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Journal of Translational Medicine

Ausgabe 1/2019

Inhalt (428 Artikel)

Open Access Research

Identification of a serum-based miRNA signature for response of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma to neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Yukiko Niwa, Suguru Yamada, Fuminori Sonohara, Keisuke Kurimoto, Masamichi Hayashi, Mitsuru Tashiro, Naoki Iwata, Mitsuro Kanda, Chie Tanaka, Daisuke Kobayashi, Goro Nakayama, Masahiko Koike, Michitaka Fujiwara, Yasuhiro Kodera

Open Access Research

Prediction of postoperative complications of pediatric cataract patients using data mining

Kai Zhang, Xiyang Liu, Jiewei Jiang, Wangting Li, Shuai Wang, Lin Liu, Xiaojing Zhou, Liming Wang

Open Access Review

Exosomes of pasteurized milk: potential pathogens of Western diseases

Bodo C. Melnik, Gerd Schmitz

Open Access Research

An innovative total temporomandibular joint prosthesis with customized design and 3D printing additive fabrication: a prospective clinical study

JiSi Zheng, XuZhuo Chen, WenBo Jiang, ShanYong Zhang, MinJie Chen, Chi Yang

Open Access Review

Microbiome–metabolome reveals the contribution of gut–kidney axis on kidney disease

Yuan-Yuan Chen, Dan-Qian Chen, Lin Chen, Jing-Ru Liu, Nosratola D. Vaziri, Yan Guo, Ying-Yong Zhao

Open Access Methodology

Complement factors C3a and C5a mimick a proinflammatory microenvironment and increase HBV IGRA sensitivity

Katharina Bröker, Robin Terzenbach, Frank Bentzien, Stefan Lüth, Werner Dammermann

Open Access Research

Identification of potential miRNA–mRNA regulatory network contributing to pathogenesis of HBV-related HCC

Weiyang Lou, Jingxing Liu, Bisha Ding, Danni Chen, Liang Xu, Jun Ding, Donghai Jiang, Lin Zhou, Shusen Zheng, Weimin Fan

Open Access Research

Interferon-alpha 2 but not Interferon-gamma serum levels are associated with intramuscular fat in obese patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Giovanni Tarantino, Susan Costantini, Vincenzo Citro, Paolo Conforti, Francesca Capone, Angela Sorice, Domenico Capone

Open Access Research

PRAME promotes epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in triple negative breast cancer

Ghaneya Al-Khadairi, Adviti Naik, Remy Thomas, Boshra Al-Sulaiti, Shaheen Rizly, Julie Decock

Open Access Research

Isolation of clinically relevant concentrations of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells without centrifugation

Michael Scarpone, Daniel Kuebler, Andrew Chambers, Carlo Maria De Filippo, Mariangela Amatuzio, Thomas E. Ichim, Amit N. Patel, Eugenio Caradonna

Open Access Research

Establishment of clinical diagnosis model of Graves’ disease and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

Zhaohui Cui, Zhixiao Wang, Xiaoyun Liu, Yun Cai, Xinyu Xu, Tao Yang

Open Access Research

In vitro effects of interleukin (IL)-1 beta inhibition on the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of renal tubular and hepatic stellate cells

Valentina Masola, Amedeo Carraro, Simona Granata, Lorenzo Signorini, Gloria Bellin, Paola Violi, Antonio Lupo, Umberto Tedeschi, Maurizio Onisto, Giovanni Gambaro, Gianluigi Zaza

Open Access Research

Clinical verification of the relationship between smoking and the immune microenvironment of breast cancer

Koji Takada, Shinichiro Kashiwagi, Yuka Asano, Wataru Goto, Katsuyuki Takahashi, Hisakazu Fujita, Tsutomu Takashima, Shuhei Tomita, Kosei Hirakawa, Masaichi Ohira

Open Access Research

Longitudinal genome-wide DNA methylation analysis uncovers persistent early-life DNA methylation changes

Raúl F. Pérez, Pablo Santamarina, Juan Ramón Tejedor, Rocío G. Urdinguio, Julio Álvarez-Pitti, Pau Redon, Agustín F. Fernández, Mario F. Fraga, Empar Lurbe

Open Access Research

Protein inhibitor of activated STAT3 reduces peripheral arthritis and gut inflammation and regulates the Th17/Treg cell imbalance via STAT3 signaling in a mouse model of spondyloarthritis

