c-MET-positive circulating tumor cells and cell-free DNA as independent prognostic factors in hormone receptor-positive/HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer by Jieun Park, Eun Sol Chang, Ji-Yeon Kim, Chaithanya Chelakkot, Minjung Sung, Ji-Young Song, Kyungsoo Jung, Ji Hye Lee, Jun Young Choi, Na Young Kim, Hyegyeong Lee, Mi-Ran Kang, Mi Jeong Kwon, Young Kee Shin, Yeon Hee Park, Yoon-La Choi

“…CTCs were isolated from blood using GenoCTC® and EpCAM or c-MET CTC isolation kits. …”
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Green biosynthetic silver nanoparticles from Ageratum conyzoides as multifunctional hemostatic agents: Combining hemostasis, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory properties for eff... by Yang Li, Yinfeng Tan, Huange Zhao, Shiting Chen, Azadeh Nilghaz, Rong Cao, Songlin Zhou

“…Furthermore, the hemostatic efficacy of AC-AgNPs is demonstrated in mouse models of tail amputation and liver injury, where AC-AgNPs significantly reduce the amount of blood loss and the bleeding time. Our work shows that AC-AgNPs possess strong hemostatic, anti-inflammatory, and antibacterial capabilities, ultimately facilitating wound healing. …”
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Radiotherapy(R) Integration(I) Strategy for Small(S)-Cell Lung Cancer in Extensive(E) Stage (RISE) with up to 10 metastases- a study protocol of a randomized phase II trial by Łukasz Kuncman, Jacek Fijuth, Damian Tworek, Ewa Sierko, Paweł Cisek, Michał Masłowski, Maja Lisik-Habib, Magdalena Orzechowska, Katarzyna Galwas-Kliber, Adam Antczak, Izabela Chmielewska, Barbara Ziółkowska, Marta Kurczewska-Michalak, Wojciech Kuźnicki, Nina Jędrzejczak, Kinga Ranoszek, Mateusz Bilski

“…. • Arm III will receive SoC with RT of 45 Gy in 3-Gy fractions to the chest area and stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) with 24 Gy in 8-Gy fractions to the metastatic lesions. Blood samples for circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) will be collected before RT, during each week of treatment, and at the time of disease progression. …”
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Impact of the initiation of isCGM soon after type 1 diabetes mellitus diagnosis in adults on glycemic indices and fear of hypoglycemia: a randomized controlled trial by Jerzy Hohendorff, Jerzy Hohendorff, Agata Grzelka-Wozniak, Marta Wrobel, Michal Kania, Michal Kania, Lidia Lapinska, Dominika Rokicka, Dorota Stoltny, Irina Kowalska, Krzysztof Strojek, Dorota Zozulinska-Ziolkiewicz, Maciej T. Malecki, Maciej T. Malecki

“…Data on glycemic indices and fear of hypoglycemia (FoH) in newly diagnosed T1DM patients are limited.AimTo assess the impact of initiating intermittently scanned CGM (isCGM) within 1–6 months of diagnosis on glycemic control and FoH in adults with T1DM.Subjects and methodsAfter wearing a blinded sensor for 14 days, participants were randomized (1:1) to either isCGM (intervention) or self-monitoring blood glucose (SMBG) with glucometers and blinded CGM (control). …”
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Evaluating the surgical and oncological outcomes of hepatic artery variations in minimally invasive pancreaticoduodenectomy: insights from 2023 data at a high-volume pancreatic cen... by Tianyu Li, Liangbo Dong, Dongming Zhang, Jiashu Han, Menghua Dai, Junchao Guo, Qiang Xu, Weibin Wang, Xianlin Han, Chen Lin

“…No significant differences were found between HAV/CR-HAV (+) and (-) groups regarding intraoperative blood loss, conversion to laparotomy, postoperative complications, surgical mortality, length of stay, re-operation, and re-admission. …”
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Multiomics unravels the complexity of male obesity: a prospective observational study by Georgios E. Papadakis, Lucie Favre, Yassine Zouaghi, Nathalie Vionnet, Nicolas J. Niederländer, Michela Adamo, James S. Acierno, Dassine Berdous, Alexia Boizot, Jenny Meylan, Julijana Ivanisevic, Emmanuelle Paccou, Hector Gallart-Ayala, Tim Reyns, Elise Van Caeneghem, Bruno Lapauw, Jérôme Pasquier, Yasser Aleman, Styliani Mantziari, Olivier Salamin, Raul Nicoli, Tiia Kuuranne, Tom Fiers, Patric Hagmann, Federico Santoni, Andrea Messina, Nelly Pitteloud

