Impact of invasive infections on clinical outcomes in acute pancreatitis: early predictive factors and implications for prophylactic anti-infective therapy by Fabienne Bender, Theresa König, Matthias Hecker, Moritz Fritzenwanker, Jacqueline Braun, Joern Pons-Kühnemann, Matthias Wolff, Andreas Hecker, Martin Reichert

“…Abstract Background The use of antibiotic therapy in acute pancreatitis remains controversial and is currently recommended only for confirmed infections of peripancreatic necrosis. …”
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Syngeneic natural killer cell therapy activates dendritic and T cells in metastatic lungs and effectively treats low-burden metastases by Shih-Wen Huang, Yein-Gei Lai, Hao-Ting Liao, Chin-Ling Chang, Ruo-Yu Ma, Yung-Hsiang Chen, Yae-Huei Liou, Zhen-Qi Wu, Yu-Chen Wu, Ko-Jiunn Liu, Yen-Tsung Huang, Jen-Lung Yang, Ming-Shen Dai, Nan-Shih Liao

“…However, autologous NK cell therapy has shown limited benefit in treating patients with metastatic solid tumors. …”
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Real-World Experience of Imipenem–Relebactam Treatment as Salvage Therapy in Difficult-to-Treat Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections (IMRECOR Study) by Isabel Machuca, Arantxa Dominguez, Rosario Amaya, Cristina Arjona, Irene Gracia-Ahufinger, Maravillas Carralon, Rosa Giron, Isabel Gea, Natividad De Benito, Andres Martin, Fatima Galan, Jose Antonio Martinez, Rayden Iglesias, Jaume Revuelto, Juan Jose Caston, Angela Cano, Elisa Ruiz-Arabi, Luis Martínez-Martínez, Julian Torre-Cisneros

“…Infectious Diseases and Therapy…”
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Factors Related to Significant Improvement of Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rates in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients Receiving Telbivudine Therapy by Te-Fu Lin, Ping-I Hsu, Kung-Hung Lin, Feng-Woei Tsay, Tzung-Jiun Tsai, Yan-Hua Chen, Hsien-Chung Yu

“…The improvement of estimated glomerular filtration rates (eGFRs) in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients receiving telbivudine therapy is well known. The aim of this study was to clarify the kinetics of eGFRs and to identify the significant factors related to the improvement of eGFRs in telbivudine-treated CHB patients in a real-world setting. …”
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Catheter replacement combined with antiplatelet therapy in hemodialysis catheter-related right atrial thrombus: a potential treatment approach by Jibo Sun, Yu Liu, Jiehao Chen, Yaojia Zhou, Hong Fan, Qiuyan Zhao

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Dual-Modality Monitoring of Tumor Response to Cyclophosphamide Therapy in Mice with Bioluminescence Imaging and Small-Animal Positron Emission Tomography by Xibo Ma, Zhaofei Liu, Xin Yang, Qiujuan Gao, Shouping Zhu, Chenghu Qin, Kai Liu, Bo Zhang, Dong Han, Fan Wang, Jie Tian

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MOF-derived intelligent arenobufagin nanocomposites with glucose metabolism inhibition for enhanced bioenergetic therapy and integrated photothermal-chemodynamic-chemotherapy by Lihua Chen, Jiaying Yang, Lingyu Jia, Xiaolu Wei, Huijun Wang, Zhuo Liu, Shan Jiang, Pengyue Li, Yanyan Zhou, Hongjie Wang, Nan Si, Baolin Bian, Qinghe Zhao, Haiyu Zhao

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Effectiveness and safety of pembrolizumab, nivolumab, and atezolizumab as adjuvant therapy for high-risk muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma: an indirect comparison by Wei Chen, Wei Chen, Soichiro Yoshida, Noriyoshi Miura, Shohei Fukuda, Hiroshi Fukushima, Yuma Waseda, Hajime Tanaka, Yasuhisa Fujii

“…BackgroundThe effectiveness of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) as adjuvant therapy for muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma (MIUC) with high recurrence risk has been demonstrated. …”
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A management of patients achieving clinical complete response after neoadjuvant therapy and perspectives: on locally advanced rectal cancer by Yu-Xin Liu, Xin-Rong Yang, Lan-Qing Peng, Zhuo-Hong Li

