Pleural metastases from differentiated thyroid cancer: clinical features and long-term outcomes by Mengyue Liu, Juan Tang, Nan Sun, Chuang Xi, Chentian Shen, Song Hongjun, Quanyong Luo, Xianzhao Deng, Zhongling Qiu

“…Radioiodine (131I) therapy has been the main treatment for postoperative metastasis and recurrence of DTC. …”
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Phytomedicinal armamentarium: A review of inula racemosa-derived alantolactones and isoalantolactones in anticancer therapy by Joshi Gaurav Santoshrao, Smriti Jamwal, Rakesh Kumar, Ekta Bisht, Bisen Harsh Krishnakumar, Shreya Katoch, R.K. Asrani

“…Inula racemosa, a plant used in Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine, has been recognised for its various medicinal properties. …”
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When can cancer patient treatment nonadherence be considered intentional or unintentional? A scoping review. by Leon Wreyford, Raj Gururajan, Xujuan Zhou

“…Thereafter, framework development for a future (cancer patient) online peer support intervention.<h4>Methods</h4>A Scoping Review was performed to identify peer reviewed studies that concern treatment / medication nonadherence in cancer patients-published between 2000 to 2021 (and partial 2022). …”
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Disproportionality analysis of upadacitinib-related adverse events in inflammatory bowel disease using the FDA adverse event reporting system by Shiyi Wang, Xiaojian Wang, Jing Ding, Xudong Zhang, Hongmei Zhu, Yihong Fan, Changbo Sun

“…BackgroundUpadacitinib, a Janus kinase inhibitor, has been increasingly used over the past few years to treat moderate to severe ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease in patients who are insufficiently responsive or intolerant to tumor necrosis factor (TNF) antibodies, demonstrating notable clinical efficacy. …”
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Modeling the tropical fish community related to land uses and environmental determinants by N. Takarina, O. Chuan, M. Afifudin, L. Tristan, I. Arif, A. Adiwibowo

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Coastal ecosystems worldwide have been threatened by changing land use and environmental determinants. …”
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Tocilizumab modulates the activity of the classical and alternative complement pathways in rheumatoid arthritis patients by Iván Ferraz-Amaro, Iván Ferraz-Amaro, Sergio Santos-Concepción, Javier Castro-Hernández, Maria Vanesa Hernández-Hernández, Beatriz Tejera Segura, Cristina Luna, Esmeralda Delgado-Frias, Federico Díaz-González, Federico Díaz-González, Federico Díaz-González

“…The complement system has been implicated in the etiopathogenesis of RA.ObjectiveTo evaluate the effect of systemic IL-6 inhibition on complement pathways functional activity in RA patients treated with TCZ.DesingProspective non-interventional study.MethodsTwenty-seven RA patients included in the TOCRIVAR study who received TCZ (8mg/kg IV/q4w) were evaluated at baseline and at weeks 12, 24 and 52 of treatment. …”
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Liver Biomarkers and Lipid Profiles in Mexican and Mexican-American 10- to 14-Year-Old Adolescents at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes by Ana Cecilia Fernández-Gaxiola, Roxana Valdés-Ramos, Kimberly Fulda, Ana Laura Guadarrama López, Beatriz E. Martínez-Carrillo, Susan F. Franks, Shane Fernando

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Rola słupów i faktycznych organizatorów przestępstw karuzelowych oraz skala współpracy z biegłymi sądowymi w przestępczości gospodarczej by Sonia Kozub-Skalska

“…Dzieje się tak dlatego, że w prowadzonych postępowaniach często nie dochodzi do wykrycia faktycznego organizatora karuzeli VAT, co w konsekwencji powoduje, iż szuka on nowych słupów i niemal natychmiast tworzy kolejną karuzelę. …”
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Delivery determinants of an Acinetobacter baumannii type VI secretion system bifunctional peptidoglycan hydrolase by Valeriya Bezkorovayna, Brooke K. Hayes, Francesca N. Gillett, Amy Wright, David I. Roper, Marina Harper, Sheena McGowan, John D. Boyce

“…Here we define the regions of interaction between Tae17 and its cognate delivery protein VgrG17 and identify that amino acids G1069 and W1075 in VgrG17 are essential for Tae17 delivery via the T6SS, the first time such specific delivery determinants of T6SS cargo effectors have been defined. Furthermore, we determine that the Tae17 effector is a multidomain, bifunctional, peptidoglycan-degrading enzyme that has both amidase activity, which targets the sugar-peptide bonds, and lytic transglycosylase activity, which targets the peptidoglycan sugar backbone. …”
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METTL16 controls airway inflammations in smoking-induced COPD via regulating glutamine metabolism by Xinyu Jia, Shan Liu, Chunan Sun, Manni Zhu, Qi Yuan, Min Wang, Tingting Xu, Zhengxia Wang, Zhongqi Chen, Mao Huang, Ningfei Ji, Mingshun Zhang

“…METTL16 is an m6A methyltransferase that has been proven to be closely associated with the occurrence of various diseases. …”
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Associations of combined exposure to selected metal mixtures with thyroid hormones in children: a cross-sectional study in China by Yuhan Cao, Shiting Xiang, Yuwei Du, Meiling Chen, Rumeng Xue, Qi Li, Jun Qiu, Yanying Duan

