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Open AccessLZTFL1 inhibits kidney tumor cell growth by destabilizing AKT through ZNRF1-mediated ubiquitin proteosome pathway
LZTFL1 is a tumor suppressor located in chromosomal region 3p21.3 that is deleted frequently and early in various cancer types including the kidney cancer. However, its role in kidney tumorigenesis remains unk...
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Open AccessCircME1 promotes aerobic glycolysis and sunitinib resistance of clear cell renal cell carcinoma through cis-regulation of ME1
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) play critical roles in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). However, their involvement in sunitinib resistance remains largely unknown. Herein, we identified a novel circRNA, named...
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Open AccessA survey of current practices, attitudes and demands of anaesthesiologists regarding the depth of anaesthesia monitoring in China
In this study, we aimed to analyse survey data to explore two different hypotheses; and for this purpose, we distributed an online survey to Chinese anaesthesiologists. The hypothetical questions in this surve...
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Open AccessPre-transplant donor HBV DNA+ and male recipient are independent risk factors for treatment failure in HBsAg+ donors to HBsAg- kidney transplant recipients
In order to reduce the burden on organ shortage around the world, using potential infectious donor might be an option. However, scarce evidences have been published on kidney transplantation (KTx) from hepatit...
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Open AccessContrast-enhanced transrectal ultrasound can reduce collection of unnecessary biopsies when diagnosing prostate cancer and is predictive of biochemical recurrence following a radical prostatectomy in patients with localized prostate cancer
To investigate the value of using contrast-enhanced transrectal ultrasound (CETRUS) to reduce unnecessary collection of biopsies during prostate cancer diagnosis and its utility in predicting biochemical recur...
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Open AccessEvolutionary de Winter pattern: from de Winter ECG to STEMI-A case report
De Winter pattern is associated with acute occlusion in the left anterior descending coronary artery combined with upslo** ST-segment depression at the J point in leads V1 through V6 without ST-segment elevatio...
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Platycodin D induces apoptosis and triggers ERK- and JNK-mediated autophagy in human hepatocellular carcinoma BEL-7402 cells
Platycodin D, the main saponin isolated from Chinese herb Platycodonis Radix, exhibits anticancer activities against various cancer cell lines. Here we evaluated its anticancer action against human hepatocellu...
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Differentiation of benign and malignant focal liver lesions: value of virtual touch tissue quantification of acoustic radiation force impulse elastography
The purpose of this study was to investigate the value of virtual tissue quantification (VTQ) of acoustic radiation force impulse elastography for the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant focal liver...
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Predictive value of vascular endothelial growth factor overexpression in early relapse of colorectal cancer patients after curative resection
Preclinical and clinical studies have indicated that vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is the predominant angiogenic factor. Recently, there was a consistent trend of poorer survival rates in colorecta...
