Holocord syringomyelia in 18 dogs by Despoina Douralidou, Lorenzo Mari, Sophie Wyatt, Juan Jose Minguez, Patricia Alvarez Fernandez, Carlo Anselmi, Christoforos Posporis

“…Signs of myelopathy attributed to HSM were detected in 12 dogs (67%), spinal pain/paresthesia/allodynia in eight (44%), and four dogs (22%) had no HSM-associated signs. …”
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Multiparametric MRI for assessment of early response to neoadjuvant sunitinib in renal cell carcinoma. by Stephan Ursprung, Andrew N Priest, Fulvio Zaccagna, Wendi Qian, Andrea Machin, Grant D Stewart, Anne Y Warren, Timothy Eisen, Sarah J Welsh, Ferdia A Gallagher, Tristan Barrett

“…<h4>Purpose</h4>To detect early response to sunitinib treatment in metastatic clear cell renal cancer (mRCC) using multiparametric MRI.…”
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Clinical efficacy of cytoreductive radical prostatectomy in the treatment of oligometastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer by Feng Qi, Yihang Xu, Zicheng Xu, Qing Zou

“…All patients were divided into cytoreductive surgery group and no local therapy group according to the administration of cytoreductive surgery before progression to metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). …”
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Lipopolysaccharide Inhibits Autophagy and Promotes Inflammatory Responses via p38 MAPK-Induced Proteasomal Degradation of Atg13 in Hepatic Stellate Cells by Yuchao Wu, Yajuan He, Fei Wang, Naijuan Yao, Yingren Zhao, Zhen Tian

“…Inflammation plays a critical role in the progression of acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF). …”
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Differential Signaling Pathways Identified in Aqueous Humor, Anterior Capsule, and Crystalline Lens of Age-Related, Diabetic, and Post-Vitrectomy Cataract by Christina Karakosta, Martina Samiotaki, Anastasios Bisoukis, Konstantinos I. Bougioukas, George Panayotou, Dimitrios Papaconstantinou, Marilita M. Moschos

“…<b>Background</b>: The purpose of this study was to detect proteomic alterations and corresponding signaling pathways involved in the formation of age-related cataract (ARC), diabetic cataract (DC), and post-vitrectomy cataract (PVC). …”
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Resveratrol Alleviates Skeletal Muscle Insulin Resistance by Downregulating Long Noncoding RNA by Zhihong Liu, Zhimei Zhang, Guangyao Song, Xing Wang, Hanying Xing, Chao Wang

“…Long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) is a crucial factor in the progression of insulin resistance (IR). Resveratrol (RSV) exhibits promising therapeutic potential for IR. …”
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Prospecting movements during the transit phase of immature eagles are driven by age, sex and season by Tom Chaubet, Christian Itty, Arzhela Hemery, Olivier Duriez, Aurélien Besnard

“…First, age had a significant effect on prospecting behaviours: individuals displayed a progressive spatial concentration of prospecting, consistent with patterns observed in colonial species. …”
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Identification of biomarkers related to Escherichia coli infection for the diagnosis of gastrointestinal tumors applying machine learning methods by Tingting Ge, Wei Wang, Dandan Zhang, Xubo Le, Lumei Shi

“…Understanding the mechanism of E. coli in the progression of gastrointestinal tumors can provide novel prevention and treatment strategies for gastrointestinal tumors. …”
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Characteristics of HCV co-infection among HIV infected individuals from an area with high risk of blood-borne infections in central China. by Tiejun Zhang, Damien C Tully, Sujuan Zhou, Na He

“…No significant difference for HCV RNA level was detected between ART status, CD4+ cell count level and HIV RNA level. …”
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Fabrication and evaluation of a host-guest polylactic acid/gelatin-hydroxyapatite-blueberry scaffold for bone regeneration by Someyra Sistani, Samira Asgharzade, Samaneh Arab, Marjan Bahraminasab, Elahe Soltani-Fard

“…The results exhibited that all fabricated scaffolds degraded gradually as time progressed, with less than 20% degradation occurring within 56 days. …”
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Abnormal activity in the brainstem affects gait in a neuromusculoskeletal model by Daisuke Ichimura, Makoto Sawada, Kenji Wada, Ritsuko Hanajima

