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Diagnostic Pathology

Issue 1/2015

Content (216 Articles)

Open Access Research

Cervicovaginal cytology in patients undergoing pelvic radiotherapy using the Focalpoint system: results from the RODEO study

Maíra Degiovani Stein, José Humberto T G Fregnani, Cristovam Scapulatempo-Neto, Adhemar Longatto-Filho

Open Access Research article

Cytogenetic significance of chromosome 17 aberrations and P53 gene mutations as prognostic markers in oral squamous cell carcinoma

Walid Zedan, Mohamed I Mourad, Sherin M Abd El-Aziz, Nagla M Salamaa, Asem A Shalaby

Open Access Research

Long-term outcome of primary Papillary Urothelial Neoplasm of Low Malignant Potential (PUNLMP) including PUNLMP with inverted growth

Jay P Maxwell, Cheng Wang, Nicholas Wiebe, Asli Yilmaz, Kiril Trpkov

Open Access Research

Immunoexpression of napsin a in renal neoplasms

Bing Zhu, Stephen M Rohan, Xiaoqi Lin

Open Access Case Report

Hodgkin’s lymphoma is a rare form of clonal haematological non-mast cell disease in systemic mastocytosis

Gorana Gasljevic, Biljana Grcar-Kuzmanov, Alenka Grosel, Matjaz Sever, Barbara Gazic, Veronika Kloboves-Prevodnik

Open Access Research

Clinico-pathologic spectrum of C3 glomerulopathy-an Indian experience

Ganesh Kumar Viswanathan, Ritambhra Nada, Ashwani Kumar, Raja Ramachandran, Charan Singh Rayat, Vivekanand Jha, Vinay Sakhuja, Kusum Joshi

Open Access Research

CK19 is a sensitive marker for yolk sac tumours of the testis

Felix Bremmer, Philipp Ströbel, Hubertus Jarry, Jasmin Strecker, Nadine Gaisa, Arne Strauß, Stefan Schweyer, Heinz-Joachim Radzun, Carl-Ludwig Behnes

Open Access Research

Expression of HNF-1β in cervical carcinomas: an immunohistochemical study of 155 cases

Kristýna Němejcová, David Cibula, Pavel Dundr

Open Access Retraction Note

Retraction Note: Expression of microRNA-497 and its prognostic significance in human breast cancer

Shaohua Wang, Hanjun Li, Jingjie Wang, Dan Wang

Open Access Retraction Note

Retraction Note: Clinical application of contrast enhanced ultrasound to diagnose benign prostatic hyperplasia

Jingfang Shi, Xiaohua Yin, Rong Xu, Yingchun Wang, Lin Jin, Weiwei Gao

Open Access Retraction Note

Retraction Note: Dysregulation of cell cycle related genes and MicroRNAs distinguish the low- from high-risk of prostate cancer

Jiling Wen, Rongbing Li, Xiaofei Wen, Guangming Chou, Jiasun Lu, Xuelei Wang, Yongchao Jin

Open Access Retraction Note

Retraction Note: New proposal for the serum ascites albumin gradient cut-off value in Chinese ascitic patients

Cai-feng Jiang, Bin Shi, Jian Shi, Zong-li Yuan, Wei-fen Xie

Open Access Research

Expression and clinical significance of HSPA2 in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Hui Zhang, Hongli Gao, Chengli Liu, Yalin Kong, Cheng Wang, Hongyi Zhang

Open Access Retraction Note

Retraction Note: Collecting duct carcinoma of the kidney: a clinicopathological study of five cases

Xiangyang Wang, Jianwei Hao, Ruijin Zhou, Xiangsheng Zhang, Tianzhong Yan, Degang Ding, Lei Shan, Zhonghua Liu

Open Access Methodology

3-dimensional digital reconstruction of the murine coronary system for the evaluation of chronic allograft vasculopathy

László Fónyad, Kazunobu Shinoda, Evan A Farkash, Martin Groher, Divya P Sebastian, A Marcell Szász, Robert B Colvin, Yukako Yagi

Open Access Research

Prognostic impact of vascular invasion and standardization of its evaluation in stage I non-small cell lung cancer

