most frequently associated with synchronous metastasis. Finally, tumor size was an independent predictor of synchronous metastasis in multivariate regression models adjusted for age, gender, histological subtype and year of diagnosis quartiles.'] Is tumor size a determinant of the rate of stage T1 renal cell cancer synchronous metastasis?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Carpal tunnel syndrome is associated with sensory and motor impairments resulting from the compressed and malfunctioning median nerve. The thumb is critical to hand function, yet the pathokinematics of the thumb associated with carpal tunnel syndrome are not well understood.', 'The purpose of this study was to evaluate thumb motion abnormalities associated with carpal tunnel syndrome. We hypothesized that the ranges of translational and angular motion of the thumb would be reduced as a result of carpal tunnel syndrome.', 'Eleven patients with carpal tunnel syndrome and 11 healthy control subjects voluntarily participated in this study. Translational and angular kinematics of the thumb were obtained using marker-based video motion analysis during thumb opposition and circumduction movements.', 'Motion deficits were observed for patients with carpal tunnel syndrome even though maximum pinch strength was similar. The path length, normalized by palm width of the thumb tip for the patients with carpal tunnel syndrome was less than for control participants (opposition: 2.2 palm width [95% CI, 1.8-2.6 palm width] versus 3.1 palm width [95% CI, 2.8-3.4 palm width], p < 0.001; circumduction: 2.2 palm width [95% CI, 1.9-2.5 palm width] versus 2.9 palm width [95% CI, 2.7-3.2 palm width], p < 0.001). Specifically, patients with carpal tunnel syndrome had a deficit of 0.3 palm width (95% CI, 0.04-0.52 palm width; p = 0.022) in the maximum position of their thumb tip ulnarly across the palm during opposition relative to control participants. The angular ROM also was reduced for the patients with carpal tunnel syndrome compared with the control participants in extension/flexion for the metacarpophalangeal (opposition: 34° versus 58°, p = .004; circumduction: 33° versus 58°, p < 0.001) and interphalangeal (opposition: 37° versus 62°, p = .028; circumduction: 41° versus 63°, p = .025) joints.'] Does carpal tunnel syndrome impair thumb opposition and circumduction motion?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Dosimetry studies have shown that activities of 131I as small as 10-20 MBq may cause a stunning effect. A result of this stunning effect may be a lower success rate of the ablative 131I therapy for differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC). The aim of this study was to determine whether pre-therapeutic uptake measurement with 40 MBq 131I causes a lower success rate of ablation.', 'retrospective chart review study.', 'In two hospitals the ablation protocols differed in one respect only: in the one hospital no diagnostic 131I was applied before ablation (group 1, n = 48), whereas in the other hospital a 24-h uptake-measurement with 40 MBq 131I was performed (group 2, n = 51). Included were all DTC patients without distant metastases who had undergone 131I ablation between July 2002 and December 2005, and who had returned for 131I follow-up. Successful ablation was defined as absence of pathological 131I uptake on diagnostic whole-body scintigraphy and undetectable thyroglobulin-levels under TSH stimulation.', 'Overall, ablation was successful in 31/48 patients (65%) in group 1 and in 17/51 patients (33%) in group 2 (p=0.002). Multivariate analysis showed that pre-therapeutic uptake measurement using 40 MBq 131I was an independent determinant for success of ablation (p = 0.002).'] Is the success of 131I ablation in thyroid cancer patients significantly reduced after a diagnostic activity of 40 MBq 131I?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['The pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) involves cytokines and chemokines. Given the role of intraarticular macrophage infiltration in RA, this study was undertaken to address the pathogenic role of CCR2, a chemokine receptor that is abundantly expressed by macrophages, in Il1rn-deficient mice, a mouse model of RA.', 'Il1rn-deficient and Il1rn and Ccr2-double-deficient mice were subjected to clinical assessment of arthritis and histologic examination. Bone mineral density was measured with computed tomography. The types of cells infiltrating joints were determined by immunohistochemical analysis and flow cytometric analysis. Osteoclasts in joints were quantified after tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase staining. Cytokine and chemokine levels were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and multiplex suspension array assay. The expression patterns of chemokines and osteoclastogenic factors were determined by double-color immunofluorescence analysis. Anti-mouse CXCR2 antibody was injected into Il1rn and Ccr2-double-deficient mice for blocking experiments.', 'Ablation of the Ccr2 gene actually exacerbated arthritis and intraarticular osteoclastogenesis, while it enhanced intraarticular neutrophil but not macrophage accumulation in Il1rn-deficient mice. Infiltrated neutrophils expressed the osteoclastogenic factors RANKL and ADAM-8, thereby augmenting intraarticular osteoclastogenesis in Il1rn and Ccr2-double-deficient mice. Moreover, the double-deficient mice exhibited enhanced expression of the neutrophilic chemokines keratinocyte chemoattractant and macrophage inflammatory protein 2 (MIP-2), compared with Il1rn-deficient mice. Finally, neutralizing antibodies to CXCR2, the receptor for keratinocyte chemoattractant and MIP-2, dramatically attenuated arthritis in Il1rn and Ccr2-double-deficient mice.'] Does ablation of the Ccr2 gene exacerbate polyarthritis in interleukin-1 receptor antagonist-deficient mice?