Structural characterization and immunomodulatory activity of polysaccharides from the flowers of Imperata cylindrica Beauv.var. major (Nees) C.E.Hubb by Honglin He, Haijun Huang, Yunheng Yang, Yi Liu, Ailing Liang, Yao Lei, Chenghuai Tang, Ling Yao, Zhiwei Chen

“…While FIC-1 did not directly kill cancer cells, the cytokine-rich medium from FIC-1-stimulated macrophages significantly inhibited the proliferation of LLC1, ID8, and Hepa1-6 cancer cells. …”
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Demethylnobiletin and its major metabolites: Efficient preparation and mechanism of their anti-proliferation activity in HepG2 cells by Yanping Xin, Ting Zheng, Man Zhang, Ruiqiang Zhang, Siyue Zhu, Dongli Li, Denggao Zhao, Yanyan Ma, Chi-Tang Ho, Qingrong Huang

“…Cytotoxicity, cell cycle arrestment, apoptosis and caspase-3 expression were investigated to evaluate the anti-liver cancer effects of these OH-PMFs on HepG2 cells. The results showed that all 4 compounds inhibited the proliferation of HepG2 cells in a concentration-dependent manner. …”
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Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging for Quantification of Targeted Drug Delivery in Varying Tumor Microenvironments by Amit Verma, Vikas Pandey, Catherine Sherry, Taylor Humphrey, Christopher James, Kailie Matteson, Jason T. Smith, Alena Rudkouskaya, Xavier Intes, Margarida Barroso

“…Near‐infrared (NIR) fluorescence lifetime (FLI) Forster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) is performed to measure TZM‐HER2 binding, using in vitro microscopy and in vivo widefield macroscopy, in HER2 overexpressing breast and ovarian cancer cells and tumor xenografts, respectively. Immunohistochemistry is used to validate in vivo imaging results. …”
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Exploring the role of circulating proteins in multiple myeloma risk: a Mendelian randomization study by Matthew A. Lee, Kate L. Burley, Emma L. Hazelwood, Sally Moore, Sarah J. Lewis, Lucy J. Goudswaard

“…Abstract Multiple myeloma (MM) is an incurable blood cancer with unclear aetiology. Proteomics is a valuable tool in exploring mechanisms of disease. …”
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Tolerability and Effectiveness of Regorafenib Treatment in Patients with Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Real-World Data from the United States by Finn RS, Iyer R, Kalman RS, Parikh ND, Cabrera R, Babajanyan S, Kaseb AO

“…Richard S Finn,1 Renuka Iyer,2 Richard S Kalman,3 Neehar D Parikh,4 Roniel Cabrera,5 Svetlana Babajanyan,6 Ahmed O Kaseb7 1Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; 2Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA; 3Department of Medicine, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA; 4Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; 5Department of Medicine, University of Florida Health, Gainesville, FL, USA; 6US Medical Affairs, Oncology, Bayer Healthcare, Whippany, NJ, USA; 7Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USACorrespondence: Richard S Finn, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Tel +1-310-586-2091, Email rfinn@mednet.ucla.eduIntroduction: While several systemic therapies are available for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (uHCC), there is a lack of granular real-world evidence to support the efficacy and safety of these therapies. …”
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Structured reporting of neuroendocrine tumors in PET/CT using [18F]SiTATE - impact on interdisciplinary communication by Anna Hinterberger, Lukas Trupka, Sophia Kortbein, Ricarda Ebner, Nicola Fink, Matthias F. Froelich, Dominik Nörenberg, Carmen Wängler, Björn Wängler, Ralf Schirrmacher, Adrien Holzgreve, Matthias Brendel, Stefanie Corradini, Christoph Auernhammer, Johannes Rübenthaler, Freba Grawe

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APMAT analysis reveals the association between CD8 T cell receptors, cognate antigen, and T cell phenotype and persistence by Jingyi Xie, Daniel G. Chen, William Chour, Rachel H. Ng, Rongyu Zhang, Dan Yuan, Jongchan Choi, Michaela McKasson, Pamela Troisch, Brett Smith, Lesley Jones, Andrew Webster, Yusuf Rasheed, Sarah Li, Rick Edmark, Sunga Hong, Kim M. Murray, Jennifer K. Logue, Nicholas M. Franko, Christopher G. Lausted, Brian Piening, Heather Algren, Julie Wallick, Andrew T. Magis, Kino Watanabe, Phil Mease, Philip D. Greenberg, Helen Chu, Jason D. Goldman, Yapeng Su, James R. Heath

