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Early Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Optimizes Teicoplanin Use in Febrile Neutropenic Patients with Hematological Malignancies
A target trough concentration (Cmin) of teicoplanin ≥ 15–20 mg/L between the fourth and sixth day has been suggested for severe infections or management of febrile neutropenia (FN). Owing to no reports discussing...
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RGS1 Enhancer RNA Promotes Gene Transcription by Recruiting Transcription Factor FOXJ3 and Facilitates Osteoclastogenesis Through PLC-IP3R-dependent Ca2+ Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Recent evidence has highlighted the functions of enhancers in modulating transcriptional machinery and affecting the development of human diseases including rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Enhancer RNAs (eRNAs) are...
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Open AccessCinnamaldehyde inhibits the NLRP3 inflammasome by preserving mitochondrial integrity and augmenting autophagy in Shigella sonnei-infected macrophages
Worldwide, more than 125 million people are infected with Shigella each year and develop shigellosis. In our previous study, we provided evidence that Shigella sonnei infection triggers activation of the NACHT, L...
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Open AccessPLD2 deletion ameliorates sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy by suppressing cardiomyocyte pyroptosis via the NLRP3/caspase 1/GSDMD pathway
Sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy (SICM) is a life-threatening complication. Phospholipase D2 (PLD2) is crucial in mediating inflammatory reactions and is associated with the prognosis of patients with sepsis. Whe...
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Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 5 protects against intimal hyperplasia by regulation of macrophage polarization via directly targeting PPARγ
Intimal hyperplasia is a serious clinical problem associated with the failure of therapeutic methods in multiple atherosclerosis-related coronary heart diseases, which are initiated and aggravated by the polar...
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The Role of Macrophage Death in Periodontitis: A Review
Periodontitis, an infectious inflammatory disease influenced by various factors, disrupts the delicate balance between the host microbiota and immunity. The resulting excessive immune response exacerbates the ...
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Causal role of myeloid cells in Parkinson’s disease: Mendelian randomization study
Previous studies have observed elevated myeloid cells in the peripheral blood of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), but the causal relationship between them remains to be elucidated. We investigated wheth...
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Open AccessInvestigation of Metabolic and Inflammatory Disorder in the Aging FGF21 Knockout Mouse
Aging is a physiological condition accomplished with persistent low-grade inflammation and metabolic disorders. FGF21 has been reported to act as a potent longevity determinant, involving inflammatory response...
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TRIM38 Induced in Respiratory Syncytial Virus-infected Cells Downregulates Type I Interferon Expression by Competing with TRIM25 to Bind RIG-I
Innate immune response is the first line of defense for the host against virus invasion. One important response is the synthesis and secretion of type I interferon (IFN-I) in the virus-infected host cells. Her...
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A prediction model of elderly hip fracture mortality including preoperative red cell distribution width constructed based on the random survival forest (RSF) and Cox risk ratio regression
An independent correlation between pre-RDW and 1-year mortality after surgery in elderly hip fracture can be used to predict mortality in elderly hip fracture patients and has predictive significance in anemia...
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Imbalance of T follicular helper cell subsets trigger the differentiation of pathogenic B cells in idiopathic membranous nephropathy
This study aims to elucidate the role of T follicular helper (Tfh) cells and their subsets in idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN).
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Open AccessEffect of use of NSAIDs or steroids during the acute phase of pain on the incidence of chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials
This study is the first to summarize the evidence on how the use of anti-inflammatory drugs during acute pain has an impact on the development of chronic pain.
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Celecoxib attenuates hindlimb unloading-induced muscle atrophy via suppressing inflammation, oxidative stress and ER stress by inhibiting STAT3
Improving inflammation may serve as useful therapeutic interventions for the hindlimb unloading-induced disuse muscle atrophy. Celecoxib is a selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. We aimed to determi...
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Open AccessClinical characteristics and risk factors associated with bone erosion in patients with tophi
If a large amount of urate crystals is deposited in a joint cavity for an extended period of time, bone erosion will occur and gradually cause skeletal muscle necrosis and joint deformity. The aim of this stud...
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Open AccessVaccination and the risk of systemic lupus erythematosus: a meta-analysis of observational studies
This meta-analysis aims to explore the potential link between vaccines and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
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Phenotype of Takayasu-like vasculitis and cardiopathy in patients with Blau syndrome
We aimed to determine the prevalence of cardiovascular involvement in our Blau syndrome (BS) cohort and provide detailed analysis of their cardiovascular manifestations and outcome. We also tried to find out t...
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Anemoside B4, a new pyruvate carboxylase inhibitor, alleviates colitis by reprogramming macrophage function
Colitis is a global disease usually accompanied by intestinal epithelial damage and intestinal inflammation, and an increasing number of studies have found natural products to be highly effective in treating c...
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Open AccessGenetically proxied PCSK9 inhibition is associated with reduced psoriatic arthritis risk
Lipid pathways play a crucial role in psoriatic arthritis development, and some lipid-lowering drugs are believed to have therapeutic benefits due to their anti-inflammatory properties. Traditional observation...
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Intrathecal injection of methotrexate and dexamethasone for vasculitis granuloma of the fourth ventricle: a case report and literature review
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is a pauci-immune small vessel vasculitis characterised by neutrophil-mediated vasculitis and granuloma. The presence of intracranial parenchymal space-occupying lesions ...
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Open AccessMucosal-associated invariant T cells in infectious diseases of respiratory system: recent advancements and applications
Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are an atypical subset of T lymphocytes, which have a highly conserved semi-constant αβ chain of T-cell receptor (TCR) and recognize microbe-derived vitamin B metabo...