6 articles in this issue
Anna Meiliana,Andi Wijaya
BACKGROUND: The epidemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes presents a serious challenge to scientific and biomedical communities worldwide. There has been an upsurge of interest in the adipocyte coincident with the onset of the obesity epidemic and the reali... see more
BACKGROUND: Over the past 50 years, scientists have recognized that not all adipose tissue is alike, and that health risk is associated with the location as well as the amount of body fat. Different depots are sufficiently distinct with respect to fatty-a... see more
Yudi Her Oktaviono,Djanggan Sargowo,Mohammad Aris Widodo,Yanni Dirgantara,Angliana Chouw,Ferry Sandra
BACKGROUND: A population of circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells (EPCs) has been reported to play important role in maintaining endothelial function and integrity. Since EPCs culture is crucial and an optimized medium is currently available. Therefore... see more
Yesaya Yunus,Julius July,Andi Asadul Islam,Eka Julianta Wahjoepramono,Irawan Yusuf
BACKGROUND: Inflammation following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is associated with patient outcome. This study aimed to analyze the dynamics pattern of the pro-inflammatory interleukin (IL)-1ß and anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 in the cerebr... see more
Prijo Sidipratomo,Trijono Karmawan Sukana Prija,Bachtiar Murtala,Agus Purwadianto,Gatot Susilo Lawrence
BACKGROUND: Conventional autopsy in Indonesia is not well accepted as it is contrary to religion and culture. New radiological imaging method such as multislice computed tomography (MSCT) scan has potential to be a diagnostic tool in forensic pathology. T... see more
Linda Lison,Irawan Yusuf,Bambang Sutrisna,Peter Kabo,Teguh Santoso,Ferry Sandra
BACKGROUND: Syntax score is a lesion-based angiographic scoring system, originally devised to grade the anatomic complexity of coronary artery disease (CAD) and thereby facilitate consensus in the study of a diagnostic angiogram between surgeons and inter... see more