Impact of sand and dust storms on mortality in Jinan City, China by Chaofan Shen, Mingjun Li, Qingchang Wang, Jinjiao Luan, Jiliang Si, Liangliang Cui

“…Females and people over 65 years of age are vulnerable to respiratory deaths caused by SDSs.ConclusionShort-term exposure to SDSs caused the significantly elevated risks of respiratory, circulatory and all-cause death. …”
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Clinical Management and Surgical Outcomes of Wandering Spleen with Splenic Torsion in Pediatric Patients: A Case Report by Shaban Memeti, Saimir Kuci, Toni Ristevski, Lazar Todorovic, Marijan Kamilovski, Blagica Krsteska, Haris Sulejmani

“…By presenting this case, we seek to elevate awareness of wandering Spleen among healthcare professionals, mainly within pediatric groups. …”
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Distinctive blood and salivary proteomics signatures in Qatari individuals at high risk for cardiovascular disease by Ghada Yousif, Selvasankar Murugesan, Mohamed Nadhir Djekidel, Annalisa Terranegra, Giusy Gentilcore, Jean Charles Grivel, Souhaila Al Khodor

“…Saliva has emerged as a potential source for biomarker discovery, offering a non-invasive tool for early detection of individuals at elevated risk for CVD, yet large-scale extensive proteomic analysis using saliva for a comprehensive biomarker discovery remains limited. …”
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The feasibility of using liver function indices and FibroScan in combination to predict the occurrence of anti-tuberculosis drug-induced liver injury in Patients with liver disease by Shaoqiang Wu, Qiaohua Yang, Huai Li, Yongzhong Li

“…Logistic regression analysis revealed elevated ALT, AST, TBIL, and GGT were strongly associated with an increased likelihood of DILI. …”
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The Predictive Role of Parathyroid Hormone for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease following Bariatric Surgery by Tannaz Jamialahmadi, Mohsen Nematy, Mohammed Abdalla, Ali Jangjoo, Ladan Goshayeshi, Matthew Kroh, Seyed Adel Moallem, Mitra Abbasifard, Thozhukat Sathyapalan, Amirhossein Sahebkar

“…Parathyroid hormone (PTH) is found to be elevated in morbid obesity due to the defective hepatic metabolism of vitamin D. …”
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Enhancing Venous Thromboembolism Risk Prediction through Novel Biomarkers and Inflammatory Indicators by Zainab Wahab Al-Maaroof

“…Factor VIII and inflammatory markers were significantly elevated in patients compared with the control group. …”
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Interplay between circulating von Willebrand factor and neutrophils: implications for inflammation, neutrophil function, and von Willebrand factor clearance by Alua Kuanyshbek, Hamideh Yadegari, Jens Müller, Nasim Shahidi Hamedani, Samhitha Urs Ramaraje, Johannes Oldenburg

“…Moreover, stimulated neutrophils exposed to purified plasma-derived VWF exhibited elevated expression of neutrophil surface markers CD45 and CD66b, indicative of altered neutrophil function related to cell adhesion, migration, and phagocytosis. …”
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RAB3GAP2 dysregulation in adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) compared to acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL): a molecular perspective by Samira Pourrezaei, Arash Letafati, Ghazale Molaverdi, Mehdi Norouzi, Sayed-Hamidreza Mozhgani

“…Particularly, RAB3GAP2 level (P = 0.028) was found to be elevated in ATLL patients compared to ALL. Conversely, expression levels of IFN-β (P = 0.31), SMC6 (P = 0.68), WDR7 (P = 0.43), EIF4H (P = 0.38), and FANCM (P = 0.57) were diminished in ATLL patients in contrast to ALL. …”
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Serum chemokine IL-8 acts as a biomarker for identifying COVID-19-associated persistent severe acute kidney injury by Zhi He, Jing-jing Liu, Shao-lei Ma

“…Among the four measured chemokines, only the IL-8 level was significantly elevated in the PS-AKI group than in the Non-PS-AKI group. …”
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Thoracic load carriage impairs the acute physiological response to hypoxia in healthy males by Daniel A. Baur, Caroline M. Lassalle, Stephanie P. Kurti

“…Finally, cerebral oxygenated/total hemoglobin were elevated in the LH condition versus UH starting at 15 min (p < 0.05). …”
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Serum fatty acid-binding protein 3 levels differentiate active from inactive myositis and correlate with response to therapy by Latika Gupta, Sanjukta Majumder, Amita Aggarwal, Ramnath Misra, Able Lawrence

