Clinical, Paraclinical, and Evolutionary Profiles of Kidney Failure in Gold Miners Hospitalized in a Nephrological Service in a Sub-Saharan African Country by Gérard Coulibaly, Gaoussou Sanou, Moumouni Sanon, Aïda H. Y. Lengani, Juste Y. Bonzi, Aoua Semde

“…It was not performed in nine of the 43 cases due to lack of financial resources for patients (six cases) or death prior to the onset of haemodialysis (three cases). …”
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Discovery and development of ANV419, an IL-2/anti-IL-2 antibody fusion protein with potent CD8+ T and natural killer cell-stimulating capacity for cancer immunotherapy by Patrizia Murer, Barbara Brannetti, Jean-Michel Rondeau, Laetitia Petersen, Nicole Egli, Simone Popp, Catherine Regnier, Kirsten Richter, Andreas Katopodis, Christoph Huber

“…Its anti-tumor efficacy was enhanced when combined with programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) or cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA-4) checkpoint inhibitors. …”
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MeHg Developing Exposure Causes DNA Double-Strand Breaks and Elicits Cell Cycle Arrest in Spinal Cord Cells by Fabiana F. Ferreira, Dib Ammar, Gilian F. Bourckhardt, Karoline Kobus-Bianchini, Yara M. R. Müller, Evelise M. Nazari

“…These results showed that in ovo MeHg exposure alters spinal cord development by disturbing the cell proliferation and death, also interfering in early neuronal differentiation.…”
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Genetic diversity of the Central European wild boar (Sus scrofa scrofa) population and domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) breeds based on a microsatellite DNA locus by E. A. Snegin, V. M. Makeeva, A. P. Kaledin, A. M. Ostapchuk, I. D. Alazneli, A. V. Smurov

“…The low effective size of the wild boar population (Ne = 21.8, Neb = 4.0) is probably caused by the death and shooting of animals due to Pestis africana suum.…”
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Hepatic encephalopathy and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis are associated with increased liver-related readmissions in cirrhosis by Shan Wang, Shan Wang, Lin Zhang, Jin Li, Jiajun Feng, Jie Gao, Rui Huang

“…In addition to the high risk of death, cirrhosis leads to several severe complications. …”
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Pregnancy Outcomes among Patients with Sickle Cell Disease in Brazzaville by F. O. Galiba Atipo Tsiba, C. Itoua, C. Ehourossika, N. Y. Ngakegni, G. Buambo, N. S. B. Potokoue Mpia, A. Elira Dokekias

“…From the logistic regression analysis using the comparison group as the reference group, there was excessive risk in SCD compared to non-SCD of infection (29.3% vs. 4.6%, OR = 21.7, 95% CI [7.6–62.7]; p=0.001), cesarean (63% vs. 35.4%, OR = 3.1, 95% CI [1.6–5.7]; p=0.001), prematurity (75.4% vs. 30.8%, OR = 8, 95% CI [3.0–23.2]; p=0.001), low birth weight (52.3% vs. 16.1%, OR = 4.7, 95% CI [2.4–9.4]; p=0.001), neonatal requiring admission to the intensive care unit (40.3% vs. 17.5%, OR = 3.2, 95% CI [1.6–6.3]; p=0.01), and neonatal death (21.5% vs. 4.8%, OR = 4.3, 95% CI [1.5–12.2]; p=0.01). …”
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The role of SPINK5 mutation distribution in phenotypes of Netherton syndrome by Min Xu, Yujie Shi, Li Lin, Liang Wang, Xianzhong Zhu, Jinglin Xiong, Jiawen Yin, Qing Qi, Wenlin Yang

“…Additionally, the association between the homozygous condition of variants and death during infancy was analyzed using the Chi-square test.ResultsAmong 162 patients, we identified 324 allele variants, comprising 75 different mutations. …”
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Impact of Comprehensive Health Insurance affiliation on mortality in children under one year: an analysis of the Demographic and Health Survey 2010–2022 in Peru by Marcos Espinola-Sánchez, Marcos Espinola-Sánchez, Andres Campaña-Acuña, Diego Urrunaga-Pastor, Diego Urrunaga-Pastor, Jorge L. Maguiña, Manuel Jumpa, Oscar Ugarte-Ubillus

“…Variables measured included CHI affiliation and death in children under 1 year. Methods such as inverse probability weighting adjusted by regression, Average Treatment Effect on the Treated (ATET) estimation, and endogeneity test were applied.ResultsThe study population consisted of 26,319 children under 1 year, with 11,922 not affiliated with CHI and 14,397 affiliated. …”
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Randomised trials in maternal and perinatal health in low and middle-income countries from 2010 to 2019: a systematic scoping review by Joshua P Vogel, Jack Williams, Tari Turner, Steve McDonald, Alexander John Eggleston, Annabel Richards, Elise Farrington, Wai Chung Tse, Ayeshini Sella Hewage

“…Within these trials, pre-existing medical conditions, embolism, obstructed labour and sepsis were all under-represented when compared with number of maternal deaths globally. Large numbers of studies were conducted on priority topics such as labour and delivery, obstetric haemorrhage and antenatal care. …”
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Association between red cell distribution width to albumin ratio and all-cause mortality in patients with acute pancreatitis admitted to the intensive care unit: a retrospective st... by Xuan Chen, Yuchen Luo, Side Liu

