Study of Body Composition and Metabolic Parameters in HIV-1 Male Patients by Gurudath Gundurao Sreekantamurthy, N Biplab Singh, Th Bhimo Singh, Th Suraj Singh, Karam Romeo Singh

“…The body composition, using TANITA machine and metabolic parameters like lipid profile, blood sugars was analysed. Results. Clinically, lipoatrophy of face was most prevalent in HIV patients on stavudine (15 patients, 83.3%) and PIs (20 patients, 83.3%) based HAART. …”
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New model to predict survival in advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma patients by measuring GGT and LDH levels and monocyte count by Rocío del Campo-Pedrosa, Rocío del Campo-Pedrosa, Alfonso Martín-Carnicero, Ana González-Marcos, Alfredo Martínez

“…Thus, a simple and cost-effective prognosis model is sorely needed.MethodsThis retrospective study assesses the prognostic value of blood biomarkers in advanced and metastatic PDAC patients (n=96) from Spain. …”
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Positive real-time PCR in pneumococcal meningitis 12 hours after initiation of antibiotic therapy – case report by Cem Thunstedt, Carla Palleis, Johannes Wischmann, Suzette Heck, Konstantinos Dimitriadis, Matthias Klein

“…Lumbar puncture revealed cloudy cerebrospinal fluid with elevated cell count, protein, and low glucose. While blood and CSF cultures remained negative, multiplex PCR for Streptococcus pneumoniae was positive even 10 h after beginning of effective antibiotic therapy. …”
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Ultra-sparse reconstruction for photoacoustic tomography: Sinogram domain prior-guided method exploiting enhanced score-based diffusion model by Zilong Li, Jiabin Lin, Yiguang Wang, Jiahong Li, Yubin Cao, Xuan Liu, Wenbo Wan, Qiegen Liu, Xianlin Song

“…The performance of the method is evaluated using blood vessel simulation, phantoms, and in vivo experimental data. …”
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Exploring brain perfusion in dogs with meningoencephalitis of unknown origin: A promising role for arterial spin labeling imaging by Léa Arti, Kirsten Gnirs, Stella Papageorgiou, Yannick Ruel, Albert Agoulon, Nathalie Boddaert, Hugues Gaillot

“…Brain perfusion characteristics were assessed visually and by cerebral blood flow (CBF) measurements. Perfusion characteristics were compared pre‐ and post‐treatment. …”
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Gene expression profiling in B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas by Renas N. Saleem, Ahmed Khudair Yassin

“…Seventy-three patients were recruited from Nanakali Hospital for Blood Diseases and Cancer, Erbil. The integration of gene expression biomarkers uses quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction technique to diagnose B-NHL. …”
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Severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria is associated with circulating ultra-large von Willebrand multimers and ADAMTS13 inhibition. by Deirdre Larkin, Bas de Laat, P Vince Jenkins, James Bunn, Alister G Craig, Virginie Terraube, Roger J S Preston, Cynthia Donkor, George E Grau, Jan A van Mourik, James S O'Donnell

“…Plasmodium falciparum infection results in adhesion of infected erythrocytes to blood vessel endothelium, and acute endothelial cell activation, together with sequestration of platelets and leucocytes. …”
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Early mortality, epidemiological and clinical factors in seriously ill patients treated in Intermediate Care Units by Osmani Pérez Ortiz, Angel Antonio Urbay Ruíz, Elaine Teresa Gutiérrez Pérez, Lis Marlyn Rodríguez García, Ivette Irene Molina Linares, Ernesto Conyedo Vergel

“…Conclusions: early mortality was more frequent in individuals with white skin and age over 60 years; the emerging Intensive Care Unit as the place of origin and the history of high blood pressure, upper digestive bleeding, ischemic heart disease and diabetes mellitus predominated. …”
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Heat transfer analysis of fluid flow over a nonlinear porous radially moving sheet: Benchmark solutions by Sina Sadighi, Hossein Afshar, Payam Jalili, Bahram Jalili, Davood Domiri Ganji

“…The findings of this study have the potential to be applied in a wide variety of biological systems, such as blood flow through arteries and veins, as well as in engineering processes, such as extrusion and spinning. …”
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Severe invasive streptococcal infection in a patient with COVID-19: A case report by Yuki Matsuura, Mone Murashita, Takayoshi Oyasu, Akira Kodate, Yoshihiro Sadamoto, Akio Endo, Hisako Sageshima, Takumi Tsuchida