Hong-Ki Min, JeongWon Choi, Seon-Yeong Lee, Hyeon-Beom Seo, KyungAh Jung, Hyun Sik Na, Jun-Geol Ryu, Seung-Ki Kwok, Mi-La Cho, Sung-Hwan Park

Open Access Research

Microbubble-mediated delivery of human adenoviruses does not elicit innate and adaptive immunity response in an immunocompetent mouse model of prostate cancer

Flavia De Carlo, Litty Thomas, Bell Brooke, Elliot T. Varney, Rounak Nande, Olivia Boskovic, Gailen D. Marshall, Pier Paolo Claudio, Candace M. Howard

Open Access Research

Translational control mechanisms in cutaneous malignant melanoma: the role of eIF2α

Immacolata Maida, Paola Zanna, Stefania Guida, Anna Ferretta, Tiziana Cocco, Luigi Leonardo Palese, Paola Londei, Dario Benelli, Amalia Azzariti, Stefania Tommasi, Michele Guida, Giovanni Pellacani, Gabriella Guida

Open Access Research

Characteristics of T cell receptor repertoires of patients with acute myocardial infarction through high-throughput sequencing

Zhixiong Zhong, Heming Wu, Qifeng Zhang, Wei Zhong, Pingsen Zhao

Open Access Research

MicroRNA-regulated pathways of flow-stimulated angiogenesis and vascular remodeling in vivo

Dominic Henn, Masood Abu-Halima, Dominik Wermke, Florian Falkner, Benjamin Thomas, Christoph Köpple, Nicole Ludwig, Matthias Schulte, Marc A. Brockmann, Yoo-Jin Kim, Justin M. Sacks, Ulrich Kneser, Andreas Keller, Eckart Meese, Volker J. Schmidt

Open Access Research

Single cell sequencing reveals gene expression signatures associated with bone marrow stromal cell subpopulations and time in culture

Shutong Liu, David F. Stroncek, Yingdong Zhao, Victoria Chen, Rongye Shi, Jinguo Chen, Jiaqiang Ren, Hui Liu, Hee Joon Bae, Steven L. Highfill, Ping Jin

Open Access Research

Regeneration of a neoartery through a completely autologous acellular conduit in a minipig model: a pilot study

Tao Wang, Nianguo Dong, Huimin Yan, Sze Yue Wong, Wen Zhao, Kang Xu, Dong Wang, Song Li, Xuefeng Qiu

Open Access Research

Circulating miR-3659 may be a potential biomarker of dyslipidemia in patients with obesity

Liu Miao, Rui-Xing Yin, Shang-Ling Pan, Shuo Yang, De-Zhai Yang, Wei-Xiong Lin

Open Access Research

Hypercholesterolemia-induced increase in plasma oxidized LDL abrogated pro angiogenic response in kidney grafts

Thomas Kerforne, Frédéric Favreau, Tackwa Khalifeh, Souleymane Maiga, Geraldine Allain, Antoine Thierry, Manuel Dierick, Edouard Baulier, Clara Steichen, Thierry Hauet

Open Access Research

Clinical and genetic risk factors for Fulvestrant treatment in post-menopause ER-positive advanced breast cancer patients

Jingyu Liu, Jing Li, Hui Wang, Yikai Wang, Qiongzhi He, Xuefeng Xia, Zhe-Yu Hu, Quchang Ouyang

Open Access Research

Serum protein signature of coronary artery disease in type 2 diabetes mellitus

Ramu Adela, Podduturu Naveen Chander Reddy, Tarini Shankar Ghosh, Suruchi Aggarwal, Amit Kumar Yadav, Bhabatosh Das, Sanjay K. Banerjee

Open Access Review

The emerging role of WISP proteins in tumorigenesis and cancer therapy

Yi Liu, Yizuo Song, Miaomiao Ye, Xiaoli Hu, Z. Peter Wang, Xueqiong Zhu

Open Access Research

Effectiveness of two different dose administration regimens of an IL-15 superagonist complex (ALT-803) in an orthotopic bladder cancer mouse model

Hideki Furuya, Owen T. M. Chan, Ian Pagano, Chengjun Zhu, Nari Kim, Rafael Peres, Kanani Hokutan, Sarah Alter, Peter Rhode, Charles J. Rosser

