Ultrasonographic Assessment of Intima-Media Thickness (IMT), as a Surrogate of Future Atherosclerosis and Cardiac Diseases in Patients with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis and Concomitant... by Maryam Alaei, Mohamad Ghazanfari Hashemi, Seyedeh Nooshin Miratashi Yazdi, Mohammad Ali Kaviani, Ali Asadifar, Sahand Adib Moradi, Khazar Adibmoradi Langaroudi, Helia Helali, Mina Mahboudi, Aynaz Gerami

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Impact of Early-Life Microbiota on Immune System Development and Allergic Disorders by Norbert Dera, Katarzyna Kosińska-Kaczyńska, Natalia Żeber-Lubecka, Robert Brawura-Biskupski-Samaha, Diana Massalska, Iwona Szymusik, Kacper Dera, Michał Ciebiera

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Genotype 3 is linked to worse liver disease progression in hepatitis C patients even after SVR following DAA therapy by Xiping Ran, Xiping Ran, Yang Xu, Ying Wang, Cheng Zeng, Chen Gong, Ni Wang, Dachuan Cai, Dachuan Cai

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Coinfections between Persistent Parasitic Neglected Tropical Diseases and Viral Infections among Prisoners from Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America by Lilian Da Silva Santos, Hans Wolff, François Chappuis, Pedro Albajar-Viñas, Marco Vitoria, Nguyen-Toan Tran, Stéphanie Baggio, Giuseppe Togni, Nicolas Vuilleumier, François Girardin, Francesco Negro, Laurent Gétaz

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Rhein Mitigates Lung Injury in Severe Acute Pancreatitis Through the Inhibition of MARK4-Mediated Microtubule Destabilization by Sun Z, Liu J, Ge P, Cao Y, Liu J, Wen H, Luo X, Pei B, Jin Z, Li H, Xun L, Luo Y, Yang Q, Chen H

“…Zhenxuan Sun,1– 3,* Jie Liu,1– 3,* Peng Ge,1– 3,* Yinan Cao,4 Jin Liu,1– 3 Haiyun Wen,1– 3 Xinyu Luo,1– 3 Boliang Pei,1– 3 Zuocang Jin,1,3 Huijuan Li,3 Lu Xun,1– 3 Yalan Luo,5 Qi Yang,6 Hailong Chen1– 3 1Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, 116011, People’s Republic of China; 2Institute (College) of Integrative Medicine, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, 116011, People’s Republic of China; 3Laboratory of Integrative Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, 116011, People’s Republic of China; 4Day Surgery Center, Dalian Municipal Central Hospital, Dalian, Liaoning, 116033, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, 116011, People’s Republic of China; 6Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, 116023, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Hailong Chen, Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Zhongshan Road 222, Dalian, Liaoning, 116011, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 411 83635963, Fax +86 411 83622844, Email chenhailong@dmu.edu.cnPurpose: Explore the therapeutic effect and molecular mechanism of rhein on severe acute pancreatitis associated acute lung injury (SAP-ALI).Methods: The SAP-ALI rat model was constructed by retrograde injection of 5% sodium taurocholate into the pancreaticobiliary duct, and pulmonary microvascular endothelial cell (PMVEC) injury model was induced by LPS. …”
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Expression of PD-1 on CD4+ Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes in Tumor Microenvironment Associated with Pathological Characteristics of Breast Cancer by Yan-Jie Zhao, Jian Zhang, Feng Shi, Zhi-Ping Hu, Jiang-Ping Wu, Guang-Jiang Wu, Rui-Bin Wang, Quan Zhou, Hong Chang, Ying-Nan Li, Qing-Kun Song

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A Pilot Study of Exosome Proteomic Profiling Reveals Dysregulated Metabolic Pathways in Endometrial Cancer by Feras Kharrat, Valeria Capaci, Andrea Conti, Valentina Golino, Pietro Campiglia, Nour Balasan, Michelangelo Aloisio, Danilo Licastro, Lorenzo Monasta, Federica Caponneto, Antonio Paolo Beltrami, Federico Romano, Giovanni di Lorenzo, Giuseppe Ricci, Blendi Ura

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Nonlinear association between glycated hemoglobin levels and mortality in elderly patients with non-diabetic chronic kidney disease: a national health and nutrition examination sur... by Lihua Huang, Liuliu He, Qingfeng Zeng, Jinjing Huang, Xiaoyan Luo, Qiuming Zhong

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Imbalance of Microbacterial Diversity Is Associated with Functional Prognosis of Stroke by Xintong Zhang, Xiangyu Wang, Hong Zhao, Risheng Cao, Yini Dang, Binbin Yu

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Novel anthropometric indices are superior adiposity indexes to portend visual impairment in middle-aged and older Chinese population by Qing Chen, Yanan Hou, Yifan Zhou, Jianfeng Luo, KaiweiSa Abuduxukuer, Chuchu Wang, Jialong Dong, Yiting Wang, Wenming Shi, Fei Shi, Qing Peng

