Clinicopathological Features of 166 Cases of Invasive Ductal Breast Carcinoma and Effect of Primary Tumor Location on Prognosis after Modified Radical Mastectomy by Shiman Chen, Liang Yang, Yaqiong Li

“…Among the patients in the upper inner quadrant, 59.38% received hormone therapy after operation, which was higher than those in the other four groups (P<0.05). …”
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Pyogenic Granuloma of the Larynx: A Case Report by Moallim Hussein AA, Sheikh OA, Mukhtar AA, Abdi IA, Ahmed NM, Mohamed SS, Kahiye MA, Nur MA, Asseyr AF

“…It often occurs in response to trauma or hormonal factors. Histologically, pyogenic granulomas differ from granulation tissues due to their lobular arrangement of capillaries in the deeper portions of the lesion. …”
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High uric acid model in Caenorhabditis elegans by Zhenjing Li, Yibin Xue, Nifei Wang, Jingli Cheng, Xiaoying Dong, Qingbin Guo, Changlu Wang

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Myxedema Psychosis: Neuropsychiatric Manifestations and Rhabdomyolysis Unmasking Hypothyroidism by Sundus Sardar, Mhd-Baraa Habib, Aseel Sukik, Bashar Tanous, Sara Mohamed, Raad Tahtouh, Abdelrahman Hamad, Mouhand F. H. Mohamed

“…Additional investigations revealed a high thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) of 56.6 mIU/L, low free T4<0.5 pmol/L, elevated creatine kinase of 3601 U/L, and urine dipstick positive for blood, suggestive of myoglobinuria. …”
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Induction of Somatic Embryogenesis and Organogenesis in Zimbabwean Sweet Potato (cv Brondal) by Rose T. Masekesa, Edmore Gasura, Gaudencia T. Kujeke, Elizabeth Ngadze, Farisai Chidzwondo

“…Callus initiation occurred earlier in treatments containing higher hormonal concentrations. The 2,4-D to Kinetin ratio had a highly significant (p=0.001) effect on callus growth and proliferation. …”
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Utility of Visceral Adiposity Index and Lipid Accumulation Products to Define Metabolically-Unhealthy Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Asian Indian Women - A Cross Sectional Study by R. A. Shreenidhi, Reeta Mahey, Monika Rajput, Rohitha Cheluvaraju, Ashish D. Upadhyay, Jai Bhagwan Sharma, Garima Kachhawa, Neerja Bhatla

“…Materials and Methods: Two hundred PCOS women were included in the study, and all the clinical, anthropometric, hormonal, biochemical and metabolic markers were assessed. …”
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Effects of dietary bile acid on the growth performance, intestinal health, blood biochemistry, and antioxidative response of Nile tilapia (Oreochromus niloticus) fed high-fat diets by Mahmoud A.O. Dawood, Sameh El-Dahan, Samy Elsaadawy, Ahmed E. Noreldin, Hani Sewilam

“…Furthermore, the fish-fed high-fat diet demonstrated reduced digestive enzyme activity (lipase and amylase), growth hormone (GH), and antioxidative responses (SOD, CAT, and GPx). …”
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CALR ins5-mediated clonal hematopoiesis causes severe hemolytic anemia in a female PGK1 Ser320Asn carrier by M. L. Morales, H. Cano, B. de la Morena-Barrio, J. L. Vives-Corrons, E. J. Cuenca-Zamora, P. Garrido-Rodríguez, C. Bento, J. Pereira, J. Martínez Nieto, T. H. Chen-Liang, J. L. Fuster, S. Caracena, M. L. Lozano, R. Teruel-Montoya, J. Corral, F. Ferrer-Marín

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A comparison of new and existing rootstocks to reduce canker of apple trees caused by Neonectria ditissima (Nectriaceae, Hypocreales) by Lucas A. Shuttleworth, Sonia Newman, Ioannis Korkos

“…An interplay of factors are likely involved in the development of canker including location and environmental effects—rainfall, relative humidity, temperature, wind, soil type, topography, aspect, and other seasonal infection processes including pathogen inoculum load, and rainsplash of inoculum between trees and within individual trees, the genetics and physiology of each scion/rootstock combination, water and nutritional status of trees, hormonal and molecular signalling, and orchard management including pruning and removal of cankers.…”
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Studying sex differences in responses to fibroblast growth factor 21 administration in obese mice consuming a sweet-fat diet by N. М. Bazhan, T. V. Jakovleva, A. Yu. Kazantseva, N. E. Kostina, P. E. Orlov, N. Yu. Balybina, K. О. Baranov, E. N. Makarova

“…Thus, in mouse model of obesity induced by consumption of a sweet-fat diet, the catabolic effect of FGF21 was not sex-specific and hormonal, transcriptional and behavioral effects of FGF21 were sex-specific. …”
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Distinct dynamic regulation of pectoralis muscle metabolomics by insulin and the promotion of glucose-lipid metabolism with extended duration by Xiangli Zhang, Pengfei Du, Ziyang Wang, Yao Zhu, Xuemeng Si, Wen Chen, Yanqun Huang

