Plasticity of Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Mouse Bone Marrow in the Presence of Conditioned Medium of the Facial Nerve and Fibroblast Growth Factor-2 by Eudes Euler de Souza Lucena, Fausto Pierdoná Guzen, José Rodolfo Lopes de Paiva Cavalcanti, Maria Jocileide de Medeiros Marinho, Wogelsanger Oliveira Pereira, Carlos Augusto Galvão Barboza, Miriam Stela Mariz de Oliveira Costa, Expedito Silva do Nascimento Júnior, Jeferson Sousa Cavalcante

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Effects of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists on Weight Loss in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis by Feng Sun, Sanbao Chai, Lishi Li, Kai Yu, Zhirong Yang, Shanshan Wu, Yuan Zhang, Linong Ji, Siyan Zhan

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Association of over-the-counter mouthwash use with markers of nitric oxide metabolism, inflammation, and endothelial function—a cross-sectional study by Kai Guo, Kaumudi Joshipura, Karina Ricart, Rakesh P. Patel, Barbara A. Gower, Oelisoa Mireille Andriankaja, Evangelia Morou-Bermudez

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Acute Kidney Injury after Major Abdominal Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis by Catarina Teixeira, Rosário Rosa, Natacha Rodrigues, Inês Mendes, Lígia Peixoto, Sofia Dias, Maria João Melo, Marta Pereira, Henrique Bicha Castelo, José António Lopes

“…Age (adjusted odds ratio (OR) 1.02, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.01–1.05), nonrenal Revised Cardiac Risk Index score (adjusted OR 1.9, 95% CI 1.3–3.1, P=0.003), intraoperative erythrocytes transfusions (adjusted OR 2.2, 95% CI 1.4–3.5, P <.0001), and nonrenal Simplified Acute Physiology Score II (adjusted OR 1.03, 95% CI 1.01–1.06, P=0.0191) were associated with postoperative AKI. …”
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High Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Viral Load and Coinfection with Viral Hepatitis Are Associated with Liver Enzyme Abnormalities among HIV Seropositive Patients on Antiretrov... by Shabani Iddi, Caroline A. Minja, Vitus Silago, Asteria Benjamin, Jastine Mpesha, Shimba Henerico, Benson R. Kidenya, Stephen E. Mshana, Mariam M. Mirambo

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A case-control genome-wide association study of estimated breeding values for resistance to gastrointestinal nematodes in two local dairy sheep breeds by C. Persichilli, S. Biffani, G. Senczuk, M. Di Civita, M.K. Bitew, A. Bosco, L. Rinaldi, S. Grande, G. Cringoli, F. Pilla

“…Among these, genes involved in the physiology or pathology of the gastrointestinal tract, in adaptive processes and in production traits, were detected. …”
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Identification of a 5-Gene-Based Scoring System by WGCNA and LASSO to Predict Prognosis for Rectal Cancer Patients by He Huang, Shilei Xu, Aidong Chen, Fen Li, Jiezhong Wu, Xusheng Tu, Kunpeng Hu

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Association between DNA methylation levels of thioredoxin-interacting protein (TXNIP) and changes in glycemic traits: a longitudinal population-based study by Keisuke Maeda, Ryosuke Fujii, Hiroya Yamada, Eiji Munetsuna, Mirai Yamazaki, Yoshitaka Ando, Genki Mizuno, Hiroaki Ishikawa, Koji Ohashi, Yoshiki Tsuboi, Yuji Hattori, Yuya Ishihara, Nobuyuki Hamajima, Shuji Hashimoto, Koji Suzuki

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Decades of leopard coexistence in the Himalayas driven by ecological dynamics, not climate change by Paras Bikram Singh, Pradip Saud, Prakash Chandra Aryal, Pawan Rai, Jeff R. Muntifering, Huijian Hu, Ajay Karki, Yiming Hu, Kumar P. Mainali

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Association between sperm motility in thawed semen and pregnancy rate in Mediterranean buffaloes by Armando Quintero-Moreno, Carla Osorio Meléndez, Héctor Nava-Trujillo, Jorge Rubio Guillén, Juan Carlos Gutiérrez-Añez, Adriana Camacho de Gutiérrez

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The Canadian Registry for Pulmonary Fibrosis: Design and Rationale of a National Pulmonary Fibrosis Registry by Christopher J. Ryerson, Benjamin Tan, Charlene D. Fell, Hélène Manganas, Shane Shapera, Shikha Mittoo, Mohsen Sadatsafavi, Teresa To, Andrea Gershon, Jolene H. Fisher, Kerri A. Johannson, Nathan Hambly, Nasreen Khalil, Theodore K. Marras, Julie Morisset, Pearce G. Wilcox, Andrew J. Halayko, Mohammad Adil Khan, Martin Kolb

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Altered medial temporal lobe subregion volumes in systemic lupus erythematosus patients with neuropsychiatric symptoms by Z. Makdad Najeeb, P. C. Sundgren, A. Jönsen, K. Zervides, J. Lätt, T. Salomonsson, J. Nystedt, P. Nilsson, A. Bengtsson, G. Kuchcinski, L. E. M. Wisse

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Early prediction of in-hospital mortality in patients with congestive heart failure in intensive care unit: a retrospective observational cohort study by Tao Huang, Rui Yang, Jun Lyu, Didi Han, Fengshuo Xu, Shuai Zheng, Luming Zhang, Haiyan Yin

