Clinical efficacy and safety of first‐line nilotinib or imatinib therapy in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia—Nationwide real life data by Petra Belohlavkova, Daniela Zackova, Hana Klamova, Edgar Faber, Michal Karas, Lukas Stejskal, Eduard Cmunt, Olga Cerna, Ivana Jeziskova, Katerina Machova Polakova, Pavel Zak, Tereza Jurkova, Marika Chrapava, Jiri Mayer

“…Results Nilotinib‐treated patients achieved complete cytogenetic response (CCyR) and major molecular response more rapidly than imatinib‐treated patients. …”
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Invasion of glioma cells through confined space requires membrane tension regulation and mechano-electrical coupling via Plexin-B2 by Chrystian Junqueira Alves, Theodore Hannah, Sita Sadia, Christy Kolsteeg, Angela Dixon, Robert J. Wiener, Ha Nguyen, Murray J. Tipping, Júlia Silva Ladeira, Paula Fernandes da Costa Franklin, Nathália de Paula Dutra de Nigro, Rodrigo Alves Dias, Priscila V. Zabala Capriles, José P. Rodrigues Furtado de Mendonça, Paul A. Slesinger, Kevin D. Costa, Hongyan Zou, Roland H. Friedel

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Protective effect and mechanism of Sufentanil on acute lung injury in septic mice by Hongqiao Hou, Bowen Jiang, Aiqing Zhu, Junjun Hou, Zhe Qu, Ruping Liu, Aiqun Li

“…According to the results of network pharmacology, a total of 40 common targets of were screened out for Sufentanil and pulmonary sepsis, and GO enrichment analysis involved 1,483 biological processes (BPs), 84 cellular components (CCs) and 125 molecular functions (MFs); KEGG enrichment analysis identified 137 signaling pathways with p < 0.05 such as JAK-STAT. …”
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Reagent-free Hyperspectral Diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Saliva Samples by Brandon Saint-John, Alejandro Wolf-Yadlin, Daniel E. Jacobsen, Jamie L. Inman, Serge Gart, Matt Keener, Cynthia McMurray, Antoine M. Snijders, Harshini Mukundan, Jessica Z. Kubicek-Sutherland, James B. Brown

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Case report: Selpercatinib in the treatment of RET fusion-positive advanced lung adenocarcinoma: a challenging clinical case by Raffaella Pagliaro, Raffaella Pagliaro, Paola Maria Medusa, Paola Maria Medusa, Fabiana Vitiello, Luigi Aronne, Luigi Aronne, Susan F. M. Campbell, Susan F. M. Campbell, Fabio Perrotta, Fabio Perrotta, Andrea Bianco, Andrea Bianco

“…BackgroundRearranged during transfection (RET) fusions represent a distinct molecular subset of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with targeted therapeutic potential. …”
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The Global Burden of Emerging and Re-Emerging Orbiviruses in Livestock: An Emphasis on Bluetongue Virus and Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus by Shanta Barua, Eaftekhar Ahmed Rana, M. Asaduzzaman Prodhan, Syeda Hasina Akter, Jully Gogoi-Tiwari, Subir Sarker, Henry Annandale, Debbie Eagles, Sam Abraham, Jasim M. Uddin

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Unusual hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: case report of an early onset wild-type ATTR amyloidosis accompanied by a chromosomal duplication involving the MYH6 and MYH7 gene by Jassin Hamidi, Yvonne Hanel, Sven Dittmann, Wanda Maria Gerding, Huu Phuc Nguyen, Karin Klingel, Eric Schulze-Bahr

“…Typical symptoms associated with HCM include atrial fibrillation (AF), syncope, ventricular fibrillation, and cardiac arrest. At the molecular level, various genetic and/or non-genetic etiologies can lead to HCM.Case summaryIn this case, we report on a 60-year-old male patient with severe, progressive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) in an uncommon and ambivalent setting. …”
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Branched endosomal disruptor (BEND) lipids mediate delivery of mRNA and CRISPR-Cas9 ribonucleoprotein complex for hepatic gene editing and T cell engineering by Marshall S. Padilla, Kaitlin Mrksich, Yiming Wang, Rebecca M. Haley, Jacqueline J. Li, Emily L. Han, Rakan El-Mayta, Emily H. Kim, Sofia Dias, Ningqiang Gong, Sridatta V. Teerdhala, Xuexiang Han, Vivek Chowdhary, Lulu Xue, Zain Siddiqui, Hannah M. Yamagata, Dongyoon Kim, Il-Chul Yoon, James M. Wilson, Ravi Radhakrishnan, Michael J. Mitchell

“…Immense effort has been placed on optimizing the ionizable lipid (IL) structure, which contains an amine core conjugated to lipid tails, as small molecular adjustments can result in substantial changes in the overall efficacy of the resulting LNPs. …”
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Preoperative prediction of multiple biological characteristics in colorectal cancer using MRI and machine learning by Qiao-yi Huang, Hui-da Zheng, Bin Xiong, Qi-ming Huang, Kai Ye, Shu Lin, Jian-hua Xu

