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Journal of Translational Medicine

Issue 1/2018

Content (371 Articles)

Open Access Research

Comparison of membrane affinity-based method with size-exclusion chromatography for isolation of exosome-like vesicles from human plasma

Ruzena Stranska, Laurens Gysbrechts, Jens Wouters, Pieter Vermeersch, Katarzyna Bloch, Daan Dierickx, Graciela Andrei, Robert Snoeck

Open Access Research

Placental hypoxia-regulating network in relation to birth weight and ponderal index: the ENVIRONAGE Birth Cohort Study

Karen Vrijens, Maria Tsamou, Narjes Madhloum, Wilfried Gyselaers, Tim S. Nawrot

Open Access Review

Gamma-delta (γδ) T cells: friend or foe in cancer development?

Yijing Zhao, Chao Niu, Jiuwei Cui

Open Access Research

Accuracy of four mononucleotide-repeat markers for the identification of DNA mismatch-repair deficiency in solid tumors

Yuko Takehara, Takeshi Nagasaka, Akihiro Nyuya, Tomoko Haruma, Junko Haraga, Yoshiko Mori, Keiichiro Nakamura, Toshiyoshi Fujiwara, C. Richard Boland, Ajay Goel

Open Access Research

Association between non-cholesterol sterol concentrations and Achilles tendon thickness in patients with genetic familial hypercholesterolemia

Lucía Baila-Rueda, Itziar Lamiquiz-Moneo, Estíbaliz Jarauta, Rocío Mateo-Gallego, Sofía Perez-Calahorra, Victoria Marco-Benedí, Ana M. Bea, Ana Cenarro, Fernando Civeira

Open Access Research

TIPE2 suppresses progression and tumorigenesis of esophageal carcinoma via inhibition of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway

Linan Zhu, Xudong Zhang, Xiaorui Fu, Zhaoming Li, Zhenchang Sun, Jingjing Wu, Xinhua Wang, Feng Wang, Xiangke Li, Songtao Niu, Mengjie Ding, Zhenzhen Yang, Wanqiu Yang, Meifeng Yin, Lei Zhang, Mingzhi Zhang

Open Access Research

High expression of TMEM40 is associated with the malignant behavior and tumorigenesis in bladder cancer

Zhen-Fei Zhang, Han-Rong Zhang, Qing-Yan Zhang, Shu-Yu Lai, Yu-Zhen Feng, Yi Zhou, Si-Rong Zheng, Rong Shi, Jue-Yu Zhou

Open Access Research

Effect of the replacement of dietary vegetable oils with a low dose of extravirgin olive oil in the Mediterranean Diet on cognitive functions in the elderly

Elisa Mazza, Antonietta Fava, Yvelise Ferro, Stefania Rotundo, Stefano Romeo, Domenico Bosco, Arturo Pujia, Tiziana Montalcini

Open Access Research

Comparative salivary proteomics analysis of children with and without dental caries using the iTRAQ/MRM approach

Kun Wang, Yufei Wang, Xiuqing Wang, Qian Ren, Sili Han, Longjiang Ding, Zhongcheng Li, Xuedong Zhou, Wei Li, Linglin Zhang

Open Access Research

The prognostic value of preoperative prognostic nutritional index in patients with hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma: a retrospective study

Lu-Lu Ye, Ronald Wihal Oei, Fang-Fang Kong, Cheng-Run Du, Rui-Ping Zhai, Qing-Hai Ji, Chao-Su Hu, Hong-Mei Ying

Open Access Research

Enhanced clinical-scale manufacturing of TCR transduced T-cells using closed culture system modules

Jianjian Jin, Nikolaos Gkitsas, Vicki S. Fellowes, Jiaqiang Ren, Steven A. Feldman, Christian S. Hinrichs, David F. Stroncek, Steven L. Highfill

Open Access Review

Chronic diseases, inflammation, and spices: how are they linked?

