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It’s about time: mitigating cancer-related cognitive impairments through findings from computational models of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Task
BackgroundMany cancer survivors experience cancer-related cognitive impairment (CRCI), often with significant negative consequences across various...
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The clinical significance of inflammatory mediators in predicting obesity and progression-free survival in patients with adult-onset Craniopharyngioma
BackgroundCraniopharyngioma (CP) is a rare malformational tumor characterized by high rates of recurrence and morbid obesity. However, the role of...
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Atypical presentations in an RTD patient and report of novel SLC52A3 and SLC52A2 mutations
IntroductionRiboflavin Transporter Deficiency (RTD) is a rare neurological disorder characterized by pontobulbar palsy, hearing loss, and motor...
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Carbohydrate antigen 125 on epicardial fat and its association with local inflammation and fibrosis-related markers
BackgroundCarbohydrate antigen 125 (CA125) is a proteolytic fragment of MUC-16 that is increased in heart failure (HF) and associated with...
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DKK1 loss promotes endometrial fibrosis via autophagy and exosome-mediated macrophage-to-myofibroblast transition
IntroductionIntrauterine adhesions (IUA) manifest as endometrial fibrosis, often causing infertility or recurrent miscarriage; however, their...
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KLK7 expression in human tumors: a tissue microarray study on 13,447 tumors
BackgroundKallikrein-related peptidase 7 (KLK7) is a chymotrypsin-like serine protease which is essential for the desquamation of corneocytes and...
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HLA-E-expressing macrophage polarization and increased NKG2A/CD94 expression in adult-onset Still’s disease
We investigated the phenotypic characteristics of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-E-expressing macrophages, NKG2A/CD94 expression in T and natural...
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Repurposing lipid-lowering drugs on asthma and lung function: evidence from a genetic association analysis
ObjectiveTo explore the correlation between asthma risk and genetic variants affecting the expression or function of lipid-lowering drug targets.
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The prognostic value of IgA anti-citrullinated protein antibodies and rheumatoid factor in an early arthritis population with a treat-to-target approach
The mucosal origin hypothesis of rheumatoid arthritis has renewed the interest in IgA autoantibodies, but their added value over IgG...
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Accumulation of liposomes in metastatic tumor sites is not necessary for anti-cancer drug efficacy
BackgroundThe tumor microenvironment is profoundly heterogeneous particularly when comparing sites of metastases. Establishing the extent of this...
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Targeted metabolomics identifies accurate CSF metabolite biomarkers for the differentiation between COVID-19 with neurological involvement and CNS infections with neurotropic viral pathogens
BackgroundCOVID-19 is primarily considered a respiratory tract infection, but it can also affect the central nervous system (CNS), which can result...
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JARID2, a novel regulatory factor, promotes cell proliferation, migration, and invasion in oral squamous cell carcinoma
BackgroundAccurate regulation of gene expression is crucial for normal development and function of cells. The prognostic significance and potential...
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Integrating lipid metabolite analysis with MRI-based transformer and radiomics for early and late stage prediction of oral squamous cell carcinoma
BackgroundOral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC) presents significant diagnostic challenges in its early and late stages. This study aims to utilize...
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Radiology of fibrosis part III: genitourinary system
Fibrosis is a pathological process involving the abnormal deposition of connective tissue, resulting from improper tissue repair in response to...
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Tissue of origin detection for cancer tumor using low-depth cfDNA samples through combination of tumor-specific methylation atlas and genome-wide methylation density in graph convolutional neural networks
BackgroundCell free DNA (cfDNA)-based assays hold great potential in detecting early cancer signals yet determining the tissue-of-origin (TOO) for...
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SerpinB2 deficiency is associated with delayed mammary tumor development and decreased pro-tumorigenic macrophage polarization
The in vivo functions of SerpinB2 in tumor cells and tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) during breast cancer development and metastasis remain...
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A comparison of clinical profile and treatment outcome of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in Tanzania according to HIV status during the HAART era
BackgroundThe incidence of Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) in people living with HIV (PLWHA) and on HAART is approximately 20–30 times higher than in...
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Early change of plasma Epstein-Barr virus DNA load and the viral lytic genome level could positively predict clinical outcome in recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma receiving anti-programmed cell death 1 monotherapy
PurposePatients with recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (RM-NPC) have proven benefit from anti-programmed cell death 1 (anti-PD-1)...
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Radiology of fibrosis part II: abdominal organs
Fibrosis is the aberrant process of connective tissue deposition from abnormal tissue repair in response to sustained tissue injury caused by...
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Graphene-based hybrid composites for cancer diagnostic and therapy
The application of graphene-based nanocomposites for therapeutic and diagnostic reasons has advanced considerably in recent years due to advancements...