Financial Toxicity and Kidney Disease in Children and Adults: A Scoping Review by Siligato R, Gembillo G, De Giorgi A, Di Maria A, Scichilone LM, Capone M, Vinci FM, Nicoletti S, Bondanelli M, Malaventura C, Storari A, Santoro D, Dionisi S, Fabbian F

“…The methods used for detecting FT differed and were based on consultations, questionnaires, expenditures and database records analysis. The COmprehensive Score for financial Toxicity (COST) questionnaire was used in 7 studies (43%), and the prevalence of FT was reported to be high in children and adults.Conclusion: Although the quality of the selected study is limited, due to different populations investigated and heterogeneity in detecting FT, the latter seems to be a frequent finding in people with renal disease. …”
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Socioeconomic indicators related to the global burden of breast cancer in women in 2020: an analysis of WHO data by Tingting XU, Ruoyu YANG, Jingjing LI, Yiying FANG

“…MethodsData on the global age-standardized incidence rate (standardized incidence rate) and global age-standardized mortality rate (standardized mortality rate) of breast cancer in women from 175 countries around the world in 2020 were collected from the World Health Organization's Cancer Tomorrow database. The breast cancer mortality to incidence ratio (MIR), a quantitative indicator of the burden of breast cancer, was calculated. …”
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Association of ambient air pollutants with blood physiological and biochemical indicators and systemic immune inflammation index in people living around Beijing: an analysis of air... by Bingqian DU, Zhiqiang REN, Peian CHEN, Zhenjun LI

“…MethodsData on demographics and blood physiological and biochemical indicators of 1 150 residents (8 – 90 years old) living around the Beijing metropolitan area, as well as monitoring data of air pollutants in the area for the period of 2018 – 2019, were collected from the Air Pollution and Population Health Database of the National Population Health Science Data Center. …”
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Prevalence of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Hospitalized COPD Patients in Spain Between 2018–2022 by Rosa María Gómez-García, Javier De-Miguel-Díez, Ana López-de-Andrés, Valentín Hernández-Barrera, Ana Jimenez-Sierra, Natividad Cuadrado-Corrales, José J. Zamorano-León, David Carabantes-Alarcón, Andrés Bodas-Pinedo, Rodrigo Jiménez-García

“…Methods: The data used were obtained from the Spanish Hospital Discharge Database. We selected subjects aged ≥40 years diagnosed with COPD, admitted to the hospital from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2022. …”
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Introducing ‘trident’: a graphical interface for discriminating groups using dental microwear texture analysis by Thiery, Ghislain, Francisco, Arthur, Louail, Margot, Berlioz, Emilie, Blondel, Cécile, Brunetière, Noël, Ramdarshan, Anusha, Walker, Axelle EC, Merceron, Gildas

“…In the second case study, we identify microwear texture patterns in a large database of 15 primate species and relate these patterns to biomechanical and ecological factors. …”
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The Effect of Adjuvant Radiotherapy on One- and Two-Stage Prosthetic Breast Reconstruction and on Autologous Reconstruction: A Multicenter Italian Study among 18 Senonetwork Breast... by Andrea Vittorio Emanuele Lisa, Marzia Salgarello, Alessandra Huscher, Fabio Corsi, Daniele Piovani, Federica Rubbino, Stefania Andreoletti, Giovanni Papa, Francesco Klinger, Corrado Tinterri, Alberto Testori, Marta Scorsetti, Paolo Veronesi, Maria Cristina Leonardi, Mario Rietjens, Umberto Cortinovis, Valeria Summo, Emanuele Rampino Cordaro, Pier Camillo Parodi, Paolo Persichetti, Mauro Barone, Giorgio De Santis, Matteo Murolo, Michele Riccio, Angelica Aquinati, Francesco Cavaliere, Nicola Vaia, Giulia Pagura, Erica Dalla Venezia, Franco Bassetto, Vincenzo Vindigni, Luigi Ciuffreda, Maria Alessandra Bocchiotti, Alberto Sciarillo, Nadia Renzi, Graziano Meneghini, Tajna Kraljic, Andrea Loreti, Lucio Fortunato, Valentina Pino, Valeriano Vinci, Marco Klinger

