Influence of ethnicity on cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor efficacy and toxicity: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Roberto Buonaiuto, Aldo Caltavituro, Margherita Tafuro, Alessandra Longobardi, Giuliana Pavone, Pierluigi De Santis, Roberta Caputo, Carmine De Angelis, Lucia Del Mastro, Fabio Puglisi, Mario Giuliano, Grazia Arpino, Martina Pagliuca, Michelino De Laurentiis

“…We included studies comparing CDK4/6i (palbociclib, ribociclib, abemaciclib, dalpiciclib) + ET versus placebo + ET. Progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS), hazard ratios (HR), and 95 % confidence intervals (CI) were extracted for the two subgroups of interest. …”
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Efficacy and safety of first-line PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor in combination with CTLA-4 inhibitor in the treatment of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer: a systemic review... by Huimin Zhao, Shanshan Huang, Jianyu Wu, Yanlan Lu, Yue Zou, Haijian Zeng, Chunlan Li, Jin Wang, Xiaochen Zhang, Xiaochen Zhang, Siliang Duan, Siliang Duan, Weiming Liang

“…This meta-analysis aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of first-line PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor in combination with CTLA-4 inhibitor (CP) in the treatment of patients with advanced NSCLC.MethodsA systemic search was conducted in four databases (PubMed, Cochrane library, Embase, and Web of Science) from their establishment until January 17, 2024, for randomized controlled trials that investigated the use of the first-line PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor plus CTLA-4 inhibitor in patients with advanced NSCLC. Progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), objective response rate (ORR), disease control rate (DCR), and adverse events (AEs) were subjected to meta-analyses.ResultsTotally 7 eligible randomized controlled trials including 4682 people were included. …”
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Outcomes with bridging radiation therapy prior to chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy in patients with aggressive large B-cell lymphomas by Gohar S. Manzar, Chelsea C. Pinnix, Stephanie O. Dudzinski, Kathryn E. Marqueen, Elaine E. Cha, Lewis F. Nasr, Alison K. Yoder, Michael K. Rooney, Paolo Strati, Sairah Ahmed, Chijioke Nze, Ranjit Nair, Luis E. Fayad, Michael Wang, Loretta J. Nastoupil, Jason R. Westin, Christopher R. Flowers, Sattva S. Neelapu, Jillian R. Gunther, Bouthaina S. Dabaja, Susan Y. Wu, Penny Q. Fang

“…Median overall survival (OS) was 22.1 months (6.6-not reached) and the median progression-free survival (PFS) was 7.4 months (5.5-30). …”
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The HFA‐PEFF score identifies ‘early‐HFpEF’ phenogroups associated with distinct biomarker profiles by Michiel T.H.M. Henkens, Anne‐Mar vanOmmen, Sharon Remmelzwaal, Gideon B. Valstar, Ping Wang, Job A.J. Verdonschot, Mark R. Hazebroek, Leonard Hofstra, Vanessa P.M. vanEmpel, Joline W.J. Beulens, Hester M. denRuijter, Stephane R.B. Heymans

“…Recognizing early‐HFpEF phenogroups is essential to better understand progression towards overt HFpEF and pave the way for early intervention and treatment. …”
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Automated Synthesis and Initial Evaluation of (4′-Amino-5′,8′-difluoro-1′H-spiro[piperidine-4,2′-quinazolin]-1-yl)(4-[18F]fluorophenyl)methanone for PET/MR Imaging of Inducible Nit... by Skye Hsin-Hsien Yeh, Wen-Sheng Huang, Chuang-Hsin Chiu, Chuan-Lin Chen, Hui-Ting Chen, Dae Yoon Chi, Zhengxing Ge, Tsung-Hsun Yu, Pao-Yeh Wang, Yu-Yeh Kuo, Chun-Tse Hung, Geng-Ying Li, Chi-Wei Chang

“…In vitro, [18F]FBAT rapidly and progressively accumulated in murine microglial BV2 cells exposed to LPS; however, [18F]FBAT accumulation was inhibited by aminoguanidine, a selective iNOS inhibitor. …”
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Cancer cells avoid ferroptosis induced by immune cells via fatty acid binding proteins by Maria Angelica Freitas-Cortez, Fatemeh Masrorpour, Hong Jiang, Iqbal Mahmud, Yue Lu, Ailing Huang, Lisa K. Duong, Qi Wang, Tiffany A. Voss, Claudia S. Kettlun Leyton, Bo Wei, Wai-Kin Chan, Kevin Lin, Jie Zhang, Efrosini Tsouko, Shonik Ganjoo, Hampartsoum B. Barsoumian, Thomas S. Riad, Yun Hu, Carola Leuschner, Nahum Puebla-Osorio, Jing Wang, Jian Hu, Michael A. Davies, Vinay K. Puduvalli, Cyrielle Billon, Thomas P. Burris, Philip L. Lorenzi, Boyi Gan, James W. Welsh