“…Despite having comparable body mass indices, obese individuals with HH presented with worse metabolic defects than obese individuals without HH, including higher insulin resistance, as well as MRI signs of hypothalamic inflammation and a specific blood transcriptomics signature. The upregulated genes were involved mainly in inflammation, mitochondrial function, and protein translation. …”
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Integrated Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Novel Molecular Signatures for Schizophrenia Characterization by Tong Ni, Yu Sun, Zefeng Li, Tao Tan, Wei Han, Miao Li, Li Zhu, Jing Xiao, Huiying Wang, Wenpei Zhang, Yitian Ma, Biao Wang, Di Wen, Teng Chen, Justin Tubbs, Xiaofeng Zeng, Jiangwei Yan, Hongsheng Gui, Pak Sham, Fanglin Guan

“…RNA‐sequencing data from PsychENCODE (536 SCZ patients, 832 controls) and peripheral blood transcriptome data from 144 recruited subjects (59 SCZ patients, 6 non‐SCZ psychiatric patients, 79 controls) are analyzed. …”
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Oncolytic influenza virus enhances killing effect of gemcitabine against pancreatic cancer cells by MENG Zihe, MENG Zihe, XU Yongru, DENG Zhaoda

“…The virus was then comprehensively characterized through chicken red blood cell hemagglutination assay， transmission electron microscopy， and viral replication assay. …”
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Accelerated phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging with use of resolution enhancement generative adversarial neural network by Manuel A. Morales, Fahime Ghanbari, Ömer Burak Demirel, Jordan A. Street, Tess E. Wallace, Rachel Davids, Jennifer Rodriguez, Scott Johnson, Patrick Pierce, Warren J. Manning, Reza Nezafat

“…ABSTRACT: Background: Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) phase contrast is used to quantify blood flow. We sought to develop a complex-difference reconstruction for inline super-resolution of phase-contrast flow (CRISPFlow) to accelerate phase-contrast imaging. …”
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Novel Drug Delivery Particles Can Provide Dual Effects on Cancer “Theranostics” in Boron Neutron Capture Therapy by Abdul Basith Fithroni, Haruki Inoue, Shengli Zhou, Taufik Fatwa Nur Hakim, Takashi Tada, Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinori Sakurai, Manabu Ishimoto, Naoyuki Yamada, Rani Sauriasari, Wolfgang A. G. Sauerwein, Kazunori Watanabe, Takashi Ohtsuki, Eiji Matsuura

“…The biodistribution of the particles was assessed by the tumor/normal tissue ratio (T/N) in terms of tumor/muscle (T/M) and tumor/blood (T/B) ratios using near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) imaging with indocyanine green (ICG). …”
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Relation among zootechnical performance, biochemical indicators, water quality, and small invertebrates (zooplankton) abundance reared in biofloc-supplemented systems by Ahmed Said Al-Souti, Marwa M. Zaher, Amr M. Helal, Dina T. Meshhal, Mansour D. H., Afify D. G. Al-Afify, Mohamed M. Rafaey, Abeer El-Saharty, Ehab El-Haroun, Marian G. Nassif, Abdallah Tageldein Mansour, Abdallah Tageldein Mansour, Mohamed Ashour

“…Compared to those of the control group, the values of growth performance, whole-body biochemical composition, and blood biochemical indicators were significantly higher in biofloc groups than in the control group. …”
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Growth performance of neonatal Holstein heifers fed acidified waste milk containing essential oil blend and encapsulated butyrate alone or in combination by Ting Liu, Zhihao Luo, Peng Li, Shuru Cheng, Jianping Zhu, David.P. Casper

“…Heifers fed EO and C4 demonstrated greater blood serum total volatile fatty acid concentrations (9.75, 12.91, 11.22, 10.89 µM, respectively, for CON, EO, C4, and E4) compared with heifers fed CON, with heifers fed E4 being intermediate and similar. …”
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Factors influencing in-hospital mortality for salvage percutaneous transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunting in cirrhotic patients with recalcitrant variceal bleeding after... by J E J Krige, E G Jonas, M Setshedi, S J Beningfield, U K Lotze, M M Bernon, S Burmeister, J C Kloppers

