Etanercept Suppresses Arteritis in a Murine Model of Kawasaki Disease: A Comparative Study Involving Different Biological Agents by Ryuji Ohashi, Ryuji Fukazawa, Makoto Watanabe, Hanako Tajima, Noriko Nagi-Miura, Naohito Ohno, Shinichi Tsuchiya, Yuh Fukuda, Shunichi Ogawa, Yasuhiko Itoh

“…The suppressive effect exerted by etanercept on cytokines, such as interleukin- (IL-)6, IL-12, IL-13, and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), was more evident than that of others. …”
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Changes in hormone receptor when breast cancer metastasizes to the colon: case report and literature review by Huimeng Li, Liying Yang, Xiqiang Sun, Zhuquan Wang, Shuangwei Qin, Chengcheng Li, Gongwu Liu, Fengming Xie, Weiwei Gao

“…CT and colonoscopy results revealed a malignant tumor in the ascending colon, and the patient underwent surgery. …”
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Ewing sarcoma – pathomechanisms, standard treatment and new therapeutic perspectives by Wojciech Zezuliński, Filip Woliński, Julia Zyśk, Mateusz Korga, Jakub Klas, Jacek Baj, Eliasz Dzierżyński

“… Introduction: Ewing sarcoma is the second most common bone tumor among children, and due to its high malignancy 5-year survival rate for patients with primary lesions is around 70%. …”
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Expression of Neutral Endopeptidase, Endothelin-1, and Nuclear Factor Kappa B in Prostate Cancer: Interrelations and Associations with Prostate-Specific Antigen Recurrence after R... by Panagiotis J. Vlachostergios, Foteini Karasavvidou, Grigorios Kakkas, George Moutzouris, Anna Patrikidou, Ioannis A. Voutsadakis, Danai D. Daliani, Elias Zintzaras, Michael D. Melekos, Christos N. Papandreou

“…Patients and Methods. 70 patients with early-stage PC were treated with RP and their tumor samples were evaluated for expression of NEP, endothelin-1 (ET-1) and NFκB (p65). …”
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H. Wendl Leaf Metabolites Potentiate the Radiosensitivity of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Through Ki67 and PARP Inhibition by Nabil M. Selim PhD, Seham S. El-Hawary PhD, Soheir M. El Zalabani PhD, Rehab Nabil Shamma PhD, Nariman El Sayed Mahdy PhD, Noheir H. Sherif PhD, Khayrya A. Youssif PhD, Usama Ramadan Abdelmohsen PhD, Mai H. Mekkawy PhD, Hanan A. Fahmy PhD

“…Besides, the NE administration and/or γ-irradiation (IRR) significantly reduced the elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT), total proteins, and albumin levels in HCC-induced rats. Likewise, the tumor markers alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) levels were considerably reduced in HCC rats. …”
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CTLA-4 and PD-1 Ligand Gene Expression in Epithelial Thyroid Cancers by Chiara Tuccilli, Enke Baldini, Salvatore Sorrenti, Antonio Catania, Alessandro Antonelli, Poupak Fallahi, Francesco Tartaglia, Susi Barollo, Caterina Mian, Andrea Palmieri, Giovanni Carbotta, Stefano Arcieri, Daniele Pironi, Massimo Vergine, Massimo Monti, Salvatore Ulisse

“…The dysregulation of PD-1 ligands (PD-L1 and PD-L2) and CTLA-4 ligands (CD80 and CD86) represents a tumor strategy to escape the immune surveillance. …”
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Ovum Pick-Up and Ovaries Characterization of Black Bengal Goat from Slaughterhouse by Shobhana Nourin, Md. Muktafi bin Mohit, Begum Fatema Zohara, Md. Faruk Islam

“…From 182 ovaries, the rates of corpus luteum (CL), tumor, and cyst were found to be 14.29%, 6.59%, and 27.47%, respectively. …”
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SILAC-based quantification reveals modulation of the immunopeptidome in BRAF and MEK inhibitor sensitive and resistant melanoma cells by Melissa Bernhardt, Anne Rech, Marion Berthold, Melina Lappe, Jan-Niklas Herbel, Florian Erhard, Annette Paschen, Bastian Schilling, Bastian Schilling, Andreas Schlosser

“…Moreover, we identified putative tumor-specific cryptic HLA peptides linked to these processes that might represent exploitable targets for cancer immunotherapy.ConclusionsWe have developed a new mass spectrometric approach that allowed us to investigate the effects of common MAPK inhibitors on the immunopeptidome of melanoma cells. …”
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Association between transarterial chemoembolization refractoriness and prognosis in Chinese patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: a large retrospective cohort study by Qinxue Sun, Ziliang Wu, Xi Yin, Feng Li, Ri Liu

“…Subgroup analyses were conducted across key clinical and tumor-related characteristics.ResultsKaplan-Meier survival analysis indicated that patients classified as TACE-Refractory exhibited significantly shorter OS compared to those categorized as TACE-Non-Refractory in both the original and matched cohorts (P < 0.001). …”
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Effects of Adipose-tissue Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells on PBMCs in Co-culture with HeLa Cell Line by Maryam Dorfaki, mahdi ghatrehsamani, fahimeh Lavi Arab, Mona Roozbehani, Majid Khoshmirsafa, Reza Falak, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Fatemeh Faraji

