The Role of PPARγ in the Transcriptional Control by Agonists and Antagonists by Tamotsu Tsukahara

“…Furthermore, it has received attention for its therapeutic potential in many other human diseases, including atherosclerosis, obesity, and cancers. Recent studies have provided evidence that the endogenously produced PPARγ antagonist, 2,3-cyclic phosphatidic acid (cPA), which is similar in structure to lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), inhibits cancer cell invasion and metastasis in vitro and in vivo. …”
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Leptin Promotes Glioblastoma by Johnathan E. Lawrence, Nicholas J. Cook, Richard A. Rovin, Robert J. Winn

“…In animal models of colon cancer and melanoma, a decline in the expression and secretion of leptin resulted in a reduction of tumor growth. …”
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Waggle Dances and Azimuthal Windows by O. Duangphakdee, S. E. Radloff, C. W. W. Pirk, H. R. Hepburn

“…The position of the sun is seasonal between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn so that turns at the end of waggle runs will vary with season and latitude. …”
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Gut Microbiome: An Intersection between Human Genome, Diet, and Epigenetics by Abdullahi Y. Muhammad, Malik Amonov, Atif A. Baig, Farrukh J. Alvi

“…Epigenetically, the microbial metabolites produced by these microbes can be beneficial in the treatment of cancer or deteriorating by serving as carcinogens. …”
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Technique of Peritoneal Catheter Placement under Fluroscopic Guidance by Ahmed Kamel Abdel-Aal, Santhosh Gaddikeri, Souheil Saddekni

“…Other uses of this catheter include intraperitoneal chemotherapy and gene therapy for ovarian cancer and draining of uncontrolled refractory ascites in patients with liver cirrhosis. …”
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Laparoscopic Sentinel Node Mapping with Surgical Staging following Hysteroscopic Endometrial Resection in Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma by Phornsawan Wasinghon, Chyi-Long Lee

“…Notwithstanding, laparoscopy can be used for uterine cancer and the indocyanine green sentinel lymph node showed no false negative. …”
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Invagination of the Adductor Loop of the Small Intestine into the Lumen of the Gastric Stump after Pancreatoduodenal Resection by G. V. Balitsky, V. M. Legostaev, T. V. Zema

“…The patient also reported an episode of black stools 7 years after pancreatoduodenal resection for pancreatic head cancer and 3 years after reconstructive surgery by performing choledochoenteroanastomosis. …”
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Erratum to “Gastric and Rectal Metastases from Malignant Melanoma Presenting with Hypochromic Anemia and Treated with Immunotherapy” by Pietro Genova, Maria Sorce, Daniela Cabibi, Gaspare Genova, Vittorio Gebbia, Daniele Galanti, Chiara Ancona, Mara Rosaria Valerio

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Organic Alternatives to Quantum Dots for Intraoperative Near-Infrared Fluorescent Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping by Shunsuke Ohnishi, Stephen J. Lomnes, Rita G. Laurence, Andrew Gogbashian, Giuliano Mariani, John V. Frangioni

“…Intraoperative near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging provides the surgeon with real-time image guidance during cancer and other surgeries. We have previously reported the use of NIR fluorescent quantum dots (QDs) for sentinel lymph node (SLN) mapping. …”
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Resistant Hypertension and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: The Sparring Partners by Costas Thomopoulos, Helena Michalopoulou, Alexandros Kasiakogias, Anna Kefala, Thomas Makris

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A Near-Infrared Optical Tomography System Based on Photomultiplier Tube by Huacheng Feng, Jing Bai, Xiaolei Song, Gang Hu, Junjie Yao

“…It plays an important role in many fields, such as detecting breast cancer and monitoring the cerebra oxygenation. In this paper, a relatively simple, inexpensive, and conveniently used DOT system is presented in detail, in which only one photomultiplier tube is employed as the detector and an optical multiplexer is used to alter the detector channels. …”
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Pembrolizumab-Induced Mobitz Type 2 Second-Degree Atrioventricular Block by Alisha Khan, Sana Riaz, Robert Carhart

“…The following case report illustrates the clinical course of a 67-year-old female patient with stage IV non-small-cell lung cancer who developed Mobitz type 2 second-degree atrioventricular block three weeks after receiving her first infusion of pembrolizumab. …”
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Insulin Resistance: A Proinflammatory State Mediated by Lipid-Induced Signaling Dysfunction and Involved in Atherosclerotic Plaque Instability by Fabrizio Montecucco, Sabine Steffens, François Mach

“…This condition characterizes several diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), impaired fasting glucose (IFG), obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and other endocrinopathies, but also cancer. Recent studies suggest that the pathophysiology of insulin resistance is closely related to interferences with insulin-mediated intracellular signaling on skeletal muscle cells, hepatocytes, and adipocytes. …”
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Spinal Accessory Nerve Duplication: A Case Report and Literature Review by Eleni Papagianni, Panagiota Kosmidou, Sotiria Fergadaki, Athanasios Pallantzas, Panagiotis Skandalakis, Dimitrios Filippou

“…We present one case of duplicated spinal accessory nerve in a patient undergoing neck dissection for oral cavity cancer. The literature review confirms the extremely rare diagnosis of a duplicated accessory nerve. …”
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Supernumerary breast. A case Presentation by Juan Miguel Guerra Cabrera, María Elena Antelo Gordillo

“…To keep into account the presence of supernumerary breasts will be a need for the prevention of breast cancer. This case has been presented due to all these reasons and the unusual features of this case.…”
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Rendimiento y desempeño hortícola de semillas desnudas de calabaza en el sur de Florida by Geoffrey Meru, Yuqing Fu, Monique Scoggin, Carlos F. Balerdi, Laura Vasquez, Teresa Olczyk

“…Su consumo reporta beneficios para la salud, incluyendo la reducción del riesgo de ciertos tipos de cáncer. A pesar de su creciente popularidad en EE. …”
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Cellular Stress Responses: Cell Survival and Cell Death by Simone Fulda, Adrienne M. Gorman, Osamu Hori, Afshin Samali

“…The implications of cellular stress responses to human physiology and diseases are manifold and will be discussed in this review in the context of some major world health issues such as diabetes, Parkinson's disease, myocardial infarction, and cancer.…”
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Hypercalcemia in Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma with an Elevated Parathyroid Hormone-Related Peptide Associated with Early Richter Transformation by Ashish Bains, Pedro Covas, Olga Timofeeva, Michael Bromberg

“…Hypercalcemia in malignancy is associated with multiple mechanisms and occurs in up to 20–30% of cancer patients. We report a case of small lymphocytic lymphoma/chronic lymphocytic leukemia (SLL/CLL) associated with hypercalcemia and an elevation in parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHrP) in the setting of a Richter transformation. …”
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Enhanced Interaction between Warfarin and High-Dose Ketoconazole: A Case Report by Cynthia A. Jackevicius, Mannhu N. Ton

“…A 59-year-old man treated with warfarin for aortic valve replacement was prescribed high-dose ketoconazole and hydrocortisone for the treatment of prostate cancer. Despite lowering the warfarin dosage by 35% during the start of high dose ketoconazole, an additional dose reduction was required subsequently when the INR rose from 2.62 to 3.82 within nine days. …”
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Persistent Hypoglycemia in Patient with Hodgkin’s Disease by Harold Cinco Lim, Lubna Bashir Munshi, David Sharon

“…Several case reports strengthen the hypothesis of an insulin-like growth factor or antibodies secreted by the cancer cells causing hypoglycemia in Hodgkin’s disease but none of them have been confirmed. …”
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