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Open AccessBarriers and facilitators to uptake and use of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis in pregnant and postpartum women: a qualitative meta-synthesis
Acute HIV infection during pregnancy and in the postpartum period increases the risk of vertical transmission. The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended preexposure prophylaxis for pregnant and postp...
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Open AccessInfluence of vaccination on critical COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory failure: a retrospective cohort study
Despite vaccines’ effectiveness in reducing COVID-19 infection rates and disease severity, their impact on critical patients presenting with acute respiratory failure is elusive. The aim of this study was to f...
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Open AccessHarnessing innate immune pathways for therapeutic advancement in cancer
The innate immune pathway is receiving increasing attention in cancer therapy. This pathway is ubiquitous across various cell types, not only in innate immune cells but also in adaptive immune cells, tumor cel...
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Open AccessProgesterone receptor potentiates macropinocytosis through CDC42 in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
Endocrine receptors play an essential role in tumor metabolic reprogramming and represent a promising therapeutic avenue in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). PDAC is characterized by a nutrient-deprived...
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Open AccessComparing the effects of pulsed and radiofrequency catheter ablation on quality of life, anxiety, and depression of patients with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia: a single-center, randomized, single-blind, standard-controlled trial
Radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) may lead to decreased quality of life (QOL) and increased anxiety and depression in patients with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT), possibly due to the lac...
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RAB27B-regulated exosomes mediate LSC maintenance via resistance to senescence and crosstalk with the microenvironment
The fate of leukaemia stem cells (LSCs) is determined by both their inherent mechanisms and crosstalk with their niches. Although LSCs were confirmed to be eradicated by restarting senescence, the specific key...
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Open AccessDistinct immune escape and microenvironment between RG-like and pri-OPC-like glioma revealed by single-cell RNA-seq analysis
The association of neurogenesis and gliogenesis with glioma remains unclear. By conducting single-cell RNA-seq analyses on 26 gliomas, we reported their classification into primitive oligodendrocyte precursor ...
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Human microbiota from drug-naive patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder drives behavioral symptoms and neuroinflammation via succinic acid in mice
Emerging evidence suggests that the gut microbiota is closely related to psychiatric disorders. However, little is known about the role of the gut microbiota in the development of obsessive-compulsive disorder...
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Open AccessEfficacy and feasibility of aerobic exercise interventions as an adjunctive treatment for patients with schizophrenia: a meta-Analysis
Schizophrenia is a chronic mental disorder primarily treated with antipsychotics, which have limited efficacy for negative symptoms. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness and feasibility of exercise in...
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Open AccessDecreased B4GALT1 promotes hepatocellular carcinoma cell invasiveness by regulating the laminin-integrin pathway
Beta1,4-galactosyltransferases (B4GALTs) play a crucial role in several diseases, including cancer. B4GALT1 is highly expressed in the liver, and patients with mutations in B4GALT1 exhibit hepatopathy. However, t...
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Open AccessConstruction of risk prediction model for hyponatremia in patients with acute decompensated heart failure
Patients with Heart failure (HF) commonly have a water-electrolyte imbalance due to various reasons and mechanisms, and hyponatremia is one of the most common types. However, currently, there are very few loca...
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Inhibition of Eukaryotic Initiating Factor eIF4E Overcomes Abemaciclib Resistance in Gastric Cancer
Aberrant activating mutations in cyclin-dependent kinases 4 and 6 (CDK4/6) are common in various cancers, including gastroesophageal malignancies. Although CDK4/6 inhibitors, such as abemaciclib and palbocicli...
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Hyperuricemia is associated with the progression of IgA nephropathy in children
The objective of the study was to explore the potential biomarkers and risk factors in children with immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN).
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Inserting EF1α-driven CD7-specific CAR at CD7 locus reduces fratricide and enhances tumor rejection
CAR-T therapies to treat T-cell malignancies face unique hurdles. Normal and malignant T cells usually express the same target for CAR, leading to fratricide. CAR-T cells targeting CD7, which is expressed in v...
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Open AccessA novel transcription factor SIPA1: identification and verification in triple-negative breast cancer
Transcription factors (TFs) regulate the expression of genes responsible for cell growth, differentiation, and responses to environmental factors. In this study, we demonstrated that signal-induced proliferati...
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Open AccessSoluble CD4 effectively prevents excessive TLR activation of resident macrophages in the onset of sepsis
T lymphopenia, occurring in the early phase of sepsis in response to systemic inflammation, is commonly associated with morbidity and mortality of septic infections. We have previously shown that a sufficient ...
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Open AccessAssociation between internal migration experience and depressive symptoms: analysis of PSID data
Depression is on the rise globally. Additionally, the United States has a high level of population mobility. The main aim of this study was to provide a reference for improving the mental health of internal mi...
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Joint Detection of Serum Vitamin D, Body Mass Index, and Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha for the Diagnosis of Crohn’s Disease
Vitamin D (VD) deficiency was reported to contribute to the progression of Crohn’s disease (CD) and affect the prognosis of CD patients. This study investigated the role of serum VD, body mass index (BMI), and...
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Open AccessErlotinib versus gemcitabine plus cisplatin as neoadjuvant treatment of stage IIIA-N2 EGFR-mutant non-small-cell lung cancer: final overall survival analysis of the EMERGING-CTONG 1103 randomised phase II trial
EMERGING-CTONG 1103 showed improved progression-free survival (PFS) with neoadjuvant erlotinib vs. chemotherapy for patients harbouring EGFR sensibility mutations and R0 resected stage IIIA-N2 non-small cell l...
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Open AccessAssociation of shift work with incident dementia: a community-based cohort study
Some observational studies had found that shift work would increase risks of metabolic disorders, cancers, and cardiovascular diseases, but there was no homogeneous evidence of such an association between shif...