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Nissen-Sleeve procedure versus laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in patients with morbid obesity and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: protocol for a non-inferiority randomise... by Jan A Apers, Martin Dunkelgrun, Ivonne Leeuwenburgh, Judith W H 't Hart, Bo J Noordman, Laser U Biter

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Assessing Sedation Depth with PSI in Elderly ERCP Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study by Huang L, Liu LL, Lu YD, Zhuang MY, Dou W, Liu H, Ji FH, Peng K

“…Lei Huang,1,2,* Lin-lin Liu,1,2,* Yong-da Lu,3,* Min-yuan Zhuang,1,2 Wei Dou,1,2 Hong Liu,4 Fu-hai Ji,1,2 Ke Peng1 1Department of Anesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China; 2Institute of Anesthesiology, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Gastroenterology, First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, USA*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Ke Peng, Department of Anesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 188 Shizi Street, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215006, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86-512-67780056 ; +86-15962155989, Email pengke0422@163.comBackground: Adequate sedation is important for elderly patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). …”
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The necroptosis-related lncRNA ENSG00000253385.1 promotes the progression of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by targeting the miR-16-2-3p/VDAC1 axis by Xiaoyang Duan, Jian Shi, Ran Hou, Yajie Huang, Chunyan Wang, Huazhen Du

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Polygenic height prediction for the Han Chinese in Taiwan by Chih-Hao Chang, Che-Yu Chou, Timothy G. Raben, Shih-Ann Chen, Yuh-Jyh Jong, Jeng-Yih Wu, Shun-Fa Yang, Hsiang-Cheng Chen, Yen-Lin Chen, Ming Chen, Gwo-Chin Ma, Chih-Yang Huang, Tso-Fu Wang, Sing-Lian Lee, Chen-Fang Hung, See-Tong Pang, Erik Widen, Yao-Ming Chang, Erh-Chan Yeh, Chun-Yu Wei, Chien-Hsiun Chen, Stephen D. H. Hsu, Pui-Yan Kwok

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Network Meta-Analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials Comparing Robotic, Laparoscopic, and Open Pancreatoduodenectomy by Nejo Joseph, MBChB, Chris Varghese, MBChB, James Lucocq, MBChB, Matthew J. McGuinness, MBChB, Samuel Tingle, MBChB, Giovanni Marchegiani, PhD, Kjetil Soreide, PhD, Mohammed Abu-Hilal, Jas Samra, Marc Besselink, PhD, Steve White, Sanjay Pandanaboyana, FRCS

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Noncoding RNA profiling in omentum adipose tissue from obese patients and the identification of novel metabolic biomarkers by Yongjiao Zhang, Yongjiao Zhang, Ao Chen, Ao Chen, Sumei Lu, Dong Liu, Xiaolei Xuan, Xiaofei Lei, Mingwei Zhong, Fei Gao

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Malignant Bowel Obstruction in Advanced Gynecologic Cancers: An Updated Review from a Multidisciplinary Perspective by Yeh Chen Lee, Nazlin Jivraj, Catherine O’Brien, Tanya Chawla, Eran Shlomovitz, Sarah Buchanan, Jenny Lau, Jennifer Croke, Johane P. Allard, Preeti Dhar, Stephane Laframboise, Sarah E. Ferguson, Neesha Dhani, Marcus Butler, Pamela Ng, Terri Stuart-McEwan, Pamela Savage, Lisa Tinker, Amit M. Oza, Stephanie Lheureux

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Evaluation of Lyso-Gb1 as a biomarker for Gaucher disease treatment outcomes using data from the Gaucher Outcome Survey by Ari Zimran, Shoshana Revel-Vilk, Tama Dinur, Majdolen Istaiti, Jaco Botha, Elena Lukina, Pilar Giraldo, Patrick Deegan, Stephan vom Dahl

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Effect of aspirin dosage on oxidative stress and platelet reactivity in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (APRICOT): randomized controlled trial by Aleksandra Gąsecka, Rafał Kaczorowski, Katarzyna Pomykała, Tomasz Kucharski, Magdalena Gajewska, Dominika Siwik, Katarzyna Karoń, Maciej Małyszko, Jaromir Hunia, Jakub Michal Zimodro, Paweł Kowalczyk, Oliwia Zagrocka-Stendel, Małgorzata Dutkiewicz, Katarzyna Koziak, Ceren Eyileten, Marek Postuła, Mateusz Wondołkowski, Marcin Grabowski, Mariusz Kuśmierczyk, Radosław Wilimski

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Unveiling prognostic value of JAK/STAT signaling pathway related genes in colorectal cancer: a study of Mendelian randomization analysis by Nan Zhang, Wenli Yue, Bihang Jiao, Duo Cheng, Jingjing Wang, Fang Liang, Yingnan Wang, Xiyue Liang, Kunkun Li, Junwei Liu, Yadong Li

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