Rurika Hamanaka, Tomoyuki Yokose, Yuji Sakuma, Masahiro Tsuboi, Hiroyuki Ito, Haruhiko Nakayama, Kouzo Yamada, Ryota Masuda, Masayuki Iwazaki

Open Access Research

Valsartan blocks thrombospondin/transforming growth factor/Smads to inhibit aortic remodeling in diabetic rats

Hui Sun, Yong Zhao, Xiuping Bi, Shaohua Li, Guohai Su, Ya Miao, Xiao Ma, Yun Zhang, Wei Zhang, Ming Zhong

Open Access Research

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Anti-inflammatory and protective investigations on the effects of Theranekron® ”an alcoholic extract of the Tarantula cubensis” on wound healing of peritoneal in the rat: an in vivo comparative study

Farajollah Adib-Hashemi, Farshad Farahmand, Shamim Fattah Hesari, Bijan Rezakhaniha, Ehsan Fallah, Amir Farshid Fayyaz, Masoomeh Dadpay

Open Access Research

Accumulation of invariant NKT cells with increased IFN-γ production in persistent high-risk HPV-infected high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia

Ting Hu, Pei Yang, Hongmei Zhu, Xinlian Chen, Xiaoyan Xie, Mei Yang, Shanling Liu, He Wang

Open Access Research

Value of thyroid transcription factor (TTF)-1 for diagnosis and prognosis of patients with locally advanced or metastatic small cell lung cancer

Daniel Misch, Torsten Blum, Christian Boch, Timo Weiss, Catharina Crolow, Sergej Griff, Thomas Mairinger, Torsten T Bauer, Jens Kollmeier

Open Access Research

High microRNA-23a expression in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma is associated with poor patient prognosis

Xiao-Wen Zhang, Ning Liu, Sheng Chen, Ye Wang, Zhao-Xiong Zhang, Yuan-Yuan Sun, Guang-Bin Qiu, Wei-Neng Fu

Open Access Case Report

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Clinicopathologic characterization of visceral gout of various internal organs -a study of 2 cases from a venom and toxin research center

Alireza Nasoori, Behnam Pedram, Zahra Kamyabi-Moghaddam, Aram Mokarizadeh, Hamid Pirasteh, Amir Farshid Fayyaz, Mohammad Barat Shooshtari

Open Access Research

miR-203 inhibition of renal cancer cell proliferation, migration and invasion by targeting of FGF2

Mingxi Xu, Meng Gu, Ke Zhang, Jun Zhou, Zhong Wang, Jun Da

Open Access Case Report

Rectal hodgkin lymphoma in a patient with ulcerative colitis: a case study

Simon Ladefoged Rasmussen, Christian Thomsen

Open Access Research

Decreased functional activity of multidrug resistance protein in primary colorectal cancer

Tamás Micsik, András Lőrincz, Tamás Mersich, Zsolt Baranyai, István Besznyák Jr, Kristóf Dede, Attila Zaránd, Ferenc Jakab, László Krecsák Szöllösi, György Kéri, Richard Schwab, István Peták

Open Access Case Report

Severe congenital nemaline myopathy with primary pulmonary lymphangiectasia: unusual clinical presentation and review of the literature

Jariya Waisayarat, Chinnawut Suriyonplengsaeng, Chaiyos Khongkhatithum, Mana Rochanawutanon

Open Access Research

Keap1 expression has independent prognostic value in pancreatic adenocarcinomas

Joel Isohookana, Kirsi-Maria Haapasaari, Ylermi Soini, Peeter Karihtala

Open Access Research

Thrombosis in essential thrombocytemia and early/prefibrotic primary myelofibrosis: the role of the WHO histological diagnosis

Serena Rupoli, Gaia Goteri, Paola Picardi, Giorgia Micucci, Lucia Canafoglia, Anna Rita Scortechini, Irene Federici, Federica Giantomassi, Lidia Da Lio, Antonio Zizzi, Elisa Honorati, Pietro Leoni

Open Access Research

The influence of SnoN gene silencing by siRNA on the cell proliferation and apoptosis of human pancreatic cancer cells

Chengli Liu, Hui Zhang, Xiaoxia Zang, Cheng Wang, Yalin Kong, Hongyi Zhang

Open Access Case Report

PEComa of the mesentery coexisting with colon cancer: a case report

Jarosław Wejman, Krzysztof Nowak, Lena Gielniewska, Magdalena Komorowska, Wojciech Dąbrowski

