Invasion of pancreatic ductal epithelial cells by Enterococcus faecalis is mediated by fibronectin and enterococcal fibronectin-binding protein A by Munefumi Shimosaka, Jumpei Kondo, Mamika Sonoda, Rui Kawaguchi, Emika Noda, Kaho Nishikori, Asuka Ogata, Shinji Takamatsu, Ken Sasai, Hirofumi Akita, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Yoshihiro Kamada, Shigefumi Okamoto, Eiji Miyoshi

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart failure in real life: the tip of the iceberg in the sea of comorbidities. A prospective observational study by Ombretta Para, Marco Vanetti, Chiara Dibonaventura, Davide Salerno, Lorenzo Caruso, Christian Carleo, Asim Raza, Carlo Nozzoli, Antonio Spanevello

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Preoperative neck ultrasound combined with pathological data can significantly impact the outcome of medullary thyroid carcinoma by Maurilio Deandrea, Tommaso Piticchio, Alberto Mormile, Francesca Retta, Giovanni Canale, Alessandra Caracciolo, Lorenzo Daniele, Pierpaolo Trimboli

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Two rare cases of primary clear cell adenocarcinoma of the urethra: clinical experience, case report and literature review by Bohao Jiang, Jiyuan Hu, Benqiao Wang, Xujia Liu, Ling Tong, Yitong Xu, Hao Zhang

“…In contrast, the prognosis of case 2 remained uneventful 10 months after surgery without recurrence. After presenting our cases, we launched a literature review that included 23 articles and 33 cases of CCAU to summarize the characteristics of the disease.ConclusionPrimary clear cell adenocarcinoma of the urethra is a rare malignant urethral tumor with controversial histological origins. …”
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Visual, clinical and quality of life outcomes of a new multifocal IOL with optimized diffractive grating: a non-randomized clinical trial by João Marcelo de Almeida Gusmão Lyra, Mariana Silva Gois de Almeida, Lucila de Albuquerque Barbosa Lira, Laís Oliveira dos Santos, Mateus Lins dos Santos, Jorge Artur Peçanha de Miranda Coelho

“…Methods Participants who met the inclusion criteria underwent implantation of the BIOS Trifocal IOL and were assessed at 30 and 90 days post-surgery. The evaluations included measurements of patient-reported outcomes using the NEI-VFQ 25 at postoperative day 30 and uncorrected and corrected distance visual acuity and defocus curves at postoperative day 90. …”
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Serum Fatty Acids and Risk of Cutaneous Melanoma: A Population-Based Case-Control Study by Marco Vinceti, Carlotta Malagoli, Laura Iacuzio, Catherine M. Crespi, Sabina Sieri, Vittorio Krogh, Sandra Marmiroli, Giovanni Pellacani, Elisabetta Venturelli

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Children with autistic spectrum disorder can imagine actions— what can this reveal about the Broken Mirror Hypothesis? by Jessica Galli, Jessica Galli, Laura Dusi, Gioacchino Garofalo, Gioacchino Garofalo, Alessandra Brizzi, Michela Gritti, Federica Polo, Elisa Fazzi, Elisa Fazzi, Giovanni Buccino, Giovanni Buccino

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Photodynamic therapy combined with palliative resection and secondary healing for periocular basal cell carcinoma with inadequate surgical margins by Xiaoqing Wang, Ting Zhang, Tianhang Li, Yahui Feng, Li Ma, Dongmei Li, Yeqiang Song, Dongmei Shi

“…To address these challenges, we developed a regimen that combines palliative surgery with immediate PDT for pBCC cases with inadequate or positive surgical margins. …”
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Combined Kidney-Liver, Heart-Liver, and Kidney-Pancreas Transplantations from a Single Deceased Donor by Matteo Ravaioli, Matteo Serenari, Matteo Cescon, Sofia Martin Suarez, Alessandro Cucchetti, Giorgio Ercolani, Massimo Del Gaudio, Fausto Catena, Cristina Morelli, Giorgio Arpesella, Antonio Daniele Pinna