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Distinct Murine Pancreatic Transcriptomic Signatures during Chronic Pancreatitis Recovery by Yinjie Zhang, Baibing Yang, Joy M. Davis, Madeline M. Drake, Mamoun Younes, Qiang Shen, Zhongming Zhao, Yanna Cao, Tien C. Ko

“…The top 20 gene sets enriched from DEGs shared between CP and CPR are relevant to extracellular matrix and cancer biology, whereas the top 10 gene sets enriched from DEGs specific to CPR are pertinent to DNA methylation and specific signaling pathways. …”
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Intraperitoneal paclitaxel for patients with primary malignant peritoneal mesothelioma: a phase I/II dose escalation and safety study—INTERACT MESO by Job P van Kooten, Jacobus W A Burger, Cornelis Verhoef, Joachim G J V Aerts, Eva V E Madsen, Alexandra R M Brandt-Kerkhof, Stijn L W Koolen, Ron H J Mathijssen, Michelle V Dietz, Niels A D Guchelaar

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Phytochemical Screening and Cytotoxic Properties of Ethanolic Extract of Young and Mature Khat Leaves by Rashad Alsanosy, Hassan A. Alhazmi, Shahnaz Sultana, Ashraf N. Abdalla, Yassin Ibrahim, Mohammed Al Bratty, David Banji, Ibrahim Khardali, Asaad Khalid

“…All extracts showed comparable cytotoxicity, IC50 ranging from 22–59 μg/mL on the cancer cells; however, we observed more cytotoxicity against normal cells (IC50: 6–41 μg/mL). …”
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Scapular Angiomatoid Fibrous Histiocytoma with EWSR1-CREB1 Fusion in an Adult Patient by Hiroshi Kobayashi, Naohiro Makise, Aya Shinozaki-Ushiku, Yuki Ishibashi, Masachika Ikegami, Shinji Kohsaka, Tetsuo Ushiku, Katsutoshi Oda, Kiyoshi Miyagawa, Hiroyuki Aburatani, Hiroyuki Mano, Sakae Tanaka

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Esophagoplasty Using a Jejunum Segment on a Vascular Pedicle by D. V. Ruchkin, V. A. Kozlov, M. M. Khamidov, D. E. Okonskaya, N. B. Kovalerova

“…Three more patients underwent esophagectomy due to peptic strictures: esophagogastroanastomosis (n = 1), esophagoenteroanastomosis (n = 1) and esophagus after Nissen surgery (n = 1). Cancer recurrence after proximal gastric resection and gastrectomy in 2 patients was an indication for esophagectomy. …”
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A lipidated peptide derived from the C-terminal tail of the vasopressin 2 receptor shows promise as a new β-arrestin inhibitor by Rebecca L. Brouillette, Christine E. Mona, Michael Desgagné, Malihe Hassanzedeh, Émile Breault, Frédérique Lussier, Karine Belleville, Jean-Michel Longpré, Michel Grandbois, Pierre-Luc Boudreault, Élie Besserer-Offroy, Philippe Sarret

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HPLC-MS standardization and validation methods for determination of calactin content in dichloromethane fraction of Calotropis gigantea (L.) Dryand. (Niu jiao gua) stem bark and it... by Naphat Kaewpaeng, Sudaporn Wongwan, Khemmachat Pansooksan, Chanakan Chailom, Pattaraporn Chaisupasakul, Dumrongsak Pekthong, Nitra Nuengchamnong, Zhi-Hong Jiang, Li-Ping Bai, Piyarat Srisawang, Supawadee Parhira

“…Our previous reports demonstrated the remarkable anti-liver and anti-colon cancer activities both in vitro and in vivo of the dichloromethane fraction from the stem barks of C. gigantea (CGD). …”
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Functionally important respiratory symptoms and continued cigarette use versus e-cigarette switching: population assessment of tobacco and health study waves 2-6Research in context by James D. Sargent, Kristin Lauten, Kathryn C. Edwards, Susanne E. Tanski, Todd A. MacKenzie, Laura M. Paulin, Mary F. Brunette, Maciej L. Goniewicz, Amanda Malasky, Debra Stark, Fernando B. de Moura, Holly Griffin, Kimberly H. Nguyen, Eric Backlund, Heather L. Kimmel, John H. Kingsbury, Jenny E. Ozga, K Michael Cummings, Andrew Hyland

