Evidence of Direct Toxicological Effects of Scorpion Venom on Central Nervous System in Tunisian Children by Mabrouk Bahloul, Basma Souissi, Olfa Turki, Mariem Dlela, Khaireddine Ben Mahfoudh, Mounir Bouaziz

“…We report a case of severe scorpion envenomation in 16-month-old boy with no pathological history admitted in ICU for severe scorpion envenomation. …”
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Unusual Localization of an Emergent Bacterium, Raoultella ornithinolytica by Michele Cavaliere, Guido Bartoletti, Pasquale Capriglione, Antonella Miriam Di Lullo, Gaetano Motta, Maurizio Iengo, Elena Cantone

“…It is a rare but emergent cause of human pathologies especially in immunocompromised patients. …”
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Navigating a stealthy invader: Insights from two different Streptococcus intermedius cases by Erica Casey Anders, Stanley Miller

“…Since S. intermedius has the potential to mimic other infections or pathological conditions, it warrants space on a differential until a negative culture or PCR assay is obtained.…”
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Fibre Laser Cutting and Chemical Etching of AZ31 for Manufacturing Biodegradable Stents by Ali Gökhan Demir, Barbara Previtali, Carlo Alberto Biffi

“…The use of magnesium-alloy stents shows promise as a less intrusive solution for the treatment of cardiovascular pathologies as a result of the high biocompatibility of the material and its intrinsic dissolution in body fluids. …”
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The modification of conventional liposomes for targeted antimicrobial delivery to treat infectious diseases by Nnamdi Ikemefuna Okafor, Omobolanle Ayoyinka Omoteso, Yahya E. Choonara

“…Conventional liposomes have been explored as a delivery system for infectious diseases bioactives to treat infectious diseases to provide an efficient approach to maximize the therapeutic outcomes, drug stability, targetability, to reduce the side-effects of antimicrobials, and enhance vaccine performance where necessary. However, as the pathological understanding of infectious diseases become more known, the need for more advanced liposomal technologies was born to continue having a profound effect on targeted chemotherapy for infectious diseases. …”
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Dietary, Metabolic, and Potentially Environmental Modulation of the Lysine Acetylation Machinery by Go-Woon Kim, Goran Gocevski, Chao-Jung Wu, Xiang-Jiao Yang

“…Epigenetic changes play a key role in defining gene expression patterns under both normal and pathological conditions. As a major posttranslational modification, lysine (K) acetylation has received much attention, owing largely to its significant effects on chromatin dynamics and other cellular processes across species. …”
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Quantitative assessment of brain metabolism in mice using non-contrast MRI at 11.7T by Xiuli Yang, Yuguo Li, Hanzhang Lu, Zhiliang Wei

“…Brain oxygen metabolism indicates the rate of energy consumption and is a potential marker of pathological changes. Positron emission tomography (PET) is the gold standard for measuring metabolic rates using radioactive tracers. …”
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Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine-Mediated Anemia: Regarding Molecular Mechanisms of Erythropoiesis by F. Morceau, M. Dicato, M. Diederich

“…Low level of erythropoietin is considered as one of the causes of anemia in these pathologies. The deficiency in erythropoietin production results from pro-inflammatory cytokines effect. …”
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Mechanics of cell sheets: plectin as an integrator of cytoskeletal networks by Zuzana Outla, Magdalena Prechova, Katerina Korelova, Jakub Gemperle, Martin Gregor

“…Subsequent loss of barrier function leads to disturbed tissue homeostasis and pathological consequences such as skin blistering or intestinal inflammation. …”
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A Highly Selective Fluorescent Probe for Hypochlorous Acid in Living Cells Based on a Naphthalene Derivative by Jingguo Sun, Junhong Xu, Qiujuan Ma, Guojiang Mao, Nannan Zhu, Meiju Tian, Linke Li, Shuzhen Liu

“…Hypochlorous acid (HOCl) was crucial for maintaining the homeostasis in cells and plays vital roles in many physiological and pathological processes. In this work, a highly selective fluorescent probe for hypochlorous acid in living cells was constructed and prepared based on a naphthalene derivative. …”
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Popliteal Artery Entrapment or Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome? by Christopher Gaunder, Brandon McKinney, Jessica Rivera

“…Of these, the least frequent but potentially most serious of the pathologies is PAES. With an incidence of less than 1% seen in living subject studies, the condition is rare. …”
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Controversy About Management of Osteoarthritis with Disease-modifying Anti-rheumatic Drugs by CUI Hanshu, LIU Bin

“…Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint cartilage disease characterized pathologically by osteophytes formation and subchondral bone damage. …”
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Tropheryma whipplei infection presenting as indolent endophthalmitis by Rami Waked, Jeffrey K. Moore, Brandon Winward, Sophia Ham, Howard W. Hoyt, Leyla Azis

“…Gastrointestinal endoscopic and cerebrospinal fluid studies revealed no pathological or molecular evidence of the disease, complicating the diagnosis. …”
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An Unusual Complication in Plastic Periodontal Surgery by Jorge Vagarinho, Sara Sardinha, Ricardo Alves

“…Oroantral communications may arise as a result of pathological processes or iatrogenic situations, particularly in oral surgery and implantology, but are uncommon in periodontal plastic surgery. …”
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Protective Effects of Polydatin on Septic Lung Injury in Mice via Upregulation of HO-1 by Xiao-hui Li, Xia Gong, Li Zhang, Rong Jiang, Hong-zhong Li, Meng-jiao Wu, Jing-yuan Wan

“…Pretreatment of mice with PD (15, 45, and 100 mg/kg) dose-dependently reduced sepsis-induced mortality and lung injury, as indicated by alleviated lung pathological changes and infiltration of proteins and leukocytes. …”
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Roles of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Spinal Cord Injury by Jing Qu, Huanxiang Zhang

“…Spinal cord injury (SCI) represents one of the most complicated and heterogeneous pathological processes of central nervous system (CNS) impairments, which is still beyond functional regeneration. …”
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The amplitude of low frequency fluctuation and spontaneous brain activity alterations in age-related macular degeneration by Yan Yan Zhang, Jin Yu Hu, Qian Ling, San Hua Xu, Min Kang, Hong Wei, Jie Zou, Quanyong Yi, Gang Tan, Yi Shao, Yi Shao

“…The amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF) method was used to observe changes in spontaneous brain activity, which may help to investigate the underlying pathological mechanism of AMD.MethodsEighteen patients with wAMD and 18 age- and gender-matched healthy controls (HCs) were recruited. …”
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Massive vulval edema with severe preeclampsia. Case report by Nelson Pérez Rumbaut, José Luis Durán Páez, José Luis Gómez Miranda.

“…A very peculiar manifestation of edema on preeclampsia is massive vulval edema, which appears as a highly rare complication, in whose basis there is a complex, systemic pathological process involved. We present a case of a pregnant woman who was admitted with high blood pressure values and excessive weight gain, plus very noticeable general edemas, and during her stay developed massive vulval edema. …”
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The role of esophageal and stomach motility disorders in pathogenesis of gastroesophageal reflux disease by Yu. V. Yevsyutina, A. S. Trukhmanov

“…In patients with GERD disorders of primary and secondary peristalsis of the esophagus, increase of frequency of transient lower esophageal sphincter relaxations and pathologic bile refluxes are common.Conclusion. Numerous studies are devoted to investigation of gastroesophageal reflux disease. …”
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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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