Open Access Research

Cyclin D1 in well differentiated thyroid tumour of uncertain malignant potential

Monika Lamba Saini, Birgit Weynand, Jacques Rahier, Michel Mourad, Marc Hamoir, Etienne Marbaix

Open Access Research

Association of C5aR1genetic polymorphisms with coronary artery disease in a Han population in Xinjiang, China

Ying-Ying Zheng, Xiang Xie, Yi-Tong Ma, Yi-Ning Yang, Zhen-Yan Fu, Xiao-Mei Li, Shuo Pan, Dilare Adi, Bang-Dang Chen, Fen Liu

Open Access Research

Expression of Glypican 3 in low and high grade urothelial carcinomas

Oguz Aydin, Levent Yildiz, Sancar Baris, Cihad Dundar, Filiz Karagoz

Open Access Research

Homology-based method for detecting regions of interest in colonic digital images

Kazuaki Nakane, Akihiro Takiyama, Seiji Mori, Nariaki Matsuura

Open Access Research

Immunohistochemical expression of sulfhydryl oxidase (QSOX1) in pediatric medulloblastomas

Ana Cristina Lira Sobral, Victor Moreschi Neto, Gabriela Traiano, Ana Paula Percicote, Elizabeth Schneider Gugelmin, Cleber Machado de Souza, Lia Nakao, Luiz Fernando Bleggi Torres, Lucia de Noronha

Open Access Short report

MiR-21, miR-34a, miR-198 and miR-217 as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Petra Vychytilova-Faltejskova, Igor Kiss, Sona Klusova, Jan Hlavsa, Vladimir Prochazka, Zdenek Kala, Jan Mazanec, Jitka Hausnerova, Leos Kren, Marketa Hermanova, Jiri Lenz, Petr Karasek, Rostislav Vyzula, Ondrej Slaby

Open Access Case Report

Focal non granulomatous orchitis in a patient with Crohn’s disease

Nicolas Piton, Marie-Laurence Roquet, Louis Sibert, Jean-Christophe Sabourin

Open Access Short report

Diagnostic and prognostic potential of miR-21, miR-29c, miR-148 and miR-203 in adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus

Renata Hezova, Alena Kovarikova, Josef Srovnal, Milada Zemanova, Tomas Harustiak, Jiri Ehrmann, Marian Hajduch, Marek Svoboda, Milana Sachlova, Ondrej Slaby

Open Access Letter to the Editor

Kimura disease accompanied with Nephrotic syndrome in a 45-year-old male

Yu Gong, Jun-Ying Gu, Sony Labh, Yu-Ling Shi

Open Access Research

Decreased expression of microRNA-124 is an independent unfavorable prognostic factor for patients with breast cancer

Liang-liang Dong, Li-ming Chen, Wei-min Wang, Liang-ming Zhang

Open Access Case Report

Exuberant squamous metaplasia of the gastric mucosa in a patient with gastric adenocarcinoma

Sangjeong Ahn, Go Eun Bae, Kyoung-Mee Kim

Open Access Case Report

Primary atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor of the optic nerve: a rare entity in an exceptional location

Youssef Mahdi, Jinane Kharmoum, Amal Alouan, Hakima Elouarradi, Iman Elkhiyat, Mustapha Maher, Moulay Zahid Benchrif, Amina Kili, Rajae Daoudi, Nadia Cherradi

Open Access Review

Pathologic manifestations of levamisole-adulterated cocaine exposure

Amber L Nolan, Kuang-Yu Jen

Open Access Research

Complement activation, placental malaria infection, and birth weight in areas characterized by unstable malaria transmission in central Sudan

Ammar Alim, Naser E.Bilal, Awad-Elkareem Abass, Elhassan M Elhassan, Ahmed A Mohmmed, Ishag Adam

Open Access Research

Expression of SATB1 and HER2 in breast cancer and the correlations with clinicopathologic characteristics

Xiangdong Liu, Yan Zheng, Chuanwu Qiao, Fei Qv, Jingnan Wang, Butong Ding, Yuping Sun, Yunshan Wang