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['The finding that deletion or mutation of core circadian clock genes in both mice and flies induce unexpected alterations in sleep amount, sleep architecture and the recovery response to sleep deprivation, has led to new insights into functions of the circadian system that extend beyond its role as a regulator of the timing of the sleep-wake cycle. A key transcription factor in the transcriptional/translational feedback loop of mammalian circadian genes is BMAL1/Mop3, a heterodimeric partner to CLOCK. It was previously shown that mice deficient in the BMAL1/Mop3 gene become immediately arrhythmic in constant darkness and have reduced locomotor activity levels under entrained and constant conditions. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that the mammalian BMAL1/Mop3 gene would have regulatory effects on sleep-wake patterns.', 'In mice with targeted deletion of the BMAL1/Mop3 gene, EEG/EMG sleep-wake patterns were recorded under entrained and free-running conditions as well as following acute (6-hrs) sleep deprivation.', 'Mice homozygous for the BMAL1/Mop3 deletion showed an attenuated rhythm of sleep and wakefulness distribution across the 24-hr period. In addition, these mice showed increases in total sleep time, sleep fragmentation and EEG delta power under baseline conditions, and an attenuated compensatory response to acute sleep deprivation.'] Does deletion of the mammalian circadian clock gene BMAL1/Mop3 alter baseline sleep architecture and the response to sleep deprivation?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Tobacco use among teenagers is increasing, even in the face of an understanding of its harmful effects. Data suggest that tobacco use often begins before entrance to eighth grade. This study examined the prevalence of tobacco use among students in 6th grade and compared it to the prevalence of tobacco use among 8th, 10th, and 12th graders in a northeastern suburban community and to national data.', 'We used a survey that measured selected tobacco and smokeless tobacco use, demographic variables, school-related factors, and social influences on the use of tobacco products.', 'Sixth-grade tobacco use existed but was minimal compared to the rates seen in 8th, 10th, and 12th graders. Only 1% of 6th graders reported they were current smokers, compared with 41% of 12th graders. Risk factors for becoming a smoker were smoking habits of parents, siblings, and friends.'] Does patterns and correlate of tobacco use among suburban Philadelphia 6th- through 12th-grade students?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['To determine the cost-effectiveness of management strategies for dysuria in different office settings.', \"Decision and cost-effectiveness analyses, assuming the payer's perspective. Data on disease prevalence, test characteristics, treatment efficacy, and adverse effects were drawn from the English language literature using medline searches and bibliographies.\", 'Hypothetical primary care practice.', 'Otherwise healthy, nonpregnant women with symptoms of dysuria, urgency, and frequency.', 'All reasonable combinations of urinalysis, urine culture, pelvic examination, chlamydia and gonorrhea cultures, and empiric treatment with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.', 'The cost-effectiveness of strategies varied substantially among different patient settings. In all settings, empiric trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for all patients was least expensive and least effective. Most testing increased both cost and effectiveness. Compared to empiric antibiotics, performing pelvic examination and urine culture for women with normal urinalyses had a marginal cost-effectiveness ratio of $4 to $32 per symptom-day avoided (SDA). Adding urine culture for patients with pyuria had a marginal cost of $34 to $107 per SDA, which fell to $40/SDA when the prevalence of resistance to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole exceeded 40%. Pelvic examination and urine culture for all patients regardless of urinalysis results achieved the greatest benefit but at the highest cost (>$300 per SDA).'] Is all dysuria local . A cost-effectiveness model for designing site-specific management algorithms?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['N-acetylcysteine (NAC) has been suggested to prevent relapse to cocaine seeking. However, the psychological processes underlying its potential therapeutic benefit remain largely unknown.', 'We investigated the hallmark features of addiction that were influenced by chronic NAC treatment in rats given extended access to cocaine: escalation, motivation, self-imposed abstinence in the face of punishment, or propensity to relapse. For this, Sprague Dawley rats were given access either to 1 hour (short access) or 6 hours (long access [LgA]) self-administration (SA) sessions until LgA rats displayed a robust escalation. Rats then received daily saline or NAC (60 mg/kg, intraperitoneal) treatment and were tested under a progressive ratio and several consecutive sessions in which lever presses were punished by mild electric foot shocks.', 'NAC increased the sensitivity to punishment in LgA rats only, thereby promoting abstinence. Following the cessation of punishment, NAC-treated LgA rats failed to recover fully their prepunishment cocaine intake levels and resumed cocaine SA at a lower rate than short access and vehicle-treated LgA rats. However, NAC altered neither the escalation of SA nor the motivation for cocaine. At the neurobiological level, NAC reversed cocaine-induced decreases in the glutamate type 1 transporter observed in both the nucleus accumbens and the dorsolateral striatum. NAC also increased the expression of Zif268 in the nucleus accumbens and dorsolateral striatum of LgA rats.'] Does n-acetylcysteine facilitate Self-Imposed Abstinence After Escalation of Cocaine Intake?