Identifying strokes in Nigerian children with sickle cell disease as part of clinical trials: training curriculum for healthcare professionals in low-income settings by Djamila L. Ghafuri, Halima Bello-Manga, Fenella J. Kirkham, Mariana Ciobanu, Edwin Trevathan, Edwin Trevathan, Mark Rodeghier, Michael R. DeBaun, Michael R. DeBaun, Lori C. Jordan

“…IntroductionNigeria has the highest proportion of children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) globally; without transcranial Doppler screening and ongoing treatment (regular blood transfusions or hydroxyurea therapy), 10% will have a stroke in childhood. In low-resource settings, training to recognize and prevent strokes in children with SCA is vital. …”
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Stemness Maintenance Properties in Human Oral Stem Cells after Long-Term Passage by Francesca Diomede, Thangavelu Soundara Rajan, Valentina Gatta, Marco D’Aurora, Ilaria Merciaro, Marco Marchisio, Aurelio Muttini, Sergio Caputi, Placido Bramanti, Emanuela Mazzon, Oriana Trubiani

“…Our results suggest that the presence of embryonic and proliferation markers even in late passage may potentially endorse the application of dental-derived MSCs in stem cell therapy-based clinical trials.…”
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General practitioner-centered rural obesity management: Design, protocol and baseline data of the German HAPpEN pragmatic trial by Marika Haderer, Reiner Hofmann, Tina Bartelmeß, Laura König, Constanze Betz, Mirna Al Masri, Alisa Bader, Natascha von Schau

“…Primary outcomes include BMI, body weight, waist circumference, heart rate, blood pressure and parameters, while secondary outcomes assess quality of life, wellbeing, health literacy, social interaction, and digital therapy support. Results: The baseline cohort (mean age: 46.9 ± 11.8 years, 74.1 % female) exhibited high obesity rates (mean BMI: 40.1 ± 6.1 kg/m2), with 48.5 % classified as grade III obese. …”
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Korean patients with hereditary cancer: a prospective multicentre cohort study protocol exploring psychosocial and health outcomes by Boyoung Park, Sun-young Kong, Dongju Won, Jong Eun Park, Jun-Kyu Kim, Mi-Ae Jang, Jung-Sook Ha, Kyoung-Bo Kim

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Anti-inflammatory Effects of Empagliflozin and Gemigliptin on LPS-Stimulated Macrophage via the IKK/NF-κB, MKK7/JNK, and JAK2/STAT1 Signalling Pathways by Nami Lee, Yu Jung Heo, Sung-E Choi, Ja Young Jeon, Seung Jin Han, Dae Jung Kim, Yup Kang, Kwan Woo Lee, Hae Jin Kim

“…We investigated whether empagliflozin (SGLT2 inhibitor) and gemigliptin (DPP-4 inhibitor) improve inflammatory responses in macrophages, identified signalling pathways responsible for these effects, and studied whether the effects can be augmented with dual empagliflozin and gemigliptin therapy. Methods. RAW 264.7 macrophages were first stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS), then cotreated with empagliflozin, gemigliptin, or empagliflozin plus gemigliptin. …”
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Prognosis and factors related to severe secondary hyperparathyroidism in long-term peritoneal dialysis patients by Yanmei Li, Xiaonan Feng, Na Chen, Shuhua Song, Min Yu, Yan Wang, Hongxia Zhang, Li Wang, Menghua Chen, Na Tian

“…The sSHPT and non-sSHPT groups comprised 75 (9.7%) (median progression, 35 months) and 696 patients, respectively. sSHPT was defined as a serum intact parathyroid hormone (PTH) level >800 pg/mL observed three times after active vitamin D pulse therapy. The influence of sSHPT on the prognosis of and risk factors for sSHPT progression were evaluated using logistic and Cox regression analyses. …”
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Immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced diabetes mellitus: clinical characteristics and risk factors by Mei Zhan, Mei Zhan, Qinran Long, Qinran Long, Jinhan He, Jinhan He, Jinhan He, Litao Huang, Bin Wu, Bin Wu, Haixia Xu, Li Mo, Ting Xu

