Chinese Herbal Medicine in Ameliorating Diabetic Kidney Disease via Activating Autophagy by Yuyang Wang, Hailing Zhao, Qian Wang, Xuefeng Zhou, Xiaoguang Lu, Tongtong Liu, Yongli Zhan, Ping Li

“…Diabetic kidney disease (DKD), a leading cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD), has become a serious public health problem worldwide and lacks effective therapies due to its complex pathogenesis. …”
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Association of inflammatory markers and endothelial dysfunction with depression in patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease by Julcileia Imara D De Carvalho Muenho, Marisol Peña Sanchez, Alina González-Quevedo Monteagudo, Danay Martínez Puentes, Sergio González García, Marianela Arteche Prior, Asdrubal Arias Morales

“…<p><strong>Foundation:</strong> depression in ischemic cerebrovascular disease is one of the most frequent non-neurological complications.…”
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Promising Neutrophil-Associated Biomarkers in Lung Diseases of Patients with Antisynthetase Syndrome and Dermatomyositis by Lei Liu, Jundi Wang, Peiyu Zhang, Wenjia Sun, Xiuliang Zhu, Xiujuan Sun, Jing Xue, Huaxiang Wu

“…Antisynthetase syndrome (ASS) and dermatomyositis (DM) are serious autoimmune diseases, with lungs being the most frequently involved organ and sometimes fatal. …”
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Risk factors for perioperative cerebral infarction in moyamoya disease: a meta-analysis by Jincan Wu, Jincan Wu, Shiju Li, Ruixin Liang, Ruixin Liang, Yanxu Wang, Fangyuan Shi, Xiaoming Pan, Xinyi Chen, Xinyi Chen

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Comparative (Computational) Analysis of the DNA Methylation Status of Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion Diseases by Mohammadmersad Ghorbani, Simon J. E. Taylor, Mark A. Pook, Annette Payne

“…Previous studies have examined DNA methylation in different trinucleotide repeat diseases. We have combined this data and used a pattern searching algorithm to identify motifs in the DNA surrounding aberrantly methylated CpGs found in the DNA of patients with one of the three trinucleotide repeat (TNR) expansion diseases: fragile X syndrome (FRAXA), myotonic dystrophy type I (DM1), or Friedreich’s ataxia (FRDA). …”
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Patient experience and burden of haemolytic disease of the foetus and newborn: a systematic review by P. Maurice, J. McCallion, M. Fitzgibbon, J. N. Barthelmes, W. Karmous, E. J. Hardy, S. A. Mitchell, C. R. Mitchell, J. Lee, W. Noel, Andras Borsi, J. M. Jouannic

Subjects: “…Haemolytic disease of the foetus and newborn…”
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Identifying plasma exosome antigens as a potential diagnostic biomarker for tuberculosis disease by Yan Jiang, Li Yan, Baoru Zhou, Jianming Hong, Huixing Tan, Xiaonan Li, Yong Wang

“…BMC Infectious Diseases…”
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Editorial: Hiding features in myeloid cells: metabolism preference in different disease models by Jie Shen, DuoYao Cao

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Exploring Health Educational Interventions for Children With Congenital Heart Disease: Scoping Review by Neda Barbazi, Ji Youn Shin, Gurumurthy Hiremath, Carlye Anne Lauff

“… BackgroundCongenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common birth defect, affecting 40,000 births annually in the United States. …”
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Machine learning and spatio-temporal analysis of meteorological factors on waterborne diseases in Bangladesh by Arman Hossain Chowdhury, Md. Siddikur Rahman

“…PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases…”
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Wilson Disease: Canadian Perspectives on Presentation And Outcomes from an Adult Ambulatory Setting by A Moores, SH Fox, AE Lang, GM Hirschfield

“…BACKGROUND: Wilson disease (WD) is a rare disorder of copper metabolism.…”
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Lipidomics of Huntington’s Disease: A Comprehensive Review of Current Status and Future Directions by Ali Yilmaz, Sumeyya Akyol, Nadia Ashrafi, Nazia Saiyed, Onur Turkoglu, Stewart F. Graham

Subjects: “…Huntington’s disease…”
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Serum CEACAM1 Correlates with Disease Progression and Survival in Malignant Melanoma Patients by Sapoznik Sivan, Faranesh Suzan, Ortenberg Rona, Hamburger Tamar, Barak Vivian, Peretz Tamar, Schachter Jacob, Markel Gal, Lotem Michal

“…We have previously demonstrated that serum CEACAM1 (sCEACAM1) is secreted from melanoma cells and correlates with disease progression in metastatic melanoma patients. …”
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Torticollis as Presentation for Atypical Kawasaki Disease Complicated by Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysms by Tracey Dyer, Paul Dancey, John Martin, Suryakant Shah

“…Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute systemic vasculitis of childhood. …”
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Median and Ulnar Neuropathy Assessment in Parkinson’s Disease regarding Symptom Severity and Asymmetry by Nilgul Yardimci, Ozlem Cemeroglu, Eda Ozturk, Gülsüm Gürlü, Esra Şahin, Saliha Bozkurt, Tugba Cengiz, Gulderen Karali, Hasim Cakirbay, Atilla İlhan

“…Parkinson's Disease…”
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Canadian Thoracic Society Recommendations for Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – 2003 by Denis E O’donnell, Shawn Aaron, Jean Bourbeau, Paul Hernandez, Darcy D Marciniuk, Meyer Balter, Gordon Ford, Andre Gervais, Roger Goldstein, Rick Hodder, Francois Maltais, Jeremy Road

“…Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common cause of disability and death in Canada. …”
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How to Measure Leaf Disease Damage Using Image Analysis in ImageJ by Lillian Pride, Gary Vallad, Shinsuke Agehara

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Erratum to “Beyond the Definitions of the Phenotypic Complications of Sickle Cell Disease: An Update on Management” by Samir K. Ballas, Muge R. Kesen, Morton F. Goldberg, Gerard A. Lutty, Carlton Dampier, Ifeyinwa Osunkwo, Winfred C. Wang, Carolyn Hoppe, Ward Hagar, Deepika S. Darbari, Punam Malik

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Hyperresponsiveness in the Human Nasal Airway: New Targets for the Treatment of Allergic Airway Disease by P. J. Turner, J. C. Foreman

“…Further research into these interactions may open new avenues for the pharmacological treatment of chronic allergic rhinitis, and possibly other allergic airway diseases.…”
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Primary Pneumatosis Intestinalis of Small Bowel: A Case of a Rare Disease by Daniela Berritto, Raffaello Crincoli, Francesca Iacobellis, Francesca Iasiello, Nunzia Luisa Pizza, Francesco Lassandro, Lanfranco Musto, Roberto Grassi

“…Pneumatosis intestinalis (PI) is a condition in which multiple gas-filled cysts are located in the bowel wall; it can represent a wide spectrum of diseases and a variety of underlying diagnoses. The present report describes the case of an 86-year-old man with symptomatic primary PI of small bowel treated with surgical approach after periodic episodes of cysts rupture and superimposed inflammation revealed on the basis of a clinical suspicion thanks to abdominal computed tomography. …”
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