Efficacy of manipulation under anesthesia with ultrasound-guided platelet-rich plasma injection in shoulder stiffness concomitant with rotator cuff injury by Shiyi Yao, PhD, Gen Li, PhD, Qiulun Zhou, MPH, Renhao Yang, PhD, Renxuan Li, MSc, Yang Xu, MSc, Yin Zhang, PhD, MD, Lei Wang, PhD, MD

“…Female patients demonstrated better functional outcomes than male patients. Additionally, patients with intratendinous tears had more favorable results compared to those with subbursal or articular tears. …”
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Technique and Preliminary Results of Sole-echocardiography-guided Tricuspid Transcatheter Edge-to-edge Repair without the Use of Fluoroscopy by Manchen Gao, Hao Shi, Cheng Wang, Hong Meng, Jiande Wang, Da Zhu, Zhiling Luo, Chuangshi Wang, Ziping Li, Junke Chang, Fengwen Zhang, Xiangbin Pan, Shouzheng Wang

“…Results: Patients enrolled in this study were elderly (71.6 ± 8.2 years) with significant comorbidities, 67.4% had baseline massive or torrential TR and 76.7% were classified as New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class III/IV. …”
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Thalamic nuclei volumes are related to disease stage in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by Tianrui Wen, Tianrui Wen, Jun Zhu, Jun Zhu, Sujuan Sun, Sujuan Sun, Yujing Chen, Yujing Chen, Ninglu Gao, Ninglu Gao, Mingjie Ma, Xinyue Chen, Shuangwu Liu, Shuangwu Liu, Pengfei Lin, Yan Deng

“…However, atrophy was detected in the bilateral anteroventral nucleus, bilateral pulvinar-limitans, bilateral mediodorsal-paratenial-reuniens, bilateral motor hub, bilateral sensory hub, and bilateral intralaminar nucleus in patients who had reached King’s Stage 3. In these patients, the volume of the bilateral motor nuclei was associated with the revised ALS Functional Rating Scale scores, and that of the right pulvinar-limitans independently correlated with MMSE scores.ConclusionOur study provides a comprehensive profile of thalamic atrophy in ALS patients. …”
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Longitudinal changes in optical coherence tomography angiography before and after surgery for acute primary angle closure glaucoma by Ke Yin, Haomin Chen, Yanxin Zhang, Xinyi Li, Ruihong Su, Yi Yue, Yingjuan Lv, Lijie Dong, Yi Shi, Aihua Liu

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Vaccination and its social and behavioural drivers in children with disability in Fiji by Susan Woolfenden, Nadia Badawi, Sarah Mcintyre, Israt Jahan, Gulam Khandaker, Kristine Macartney, Margie Danchin, Hayley Smithers-Sheedy, Donald Wilson, William May, Meru Sheel, Ilisapeci Tuibeqa, Rachel Devi, Litiana Volavola, Rosalie Power, Unise Vakaloloma, Sureni Perera, Lanieta Tuimabu

“…Caregivers were interviewed using a questionnaire to collect data on sociodemographic, functional characteristics (UNICEF’s child-functioning tool), child’s vaccination status according to Fiji’s National Immunisation Programme (NIP), and drivers of vaccination using the WHO-UNICEF Behavioural and Social Drivers Tool. …”
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TIM4+macrophages suppress the proinflammatory response to maintain the chronic alveolar echinococcosis infection by Liang Wang, Liang Wang, Yumei Liu, Yuyu Ma, Xuan Zhou, Xuan Zhou, Maidinaimu Aibibula, Xue Zhang, Hui Zhao, Jinping Zhou, Fengming Tian, Fengming Tian, Xiumin Ma

“…Meanwhile, the liver tissues of the patients had characteristic pathological changes in the vesicles and progressive fibrotic remodeling, concurrent with a significant suppression of proinflammatory cytokine activity. …”
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Regulation mechanism of Rosa roxburghii Tratt. (Cili) fruit vinegar on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by Yu Wang, Yu Wang, Rui Lang, Lilang Li, Lilang Li, Yonglan Wen, Ming Gao, Ming Gao, Jie Zhang, Juan Yang, Juan Yang, Qiji Li, Qiji Li, Li Wang, Li Wang, Xiaosheng Yang, Xiaosheng Yang, Xiaolong Wang, Chunzhi Xie

