Florid Proliferation of Hyalinized Vessels in a Spermatic Cord STAT6 Positive Solitary Fibrous Tumor and Its Potential Clinical Implications by Christopher P. Marquez, Haiyan Zhang, Jason Goodrum, J. Nicholas Sreshta, Marjan Afrouzian

“…We also summarize our current understanding of the structural and molecular features that make up SFTs and discuss how these features may help us better understand the pathophysiology of pluripotent mesenchymal stem cell differentiation.…”
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Clinical significance of exosomal noncoding RNAs in hepatocellular carcinoma: a narrative review by Jae Sung Yoo, Min Kyu Kang

“…Exosomes, which are characterized by their cargos of stable intracellular messengers, such as DNA, RNA, proteins, and lipids, play a crucial role in regulating cell differentiation and HCC development. Recently, exosomal noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs), including microRNAs, long ncRNAs, and circular RNAs, have become increasingly important diagnostic, prognostic, and predictive markers of HCC. …”
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Electrochemical Coprecipitation of Zinc and Aluminum in Aqueous Electrolytes for ZnO and AZO Coverage Deposition by Natalia A. Martynova, Viktor N. Svishchev, Leonid S. Lepnev, Shakhnozabonu R. Alieva, Elena G. Chertorylskaya, Mikhail E. Vishnevskiy, Alexey D. Bozhko, Anastasia V. Grigorieva

“…The aim of this study is to examine the technological challenge of the electrochemical formation of zinc oxide and Al-doped ZnO films (ZnO:Al, AZO) as transparent conductive oxide coatings with complex architectures for solar cell photoanode materials. A cathodic electrodeposition of AZO was performed using aqueous nitrate electrolytes at 25°C. …”
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Viral Live‐Attenuated Vaccines (LAVs): Past and Future Directions by Yan‐Dong Tang, Yuming Li, Xue‐Hui Cai, Xin Yin

“…Conventional LAVs involve the adaptation of virulent viruses to novel hosts, cell cultures, or suboptimal environments, resulting in a reduction in pathogenicity while retaining immunogenicity. …”
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Combination of Dabrafenib and Trametinib for the Treatment of Relapsed and Refractory Multiple Myeloma Harboring BRAF V600E Mutation by Rūta Čepulytė, Andrius Žučenka, Valdas Pečeliūnas

“…Multiple myeloma (MM) is an incurable plasma cell neoplasia characterized by relapsed and/or refractory (R/R) disease course, which poses a major therapeutic challenge. …”
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Outage Analysis of Multihop Wireless Backhaul Using Millimeter Wave under Blockage Effects by Haejoon Jung, In-Ho Lee

“…We consider multihop millimeter-wave (mm-Wave) wireless backhaul communications, by which small cell base station (SBS) clusters can connect to a macrocell base station (MBS). …”
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Review on mechanisms and structure-activity relationship of hypoglycemic effects of polysaccharides from natural resources by Xiaolong Ji, Jianhang Guo, Tengzheng Cao, Tingting Zhang, Yanqi Liu, Yizhe Yan

“…We have summarized recent research of natural polysaccharides with hypoglycemic activities, focusing on different pharmacological mechanisms in various cell and animal models. The relationships of structure-hypoglycemic effect are also discussed in detail. …”
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Protocol to study the impact of breast cancer on colonization resistance of mouse microbiota using network node manipulation by Ana Laura Cano-Argüelles, Alejandra Wu-Chuang, Lourdes Mateos-Hernandez, Lianet Abuin-Denis, Apolline Maitre, Janet Avellanet, Arlem García, Dasha Fuentes, Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz

“…Here, we describe the procedures for tumor cell production and inoculation and 16S rRNA data processing. …”
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Podocyte Autophagy: A Potential Therapeutic Target to Prevent the Progression of Diabetic Nephropathy by Na Liu, Liuqing Xu, Yingfeng Shi, Shougang Zhuang

“…Autophagy is a high conserved cellular process in lysosomes including impaired protein, cell organelles, and other contents in the cytoplasm. …”
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Implications of the Incidental Finding of a MYCN Amplified Adrenal Tumor: A Case Report and Update of a Pediatric Disease Diagnosed in Adults by Anna Koumarianou, Panagiota Oikonomopoulou, Margarita Baka, Dimitrios Vlachodimitropoulos, Stylianos Argentos, Theodoros Piperos, Maria-Ioanna Christodoulou, Kakoulis Theodoulou, Theodoros Mariolis-Sapsakos

“…MYCN is a well-known oncogene overexpressed in different human malignancies including neuroblastoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, medulloblastoma, astrocytoma, Wilms’ tumor, and small cell lung cancer. While neuroblastoma is one of the most common childhood malignancies, in adults it is extremely rare and its treatment is based on pediatric protocols that take into consideration stage and genotypic features, such as MYCN amplification. …”
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Sinusoidal Obstruction Syndrome (SOS) in Multiple Myeloma with Renal Failure by Urvi A. Shah, Sengottuvel Viswanathan, Beamon Agarwal, Aditi Shastri, Ioannis Mantzaris, Murali Janakiram, Noah Kornblum, Ira Braunschweig, Amit Verma, Yang Shi, John Reinus, Olga Derman