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Herein we analyzed FSH-R polymorphism at position 307 aiming (a) to assess the prevalence of the three allelic variants (Ala307Ala, Ala307Thr and Thr307Thr) in relation to the type of ovary and (b) to clarify if the allelic variant could influence the responsiveness to exogenous FSH.', 'We prospectively studied a group of 106 Italian women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF), among which 40 were subjects with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and 66 were normo-ovulatory women with a normal ovarian morphology at transvaginal ultrasound. DNA extraction, denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography (dHPLC) and DNA sequencing were used to detect the FSH-R 307 polymorphic genotype and the whole exon 10 was analyzed.', 'The heterozygote variant Ala307Thr was significantly more frequent than the homozygote variants in women with PCOS, whereas in normo-ovulatory women with normal ovary the three allelic variants had a comparable prevalence. Women bearing the Ala307Thr variant showed a higher ovarian responsiveness to exogenous FSH than normo-ovulatory subjects.'] Is fSH-receptor Ala307Thr polymorphism associated to polycystic ovary syndrome and to a higher responsiveness to exogenous FSH in Italian women?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['To explore the combined effect of yeast proteins and surfactants on bacterial metabolism.', \"Protein-rich cell-free supernatant from heat-shocked yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae was combined with certain synthetic surfactants. These blends affected the metabolism of a Polyseed inoculum of aerobic bacteria, accelerating CO(2) production and consumption of nutrients from a sterile nutrient broth solution, without a concomitant accumulation of biomass. It is suggested that in the presence of the yeast protein-surfactant complexes, bacterial electron transport is uncoupled from biomass accumulation. The 'uncoupling hypothesis' is supported by experiments with model membranes, in which the same complexes induced proton leak similar to standard chemical uncouplers, such as dinitrophenol, indicating that uncoupling may occur at the stage of generation of the transmembrane pH gradient as the driving force for ATP production.\"] Do yeast protein-surfactant complexes uncouple microbial electron transfer and increase transmembrane leak of protons?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a major cytokine controlling body weight and metabolism, but because many types of cells can synthesize and respond to IL-6 considerable uncertainty still exists about the mechanisms underlying IL-6 effects. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyse the effects of tissue-specific deletion of IL-6 using a fatty acid binding protein (aP2) promoter-Cre inducible system (aP2-Cre-ERT2).', 'Tissue-specific IL-6 KO mice (aP2-IL-6 KO mice) were produced upon tamoxifen administration and were fed a high-fat diet (HFD, 58.4% kcal from fat) or a control diet (18%) for 14 weeks.', 'aP2-IL-6 KO female mice on a HFD gained less weight and adiposity than littermate wild-type mice, but these effects were not observed in males. Hypothalamic factors such as NPY and AgRP showed a pattern of expression consistent with this sex-specific phenotype. PGC-1α expression was increased in several tissues in aP2-IL-6 KO female mice, which is compatible with increased energy expenditure. Serum leptin, insulin, glucose, cholesterol and triglycerides levels were increased by HFD, and in females IL-6 deficiency reversed this effect in the case of insulin and cholesterol. HFD induced impaired responses to insulin and glucose tolerance tests, but no significant differences between genotypes were observed.'] Does interleukin-6 deletion in mice driven by aP2-Cre-ERT2 prevent against high-fat diet-induced gain weight and adiposity in female mice?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: [\"Arousal symptoms (e.g., sleepiness) are common in Parkinson's disease, and pupillary unrest (spontaneous changes in pupil diameter) is positively associated with sleepiness. We explored pupillary unrest in Parkinson's disease.\", \"Arousal symptoms (Epworth sleepiness scale and sleep/fatigue domain of the nonmotor symptoms scale for Parkinson's disease) and pupillary unrest were assessed in 31 participants (14 patients with Parkinson's disease, 17 controls). Effect sizes and t tests compared patients with Parkinson's disease with control participants. Correlation coefficients were calculated among arousal symptoms, pupillary unrest, and Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale Part III. Linear regression was performed with arousal symptoms or pupillary unrest as outcome.\", \"Participants with Parkinson's disease reported more arousal symptoms than controls. Pupillary unrest, arousal symptoms, and Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale Part III were positively correlated. The association between nonmotor symptoms scale-sleep score and pupillary unrest was higher in participants with Parkinson's disease than controls and higher in those with more Parkinsonian motor signs. Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale Part III was positively associated with pupillary unrest.\"] Does pupillary unrest correlate with arousal symptoms and motor signs in Parkinson disease?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['It has previously been demonstrated that Ad5CMV-p53 gene transfer, either used alone or delivered concomitantly with ionizing radiation, resulted in cytotoxicity mediated by apoptosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) cell lines. In this study, a novel approach was evaluated of combining Ad5CMV-p53 gene therapy with hyperthermia (HT), in the CNE-1 NPC cell line, which harbours a mutation in codon 249 of the p53 gene.', 'CNE-1 cells were infected using either Ad5CMV-p53 or Ad5CMV-B-gal, followed, 24 h later, by HT (43 degrees C x 0-2 h). Protein was extracted for Western blot analysis, and apoptosis was evaluated using acridine-orange ethidium bromide staining, followed immediately by fluorescent microscopy examination for the proportion of cells displaying morphologic features of apoptosis.', 'Ad5CMV-p53 gene therapy combined with HT resulted in a dose-dependent cytotoxicity with less than 1% clonogenic survival when 10 pfu/cell of Ad5CMV-p53 was combined with 2 h heating at 43 degrees C. Western blotting demonstrated that treatment with Ad5CMV-p53 resulted in the rapid expression of p53, which was minimally affected by HT. The inducible form of hsp70 was maximally expressed at 48 h post-HT, with minimal effect when cells were additionally treated with Ad5CMV-p53. Clonogenic cytotoxicity was associated with the development of apoptosis, with up to 70% of CNE-1 cells displaying morphologic features of apoptosis after the combination treatments.'] Does adenoviral p53 gene therapy promote heat-induced apoptosis in a nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell line?