Ajaikumar B. Kunnumakkara, Bethsebie L. Sailo, Kishore Banik, Choudhary Harsha, Sahdeo Prasad, Subash Chandra Gupta, Alok Chandra Bharti, Bharat B. Aggarwal

Open Access Research

Establishment and genomic characterizations of patient-derived esophageal squamous cell carcinoma xenograft models using biopsies for treatment optimization

Jianling Zou, Ying Liu, Jingyuan Wang, Zhentao Liu, Zhihao Lu, Zuhua Chen, Zhongwu Li, Bin Dong, Wenwen Huang, Yanyan Li, Jing Gao, Lin Shen

Open Access Methodology

Toolbox for Research, or how to facilitate a central data management in small-scale research projects

Martin Bialke, Henriette Rau, Oliver C. Thamm, Ronny Schuldt, Peter Penndorf, Arne Blumentritt, Robert Gött, Jens Piegsa, Thomas Bahls, Wolfgang Hoffmann

Open Access Research

Voltammetric analysis for fast and inexpensive diagnosis of urinary tract infection: a diagnostic study

Diana Lelli, Claudio Pedone, Pamela Alemanno, Alessandra Bertini, Claudia Di Gioia, Sara Fazzina, Giorgio Pennazza, Marco Santonico, Simone Grasso, Alessandro Zompanti, Silvia Angeletti, Raffaele Antonelli Incalzi

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Chromosome conformation signatures define predictive markers of inadequate response to methotrexate in early rheumatoid arthritis

Claudio Carini, Ewan Hunter, Duncan Porter, Iain McInnes, David Reid, Stuart H. Ralston, Neil Basu, Leon Collis, Carl S. Goodyear, Janet Liversidge, Caron Paterson, Jane Hair, Sharon Kean, Ashley Gilmour, Margaret Duncan, Susan Fraser, Lisa Hutton, John Harvie, Vinod Kumar, Mike McMahon, Robin Munro, John Larkin, Neil McKay, John McLaren, David M. Reid, Duncan Porter, Ruth Richmond, Gillian Roberts, Sarah Saunders, Hilary Wilson, Aroul S. Ramadass, Jayne Green, Alexandre Akoulitchev, Iain B. McInnes, Carl S. Goodyear

Open Access Review

Myeloid-derived suppressor cells in transplantation: the dawn of cell therapy

Weitao Zhang, Jiawei Li, Guisheng Qi, Guowei Tu, Cheng Yang, Ming Xu

Open Access Research

Investigation of genetic variation and lifestyle determinants in vitamin D levels in Arab individuals

Massimo Mezzavilla, Sara Tomei, Fadi Alkayal, Motasem Melhem, Maisa M. Ali, Monira Al-Arouj, Abdullah Bennakhi, Osama Alsmadi, Naser Elkum

Open Access Research

Improvement of severe myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome symptoms following surgical treatment of cervical spinal stenosis

Peter C. Rowe, Colleen L. Marden, Scott Heinlein, Charles C. Edwards II

Open Access Research

Expression of the Hippo transducer TAZ in association with WNT pathway mutations impacts survival outcomes in advanced gastric cancer patients treated with first-line chemotherapy

Elisa Melucci, Beatrice Casini, Livia Ronchetti, Laura Pizzuti, Francesca Sperati, Matteo Pallocca, Francesca De Nicola, Frauke Goeman, Enzo Gallo, Carla Azzurra Amoreo, Domenico Sergi, Irene Terrenato, Patrizia Vici, Luigi Di Lauro, Maria Grazia Diodoro, Edoardo Pescarmona, Maddalena Barba, Marco Mazzotta, Marcella Mottolese, Maurizio Fanciulli, Gennaro Ciliberto, Ruggero De Maria, Simonetta Buglioni, Marcello Maugeri-Saccà

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Immune monitoring and TCR sequencing of CD4 T cells in a long term responsive patient with metastasized pancreatic ductal carcinoma treated with individualized, neoepitope-derived multipeptide vaccines: a case report

Katja Sonntag, Hisayoshi Hashimoto, Matthias Eyrich, Moritz Menzel, Max Schubach, Dennis Döcker, Florian Battke, Carolina Courage, Helmut Lambertz, Rupert Handgretinger, Saskia Biskup, Karin Schilbach

Open Access Research

Open-label pilot for treatment targeting gut dysbiosis in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: neuropsychological symptoms and sex comparisons

Amy Wallis, Michelle Ball, Henry Butt, Donald P. Lewis, Sandra McKechnie, Phillip Paull, Amber Jaa-Kwee, Dorothy Bruck

Open Access Research

Turning the tables on cytomegalovirus: targeting viral Fc receptors by CARs containing mutated CH2–CH3 IgG spacer domains

