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In adult, the prevalence of mycobacterial infections is increased with age is largely unknown. IFN-gamma-IL-12/23 axis or NF-kappaB pathways might also plays crucial roles in adult against mycobacteria. Based on this hypothesis, the investigators had applied a functional assay to these pathways in patients with mycobacterial infection.

The investigators are trying to evaluate the performance of neutrophil and lymphocyte counts as a risk factor of deep sternal wound infection after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Intensive Insulin Therapy (IIT) may be given in Type 2 Diabetes (T2DM) in two different ways : as Basal/bolus therapy (B/B) in four-five injections per day . as Modern Premixed Insulins( MPI's) three times per day . The better diabetes control is achieved, the more likely patient would suffer from hypoglycemic episodes. We propose that the probability of hypoglycemia and its severity has no difference in two main insulin therapy schemes mentioned above. The objective of the study is to compare the incidence of hypoglycemia and its severity in well-controlled ( HBA1C less than 7%) diabetic individuals treated by two different regimens, through analysis of data received by Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM, Free Style Navigator).

The investigators hypothesized spinal stenosis symptom was provocation due to cerebrospinal fluid congestion.

The goals of the KNOW-CKD (KoreaN cohort study for Outcome in patients With Chronic Kidney Disease) study are 1) to establish a CKD cohort representing Korean CKD population for up to 10-year follow-up, and 2) to investigate the renal progression, mortality, complications, risk factors, role of biochemical parameters and the genetic influence. KNOW-CKD Research Group comprises nephrologists, pediatric nephrologists, epidemiologists and statisticians from eleven centers in Korea. KNOW-CKD will enroll 2,850 individuals with CKD stage from 1 to 5 between 2011 and 2015 and follow them up to 10 years. Dialyzed patients or those with allograft kidney are excluded. At enrollment and at pre-specified intervals, laboratory tests will be conducted on the kidney function, biochemical profiles, anemia, cardiovascular complication (echocardiography, coronary CT, arterial stiffness), and mineral bone disorder. A biobank is also established for the DNA, serum and urine at regular interval. Information on the medical history, health questionnaires, QoL will also be collected. Web-based case-report forms (CRF) is developed for the systemic management of the patient data.

The study aims to: Determine whether the density of epithelial gaps in terminal ileum of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is different from that in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients and normal controls by confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE). Evaluate the relationship between the density of epithelial gaps and IBS subtypes, and visceral hypersensitivity.

Selected 400 cases of women with primary breast cancer who were treated with operation randomly, then detect the expression of CDK5RAP2 of cancer tissue. At the same time randomly selected 100 women with primary breast cancer who were under neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Detect the expression of CDK5RAP2 before and after neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

The primary objective is to identify compare SCOUT DS to random capillary glucose for identification of at-risk subjects with dysglycemia defined by hemoglobin A1c ≥ 6.0%.

Colorectal cancers account for 783,000 new cases and cause 437,000 deaths per year across the world. Diagnosis in the early stages improves survival rates. Up to now, these cancers are mostly diagnosed only at later stages of the disease's course through histoimmune staining and molecular biology processes on the tissues biopsied from the gastrointestinal system under invasive diagnostic procedures of colonoscopy. Oral fluid presents a large protein complexity and has been recently used as a diagnostic biofluid for oral, as well as systematic diseases. Using oral fluid as a bio-marker for the colorectal cancer can be advantageous as it contains gastrointestinal fluids, in addition to bacteria and bacteria lysate, which can also serve as a bio-markers' source for colorectal cancers. Proteomic technologies provide the tools needed to discover and identify disease-associated biomarkers. The aim of the present study is to identify salivary bio-markers in patients suffering from colorectal cancers.

Aim: To compare the gene expression of postburn hypertrophic scar with normal skin.