MCT4: a key player influencing gastric cancer metastasis and participating in the regulation of the metastatic immune microenvironment by Tao Jiang, Jingcheng Zhang, Sicheng Zhao, Mingsi Zhang, Yunhai Wei, Xiaojuan Liu, Shuo Zhang, Wei Fan, Yueying Liu, Yuanlin Lv, Guangji Zhang

“…Results The expression of MCT4 is upregulated in gastric cancer patients, and the upregulation is more significant than that in patients with gastric cancer metastasis. …”
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Near vision assessment for adults using the NIH Toolbox by John-Christopher A. Finley, Jerry Slotkin, Cindy J. Nowinski, Cindy J. Nowinski, Katy Bedjeti, Nicholas Volpe, Sandra Weintraub, Sandra Weintraub, Richard Gershon

“…This study is the first to report the psychometric properties of the NIH Toolbox Near Visual Acuity Test in a sample of community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults.MethodsNinety-eight adults (ages 40–81) completed the tablet-based near vision test and the gold standard chart-based near vision test. …”
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Risk of Osteoporotic Fractures among Patients with Thyroid Cancer: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study by Eu Jeong Ku, Won Sang Yoo, Yu Been Hwang, Subin Jang, Jooyoung Lee, Shinje Moon, Eun Kyung Lee, Hwa Young Ahn

“…We aimed to investigate the risk of osteoporotic fractures in patients with thyroid cancer compared to that in a matched control group. Methods This retrospective cohort study included 2,514 patients with thyroid cancer and 75,420 matched controls from the Korean National Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort (NHIS-NSC, 2006–2019). …”
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Study protocol for a multimethod investigation of the development of social and nonsocial reward responsivity and depression in autistic adolescents: Reward and Depression in Autis... by Jessica M. Schwartzman, Autumn Kujawa, Shafali S. Jeste, Blythe A. Corbett, Wenyi Xu, Alexa D. Monachino, Marian A. Castro, Katia Cardenas-Quintero, Anh Dao, Ramon Durazo-Arvizu, Santiago Morales

“…Abstract Background Autistic adolescents are more likely to experience depression than their non-autistic peers, yet risk factors for depression in autistic adolescents are not well understood. …”
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Evaluation of the natural killer cell subsets and their relationship with serum interferon gamma and vitamin D levels in women with stages III and IV endometriosis: A case-control... by Samira Najafi Chamgordani, Nafiseh Esmaeil, Maryam Hashemi, Afshin Amari, Maryam Seyedtabib, Mehri Ghafourian

“…Conclusion: The study of NK cell subsets and their related factors can be useful in assessing and treating women suffering from endometriosis. However, more comprehensive studies are required to draw definitive conclusions about these observations.…”
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Sex differences in inflammatory markers in bipolar disorder by Yanlin Liu, Hui Xin Ng, Ashley Sutherland, Soohyun Joe, Benchawanna Soontornniyomkij, Federica Klaus, Lisa T. Eyler

“…Conclusions: Men had higher TNF-α serum levels than women; this difference was more pronounced in BD than HC. CRP was elevated in BD compared to HC men. …”
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Infertility treatments and risk of breast benign diseases: a case‒control study by Ashraf Moini, Sadaf Alipour, Zahra Zandi, Arezoo Maleki-Hajiagha, Ladan kashani, Fatemeh Shakki katouli, Maryam Farid Mojtahedi, Leila Bayani, Mahboubeh Abedi

“…Therefore, the present study investigated the association between different types of infertility treatments and BBDs. Methods This case‒control study was conducted in Arash Women’s Hospital, Tehran, Iran. …”
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Low Birth Weight and Related Metabolic Risk Factors, Cardio-Respiratory Fitness and Physical Activity in Adolescents by Aristides M. Machado-Rodrigues, Cristina Padez, Daniela Rodrigues, Luís P. Mascarenhas, Nuno Borges, Cátia Maia, Liliana C. Baptista, Helder Miguel Fernandes, Neiva Leite

“…Thus, this study analysed the interrelationship among MRF, LBW, and behavioural factors in adolescents. Methods: The sample of the present cross-sectional study comprised 491 youth (229 males, 262 females) aged 14–17 years. …”
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Association of Acute Venous Thromboembolism With In‐Hospital Outcomes of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery by Muhammad S. Panhwar, Mahazarin Ginwalla, Ankur Kalra, Tanush Gupta, Dhaval Kolte, Sahil Khera, Deepak L. Bhatt, Joseph F. Sabik

“…We sought to investigate the postoperative incidence and outcomes of CABG patients using a large national inpatient database. Methods and Results We utilized the 2013 to 2014 National Inpatient Sample to identify all patients >18 years of age who underwent CABG (without concomitant valvular procedures), and had VTE during the hospital stay. …”
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Intra-tumoral spatial heterogeneity in breast cancer quantified using high-dimensional protein multiplexing and single cell phenotyping by Alison M. Cheung, Dan Wang, Mary Anne Quintayo, Yulia Yerofeyeva, Melanie Spears, John M. S. Bartlett, Lincoln Stein, Jane Bayani, Martin J. Yaffe