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['The Canadian Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) for the management of asthmatic patients were last published in 1999, with updates in 2001 and June 2004. Large disparities exist in the implementation of these guidelines into clinical practice.', \"The present study evaluated the knowledge of Quebec-based primary care physicians regarding the CPGs, as well as patient outcomes before and after introducing physicians to a new clinical tool--a memory aid in the form of a self-inking paper stamp checklist summarizing CPG criteria and guidelines for assessing asthmatic patient control and therapy. The primary objective of the present study was to assess whether the stamp would improve physicians' knowledge of the CPGs, and as a secondary objective, to assess whether it would decrease patient emergency room visits and hospitalizations.\", \"A prospective, randomized, controlled study of 104 primary care physicians located in four Quebec regions was conducted. Each physician initially responded to questions on their knowledge of the CPGs, and was then randomly assigned to one of four groups that received information about the CPGs while implementing an intervention (the stamp tool) aimed at supporting their decision-making process at the point of care. Six months later, the physicians were retested, and patient outcomes for approximately one year were obtained from the Régie de l'assurance maladie du Québec.\", \"The stamp significantly improved physicians' knowledge of the CPGs in all Quebec regions tested, and reduced emergency room visits and hospitalizations in patients who were followed for at least one year.\"] Does paper stamp checklist tool enhance asthma guidelines knowledge and implementation by primary care physicians?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Inadvertent perioperative hypothermia is common during spinal anesthesia and after midazolam administration. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of intraoperative skin-surface warming with and without 45 minutes of preoperative warming in preventing intraoperative and postoperative hypothermia caused by spinal anesthesia in patients with midazolam premedication.', 'Prospective and randomized study at Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu.', 'Thirty patients presenting American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I and II who were scheduled for elective lower abdominal surgery were utilized. The patients received midazolam premedication (7.5 mg by intramuscular injection) and standard spinal anesthesia. Ten patients (Gcontrol) received preoperative and intraoperative passive thermal insulation. Ten patients (Gpre+intra) underwent preoperative and intraoperative active warming. Ten patients (Gintra) were only warmed intraoperatively.', 'After 45 min of preoperative warming, the patients in Gpre+intra had significantly higher core temperatures than did the patients in the unwarmed groups (Gcontrol and Gintra) before the anesthesia (p < 0.05) but not at the beginning of surgery (p > 0.05). The patients who were warmed intraoperatively had significantly higher core temperatures than did the patients in Gcontrol at the end of surgery (p < 0.05). All the patients were hypothermic at admission to the recovery room (T CORE < 36 degrees C).'] Does preoperative warming combined with intraoperative skin-surface warming avoid hypothermia caused by spinal anesthesia in patients with midazolam premedication?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "no" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['It is energetically expensive to synthesize certain amino acids. The proteins (spidroins) of spider major ampullate (MA) silk, MaSp1 and MaSp2, differ in amino acid composition. Glutamine and proline are prevalent in MaSp2 and are expensive to synthesize. Since most orb web spiders express high proline silk they might preferentially attain the amino acids needed for silk from food and shift toward expressing more MaSp1 in their MA silk when starved.', \"We fed three spiders; Argiope aetherea, Cyrtophora moluccensis and Leucauge blanda, high protein, low protein or no protein solutions. A. aetherea and L. blanda MA silks are high in proline, while C. moluccesnsis MA silks are low in proline. After 10 days of feeding we determined the amino acid compositions and mechanical properties of each species' MA silk and compared them between species and treatments with pre-treatment samples, accounting for ancestry. We found that the proline and glutamine of A. aetherea and L. blanda silks were affected by protein intake; significantly decreasing under the low and no protein intake treatments. Glutmaine composition in C. moluccensis silk was likewise affected by protein intake. However, the composition of proline in their MA silk was not significantly affected by protein intake.\"] Does variation in protein intake induce variation in spider silk expression?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Despite evidence that older women have quality-of-life outcomes similar to younger women after postmastectomy breast reconstruction (PMBR), they rarely receive it. There is a perception that PMBR in older women may result in significant physical morbidity. However, the effects of age on physical morbidity after PMBR have not been studied. This study sought to assess perceptions of recovery from surgery and long-term chest and upper body morbidity in older women who receive PMBR.', 'Women with American Joint Committee on Cancer stage 0-III breast cancer who underwent a mastectomy with PMBR between 2005 and 2011 were surveyed to assess their functional health status (DUKE), physical well-being (BREAST-Q), and perceptions of recovery from surgery. Patients were stratified into 2 age groups: older (≥65 years) and younger (<65 years). Outcome scores were compared by mastectomy laterality, reconstruction type, and