“…Phosphatidylcholines (PC) and lysophosphatidylcholinergic (LPC) metabolites were significantly regulated by RFV and had significant correlation with differential microbiota. …”
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Lack of IFN-γ response of human uterine myometrium-derived MSCs significantly improve multiple IBD parameters compared to bone marrow MSCs: Implications for anti-TNFα-refractory pa... by Li-Tzu Wang, Hsiu-Huan Wang, Shih-Sheng Jiang, Chia-Chih Chang, Pei-Ju Hsu, Ko-Jiunn Liu, Huey-Kang Sytwu, B. Linju Yen, Men-Luh Yen

“…Transcriptomic analysis revealed UtMSCs had reduced MHC II pathway activation compared to BMMSCs. …”
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Our experience with management of congenital urological pathologies in adulthood: What pediatric urologists should know and adult urologists adopt in pediatric practice experience by Leon Chertin, Binyamin B. Neeman, Jawdat Jaber, Guy Verhovsky, Amnon Zisman, Ariel Mamber, Ilan Kafka, Ala Eddin Natsheh, Dmitry Koulikov, Ofer Z. Shenfeld, Boris Chertin, Stanislav Koucherov, Amos Neheman

“…Forty-three percent of the patients had poorly functioning moieties associated with ectopic ureters or ureteroceles. …”
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Innovative spiral nerve conduits: Addressing nutrient transport and cellular activity for critical-sized nerve defects by Allen Zennifer, S.K. Praveenn Kumar, Shambhavi Bagewadi, Swathi Unnamalai, Davidraj Chellappan, Sama Abdulmalik, Xiaojun Yu, Swaminathan Sethuraman, Dhakshinamoorthy Sundaramurthi, Sangamesh G. Kumbar

“…The fabricated TPU/PHBV spiral conduits had significantly higher surface areas (25 % TPU/PHBV: 698.97 mm2, 35 % TPU/PHBV: 500.06 mm2, 50 % TPU/PHBV: 327.61 mm2) compared to commercially available nerve conduits like Neurolac™ (205.26 mm2). …”
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Establishment and Identification of a CiPSC Lineage Reprogrammed from FSP-tdTomato Mouse Embryonic Fibroblasts (MEFs) by Ruiping Chen, Wenxiu Xie, Baomei Cai, Yue Qin, Chuman Wu, Wenyi Zhou, Chunhua Zhou, Shengyong Yu, Junqi Kuang, Bin Yang, Mingyi Zhao, Ping Zhu

“…With continuous expression of fluorescent proteins during cellular differentiation, this cell lineage could be used for tracking CiPSC transplantation and differentiation into functional cells.…”
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Bringing a health systems modelling approach to complex evaluations: multicountry applications in HIV, TB and malaria by Adama Faye, Stephen S Lim, Bernardo Hernandez Prado, Herbert Duber, David E Phillips, Guillermo Ambrosio, Audrey Batzel, Carmen Cerezo, Ibrahima Gaye, Bethany Huntley, Edgar Kestler, Constant Kingongo, Emily Linebarger, Jorge Matute, Godefroid Mpanya, Salva Mulongo, Caitlin O'Brien-Carelli, Erin Palmisano, Francisco Rios Casas, Roger Tine, Daniel Whitaker, Jennifer M Ross

“…Although these models have limitations, they can be applied in a variety of ways to gain greater insight into implementation and functioning of health service delivery.…”
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CHA2DS2‐VASc score and prior oral anticoagulant use on endovascular treatment for acute ischemic stroke by Yukihiro Imaoka, Nice Ren, Soshiro Ogata, Hirotoshi Imamura, Yasuyuki Kaku, Koichi Arimura, Shogo Watanabe, Eri Kiyoshige, Kunihiro Nishimura, Syoji Kobashi, Masafumi Ihara, Kenji Kamiyama, Masafumi Morimoto, Tsuyoshi Ohta, Hidenori Endo, Yuji Matsumaru, Nobuyuki Sakai, Takanari Kitazono, Shigeru Fujimoto, Kuniaki Ogasawara, Koji Iihara, Close The Gap‐Stroke, J‐ASPECT Study Collaborators