“…SOS is a rare complication of stem cell transplantation and has significant morbidity and mortality. …”
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Life-threatening Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia with Cytomegalovirus Coinfection in a Follicular Lymphoma Patient During Rituximab-based Chemotherapy by Mu-Chun Yang, Sheng-Kang Chiu, Jong-Kai Hsiao, Woei-Yau Kao

“…In the era of target therapy, we face the challenge of the risk of opportunistic infection in patients with B-cell lymphoma who receiving rituximab-based chemotherapy. …”
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The Natural History of Uterine Leiomyomas: Morphometric Concordance with Concepts of Interstitial Ischemia and Inanosis by Gordon P. Flake, Alicia B. Moore, Norris Flagler, Benita Wicker, Natasha Clayton, Grace E. Kissling, Stanley J. Robboy, Darlene Dixon

“…The consequence of this process of slow ischemia with nutritional and oxygen deprivation is a progressive myocyte atrophy (or inanition), culminating in cell death, a process that we refer to as inanosis. …”
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Monocytes as Regulators of Inflammation and HIV-Related Comorbidities during cART by Joshua J. Anzinger, Tiffany R. Butterfield, Thomas A. Angelovich, Suzanne M. Crowe, Clovis S. Palmer

“…The low level of chronic immune activation persisting during cART-treated HIV infection is associated with the development of diseases which usually occur in the elderly. Although T-cell activation has been extensively examined in the context of cART-treated HIV infection, monocyte activation is only beginning to be recognized as an important source of inflammation in this context. …”
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Visceral Leishmaniasis or Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Flare? by Sunny Garg, Mousumi Kundu, Amit Nandan Dhar Dwivedi, Lalit Prashant Meena, Neeraj Varyani, Asif Iqbal, Kamlakar Tripathi

“…Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem disorder characterised by B-cell hyperactivity with production of multiple autoantibodies. …”
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Galectin-3 Is a Potential Mediator for Atherosclerosis by Ziyu Gao, Zhongni Liu, Rui Wang, Yinghong Zheng, Hong Li, Liming Yang

“…Gal-3 has been demonstrated in recent years to be a novel inflammatory factor participating in the process of intravascular inflammation, lipid endocytosis, macrophage activation, cellular proliferation, monocyte chemotaxis, and cell adhesion. This review focuses on the role of Gal-3 in atherosclerosis and the mechanism involved and several classical Gal-3 agonists and antagonists in the current studies.…”
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A Case of Disseminated Cryptococcal Infection and Concurrent Lung Tuberculosis in a Patient under Steroid Therapy for Interstitial Pneumonia by Aoi Kuroda, Sadatomo Tasaka, Kazuma Yagi, Takao Mochimaru, Tetsuo Tani, Ho Namkoong, Kyuto Tanaka, Yusuke Suzuki, Mami Hatano, Naoki Hasegawa, Yasunori Okada, Tomoko Betsuyaku

“…Both disseminated cryptococcal infection and tuberculosis occur in hosts with impaired cell-mediated immunity, but there have been few reports about the concurrent infections in patients without human immunodeficiency virus infection. …”
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An Acute Jejunojejunal Intussusception Revealing a Metastatic Combined Lung Cancer by Feryel Letaief-Ksontini, Ryma Boujnah, Yosra Yahiaoui, Yosra Zaimi, Meriem Ksentini, Raoudha Aloui, Khedija Meddeb, Amel Mezlini

“…He underwent an en bloc resection, and pathological findings concluded to a metastasis of a pulmonary combined small cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma. A subsequent CT scan revealed the primitive mass of the right lung with no evidence of secondary localization. …”
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Harmful Effects of Hyperoxia in Postcardiac Arrest, Sepsis, Traumatic Brain Injury, or Stroke: The Importance of Individualized Oxygen Therapy in Critically Ill Patients by Jean-Louis Vincent, Fabio Silvio Taccone, Xinrong He

“…Providing supplementary oxygen can increase oxygen delivery in hypoxaemic patients, thus supporting cell function and metabolism and limiting organ dysfunction, but, in patients who are not hypoxaemic, supplemental oxygen will increase oxygen concentrations into nonphysiological hyperoxaemic ranges and may be associated with harmful effects. …”
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Stauffer’s Syndrome in Patient with Metastatic Prostate Cancer by Andris Romašovs, Aldis Puķītis, Viktorija Mokricka, Elina Frolova

“…Classically Stauffer syndrome has been described in renal cell cancer patients. In literature cholestasis as manifestation of paraneoplastic syndrome has also been described in patients with prostate adenocarcinoma and pancreatic and bronchogenic carcinoma. …”
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