between age groups. Data were analyzed using χ² and t tests.', 'One hundred eight older and 103 younger patients returned surveys (response rate, 75.4%). The median time from mastectomy to survey was 4 years (range, 1-7). Younger women were more likely to undergo bilateral mastectomy than older women (65.7% vs 32.2%, P < 0.001). Some women (66.9%) underwent implant-only reconstruction and 33.1% underwent autologous reconstruction; there were no significant differences in reconstruction type between age groups. Patients who underwent unilateral and bilateral mastectomy had similar mean BREAST-Q physical well-being scores (79.4 vs 78.9, respectively, P = 0.85). There was no difference in mean physical well-being scores between older and younger patients (80.0 vs 78.5, respectively, P = 0.61). In addition, older patients were less likely to perceive their recovery from PMBR as being difficult than younger patients, though this was not statistically significant (48.2% vs 64.3%, P = 0.07).'] Does advanced Age Worsen Recovery or Long-Term Morbidity After Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "no" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['We found previously that interferon regulatory factor (Irf)-1 is a germinal vesicle (GV)-selective gene that highly expressed in GV as compared to metaphase II oocytes. To our knowledge, the function of Irf-1 in oocytes has yet to be examined. The present study was conducted to determine the relationship between retinoic acid (RA) and RA-mediated expression of Irf-1 and the mouse oocyte maturation.', 'Immature cumulus-oocyte-complexes (COCs) were collected from 17-day-old female mice and cultured in vitro for 16 hours in the presence of varying concentrations of RA (0-10 µM). Rate of oocyte maturation and activation was measured. Gene expression was measured by quantitative real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and cytokine secretion in the medium was measured by Bio-Plex analysis. Apoptosis was analyzed by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) assay.', \"The rates of oocyte maturation to metaphase II and oocyte activation increased significantly with RA treatment (10 nM-1 µM). With 100 nM RA treatment, lowest level of Irf-1 mRNA and cumulus cell's apoptosis was found. Among 23 cytokines measured by Bio-Plex system, the substantial changes in secretion of tumor necrosis factor-α, macrophage inflammatory protein-1β, eotaxin and interleukin-12 (p40) from COCs in response to RA were detected.\"] Is expression of interferon regulatory factor-1 in the mouse cumulus-oocyte complex negatively related with oocyte maturation?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['The adverse histological features predicting a progressive loss of renal function in idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN), before the establishment of impaired renal function with advanced glomerulosclerosis and/or interstitial fibrosis, are still poorly understood. The present study examined the relationship between the glomerular density (GD; non-sclerotic glomerular number/renal cortical area of biopsy) and the renal prognosis in IMN patients, especially in those without any apparent renal dysfunction at the time of diagnosis.', 'The predictive value of the factors at biopsy, including the GD, on the renal outcome was retrospectively analyzed in the 65 IMN patients with an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of ≥ 60 mL/min/1.73 m(2) (mean, 80 mL/min/1.73 m(2)) at biopsy.', 'The individual values for GD ranged from 1.6 to 6.5/mm(2) with 4-fold variation. A lower GD was associated with progression based on a ≥ 50% reduction in eGFR or reaching to end-stage renal disease. An association between a lower GD and progression was observed, especially in patients with persistent proteinuria of ≥ 1 g/day at follow-up. In contrast, any patients who achieved proteinuria of <1 g/day at follow-up did not show progression regardless of their GD levels. In addition, among the various clinicopathological factors observed, the GD was the only factor at biopsy that independently predicted the slope of the renal function during the observation periods.'] Is low glomerular density a risk factor for progression in idiopathic membranous nephropathy?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['The mycobacteriophage large serine recombinase Bxb1 catalyzes site-specific recombination between its corresponding attP and attB recognition sites. Previously, we and others have shown that Bxb1 has catalytic activity in various eukaryotic species including Nicotiana tabacum, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, insects and mammalian cells.', 'In this work, the Bxb1 recombinase gene was transformed and constitutively expressed in Arabidopsis thaliana plants harboring a chromosomally integrated attP and attB-flanked target sequence. The Bxb1 recombinase successfully excised the target sequence in a conservative manner and the resulting recombination event was heritably transmitted to subsequent generations in the absence of the recombinase transgene. In addition, we also show that Bxb1 recombinase expressing plants can be manually crossed with att-flanked target transgenic plants to generate excised progeny.'] Does the Bxb1 recombination system demonstrate heritable transmission of site-specific excision in Arabidopsis?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Guidelines support endoscopic removal of certain gastric foreign bodies (FBs) and all FBs lodged in the esophagus. We studied the poorly understood group of patients who intentionally ingest FBs.', 'Cases of intentional ingestion of FBs (n = 305) were identified, retrospectively, from an electronic endoscopy database and followed. Cases occurred among 33 different patients, who underwent endoscopy from October 1, 2001, to July 31, 2009 (39.0 cases/year); 79% were diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder. Financial cost analysis was performed using hospital billing and cost systems.', 'Commonly ingested FBs included pens (23.6%), batteries (9.2%), knives (7.2%), and razor blades (6.9%). Most endoscopic procedures were performed under general anesthesia. FBs were commonly retrieved by snares (58.0%), rat-toothed forceps (14.4%), and nets (11.5%), assisted sometimes by use of overtubes (10.8%), and hoods (4.6%). FB extraction was unsuccessful at the initial endoscopy in only 20 cases; 2 cases eventually required surgical extraction. Minor complications occurred in 11 endoscopies. There were no deaths or perforations. The total estimated costs were $2,018,073 ($1,500,627 in hospital costs, $240,640 in physician fees, and $276,806 for security services). Costs were significantly higher for inpatients. Major payers were Medicare (48%) and Medicaid (31%).'] Is intentional swallowing of foreign bodies a recurrent and costly problem that rarely causes endoscopy complications?