Dynamic Challenges of Active Tuberculosis: Prevalence and Risk Factors of Co-Infection in Clinical and Microbiological Characteristics at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah... by Mokhtar JA, Attallah DM, Jiman-Fatani AA, Al-Rabia MW, Alqarni MA, Saleh BH, Amboon MM, Altorki TA, Alkuwaity KK, Abujamel T, Kaki R, Albarakati TN, Daghistani H, Ismail MA, Alharbi O, Abu ITM, Alfadil A, Ibrahem K, Mufrrih M, Sait AM

“…Patients undergoing hemodialysis, and those with respiratory comorbidities, cancer, diabetes, and smoking were found to have a higher mortality hazard, indicating these as significant risk factors for TB.Conclusion: This study highlights TB’s prevalence and drug resistance at KAUH, emphasizing high-risk groups, including males and young adults. …”
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Comparative evaluation of multimarker algorithms for early-stage HCC detection in multicenter prospective studies by Jinlin Hou, Thomas Berg, Arndt Vogel, Teerha Piratvisuth, Jörg Trojan, Enrico N. De Toni, Masatoshi Kudo, Katarina Malinowsky, Peter Findeisen, Johannes Kolja Hegel, Wenzel Schöning, Kairat Madin, Konstantin Kroeniger, Henry Lik-Yuen Chan, Ashish Sharma

“…Results: In STOP-HCC-ARP (algorithm development cohort), 1,006 patients {297 HCC (41.4% early-stage [Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer {BCLC} 0/A) and 709 CLD} were included. Area under the curve (AUCs) for discriminating between early-stage HCC vs. …”
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Effect of Interleukin-17 in the Activation of Monocyte Subsets in Patients with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction by Montserrat Guadalupe Garza-Reyes, Mónica Daniela Mora-Ruíz, Luis Chávez-Sánchez, Alejandra Madrid-Miller, Alberto Jose Cabrera-Quintero, José Luis Maravillas-Montero, Alejandro Zentella-Dehesa, Luis Moreno-Ruíz, Selene Pastor-Salgado, Erick Ramírez-Arias, Nataly Pérez-Velázquez, Adriana Karina Chávez-Rueda, Francisco Blanco-Favela, Wendy Guadalupe Vazquez-Gonzalez, Alicia Contreras-Rodríguez

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Protocol for Home-Based Solution for Remote Atrial Fibrillation Screening to Prevent Recurrence Stroke (HUA-TUO AF Trial): a randomised controlled trial by Jing Tan, Yan Liang, Yong Liu, Wei Jiang, Duo Huang, Ning Tan, Chung-Wah Siu, Jo Jo Hai, Xiaoyu Huang, Jianfeng Ye, Ji-yan Chen, Chun Ka Wong, Mi Zhou, Li-Xue Yin, Ming-Liang Zuo, Kui Kai Lau, Zhen Lei, Yingqing Feng, Bryan P Yan, Wen-Sheng Yue, Wen-Jun Zhang, Yuk-Ming Lau, Hin-Wai LUI, Koon-Ho Chan, Toi Meng Mok, Weng-Chio Tam, Kun-Chong Tam, Xiuhua Feng, Xiaofei Jiang, Guanming Tan, Mario Alberto Evora

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Reduced p63 expression is linked to unfavourable prognosis in muscle‐invasive urothelial carcinoma of the bladder by Kira Furlano, Henning Plage, Sebastian Hofbauer, Sarah Weinberger, Bernhard Ralla, Annika Fendler, Florian Roßner, Simon Schallenberg, Sefer Elezkurtaj, Martina Kluth, Maximilian Lennartz, Niclas C. Blessin, Andreas H. Marx, Henrik Samtleben, Margit Fisch, Michael Rink, Marcin Slojewski, Krystian Kaczmarek, Thorsten Ecke, Stefan Koch, Nico Adamini, Sarah Minner, Ronald Simon, Guido Sauter, Joachim Weischenfeldt, Tobias Klatte, Thorsten Schlomm, David Horst, Henrik Zecha