Open Access Case Report

An autopsy case of myocardial infarction due to idiopathic thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Takashi Tasaki, Sohsuke Yamada, Atsunori Nabeshima, Hirotsugu Noguchi, Aya Nawata, Masanori Hisaoka, Yasuyuki Sasaguri, Toshiyuki Nakayama

Open Access Research

Assessment of a panel of tumor markers for the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant effusions by well-based reverse phase protein array

Till Braunschweig, Joon-Yong Chung, Chel Hun Choi, Hanbyoul Cho, Qing-Rong Chen, Ran Xie, Candice Perry, Javed Khan, Stephen M Hewitt

Open Access Case Report

Malignant neuroendocrine tumour of the appendix in childhood with loco-regional lymph node invasion

Rebecca F Lyons, Muhammad Irfan, Ronan Waldron, Niamh Bambury, Fadel Bennani, Tamas Nemeth, Waqar Khan, Kevin Barry

Open Access Methodology

Allelic imbalance at the HER2/TOP2A locus in breast cancer

Cornelis J. J. Huijsmans, Adriaan J. C. van den Brule, Henny Rigter, Jeroen Poodt, Johannes C. van der Linden, Paul H. M. Savelkoul, Mirrian Hilbink, Mirjam H. A. Hermans

Open Access Methodology

Validation of a locked nucleic acid based wild-type blocking PCR for the detection of EGFR exon 18/19 mutations

Liesbet Vliegen, Christophe Dooms, Wim De Kelver, Eric Verbeken, Johan Vansteenkiste, Peter Vandenberghe

Open Access Short report

High level of Sema3C is associated with glioma malignancy

Paulina Vaitkienė, Daina Skiriutė, Giedrius Steponaitis, Kęstutis Skauminas, Arimantas Tamašauskas, Arunas Kazlauskas

Open Access Research

Association between human papillomavirus and Epstein - Barr virus DNA and gene promoter methylation of RB1 and CDH1 in the cervical lesions: a transversal study

Thaís M McCormick, Nathalie HS Canedo, Yara L Furtado, Filomena A Silveira, Roberto J de Lima, Andréa DF Rosman, Gutemberg L Almeida Filho, Maria da Glória da C Carvalho

Open Access Case Report

Giant tubular adenoma of the accessory breast in the anterior chest wall occurred in a pregnant woman

Yaoyu Huang, Hao Zhang, Qian Zhou, Lijun Ling, Shui Wang

Open Access Case Report

Multiple thyroid nodules in the lung: metastasis or ectopia?

Henghui Cheng, Lili Yang, Jing Xiong, Jian Peng, Qiurong Ruan

Open Access Research

Prognostic significance of c-Met in breast cancer: a meta-analysis of 6010 cases

Shunchao Yan, Xin Jiao, Huawei Zou, Kai Li

Open Access Research

Study on expression of lncRNA RGMB-AS1 and repulsive guidance molecule b in non-small cell lung cancer

Ping Li, Juan Li, Rui Yang, Furui Zhang, Huaqi Wang, Heying Chu, Yao Lu, Shaozhi Dun, Yuanyuan Wang, Wenqiao Zang, Yuwen Du, Xiaonan Chen, Guoqiang Zhao, Guojun Zhang

Open Access Research

A critical role of mir-199a in the cell biological behaviors of colorectal cancer

Hua Ye, Liping Pang, Qiong Wu, Yuzhen Zhu, Cancan Guo, Ying Deng, Xuebao Zheng

Open Access Research

Aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 expression correlates with the invasion of breast cancer

Hong Pan, Naping Wu, Yaoyu Huang, Qin Li, Chenghao Liu, Mengdi Liang, Wenbin Zhou, Xiaoan Liu, Shui Wang

Open Access Research

Comparison of digital image analysis and visual scoring of KI-67 in prostate cancer prognosis after prostatectomy

Patrice Desmeules, Hélène Hovington, Molière Nguilé-Makao, Caroline Léger, André Caron, Louis Lacombe, Yves Fradet, Bernard Têtu, Vincent Fradet

Open Access Research

High Rab27A expression indicates favorable prognosis in CRC

Chuanbing Shi, Xiaojun Yang, Yijiang Ni, Ning Hou, Li Xu, Feng Zhan, Huijun Zhu, Lin Xiong, Pingsheng Chen