“…The C-index of the nomogram (0.767, 95% CI 0.759 to 0.779) was superior to that of the traditional Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, Acute Physiology Score III and Get With The Guidelines Heart Failure scores, indicating its discrimination power. …”
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Neuroprotective Effect of the Combination of Citicoline and CoQ10 in a Mouse Model of Ocular Hypertension by José A. Matamoros, Sara Rubio-Casado, José A. Fernández-Albarral, Miguel A. Martínez-López, Elena Salobrar-García, Eva M. Marco, Victor Paleo-García, Rosa de Hoz, Inés López-Cuenca, Lorena Elvira-Hurtado, Lidia Sánchez-Puebla, José M. Ramírez, Juan J. Salazar, Meritxell López-Gallardo, Ana I. Ramírez

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The association of HIV status and depressive symptoms in the Ndlovu Cohort study by Li Xiang Y. den Boer, Karine Scheuermaier, Hugo A. Tempelman, Roos E. Barth, Walter L. J. M. Devillé, Roel A. Coutinho, Diederick E. Grobbee, Francois Venter, Alinda G. Vos-Seda, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch

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Inflammatory and Redox Blood Gene Expression Fingerprint of Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnoea in Patients With Mild Alzheimer&rsquo;s Disease by Romero-ElKhayat L, Dakterzada F, Huerto R, Carnes-Vendrell A, Mínguez O, Pujol Sabaté M, Targa A, Barbé F, Milanesi E, Dobre M, Manda G, Cuadrado A, Piñol-Ripoll G

“…Leila Romero-ElKhayat,1 Farida Dakterzada,1 Raquel Huerto,1 Anna Carnes-Vendrell,1 Olga Mínguez,2 Montserrat Pujol Sabaté,2 Adriano Targa,3,4 Ferran Barbé,3,4 Elena Milanesi,5,6 Maria Dobre,5 Gina Manda,5 Antonio Cuadrado,5,7– 10 Gerard Piñol-Ripoll1,11 1Unitat de Trastorns Cognitius, Cognition and Behavior Study Group, Universitat de Lleida, IRBLleida, Lleida, 25198, Spain; 2Unitat de Son, Hospital Universitari Santa Maria de Lleida, Lleida, Spain; 3Group of Translational Research in Respiratory Medicine, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova and Santa Maria, IRBLleida, Lleida, Spain; 4Center for Biomedical Research in Respiratory Diseases Network (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain; 5“Victor Babes” National Institute of Pathology, Bucharest, 050096, Romania; 6Faculty of Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, 050474, Romania; 7Department of Endocrine Physiology and Nervous System, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Alberto Sols” UAM-CSIC, Madrid, 28029, Spain; 8Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, 28049, Spain; 9Neuroscience Section, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Paz (Idipaz), Madrid, 28046, Spain; 10Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), ISCIII, Madrid, 28031, Spain; 11Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Cognitive Disorders Unit, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Fundació de Recerca Clínic Barcelona – Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, SpainCorrespondence: Gerard Piñol-Ripoll, Cognitive Disorders Unit, Hospital Universitari Santa Maria, Rovira Roure no. 44, Lleida, 25198, Spain, Tel +34-937-727222, Ext. 173, Fax +34-976-727366, Email gerard_437302@hotmail.comIntroduction: Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is the sleep disorder most frequently found in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). …”
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Dietary Magnesium Intake and Leukocyte Telomere Attrition in Adults: The Regulatory Role of Serum Tumor Necrosis Factor α by Jie Yu, Haibin Liu, Shuli He, Pingping Li, Chunxiao Ma, Minglei Ma, Yiwen Liu, Lu Lv, Fan Ping, Huabing Zhang, Wei Li, Qi Sun, Lingling Xu, Yuxiu Li

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Evaluation of Medical Care for Diabetic and Hypertensive Patients in Primary Care in Mexico: Observational Retrospective Study by Agustin Lara-Esqueda, Sergio A. Zaizar-Fregoso, Violeta M. Madrigal-Perez, Mario Ramirez-Flores, Daniel A. Montes-Galindo, Margarita L. Martinez-Fierro, Iram P. Rodriguez-Sanchez, José Guzman-Esquivel, Carmen Meza-Robles, Gabriel Ceja-Espiritu, Pablo A. Kuri-Morales, Josuel Delgado-Enciso, Armando Barriguete-Melendez, Hector R. Galvan-Salazar, Carlos E. Barajas-Saucedo, Elvin Guillermo-Espinosa, Agustin D. Lara-Basulto, Jesus F. Gonzalez-Roldan, Ivan Delgado-Enciso

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Effects of Standardized Natural Citrus Extract on Growth, Gut Health, Carcass Quality, and Welfare of Broiler Chickens by Sekhou Cisse, Arkadiusz Matuszewski, Damian Bień, Patrycja Ciborowska, Anna Zalewska, Jakub Urban, Monika Michalczuk, Marta Mendel, Urszula Latek, Joanna Polak, Małgorzata Sobczak-Filipiak, Paweł Konieczka, Mohammed El Amine Benarbia

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100 essential questions for the future of agriculture by Yuming Hu, Taolan Zhao, Yafang Guo, Meng Wang, Kerstin Brachhold, Chengcai Chu, Andrew Hanson, Sachin Kumar, Rongcheng Lin, Wenjin Long, Ming Luo, Jian Feng Ma, Yansong Miao, Shaoping Nie, Yu Sheng, Weiming Shi, James Whelan, Qingyu Wu, Ziping Wu, Wei Xie, Yinong Yang, Chao Zhao, Lei Lei, Yong‐Guan Zhu, Qifa Zhang

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