In Vitro models of leukemia development: the role of very small leukemic stem-like cells in the cellular transformation cascade by Jan Jakub Lica, Jan Jakub Lica, Joanna Jakóbkiewicz-Banecka, Andrzej Hellmann

“…In continuously growing cell lines, for the first time, our team’s follow-up research on leukemia, lung cancer, and healthy embryonic kidney cells revealed stages that resembles very small precursor stem cells. …”
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Longitudinal Analysis of Adiponectin through 20-Year Type 1 Diabetes Duration by Tamara J. LeCaire, Mari Palta

“…The relationship between adiponectin and urinary protein excretion may enable identification of those predisposed to kidney disease earlier in type 1 diabetes.…”
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Arsenic contamination in GBM plains with a focus on Bihar, India: risks and remediation by Nishita Ivy

“…The risk of cancers in human organs like skin, bladder, kidney, liver, and lung has been increasing in the state with the prevalence of high As levels, particularly near and north of the Ganga river. …”
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Peritoneal Equilibration Test in Costa Rica: Discrepancies from Other Populations by Marta Avellan-Boza, Fabio Hernández, Allan Ramos-Esquivel

“…Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) is a kidney replacement therapy that has been recently incorporated in developing countries. …”
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Propofol Infusion Syndrome in Adults: A Clinical Update by Aibek E. Mirrakhimov, Prakruthi Voore, Oleksandr Halytskyy, Maliha Khan, Alaa M. Ali

“…The disease commonly presents as an otherwise unexplained high anion gap metabolic acidosis, rhabdomyolysis, hyperkalemia, acute kidney injury, elevated liver enzymes, and cardiac dysfunction. …”
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Blood Reference Intervals for Antillean Manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) from Puerto Rico by Antonio A. Mignucci-Giannoni, Mayela M. Alsina-Guerrero

“…These analytes were grouped based on six physiologic processes: liver-associated enzymes and pigments; muscle-associated enzymes; kidney-associated compounds and products; sugars, lipids, and pancreatic-associated enzymes; proteins; and electrolytes. …”
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Research progress of gut microbiome and diabetic nephropathy by Chenling Chu, Tapas Ranjan Behera, Ying Huang, Wenhui Qiu, Jiayi Chen, Quanquan Shen, Quanquan Shen

“…With the rapid development of technology, researchers have found that gut microbiota is closely related to the progression of diabetic kidney disease. This review explores the role of gut microbiome in diabetic nephropathy summarizing proposed mechanisms of progression and focusing on microbial metabolites, intestinal barrier disruption, inflammation, filtration barrier damage and renal fibrosis. …”
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Profile of Candida bloodstream infections among blood culture-positive patients at a tertiary care hospital by S. Shreya, K. Sandhya Bhat

“…The associated risk factors among patients with candidemia were diabetes (60%), chronic kidney disease (26.7%), acute respiratory distress syndrome (23.3%), chronic liver disease (23.3%), and cerebrovascular accident (16.7%). …”
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Anti-Inflammatory and Organ-Protective Effects of Resveratrol in Trauma-Hemorrhagic Injury by Fu-Chao Liu, Yung-Fong Tsai, Hsin-I Tsai, Huang-Ping Yu

“…In the recent studies, resveratrol attenuates hepatocyte injury and improves cardiac contractility due to reduction of proinflammatory mediator expression and ameliorates hypoxia-induced liver and kidney mitochondrial dysfunction following trauma and hemorrhagic injuries. …”
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Calcific Uremic Arteriolopathy in Peritoneal Dialysis Populations by Nicholas New, Janaki Mohandas, George T. John, Sharad Ratanjee, Helen Healy, Leo Francis, Dwarakanathan Ranganathan

“…Calciphylaxis or calcific uremic arteriolopathy is an infrequent complication of end stage kidney disease. It is characterized by arteriolar medial calcification, thrombotic cutaneous ischemia, tissue necrosis often leading to ulceration, secondary infection and increased mortality rates. …”
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Cognitive reserve is associated with education, social determinants, and cognitive outcomes among older American Indians in the Strong Heart Study by Astrid M. Suchy-Dicey, W. T. Longstreth, Dedra S. Buchwald, Kristoffer Rhoads, Thomas J. Grabowski

“…Better cognitive reserve was significantly associated with more education, higher income, lower prevalence of depression, lower prevalence of diabetes, and lower prevalence of kidney disease, but we found no statistically significant evidence for an association with plasma biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, APOE e4 carrier status, alcohol use, body mass, or hypertension. …”
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A Very Rare Complication of Hepatitis A Infection: Acute Myocarditis—A Case Report with Literature Review by Olivia Allen, Ahmed Edhi, Adam Hafeez, Alexandra Halalau