“…Blood glucose monitoring is needed in patients receiving ICI therapy.Clinical trial registrationhttps://www.chictr.org.cn, identifier ChiCTR2300075974.…”
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Whole-body tumor segmentation from FDG-PET/CT: Leveraging a segmentation prior from tissue-wise projections by Sambit Tarai, Elin Lundström, Nouman Ahmad, Robin Strand, Håkan Ahlström, Joel Kullberg

“…Background:Accurate tumor detection and quantification are important for optimized therapy planning and evaluation. Total tumor burden is also an appealing biomarker for clinical trials. …”
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Integrate mathematical modeling for heat dynamics in two-phase casson fluid flow through renal tubes with variable wall properties by P. Deepalakshmi, Adil Darvesh, Hakim AL Garalleh, Manuel Sánchez-Chero, G. Shankar, E.P. Siva

“…This text highlights several novel aspects of the dynamics of the ureter in two-phase conditions, which are relevant to the usage of magnetic therapy and thermal radiation techniques. The study also considers the impact of radiation and the visualisation of wall tension parameter using contour plots. …”
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Effects of non-contact electric fields on the kidneys and livers of tumour-bearing rats [version 6; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations, 1 not approved] by Luthfi Nurhidayat, Ahmad Ghitha Fadhlurrahman, Firman Alamsyah, Warsito Purwo Taruno, Nisrina Firdausi, Subekti Evi Dwi Nugraheni, Rarastoeti Pratiwi

“…Background A novel modality of cancer treatment based on exposure to non-contact electric fields called Electro-Capacitive Cancer Therapy (ECCT) has been developed. However, the effects of this modality on vital organs during cancer treatment have not been fully investigated. …”
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HIV-associated Lipodystrophy Syndrome: A Review of Clinical Aspects by Jean-Guy Baril, Patrice Junod, Roger LeBlanc, Harold Dion, Rachel Therrien, François Laplante, Julian Falutz, Pierre Côté, Marie-Nicole Hébert, Richard Lalonde, Normand Lapointe, Dominic Lévesque, Lyse Pinault, Danielle Rouleau, Cécile Tremblay, Benoît Trottier, Sylvie Trottier, Chris Tsoukas, Karl Weiss

“…Approximately two years after the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy for the treatment of HIV infection, body shape changes and metabolic abnormalities were increasingly observed. …”
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Analysis of Argonaute Complex Bound mRNAs in DU145 Prostate Carcinoma Cells Reveals New miRNA Target Genes by Jaroslaw Szczyrba, Volker Jung, Michaela Beitzinger, Elke Nolte, Sven Wach, Martin Hart, Sandra Sapich, Marc Wiesehöfer, Helge Taubert, Gunther Wennemuth, Norbert Eichner, Thomas Stempfl, Bernd Wullich, Gunter Meister, Friedrich A. Grässer

“…Therefore, these miRNAs represent potential targets for therapy. Surprisingly, overexpression of miR-24 induced focus formation and proliferation of DU145 cells, while miR-29b reduced proliferation. …”
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Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy with da Vinci single-port system by Marek Kurowski, Karolina Kuczapska, Anna Gliwa, Monika Ryglewicz, Dariusz Fabian, Elżbieta Leszczyńska-Knaga, Natalia Jakubczyk, Weronika Rutkowska-Kawalec, Paweł Moczydłowski, Karolina Michalczuk

“…Treatment mainly includes surgery, radiotherapy and hormone therapy. In the case of surgical procedures, it is possible to perform prostate cancer surgery using the Da Vinci single-port surgical robot. …”
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Enhanced effect of radiofrequency ablation on HCC by siRNA-PD-L1-endostatin Co-expression plasmid delivered by Pengfei Chen, Kun Li, Jinwei Chen, He Hei, Jiaxin Geng, Nannan Huang, Mengyu Lei, Huijie Jia, Jianzhuang Ren, Chenwang Jin