“…Metabolomic analysis revealed that insulin promotes the downregulation of 63 out of 71 metabolites at 15 min and the upregulation of 101 out of 134 metabolites at 120 min, mainly associated with lysine degradation and thyroid hormone signaling pathways, respectively. 7 metabolites were dynamically modulated in the same manner over time (2 up-up and 5 down-down). …”
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Vulnerability for alcohol use disorder after adverse childhood experiences (AUDACE): protocol for a longitudinal fMRI study assessing neuropsychobiological risk factors for relapse by Falk Kiefer, Cagdas Türkmen, Noah Machunze, Haoye Tan, Sarah Gerhardt, Sabine Vollstädt-Klein

“…Additionally, saliva cortisol and blood samples will be taken to measure hormonal stress response and to perform genome wide association analyses, respectively. …”
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Reproductive Diseases and Disorders of Female Camels: An Assessment and Pathological and Bacteriological Study in Eastern Ethiopia by Dinaol Belina, Amare Eshetu, Sisay Alemu, Bekyad Shasho, Tajudin Mohammed, Ahmedin Mohammed, Bahar Mummed, Dereje Regassa

“…Considering the importance of camels in our study area, further research on camel reproductive diseases and abnormalities with wider sample and epidemiology need to be conducted using molecular and hormonal assay techniques.…”
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Continuous overnight monitoring of body temperature during embryo transfer cycles as a proxy for establishing progesterone fluctuations by comparison with P4 blood progesterone res... by T.G. Knowles, J.A. García-Velasco, M. Toribio, N. Garrido, A.I. Barrio Pedraza, C. Colomé Rakosnik, A. Salazar Vera, R. Milnes

“…Methods 62 data points from 18 patients undergoing hormone assisted embryo transfer cycles at IVIRMA IVF clinics in Madrid, Mallorca and Malaga, Spain volunteered to use OvuSense, an intra-vaginal body temperature monitor. …”
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Impact of Obesity on Clinicopathologic Characteristics and Disease Prognosis in Pre- and Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Patients: A Retrospective Institutional Study by Nehad M. Ayoub, Rami J. Yaghan, Nour M. Abdo, Ismail I. Matalka, Laila M. Akhu-Zaheya, Alia H. Al-Mohtaseb

“…No significant association between BMI with expression status of hormone receptors, HER2, lymphovascular invasion, and molecular subtypes was found among patients. …”
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Effects of Glycyrrhizin (GL) Supplementation on Survival, Growth Performance, Expression of Feeding-Related Genes, Activities of Digestive Enzymes, Antioxidant Capacity, and Expres... by Yuntao Wang, Wenxuan Xu, Jianmin Zhang, Jiahui Liu, Zhen Wang, Yongtao Liu, Kangsen Mai, Qinghui Ai

“…Compared with the control, the mRNA expression of orexigenic factor genes including neuropeptide Y (npy) and agouti-related protein (agrp) were significantly increased in larvae fed the diet with 0.005% GL, while the mRNA expression of anorexigenic factor genes including thyrotropin-releasing hormone (trh), cocaine and amphetamine regulated transcript (cart), and leptin receptor (lepr) were significantly decreased in larvae fed the diet with 0.005% GL (P<0.05). …”
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Intravitreal Injections for Macular Edema Secondary to Retinal Vein Occlusion: Long-Term Functional and Anatomic Outcomes by Emilia Maggio, Maurizio Mete, Giorgia Maraone, Marcella Attanasio, Massimo Guerriero, Grazia Pertile

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Synergistic effects of Vachellia nilotica-derived zinc oxide nanoparticles and melatonin on drought tolerance in Fragaria × ananassa by Tauseef Anwar, Alia Safdar, Huma Qureshi, Ejaz Hussain Siddiqi, Naimat Ullah, Muhammad Tahir Naseem, Walid Soufan

“…ZnO NPs enhance nutrient uptake and stress resistance, while MT regulates growth hormones and boosts photosynthetic efficiency. Seven treatments were evaluated: T1 (no stress, 0.5 g/L ZnO NPs + 0.1 g/L MT), T2 (no stress, 0.5 g/L ZnO NPs), T3 (no stress, 0.1 g/L MT), T4 (drought stress, no application), T5 (drought stress, 0.5 g/L ZnO NPs + 0.1 g/L MT), T6 (drought stress, 0.5 g/L ZnO NPs), and T7 (drought stress, 0.1 g/L MT). …”
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Clinical relevance of macromolecular complexes involving integrins, potassium and sodium ion channels and the sodium/proton antiporter in human breast cancer by Elena Lastraioli, Jessica Iorio, Francesco Piazza, Chiara Capitani, Michele Santillo, Claudia Duranti, Simonetta Bianchi, Icro Meattini, Scott P. Fraser, Mustafa B. A. Djamgoz, Andrea Becchetti, Annarosa Arcangeli

“…Interestingly, hERG1, nNav1.5 and the hERG1/β1 integrin complex associated with several clinical features, including molecular subtype and hormone receptor status. Moreover, hERG1 and the combination of hERG1 and nNav1.5 had impact on prognosis, contributing to identifying a group of patients with worse prognosis. …”
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Osteoprotegerin, Soluble Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor-κB Ligand, and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus by Irene Lambrinoudaki, Emmanouil Tsouvalas, Marina Vakaki, George Kaparos, Kimon Stamatelopoulos, Areti Augoulea, Paraskevi Pliatsika, Andreas Alexandrou, Maria Creatsa, Kyriaki Karavanaki

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