“…Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis (SDSE) was detected in blood and sputum cultures, and we started antimicrobial therapy for septic shock/streptococcal toxic shock syndrome. …”
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High-Intensity Interval Training as an Efficacious Alternative to Moderate-Intensity Continuous Training for Adults with Prediabetes by Mary E. Jung, Jessica E. Bourne, Mark R. Beauchamp, Emily Robinson, Jonathan P. Little

“…Cardiorespiratory fitness and systolic blood pressure assessed at one-month follow-up were equally improved (P’s < 0.05). …”
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In silico study of Sambiloto (Andrographis paniculata) compounds from GC-MS and LC-MS/MS as alpha-glucosidase and DPP-4 enzyme inhibitor by Herni Kusriani, Purwaniati Purwaniati, Muhamad Ilham Bintang

“…Sambiloto showed activity in lowering blood glucose which has the potential as an antidiabetic. …”
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Clinical Features and Risk Factors of Mortality in Patients with Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome by Hong-Wei Cui, Ru-Yi Lei, Bo-Ai Zhang

“…In univariate analysis, patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (P=0.027) and blood transfusion history within 1 month before onset (P=0.027), need for dialysis (P≤0.001), nephritis (P=0.010), stroke (P=0.016), and heart failure (P=0.016) were associated with death. …”
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Significant Independent Predictors of Vitamin D Deficiency in Inpatients and Outpatients of a Nephrology Unit by Recep Bentli, Hulya Taskapan, Halil Toktaş, Ozkan Ulutas, Adnan Ozkahraman, Melda Comert

“…In logistic regression analysis female gender, not having vitamin D supplementation history, low serum albumin, and low blood urea nitrogen levels were significant independent predictors of vitamin D deficiency while no association of vitamin D deficiency with diabetes mellitus, serum creatinine, eGFR, and being hospitalized was found. …”
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C1q Levels: A Reliable Biomarker for Differentiating Active and Latent Tuberculosis Infection by Sepideh Darougar, Afshin Moniri, Parvaneh Baghaei, Esmaeil Mortaz, Makan Sadr, Arad Moniri, Majid Marjani, Payam Tabarsi

“…Participants were categorized based on clinical symptoms, imaging results, and laboratory tests into active or latent TB. Blood samples were collected to assess serum C1q levels, which were then compared between the two groups. …”
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Defects of CTLA-4 Are Associated with Regulatory T Cells in Myasthenia Gravis Implicated by Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy by Wenhua Xu, Mingshan Ren, Swagata Ghosh, Kai Qian, Zhaofeng Luo, Aimei Zhang, Cuiping Zhang, Jiajun Cui

“…In an effort to examine the roles of various subsets of CD4+ T cells in the periphery blood of MG and uncover the mechanisms that contribute to the therapeutical effects of IVIg, we first demonstrated that a subset of CD4+ T cells, CTLA-4-expressing regulatory T (Treg) cells, were underrepresented and functionally defective in MG patients. …”
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Waist-to-Height Ratio Is a Better Anthropometric Index than Waist Circumference and BMI in Predicting Metabolic Syndrome among Obese Mexican Adolescents by Edel Rafael Rodea-Montero, María Lola Evia-Viscarra, Evelia Apolinar-Jiménez

“…BMI percentile, WC, and WHtR were significantly correlated with systolic and diastolic blood pressure. As predictors of MS overall patients, the BMI percentile generated an area under curve (AUC) of 0.651 (P=0.008), cut-off point above the 99th percentile. …”
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Interleukin-18 Increases TLR4 and Mannose Receptor Expression and Modulates Cytokine Production in Human Monocytes by Luciane Alarcão Dias-Melicio, Reginaldo Keller Fernandes, Daniela Ramos Rodrigues, Marjorie Assis Golim, Angela Maria Victoriano Campos Soares

“…To explore the role of IL-18 in inflammatory innate immune responses, we investigated its impact on expression of two toll-like receptors (TLR2 and TLR4) and mannose receptor (MR) by human peripheral blood monocytes and its effect on TNF-α, IL-12, IL-15, and IL-10 production. …”
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Changes in Renal Function Following Administration of Oral Sodium Phosphate or Polyethylene Glycol for Colon Cleansing before Colonoscopy by Ramy Abaskharoun, William Depew, Stephen Vanner

“…Using logistic regression analysis with the choice of preparation, medications and medical comorbid conditions as independent variables, only age and blood pressure were predictive of the development of renal failure (P=0.014 and P=0.001, respectively). …”
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Elevated ALOX12 in renal tissue predicts progression in diabetic kidney disease by Meixi Wang, Jingjing Wang, Jinni Wang, Yonggui Wu, Xiangming Qi

“…After preliminary validation, ALOX12 levels were significantly elevated in the blood of DKD patients, but not during disease progression. …”
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