Open Access Research

Systemic immune-inflammation index predicts prognosis of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer

Ke Zhang, Yong-Qiang Hua, Dan Wang, Lian-Yu Chen, Cai-Jun Wu, Zhen Chen, Lu-Ming Liu, Hao Chen

Open Access Commentary

Revisiting IDO and its value as a predictive marker for anti-PD-1 resistance

Peter Kim Moon, Stephanie Tran, Paras Singh Minhas

Open Access Research

Three-dimensional nanostructured substrates enable dynamic detection of ALK-rearrangement in circulating tumor cells from treatment-naive patients with stage III/IV lung adenocarcinoma

Weiling He, Di Xu, Zhuo Wang, Hui Wu, Xianhong Xiang, Bing Tang, Wenting Jiang, Yongmei Cui, Han Wang, Neng Jiang, Yu Sun, Yangshan Chen, Shuhua Li, Minzhi Hou, Yang Zhang, Liantang Wang, Zun-fu Ke

Open Access Research

Climate, human behaviour or environment: individual-based modelling of Campylobacter seasonality and strategies to reduce disease burden

Stephen P. Rushton, Roy A. Sanderson, Peter J. Diggle, Mark D. F. Shirley, Alasdair P. Blain, Iain Lake, James A. Maas, William D. K. Reid, Jo Hardstaff, Nicola Williams, Natalia R. Jones, Daniel Rigby, Norval J. C. Strachan, Ken J. Forbes, Paul R. Hunter, Thomas J. Humphrey, Sarah J. O’Brien

Open Access Research

Macrophages are necessary for skin regeneration during tissue expansion

Jianke Ding, Lei Lei, Shiqiang Liu, Yu Zhang, Zhou Yu, Yingjun Su, Xianjie Ma

Open Access Research

LRRK2 is involved in the pathogenesis of system lupus erythematosus through promoting pathogenic antibody production

Meiyu Zhang, Chengcheng Yao, Jun Cai, Shuai Liu, Xia-nan Liu, Yingying Chen, Shujun Wang, Ping Ji, Meng Pan, Zizhen Kang, Ying Wang

Open Access Research

Mathematical models of amino acid panel for assisting diagnosis of children acute leukemia

Zhidai Liu, Tingting Zhou, Xing Han, Tingyuan Lang, Shan Liu, Penghui Zhang, Haiyan Liu, Kexing Wan, Jie Yu, Liang Zhang, Liyan Chen, Roger W. Beuerman, Bin Peng, Lei Zhou, Lin Zou

Open Access Research

Peripheral T cell receptor beta immune repertoire is promptly reconstituted after acute myocardial infarction

Dan Li, Longgang Hu, Qing Liang, Cuijuan Zhang, Yunzhen Shi, Bin Wang, Kejia Wang

Open Access Research

New risk score for predicting progression of membranous nephropathy

Hu Xiaofan, Xu Jing, Gao Chenni, Wu Yifan, Yu Xialian, Lin Li, Ren Hong, Zhang Wen, Wang Weiming, Pan Xiaoxia, Xie Jingyuan, Chen Nan

Open Access Research

How stakeholder engagement influenced a randomized comparative effectiveness trial testing two Diabetes Prevention Program interventions in a Marshallese Pacific Islander Community

Pearl A. McElfish, Britni L. Ayers, Holly C. Felix, Christopher R. Long, Zoran Bursac, Joseph Keawe‘aimoku Kaholokula, Sheldon Riklon, Williamina Bing, Anita Iban, Karen Hye-cheon Kim Yeary

Open Access Research

The phylogeny of 48 alleles, experimentally verified at 21 kb, and its application to clinical allele detection

Kshitij Srivastava, Kurt R. Wollenberg, Willy A. Flegel

Open Access Editorial

Data-driven clinical decision processes: it’s time

Enrico Capobianco

Open Access Research

Bioinformatic gene analysis for potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets of atrial fibrillation-related stroke

Rongjun Zou, Dingwen Zhang, Lei Lv, Wanting Shi, Zijiao Song, Bin Yi, Bingjia Lai, Qian Chen, Songran Yang, Ping Hua

Open Access Research

Air Pollutants are associated with Dry Eye Disease in Urban Ophthalmic Outpatients: a Prevalence Study in China

Donghui Yu, Qinglong Deng, Jiwei Wang, Xing Chang, Shuxiao Wang, Renren Yang, Jinming Yu, Jing Yu