“…Clinical trial data revealed that higher FABP7 expression correlates with poorer overall survival and progression-free survival in patients undergoing immunotherapy. …”
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Non-coding RNAs secreted by renal cancer include piR_004153 that promotes migration of mesenchymal stromal cells by Joanna Bogusławska, Małgorzata Grzanka, Piotr Popławski, Weronika Zarychta-Wiśniewska, Anna Burdzinska, Karolina Hanusek, Helena Kossowska, Roksana Iwanicka-Nowicka, Alex Białas, Beata Rybicka, Anna Adamiok-Ostrowska, Joanna Życka-Krzesińska, Marta Koblowska, Leszek Pączek, Agnieszka Piekiełko-Witkowska

“…Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are components of tumor microenvironment (TME) that influence RCC progression. The impact of RCC-secreted small non-coding RNAs (sncRNAs) on TME is largely underexplored. …”
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Gut bacteria Prevotellaceae related lithocholic acid metabolism promotes colonic inflammation by Liping Chen, Zhenghao Ye, Junhua Li, Lijia Wang, Yu Chen, Meiping Yu, Jian Han, Jiangeng Huang, Dongyan Li, Yongling Lv, Kai Xiong, De’an Tian, Jiazhi Liao, Ursula Seidler, Fang Xiao

“…Subsequent experiments confirmed that LCA supplementation effectively mitigated the inhibitory effects of gut microbiota on colitis progression in mice, primarily through the activation of the sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 2 (S1PR2)/NF-κB p65 signaling pathway. …”
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Inter-pregnancy interval and uterine rupture during a trial of labour after one previous caesarean delivery and no previous vaginal births: a retrospective population-based cohort... by Pejman Adily, Travis Bettison, Mark Lauer, Rajit Narayan, Adam Mackie, Hala Phipps, Vincenzo Berghella, Marjan M. Haghighi, Katelyn Perren, George Johnson, Bradley de Vries

“…Interpretation: The risk of uterine rupture progressively decreases as IPI increases until about 21 months and then stabilises. …”
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Diagnostics and treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease: clinical guidelines of the Russian gastroenterological association by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Mayev, I. . A.s. Trukhmanov, Ye. K. Baranskaya, O. B. Dronova, O. V. Zayratyants, R. G. Sayfutdinov, A. A. Sheptulin, T. L. Lapina, S. S. Pirogov, Yu. A. Kucheryavy, O. A. Storonova, D. N. Andreyev

“…The goal of treatment is symptom relief, at erosive esophagitis - healing of erosions and complication prevention, at Barret's esophagus - prophylaxis of disease progression and dysplasia and adenocarcinoma development. …”
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SLC31A1 promotes chemoresistance through inducing CPT1A-mediated fatty acid oxidation in ER-positive breast cancer by Xudong Li, Jingjing Ge, Mengdi Wan, Tongtong Feng, Xiaoqian Li, Haibo Zhang, Zhangyan Wang, Yongsheng Gao, Meiting Chen, Fei Pan

“…RNA-Seq analysis indicated that FAO might be implicated in SLC31A1-mediated breast cancer progression. CPT1A was also overexpressed in TAM-resistant breast cancer cells, accompanied by enhanced FAO rates and ATP levels. …”
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Evaluation of Learners’ Satisfaction with Open Flexible and Distance Learning Services at the University of Lagos Distance Learning Institute by Adenike Oladipo, Esther O. Oladele, Oladipupo Ajeyalemi, Folashade Afolabi, Peter O. Olayiwola, Johnson A. Adewara, Andrew Akala, Uchenna Udeani

“…Les résultats de cette étude ont révélé que la DLI a moins de marge de progression pour satisfaire les apprenants aux stades de la préinscription, du processus et du produit, avec des réponses moyennes de 7,27, 5,63 et 6,87 respectivement. …”
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Evolución del paciente hospitalizado con gripe durante 2016–2020 según su estado vacunal by Jacobo Martín Ramos, Francisco Javier Cuevas Fernández, Álvaro Torres Lana, Armando Aguirre Jaime

