Does Technetium-99m Diethylenetriaminepentaacetate Clearance Predict the Clinical Course of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis? by Marco Mura, Gelorma Belmonte, Stefano Fanti, Angela Maria Pacilli, Luca Fasano, Maurizio Zompatori, Mario Schiavina, Mario Fabbri

“…Clearance of inhaled technetium-99m diethylenetriaminepentaacetate (99mTc-DTPA) is a potential indicator of disease activity and progression in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The objective of the present study was to evaluate the prognostic value of 99mTc-DTPA scans in IPF. …”
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Polymorphism of renin — angiotensin system genes in progression of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C by O. V. Taratina, T. N. Krasnova, L. M. Samokhodskaya, T. N. Lopatkina, V. A. Tkachuk, N. A. Mukhin

“…Overall 109 patients with CHC and liver cirrhosis C with established stage of fibrosis and duration of disease have been divided into group of «rapidly progressing fibrosis» (55 patients, ≥0,130 fibrosis points/year) and «slowly progressing fibrosis» (54 persons, <0,130 fibrosis units/year). …”
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Proximal tubular RAGE mediated the renal fibrosis in UUO model mice via upregulation of autophagy by Bohao Liu, Tianshi Sun, Huiling Li, Shuangfa Qiu, Yijian Li, Dongshan Zhang

“…Abstract Previous studies reported that RAGE participated in the process of kidney fibrosis, but the function and regulation pathway of RAGE in proximal tubular cells in this process remains unclear. …”
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Investigation of some anaerobic bacteria in the sputum of cystic fibrosis patients and healthy people in Tehran, Iran by Homa Hamayeli, Ahya Abdi-Ali, Bahareh Attaran, Morvarid Shafiei, Mohammadreza Modaresi

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Liver Cirrhosis/Severe Fibrosis Is a Risk Factor for Anastomotic Leakage after Colorectal Surgery by Samuel Andreas Käser, Irina Hofmann, Niels Willi, Felix Stickel, Christoph Andreas Maurer

“…Patients with liver cirrhosis/severe fibrosis have an increased risk of leakage after colonic anastomosis.…”
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Directional Topography Influences Adipose Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Plasticity: Prospects for Tissue Engineering and Fibrosis by Gabriel Romero Liguori, Qihui Zhou, Tácia Tavares Aquinas Liguori, Guilherme Garcia Barros, Philipp Till Kühn, Luiz Felipe Pinho Moreira, Patrick van Rijn, Martin C. Harmsen

“…These data suggest that nanotopography may be a novel tool for inhibiting fibrosis.…”
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Autologous precision-cut lung slice co-culture models for studying macrophage-driven fibrosis by So-Yi Chang, So-Yi Chang, Wen-Hsin Chang, Wen-Hsin Chang, David C. Yang, Qi-Sheng Hong, Qi-Sheng Hong, Ssu-Wei Hsu, Ssu-Wei Hsu, Reen Wu, Ching-Hsien Chen, Ching-Hsien Chen

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Different Levels of Autophagy Activity in Mesenchymal Stem Cells Are Involved in the Progression of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis by Hongxia Tao, Qin Lv, Jing Zhang, Lijuan Chen, Yang Yang, Wei Sun

“…Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is an age-related lung interstitial disease that occurs predominantly in people over 65 years of age and for which there is a lack of effective therapeutic agents. …”
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Central Portalization Correlates with Fibrosis but Not with Risk Factors for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis in Steatotic Chronic Hepatitis C by Hwajeong Lee, Sanaz Ainechi, Karen Dresser, Elizabeth M. Kurian

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To Develop Biomarkers for Diabetic Nephropathy Based on Genes Related to Fibrosis and Propionate Metabolism and Their Functional Validation by Sha Li, Jingshan Chen, Wenjing Zhou, Yonglan Liu, Di Zhang, Qian Yang, Yuerong Feng, Chunli Cha, Li Li, Guoyong He, Jun Li