Open Access Research

High throughput sequencing of T-cell receptor repertoire using dry blood spots

Shang-Gin Wu, Wenjing Pan, Hongna Liu, Miranda L. Byrne-Steele, Brittany Brown, Mollye Depinet, Xiaohong Hou, Jian Han, Song Li

Open Access Research

Discriminatory ability of anthropometric measurements of central fat distribution for prediction of post-prandial hyperglycaemia in patients with normal fasting glucose: the DICAMANO Study

Belén Pérez-Pevida, Jorge M. Núñez-Córdoba, Sonia Romero, Alexander Dimitri Miras, Patricia Ibañez, Neus Vila, María Ángeles Margall, Camilo Silva, Javier Salvador, Gema Frühbeck, Javier Escalada

Open Access Research

A two-circular RNA signature as a noninvasive diagnostic biomarker for lung adenocarcinoma

Xiao-Xia Liu, Yi-E Yang, Xiao Liu, Meng-Yu Zhang, Rui Li, Yun-Hong Yin, Yi-Qing Qu

Open Access Research

High levels of serum soluble TWEAK are associated with neuroinflammation during multiple sclerosis

Adil Maarouf, Delphine Stephan, Marie-Pierre Ranjeva, Jean-Philippe Ranjeva, Jean Pelletier, Bertrand Audoin, Michel Khrestchatisky, Sophie Desplat-Jégo

Open Access Research

Saliva molecular inflammatory profiling in female migraine patients responsive to adjunctive cervical non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation: the MOXY Study

Azize Boström, Dirk Scheele, Birgit Stoffel-Wagner, Frigga Hönig, Shafqat R. Chaudhry, Sajjad Muhammad, Rene Hurlemann, Joachim K. Krauss, Ilana S. Lendvai, Krishnan V. Chakravarthy, Thomas M. Kinfe

Open Access Review

How mRNA therapeutics are entering the monoclonal antibody field

Lien Van Hoecke, Kenny Roose

Open Access Research

Increased risk of chronic fatigue syndrome in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a population-based retrospective cohort study

Shin-Yi Tsai, Hsuan-Ju Chen, Chon-Fu Lio, Chien-Feng Kuo, An-Chun Kao, Wei-Shieng Wang, Wei-Cheng Yao, Chi Chen, Tse-Yen Yang

Open Access Research

Jaw osteosarcoma models in mice: first description

Hélios Bertin, Romain Guilho, Régis Brion, Jérôme Amiaud, Séverine Battaglia, Anne Moreau, Anne Brouchet-Gomez, Julie Longis, Benoit Piot, Dominique Heymann, Pierre Corre, Françoise Rédini

Open Access Research

Early and dynamic alterations of Th2/Th1 in previously immunocompetent patients with community-acquired severe sepsis: a prospective observational study

Ming Xue, Jianfeng Xie, Ling Liu, Yingzi Huang, Fengmei Guo, Jingyuan Xu, Yi Yang, Haibo Qiu

Open Access Research

Comprehensive bioinformatics analysis of acquired progesterone resistance in endometrial cancer cell line

Wenzhi Li, Shufen Wang, Chunping Qiu, Zhiming Liu, Qing Zhou, Deshui Kong, Xiaohong Ma, Jie Jiang

Open Access Research

Bioinformatics-based discovery of the urinary BBOX1 mRNA as a potential biomarker of diabetic kidney disease

Le-Ting Zhou, Lin-Li Lv, Shen Qiu, Qing Yin, Zuo-Lin Li, Tao-Tao Tang, Li-Hua Ni, Ye Feng, Bin Wang, Kun-Ling Ma, Bi-Cheng Liu

Open Access Research

Increased expression and phosphorylation of 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase isoforms in urinary exosomes in pre-eclampsia

R. Ellis, M. Katerelos, S. W. Choy, N. Cook, M. Lee, K. Paizis, G. Pell, S. Walker, D. A. Power, P. F. Mount

Open Access Research

Computer-aided assessment of the extra-cellular matrix during pancreatic carcinogenesis: a pilot study

