Identification of ketamine and norketamine in dried bloodstains on crime-scene surfaces by Risha Jasmine Nathan, Babajide Okeleye, Rabiu Abdullahi, Waliyu Oyebode

“…Drugs have higher stability in DBS relative to liquid blood owing to the arrest of enzymatic reactions in dehydrated samples. …”
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Diagnosis and treatment of thyroblastoma: a case report and review of literature by Xiting Chen, Xiting Chen, Lijuan Xiong, Lijuan Xiong, Hongling Liu, Haoqiang Wang, Donghai Cheng, Wei Wang, Wenyuan He, Bo Xie, Juan Zhou

“…The patient ultimately died of cardiac arrest resulting from the progression of the cancer thrombus to the right atrium and right ventricle.ConclusionAlthough thyroblastoma has been treated as a separate entity with its distinctive morphologic and molecular characteristics, its clinicopathological features, diagnosis and treatment methods and prognosis remain poorly understood, which requires more accumulated clinical case data to provide basis for the correct diagnosis and treatment in the future.…”
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Copper Super-Dosing Improves Performance of Heat-Stressed Broiler Chickens through Modulation of Expression of Proinflammatory Cytokine Genes by Sudipto Haldar, Amrita Kumar Dhara, Sayantani Sihi Arora, Arpana Verma Mukherjee, Arup Nayak

“…Copper (Cu), an active component of a number of antioxidative defence components, should arrest these changes to take place although that may not be possible under the standard dosing regimen followed by the industry. …”
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Therapeutic potential of brentuximab vedotin in breast cancer and lymphoma via targeted apoptosis and gene regulation by Abeer Ezzat, Mohga Shafiek, Shimaa Shawki, Shaimaa Abdel-Ghany, Mahmoud Nazih, Hussein Sabit

“…Additionally, cell cycle analysis indicated G2/M phase arrest in cancer cells, particularly in MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231, while HSF cells remained largely unaffected. …”
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Evaluation of the Antitumor Effects of Platinum-Based [Pt(η1-C2H4-OR)(DMSO)(phen)]+ (R = Me, Et) Cationic Organometallic Complexes on Chemoresistant Pancreatic Cancer Cell Lines... by Erika Stefàno, Luca Giulio Cossa, Federica De Castro, Erik De Luca, Viviana Vergaro, Giulia My, Gianluca Rovito, Danilo Migoni, Antonella Muscella, Santo Marsigliante, Michele Benedetti, Francesco Paolo Fanizzi

“…Both 1 and 2 compounds significantly induced apoptosis and cell cycle arrest, with a high accumulation of sub-G1 phase cells, compared to cisplatin. …”
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p300/Sp1-Mediated High Expression of p16 Promotes Endothelial Progenitor Cell Senescence Leading to the Occurrence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Zhihui He, Huaihuai Peng, Min Gao, Guibin Liang, Menghao Zeng, Xuefeng Zhang

“…The high expression of p16 in EPCs promoted cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. The CSE-mediated high expression of p16 promoted cell senescence. …”
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Heliox Improves Carbon Dioxide Removal during Lung Protective Mechanical Ventilation by Charlotte J. Beurskens, Daniel Brevoord, Wim K. Lagrand, Walter M. van den Bergh, Margreeth B. Vroom, Benedikt Preckel, Janneke Horn, Nicole P. Juffermans

“…Twenty-four ICU patients were included, who were admitted after a cardiac arrest and mechanically ventilated for 3 hours with heliox (50% helium; 50% oxygen). …”
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Risk Estimation of Severe Primary Graft Dysfunction in Heart Transplant Recipients Using a Smartphone by Souhila Ait-Tigrine, Roger Hullin, Elsa Hoti, Matthias Kirsch, Piergiorgio Tozzi

“…Background: Currently, there are no standardized guidelines for graft allocation in heart transplants (HTxs), particularly when considering organs from marginal donors and donors after cardiocirculatory arrest. This complexity highlights the need for an effective risk analysis tool for primary graft dysfunction (PGD), a severe complication in HTx. …”
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Using large language models for extracting stressful life events to assess their impact on preventive colon cancer screening adherence by Dmitry Scherbakov, Paul M. Heider, Ramsey Wehbe, Alexander V. Alekseyenko, Leslie A. Lenert, Jihad S. Obeid

“…The events with the most negative impact on screening were arrest or incarceration (OR 0.26 95% CI 0.06–0.77), becoming homeless (OR 0.18 95% CI 0.01–0.92), separation from spouse or partner (OR 0.32 95% CI 0.05–1.18), getting married or starting to live with a partner (OR 0.60 95% CI 0.19–1.53). …”
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Direct Axillary Artery Cannulation as Standard Perfusion Strategy in Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting by Christian Sellin, Ahmed Belmenai, Volodymyr Demianenko, Marius Grossmann, Hilmar Dörge

“…Methods: From November 2019 to December 2023, a total of 413 consecutive patients underwent nonemergent isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) via left anterior minithoracotomy on CPB with peripheral cannulation via the RAA and cardioplegic cardiac arrest, using this technique as a default strategy in the daily routine. …”
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Clinical features of autonomic dysfunction in children with anti-N-methyl-D aspartic receptor encephalitis by Dongqing Li, Jing Sun, Guannan Li, Shuo Miao, Jian Yang, Jianzhao Zhang

