Serum levels of interleukin-6 type cytokines and soluble interleukin-6 receptor in patients with rheumatoid arthritis by T. Robak, A. Gladalska, H. Stepień, E. Robak

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Insight into the avidity–affinity relationship of the bivalent, pH-dependent interaction between IgG and FcRn by Johannes Reusch, Jan Terje Andersen, Ulrich Rant, Tilman Schlothauer

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Comparison of citrate dialysate in pre- and post-dilution online hemodiafiltration: effect on clot formation and adequacy of dialysis in hemodialysis patients by Pasu Nakornchai, Arisara Jitraree, Monpinya Charttong Homjan, Thanachit Laykhram, Thananda Trakarnvanich

“…The values of Kt/V in both modalities were comparable except during the baseline phase, in which the values of pre-dilution were significantly greater than post-dilution (2.36 ± 0.52/week vs. 1.87 ± 0.33/week;95% CI −0.81 to −0.19, p = 0.002). …”
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A prediction risk score for HIV among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa: identifying those in need of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis by Reuben Christopher Moyo, Darshini Govindasamy, Samuel Om Manda, Peter Suwirakwenda Nyasulu

“…Results The estimated HIV prevalence was 12.4% (11.7% − 14.0) %. The score of the derived risk prediction model had a mean and standard deviation of 2.36 and 0.64 respectively and ranged from 0.37 to 4.59. …”
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From Nasion to Sellion: repositioning landmarks for radioprotection-tailored 3D cephalometric analysis by Marco Serafin, Benedetta Baldini, Elisa Boccalari, Salvatore Bocchieri, Sergio Sambataro, Chiarella Sforza, Giuseppe Baselli, Gianluca Martino Tartaglia, Alberto Caprioglio

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4D Printing of magneto- and thermo-responsive, adaptive and multimodal soft robots by Yuan Wang, Hanlin Zhu, Xin Ye, Yangwen Ge, Zhipan Jie, Yan Zhao, Chao Jiang

“…The robot can move in any direction on the ground smoothly and stably under the walking mode, and the stride can be precisely tuned from 2.6 to 8.4 mm. Our robots may find more applications in complex unstructured engineering environments by virtue of its multimodal locomotion and excellent adaptive performance.…”
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Associations among immunophenotype, plasma metabolites, and benign prostatic hyperplasia: a mediation Mendelian randomization study by FAN Jiuming, ZHAO Yiqiao, JIA Haichang, WANG Tiankun, HAN Yutong, QIN Zihao, CHEN Ping, ZENG Xiantao

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Prognostic role of mesangial IgM deposition in IgA nephropathy: a long-term cohort study by Gabriel Stefan, Simona Stancu, Adrian Zugravu, George Terinte-Balcan

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The use of urinary kidney injury molecule-1 and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin for diagnosis of hepato-renal syndrome in advanced cirrhotic patients by Mohamed Adel Abd Elaziz, Asmaa Mustafa Gouda Elewa, Dina Zaki Mohamed Zaki Abdel Hamid, Nohier Essam Soliman Ahmed Hassan, Éva Csongrádi, Emad Hamdy Hamouda Mohammed, Mohammed Abdel Gawad

“…Enrolled patients were divided in two groups; group 1: patients with advanced liver cirrhosis (child B and C) who have normal kidney functions while group 2: patients who developed HRS. Stata© version 14.2 software package was used for analysis.Results Group 1 included 18 males and 26 females compared to 25 males and 19 females in group 2 (p = 0.135). …”
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Geriatric nutritional risk index is associated with the occurrence of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients with acute heart failure by Sen Zhang, Nan Chen, Zhuo Huang, Ningyuan Yan, Liansheng Ma, Xiaoqin Gao