Fabio Grizzi, Sirio Fiorino, Dorina Qehajaj, Adele Fornelli, Carlo Russo, Dario de Biase, Michele Masetti, Laura Mastrangelo, Matteo Zanello, Raffaele Lombardi, Andrea Domanico, Esterita Accogli, Andrea Tura, Leonardo Mirandola, Maurizio Chiriva-Internati, Robert S. Bresalier, Elio Jovine, Paolo Leandri, Luca Di Tommaso

Open Access Research

Testosterone induces renal tubular epithelial cell death through the HIF-1α/BNIP3 pathway

Yonghan Peng, Ziyu Fang, Min Liu, Zeyu Wang, Ling Li, Shaoxiong Ming, Chaoyue Lu, Hao Dong, Wenhui Zhang, Qi Wang, Rong Shen, Fei Xie, Weitao Zhang, Cheng Yang, Xiaofeng Gao, Yinghao Sun

Open Access Research

A robust qualitative transcriptional signature for the correct pathological diagnosis of gastric cancer

Haidan Yan, Meifeng Li, Longlong Cao, Haifeng Chen, Hungming Lai, Qingzhou Guan, Huxing Chen, Wenbin Zhou, Baotong Zheng, Zheng Guo, Chaohui Zheng

Open Access Research

Adiponectin regulates bone mass in AIS osteopenia via RANKL/OPG and IL6 pathway

Hong-qi Zhang, Long-jie Wang, Shao-hua Liu, Jiong Li, Li-ge Xiao, Guan-teng Yang

Open Access Research

Evaluation of endoscopic visible light spectroscopy: comparison with microvascular oxygen tension measurements in a porcine model

Rinse Ubbink, Louisa J. D. van Dijk, Desirée van Noord, Tanja Johannes, Patricia A. C. Specht, Marco J. Bruno, Egbert G. Mik

Open Access Research

The biological behavior optimization of human periodontal ligament stem cells via preconditioning by the combined application of fibroblast growth factor-2 and A83-01 in in vitro culture expansion

Chunshu Zhang, Hongmei Guo, Chengzhe Yang, Qian Chen, Jiahui Huang, Lianlian Liu, Yu Zhang, Shanshan Jin, Aimei Song, Pishan Yang

Open Access Research

Emerging trends and research foci in gastrointestinal microbiome

Xiaoquan Huang, Xiaowen Fan, Jun Ying, Shiyao Chen

Open Access Research

Processed human amniotic fluid retains its antibacterial activity

Yong Mao, Jan Pierce, Anya Singh-Varma, Michael Boyer, Joachim Kohn, Jo-Anna Reems

Open Access Research

Osteoclastic expression of higher-level regulators NFATc1 and BCL6 in medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw secondary to bisphosphonate therapy: a comparison with osteoradionecrosis and osteomyelitis

Falk Wehrhan, Christian Gross, Kay Creutzburg, Kerstin Amann, Jutta Ries, Marco Kesting, Carol-Immanuel Geppert, Manuel Weber

Open Access Research

Identification of an immune signature predicting prognosis risk of patients in lung adenocarcinoma

Qian Song, Jun Shang, Zuyi Yang, Lanlin Zhang, Chufan Zhang, Jianing Chen, Xianghua Wu

Open Access Research

AntAngioCOOL: computational detection of anti-angiogenic peptides

Javad Zahiri, Babak Khorsand, Ali Akbar Yousefi, Mohammadjavad Kargar, Ramin Shirali Hossein Zade, Ghasem Mahdevar

Open Access Research

TZAP plays an inhibitory role in the self-renewal of porcine mesenchymal stromal cells and is implicated the regulation of premature senescence via the p53 pathway

Ya-nan Bie, Peng Gu, Yu-ting Chen, Xiao-xu Zhou, Yu-guang Tian, Qin Yang, Hai-yan Li, Xia Lin, Yan-hong Guan, Tao-yan Lin, Xun Lu, Hong-fen Shen, Ting-xiao Fang, Yu-min Liu, Dong Xiao, Wei-Wang Gu

Open Access Research

Chromosome screening using culture medium of embryos fertilised in vitro: a pilot clinical study

Rui Fang, Weimin Yang, Xin Zhao, Fang Xiong, Caiqing Guo, Jianping Xiao, Li Chen, Xiaoqing Song, Honghua Wang, Jie Chen, Xiao Xiao, Bing Yao, Li-Yi Cai

Open Access Research

The role of CEA, CYFRA21-1 and NSE in monitoring tumor response to Nivolumab in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients

