Predicting high sensitivity C-reactive protein levels and their associations in a large population using decision tree and linear regression by Somayeh Ghiasi Hafezi, Toktam Sahranavard, Alireza Kooshki, Marzieh Hosseini, Amin Mansoori, Elham Amir Fakhrian, Helia Rezaeifard, Mark Ghamsary, Habibollah Esmaily, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan

“…This study was conducted on a population of 9704 males and females aged 35 to 65 years recruited from the Mashhad Stroke and Heart Atherosclerotic Disorder (MASHAD) cohort study. …”
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Quality of Life Philosophy III. Towards a New Biology: Understanding the Biological Connection between Quality of Life, Disease, and Healing by Soren Ventegodt, Niels Jørgen Andersen, Joav Merrick

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Analysis of panel physician inquiries to U.S. TB Centers of Excellence, 2018–2022 by E. Leithead IV, S. Subramanian, K. Pimenta, N.D. Goswami, A. Patrawalla, A. Lardizabal, C. Haley, L. Chen, L. Armitige, B. Seaworth, B. Sylvester, R. Bhavaraju

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Anti-Inflammatory Effect of IL-37b in Children with Allergic Rhinitis by Wenlong Liu, Li Deng, Yanqiu Chen, Changzhi Sun, Jie Wang, Lifeng Zhou, Huabin Li, Renzhong Luo

“…IL-37b may be involved in Th2 cytokine regulation in AR and its expression was related to the efficacy of intranasal steroid therapy.…”
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Physical, Microbial, and Chemical Quality of Hot-Air-Dried Persimmon (Diospyros kaki) Chips during Storage by Rebecca R. Milczarek, Ana M. Vilches, Carl W. Olsen, Andrew P. Breksa, Bruce E. Mackey, Maria T. Brandl

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Hospitalisation from seasonal influenza among persons with type 1 diabetes: a cohort study from the Swedish National Diabetes Register by Katarina Eeg-Olofsson, Björn Eliasson, Hanne Krage Carlsen, Lena Svensson, Magnus Gisslén, Elin Allansson Kjölhede, Oliver Martyn

“…Within the T1D cohort, individuals hospitalised due to influenza were older, were more often smokers, had lower glomerular filtration rate and more often had a previous history of ischaemic heart disease and stroke.Conclusions To our knowledge, this is the first large study to highlight that persons with T1D have a threefold higher risk of hospitalisation due to seasonal influenza compared with matched controls from the general population. …”
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Cardiovascular Therapy Benefits of Novel Antidiabetic Drugs in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Complicated With Cardiovascular Disease: A Network Meta‐Analysis by Saixian Shi, Xiaofeng Li, Ye Chen, Jiahao Li, Yan Dai

“…Only GLP1RA reduced the risk of nonfatal stroke, and only SGLT2i reduced the risk of HHF.…”
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Surface topography modulates initial platelet adhesion to titanium substrata by Cecilia Yan Guo, Raymond Mo, Hugh Kim

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The Analysis on the Current Situation of the Utilization Mode of Microalgal Biomass Materials by Lina Zhang, Lianfeng Wang, Huizhong Nie, Changbin Liu

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Age-dependent differences in the association between blood interleukin-6 levels and mortality in patients with sepsis: a retrospective observational study by Takashi Shimazui, Takehiko Oami, Tadanaga Shimada, Keisuke Tomita, Taka-aki Nakada

“…This association remained significant after adjusting for sex, body mass index, steroid use prior to sepsis onset, and number of chronic organ dysfunctions (HR 1.66, 95% CI 1.20–2.32, P = 0.002). …”
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Characterising SRD5A2 Gene Variants in 37 Indonesian Patients with 5-Alpha-Reductase Type 2 Deficiency by Nanis S. Marzuki, Firman P. Idris, Hannie D. Kartapradja, Alida R. Harahap, Jose R. L. Batubara

“…To date, there have been more than 100 variations identified in the gene responsible for 5ARD2 development (steroid 5-alpha-reductase 2, SRD5A2). However, few studies have examined the molecular characterisation of Indonesian 5ARD2 cases. …”
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The Influence of Ouabain on Human Dendritic Cells Maturation by C. R. Nascimento, R. C. Valente, J. Echevarria-Lima, C. F. L. Fontes, L. de Araujo-Martins, E. G. Araujo, V. M. Rumjanek

“…Although known as a Na,K-ATPase inhibitor, several other cellular and systemic actions have been ascribed to the steroid Ouabain (Oua). Particularly in the immune system, our group showed that Ouabain acts on decreasing lymphocyte proliferation, synergizing with glucocorticoids in spontaneous thymocyte apoptosis, and also lessening CD14 expression and blocking CD16 upregulation on human monocytes. …”
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Metagenomic analysis of DNA viruses from posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorders by Vikas R. Dharnidharka, Marianna B. Ruzinova, Chun‐Cheng Chen, Priyanka Parameswaran, Harry O'Gorman, Charles W. Goss, Hongjie Gu, Gregory A. Storch, Kristine Wylie