“…The extent of variation of biomarker expression in the cancer cells, distribution of cell types in the local tumor microenvironment and their spatial arrangement could impact on diagnosis, treatment planning and subsequent response to treatment. Methods Using quantitative multiplex immunofluorescence (MxIF) imaging, we assessed the level of variations in biomarker expression levels among individual cells, density of cell cluster groups and spatial arrangement of immune subsets from regions sampled from 38 multi-focal breast cancers that were processed using whole-mount histopathology techniques. …”
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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement Outcomes in Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients with Aortic Insufficiency by Aniket S Rali, Siva S Taduru, Lena E Tran, Sagar Ranka, Kelly H Schlendorf, Colin M Barker, Ashish S Shah, JoAnn Lindenfeld, Sandip K Zalawadiya

“…Limited data are available on outcomes with either SAVR or TAVR for the management of post-LVAD AI. Methods: The National Inpatient Sample data collected for hospital admissions between the years 2015 and 2018 for patients with pre-existing continuous-flow LVAD undergoing TAVR or SAVR for AI were queried. …”
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Soil Erosion by Wind Storms in a Pampean Semi-Arid Region of Argentina: An Environmental Magnetism Approach by Brenda Alba, Marcos A. E. Chaparro, Andrea A. Bartel, Harald N. Böhnel, Silvia B. Aimar

“…Environmental magnetism methods offer a practical approach to assessing soil redistribution by wind and water. …”
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Evaluation of Medical School Students in Terms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Emotional Regulation Difficulties by Ayşe Akan, Engin Burak Selçuk, Burcu Kayhan Tetik, Mustafa Akan, Ahmet Kadir Arslan

“…In addition, suicide attempts, forensic event history, and class failure were significantly more frequent in the HP-ADHD group than in the WO-ADHD group (p<0.001, p=0.043, p=0.024 respectively). …”
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The Spectrum and Frequency of Inner Ear Anomalies in Patients with Congenital Hearing Impairment in Yakutia by L. A. Klarov, N. A. Barashkov, F. M. Teryutin, G. P. Romanov, M. M. Popov, A. V. Solov’ev, N. V. Luginov, A. V. Tobokhov, P. M. Kotlyarov

“…To analyze the spectrum and frequency of inner ear anomalies in patients with congenital hearing impairment in Yakutia.Material and methods. A total of 165 patients with congenital hearing impairment were surveyed. …”
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Multiyear prospective cohort study to evaluate the risk potential of MERS-CoV infection among Malaysian Hajj pilgrims (MERCURIAL): a study protocol by Jefree Johari, Robert D Hontz, Brian L Pike, Tupur Husain, Chee-Kheong Chong, Norhayati Rusli, Lokman-Hakim Sulaiman, Khebir Verasahib, Adzzie-Shazleen Azman, Chee Sieng Khor

“…Every year, the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca attracts more than two million pilgrims from 184 countries, making it one of the largest annual religious mass gatherings (MGs) worldwide. …”
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The landscape and clinical impact of tumor-associated macrophages and PD-L1 in primary breast cancers and their brain metastases by Yannik Nicola Zimmer, Benjamin Hanke, Belal Neyazi, Ali Rashidi, Anna Schaufler, Claudia Alexandra Dumitru, Atanas Ignatov, Christian Mawrin, I. Erol Sandalcioglu, Klaus-Peter Stein

“…The comparison of TAMs between primary breast cancer (BC) and corresponding brain metastases (BMs) remains insufficiently explored and is the focus of this study.MethodsThis study aimed to compare the infiltration of TAMs and PD-L1 expression in primary breast cancer and their brain metastases, by analyzing 27 paired samples and 26 additional brain metastases. …”
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Performance comparison between workshop-based and laboratory-based condition monitoring systems for operational and economic performances of sugarcane harvesting by Rasol Abedini, Mahmoud Ghasemi-Nejad-Raeini, Afshin Marzban, Majid Rahnama

“…This finding indicates that the workshop-based system significantly outperformed the laboratory-based system in enhancing machinery uptime and efficiency. The cost per sample in the workshop-based system was $1.52, whereas in the laboratory-based system, it was significantly higher at $39.45, making it 25.98 times more expensive. …”
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Altered spontaneous brain activities in maintenance hemodialysis patients with cognitive impairment and the construction of cognitive function prediction models by Qing Sun, Jiahui Zheng, Yutao Zhang, Xiangxiang Wu, Zhuqing Jiao, Lifang Xu, Haifeng Shi, Tongqiang Liu

“…The study aimed to probe the relationship between spontaneous brain activity and CI by using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) data.Methods Here, 55 MHD patients with CI and 28 healthy controls were recruited. …”
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Cannabis Use and Age‐Related Changes in Cognitive Function From Early Adulthood to Late Midlife in 5162 Danish Men by Kirstine Maarup Høeg, Rasmus Ljungbeck Frodegaard, Marie Grønkjær, Merete Osler, Erik Lykke Mortensen, Trine Flensborg‐Madsen, Gunhild Tidemann Okholm

“…Discussion and Conclusions In a sample of more than 5000 men followed for a mean of 44 years, we found no significant harmful effects of cannabis use on age‐related cognitive decline.…”
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Comparison of Cultural Competence Between Dental House Officers and General Dentists: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Shaur Sarfaraz, Maria Ghani, Batool Sajjad, Dinaz Ghandhi, Tayyaba Akram, Maria Shakoor Abbasi, Naseer Ahmed, Artak Heboyan

“…GDs in private practice were more culturally competent than those working only in OPDs (−0.274*, F: 3.542, p = 0.001). …”
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