Open Access Case report

Phyllodes tumor of the verumontanum: a case report

Jin Tang, Leye He, Zhi Long, Jingchao Wei

Open Access Research

Loss of heterozygosity at D8S262: an early genetic event of hepatocarcinogenesis

Qiao Zhu, Li Gong, Xiaoyan Liu, Jun Wang, Pin Ren, Wendong Zhang, Li Yao, Xiujuan Han, Shaojun Zhu, Miao Lan, Yanhong Li, Wei Zhang

Open Access Research

Increased Tim-3 expression on peripheral T lymphocyte subsets and association with higher disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus

Li-jun Song, Xiao Wang, Xu-ping Wang, Dong Li, Feng Ding, Hua-xiang Liu, Xiao Yu, Xing-fu Li, Qiang Shu

Open Access Research

MicroRNA-26b inhibits cell proliferation and cytokine secretion in human RASF cells via the Wnt/GSK-3β/β-catenin pathway

Jiling Sun, Peng Yan, Yuanzheng Chen, Yang Chen, Jianxun Yang, Guangyue Xu, Haijun Mao, Yong Qiu

Open Access Case Report

Focal invasiveness in complete histological analyses of a large acral lentiginous melanoma

José Cândido Caldeira Xavier-Júnior, Tania Munhoz, Vinicius Souza, Eloísa Bueno Pires de Campos, Hamilton Ometto Stolf, Mariângela Esther Alencar Marques

Open Access Research

RETRACTED ARTICLE: High doses of garlic extract significantly attenuated the ratio of serum LDL to HDL level in rat-fed with hypercholesterolemia diet

Tahereh Ebrahimi, Behnoosh Behdad, Maryam Agha Abbasi, Rahman Ghaffarzadegan Rabati, Amir Farshid Fayyaz, Vahid Behnod, Ali Asgari

Open Access Case Report

Sessile serrated adenoma/polyps with a depressed surface: a rare form of sessile serrated adenoma/polyp

Eun-Jung Lee, Mi-Jung Kim, Sung-Min Chun, Se-Jin Jang, Do Sun Kim, Doo Han Lee, Eui Gon Youk

Open Access Case Report

Hepatolithiasis associated with intrahepatic heterotopic pancreas: a case report and literature review

Zhi-Yong Yu, Zhong-Quan Sun, Min Zhang, Bei Wang, Wen Lu, Shu-Sen Zheng

Open Access Research

Epigenetics could explain some Moroccan population colorectal cancers peculiarities: microsatellite instability pathway exploration

Mohammed Sekal, Hassania Ameurtesse, Laila Chbani, Karim Ouldim, Sanae Bennis, Mohammed Abkari, Amal Boulouz, Dafr Allah Benajah, Basher Benjelloun, Abdelmalek Ousadden, Khalid Ait Taleb, Said Ait Laalim, Imane Toghrai, Khalid Mazaz, Samia Arifi, Nawfel Mellas, Karima El Rhazi, Taoufiq Harmouch, Sidi Adil Ibrahimi, Afaf Amarti Riffi

Open Access Research

Clinicopathologic features of plasmablastic lymphoma: Single-center series of 8 cases from Saudi Arabia

Ghaleb Elyamany, Ali Matar Alzahrani, Muna Aljuboury, Najlah mogadem, Nagham Rehan, Omar Alsuhaibani, Abdulaziz Alabdulaaly, Eman Al-Mussaed, Imad Elhag, Abdullah AlFiaar

Open Access Research

Immune microenvironment as a factor of breast cancer progression

Anatolii Romaniuk, Mykola Lуndіn

Open Access Case Report

Primary synovial sarcoma of the right heart involving the tricuspid valve in an elderly Chinese woman: a case report

Zhen Huo, Haizhen Lu, Qi Mao, Zhengyu Jin, Huanwen Wu, Xiaoli Feng, Yu Xiao, Yining Wang, Lina Guo

Open Access Case Report

Ciliated hepatic foregut cyst: a report of 6 cases and a review of the English literature