“…Using multivariable binary logistic regression, the risk of progression to severity associated with influenza vaccination status was estimated. …”
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New Sources and Old Methods. Reconstructing and Applying the Music-Theoretical Paratext of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Compositional Pedagogy by Derek Remeš

“…In contrast to many modern harmonic perspectives, chordal roots and root progressions played little to no role in the pre-Rameau thoroughbass tradition. …”
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Special issue: Proceedings of the 15th ISIC - The Information Behaviour Conference, Aalborg, Denmark, August 26-29, 2024

“…Hands, Katarina Švab, Tanja Merčun Using progress logs to research the information behaviour of higher education students in prison Isabel Virgo Savolainen’s everyday information practices: concept and development Xinyue Wang Digital stress among Chinese adolescents: a focus group study Zhang Wen, Chen Yifan, Cao Gaohui Creating, using, and sharing embodied information in the ultrarunning community on Instagram Laura Williams, Andrew Cox, Andrea Jimenez Isolated, individualised, and immobilised: information behaviour in the context of academic casualisation Rebekah Willson, Owen Stewart-Robertson, Heidi Julien, Lisa M. …”
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Evaluation of Learners’ Satisfaction with Open Flexible and Distance Learning Services at the University of Lagos Distance Learning Institute by Adenike Oladipo, Esther O. Oladele, Oladipupo Ajeyalemi, Folashade Afolabi, Peter O. Olayiwola, Johnson A. Adewara, Andrew Akala, Uchenna Udeani

“…Les résultats de cette étude ont révélé que la DLI a moins de marge de progression pour satisfaire les apprenants aux stades de la préinscription, du processus et du produit, avec des réponses moyennes de 7,27, 5,63 et 6,87 respectivement. …”
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Global research trends in Chinese medicine for the treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): A bibliometric study by Kangjie li, Jie Wang, Ming Dang, Runxin Ren, Maomao Fu, Jing Wang, Qiao Zhang, Chongbo Zhao

“…Abstracts: Background: The global incidence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is rising due to changes in modern lifestyle and dietary habits, making it one of the leading causes of chronic liver disease. NAFLD can progress to more severe liver conditions, imposing significant economic burdens. …”
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Dual inhibition of LAG-3 and PD-1 with IBI110 and sintilimab in advanced solid tumors: the first-in-human phase Ia/Ib study by Chenyu Mao, Anwen Xiong, Jiong Qian, Wenxiang Wang, Ying Liu, Tao Zhang, Zhihai Wu, Haiqing Ni, Jia Lu, Sixiang Long, Li Zhao, Yuling Chen, Caicun Zhou, Nong Xu

“…The primary endpoints were safety, tolerability and efficacy including objective response rate (ORR), disease control rate (DCR), duration of response (DoR), progression-free survival (PFS) assessed by RECIST v1.1 and overall survival (OS). …”
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Project-based management to reduce skin damage associated with acupressure medical adhesives in patients undergoing acupoint application for chronic gastritis (基于项目化管理降低慢性胃炎患者穴位贴敷医... by WANG Qian (王倩), WANG Jiehong (王捷虹), SHA Zhihui (沙志惠)

“…Results By adopting the project-based management model, the overall target achievement rate reached 93. 27% and the overall progress rate reached 63. 95%, which was better than the target and achieved the expected results, in which the quality monitoring results of the intervention group were significantly higher than those of the control group (P<0. 05), and the incidence of skin redness and total skin injury and pain score when removing the acupressure in the intervention group were significantly lower than those of the control group (P<0. 05). …”
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Relationship between changes in the triglyceride glucose-body mass index and frail development trajectory and incidence in middle-aged and elderly individuals: a national cohort st... by Kai Guo, Qi Wang, Lin Zhang, Rui Qiao, Yujia Huo, Lipeng Jing, Xiaowan Wang, Zixuan Song, Siyu Li, Jinming Zhang, Yanfang Yang, Jinli Mahe, Zhengran Liu

“…Participants with persistently second-lowest to the highest TyG-BMI changes (β = 0.15, 0.38 and 0.76 respectively) and those experiencing the third to fourth cumulative TyG-BMI (β = 0.25 and 0.56, respectively) demonstrated accelerated FI progression. A U-shaped association was observed between TyG-BMI levels and both rapid FI trajectory and higher frail risk, with BMI being the primary factor. …”
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