M. G. Dal Bello, R. A. Filiberti, A. Alama, A. M. Orengo, M. Mussap, S. Coco, I. Vanni, S. Boccardo, E. Rijavec, C. Genova, F. Biello, G. Barletta, G. Rossi, M. Tagliamento, C. Maggioni, F. Grossi

Open Access Methodology

Polyethylene glycol improves current methods for circulating extracellular vesicle-derived DNA isolation

N. García-Romero, R. Madurga, G. Rackov, I. Palacín-Aliana, R. Núñez-Torres, A. Asensi-Puig, J. Carrión-Navarro, S. Esteban-Rubio, H. Peinado, A. González-Neira, V. González-Rumayor, C. Belda-Iniesta, A. Ayuso-Sacido

Open Access Review

Pediatric sleep disturbances and treatment with melatonin

Susanna Esposito, Daniela Laino, Renato D’Alonzo, Annalisa Mencarelli, Lorenza Di Genova, Antonella Fattorusso, Alberto Argentiero, Elisabetta Mencaroni

Open Access Research

m6A RNA modification and its writer/reader VIRMA/YTHDF3 in testicular germ cell tumors: a role in seminoma phenotype maintenance

João Lobo, Ana Laura Costa, Mariana Cantante, Rita Guimarães, Paula Lopes, Luís Antunes, Isaac Braga, Jorge Oliveira, Mattia Pelizzola, Rui Henrique, Carmen Jerónimo

Open Access Research

Diagnostic sensitivity of 2-day cardiopulmonary exercise testing in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Maximillian J. Nelson, Jonathan D. Buckley, Rebecca L. Thomson, Daniel Clark, Richard Kwiatek, Kade Davison

Open Access Research

Exosome microRNA signatures in patients with complex regional pain syndrome undergoing plasma exchange

Sujay Ramanathan, Sabrina R. Douglas, Guillermo M. Alexander, Botros B. Shenoda, James E. Barrett, Enrique Aradillas, Ahmet Sacan, Seena K. Ajit

Open Access Methodology

Production of a cellular product consisting of monocytes stimulated with Sylatron® (Peginterferon alfa-2b) and Actimmune® (Interferon gamma-1b) for human use

Daniel S. Green, Ana T. Nunes, Kevin W. Tosh, Virginia David-Ocampo, Vicki S. Fellowes, Jiaqiang Ren, Jianjian Jin, Sue-Ellen Frodigh, Chauha Pham, Jolynn Procter, Celina Tran, Irene Ekwede, Hanh Khuu, David F. Stroncek, Steven L. Highfill, Kathryn C. Zoon, Christina M. Annunziata

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Recurrent pregnancy loss is associated to leaky gut: a novel pathogenic model of endometrium inflammation?

C. Tersigni, S. D’Ippolito, F. Di Nicuolo, R. Marana, V. Valenza, V. Masciullo, F. Scaldaferri, F. Malatacca, C. de Waure, A. Gasbarrini, G. Scambia, N. Di Simone

Open Access Research

RIPK1 inhibition attenuates experimental autoimmune arthritis via suppression of osteoclastogenesis

Jooyeon Jhun, Seung Hoon Lee, Se-Young Kim, Jaeyoon Ryu, Ji Ye Kwon, Hyun Sik Na, KyoungAh Jung, Su-Jin Moon, Mi-La Cho, Jun-Ki Min

Open Access Commentary

Driving the precision medicine highway: community health workers and patient navigators

Irma N. Ramos, Kristie N. Ramos, Kenneth S. Ramos

Open Access Research

Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and incident end-stage renal disease in Chinese patients with chronic kidney disease: results from the Chinese Cohort Study of Chronic Kidney Disease (C-STRIDE)

Qiongjing Yuan, Jinwei Wang, Zhangzhe Peng, Qiaoling Zhou, Xiangcheng Xiao, Yanyun Xie, Wei Wang, Ling Huang, Wenbin Tang, Danni Sun, Luxia Zhang, Fang Wang, Ming-Hui Zhao, Lijian Tao, Kevin He, Hui Xu

Open Access Review

Vitamin D and growth hormone in children: a review of the current scientific knowledge

Susanna Esposito, Alberto Leonardi, Lucia Lanciotti, Marta Cofini, Giulia Muzi, Laura Penta

