Renal Manifestations of IgG4-Related Disease: A Concise Review by Shahrukh T. Towheed, Wayel Zanjir, Kevin Yi Mi Ren, Jocelyn Garland, Marie Clements-Baker

“…To date, the most well-recognized renal complication of IgG4-related disease is tubulointerstitial nephritis, but membranous glomerulonephritis, renal masses, and retroperitoneal fibrosis have also been reported. This concise review has two objectives. …”
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Contemporary treatment of right ventricular failure by Bibhuti B. Das, MD, Shashi Raj, MD, FAAP, FACC

“…The pathophysiology of RVF involves complex interactions, such as maladaptive hypertrophy, metabolic reprogramming, inflammation, fibrosis, apoptosis, and endothelial dysfunction. Therapeutic strategies are limited for RVF, as basic and clinical research has historically focused mainly on the left ventricle. …”
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Comparison of Liver Biopsy and Transient Elastography based on Clinical Relevance by Ryota Masuzaki, Ryosuke Tateishi, Haruhiko Yoshida, Eriko Goto, Takahisa Sato, Takamasa Ohki, Tadashi Goto, Hideo Yoshida, Fumihiko Kanai, Yosuke Sugioka, Hitoshi Ikeda, Shuichiro Shiina, Takao Kawabe, Masao Omata

“…BACKGROUND: Liver stiffness measurement (LSM) by transient elastography has recently been validated for the evaluation of liver fibrosis in chronic liver diseases. The present study focused on cases in which liver biopsy and LSM were discordant.…”
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Surgical Management of Ischemic Priapism: what are the New Options? by Rohit Badia, Sidney Roberts, Alexandria Hertz, Allen Morey, Maia VanDyke

“…Prompt intervention is required to alleviate the compartment syndrome and restore perfusion to the corporal bodies; failure to do so results in irreversible damage, fibrosis, and profound erectile dysfunction. This paper's objective is to review current literature surrounding the management options for ischemic priapism, focusing on newer surgical techniques. …”
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Study of Query Expansion Techniques and Their Application in the Biomedical Information Retrieval by A. R. Rivas, E. L. Iglesias, L. Borrajo

“…A corpus belonging to MEDLINE, called Cystic Fibrosis, is used as a knowledge source. Experimental results show that the proposed combinations of techniques greatly enhance the efficiency obtained by traditional queries.…”
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Radiographically Occult Carcinomatous Spread of Breast Cancer to the Liver: A Challenging Case by Trish Millard, Akriti Gupta, Christiana Brenin, Paul Marshall, Patrick Dillon

“…Metastatic carcinomatosis to the liver is a pattern of malignant infiltration that tends to provoke hepatic fibrosis. It is a rare complication of multiple solid tumor types and often seen in the absence of discrete tumor mass in the liver. …”
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Inhalation Techniques Used in Patients with Respiratory Failure Treated with Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation by Patrycja Rzepka-Wrona, Szymon Skoczynski, Dawid Wrona, Adam Barczyk

“…The administration of aerosolized medication is a basic therapy for patients with numerous respiratory tract diseases, including obstructive airway diseases (OADs), cystic fibrosis (CF), and infectious airway diseases. The management and care for patients requiring mechanical ventilation remains one of the greatest challenges for medical practitioners, both in intensive care units (ICUs) and pulmonology wards. …”
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Challenges in the Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Fibrosing Interstitial Lung Disease by Leslie B. Tolle

“…The tyrosine kinase inhibitor nintedanib has been approved for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, other chronic fibrosing ILDs with a progressive phenotype, and systemic sclerosis-associated ILD. …”
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Recent advances in polymeric nanoparticles for the treatment of hepatic diseases by Feng Gao, Xuefei Feng, Xinyu Li

“…Hepatic diseases, including hepatitis, liver fibrosis, and liver cancer, have posed a significant threat to global health, emphasizing the critical need for the development of novel and effective treatment approaches. …”
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Pulmonary Remodeling in Equine Asthma: What Do We Know about Mediators of Inflammation in the Horse? by Ann Kristin Barton, Heidrun Gehlen