“…Subgroup analysis suggested that increased RAR caused higher risk of death in male, non-white people or those patients without respiratory failure (RF). …”
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Human Motor Neuron Progenitor Transplantation Leads to Endogenous Neuronal Sparing in 3 Models of Motor Neuron Loss by Tanya J. Wyatt, Sharyn L. Rossi, Monica M. Siegenthaler, Jennifer Frame, Rockelle Robles, Gabriel Nistor, Hans S. Keirstead

“…Motor neuron loss is characteristic of many neurodegenerative disorders and results in rapid loss of muscle control, paralysis, and eventual death in severe cases. In order to investigate the neurotrophic effects of a motor neuron lineage graft, we transplanted human embryonic stem cell-derived motor neuron progenitors (hMNPs) and examined their histopathological effect in three animal models of motor neuron loss. …”
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Utilizing vaginal natural orifice to facilitate bowel manipulation during totally intracorporeal ileal conduit construction: a retrospective cohort study by Kaipeng Jia, Shiwang Huang, Zhun Wang, Yuda Lin, Yiduo Bai, Chong Shen, Zhe Zhang, Zhouliang Wu, Yunkai Qie, Hailong Hu

“…In the MICUD group, there was one case of local tumor recurrence, two cases of distant metastasis, including one death from progression; in the ECUD group, one patient had distant metastasis and died from progression.Conclusion RARC with MICUD represents a safe, feasible and easy-to-learn minimally invasive surgical approach. …”
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A lower atherogenic index of plasma was associated with a higher incidence of sarcopenia by Zhiping Duan, Yunda Huang, Xiaoling Liu, Huiyu Tang, Guihua Jiang, Wei Huang, Runfen Du, Dan Zhou, Hong Yang

“…Abstract Sarcopenia is an age-related muscle senescence disease that leads to functional limitations, physical disability and premature death in older adults. Atherogenic index of plasma (AIP) is a novel indicator of atherosclerotic status based on triglycerides and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. …”
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Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials: Efficacy and Safety of Colchicine for Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease by Elie Akl, Nazanin Sahami, Christopher Labos, Jacques Genest, Ali Zgheib, Nicolo Piazza, Sanjit Jolly

“…The primary outcome was the composite of cardiovascular (CV) death, myocardial infarction (MI), or stroke. Results. …”
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Phytochemical Analysis and Anti-Inflammatory Activity of the Extracts of the African Medicinal Plant Ximenia caffra by Jing Zhen, Yue Guo, Tom Villani, Steve Carr, Thomas Brendler, Davis R. Mumbengegwi, Ah-Ng Tony Kong, James E. Simon, Qingli Wu

“…It was further demonstrated that the underlying therapeutic mechanism involves the suppression of NF-κB, a shared pathway between cell death and inflammation.…”
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Association of oxidative balance score with the risk of all-cause and CVD mortality in younger US adults with diabetes by Chang Liu, Guoan Xiang, Dan Liang, Xuanbo Zhao, Kun Xiao, Lixin Xie

“…The occurrence of 409 all-cause deaths (11.7%) and 108 CVD-related deaths (3.1%) was recorded during the follow-up period. …”
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Impacts of Pta-AckA pathway on CPS biosynthesis and type 3 fimbriae expression in Klebsiella pneumoniae by Tien-Huang Lin, Chen-Yu Wang, Chien-Chen Wu, Ching-Ting Lin

“…Furthermore, deleting pta and ackA attenuated the infected larva's virulence and death rate. Conclusion: Our findings highlight the critical role of the Pta-AckA pathway in K. pneumoniae pathogenesis. …”
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Clinical Outcomes of COVID-19 and Impact on Disease Course in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Panu Wetwittayakhlang, Farah Albader, Petra A Golovics, Gustavo Drügg Hahn, Talat Bessissow, Alain Bitton, Waqqas Afif, Gary Wild, Peter L Lakatos

“…Demographics, comorbidities, IBD (type, treatments, pre- and post-COVID-19 clinical activity, biomarkers, and endoscopic activity), and COVID-19-related outcomes (pneumonia, hospitalization, death, and flare of IBD disease) were analyzed. Results. …”
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Hubungan Derajat Merokok Dengan Derajat Eksaserbasi Asma Pada Pasien Asma Perokok Aktif di Bangsal Paru RSUP DR. M. Djamil Padang Tahun 2007 - 2010 by Syandrez Prima Putra, Oea Khairsyaf, Julizar Julizar

“…Asthma can reduce quality of life and lead to death especially in active smokers if the severe asthma exacerbation occur. …”
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Infarct‐like myocarditis with coronary vasculitis and aneurysm formation caused by Epstein–Barr virus infection by Cristina Chimenti, Romina Verardo, Claudia Grande, Marco Francone, Andrea Frustaci

“…Myocardial EBV infection is an unusual cause of acute heart failure and cardiac aneurysms, increasing the risk of electrical instability, cardiac perforation, and sudden death.…”
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