Open Access Research

Dermal tissue remodeling and non-osmotic sodium storage in kidney patients

Ryanne S. Hijmans, Marco van Londen, Kwaku A. Sarpong, Stephan J. L. Bakker, Gerjan J. Navis, Twan T. R. Storteboom, Wilhelmina H. A. de Jong, Robert A. Pol, Jacob van den Born

Open Access Research

Design and biomechanical characteristics of porous meniscal implant structures using triply periodic minimal surfaces

Li-ya Zhu, Lan Li, Zong-an Li, Jian-ping Shi, Wen-lai Tang, Ji-quan Yang, Qing Jiang

Open Access Research

Emodin regulates neutrophil phenotypes to prevent hypercoagulation and lung carcinogenesis

Zibo Li, Yukun Lin, Shuhui Zhang, Lin Zhou, Guixi Yan, Yuehua Wang, Mengdi Zhang, Mengqi Wang, Haihong Lin, Qiaozhen Tong, Yongjian Duan, Gangjun Du

Open Access Research

Hyperoxia-induced lung structure–function relation, vessel rarefaction, and cardiac hypertrophy in an infant rat model

Francesco Greco, Susanne Wiegert, Philipp Baumann, Sven Wellmann, Giovanni Pellegrini, Vincenzo Cannizzaro

Open Access Research

Nuclear shape, architecture and orientation features from H&E images are able to predict recurrence in node-negative gastric adenocarcinoma

Meng-Yao Ji, Lei Yuan, Xiao-Da Jiang, Zhi Zeng, Na Zhan, Ping-Xiao Huang, Cheng Lu, Wei-Guo Dong

Open Access Research

Altered PGE2-EP2 is associated with an excessive immune response in HBV-related acute-on-chronic liver failure

Yunyun Wang, Chao Chen, Jinjin Qi, Fengtian Wu, Jun Guan, Zhi Chen, Haihong Zhu

Open Access Research

Overexpression of scavenger receptor and infiltration of macrophage in epicardial adipose tissue of patients with ischemic heart disease and diabetes

Concepción Santiago-Fernández, Luis M. Pérez-Belmonte, Mercedes Millán-Gómez, Inmaculada Moreno-Santos, Fernando Carrasco-Chinchilla, Amalio Ruiz-Salas, Luis Morcillo-Hidalgo, José M. Melero, Lourdes Garrido-Sánchez, Manuel Jiménez-Navarro

Open Access Research

Longitudinal heterogeneity in glioblastoma: moving targets in recurrent versus primary tumors

Niklas Schäfer, Gerrit H. Gielen, Laurèl Rauschenbach, Sied Kebir, Andreas Till, Roman Reinartz, Matthias Simon, Pitt Niehusmann, Christoph Kleinschnitz, Ulrich Herrlinger, Torsten Pietsch, Björn Scheffler, Martin Glas

Open Access Research

Spray drying OZ439 nanoparticles to form stable, water-dispersible powders for oral malaria therapy

Kurt D. Ristroph, Jie Feng, Simon A. McManus, Yingyue Zhang, Kai Gong, Hanu Ramachandruni, Claire E. White, Robert K. Prud’homme

Open Access Research

Development and validation of a prognostic nomogram in gastric cancer with hepatitis B virus infection

Yi He, Minjie Mao, Wenjuan Shi, Zhonglian He, Lin Zhang, Xueping Wang

Open Access Research

A nomogram to predict survival in non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with nivolumab

Andrea Botticelli, Massimiliano Salati, Francesca Romana Di Pietro, Lidia Strigari, Bruna Cerbelli, Ilaria Grazia Zizzari, Raffaele Giusti, Marco Mazzotta, Federica Mazzuca, Michela Roberto, Patrizia Vici, Laura Pizzuti, Marianna Nuti, Paolo Marchetti

Open Access Research

Delivery of oncolytic vaccinia virus by matched allogeneic stem cells overcomes critical innate and adaptive immune barriers

Dobrin D. Draganov, Antonio F. Santidrian, Ivelina Minev, Duong Nguyen, Mehmet Okyay Kilinc, Ivan Petrov, Anna Vyalkova, Elliot Lander, Mark Berman, Boris Minev, Aladar A. Szalay

Open Access Research

Genetic polymorphisms of histone methyltransferase SETD2 predicts prognosis and chemotherapy response in Chinese acute myeloid leukemia patients