“…Abstract Objective There is a shortage of established prognostic biomarkers in bladder cancer. One candidate is tumour protein 63 (p63), a transcription factor of the p53 gene family that is expressed in the normal urothelium. …”
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Prognostic factors and outcomes of adjuvant and first-line metastatic treatments in melanoma a Turkish oncology group study by Nargiz Majidova, Hacı Arak, Faruk Recep Ozalp, Onur Bas, Gulhan Ozcelik Koker, Erkan Buket Ozmarasalı, Yasemin Sagdıc Karateke, Teoman Sakalar, Sendag Yaslikaya, Ilknur Deliktas Onur, Goncagul Akdag, Ali Ogul, Murad Guliyev, Elif Sahin, Ebru Engin Delipoyraz, Ali Alkan, Okan Aydın, Nurullah Ilhan, Ozkan Alan, Sinem Akbas, Yaprak Cağlar, Ali Kaan Guren, Nadiye Sever, Halil Ibrahim Ellez, Fatih Selcukbiricik, Mustafa Muhammed Atcı, Ahmet Bilici, Nebi Serkan Demirci, Tugba Basoglu, Cengiz Karacin, Ismail Oguz Kara, Bulent Yıldız, Turkkan Evrensel, Mustafa Karaca, Omer Dizdar, Elif Atag, Alpaslan Ozgun, Osman Kostek

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Long-term real-world evidence of CPX-351 of high-risk patients with AML identified high rate of negative MRD and prolonged OS by Thomas Cluzeau, Fabio Guolo, Edmond Chiche, Paola Minetto, Ramy Rahme, Sarah Bertoli, Luana Fianchi, Jean-Baptiste Micol, Michele Gottardi, Pierre Peterlin, Sara Galimberti, Xavier Thomas, Giuliana Rizzuto, Olivier Legrand, Michela Rondoni, Emmanuel Raffoux, Giambattista Bertani, Alexis Caulier, Michelina D’Argenio, Caroline Bonmati, Atto Billio, Caroline Lejeune, Barbara Scappini, Arnaud Pigneux, Patrizia Zappasodi, Christan Recher, Francesco Grimaldi, Lionel Ades, Roberto M. Lemoli

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Machine Learning Based on a Multiparametric and Multiregional Radiomics Signature Predicts Radiotherapeutic Response in Patients with Glioblastoma by Zi-Qi Pan, Shu-Jun Zhang, Xiang-Lian Wang, Yu-Xin Jiao, Jian-Jian Qiu

“…Although radiotherapy has become one of the main treatment methods for cancer, there is no noninvasive method to predict the radiotherapeutic response of individual glioblastoma (GBM) patients before surgery. …”
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In Vitro Antibacterial, Antioxidant, Cytotoxicity Activity, and In Silico Molecular Modelling of Compounds Isolated from Roots of Hydnora johannis by Teshome Degfie, Milkyas Endale, Muhdin Aliye, Rajalakshmanan Eswaramoorthy, Tariku Nefo Duke, Aman Dekebo

“…The cytotoxicity of extracts from roots of H. johannis was conducted against MCF-7 cell lines (human breast cancer) by MTT assay. According to the cytotoxicity study, n-hexane extract exhibited a high level of toxicity with 28.9 ± 5.6% cell viability. …”
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Radiomics and radiogenomics in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma by A. D. Smirnova, G. G. Karmazanovsky, E. V. Kondratyev, N.  A. Karelskaya, V. N. Galkin, A.  Yu. Popov, B. N. Gurmikov, D. V. Kalinin