“…The most prevalent symptom of autonomic dysfunction was cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction(21/22, 95%),with the specific manifestations being sinus tachycardia (8 cases), ventricular premature beats (2 cases), atrioventricular block (2 cases), atrial premature beats (3 cases), and sinus bradycardia (4 cases),hypertension(1 case) and cardiac arrest(1 case). Other symptoms included gland secretion dysfunction (19/22, 86%),ventilate dysfunction(3/22,14%), thermoregulatory dysfunction (3/22,14%), bladder dysfunction(2/22,9%). …”
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Itraconazole promotes melanoma cells apoptosis via inhibiting hedgehog signaling pathway-mediated autophagy by Shunqiao Jin, Shunqiao Jin, Xiaojiao Liu, Xiaojiao Liu, Lingqin Cai, Lingqin Cai, Jiayu Yan, Ling Li, Hongjun Dong, Yuxue Gao, Xicong Zhu, Cong Zhang, Xuezhu Xu

“…Itraconazole inhibited melanoma cell proliferation by inducing G1 phase arrest and autophagy-mediated apoptosis in A375 and A2058 cells. …”
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End-tidal carbon dioxide-guided extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation improves neurological prognosis in patients: a single-center retrospective cohort study by Xiaozu Liao, Chen Gu, Zhou Cheng, Kepeng Liu, Qing Yin, Binfei Li

“…Background: Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (ECPR) is an effective intervention for restoring adequate circulatory perfusion after cardiac arrest. Ensuring high-quality Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) before initiating Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) is critical to mitigate tissue hypoxia and ischemia. …”
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Quercetin inhibits truncated isoform of dopamine- and cAMP-regulated phosphoprotein as adjuvant treatment for trastuzumab therapy resistance in HER2-positive breast cancer by Han-Sheng Chang, Tzu-Chun Cheng, Shih-Hsin Tu, Chih-Hsiung Wu, You-Cheng Liao, Jungshan Chang, Min-Hsiung Pan, Li-Ching Chen, Yuan-Soon Ho

“…In t-DARPP ShRNA-suppressed cells, quercetin synergistically enhanced trastuzumab-induced apoptotic cell death and G2/M phase arrest. In conclusion, the combination of quercetin and trastuzumab treatment by targeting t-DARPP in HER2+ BC patients has the potential as a biomarker for mitigating drug resistance.…”
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TMEM45A enhances palbociclib resistance and cellular glycolysis by activating AKT/mTOR signaling pathway in HR+ breast cancer by Cui Chen, Zehong Chen, Jinze Zhao, Xinyun Wen, Hanming Yao, Zijin Weng, Huiping Xiong, Zongheng Zheng, Juekun Wu

“…Silencing TMEM45A enhances sensitivity to palbociclib, promotes cell cycle arrest and apoptosis, and inhibits the proliferation of BRCA cells. …”
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Identification of the Transcriptional Networks and the Involvement in Angiotensin II-Induced Injury after CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Knockdown of Cyr61 in HEK293T Cells by Junjie Wang, Dongdong Fu, Soulixay Senouthai, Yan Jiang, Rentong Hu, Yanwu You

“…In addition, Cyr61 expression was increased in accordance with induction of cell cycle arrest and apoptosis and inhibition of cell proliferation induced by Ang II. …”
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Silencing circ_0043256 inhibited CoCl2-induced proliferation, migration, and aerobic glycolysis in gastric cancer cells by Wenting Ou, Rongjian Tan, Jiawei Zhai, Lijun Sun, Zhenhao Quan, Xianjin Huang, Feipeng Xu, Qingwen Xu, Caijin Zhou

“…Additionally, circ_0043256 silencing enhanced cell apoptosis and G2/M phase cell cycle arrest in response to CoCl2 treatment. Furthermore, the miR-593-5p/RRM2 axis was identified as a regulatory mechanism for circ_0043256 function in GC. …”
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Application value of central venous-arterial carbon dioxide partial pressure difference in postoperative cognitive dysfunction in patients with acute aortic dissection by Lei Wang, Zhen Hong Wang, Duan Qi Zhu, Xin Yi Xie, Xin Chen, Xiao Liang Wang

“…Blood gas samples were collected from the arterial and venous lines at various time points during the surgery, including before and after the initiation of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), immediately after CPB initiation, before and after deep hypothermic circulatory arrest, 30 min after rewarming, and 5 min before weaning from CPB. …”
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Methyltransferase-like 7B participates in bladder cancer via ACSL3 m6A modification in a ferroptosis manner by Jiani He, Changming Dong, Xiandong Song, Zhongkai Qiu, Hao Zhang, Yuanjun Jiang, Tao Liu, Xiaojun Man

“…Besides, METTL7B knockdown induced cell cycle arrest in G1 phase with a reduction in cyclin D1(CCND1), CDK4, and CDK6 levels and an elevation in CDKN2D levels in cells. …”
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Unlocking melanoma Suppression: Insights from Plasma-Induced potent miRNAs through PI3K-AKT-ZEB1 axis by Pradeep Bhartiya, Apurva Jaiswal, Manorma Negi, Neha Kaushik, Eun Ha Choi, Nagendra Kumar Kaushik

“…Persistent NTP exposure for 5 min increased differential miRNA regulation, PI uptake, and the expression of genes involved in cell cycle arrest and death. qPCR confirmed that miR-200b-3p and miR-215-5p upregulation contributed to decreased cell viability and migration. …”
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