Suwei Wang, Xiaoqing Yuan, Yazhen Liu, Kewei Zhu, Peng Chen, Han Yan, Daoyu Zhang, Xi Li, Hui Zeng, Xielan Zhao, Xiaoping Chen, Gan Zhou, Shan Cao

Open Access Research

Reduced protocadherin17 expression in leukemia stem cells: the clinical and biological effect in acute myeloid leukemia

Zi-jun Xu, Ji-chun Ma, Jing-dong Zhou, Xiang-mei Wen, Dong-ming Yao, Wei Zhang, Run-bi Ji, De-hong Wu, Li-juan Tang, Zhao-qun Deng, Jun Qian, Jiang Lin

Open Access Research

Crosstalk between tumor cells and lymphocytes modulates heparanase expression

Thérèse Rachell Theodoro, Leandro Luongo Matos, Renan Pelluzzi Cavalheiro, Giselle Zenker Justo, Helena Bonciani Nader, Maria Aparecida Silva Pinhal

Open Access Research

Cartilage progenitor cells combined with PHBV in cartilage tissue engineering

Ke Xue, Xiaodie Zhang, Zixu Gao, Wanyao Xia, Lin Qi, Kai Liu

Open Access Research

Key metabolic parameters change significantly in early breast cancer survivors: an explorative PILOT study

Stine Overvad Fredslund, Claus Højbjerg Gravholt, Britt Elmedal Laursen, Anders Bonde Jensen

Open Access Research

High expression of miR-363 predicts poor prognosis and guides treatment selection in acute myeloid leukemia

Huihui Zhang, Ninghan Zhang, Rong Wang, Tingting Shao, Yuan Feng, Yao Yao, Qingyun Wu, Shengyun Zhu, Jiang Cao, Huanxin Zhang, Zhenyu Li, Xuejiao Liu, Mingshan Niu, Kailin Xu

Open Access Research

FNDC5 attenuates obesity-induced cardiac hypertrophy by inactivating JAK2/STAT3-associated inflammation and oxidative stress

Zhi Geng, Wen-Yong Fan, Bing Zhou, Chao Ye, Ying Tong, Ye-Bo Zhou, Xiao-Qing Xiong

Open Access Research

ZCCHC13-mediated induction of human liver cancer is associated with the modulation of DNA methylation and the AKT/ERK signaling pathway

Zhiming Li, Zhi Li, Linjun Wang, Chen Long, Zaozao Zheng, Xuan Zhuang

Open Access Research

Somatic mutation of DNAH genes implicated higher chemotherapy response rate in gastric adenocarcinoma patients

Chunchao Zhu, Qin Yang, Jia Xu, Wenyi Zhao, Zizhen Zhang, Danhua Xu, Yeqian Zhang, Enhao Zhao, Gang Zhao

Open Access Research

Experimental non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in Göttingen Minipigs: consequences of high fat-fructose-cholesterol diet and diabetes

Camilla Schumacher-Petersen, Berit Østergaard Christoffersen, Rikke Kaae Kirk, Trine Pagh Ludvigsen, Nora Elisabeth Zois, Henrik Duelund Pedersen, Mogens Vyberg, Lisbeth Høier Olsen

Open Access Research

Promoting therapeutic angiogenesis of focal cerebral ischemia using thrombospondin-4 (TSP4) gene-modified bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) in a rat model

Qian Zhang, Meiling Zhou, Xiangfeng Wu, Zhu Li, Bing Liu, Wenbin Gao, Jin Yue, Tao Liu

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Monoallelic expression in melanoma

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Upregulation of mitotic bookmarking factors during enhanced proliferation of human stromal cells in human platelet lysate

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The important role of connexin 43 in subarachnoid hemorrhage-induced cerebral vasospasm

Le Yang, Jian Yan, Jin-An Zhang, Xin-Hui Zhou, Chao Fang, Er-Ming Zeng, Bin Tang, Jian Duan, Guo-Hui Lu, Tao Hong

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Overexpression of circulating MiR-30b-5p identifies advanced breast cancer

Helena Estevão-Pereira, João Lobo, Sofia Salta, Maria Amorim, Paula Lopes, Mariana Cantante, Berta Reis, Luís Antunes, Fernando Castro, Susana Palma de Sousa, Céline S. Gonçalves, Bruno M. Costa, Rui Henrique, Carmen Jerónimo

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