“…Data were collected from 18 Italian Breast Centres and stored in a cumulative database which included the following: autologous reconstruction, direct-to-implant (DTI), and tissue expander/immediate (TE/I). …”
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Hormonal Contraception and Bone Metabolism: Emerging Evidence from a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Studies on Post-Pubertal and Reproductive-Age Women by Alice Tassi, Ambrogio P Londero, Anjeza Xholli, Giulia Lanzolla, Serena Bertozzi, Luca Savelli, Federico Prefumo, Angelo Cagnacci

“…., those listed in PubMed/Medline, Embase, Scopus, the Cochrane Database, International Clinical Trials Registry, and ClinicalTrials.gov). …”
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Advances and Prospects in Smart Border Studies Based on a Bibliometric Analysis by Yang Danxuan, Li Cansong, Hu Wei, Lai Zulan, Ge Xurui

“…By quantitatively analyzing the literature related to smart borders between 2001 and 2022, using CiteSpace software and the Web of Science database as a data source, we aim in this paper to provide a comprehensive review of the development of the field of smart border research, to assess the hotspots and themes of current research, and consider future directions in the field. …”
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Impact of Obesity on Short-Term Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Retroperitoneal Laparoscopic/Retroperitoneoscopic Adrenalectomy for Benign or Malignant Adrenal Diseases: A Meta-Ana... by Maurizio Zizzo, Andrea Morini, Magda Zanelli, Chiara Grasselli, Francesca Sanguedolce, Sze Ling Wong, Munyaradzi G. Nyandoro, Andrea Palicelli, Giuseppe Broggi, Nektarios I. Koufopoulos, Lucia Mangone, Angelo Cormio, Rosario Caltabiano, Antonino Neri, Massimiliano Fabozzi

“…PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of Science (Science and Social Science Citation Index), and Cochrane Library (Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)) databases were used to identify articles of interest. …”
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Caesalpinia sappan L. ethyl acetate extract regulated angiogenesis in atherosclerosis by modulating the miR-126/VEGF signalling pathway by Yue He, Chao Huang, Jingjing Chen, Weizeng Shen

“…Materials and methods: Our study first screened for differentially expressed microRNAs (miRNAs) associated with AS using the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) public database at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) and R language software. …”
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Detection of fusion events by RNA sequencing in FFPE versus freshly frozen colorectal cancer tissue samples by Maxim Sorokin, Maxim Sorokin, Maxim Sorokin, Maxim Sorokin, Vladimir Lyadov, Vladimir Lyadov, Vladimir Lyadov, Maria Suntsova, Marat Garipov, Anna Semenova, Natalia Popova, Egor Guguchkin, Rustam Heydarov, Marianna Zolotovskaia, Xiaowen Zhao, Qing Yan, Ye Wang, Evgeny Karpulevich, Anton Buzdin, Anton Buzdin, Anton Buzdin, Anton Buzdin

“…We also detected 93 new fusion genes not mentioned in the literature or listed in the ChimerSeq database. Among them, 11 were found in two or more patients, suggesting their potential role in carcinogenesis. …”
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The origin and transmission of HIV-1 CRF80_0107 among two major first-tier cities in China by Xiaorui Wang, Bo Zhu, Hanping Li, Jingwan Han, Xiaolin Wang, Lei Jia, Bohan Zhang, Jingyun Li, Linding Wang, Yongjian Liu, Hongling Wen, Lin Li

“…Methods With the partial pol region fragment of the HIV-1 CRF80_0107 subtype standard sequence as a reference, BLAST was used to search for highly similar sequences in the Los Alamos HIV Sequence Database, followed by preliminary subtype identification via COMET. …”
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Effectiveness of shared decision-making for glycaemic control among type 2 diabetes mellitus adult patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Edosa Tesfaye Geta, Dufera Rikitu Terefa, Wase Benti Hailu, Wolkite Olani, Emiru Merdassa, Markos Dessalegn, Miesa Gelchu, Dereje Chala Diriba

“…<h4>Results</h4>In the database search, 425 records were retrieved, with only 17 RCT studies fulfilling the inclusion criteria and were included in the meta-analysis. …”
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The role of FTO in m6A RNA methylation and immune regulation in Staphylococcus aureus infection-related osteomyelitis by Sijing Liu, Sijing Liu, Sijing Liu, Kai Li, Changhai Long, Mingwu Lao, Biao Ma, Changquan Liu, Haoyuan He, Chunjiang Wang, Wangzhu Chen, Bin Yu

