Comparison of Risk Scores for Predicting Adverse Outcomes in Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding by Chenyang Li, Enqiang Linghu, Chao Chen

“…The most common diagnoses were colorectal cancer (25%) and hemorrhoids (14%). All scores demonstrated sufficient and comparable effectiveness for hemostatic intervention but no discrimination for rebleeding. …”
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Endoscopic Retroperitoneal Adrenalectomy for Adrenal Metastases by Gintaras Simutis, Givi Lengvenis, Virgilijus Beiša, Kęstutis Strupas

“…A retrospective study was conducted, and clinical data, tumor characteristics, and oncologic outcomes were acquired and analyzed. Results. Renal cancer was the primary site of malignancy in 44.4% of cases. …”
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Relationship between Apoptosis Imaging and Radioiodine Therapy in Tumor Cells with Different Sodium Iodide Symporter Gene Expression by Kyung Oh Jung, Hyewon Youn, Young-Hwa Kim, Seunghoo Kim, Juri Na, Yong-Il Kim, Jin Woo Park, Keon Wook Kang, Dong Soo Lee, June-Key Chung

“…The therapeutic efficacy of radioiodine ( 131 I) therapy has been reported to be variable among cancer patients and even between metastatic regions in the same patients. …”
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Evaluación de la actividad inmunomoduladora del polvo seco de Punica granatum Linn en un modelo experimental de inmunosupresión by Adriana del Carmen Sin Mayor, Marisol Díaz Gálvez, Caridad Sebazco Perna, María del Carmen Jiménez Martínez

“… Introducción: La inmunosupresión es uno de los principales obstáculos en el tratamiento de cáncer, por esta razón, diversos inmunomoduladores naturales y sintéticos son estudiados, con el fin de atenuar los efectos de la terapia convencional. …”
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Regulating the PI3K and AMPK pathway: the secret of 1-deoxynojirimycin's success in alleviating chronic diseases by Chengwei Yu, Qirui Hu

“…Meanwhile, DNJ has also been proved to exert anti-obesity, anti-cardiovascular diseases and anti-cancer effects. However, the underlying mechanisms are unclear yet, which hinders the applications of DNJ in clinic and food industry. …”
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Genetic and epigenetic characterization of sarcoma stem cells across subtypes identifies EZH2 as a therapeutic target by Edmond O’Donnell, Maria Muñoz, Ryan Davis, Jessica Bergonio, R. Lor Randall, Clifford Tepper, Janai Carr-Ascher

“…We investigated the contribution of STS cancer stem cells (STS-CSCs) to doxorubicin resistance. …”
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Case Report: Forensic Chemistry Analysis in Asbestos Litigation by Lúcio Paulo Lima Logrado, Caio Tadão Joko, André Lima Logrado

“…However, its usage is associated with significant health risks, including mesothelioma and lung cancer, and environmental concerns due to its slow degradation and widespread contamination. …”
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Acquired Elliptocytosis as a Manifestation of Myelodysplastic Syndrome Associated with Deletion of Chromosome 20q by Sukesh Manthri, Naresh K. Vasireddy, Sindhura Bandaru, Swati Pathak

“…A 73-year-old male with a history of prostate cancer presented to the hospital for evaluation of bleeding gums. …”
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CAR T cells for treating autoimmune diseases by Dimitrios Mougiakakos, Ulrike Koehl, Stephan Fricke, Ulrich Blache, Sandy Tretbar

“…In the wake of its success in cancer therapy, adoptive transfer of engineered T cells modified with chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) for target recognition could now become a therapeutic option for some autoimmune diseases. …”
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Structure-guided identification of mitogen-activated protein kinase-1 inhibitors towards anticancer therapeutics. by Md Nayab Sulaimani, Shazia Ahmed, Farah Anjum, Taj Mohammad, Anas Shamsi, Ravins Dohare, Md Imtaiyaz Hassan

“…Hence, targeting MAPK1 can be crucial to control metastasis in cancer therapeutics. In this study, we utilized a structure-guided virtual screening approach to screen a library of thousands of natural compounds from the ZINC database. …”
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Gremlin, a Bone Morphogenetic Protein Antagonist, Is a Crucial Angiogenic Factor in Pituitary Adenoma by Kenta Koketsu, Daizo Yoshida, Kyongsong Kim, Yudo Ishii, Shigeyuki Tahara, Akira Teramoto, Akio Morita

“…Several recent reports have shown that Gremlin is also involved in angiogenesis of lung cancer and diabetic retinopathy. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of Gremlin in tumor angiogenesis in pituitary adenoma. …”
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Glucosamine Inhibits the Proliferation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells by Eliciting Apoptosis, Autophagy, and the Anti-Warburg Effect by Misako Samizu, Kaoruko Iida

“…GlcN also increased the expression of FoxO1 and FoxO3, known tumor suppressors in various cancers. Furthermore, GlcN treatment elevated the levels of LC3II (an autophagy marker) and AMP-activated protein kinase activity, suggesting intracellular energy shortage. …”
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Transcriptome Analysis of the Thymus in Short-Term Calorie-Restricted Mice Using RNA-seq by Zehra Omeroğlu Ulu, Salih Ulu, Soner Dogan, Bilge Guvenc Tuna, Nehir Ozdemir Ozgenturk

“…Calorie restriction (CR), which is a factor that expands lifespan and an important player in immune response, is an effective protective method against cancer development. Thymus, which plays a critical role in the development of the immune system, reacts to nutrition deficiency quickly. …”
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Geographical prevalence and risk factors for pterygium: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Zhe Yuan, Lei Liu, Jingyang Wu, Desheng Huang, Jin Geng

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lncRNA ZFAS1 Promotes HMGCR mRNA Stabilization via Binding U2AF2 to Modulate Pancreatic Carcinoma Lipometabolism by Luoluo Wang, Yi Ruan, Xiang Wu, Xinhua Zhou

“…ZFAS1 expression in PC and normal counterparts retrieved from the Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project and The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database was analysed by GEPIA2. …”
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Hepatobiliary and pancreatic manifestations in inflammatory bowel disease: an umbrella review of meta-analyses by Runsheng Hong, Zhixue Li, Meng Li, Yun Dai

“…Highly suggestive evidence indicated a significantly increased risk of hepatobiliary cancer in UC (incidence rate ratio (IRR) = 2.05; 95% CI = 1.52–2.76) and CD (IRR = 2.31; 95% CI = 1.25–4.28). …”
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Neuro-ophthalmic complications following eighth cranial nerve microvascularx decompression by Stanley M. Saju, Patrick J. Hunt, Pamela Davila-Siliezar, Noor Laylani, Andrew G. Lee

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A re-assessment of Taxomyces andreanae, the alleged taxol-producing fungus, using comparative genomics by Tian Cheng, Miroslav Kolařík, Luis Quijada, Marc Stadler

“…This fungus was reported to produce the plant-derived anti-cancer drug taxol. The original description of the fungus was not conclusive as to its taxonomic position because no sporulation or other salient morphological features were reported. …”
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Applying Machine Learning Techniques to Identify Undiagnosed Patients with Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency by Bruce Pyenson, Maggie Alston, Jeffrey Gomberg, Feng Han, Nikhil Khandelwal, Motoharu Dei, Monica Son, Jaime Vora

“…EPI can be caused by a variety of disorders, including chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer, and celiac disease. EPI remains underdiagnosed because of the nonspecific nature of clinical symptoms, lack of an ideal diagnostic test, and the inability to easily identify affected patients using administrative claims data. …”
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