“…On bivariate analysis, factors associated with death were Child-Pugh (C-P) score ≥10 (p=0.006), sodium Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD-Na) score ≥22 (p<0.001), ≥8 units of blood transfused (p<0.001), Sengstaken-Blakemore balloon tube placement (p<0.001), endotracheal intubation (p<0.001), inotropic support (p<0.001) and endoscopically uncontrolled bleeding (p<0.001). …”
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Evaluation of the double-zone hemolysis (DZH) test for the detection of livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Javier Latorre-Fernández, Carmen Aspiroz, Idris Nasir Abdullahi, Allelen Campaña-Burguet, Paula Eguizábal, Carmen González-Azcona, Carmen Tenorio, Myriam Zarazaga, Adebayo O. Shittu, Carmen Lozano, Carmen Torres

“…These isolates were screened for DZH on sheep blood agar plates after incubation at 37°C for 24 h. …”
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Cucumeropsis mannii seed oil shields against cyclophosphamide-induced hepatorenal toxicity by modulating redox imbalance and iNOS/IL-β1 signalling in rats by Amaka Cecilia Agbara, Ejike Daniel Eze, Christian Emeka Offor, Adam Moyosore Afodun, Ezebuilo Ugbala Ekpono, Peter Chinedu Agu, Chinyere Aloke, Nkeiru Nwaamaka Ezeani, Emmanuel Orire Ikuomola, Ekom Monday Etukudo, Ilemobayo Victor Fasogbon, Angela Mumbua Musyoka, Patrick Maduabuchi Aja

“…Rats of all groups were sacrificed on day 30 and collected blood for biochemical analysis using standard methods. …”
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The association between controlling nutritional status and postoperative pulmonary complications in patients with colorectal cancer by Yafang Li, Chuang Nie, Na Li, Jieying Liang, Ning Su, Chunhua Yang

“…Older age, male sex, chronic heart disease, open surgery, blood transfusion during surgery, distant metastasis of tumor and colon tumor were all risk factors for PPCs. …”
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Cell-free DNA: a metabolic byproduct with diagnostic and prognostic potential in rheumatic disorders by Fancheng Liu, Fancheng Liu, Yazhen Su, Yazhen Su, Xinling Liu, Li Zhao, Li Zhao, Zewen Wu, Zewen Wu, Yang Liu, Yang Liu, Liyun Zhang, Liyun Zhang

“…Conversely, individuals suffering from diverse illnesses like stroke, trauma, myocardial infarction, and various cancers show markedly higher levels of cfDNA in their blood plasma or serum. Further research has shown that cfDNA is associated with a wide range of human diseases and may have a feedback relationship with inflammation, potentially serving as a non-invasive, accurate, sensitive, and rapid biomarker for clinical applications in disease differential diagnosis, activity monitoring, and prognosis assessment. …”
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Evaluation of scenario-based storytelling therapyas an intervention for cognitive impairment after ischemic stroke (情境故事疗法对缺血性卒中后认知功能损害的干预效果评价)... by XIA Yanli (夏艳丽), LI Qianqian (李迁迁), WANG Juan (王娟)

“…Methods Totally 64 patients with cognitive impairment after acute ischemic stroke were randomly divided into control group (n=31, and 1 case lost to follow-up) and intervention group (n=32 ) , the patients in the two groups were treated with basic treatment such as hypertension management, blood lipid regulation and healthy lifestyle intervention. …”
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Target-agnostic identification of human antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum sexual forms reveals cross-stage recognition of glutamate-rich repeats by Axelle Amen, Randy Yoo, Amanda Fabra-García, Judith Bolscher, William JR Stone, Isabelle Bally, Sebastián Dergan-Dylon, Iga Kucharska, Roos M de Jong, Marloes de Bruijni, Teun Bousema, C Richter King, Randall S MacGill, Robert W Sauerwein, Jean-Philippe Julien, Pascal Poignard, Matthijs M Jore

“…A crystal structure of two B1E11K Fab domains in complex with its main antigen, RESA, expressed on asexual blood stages, showed binding of B1E11K to a repeating epitope motif in a head-to-head conformation engaging in affinity-matured homotypic interactions. …”
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Achalasia—An Autoimmune Inflammatory Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study by J. Furuzawa-Carballeda, D. Aguilar-León, A. Gamboa-Domínguez, M. A. Valdovinos, C. Nuñez-Álvarez, L. A. Martín-del-Campo, A. B. Enríquez, E. Coss-Adame, A. E. Svarch, A. Flores-Nájera, A. Villa-Baños, J. C. Ceballos, G. Torres-Villalobos

“…Immunohistochemical (biopsies) and flow cytometry (peripheral blood) analyses were performed. Circulating anti-myenteric autoantibodies were evaluated by indirect immunofluorescence. …”
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