“…Propionate metabolism is important in the development of diabetes, and fibrosis plays an important role in diabetic nephropathy (DN). …”
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Efectividad de técnicas manuales de fisioterapia respiratoria en pacientes con fibrosis quística by Julio Roberto Vázquez-Palanco, Giselle Vázquez-Gutiérrez, Arianna de la Caridad Linares-Noguera, Dariel Marín-González, Alejandro Ignacio Larrazabal-Martínez, Juana Mirtha González-Ferrer

Subjects: “…Fibrosis Quística…”
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Incidence and Predictors of Advanced Liver Fibrosis by a Validated Serum Biomarker in Liver Transplant Recipients by Mamatha Bhat, Kathleen C. Rollet-Kurhajec, Aparna Bhat, Amanda Farag, Marc Deschenes, Philip Wong, Peter Ghali, Giada Sebastiani

“…Background and Aims. Serum fibrosis biomarkers have shown good accuracy in the liver transplant (LT) population. …”
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Age-Dependent Effects of Butyl Benzyl Phthalate Exposure on Lipid Metabolism and Hepatic Fibrosis in Mice by Min-Seo Park, Seonhwa Hwang, Hyun-Bon Kang, Minjeong Ha, Juyeon Park, So-Youn Park, Yong-Joo Park, Min-Hi Park

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Mesenchymal Stem Cells Pretreated with HGF and FGF4 Can Reduce Liver Fibrosis in Mice by Sulaiman Shams, Sadia Mohsin, Ghazanfar Ali Nasir, Mohsin Khan, Shaheen N. Khan

“…Stem cells have opened a new avenue to treat liver fibrosis. We investigated in vitro and in vivo the effect of cytokine (HGF and FGF4) pretreated MSCs in reduction of CCl4 liver injury. …”
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BMP6, a potential biomarker of inflammatory fibrosis and promising protective factor for dilated cardiomyopathy by Feng Jiang, Jiayang Tang, Xiaoqi Wei, Hai Pan, Xinyi Fan, Peng Zhang, Shuzhen Guo

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HMGB1 Box A gene therapy to alleviate bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in rats by Rathasapa Patarat, Suchanart Chuaybudda, Sakawdaurn Yasom, Apiwat Mutirangura

Subjects: “…Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis…”
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Comparative Study of Ectopic Lymphoid Aggregates in Sheep and Murine Models of Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis by Udari Eshani Perera, Louise Organ, Simon G. Royce, Chrishan S. Samuel, Habtamu B. Derseh, Sasika N. V. Dewage, Emmanuel Koumoundouros, Andrew Stent, Kenneth J. Snibson

“…Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic disease characterized by excessive deposition of extracellular matrix in the interstitial lung parenchyma, often manifested by dyspnea and progressive loss of lung function. …”
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Ceria nanoparticles ameliorate renal fibrosis by modulating the balance between oxidative phosphorylation and aerobic glycolysis by Mengling Wang, Feng Zeng, Fengling Ning, Yinhang Wang, Shilin Zhou, Jiaqi He, Cong Li, Cong Wang, Xiaolin Sun, Dongliang Zhang, Jisheng Xiao, Ping Hu, Svetlana Reilly, Hong Xin, Xudong Xu, Xuemei Zhang

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Oridonin ameliorates renal fibrosis in diabetic nephropathy by inhibiting the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway by Jushuang Li, Lan Shu, Qianqian Jiang, Baohong Feng, Zhimin Bi, Geli Zhu, Yanxia Zhang, Xiangyou Li, Jun Wu

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Prolonged Myelosuppression due to Progressive Bone Marrow Fibrosis in a Patient with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia by Yuta Inagawa, Yukiko Komeno, Satoshi Saito, Yuji Maenohara, Tetsuro Yamagishi, Hiroyuki Kawashima, Taku Saito, Keiko Abe, Kuniko Iihara, Yasumasa Hatada, Tomiko Ryu

“…Retrospective examination of serial bone marrow biopsy specimens demonstrated progressive bone marrow fibrosis, which may have caused prolonged myelosuppression. …”
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