Katherine C. Bishop, Carmen M. Perrino, Marianna B. Ruzinova, Elizabeth M. Brunt

Open Access Research

Extrahepatic metastases as initial manifestations of hepatocellular carcinoma: an Egyptian experience

Thanaa El. A. Helal, Nehal A. Radwan, Mohamed Shaker

Open Access Research

Evaluation of diagnostic criteria for IgG4-related tubulointerstitial nephritis

Xuanli Tang, Bin Zhu, Riping Chen, Yunqin Hu, Yinghua Zhang, Xiaoling Zhu, Hongyu Chen, Yongjun Wang

Open Access Short report

Intravascular NK-cell lymphoma: a case report and review of the literature

Yalan Bi, Zhen Huo, Zhiyong liang, Yunxiao Meng, Congwei Jia, Xiaohua Shi, Lan Song, Yufeng Luo, Qing Ling, Tonghua Liu

Open Access Research

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Effect of platelet-rich plasma on the healing of cutaneous defects exposed to acute to chronic wounds: a clinico-histopathologic study in rabbits

Omid Ostvar, Sahar Shadvar, Emad Yahaghi, Kamran Azma, Amir Farshid Fayyaz, Koorosh Ahmadi, Iradj Nowrouzian

Open Access Research

Prognostic significance of ALCAM (CD166/MEMD) expression in cutaneous melanoma patients

Piotr Donizy, Marcin Zietek, Agnieszka Halon, Marek Leskiewicz, Cyprian Kozyra, Rafal Matkowski

Open Access Research

RETRACTED ARTICLE: A histopathological analysis of the epidemiology of coronary atherosclerosis: an autopsy study

Negin Abedinzadeh, Behnam Pedram, Yasan Sadeghian, Seyed Mohamad Hossein Tabatabaei Nodushan, Maryam Gilasgar, Mahsa Darvish, Aram Mokarizadeh

Open Access Case Report

Aggressive natural killer-cell neoplasm presenting in the marrow: a report of two cases including one with gains of chromosomes 4q and 9p

Jie-Yang Jhuang, Alexandra Clipson, Yen-Chuan Hsieh, Chun-Chieh Yang, Sheng-Tsung Chang, Ming-Qing Du, Shih-Sung Chuang

Open Access Case Report

A case report of undiagnosed postpartum hemolytic uremic syndrome

Jiao Mu, Ji Zhang, Ananda Sunnassee, Hongmei Dong

Open Access Case Report

A case of postoperative hepatic granuloma presumptively caused by surgical staples/clipping materials

Yasuhiro Nihon-Yanagi, Takao Ishiwatari, Yuichiro Otsuka, Yoichiro Okubo, Naobumi Tochigi, Megumi Wakayama, Tetsuo Nemoto, Manabu Watanabe, Hironori Kaneko, Yasukiyo Sumino, Kazutoshi Shibuya

Open Access Case Report

DOME/GALT type adenocarcimoma of the colon: a case report, literature review and a unified phenotypic categorization

Hala Kannuna, Carlos A. Rubio, Patricia Caseiro Silverio, Marc Girardin, Nicolas Goossens, Laura Rubbia-Brandt, Giacomo Puppa

Open Access Research

Histopathological grading of breast ductal carcinoma In Situ: validation of a web-based survey through intra-observer reproducibility analysis

Fernando Schuh, Jorge Villanova Biazús, Erika Resetkova, Camila Zanella Benfica, Alessandra de Freitas Ventura, Diego Uchoa, Márcia Graudenz, Maria Isabel Albano Edelweiss

Open Access Research

The percentage of lepidic growth is an independent prognostic factor in invasive adenocarcinoma of the lung

Trond-Eirik Strand, Hans Rostad, Erik H. Strøm, Philip Hasleton

Open Access Case report

Multifocal sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation of the spleen: a case report and review of literature

Zhixin Cao, Qiangxiu Wang, Jiamei Li, Jiawen Xu, Jianfeng Li

Open Access Research

Clinicopathological features of recurrent papillary thyroid cancer

Jian Zhu, Xinli Wang, Xiaoxuan Zhang, Peifeng Li, Haifeng Hou

Open Access Case report

Biphenotypic human papillomavirus-associated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: a report of two cases

