Advancements and Challenges in Immune Protection Strategies for Islet Transplantation by Xue Wang, Ziyuan Zeng, Dayan Li, Kai Wang, Wei Zhang, Yang Yu, Xi Wang

“…Nevertheless, implementing this cell replacement therapy still requires chronic immune suppression, which may result in life‐long side effects. …”
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Priming and task‐specific training for arm weakness post stroke: A randomized controlled trial by Erin C. King, Jacob M. Schauer, Shyam Prabhakaran, Alexandra Wax, Sebastian Urday, Sangeetha Madhavan, Daniel M. Corcos, Mary Ellen Stoykov

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Rapid Heterotrophic Ossification with Cryopreserved Poly(ethylene glycol-) Microencapsulated BMP2-Expressing MSCs by Jennifer Mumaw, Erin T. Jordan, Corinne Sonnet, Ronke M. Olabisi, Elizabeth A. Olmsted-Davis, Alan R. Davis, John F. Peroni, Jennifer L. West, Franklin West, Yangqing Lu, Steven L. Stice

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Smad4 deficiency in hepatocytes attenuates NAFLD progression via inhibition of lipogenesis and macrophage polarization by Wei Yang, Xuanxuan Yan, Rui Chen, Xin Xin, Shuang Ge, Yongxiang Zhao, Xinlong Yan, Jinhua Zhang

“…Collectively, these results suggested that Smad4 plays a vital role in exacerbating NAFLD and may be a promising candidate for anti-NAFLD therapy.…”
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Spinal Cord Stimulation for Refractory Angina Pectoris: Current Status and Future Perspectives, a Narrative Review by Roberto Gazzeri, Jacopo Mosca, Felice Occhigrossi, Marco Mercieri, Marcelo Galarza, Matteo Luigi Giuseppe Leoni

“…SCS is a safe and effective therapy for patients with RAP who are unsuitable for surgical interventions. …”
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Chinese Herbal Medicine Combined with Intravitreal Antivascular Growth Factor Agents in Treatment of Macular Edema Secondary to Retinal Vein Occlusion: A Systematic Review and Meta... by Su Xiaojuan, Li Xiaodong, Fu Zhongmei, Ye Hejiang

“…Our results provide promising evidence that anti-VEGF therapy combined with CHM may be more beneficial to patients than anti-VEGF therapy alone. …”
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Functional Outcome of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Vs. Hyaluronic Acid in Knee Osteoarthritis Kellgren-Lawrence Grade I-III At 6-and 12-Months Follow-Up: A Meta-Analysis by I Gusti Ngurah Wien Aryana, Febyan, Shianita Limena

“…Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative synovial joint disease with progressive pain and deformity. Stem cell therapy, especially mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), has revolutionized the treatment of knee OA. …”
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Perspectives on Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Older Patients: Applying Gut-Feeling in an Evidence-Based Era? by Vera E.R. Asscher, Cynthia M. Verbiest, Sanne N. Waars, Simon P. Mooijaart, Andrea E. van der Meulen-de Jong, Arwen H. Pieterse, P.W. Jeroen Maljaars

“…The authors aimed to study factors contributing to the difference in treatment between older and younger patients with IBD and the relation between frailty and therapy goals, from the perspectives of both professionals and patients with IBD. …”
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Expert consensus statement on risk management for scraping treatment (刮痧意外情况处理专家共识) by Beijing Office of Traditional Chinese Medicine Nursing Competence Improvement Project (北京市中医护理能力提升工程办公室，北京市中医技术质控中心)

“…Scraping therapy has the therapeutic effect of dredging meridians, regulating viscera and eliminating toxins. …”
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Clinical Significance and Characterization of AZT-Resistant Strains of HIV-1 by Mark A Wainberg, Ronald Rooke, Michel Tremblay, XuGuang Li, Michael A Parniak, Qing Gao, Xiao-Jian Yao, Chris Tsoukas, JSG Montaner, M Fanning, J Ruedy

“…Furthermore, the development of drug resistance soon after initiation of AZT therapy may potentially be correlated with the likelihood of AZT treatment failure. …”
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Successful Management of Refractory Heart Failure and Multi-Organ Dysfunction in a Patient with CRT-D and Acute Pulmonary Edema: A Case Report by Marsela Goga, Saimir Kuci, Alfred Ibrahimi, Ermal Likaj, Alvi Cela, Romina Teliti, Ormir Shurdha, Erilda Selimi, Jacob Zeitani