“…Conclusion: Serum FABP3 is elevated in active IIM, especially early disease, and decreases with treatment among responders. …”
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Empagliflozin Reverses Oxidized LDL-Induced RECK Suppression, Cardiotrophin-1 Expression, MMP Activation, and Human Aortic Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation and Migration by Bysani Chandrasekar, Srinivas Mummidi, Vincent G. DeMarco, Yusuke Higashi

“…Oxidatively modified low-density lipoproteins (OxLDL) elevate oxidative stress levels, inflammatory responses, and matrix metallopeptidase (MMP) activation, resulting ultimately in SMC migration, proliferation, and phenotype change. …”
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The role of HSPA14 in breast cancer: implications for tumorigenesis, immune response modulation, and personalized therapies by Ruipeng Zhao, Xiaocun Zhu, Wan Wei, Linlin Zhen

“…The mRNA expression of HSPA14 was validated through cell experiments.Results HSPA14 expression is elevated in breast cancer, which is associated with poor overall survival. …”
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STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL CONDITION OF THE KNEE JOINT IN PATIENTS WITH MONOGONARTHROSIS IN THE STAGE OF EXACERBATION by Taras Khanyk

“…Based on the definition of CRP, subgroups were distinguished: A1 (n=71; 56.8%) with a normal level and A2 (n=47; 37.6%) with elevated CRP. In 7 (5.6%) patients diagnosed seropositive unspecified rheumatoid monoarthritis with hypertrophic synovitis (group B). …”
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Effect of intercropping Lolium perenne in Ziziphus jujuba orchards on soil quality in the canopy by Yao Ma, Bin Cao, Xiaojia Wang, Weijun Chen

“…Furthermore, high-density ryegrass intercropping elevated the soil’s organic matter content by 36.09% and ameliorated both the pH and cation exchange capacity. …”
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Cortistatin-14 Exerts Neuroprotective Effect Against Microglial Activation, Blood-brain Barrier Disruption, and Cognitive Impairment in Sepsis-associated Encephalopathy by Qiang Wen, Qian Ding, Jinchao Wang, Yanhua Yin, Shangchen Xu, Yuanrong Ju, Hongsheng Ji, Bin Liu

“…The novel object recognition test (NORT), open field test (OFT), elevated plus maze test (EPMT), and tail suspension test (TST) were used to explore the behavioral performance of the mice. …”
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Effects of Lipoic Acid Supplementation on Activities of Cyclooxygenases and Levels of Prostaglandins E2 and F2α Metabolites, in the Offspring of Rats with Streptozotocin-Induced Di... by Hisham Y. Al-Matubsi, Ghaleb A. Oriquat, Mahmoud Abu-Samak, Othman A. Al Hanbali, Maher D. Salim

“…Decreased levels of PGEM and elevated levels of PGFM in the fetuses, placentas, and membranes were characteristic of experimental diabetic gestation associated with malformation. …”
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Plasma Inflammatory Biomarkers Indicative of Aging and Overweight in Brazilian Women by Débora Nonato Miranda de Toledo, Priscilla Vilela dos Santos, Nathalia Sernizon Guimarães, Alessandra de Paula Carli, Patrícia Regina Soares de Souza, Luiza Oliveira Perucci, Caio César de Souza Alves, André Talvani

“…However, when volunteers were grouped according to body mass index, CXCL16, IL-33, and leptin were elevated and associated with overweight. Together, plasma levels of CK, CXCL16, IL-33, and leptin were identified as promising indicators of immunosenescence, regardless of weight parameters. …”
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Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Hepatitis E Vaccination in Reproductive-Age Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Vaidas Jotautis, Antigoni Sarantaki

“…However, there was an elevated risk of miscarriage (odds ratio [OR], 1.60; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.99–2.57). …”
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LEACH-D: A low-energy, low-delay data transmission method for industrial internet of things wireless sensors by Desheng Liu, Chen Liang, Hongwei Mo, Xiaowei Chen, Dequan Kong, Peng Chen

“…The LEACH-D algorithm improves the transmission task duration while maintaining consistent battery energy consumption. It also seeks to elevate performance in metrics such as average transmission time during the first node death (FND). …”
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