“…BackgroundExposure to several metal elements has been found to be associated with thyroid hormone homeostasis. …”
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Incidence of opportunistic infections and its predictors among HIV/AIDS patients on antiretroviral therapy in Gondar University Comprehensive and Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia by Mequanente Dagnaw, Haileab Fekadu, Adhanom Gebre Egziabher, Tesfaye Yesfue, Meera Indracanti, Alemu Tebeje

“…However, few studies have been conducted in Ethiopia on the prevalence of common opportunistic infections in HIV-infected adults. …”
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Unveiling the novel role of circadian rhythms in sepsis and septic shock: unexplored implications for chronotherapy by Stewart D. Ramsay, Stewart D. Ramsay, Stewart D. Ramsay, Marni A. Nenke, Marni A. Nenke, Emily J. Meyer, Emily J. Meyer, David J. Torpy, David J. Torpy, Richard L. Young, Richard L. Young, Richard L. Young, Richard L. Young

“…Circadian rhythms are critical to coordinating body processes to external environmental cues, such as light and feeding, to ensure efficiency and maintain optimal health. …”
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Identification of mesenchymal stem cell populations with high osteogenic potential using difference in cell division rate by Maya Watanabe, Yukiyo Asawa, Dan Riu, Tomoaki Sakamoto, Kazuto Hoshi, Atsuhiko Hikita

“…Introduction: In bone regenerative medicine, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been widely investigated for their potential in bone regeneration. …”
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RETRACTED: The Mechanism of Pertussis Cough Revealed by the Mouse-Coughing Model by Yukihiro Hiramatsu, Koichiro Suzuki, Takashi Nishida, Naoki Onoda, Takashi Satoh, Shizuo Akira, Masahito Ikawa, Hiroko Ikeda, Junzo Kamei, Sandra Derouiche, Makoto Tominaga, Yasuhiko Horiguchi

“…This disease is characterized by paroxysmal coughing, the mechanism of which has not been intensively studied because of a lack of versatile animal models that reproduce the cough. …”
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PfCSP-ferritin nanoparticle malaria vaccine antigen formulated with aluminum-salt and CpG 1018® adjuvants: Preformulation characterization, antigen-adjuvant interactions, and mouse... by John M. Hickey, Nitya Sharma, Max Fairlamb, Jennifer Doering, Yetunde Adewunmi, Katherine Prieto, Giulia Costa, Benjamin Wizel, Elena A. Levashina, Nicholas J. Mantis, Jean-Philippe Julien, Sangeeta B. Joshi, David B. Volkin

“…Circumsporozite protein (CSP), the most abundant surface protein in parasitic Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) sporozoite and an attractive target for malaria vaccine design, has been shown to induce protective humoral response in humans. …”
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Community Use and Perceptions of Climate Shelters in Schoolyards in Barcelona by Marta Sanz-Mas, Marta Sanz-Mas, Xavier Continente, Xavier Continente, Xavier Continente, Marc Marí-Dell’Olmo, Marc Marí-Dell’Olmo, Marc Marí-Dell’Olmo, María José López, María José López, María José López, María José López

“…ObjectivesThis study explores the use and perceptions of thermal comfort and wellbeing among the local community in the schoolyards in Barcelona that had been transformed into accessible climate shelters.MethodsWe conducted a qualitative evaluation through a spontaneous ethnographic approach, combining 22 non-participant observations in the 11 transformed schoolyards with brief spontaneous interviews with 76 users and 18 caretakers who supervised the schoolyards during non-school days (June–July 2022). …”
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High-resolution Cryo-EM Structure Determination of a-Synuclein—A Prototypical Amyloid Fibril by Juan Sanchez, Joshua Pierson, Collin Borcik, Chad Rienstra, Elizabeth Wright

“…This workflow resulted in a 2.04 Å structure of a-syn fibrils with excellent resolution of residues 36–97 and an additional island of density for residues 15–22 that had not been previously reported. This workflow should serve as a starting point for individuals new to the neurodegeneration and structural biology fields. …”
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Thread-Traction with a Sheath of Polypectomy Snare Facilitates Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection of Early Gastric Cancers by Hisatsugu Noda, Naotaka Ogasawara, Akira Koshino, Shouko Fukuta, Takuroh Nagoya, Hironori Hoshino, Kazuhiro Nagao, Tomoya Sugiyama, Yoshihiro Kondo, Yoshitsugi Ito, Shinya Izawa, Masahide Ebi, Yasushi Funaki, Makoto Sasaki, Kunio Kasugai

“…Although the thread-traction (TT) method has been found useful during endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for early gastric cancers, the movement of the thread interferes with the movement of the endoscope, and the lesion can only be pulled to the mouth side. …”
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Levels of Cytokines (IL-1β, IL-2, IL-6, IL-8, TNF-α) and Trace Elements (Zn, Cu) in Breast Milk From Mothers of Preterm and Term Infants by Bilal Ustundag, Erdal Yilmaz, Yasar Dogan, Saadet Akarsu, Halit Canatan, Ihsan Halifeoglu, Gurkan Cikim, A. Denizmen Aygun

“…It has been well documented that human milk contains several immunomodulator components which are important during infant period when the newborn's immune system is still under development. …”
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