“…Therefore, this study aims to investigate the role of m6A in S. aureus infection-related osteomyelitis and elucidate its underlying mechanisms.MethodsWe downloaded the S. aureus infection-related osteomyelitis infection dataset GSE30119 from the Gene Expression Omnibus database. Initially, we constructed a diagnostic model based on m6A genes and predicted the hub node miRNAs and transcription factors by constructing a protein–protein interaction network. …”
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Evaluation of the Therapeutic Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine on Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Lin Wang, Xiao-Fei Zhang, Xue Zhang, Dong-Yan Guo, Yu-Wei Duan, Zhi-Chao Wang, Li-Shan Pei, Han Ru, Jiang-Xue Cheng, Ya-Jun Shi, Jun-Bo Zou

“…Materials and Methods. In the electronic database, appropriate articles without language restrictions on keywords were selected until August 1, 2019. …”
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Incidence and temporal trends of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Shenzhen, China (2011–2018) by Hong Zhu, Junpeng Liu, Tianqi Yang, Yan Zhang, Yanjun Xu, Yunfeng Xu, Hao Wu, Li Li, Yufeng Luo, Cai Wen, Tao Yu

“…Methods: This retrospective study analysed data from the Shenzhen Emergency Center database (2011–2018), including ambulance dispatch and pre-hospital medical records. …”
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Shaoyao Gancao decoction alleviates paclitaxel-induced cognitive impairment by activating PTEN/PI3K/AKT pathway to inhibit NETs formation by Xu Ying, Su Yue, Hu Yuwen, Li Xiang, Zhou Ziyan, Yuan Ningning, Ji Xiaowei, Jiang Ruoyu, Wang Wenzhu, Zhang Yafeng, Zhai Guojie, Cheng Xiaolan

“…Finally, Mendelian randomization was performed using genome-wide association analysis data of PTEN and cognitive disorders in OpenGWAS database. Results: Network pharmacological analysis revealed 105 active ingredients in SGD, and identified 124 targets associated with SGD and PICI. …”
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Assessment of prognosis and responsiveness to immunotherapy in colorectal cancer patients based on the level of immune cell infiltration by Kaili Liao, Minqi Zhu, Lei Guo, Zijun Gao, Jinting Cheng, Bing Sun, Yihui Qian, Bingying Lin, Jingyan Zhang, Tingyi Qian, Yixin Jiang, Yanmei Xu, Qionghui Zhong, Xiaozhong Wang

“…ObjectiveTo build a new prognostic risk assessment model based on immune cell co-expression networks for predicting overall survival and evaluating the efficacy of immunotherapy for colon cancer patients.MethodsThe Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database was used to obtain mRNA expression profiling data, clinical information, and somatic mutation data from colorectal cancer patients. …”
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Overexpression of OsDUF868.12 enhances salt tolerance in rice by Hao Chen, Jiale Wan, Jiali Zhu, Ziyi Wang, Caiyao Mao, Wanjing Xu, Juan Yang, Yijuan Kong, Xiaofei Zan, Rongjun Chen, Jianqing Zhu, Zhengjun Xu, Lihua Li, Lihua Li

“…The Domain of Unknown Function 868 (DUF868) family, comprising 15 members in rice, has been identified in the protein family database. In this study, we cloned and functionally characterized OsDUF868.12, a member of the OsDUF868 family, to elucidate its role in rice response to salt stress. …”
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Trichoderma virens XZ11-1 producing siderophores inhibits the infection of Fusarium oxysporum and promotes plant growth in banana plants by Haiyang Cui, Qifeng Cheng, Tao Jing, Yufeng Chen, Xiaojuan Li, Miaoyi Zhang, Dengfeng Qi, Junting Feng, Farinaz Vafadar, Yongzan Wei, Kai Li, Yankun Zhao, Dengbo Zhou, Jianghui Xie

“…By the analysis of physiological and biochemical profiles, construction of phylogenetic tree, and comparative results from the NR database, strain XZ11-1 was identified as Trichoderma virens. …”
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