Transarterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma: Treatment algorithm proposed by Chinese College of Interventionalists (CCI) by Hai-Dong Zhu, Rong Liu, Zhong-Zhi Jia, Dong-Dong Xia, Bin-Yan Zhong, Wen-Zhe Fan, Jian Lu, Ming Zhao, Gao-Jun Teng

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Prevalence of cataracts in Iran based on the Persian eye cohort study by Fateme Alipour, Parisa Abdi, Hassan Asadigandomani, Mehran Rezakhani, Fatemeh Moosaie, Fateme Jafari, Mehdi Yaseri, Nazgol Motamed-Gorji, Fahimeh Khalili, Roya Tavakoli, Abolfazl Tahkor, Masoome Mohseni, Samira Salimpour, Seyed Mohammad Javad Mousavi Aref, Mohammad Mirzaei, Mohammadreza Soleimani, Kourosh Shahraki, Yousef Alizade, Mohammad Reza Shoja, Gholam Reza Khataminia, Mahmoud Jabbarvand Behrouz, Hassan Hashemi

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Alleviation of Hepatic Ischemia Reperfusion Injury by Oleanolic Acid Pretreating via Reducing HMGB1 Release and Inhibiting Apoptosis and Autophagy by Wenwen Wang, Liwei Wu, Jingjing Li, Jie Ji, Kan Chen, Qiang Yu, Sainan Li, Jiao Feng, Tong Liu, Jie Zhang, Jiaojiao Chen, Yuting Zhou, Yuqing Mao, Fan Wang, Weiqi Dai, Xiaoming Fan, Chuanyong Guo, Jianye Wu

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Induction of phospholipase A2 group 4C by HCV infection regulates lipid droplet formation by Masahiko Ito, Jie Liu, Masayoshi Fukasawa, Koji Tsutsumi, Yumi Kanegae, Mitsutoshi Setou, Michinori Kohara, Tetsuro Suzuki

“…Impact and implications:: The involvement of phospholipid metabolism pathways in the pathogenesis of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related liver diseases remains unclear. We found that PLA2G4C expression is upregulated through NF-κB and c-Myc activation upon HCV infection, and this upregulation is associated with a decrease in phosphatidylcholine species. …”
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Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its association with adverse obstetric outcomes among pregnant women in Uganda: a cross-sectional study by Cristina Reverzani, Daniel Zaake, Faridah Nansubuga, Herman Ssempewo, Leonard Manirakiza, Anthony Kayiira, Gilbert Tumwine

“…We excluded pregnant women admitted to the hospital longer than 1 week before delivery; pregnant women with self-reported pre-existing kidney diseases, liver diseases, or gut or malabsorption disorders and pregnant women with severe pregnancy-unrelated comorbidities requiring intensive care unit admission before delivery.Interventions Maternal venous blood was collected at admission, and serum 25-hydroxy-vitamin D (25(OH)D) was measured by an electrochemiluminescence binding assay.Primary and secondary outcome measures Maternal sociodemographic characteristics and obstetric-medical factors, and adverse maternal and foetal outcomes were captured by using a data collection form. …”
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HIF-1α and VEGF Immunophenotypes as Potential Biomarkers in the Prognosis and Evaluation of Treatment Efficacy of Atherosclerosis: A Systematic Review of the Literature by Dimitra P. Vageli, Panagiotis G. Doukas, Dimitrios Georgiou, Michailangelos P. Prokopiou, Nefeli E. Ladaki, Androniki Papadopoulou, Sotirios G. Doukas, Konstantina Zacharouli, Konstantinos P. Makaritsis, Maria Ioannou

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Second-line treatment patterns and outcomes in advanced HCC after progression on atezolizumab/bevacizumab by Meng Wu, Claudia A.M. Fulgenzi, Antonio D’Alessio, Alessio Cortellini, Ciro Celsa, Giulia F. Manfredi, Bernardo Stefanini, Y. Linda Wu, Yi-Hsiang Huang, Anwaar Saeed, Angelo Pirozzi, Tiziana Pressiani, Lorenza Rimassa, Martin Schoenlein, Kornelius Schulze, Johann von Felden, Yehia Mohamed, Ahmed O. Kaseb, Arndt Vogel, Natascha Roehlen, Marianna Silletta, Naoshi Nishida, Masatoshi Kudo, Caterina Vivaldi, Lorenz Balcar, Bernhard Scheiner, Matthias Pinter, Amit G. Singal, Joshua Glover, Susanna Ulahannan, Fredrich Foerster, Arndt Weinmann, Peter R. Galle, Neehar D. Parikh, Wei-Fan Hsu, Alessandro Parisi, Hong Jae Chon, David J. Pinato, Celina Ang

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