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Open AccessPhillyrin reduces ROS production to alleviate the progression of intervertebral disc degeneration by inhibiting NF-κB pathway
Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) is an increasingly important cause of low back pain (LBP) that results in substantial health and economic burdens. Inflammatory pathway activation and the production of r...
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The prognostic value of systemic immune-inflammation index in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a systematic review
Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) is a devastating and life-threatening stroke subtype, that has a high disability and fatality rate. By the use of the systemic immune-inflammation index (SII), it is p...
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Open AccessComprehensive analysis of angiogenesis pattern and related immune landscape for individual treatment in osteosarcoma
Postoperative recurrence and metastasis are the main reasons for the poor prognosis of osteosarcoma (OS). Currently, an ideal predictor for not only prognosis but also drug sensitivity and immunotherapy respon...
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Open AccessTAK-715 alleviated IL-1β-induced apoptosis and ECM degradation in nucleus pulposus cells and attenuated intervertebral disc degeneration ex vivo and in vivo
Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) is one of the most common disorders related to the spine. Inflammation, apoptosis and extracellular matrix (ECM) degradation contribute to disc degeneration in nucleus pu...
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Open AccessPositive feedback regulation of lncRNA PVT1 and HIF2α contributes to clear cell renal cell carcinoma tumorigenesis and metastasis
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been reported to exert important roles in tumors, including clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). PVT1 is an important oncogenic lncRNA which has critical effects on onset...
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Open AccessEvaluating the effectiveness of a CRSCE-based de-escalation training program among psychiatric nurses: a study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial
The high incidence of workplace violence (WPV) in clinical mental health settings has caused a series of negative impacts on nurses, which has subsequently increased public concern. De-escalation (DE) is recom...
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Injuries of the upper cervical spine—how can instability be identified?
The diagnosis of instability of the injured upper cervical spine remains controversial, due to its complicated anatomical configuration and biomechanical property. Since identifying unstable injuries of the up...
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Entwicklung eines neuen Protokolls zur präklinischen Immobilisation der Wirbelsäule bei Kindern und erste Anwendungsuntersuchung
Um Sekundärschäden zu vermeiden, stellt die Immobilisation der potenziell verletzten Wirbelsäule eine Standardmaßnahme im präklinischen Traumamanagement dar. Immobilisationsprotokolle sollen dem notfallmedizin...
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Open AccessPre-therapy CT scan showing peritoneal thickening from metastatic renal pelvis carcinoma patients
We investigated clinical significance of peritoneal thickening from metastatic renal pelvis based on pretherapy computed tomography (CT) scan findings. The criteria for inclusion were as follows: (1) pathology...
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Spinal movement and dural sac compression during airway management in a cadaveric model with atlanto-occipital instability
To analyze the compression of the dural sac and the cervical spinal movement during performing different airway interventions in case of atlanto-occipital dislocation.
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The Impact of Genetic Variants for Different Physiological Characterization of Type 2 Diabetes Loci on Gestational Insulin Signaling in Nondiabetic Pregnant Chinese Women
We investigate the impact of genetic variants on transiently upregulated gestational insulin signaling. We recruited 1152 unrelated nondiabetic pregnant Han Chinese women (age 28.5 ± 4.1 years; body mass index...
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Open AccessFamilial multinodular goiter syndrome with papillary thyroid carcinomas: mutational analysis of the associated genes in 5 cases from 1 Chinese family
Familial papillary thyroid cancer (fPTC) is recognized as a distinct entity only recently and no fPTC predisposing genes have been identified. Several potential regions and susceptibility loci for sporadic PTC...
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Extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type: epidemiology study
Extranodal natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type (ENKTCL) is a rarely kind of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). It is much more frequent in Asian and Latin American countries than other part of the world. ...