Gayani Pitiyage, Mary Lei, Teresa Guererro Urbano, Edward Odell, Selvam Thavaraj

Open Access Research

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Investigations of renal function using the level of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin associated with single-dose of cisplatin during chemotherapy

Omid Maghsoudi, Seyed Hesamoddin Mirjalili, Mojtaba Dolatabadi, Mostafa Fallah Joshaghani, Mojtaba Zarea, Emad Yahaghi, Aram Mokarizadeh

Open Access Research

Unique microRNAs in lung adenocarcinoma groups according to major TKI sensitive EGFR mutation status

Min Gyoung Pak, Chang-Hun Lee, Woo-Jeong Lee, Dong-Hoon Shin, Mee-Sook Roh

Open Access Case report

A large mediastinal benign myoepithelioma effacing the entire hemithorax: case report with literature review

Atif Ali Hashmi, Amna Khurshid, Naveen Faridi, Muhammad Muzzammil Edhi, Mehmood Khan

Open Access Research

Expression of CC chemokine receptor 9 predicts poor prognosis in patients with lung adenocarcinoma

Yonglong Zhong, Lingyu Jiang, Hui Lin, Baijun Li, Jiao Lan, Shengjing Liang, Bin Shen, Zhenniu Lei, Weiping Zheng

Open Access Research

Effect of apolipoprotein A1 genetic polymorphisms on lipid profiles and the risk of coronary artery disease

BiHong Liao, KeQi Cheng, ShaoHong Dong, HuaDong Liu, ZhengLei Xu

Open Access Case Report

Thymic lymphoid hyperplasia with multilocular thymic cysts diagnosed before the Sjögren syndrome diagnosis

Hiroshi Minato, Eriko Kinoshita, Satoko Nakada, Takayuki Nojima, Makoto Tanaka, Katsuo Usuda, Motoyasu Sagawa, Haruka Iwao, Masao Tanaka, Mariko Doai, Tomoko Takahashi, Naoko Shibata

Open Access Case report

Diffuse and multifocal nephrogenic adenoma with Familial Mediterranean Fever: a case report with molecular study

Noriyoshi Ishikawa, Chika Amano, Takeshi Taketani, Koji Kumori, Yuji Harada, Hisayuki Hiraiwa, Kayoko Itamura, Riruke Maruyama

Open Access Case report

Ileal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma presenting with small bowel obstruction: a case report

Zoe Kinkade, Olukemi A. Esan, Flavia G. Rosado, Michael Craig, Jeffrey A. Vos

Open Access Case report

Clear cell sarcoma of the kidney with calcification and a novel chromosomal abnormality: a case report

Masaya Kato, Yuya Sato, Keitaro Fukushima, Mayuko Okuya, Hidemitsu Kurosawa, Shigeko Kuwashima, Koichi Honma, Kentaro Okamoto, Takashi Tsuchioka, Osamu Arisaka

Open Access Research

Low expression of circulating microRNA-328 is associated with poor prognosis in patients with acute myeloid leukemia

Li Liu, Ren’an Chen, Yangping Zhang, Wen Fan, Fang Xiao, Xueqian Yan

Open Access Case report

Histiocytic sarcoma combined with acute monocytic leukemia: a case report

Jiangning Zhao, Xiaoqing Niu, Zhao Wang, Huadong Lu, Xiaoyan Lin, Quanyi Lu

Open Access Case report

Primary Kaposi’s sarcoma of the heart in non-immunodeficient patient: case report and literature review

Eka Makharoblidze, Nana Goishvili, Maia Mchedlishvili, Mikheil Jangavadze

Open Access Case report

Atypical glomus tumor arising in the liver: a case report

Katsutoshi Hirose, Takahiro Matsui, Hiroaki Nagano, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Shigeru Marubashi, Hiroshi Wada, Eiichi Morii

Open Access Case report

Primary cutaneous malignant granular cell tumor: a case report in China and review of the literature

Ting-ting Liu, Yang Han, Song Zheng, Bo Li, Yu-qi Liu, Yi-xian Chen, Yong-feng Liu, En-hua Wang

Open Access Review

Cellular angiofibroma in women: a review of the literature

Vincenzo Dario Mandato, Susanna Santagni, Alberto Cavazza, Lorenzo Aguzzoli, Martino Abrate, Giovanni Battista La Sala