“…Materials and Methods: The effect of MSC cells on proliferation, apoptosis, and gene expression of the cytokines tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β), interleukin (IL)-4, IL-2, and interferon-γ in PBMCs cultured together with HeLa cells was investigated using flow cytometry and real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR), respectively. …”
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MicroRNA-147a Targets SLC40A1 to Induce Ferroptosis in Human Glioblastoma by Peng Xu, Fei-Hang Ge, Wen-Xin Li, Zhen Xu, Xue-Li Wang, Jing-Lan Shen, Ai-Bo Xu, Rong-Rong Hao

“…Glioblastoma is one of the most common malignant tumors in the brain, and these glioblastoma patients have very poor prognosis. …”
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Floating-embedded stems reduce tibial stress shielding in total knee revision arthroplasty by Dominic Schaefer, Artur Barsumyan, Kambiz Roshanghias, Jan Adriaan Graw, Christian Soost, Wolfgang Richter, Jonas Knoche, Arne Ohrndorf, Rene Burchard

“…Similar to endoprosthetic treatment in pediatric tumor orthopedics, non-ingrown cementless stems can be used. …”
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First Report on Microbial-Derived Polydeoxyribonucleotide: A Sustainable and Enhanced Alternative to Salmon-Based Polydeoxyribonucleotide by Doobyeong Chae, Sae-Woong Oh, Yoon-Seo Choi, Dae-Jung Kang, Chun-Woong Park, Jongsung Lee, Won-Sang Seo

“…In wound-healing assays, L-PDRN demonstrated superior efficacy in promoting cell migration and wound closure, even under inflammatory conditions induced by tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α). Additionally, L-PDRN demonstrated the potential for enhanced immunostimulatory effects under non-inflammatory conditions while maintaining anti-inflammatory properties under lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation. …”
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Survival and prognostic factors for primary lung extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma: a retrospective study of data from China and the SEER database by Qiuyu Li, Haoyu Zuo, Chengyang Liu, Jing Yang, Nini Dai

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Humanized Mouse Models for Immuno-Oncology Research: A Review and Implications in Lung Cancer Research by Cheol-Kyu Park, MD, PhD, Maryam Khalil, BSc, Nhu-An Pham, PhD, Stephanie Wong, BSc, Dalam Ly, PhD, Adrian Sacher, MD, FRCPC, Ming-Sound Tsao, MD, FRCPC

“…Cancer immunotherapy has brought significant clinical benefits to patients with cancer, including those with lung cancer. Patient-derived tumor xenograft mouse models have become the preferred animal model for translational cancer research and preclinical studies. …”
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Endoscopic Nipple- or Skin-Sparing Mastectomy and Immediate Breast Reconstruction with Endoscopic Harvesting of the Latissimus Dorsi Flap: A Preliminary Experience of an Innovative... by Yu Feng, Nan Wen, Faqing Liang, Jiao Zhou, Xiangquan Qin, Xinran Liu, Juan Li, Mengxue Qiu, Huanzuo Yang, Zhenggui Du

“…No bleeding or flap necrosis happened. No tumor recurrence or metastasis was found until the last follow-up. …”
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Curcumin nanoparticles alleviate brain mitochondrial dysfunction and cellular senescence in γ-irradiated rats by Omnia A. Moselhy, Nahed Abdel-Aziz, Azza El-bahkery, Said S. Moselhy, Ehab A. Ibrahim

“…In irradiated rats, CNPs also showed anti-neuroinflammatory effects by reducing brain interleukin 6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), and nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-ĸB) levels (P < 0.05). …”
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TET2-mediated 5-hydroxymethylcytosine of TXNIP promotes cell cycle arrest in systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma by Ziqing Yu, Lihua Zhong, Wangyang Tang, Wenfang Zhang, Ting Lin, Weifeng Zhu, Gang Chen, Jianchao Wang

“…Methods Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tumor tissues (n = 46) were obtained from ALCL patients. …”
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Implications of cytokine genes polymorphisms in Jordanian patients with obsessive compulsive disorder by Ahmad M. Khalil, Manal W. Khrais, Khaled M. Al-Qaoud, Mohamad Y. Al Ta’any

“…Five polymorphic positions in four interleukin genes (IL-1β; rs16944 and rs1143634, IL-6; rs1800795, IL-10; rs1800896 and rs1800795) were genotyped using polymerase chain reaction–restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR–RFLP) method. The tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) SNP (rs1800629) DNA was sequenced by the Sanger method. …”
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Case report: Unraveling a unique case of male occult breast cancer with axillary intricacies and a comprehensive literature dive by Xintong Xie, Xiangyi Kong, Xiangyi Kong, Hongnan Jiang, Jidong Gao, Jidong Gao

“…An exceedingly rare variant is male occult breast cancer, which is primarily characterized by axillary lymph node enlargement without an identifiable primary breast tumor. We report an intriguing case of a septuagenarian patient diagnosed with male occult breast cancer. …”
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