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Photoaging smartphone app promoting poster campaign to reduce smoking prevalence in secondary schools: the Smokerface Randomized Trial: design and baseline characteristics by Michael Kreuter, Fabian N Fries, Titus J Brinker, Ute Mons, David A Groneberg, Anil Batra, Werner Seeger, Felix Herth, Julia Holzapfel, Tanja G Baudson, Katharina Sies, Lena Jakob, Hannah Maria Baumert, Marlene Heckl, Ana Cirac, Janina L Suhre, Verena Mathes, Hannah Spielmann, Nancy Rigotti, Tobias Raupach, Henning Gall, Claudia Bauer, Pat Marek, Chase H Harrison, Lava Taha, Andreas Owczarek, Felix J Hofmann, Roger Thomas

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Identification and validation of a novel autoantibody biomarker panel for differential diagnosis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma by Metoboroghene O. Mowoe, Metoboroghene O. Mowoe, Hisham Allam, Joshua Nqada, Marc Bernon, Karan Gandhi, Sean Burmeister, Urda Kotze, Miriam Kahn, Christo Kloppers, Suba Dharshanan, Zafirah Azween, Pamela Maimela, Paul Townsend, Eduard Jonas, Jonathan M. Blackburn, Jonathan M. Blackburn

“…Specifically, we quantified the serological AAb profiles of 94 PDAC, chronic pancreatitis (CP), other pancreatic- (PC) and prostate cancers (PRC), non-ulcer dyspepsia patients (DYS), and healthy controls (HC).ResultsCombinatorial ROC curve analysis on the training cohort data from the cancer antigen microarrays identified the most effective biomarker combination as CEACAM1-DPPA2-DPPA3-MAGEA4-SRC-TPBG-XAGE3 with an AUC = 85·0% (SE = 0·828, SP = 0·684). …”
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Butyrate-engineered yeast activates Nppa and Sgcg genes and reduces radiation-induced heart damage via the gut-heart axis by Jiahao Wu, Kaihua Ji, Guangbo Kang, Manman Zhang, Jigang Wang, Lina Wang, Mengxue Gao, Xiaoxiao Jia, Xinran Lu, Yan Wang, Xinran Gao, Yufei Guo, Zhixin Zhu, Qinghua Wang, Zhenyu Zhao, Qiang Liu, He Huang

“…Radiotherapy is a method of treating cancer through radiation aimed at killing cancer cells or inhibiting their growth. …”
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Acute pain pathways: protocol for a prospective cohort study by Christine Lee, Joseph S Ross, Molly Moore Jeffery, Nilay D Shah, David B Page, Nancy Chang, Fernanda Bellolio, Sam Torbati, Jessica D Ritchie, Gregg H Gilbert, Lindsay Emanuel, Mitra Ahadpour, Summer Allen, Richardae Araojo, Laura Ciaccio, Jonathan Fillmore, Patricia Koussis, Heather Lipkind, Celeste Mallama, Tamra Meyer, Megan Moncur, Teryl Nuckols, Michael A Pacanowski, Elektra Papadopoulos, Mat Soukup, Christopher O St. Clair, Stephen Tamang, Douglas W Wallace, Yueqin Zhao, Rebekah Heckmann

“…Introduction Opioid analgesics are often used to treat moderate-to-severe acute non-cancer pain; however, there is little high-quality evidence to guide clinician prescribing. …”
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Diagnostics and treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection in adults: Clinical guidelines of the Russian gastroenterological association by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Mayev, T. L. Lapina, A. A. Sheptulin, A. S. Trukhmanov, Ye. K. Baranskaya, R. A. Abdulkhakov, O. P. Alekseyeva, S. A. Alekseyenko, N. N. Dekhnich, R. S. Kozlov, I. L. Klyaritskaya, N. V. Korochanskaya, S. A. Kurilovich, M. F. Osipenko, V. I. Simanenkov, A. V. Tkachev, I. B. Khlynov, V. V. Tsukanov

“…Chronic gastritis caused by H. pylori infection, including that in «asymptomatic» patients can be considered to be an indication for H. pylori eradication therapy both as etiological treatment and opportunistic screening diagnostics for gastric cancer prevention. Indications for obligatory antihelicobacter therapy include stomach and a duodenum peptic ulcer (PU), stomach MALT-lymphoma, early gastric cancer with endoscopic resection. …”
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