“…Abstract Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLDs), 50%‐80% of which are strongly associated with Epstein‐Barr virus (EBV), carry a high morbidity and mortality. …”
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Impact of Coronary Artery Disease and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention on Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation by Anthony G. Matta, Thibault Lhermusier, Francisco Campelo Parada, Frederic Bouisset, Ronan Canitrot, Vanessa Nader, Stéphanie Blanco, Meyer Elbaz, Jerome Roncalli, Didier Carrié

“…The overall prevalence of in-hospital death, stroke, major or life-threatening bleeding, minor bleeding, major vascular complications, minor vascular complications, pacemaker implantation, and acute kidney injury was 2.7%, 2.4%, 2.8%, 3.6%, 3.9%, 7.5%, 12.5%, and 2.7%, respectively. …”
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The Role of PDGFs and PDGFRs in Colorectal Cancer by Roberta M. Manzat Saplacan, Loredana Balacescu, Claudia Gherman, Romeo I. Chira, Anca Craiu, Petru A. Mircea, Cosmin Lisencu, Ovidiu Balacescu

“…High levels of PDGF-BB were reported in CRC patients compared to those with adenomas, while elevated levels of PDGFR α/β in the stroma of CRC patients were correlated with invasion and metastasis. …”
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Endocrinopathies after Allogeneic and Autologous Transplantation of Hematopoietic Stem Cells by Francesco Orio, Giovanna Muscogiuri, Stefano Palomba, Bianca Serio, Mariarosaria Sessa, Valentina Giudice, Idalucia Ferrara, Libuse Tauchmanovà, Annamaria Colao, Carmine Selleri

“…Our analysis further provides evidence that main recognized risk factors for endocrine complications after HSCT are the underlying disease, previous pretransplant therapies, the age at HSCT, gender, total body irradiation, posttransplant derangement of immune system, and in the allogeneic setting, the presence of graft-versus-host disease requiring prolonged steroid treatment. Early identification of endocrine complications can greatly improve the quality of life of long-term survivors after HSCT.…”
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Safety and effectiveness of appropriately and inappropriately dosed rivaroxaban or apixaban versus warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation: a cohort study with nested case–co... by Luis Alberto García Rodríguez, Pareen Vora, Luke Roberts, Gunnar Brobert, Samuel Fatoba, María Eugenia Sáez, Antonio González-Pérez

“…Objectives To investigate effects of appropriately and inappropriately dosed apixaban/rivaroxaban versus warfarin on effectiveness and safety outcomes in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF).Design Cohort study with nested case–control analyses using primary care electronic health records (IQVIA Medical Research Data UK database).Setting UK primary care.Participants Patients aged ≥18 years with NVAF newly prescribed apixaban (N=14 701), rivaroxaban (N=14 288) or warfarin (N=16 175) between 1 January 2012 and 30 June 2018, and followed up to 31 December 2018.Primary and secondary outcome measures Incident cases of ischaemic stroke/systemic embolism (IS/SE) and intracranial bleeding (ICB). …”
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A Direct and Sensitive Method for Determination of 5-Fluorouracil in Colorectal Cancer Cells: Evaluating the Effect of Stromal Cell on Drug Resistance of Cancer Cells by Fengjing Xu, Zhipeng Wang, Xinhua Song, Mengwei Zhang, Lili Cui, Yanping Liu, Hongxia Yan, Shouhong Gao, Yan Liu, Wansheng Chen

“…Fibroblasts in the stroma play a critical role in tumor evolution. In this study, we assessed the influence of colonic fibroblasts on colon cancer cells treated with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), and mouse colon cancer cell lines MC38 and colonic fibroblasts NIH3T3 were used in this study. …”
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Weekend effect on in-hospital outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement: insights from a propensity-matched national analysis by Guangzhi Cong, Bo Shi, Xueping Ma, Congyan Ye, Rui Yan, Shizhe Fu, Kairu Wang, Haowei Li, Ru Yan, Shaobin Jia, Israel Gitangaza, Abdul Rehman

“…Moreover, weekend admissions had significantly higher adjusted odds for cardiogenic shock, permanent pacemaker implantation, endocarditis, acute kidney injury, acute ischemic stroke, and blood transfusion. There was a trend of higher in-hospital mortality for weekend over weekday admissions throughout the study period. …”
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Measurement and Analysis of Gait Pattern during Stair Walk for Improvement of Robotic Locomotion Rehabilitation System by Sang-Eun Park, Ye-Ji Ho, Min Ho Chun, Jaesoon Choi, Youngjin Moon

“…Robotic locomotion rehabilitation systems have been used for gait training in patients who have had a stroke. Most commercialized systems allow patients to perform simple exercises such as balancing or level walking, but an additional function such as stair-walk training is required to provide a wide range of recovery cycle rehabilitation. …”
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