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Use of systemic therapies in adults with atopic dermatitis: 12-month results from the European prospective observational study in patients eligible for systemic therapy for atopic... by Marjolein de Bruin-Weller, Andrew E. Pink, Silvia M. Ferrucci, Annalisa Patrizi, Ake Svensson, Marie L. A. Schuttelaar, Marie Tauber, Marius Ardeleanu, Shyamalie Jayawardena, Moataz Daoud

“…The median duration of treatment was 1.1 months for oral systemic corticosteroids, 3.2 months for injectable corticosteroids, 4.8 months for cyclosporine, 7.3 months for methotrexate, and 14.9 months for dupilumab. The most frequent reasons for stopping treatment included lack of efficacy, patient decision, adverse events, and disease well controlled.Conclusion The 12-month interim EUROSTAD study analysis highlights the current trends and outcomes of systemic treatments for moderate-to-severe AD. …”
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Towards a Vaccine Against Rheumatic Fever by L. Guilherme, K. C. Faé, F. Higa, L. Chaves, S. E. Oshiro, S. Freschi de Barros, C. Puschel, M. A. Juliano, A. C. Tanaka, G. Spina, J. Kalil

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Role of the epithelial layer in the generation of superoxide anion by the guinea-pig isolated trachea by G. Sadeghi-Hashjin, P. A. J. Henricks, G. Folkerts, T. Muis, J. Garssen, F. P. Nijkamp

“…Histologic examination showed that the number of eosinophils in the tracheal tissue was reduced from 56 ± 7 to 18 ± 8 per mm basal membrane when the epithelial layer was removed. …”
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Heterologous expression of SpsTAC2 in Arabidopsis affected branch angle and secondary vascular system development by Fangshu Niu, Mengru Yuan, Hongxia Zhao, Zhi Pang, Jie Yan, RuiXie Ning, Lin Shi, Fengqiang Yu, Dongshan Wei, Rong Yang, Runming Zhang, Haifeng Yang

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Factors associated with post-hospitalization dialysis dependence in ECMO patients who required continuous renal replacement therapy by Carlos Rodrigo Franco Palacios, Rudiona Hoxhaj, Catlyn Thigpen, Jeffrey Jacob

“…These patients had a higher median baseline glomerular filtration rate (GFR) compared to those who never recovered renal function (93 mL/min/1.73 m2 [82.4, 104.3] vs. 63.8 mL/min/1.73 m2 [37.9, 83], p = .009). …”
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Faecalibacterium prausnitzii regulates carbohydrate metabolic functions of the gut microbiome in C57BL/6 mice by Peiling Geng, Ni Zhao, Yufan Zhou, Reuben S. Harris, Yong Ge

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Adapting to change: exploring the distribution dynamics of the alien and potentially invasive aphid species Cinara curvipes (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in the context of global warming by K. Wieczorek, A. Bugaj-Nawrocka, B. Borowiak-Sobkowiak, A. Endrestøl, H. P. Ravn, W. Solarz, R. Durak

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Developing a novel TaqMan qPCR assay for optimizing Salmonella Pullorum detection in chickens by Hao Wang, Xiamei Kang, Longhai Yu, Haijian Wang, Anja Müller, Corinna Kehrenberg, Yan Li, Min Yue

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64Cu-chelated InP/ZnSe/ZnS QDs as PET/fluorescence dual-modal probe for tumor imaging by Ziyu Zhao, Ayaka Otsuka, Noriko Nakamura, Toshifumi Tatsumi, Kazuhiro Nakatsui, Taiki Tsuzukiishi, Tomo Sakanoue, Kenji Shimazoe, Seiichi Ohta

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Evaluating eating patterns and health status of undergraduate students majoring in human nutrition, Lahore, Pakistan: a cross-sectional study by Saad Afzal, Ayesha Iftikhar, Mateen Ahmad, Zeeshan Ashraf, Waseem Khalid, Shinawar Waseem Ali, Maryam Illyas, Fareed Afzal, Muhammad Zubair Khalid, Tawfiq Alsulami, Emery Lenge Mukonzo

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