“…To ensure appropriate treatment, this review focuses on the choice of neoadjuvant therapy, criteria for defining cCR, and treatment strategies for patients who achieve cCR after neoadjuvant therapy. …”
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Uric Acid-Induced Adipocyte Dysfunction Is Attenuated by HO-1 Upregulation: Potential Role of Antioxidant Therapy to Target Obesity by Komal Sodhi, Jordan Hilgefort, George Banks, Chelsea Gilliam, Sarah Stevens, Hayden A. Ansinelli, Morghan Getty, Nader G. Abraham, Joseph I. Shapiro, Zeid Khitan

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Effects of Undernutrition and Predictors on the Survival Status of HIV-Positive Children after Started Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) in Northwest Ethiopia by Mulugeta Molla, Fassikaw Kebede, Tsehay Kebede, Assefa Haile

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Effect of Jin's Three-Needle Therapy Combined with Behavioral Intervention on Preschool Children with Mild-to-Moderate Autism Spectrum Disorder by HONG Yu, KANG Jie, GUO Jingmin, LIU Guihua, OU Ping, CHEN Xiaofang, HUANG Longsheng

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Internet use and e-health literacy among tuberculosis patients in the Directly Observed Therapy Centre, Lagos State, Nigeria by Olalekan Moses Olayemi, Timothy Shola Abolarinwa

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Case of Stroke from Cerebral Vasculitis following Carfilzomib, Lenalidomide, and Dexamethasone Therapy in a Patient with Relapsing Multiple Myeloma by Deborah Osafehinti, Kaveh Zivari

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Anti-VEGF therapy improves EGFR-vIII-CAR-T cell delivery and efficacy in syngeneic glioblastoma models in mice by Dai Fukumura, Rakesh K Jain, Jun Ren, Xinyue Dong, Zohreh Amoozgar, Somin Lee, Meenal Datta, Sylvie Roberge, Mark Duquette

“…Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer…”
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Neuropsychological features of patients of reproductive age diagnosed with breast cancer at the stage of surgical treatment using xenon-oxygen therapy by D. A. Rozenko, A. I. Shikhlyarova, L. N. Vaschenko, N. N. Popova, Yu. Yu. Arapova, A. Yu. Ardzha, A. A. Korobov

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Characterization of heart failure patients with reverse left ventricular remodelling post‐angiotensin receptor blockers/neprilysin inhibitors therapy by Leonid Maizels, Yishay Wasserstrum, Boris Fishman, Amitai Segev, David Ben‐Nun, Anan Younis, Dov Freimark, Israel Mazin, Avishay Grupper

“…Clinical and echocardiographic parameters were evaluated prior to ARNI initiation, and while on ARNI therapy, assessing patient characteristics associated with reverse LV remodelling. …”
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Meta-Analysis of Integrated Therapeutic Methods in Noninvasive Lower Back Pain Therapy (LBP): The Role of Interdisciplinary Functional Diagnostics by Aleksandra Bitenc-Jasiejko, Krzysztof Konior, Danuta Lietz-Kijak

“…Ultimately, the article introduces and postulates the need to systematize therapeutic procedures in LBP therapy, with a long-term perspective.…”
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Impact of HER2 Expression on the Prognosis of Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Patients Treated with Bladder-Preservation Comprehensive Therapy by Yatong Chen, Fei Luo, Tingji Zhang, Jian Li

“…Objective To investigate HER2 expression in MIBC patients and its correlations with clinical characteristics, to analyze the impact of HER2 expression on the prognosis of MIBC patients administered bladder-preservation comprehensive therapy, and to explore the efficacy and safety of RC48-ADC in MIBC patients administered bladder-preservation comprehensive therapy. …”
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Combination of Triple Therapy and Chronic PPI Use May Decrease Risk of Colonic Adenomatous Polyps in Helicobacter pylori Infection by Rina Zuniga, Josef Bautista, Katherine Sapra, Keith Westerfield, Susan Williams, Alexander M. Sy

“…Presence of polyps was the outcome of interest, whereas age, sex, race, H. pylori infection, triple therapy, and chronic PPI use were independent variables. …”
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