Open Access Research

Mitochondrial A12308G alteration in tRNALeu(CUN) in colorectal cancer samples

Fawziah MA Mohammed, Ali Reza Rezaee khorasany, Elaheh Mosaieby, Massoud Houshmand

Open Access Research

Tissue microRNA-126 expression level predicts outcome in human osteosarcoma

Wei Liu, Zhong-yuan Zhao, Lei Shi, Wen-dan Yuan

Open Access Case Report

Ovarian-type epithelial tumours of the testis: immunohistochemical and molecular analysis of two serous borderline tumours of the testis

Tobias Bürger, Hans-Ulrich Schildhaus, Reinhard Inniger, Joachim Hansen, Peter Mayer, Stefan Schweyer, Heinz Joachim Radzun, Philipp Ströbel, Felix Bremmer

Open Access Research

Diagnostic imaging of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia based on hematoxylin and eosin fluorescence

Mario R. Castellanos, Anita Szerszen, Stephen Gundry, Edyta C. Pirog, Mitchell Maiman, Sritha Rajupet, John Paul Gomez, Adi Davidov, Priya Ranjan Debata, Probal Banerjee, Jimmie E. Fata

Open Access Research

Paeoniflorin exerts a nephroprotective effect on concanavalin A-induced damage through inhibition of macrophage infiltration

Cheng Liu, Zhuoan Cheng, Yunman Wang, Xiuqin Dai, Jie Zhang, Dongying Xue

Open Access Research

NRAS Q61R , BRAF V600E immunohistochemistry: a concomitant tool for mutation screening in melanomas

Arnaud Uguen, Matthieu Talagas, Sebastian Costa, Laura Samaison, Laure Paule, Zarrin Alavi, Marc De Braekeleer, Cédric Le Marechal, Pascale Marcorelles

Open Access Research

Evaluation of bone marrow aspirates in patients with acute myeloid leukemia at day 14 of induction therapy

João Tadeu D Souto Filho, Monique M Loureiro, Wolmar Pulcheri, José Carlos Morais, Marcio Nucci, Rodrigo D Portugal

Open Access Case report

Epithelioid Rhabdomyosarcoma; a case report with immunohistochemical and molecular study

Ryu Jokoji, Jun-ichiro Ikeda, Masahiko Tsujimoto, Eiichi Morii

Open Access Research

Cdc7 overexpression is an independent prognostic marker and a potential therapeutic target in colorectal cancer

Nathaniel Melling, Johanna Muth, Ronald Simon, Carsten Bokemeyer, Luigi Terracciano, Guido Sauter, Jakob Robert Izbicki, Andreas Holger Marx

Open Access Research

Gene-expression analysis of a colorectal cancer-specific discriminatory transcript set on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue samples

Alexandra Kalmár, Barnabás Wichmann, Orsolya Galamb, Sándor Spisák, Kinga Tóth, Katalin Leiszter, Boye Schnack Nielsen, Barbara Kinga Barták, Zsolt Tulassay, Béla Molnár

Open Access Research

The significance of NTR1 expression and its correlation with β-catenin and EGFR in gastric cancer

Zhouyi Zhou, Jiaming Xie, Ying Cai, Shudong Yang, Ying Chen, HaoRong Wu

Open Access Research

microRNA-150: a promising novel biomarker for hepatitis B virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma

Fujun Yu, Zhongqiu Lu, Bicheng Chen, Peihong Dong, Jianjian Zheng

Open Access Research

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Iván Roa, Gonzalo de Toro, Fernanda Fernández, Anakaren Game, Sergio Muñoz, Xabier de Aretxabala, Milind Javle

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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Up-regulation of miR-130b expression level and down-regulation of miR-218 serve as potential biomarker in the early detection of human osteosarcoma

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Yang Lv, Ning Wang, Yixiong Liu, Xia Li, Linni Fan, Mingyang Li, Lu Wang, Zhou Yu, Qingguo Yan, Ying Guo, Shuangping Guo, Lichun Wei, Mei Shi, Zhe Wang

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Mark Kriegsmann, Thomas Muley, Alexander Harms, Luca Tavernar, Torsten Goldmann, Hendrik Dienemann, Esther Herpel, Arne Warth

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