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Effectiveness of the self-fatigue assessment in guiding early postoperative ambulation in gynaecological oncology patients: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Bo Chen, Xu Wang, Hong He, Xiaojie Huang, Qian Du, Shaoyong Xu, Xiaomin Qin, Tongting Kang

“…Introduction Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) guidelines strongly recommends that patients be in early postoperative ambulation within 24 hours. …”
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Comparison of the Effects of Articaine and Lidocaine Anesthetics on Blood Pressure after Maxillary Infiltration Technique: A Triple-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial by Amirhossein Moaddabi, Parisa Soltani, Maryam Zamanzadeh, Kamran Nosrati, Mojtaba Mollamirzaei, Mariangela Cernera, Gianrico Spagnuolo

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Safety profile of EZH2 inhibitors for cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Zhou Zhao, Xiufeng Chen, Huayang Pang, Yan Shi, Hao Sun

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A Decades-Long Journey of Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) for Chronic Neuropathic Pain Management: A Comprehensive Narrative Review by Giustino Varrassi, Martina Rekatsina, Matteo Luigi Giuseppe Leoni, Marco Cascella, Gabriele Finco, Salvatore Sardo, Chiara Corno, Domenico Tiso, Vittorio Schweiger, Diego Maria Michele Fornasari, Antonella Paladini

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Analysis of the prognostic value of thyroglobulin antibody change trends during follow-up after 131I treatment in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma by Hua Ge, Wenxin Chen, Zhiyi Lin, Yuxuan Li, Shuting Chen

“…ObjectivesThe prognostic value of thyroglobulin antibody (TgAb) and its trends during follow-up periods may guide the treatment plans in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) following surgery, however, there is still a lack of sufficient data. …”
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Clinical Value and Potential Mechanism of miRNA-33a-5p in Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Xiang-Ming Wang, Shang-Wei Chen, Gang Chen, Hua-Fu Zhou, Ting-Qing Gan, Jing-Jing Zeng, Zu-Yun Li

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Complex congenital heart and lung defects as a cause of hydrops fetalis in French bulldogs –micro-CT with contrast study by Olga Szaluś-Jordanow, Karolina Barszcz, Wojciech Mądry, Michał Buczyński, Michał Czopowicz, Adam Gierulski, Agata Moroz-Fik, Zofia Nowek, Marcin Mickiewicz, Michał Grzegorczyk, Jakub Jaroszewicz, Sylwia Tarka, Tomasz Stępień, Wojciech Święszkowski

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Chronic Kidney Disease Induced Intestinal Mucosal Barrier Damage Associated with Intestinal Oxidative Stress Injury by Chao Yu, Zhen Wang, Shanjun Tan, Qiang Wang, Chunyu Zhou, Xin Kang, Shuang Zhao, Shuai Liu, Huijun Fu, Zhen Yu, Ai Peng

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Isolation and Characterization of an Adult Stem Cell Population from Human Epidural Fat by Nedaa Al-Jezani, Roger Cho, Anand O. Masson, Brian Lenehan, Roman Krawetz, Frank G. Lyons

“…HEF was isolated from 10 patients during elective spinal surgery. HEF cells were differentiated along osteo-, adipo-, and chondrogenic lineages, with differentiation analyzed via qPCR and histology. …”
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Effect of integrated case-based and problem-based learning on clinical thinking skills of assistant general practitioner trainees: a randomized controlled trial by Dingyuan Jiang, Danpei Huang, Hua Wan, Wuliang Fu, Weidong Shi, Jin Li, Huan Zou, Niannan Hou, Qing Li, Nani Li

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Identification of HPV16 E1 and E2-specific T cells in the oropharyngeal cancer tumor microenvironment by Christine McInnis, Lakshmi Srinivasan, Anthony J Coyle, Shilpa Bhatia, Glenn J Hanna, Ann Marie Egloff, Brinda Vijaykumar, Qiaomu Tian, Yanbo Sun, Del Leistritz-Edwards, Charles T Quinn, Ravi Uppaluri, Daniel C Pregibon

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