“…The presented review demonstrated the broad possibilities and prospects of application of CT and MRI texture analysis in the study of cholangiocellular cancer, including the first results in the study of molecular features (signatures) of this tumor. …”
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Management for Patients with De Novo or Recurrent Tumors in the Residual Kidney after Surgery for Nonfamilial Bilateral Renal Cell Carcinoma by Noboru Hara, Tsutomu Nishiyama, Norihiko Yoshimura, Satoshi Takaki, Kyoichiro Yamakado, Yasuo Kitamura, Kazuya Suzuki, Kota Takahashi

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Associations of neutrophil/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio with frailty and its mortality by Jianqiang Zhang, Jianqiang Zhang

“…In addition, the survival analysis revealed that NHR was significantly positively associated with all-cause (HR: 1.12, 95% CI: 1.07-1.17, P < 0.0001), cardiocerebrovascular disease (CCD)-specific (HR: 1.21, 95% CI: 1.11-1.33, P < 0.0001), and cancer-specific mortality risks (HR: 1.13, 95% CI: 1.07-1.19, P < 0.0001) in frail individuals.ConclusionIn the American adult population, NHR maintains a J-shaped relationship with frailty. …”
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Temporal relationship between hospital admissions for pneumonia and weather conditions in Shanghai, China: a time-series analysis by Yuan Liu, David Rogers, Yue Zhang, Haidong Kan, Weibing Wang, Jianming Xu, Renjie Chen, Xiaofang Ye, Li Peng

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Catastrophic Brain Aspergillosis after Liver Transplantation by Mohammadmahdi Abbasi, Shirin Shams Ardakani, Nasir Fakhar, Hamid Eshaghi, Hosein Alimadadi, Toktam Faghihi, Behdad Gharib, Meisam Sharifzadeh, Masoomeh Safaei

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An Incarcerated Colon Inguinal Hernia That Perforated into the Scrotum and Exhibited an Air-Fluid Level by Seisuke Ota, Toshio Noguchi, Tomoya Takao, Takumi Sakamoto, Yuichiro Kanie, Ken-ichi Omae, Shunji Fujie, Yoshiaki Kanaya, Akinori Kasahara, Tadashi Matsumra

“…He reported a history of gastric cancer that was surgically treated more than 30 years ago. …”
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Determination of Curdlan Oligosaccharides with High-Performance Anion Exchange Chromatography with Pulsed Amperometric Detection by Lidong Cao, Huifang Tian, Miaomiao Wu, Hongjun Zhang, Puguo Zhou, Qiliang Huang

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Exploration of the shared diagnostic genes and molecular mechanism between obesity and atherosclerosis via bioinformatic analysis by Wenrong An, Kegong Tang, Juan Liu, Wenfei Zheng, Guoxia Li, Yunsheng Xu

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Propofol Regulates ER Stress to Inhibit Tumour Growth and Sensitize Osteosarcoma to Doxorubicin by Hua Wei, Xinhui Du, Huaping Zhao, Peipei Sun, Jianjun Yang

“…The antitumour role of propofol, a widely used intravenous sedative-hypnotic agent, has been recently reported in different cancer types. In this study, we aimed to assess the role of propofol on osteosarcoma and explore the possible mechanisms. …”
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Developing a novel model for predicting overall survival in late-onset colon adenocarcinoma patients based on LODDS: a study based on the SEER database and external validation by Chen Chen, Heng-Bo Xia, Wei-Wei Yuan, Meng-Ci Zhou, Xue Zhang, A.-Man Xu

“…Results A total of 103,291 and 100 patients with late-onset colon adenocarcinoma (50–80 years old) were screened from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) and The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) databases, respectively. …”
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Selective inhibition of TGF-β-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition overcomes chemotherapy resistance in high-risk lung squamous cell carcinoma by Liangdong Sun, Jue Wang, Huansha Yu, Xinsheng Zhu, Jing Zhang, Junjie Hu, Yilv Yan, Xun Zhang, Yuming Zhu, Gening Jiang, Ming Ding, Peng Zhang, Lele Zhang

“…Abstract Lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC) represents a major subtype of lung cancer, and it demonstrates limited treatment options and worse survival. …”
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