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Hyperhomocysteinaemia has been associated with reduced pulse wave velocity (PWV) in patients with end-stage renal disease and in those with hypertension. The aim of this study was to examine the association between total homocysteine (tHcy) concentrations, the biochemical and genetic determinants of tHcy and PWV in healthy young adults.', 'A total of 489 subjects aged 20-25 years participated. A fasting blood sample was taken and PWV measured using a non-invasive optical method. tHcy did not correlate with PWV, whether assessed at the aorto-iliac segment (P = 0.18), the aorto-radial segment (P = 0.39) or the aorto-dorsalis-pedis segment (P = 0.22). When tHcy was classified into normal (<15) and high (> or =15micromol/l), PWV did not differ between the two groups at any segment. PWV did not differ by MTHFR C677T or NOS3 G894T genotype, even when smoking and folate sub-groups were considered. Considering aortic PWV as a dependent variable, stepwise regression analysis showed that the only parameter entering the model for all segments was systolic blood pressure (aorto-iliac, P < 0.001; aorto-radial, P = 0.01; aorto-dorsalis-pedis, P = 0.001). Age, sex, COL1A1 genotype and triglycerides entered the model significantly for two of three segments.'] Is total homocysteine a determinant of arterial pulse wave velocity in young healthy adults?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "no" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is more effective than fibrinolytic therapy for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), but initial treatment delay to intervention is the main limitation of this strategy.', 'Upstream use of high-dose tirofiban could reduce myocardial infarct size, using analysis of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (CE-MRI).', 'Patients with STEMI within 12 hours after symptom onset were randomized to a facilitated PCI group (n = 19) or to a primary PCI group (n = 20). The primary endpoint was myocardial infarct size evaluated by the volume of delayed hyperenhancement on CE-MRI at 1 month after index procedure.', 'The baseline clinical characteristics were not significantly different between the 2 groups. Although the incidence of pre-PCI thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) flow grade 2 to 3 was significantly higher in the facilitated PCI group than in the primary PCI group (47.4% vs 15.0%, P = 0.03), the achievement of myocardial blush grade 2 to 3 or ST-segment resolution at 30 minutes after procedure was not significantly different between the facilitated PCI and the primary PCI group (36.8% vs 40%, P = 0.84 and 31.6% vs 20%, P = 0.41, respectively). Infarct size on CE-MRI was similar in the facilitated PCI group and the conventional primary PCI group (22.1% +/- 11.7% vs 25.2% +/- 13.2%, P = 0.44). At 6 months, the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) on echocardiography was 52.6% +/- 10.4% in the facilitated PCI group and 50.9% +/- 9.8% in the primary PCI group (P = 0.68).'] Does upstream high-dose tirofiban reduce myocardial infarct size in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention : a magnetic resonance imaging pilot study?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "no" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Salicylate was recently shown to provide protection against cisplatin nephrotoxicity in rats. We have demonstrated that enhanced tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) production mediates, in part, cisplatin nephrotoxicity. The purpose of this study was to determine if the protective effects of salicylate were mediated through inhibition of TNF-alpha in vivo and to explore the mechanism of inhibition in vitro.', 'The effects of treatment with cisplatin alone and in combination with sodium salicylate in mice on renal function, histology, and gene expression were determined. The effects of cisplatin and salicylate on TNF-alpha expression, nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappa B) activity, and apoptosis were determined in vitro using cultured murine proximal tubule cells.', 'Salicylate significantly reduced both the functional and histologic evidence of cisplatin renal injury. Cisplatin increased the renal expression of TNF-alpha, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1, heme oxygenase-1, TNF receptor 1 (TNFR1), and TNF receptor 2 (TNFR2). Treatment with sodium salicylate blunted the increase in TNF-alpha mRNA and also reduced serum TNF-alpha protein levels. Salicylate had little protective effect when administered with cisplatin to TNF-alpha-deficient mice. Cisplatin increased the degradation of I kappa B (I kappa B) in a time-dependent manner and also increased nuclear NF-kappa B binding activity. Salicylate inhibited I kappa B degradation and NF-kappa B binding activity in the presence of cisplatin. In addition, salicylate inhibited the cisplatin induced TNF-alpha mRNA increase in mouse proximal tubule epithelial (TKPT) cells.'] Does salicylate reduce cisplatin nephrotoxicity by inhibition of tumor necrosis factor-alpha?