“…In addition, extrahepatic manifestations have been reported, including urticarial and maculopapular rash, acute kidney injury, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, aplastic anemia, acute pancreatitis, mononeuritis, reactive arthritis, glomerulonephritis, cryoglobulinemia, Guillain–Barre syndrome, and pleural or pericardial effusion. …”
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Gut microbiota axis: potential target of phytochemicals from plant-based foods by Ruyu Shi, Congying Huang, Yuan Gao, Xing Li, Chunhong Zhang, Minhui Li

“…In this review, we summarize the role of gut microbiota in the communication between the gut and the brain, liver, lung, kidney, and joints, as well as the role of the gut microbiota axis in diseases involving these organs. …”
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Exploring mechanisms of insulin action and strategies to treat diabetes by Takayoshi Sasako

“…Not only the liver but also the proximal tubules of the kidney are important in the regulation of gluconeogenesis, and we revealed that insulin suppresses gluconeogenesis in accordance with absorbed glucose in the latter tissue. …”
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Protective Effect of Thyme Extract on Albino Rats Exposed to Paraquat by Nazar M. Shareef Mahmood

“…Paraquat administration showed significant decrease in BW, food intake, liver, kidney weight also PQ increased malondialdehyde (MDA), low density lipoprotein (LDL), alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and, uric acid (UA) significantly. …”
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Ultrasound-Guided Interscalene Brachial Plexus Block for Pathological Humerus Fracture due to Multiple Myeloma with Systemic Manifestation: Useful Option for Management in Low-Inco... by Pawan Kumar Hamal, Bibena Lamichhane, Nabin Pokhrel, Janith Singh, Rupesh Kumar Yadav

“…We present a case of a 53-year-old lady with pathological fracture of left humerus shaft, a diagnosed case of multiple myeloma with compression fracture of multiple lumbar spine with chest wall metastasis with resolving acute kidney injury with chest infections. Ultrasound-guided interscalene brachial plexus block with sedation was done for open reduction internal fixation of humerus shaft fracture taking in consideration the overall high perioperative risk of patient. …”
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Protective Effect of Thyme Extract on Albino Rats Exposed to Paraquat by Nazar M. Shareef Mahmood

“…Paraquat administration showed significant decrease in BW, food intake, liver, kidney weight also PQ increased malondialdehyde (MDA), low density lipoprotein (LDL), alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and, uric acid (UA) significantly. …”
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Association of Oxidative Stress Markers with Atherogenic Index of Plasma in Adult Sickle Cell Nephropathy by M. A. Emokpae, P. O. Uadia

“…Antioxidant enzymes, malondialdehyde(MDA), urea, creatinine, and glomerular filtration rate were evaluated in 110 confirmed sickle cell disease patients: 65 males in steady state, aged 21.1±6.0 years, 30 males with macroalbuminuria, aged 24.5±7.0, years and 15 with chronic kidney disease (CKD), aged 31.8±2.0 years. The mean activity levels of glutathione peroxidase (GPx), superoxide dismutase (Cu/ZnSOD), and catalase (CAT) were significantly lower (P<0.001) in SCD with macroalbuminuria and CKD while MDA was higher (P<0.001) in SCD with macroalbuminuria and CKD compared with controls. …”
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Subclinical systolic dysfunction in children with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome identified by speckle tracking echocardiography by Mohamed Hashem Mahgoob, Amr Mostafa Setouhi

“…Abstract Background Steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS) is a clinical phenotype of nephrotic syndrome (NS) that does not respond to steroid therapy and usually results in kidney failure. The aim of this study was to determine whether children with SRNS have subclinical left ventricular systolic dysfunction and, if so, to identify the risk factors for myocardial involvement in those children. …”
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DETECTION OF CO-INFECTION IN DISEASED GUPPY (POECILIA RETICULATA): TETRAHYMENA SP., MYXOBOLUS SP. AND OPPORTUNISTIC BACTERIA by Cigdem Urku, Mustafa Kemal Meydan

“…Histopathologically, cytoplasmic vacuolation in the liver, degeneration, and necrosis of the tubular epithelium and granuloma-like structure in the kidney, vacuolization of epithelial cells in the intestinal lumen, hyperplasia of the gill and Tetrahymena sp. between necrotic muscles were observed. …”
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