Julia Proff, Charlotte U. Brey, Armin Ensser, Wolfgang Holter, Manfred Lehner

Open Access Research

Facial nerve stimulation in normal pigs and healthy human volunteers: transitional development of a medical device for the emergency treatment of ischemic stroke

Olivia Sanchez, Andrea García, Fernando Castro-Prado, Miriam Perez, Rafael Lara-Estrada, Martin Ramirez-Meza, Montserrat Godinez, Michael L. Coco, Joaquín Azpiroz, Mark K. Borsody, Emilio Sacristán

Open Access Review

Academic medical centers as innovation ecosystems to address population –omics challenges in precision medicine

Patrick J. Silva, Valerie M. Schaibley, Kenneth S. Ramos

Open Access Review

Non-viral gene delivery systems for tissue repair and regeneration

Pan Wu, Haojiao Chen, Ronghua Jin, Tingting Weng, Jon Kee Ho, Chuangang You, Liping Zhang, Xingang Wang, Chunmao Han

Open Access Research

Double-negative (CD27−IgD−) B cells are expanded in NSCLC and inversely correlate with affinity-matured B cell populations

Sara M. Centuori, Cecil J. Gomes, Samuel S. Kim, Charles W. Putnam, Brandon T. Larsen, Linda L. Garland, David W. Mount, Jesse D. Martinez

Open Access Research

Computational analysis identifies putative prognostic biomarkers of pathological scarring in skin wounds

Sridevi Nagaraja, Lin Chen, Luisa A. DiPietro, Jaques Reifman, Alexander Y. Mitrophanov

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Clinicopathological predictors of recurrence in nodular and superficial spreading cutaneous melanoma: a multivariate analysis of 214 cases

Maria A. Pizzichetta, Daniela Massi, Mario Mandalà, Paola Queirolo, Ignazio Stanganelli, Vincenzo De Giorgi, Giovanni Ghigliotti, Stefano Cavicchini, Pietro Quaglino, Maria T. Corradin, Pietro Rubegni, Mauro Alaibac, Stefano Astorino, Fabrizio Ayala, Serena Magi, Laura Mazzoni, Maria Ausilia Manganoni, Renato Talamini, Diego Serraino, Giuseppe Palmieri

Open Access Research

Network modules uncover mechanisms of skeletal muscle dysfunction in COPD patients

Ákos Tényi, Isaac Cano, Francesco Marabita, Narsis Kiani, Susana G. Kalko, Esther Barreiro, Pedro de Atauri, Marta Cascante, David Gomez-Cabrero, Josep Roca

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Telomere attrition in heart failure: a flow-FISH longitudinal analysis of circulating monocytes

Iris Teubel, Elena Elchinova, Santiago Roura, Marco A. Fernández, Carolina Gálvez-Montón, Pedro Moliner, Marta de Antonio, Josep Lupón, Antoni Bayés-Genís

Open Access Review

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia: clinical aspects and preventive and therapeutic strategies

Nicola Principi, Giada Maria Di Pietro, Susanna Esposito

Open Access Research

A probiotic complex, rosavin, zinc, and prebiotics ameliorate intestinal inflammation in an acute colitis mouse model

Jin-Sil Park, JeongWon Choi, Ji Ye Kwon, Kyung-Ah Jung, Chul Woo Yang, Sung-Hwan Park, Mi-La Cho

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Tumor-promoting properties of miR-8084 in breast cancer through enhancing proliferation, suppressing apoptosis and inducing epithelial–mesenchymal transition

Yujing Gao, Hongning Ma, Chanchan Gao, Ye Lv, XueHua Chen, Rongrong Xu, Miao Sun, Xinrui Liu, Xiaohong Lu, Xiuying Pei, Pu Li

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Open-label pilot for treatment targeting gut dysbiosis in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: neuropsychological symptoms and sex comparisons

Amy Wallis, Michelle Ball, Henry Butt, Donald P. Lewis, Sandra McKechnie, Phillip Paull, Amber Jaa‑Kwee, Dorothy Bruck

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Clinical relevance of the tumor microenvironment and immune escape of oral squamous cell carcinoma

Alexander W. Eckert, Claudia Wickenhauser, Paul C. Salins, Matthias Kappler, Juergen Bukur, Barbara Seliger

Open Access Research

Generation of GHR-modified pigs as Laron syndrome models via a dual-sgRNAs/Cas9 system and somatic cell nuclear transfer