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['The N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor has been implicated in processes of neurodevelopment, including cell proliferation, synaptogenesis, and apoptosis. Several studies have reported that administration of NMDA antagonists early in development can cause long-lasting changes in behavior. For example, Gould and Cameron [Behav Neurosci 111:49-56 (1997a)] have shown that a single injection of the competitive NMDA antagonist CGP 43487 on postnatal day (PD) 5 affected behavioral immobility in young rats exposed to the odor of a natural predator.', 'This experiment was undertaken to determine whether the behavioral effects previously reported would also be seen with conditioned cues. Both stimulus-elicited behavioral immobility (freezing) and changes in heart rate were recorded to examine impairments in responding across multiple measures.', 'Animals were given a single injection of 0, 2.5, or 5.0 mg/kg CGP 43487 on PD 5. On PD 20 subjects were given paired or unpaired presentations of either an olfactory or auditory conditioned stimulus (CS) with a 110-dB-white-noise unconditioned stimulus. CS-elicited freezing and changes in heart rate were measured.', 'Pups treated with CGP exhibited impairments in conditioned freezing, but were unaffected in their expression of conditioned changes in heart rate, to both olfactory and auditory stimuli.'] Does neonatal treatment with a competitive NMDA antagonist result in response-specific disruption of conditioned fear in preweanling rats?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: [\"Mucosal addressin cell adhesion molecule-1 (MAdCAM-1) is an adhesion molecule that directs naive T and B cells into Peyer's patches for sensitization and distribution to intestinal and extraintestinal sites. With no enteral stimulation, its expression drops rapidly in association with reduced Peyer's patch cell populations and increases rapidly with reinstitution of enteral feeding. Because both glutamine (GLN) and bombesin (BBS) preserve mucosal immunity, this study examined whether they preserve MAdCAM-1 expression.\", \"In 2 separate experiments, animals were randomized to IV cannulation with chow, total parenteral nutrition (TPN), and (experiment 1) 15 microg/kg BBS 3 times per day or (experiment 2) an isocaloric, isonitrogenous 2% GLN-supplemented solution. After 5 days of feeding, MAdCAM-1 expression in Peyer's patches, spleen, and intestine was measured using a dual radiolabeled monoclonal antibody technique.\", \"MAdCAM-1 expression was not significantly improved from TPN levels either with BBS or GLN supplementation. Levels of MAdCAM-1 expression remained unchanged in non-Peyer's patch sites.\"] Is mucosal immunity preservation with bombesin or glutamine dependent on mucosal addressin cell adhesion molecule-1 expression?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "no" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Chronic haemodialysis patients show various clinical signs of immunodeficiency and there is growing evidence that a dysregulated monocyte cytokine production is heavily involved in this deficiency. The production of monokines in vitro has been proposed to correlate closely with the in vivo immune status and to be of high clinical relevance in cuprophane haemodialysis. Even though it is well known that the biocompatibility of dialyser membranes has a significant impact on immune functions, little is known about the influence of the ultrafiltration flow rate (UFR). The aim of this study was to investigate the potential long-term effects of UFR on the production of interleukin-10 (IL-10), interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in an intra-individual study design.', 'In 11 patients previously treated with polysulphone haemodiafiltration, UFR was reduced from 40-46 ml/min to 24-28 ml/min, then to 7-10 ml/min before it was reinstated at 40-46 ml/min for periods of 4 weeks each. Monokine secretion into culture supernatants and mRNA expression (assessed using a novel Taqman PCR technique), were determined in a whole blood assay after lipopolysaccharide stimulation.', 'Reduction of UFR led to a significant increase in IL-10 secretion and mRNA expression (P=0.012, P=0.001). Conversely, a substantial (but not complete) decrease was observed when UFR returned to initial levels. In contrast, supernatant concentrations of IL-1beta (P=0.04) and IL-6 (P=0.003), and mRNA expression of both monokines (P<0.001, P<0.001) decreased significantly when UFR was reduced. Calculation of the IL-1beta/IL-10 ratio also revealed a decrease when UFR was reduced, with an increase again being observed when the initial degree of UFR was reinstated (P<0.001).'] Is production of monokines in patients under polysulphone haemodiafiltration influenced by the ultrafiltration flow rate?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['The basis for the unique effectiveness of long-term amiodarone treatment on cardiac arrhythmias is incompletely understood. The present study investigated the pharmacogenomic profile of amiodarone on genes encoding ion-channel subunits.', 'Adult male mice were treated for 6 weeks with vehicle or oral amiodarone at 30, 90, or 180 mg x kg(-1) x d(-1). Plasma and myocardial levels of amiodarone and N-desethylamiodarone increased dose-dependently, reaching therapeutic ranges observed in human. Plasma triiodothyronine levels decreased, whereas reverse triiodothyronine levels increased in amiodarone-treated animals. In ECG recordings, amiodarone dose-dependently prolonged the RR, PR, QRS, and corrected QT intervals. Specific microarrays containing probes for the complete ion-channel repertoire (IonChips) and real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction experiments demonstrated that amiodarone induced a dose-dependent remodeling in multiple ion-channel subunits. Genes encoding Na+ (SCN4A, SCN5A, SCN1B), connexin (GJA1), Ca2+ (CaCNA1C), and K+ channels (KCNA5, KCNB1, KCND2) were downregulated. In patch-clamp experiments, lower expression of K+ and Na+ channel genes was associated with decreased I(to,f), I(K,slow), and I(Na) currents. Inversely, other K+ channel alpha- and beta-subunits, such as KCNA4, KCNK1, KCNAB1, and KCNE3, were upregulated.'] Does long-term amiodarone administration remodel expression of ion channel transcripts in the mouse heart?