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Open AccessCCL11/CCR3-dependent eosinophilia alleviates malignant pleural effusions and improves prognosis
Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is a common occurrence in advanced cancer and is often linked with a poor prognosis. Eosinophils were reported to involve in the development of MPE. However, the role of eosino...
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GSK3β and UCHL3 govern RIPK4 homeostasis via deubiquitination to enhance tumor metastasis in ovarian cancer
Receptor-interacting protein kinase 4 (RIPK4) is increasingly recognized as a pivotal player in ovarian cancer, promoting tumorigenesis and disease progression. Despite its significance, the posttranslational ...
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Open AccessEarly changes in cardiac troponin T and NT-proBNP levels in neonates receiving ECMO support: a single-center experience
This study aimed to examine the changes in absolute value and decline rate of early serum cardiac troponin T (cTnT) and N-terminal pro b-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in neonates who received veno-arter...
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Open AccessHigher plasma aldosterone concentrations in patients with aortic diseases and hypertension: a retrospective observational study
Aortic diseases remain a highly perilous macrovascular condition. The relationship between circulating aldosterone and aortic diseases is rarely explored, thus we investigated the difference in plasma aldoster...
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Open AccessAssociation of hyperuricemia combined with sarcopenia on ASCVD risk
Hyperuricemia and sarcopenia are both strongly linked to an increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), and this study was designed to look into the interactive effects of hyperuricemia o...
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The effect of the Mediterranean diet on health outcomes in post-stroke adults: a systematic literature review of intervention trials
Stroke represents a major source of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Guidelines for stroke management and secondary prevention focus on reducing stroke-related risk factors such as smoking cessation, exercis...
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SMARCE1 promotes neuroblastoma tumorigenesis through assisting MYCN-mediated transcriptional activation
SMARCE1 gene, encoding a core subunit of SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex, is situated on chromosome 17q21-ter region that is frequently gained in neuroblastoma. However, its role in the tumorigenesis remains...
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CBX3 accelerates the malignant progression of glioblastoma multiforme by stabilizing EGFR expression
CBX3, also known as HP1γ, is a major isoform of heterochromatin protein 1, whose deregulation has been reported to promote the development of human cancers. However, the molecular mechanism of CBX3 in glioblas...
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Open AccessConstruction of genetic classification model for coronary atherosclerosis heart disease using three machine learning methods
Although the diagnostic method for coronary atherosclerosis heart disease (CAD) is constantly innovated, CAD in the early stage is still missed diagnosis for the absence of any symptoms. The gene expression le...
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Nup54-induced CARM1 nuclear importation promotes gastric cancer cell proliferation and tumorigenesis through transcriptional activation and methylation of Notch2
Gastric cancer (GC) has the fifth highest incidence globally, but its molecular mechanisms are not well understood. Here, we report that coactivator-associated arginine methyltransferase 1 (CARM1) is specifica...
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Open AccessIdentification of biomarkers associated with metabolic cardiovascular disease using mRNA-SNP-miRNA regulatory network analysis
CVD is the leading cause of death in T2DM patients. However, few biomarkers have been identified to detect and diagnose CVD in the early stage of T2DM. The aim of our study was to identify the important mRNAs,...
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Open AccessTargeting cancer stem cell pathways for cancer therapy
Since cancer stem cells (CSCs) were first identified in leukemia in 1994, they have been considered promising therapeutic targets for cancer therapy. These cells have self-renewal capacity and differentiation ...
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Prehypertension exercise training attenuates hypertension and cardiac hypertrophy accompanied by temporal changes in the levels of angiotensin II and angiotensin (1-7)
Appropriate exercise training (ExT) has been shown to decrease high blood pressure. Accumulating data have indicated the beneficial effects of ExT on prehypertension. This study tested whether prehypertension ...
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Open AccessAcute coronary syndrome secondary to allergic coronary vasospasm (Kounis Syndrome): a case series, follow-up and literature review
Kounis syndrome (KS) is the concurrence of acute coronary syndrome associated with mast-cell and platelet activation in the setting of hypersensitivity and allergic or anaphylactic insults. Many drugs and envi...
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Open AccessAssociation of the single nucleotide polymorphism in chromosome 9p21 and chromosome 9q33 with coronary artery disease in Chinese population
Our study aims to explore the association of rs7025486 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in DAB2IP and rs1333049 on chromosome 9p21.3 with the coronary artery disease in Chinese population.