“…Cardiac resynchronization therapy with a defibrillator (CRT-D) has significantly improved outcomes in patients with severe heart failure. …”
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Atuação da enfermagem na aplicação de insulinoterapia intravenosa: protocolo de revisão de escopo by Maíra Angelo Camargo da Silva, Raquel de Mendonça Nepomuceno, Flávia Giron Camerini, Andrezza Serpa Franco

“…The studies will be presented in narrative form for analysis and synthesis guided by the moments of nursing intervention during intravenous insulin therapy. …”
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Incremental shuttle walking test for calf muscle oxygenation assessment in peripheral arterial disease: a cross-sectional study by Patrícia Paulino Geisel, Isabella de Oliveira Nascimento, Marina Mendonça Gonçalves Machado, Raimundo Lucas Gomes Mateus dos Santos, Bruno Rafael Nézio Gomes, Gisela Maria Pontes Przybysz, Isabel de Figueiredo Magalhães Pereira, Danielle Aparecida Gomes Pereira

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Eosinofilik Esofagitis by Yusri Dianne Jurnalis, Yorva Sayoeti, Widiasteti Widiasteti

“…Histologic diagnosis is very important where the criteria for eosinophilic esophagitis is found eosinophils > 20 / HPF (High Power Field) within the superficial esophageal mucosa. Therapy eosinophilic esophagitis are diet therapy, pharmacological therapy with systemic or topical corticosteroid, leucotriene receptor antagonist and anti IL-5.…”
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Immediate Effect of Kinetic Chain Activation and Mulligan’s Bent Leg Raise Technique in Patients with Asymptomatic Hamstring Tightness: A Randomised Clinical Trial by Santosh Channabasapa Metgud, Santosh D Patil, Omkar Anand Gaonkar

“…Materials and Methods: A randomised clinical trial was conducted in the Orthopaedic Manual Therapy Department of KAHER Institute of Physiotherapy, Belagavi, Karnataka, India, from December 2022 to June 2023. …”
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Hymecromone Efficacy in the Treatment of Biliary Pancreatitis by A. V. Okhlobystin, M. A. Tatarkina, O. Z. Okhlobystina, S. A. Budzinskiy, P. V. Pavlov, L. A. Labut

“…To study the contribution of biliary sludge (BS) to the development of chronic pancreatitis in patients with gallbladder sludge and verified chronic pancreatitis; to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of hymecromone therapy according to clinical and laboratory signs, as well as dynamics of gallbladder size and contractility.Materials and methods. …”
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Physical functioning outcome measures in the lumbar spinal surgery population and measurement properties of the physical outcome measures: protocol for a systematic review by Alison B Rushton, Jai Mistry, Michael J Lukacs, Katie L Kowalski, Maren Goodman

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Effect of Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin on QT Interval Prolongation and Other Cardiac Arrhythmias in COVID-19 Confirmed Patients by Seyed Parsa Eftekhar, Sohrab Kazemi, Mohammad Barary, Mostafa Javanian, Soheil Ebrahimpour, Naghmeh Ziaei

“…Hydroxychloroquine with or without azithromycin was one of the common therapies at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Towards a Noninvasive Intracranial Tumor Irradiation Using 3D Optical Imaging and Multimodal Data Registration by R. Posada, Ch. Daul, D. Wolf, P. Aletti

“…The 3D data used for the positioning is point clouds spread over the patient's head (CT-data usually acquired during treatment) and points distributed over the patient's face which are acquired with a structured light sensor fixed in the therapy room. The geometrical transformation linking the coordinate systems of the diagnosis device (CT-modality) and the 3D sensor of the therapy room (visible light modality) is obtained by registering the surfaces represented by the two 3D point sets. …”
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Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis; a distinctive presentation with myocarditis and autoimmune haemolytic anaemia: case report by Doaa Abdulwahab Mohammed Ayish, Fatma Ayish, Asayel Khamjan, Amal. H. Mohamed, Nagla Abdalghani, Osama Albasheer

“…The pathophysiological mechanism of cardiac involvement in EGPA warrants consideration of immunosuppressive therapy in addition to standard heart failure treatment.…”
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