“…Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most prevalent cause of oncological mortality, and its diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making processes is complex. Alteration in molecular characteristic expression is closely related to tumor invasiveness and can serve a novel biomarker for predicting cancer prognosis. …”
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Identification and validation of glucose metabolism-related gene signature in endometrial cancer by Juan Jiang, Nan Xia, Mei Yang, Ping Qiu, Wei Zhu, Jing Chen, Jiamei Zhu

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Mechanism of dexmedetomidine protection against cisplatin induced acute kidney injury in rats by Zeng-lu Zheng, Jun-wei Ma, Yi Luo, Gui-jin Liang, Shi-jie Lei, Ke-jin Yan, Hai-bing Meng, Xiu-juan Liu

“…Objective This study explored the molecular mechanisms by which dexmedetomidine (Dex) alleviates cisplatin (CP)-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) in rats.Methods CP-induced AKI models were established, and Dex was intraperitoneally injected at different concentrations into rats in the model groups. …”
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Narrative Review of Free Radicals and Reactive Oxygen Species in Otitis Media by Jeongmin Lee, Seok Min Hong, Yong Sung Choi, Jinseok Lee, Joon Hyung Yeo, Sung Soo Kim, Jae Min Lee, Dong Keon Yon, Seung Geun Yeo

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<i>MTHFR</i> Gene Polymorphisms and Cancer Risk in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Savvas Kolanis, Eleni P. Kotanidou, Vasiliki Rengina Tsinopoulou, Elisavet Georgiou, Emmanuel Hatzipantelis, Liana Fidani, Assimina Galli-Tsinopoulou

“…<b>Methods:</b> After a systematic search of all of the available data, original case–control studies involving children or adolescents with a confirmed diagnosis of any type of cancer and a molecular genetic test of <i>MTHFR</i> gene polymorphisms were included. …”
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Hyaluronic Acid (800 kDa) Supplementation of University of Wisconsin Solution Improves Viability of Osteochondral Grafts and Reduces Matrix Metalloproteinase Expression during Cold... by Takuya Yamada, Kentaro Uchida, Kenji Onuma, Gen Inoue, Jun Aikawa, Shotaro Takano, Hiroyuki Sekiguchi, Hisako Fujimaki, Masayuki Miyagi, Masashi Takaso

“…Here, we evaluated whether the supplementation of preservation solution with one of three different molecular weight forms of hyaluronic acid (HA) improved the viability of rat OCTs during long-term cold storage. …”
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Behavioral Improvement and Regulation of Molecules Related to Neuroplasticity in Ischemic Rat Spinal Cord Treated with PEDF by Chary Marquez Batista, Leonardo Luis Torres Bianqui, Bruno Bonganha Zanon, Mauricio Menezes Aben Athar Ivo, Gabriela Pintar de Oliveira, Jessica Ruivo Maximino, Gerson Chadi

“…Molecules related to neuroplasticity (MAP-2), those that are able to modulate such event, for instance, neurotrophic factors (NT-3, GDNF, BDNF, and FGF-2), chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPG), and those associated with angiogenesis and antiapoptosis (laminin and Bcl-2) and Eph (receptor)/ephrin system were evaluated at cellular or molecular levels. PEDF injection improved motor behavioral performance and increased MAP-2 levels and dendritic processes in the region of lumbar CPG. …”
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The InBIO Barcoding Initiative Database: contribution to the knowledge of DNA barcodes of the vascular plants of north-eastern Portugal by João Queirós, Rodrigo Silva, Catarina J. Pinho, Hélia Vale-Gonçalves, Ricardo Pita, Paulo Alves, Pedro Beja, Joana Paupério, Miguel Porto

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An Experience of Jigsaw as a New Educational Method in Dentistry by Atekeh Movaghari pour, Mostafa Sadeghi, Foad Iranmanesh, Fatemeh Sadat Emami, Faezeh Esmaeili Ranjbar

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Biofilmed-PGPR: Next-Generation Bioinoculant for Plant Growth Promotion in Rice under Changing Climate by Jeberlin Prabina Bright, Hemant S. Maheshwari, Sugitha Thangappan, Kahkashan Perveen, Najat A. Bukhari, Debasis Mitra, Riyaz Sayyed, Andrea Mastinu

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MEK Inhibition Targets Cancer Stem Cells and Impedes Migration of Pancreatic Cancer Cells In Vitro and In Vivo by Karolin Walter, Kanishka Tiwary, Marija Trajkovic-Arsic, Ana Hidalgo-Sastre, Laura Dierichs, Sven T. Liffers, Jiangning Gu, Johann Gout, Lucas-Alexander Schulte, Jan Münch, Thomas Seufferlein, Bruno Sainz, Jens T. Siveke, Eva Rodriguez-Aznar, Patrick C. Hermann

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DKK3 promotes renal fibrosis by increasing MFF-mediated mitochondrial dysfunction in Wnt/β-catenin pathway-dependent manner by Jianling Song, Yanxia Chen, Yan Chen, Minzi Qiu, Wenliu Xiang, Ben Ke, Xiangdong Fang

“…Western blotting, IHC, and qRT-PCR were performed to detect molecular expression levels. Immunofluorescence was applied to determine the subcellular localization. …”
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