“…Chronic obstructive pneumopathies lead to remodeling of bronchial walls and lung parenchyma, ultimately causing fibrosis. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are discussed as the most important proteolytic enzymes during remodeling in human medicine and increasing evidence exists for the horse as well. …”
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Immune Cells and Inflammation in Diabetic Nephropathy by Zihan Zheng, Feng Zheng

“…Such inflammation can then drive the classical markers of fibrosis and structural remodeling. As a result, resolution of immune-mediated inflammation is critical towards achieving a cure for DN. …”
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Effects of Thalidomide on the Expression of Adhesion Molecules in Rat Liver Cirrhosis

“…These results indicate that thalidomide exerts its effect on the downregulation of adhesion molecules via TNF-<mml:math> <mml:mi>&#x03B1;</mml:mi> </mml:math> signaling pathway to inhibit liver fibrosis.</p>…”
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Sclerosing Mesenteritis as a Cause of Abdominal Mass and Discomfort in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review by Farzana Nawaz Ali, Sidra Ishaque, Bushra Jamil, Nasir-Ud-Din, Muhammad Idris

“…Sclerosing mesenteritis is a rare benign process that involves inflammation, fat necrosis, and fibrosis of the mesentery. The disease poses great diagnostic challenge due to its nonspecific clinical and diagnostic findings. …”
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Peroxisome proliferator–activated receptor delta and liver diseases by Tomoo Yamazaki, Edward E. Cable, Bernd Schnabl

“…PPAR-delta not only regulates physiologic processes of lipid, glucose, and bile acid metabolism but also attenuates pathologic responses to alcohol metabolism, inflammation, fibrosis, and carcinogenesis, and is considered an important therapeutic target in liver diseases. …”
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Burkholderia cepacia Complex: Emerging Multihost Pathogens Equipped with a Wide Range of Virulence Factors and Determinants by Sílvia A. Sousa, Christian G. Ramos, Jorge H. Leitão

“…Bcc bacteria are endowed with an extraordinary metabolic diversity and emerged in the 1980s as life-threatening and difficult-to-treat pathogens among patients suffering from cystic fibrosis. More recently, these bacteria became recognized as a threat to hospitalized patients suffering from other diseases, in particular oncological patients. …”
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Effects of Thalidomide on the Expression of Adhesion Molecules in Rat Liver Cirrhosis by Peng Lv, Shelley Chireyath Paul, Yanjv Xiao, Shiquan Liu, Hesheng Luo

“…These results indicate that thalidomide exerts its effect on the downregulation of adhesion molecules via TNF-α signaling pathway to inhibit liver fibrosis.…”
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Desmoplastic reaction in the microenvironment of head and neck and other solid tumors: the therapeutic barrier by Kohei Okuyama, Maiko Tsuchiya, Kala Chand Debnath, Shajedul Islam, Souichi Yanamoto

“…The tumor microenvironment (TME), particularly the desmoplastic reaction (DR) characterized by stromal fibrosis, plays a crucial role in cancer progression and resistance to therapy. …”
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First Schistosomal Cholecystitis Complicated by Cholangitis and Liver Abscess: Case Report and Review of Literature by Ali Toffaha, Samir Al Hyassat, Walid Elmoghazy, Hatem Khalaf, Ahmed Elaffandi

“…When it affects the gastrointestinal system specifically the liver, it causes periportal fibrosis followed by cirrhosis. Cholecystitis however is a rare presentation, and associated liver abscess has certainly never been reported to date. …”
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Fibrolamellar Carcinoma: 2012 Update by Michael Torbenson

“…The tumor cells induce the formation of extensive intratumoral fibrosis, which often grows in parallel, or lamellar bands. …”
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TAFRO Syndrome Mimicking Solid Cancer and Successfully Treated by Tocilizumab: A Case and Literature Review by Pei-An Fu, Chia-Chi Wu, Ya-Ting Hsu

“…TAFRO syndrome, or now formally termed idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease (iMCD) with thrombocytopenia, anasarca, fever, renal insufficiency or reticulin fibrosis, and organomegaly (iMCD-TAFRO), describes a unique subtype of iMCD. …”
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