“…Based on the CHA2DS2‐VASc score, 6046 (86.6%) presented a high risk (≥2 for males and ≥3 for females) while 938 (13.4%) had intermediate to low risks. Higher CHA2DS2‐VASc scores were associated with increased sICH, in‐hospital mortality, and decreased functional independence, regardless of prior OACs. …”
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Establishment and application of a brain cell line derived from Plectropomus leopardus by Zhiru Liu, Qiaoli Yang, Minjie Kang, Caoying Wei, Tao Li, Yongcan Zhou, Zhenjie Cao, Yun Sun

“…Chromosome analysis revealed that the PLB cell line had a chromosome count of 48. The transfection efficiency of PLB cells was about 27 % by liposome transfection method, indicating that PLB cell lines offer utility for conducting functional investigations of exogenous genes. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 infection-induced immunity reduces rates of reinfection and hospitalization caused by the Delta or Omicron variants by Marc-Antoine de La Vega, Efstathia Polychronopoulou, Ara XIII, Zhe Ding, Tong Chen, Qixing Liu, Jiaming Lan, Marie-Edith Nepveu-Traversy, Hugues Fausther-Bovendo, Mohammed F. Zaidan, Gary Wong, Gulshan Sharma, Gary P. Kobinger

“…Compared to individuals without pre-existing immunity, those vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 had a significantly reduced incidence of COVID-19, as well as all subsequent medical parameters. …”
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The temporal onset of associations of cortical proteins with cognitive resilience vary during late life by Andrea R. Zammit, Tianhao Wang, Lei Yu, Shahram Oveisgharan, Vladislav A. Petyuk, Philip L. De Jager, Julie A. Schneider, David A. Bennett, Aron S. Buchman

“…Methods: We used data from a subset of 1088 decedents from two cohort-studies who had selected reaction monitoring proteomics from the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, and at least 3 cognitive assessments. …”
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Assessing the Co-Exposure Patterns of Volatile Organic Compounds and the Risk of Hyperuricemia: An Analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2003–2012 by Xue Zhao, Haiyan Ding, Jian Qin, Shuli An, Shuangshuang Li, Hongqi He, Linwei Zhou, Xinjie Gong, Xia Chu

“…Restricted cubic spline functions were utilized to investigate the non-linear relationships. …”
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Land use change has profoundly altered the process of bacterial community assembly in the northeastern black soil zone by Ning Sun, Xu Zhao, Xu Zhao, Fangyuan Liu, Fangyuan Liu, Ge Song, Mengmeng Zhang, Fuqiang Song

“…IntroductionSoil microorganisms play a critical role in maintaining ecological functions; however, their responses to grassland reclamation and tillage remain poorly understood. …”
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Development of a gluten-free pasta based on oat flour, quinoa, and cactus cladode pulp: evaluation of cooking parameters, nutritional contribution, bioactive compounds and sensory... by Jorge Gutiérrez-Tlahque, César U. López-Palestina, Julia M. Alatorre-Cruz, María S. Espinoza-Rodríguez, Susana E. Altamirano-Romo, Thania A. Urrutia-Hernández, Yair O. Santiago-Sáenz

“…Nowadays, efforts have been made to improve pasta nutritional and functional value based on durum wheat by including non-conventional gluten-free ingredients. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Ratoon-Competent and Ratoon-Deficient Sugarcane by Hormonal and Transcriptome Profiling by Liping Zhao, Maoyong Ran, Jing Zhang, Peifang Zhao, Fenggang Zan, Jun Zhao, Wei Qin, Qibin Wu, Jiayong Liu, Xinlong Liu

“…This study delineates a clear molecular framework distinguishing ratoon competence, offers novel insights into the molecular basis of perennial regeneration and provides reliable candidate genes for functional marker development in sugarcane breeding.…”
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