“…In this study, an H22 subcutaneous tumor mouse model was used, with animals divided into five groups for treatment with a blank control, a blank Salmonella plasmid, RFA alone, siRNA-PD-L1-endostatin, or a combination of RFA and siRNA-PD-L1-endostatin. The combination therapy significantly reduced tumor growth, angiogenesis, and PD-L1/VEGF expression in tumor tissues post-RFA. …”
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EIF4A3-induced circ_0022382 promotes breast cancer cell progression through the let-7a-5p/PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway and SLC7A11 axis by Wei Liu, Wei Liu, Jun Zhang, Jiawen Zhang, Yu Ye, Jianqin Zhu, Qiwen Yu, Tao Li, Tao Li, Xiaochun Sun, Huabiao Chen, Huabiao Chen

“…Consistently, knockdown of circ_0022382 inhibited the growth of breast cancer cells in vivo.DiscussionCirc_0022382 and its related molecules may be effective targets for diagnosis or targeted therapy of breast cancer.…”
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Gastrointestinal Bleeding due to Pancreatic Disease-Related Portal Hypertension by Kexin Zheng, Xiaozhong Guo, Ji Feng, Zhaohui Bai, Xiaodong Shao, Fangfang Yi, Yongguo Zhang, Rui Zhang, Han Liu, Fernando Gomes Romeiro, Xingshun Qi

“…One elderly patient with metastatic pancreatic cancer underwent endoscopic variceal treatment as a rescue therapy but finally died of refractory gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding; another younger patient with chronic pancreatitis died of massive GI bleeding; and the remaining three patients survived at their last follow-up. …”
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Research progress on medication literacy of elderly cancer patients during oral chemotherapy (老年肿瘤患者口服化疗药物期间药物素养研究进展) by LIU Yin (柳吟), SHI Ruchun (施如春), HUANG Jun (黄君), ZHAO Hongxia (赵红霞), QIU Minyan (邱敏燕), SHEN Xiaoyan (沈晓燕)

“…Drug therapy is the main treatment for elderly cancer patients. …”
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Macrophage-mimicking nanotherapy for attenuation of acute pancreatitis by Fengyu Shi, Akmal Ergashev, Zhenyan Pan, Hongwei Sun, Lingming Kong, Yuepeng Jin, Tan Zhang, Zhu Liu, Haonan Xie, Jinhui Wang, Huiping Li, Yi Wang, Lifei Zheng, Jianliang Shen, Andreas Herrmann, Gang Chen, Hongru Kong

“…This allows us to envision that the developed biomimetic nanotherapy approach could potentially serve as a novel strategy for pancreatic drug therapy.…”
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Evaluation of Long-Term Lymphedema Rate in Patients With Subclinical Lymphedema Diagnosed in the Preoperative Period via Bioimpedance by Zeynep Erdoğan İyigün, Tolga Ozmen, Serkan İlgün, Cansu Nakipoğlu, Enver Özkurt, Filiz Çelebi, Çağlar Ünal, Alper Öztürk, Gül Alço, Çetin Ordu, Gürsel Soybir

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Exploring perinatal mesenchymal stromal cells as a potential therapeutic strategy for rheumatoid arthritis by Stefano Alivernini, Alice Masserdotti, Marta Magatti, Anna Cargnoni, Andrea Papait, Antonietta R. Silini, Jacopo Romoli, Sara Ficai, Clara Di Mario, Elisa Gremese, Barbara Tolusso, Ornella Parolini

“…Despite the increasing therapeutic approaches for RA, only a low percentage of patients achieve sustained disease remission, and the persistence of immune dysregulation is likely responsible for disease recurrence once remission is attained. Cell therapy is an attractive, wide-spectrum strategy to modulate inflammation, and mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) derived from perinatal tissues provide valuable tools for their use in regenerative medicine, mainly due to their immunomodulatory properties. …”
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