“…In an abnormal model, 156 freezing of gait events were detected among 40,000 parameter sets using a freezing of gait-identifying algorithm. …”
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FEATURES OF INTENSIVE TREATMENT IN PATIENTS AFTER TRACHEOSTOMY by E. A. Kirasirova, N. V. Lafutkina, O. K. Piminidi, R. F. Mamedov, E. A. Kuzina

“…Morphological examination of tracheal cartilages in patients who were on MV for 4 to 7 days revealed progressive destructive and dystrophic processes in peretracheal connective tissue, leukocyte accumulation, and focal bleeding. …”
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Endothelial function status in hypogonadal men by I. A. Khripun, S. V. Vorobyev

“…Reduction of the endothelial vasomotor function was detected in 32.4% of patients in the 2st group and in 55.3% of the 1nd group (χ2=6.1; p=0.01), which was associated with a decrease in EDVD by 29.8 % (p&lt;0.001) and an increase in the time of development of maximal BA vasodilation by 30 seconds in patients with hypogonadism (p&lt;0.001). …”
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Pre- and Post-partum Levels of Serum Visfatin in Pregnant Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Correlation by Samita Yasmin, Hifza Noor Lodhi, Faheem Mahmood, Sadia Haleema, Ghazala Rubi, Saima Qurban

“…Hyperglycemia during pregnancy is caused by the progressive increase in insulin resistance from mid to third trimester. …”
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Efficacy and Central Mechanism of Acupuncture Treatment for Subacute Nonspecific Low Back Pain: A Clinical Neuroimaging&amp;nbsp;Protocol by Ren J, Gao Z, Chang BY, Cui MJ, Wang HJ

“…The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans will be performed to detect cerebral activity changes between the three groups of patients before and after treatment, as well as during follow-up periods. …”
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Percutaneous extracapsular repair as a cost-effective alternative for treating cranial cruciate ligament deficiency in dogs by Dominique J. Griffon, Ayman Mostafa, Ayman Mostafa, Etienne Griffon, David J. Schaeffer

“…No differences in owner assessment, radiographic progression of osteoarthritis, lameness scores, girth diameter, and gait analysis at the walk and trot were detected between groups.ConclusionThe pLFS was faster, more cost-effective, and improved limb function at 2 weeks compared to the ECR. …”
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HLA-DQB1 Allele Polymorphism Associated with Oral Submucous Fibrosis in Hunan, China by Yisi Tan, Yuting Huang, Linkai Guo, Linghang Zhou, Keke Zhu, Yuancong Li, Jin Tan

“…Oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) is a progressive and irreversible disorder of collagen metabolism, resulting in mucosal fibrosis, oral functional changes, and even malignant transformation. …”
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Functional subsets of circulating follicular helper T cells in patients with atherosclerosis by Atefe Ghamar Talepoor, Shahdad Khosropanah, Mehrnoosh Doroudchi

“…The increased frequencies of cTfh2 and cTfh17 subsets and their correlation with laboratory parameters in patients with atherosclerosis may suggest their role in promoting the inflammatory response and atherosclerosis progression.…”
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Statistical learning re-shapes the center-surround inhibition of the visuo-spatial attentional focus by Andrea Massironi, Carlotta Lega, Luca Ronconi, Emanuela Bricolo

“…Therefore, in a visual search psychophysical experiment, we aimed to fill this gap by entirely mapping the visuo-spatial attentional profile, asking subjects (N = 26) to detect and report the gap orientation of a ‘C’ letter appearing either as a color singleton (Baseline Condition) or as a non-salient probe (Probe Condition) – among other irrelevant objects – at progressively increasing probe-to-singleton distances. …”
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Pre- and Post-partum Levels of Serum Visfatin in Pregnant Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Correlation by Samita Yasmin, Hifza Noor Lodhi, Faheem Mahmood, Sadia Haleema, Ghazala Rubi, Saima Qurban

“…Hyperglycemia during pregnancy is caused by the progressive increase in insulin resistance from mid to third trimester. …”
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