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['To establish the value of the main pulmonary artery (MPA) diameter assessed from unenhanced computer tomography (CT) scans used for attenuation correction (AC) of single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) to predict pulmonary hypertension (PHT).', 'In contrast-enhanced chest CT scans an MPA diameter of 29\\xa0mm or greater is an established predictor of PHT. However, it is unknown, whether measurements from an unenhanced CT scan for AC may be used as predictor of PHT.', '100 patients underwent SPECT MPI for assessment of coronary artery disease. PHT was defined as a right ventriculo-atrial gradient of 30\\xa0mm Hg or greater by Doppler echocardiography. We compared MPA diameter from CT to SPECT findings (right ventricular hypertrophy/enlargement, septal wall motion abnormality/perfusion defect, and D-shape) to determine the best predictor of PHT.', 'PHT was found in 37 patients. An MPA diameter of 30\\xa0mm or greater yielded a sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive, and negative predictive value of 78%, 91%, 86%, 83%, and 88%, respectively. This yielded an area under the ROC curve of 0.85.'] Does main pulmonary artery diameter from attenuation correction CT scan in cardiac SPECT accurately predicts pulmonary hypertension?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['The mechanisms of B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are unclear. An increased prevalence of circulating monoclonal B-cells and t(14;18) has been reported. Geographic heterogeneity of prevalence of t(14;18) has been shown to exist. We investigated the prevalence of t(14;18) and B-cell clonality as possible mechanisms of lymphomagenesis in chronic HCV patients, in whom cryoglobulinemia status was previously detected.', 'A cohort of 111 patients was studied, including 87 patients with chronic HCV disease (18 cryoglobulinemic and 69 non- cryoglobulinemic); 24 HCV-negative, cryoglobulin negative patients with other nonimmune chronic liver diseases were enrolled as controls. The t(14;18) and IgH rearrangement (as a marker of B-cell clonality) were detected by the polymerase chain reaction.', 't(14;18) was detected in 27.6% of HCV patients and in none of the controls. Detection rates were comparable in both cryoglobulin-positive and negative groups (22.2% and 29% , respectively), p=0.769. IgH rearrangement was detected in 39.1% of HCV patients and in none of the controls. The cryoglobulin-positive group showed significantly higher prevalence of IgH rearrangement compared to the cryoglobulin-negative group (61.1% and 33.3% , respectively), p=0.03, OR=3.13 and 95% CI=1.07-9.17. t(14;18) and monoclonal IgH rearrangement detection rates were not associated with each other, p=0.467.'] Is t ( 14 ; 18 ) associated with mixed cryoglobulinemia or with clonal B cell expansion in egyptian patients with hepatitis C virus infection?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "no" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Human milk oligosaccharides are not digested during intestinal passage and can be detected in stools. In this study it was investigated whether a prebiotic mixture of low-molecular-weight galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) and high-molecular-weight fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS) can be detected in stool samples of formula-fed infants. The test formula was supplemented with 0.8 g/dl oligosaccharides (GOS+FOS). In the control formula, maltodextrins were used as placebo. Fecal flora was assessed at the beginning (day 1) and at the end of a 28-d feeding period (day 2). At day 2 the content of galacto- and fructo-oligosaccharides in the stool samples were measured. On study day 1, the number of bifidobacteria was not different among the groups (supplemented group: 7.7 (6.2) CFU/g; placebo group: 8.0 (6.0) CFU/g). At the end of the 28-d feeding period, the number of bifidobacteria was significantly higher in the group fed the supplemented formula when compared to placebo (supplemented group: 9.8 (0.7) CFU/g stool; placebo group: 7.1 (4.7) CFU/g stool; p<0.001). In all infants fed the supplemented formula, GOS and FOS could be identified in the stool samples. That was not the case in infants fed the non-supplemented formula.'] Are dietary prebiotic oligosaccharides detectable in the faeces of formula-fed infants?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.\nINPUT: ['Immune cells within a tumor microenvironment have shown modulatory effects on tumor angiogenic activity. Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a hypervascular tumor that reportedly increases the frequency of regulatory T cells (Tregs) in tumor tissues. This study investigated the correlation between Tregs infiltration and angiogenic status in RCC.', \"Thirty-six patients with RCC were enrolled in the present study, and twenty age-matched healthy donors were included as the control. Tregs were defined as CD4(+)CD25(high)CD127(low/-) T cells. The frequency of Tregs in peripheral blood and tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) were determined by flow cytometry. The expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in surgical resection specimens were measured with a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kit. Microvessel density (MVD) was calculated on slides stained with CD34 antibody. Spearman's rank correlation was performed to evaluate the correlation between the frequencies of Tregs in TILs and VEGF values, as well as between frequencies of Tregs and MVD determinations.\", 'Compared to healthy controls, the frequency of peripheral blood Tregs was significantly increased in patients with RCC (P < 0.05). The percentage of tumor-infiltrating Tregs was higher than that of peripheral blood Tregs in patients with RCC (P < 0.01). In addition, the frequency of tumor-infiltrating Tregs was shown to significantly correlate with the pathological stage (P < 0.05) and nuclear grade (P < 0.01). Importantly, a significant positive correlation was observed between the frequency of tumor-infiltrating Tregs and VEGF protein expression (r = 0.51, P < 0.05), as well as between frequencies of Tregs and MVD score (r = 0.39, P < 0.05).'] Are tumor-infiltrating regulatory T cells positively correlated with angiogenic status in renal cell carcinoma?\nOUTPUT:\n" }, { "from": "agent", "value": "yes" } ]