Honghao Yu, Weihu Long, Xuezeng Zhang, Kaixiang Xu, Jianxiong Guo, Heng Zhao, Honghui Li, Yubo Qing, Weirong Pan, Baoyu Jia, Hong-Ye Zhao, Xingxu Huang, Hong-Jiang Wei

Open Access Research

Clinical significance of circulating microRNAs as markers in detecting and predicting congenital heart defects in children

Yong Song, Hilda Higgins, Jing Guo, Katrina Harrison, En Nee Schultz, Belinda J. Hales, Eric K. Moses, Jack Goldblatt, Nicholas Pachter, Guicheng Zhang

Open Access Research

Identification of candidate genes associated with fibromyalgia susceptibility in southern Spanish women: the al-Ándalus project

Fernando Estévez-López, Daniel Camiletti-Moirón, Virginia A. Aparicio, Víctor Segura-Jiménez, Inmaculada C. Álvarez-Gallardo, Alberto Soriano-Maldonado, Milkana Borges-Cosic, Pedro Acosta-Manzano, Rinie Geenen, Manuel Delgado-Fernández, Luis J. Martínez-González, Jonatan R. Ruiz, María J. Álvarez-Cubero

Open Access Research

Association of chronic fatigue syndrome with premature telomere attrition

Mangalathu S. Rajeevan, Janna Murray, Lisa Oakley, Jin-Mann S. Lin, Elizabeth R. Unger

Open Access Research

A novel DNA methylation panel accurately detects colorectal cancer independently of molecular pathway

Micaela Freitas, Fábio Ferreira, Sónia Carvalho, Fernanda Silva, Paula Lopes, Luís Antunes, Sofia Salta, Francisca Diniz, Lúcio Lara Santos, José Flávio Videira, Rui Henrique, Carmen Jerónimo

Open Access Research

Identification and validation a TGF-β-associated long non-coding RNA of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma by bioinformatics method

Teng Huang, Wei Huang, Hong Lu, Bi-yun Zhang, Jun Ma, Di Zhao, Yi-jun Wang, Da-hai Yu, Xia He

Open Access Research

Apatinib exhibits anti-leukemia activity in preclinical models of acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Manman Deng, Jie Zha, Zhiwu Jiang, Xian Jia, Yuanfei Shi, Peng Li, Xiao Lei Chen, Zhihong Fang, Zhiqiang Du, Bing Xu

Open Access Research

Distinct alterations of CD68+CD163+ M2-like macrophages and myeloid-derived suppressor cells in newly diagnosed primary immune thrombocytopenia with or without CR after high-dose dexamethasone treatment

Xia Shao, Boting Wu, Luya Cheng, Feng Li, Yanxia Zhan, Chanjuan Liu, Lili Ji, Zhihui Min, Yang Ke, Lihua Sun, Hao Chen, Yunfeng Cheng

Open Access Research

Safety, tolerability and efficacy of intra-articular Progenza in knee osteoarthritis: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled single ascending dose study

D. Kuah, S. Sivell, T. Longworth, K. James, A. Guermazi, F. Cicuttini, Y. Wang, S. Craig, G. Comin, D. Robinson, J. Wilson

Open Access Research

CD133 expression in cancer cells predicts poor prognosis of non-mucin producing intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

Xiaobo Cai, Jun Li, Xiaodong Yuan, Jingbo Xiao, Steven Dooley, Xinjian Wan, Honglei Weng, Lungen Lu

Open Access Research

Physiological and molecular effects of interleukin-18 administration on the mouse kidney

Kyosuke Yamanishi, Keiichiro Mukai, Takuya Hashimoto, Kaoru Ikubo, Keiji Nakasho, Yosif El-Darawish, Wen Li, Daisuke Okuzaki, Yuko Watanabe, Tetsu Hayakawa, Hiroshi Nojima, Hiromichi Yamanishi, Haruki Okamura, Hisato Matsunaga

Open Access Research

Allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells as induction therapy are safe and feasible in renal allografts: pilot results of a multicenter randomized controlled trial

Qipeng Sun, Zhengyu Huang, Fei Han, Ming Zhao, Ronghua Cao, Daqiang Zhao, Liangqing Hong, Ning Na, Heng Li, Bin Miao, Jianmin Hu, Fanhang Meng, Yanwen Peng, Qiquan Sun

Open Access Research

The role of atorvastatin in suppressing tumor growth of uterine fibroids

Zhaojun Shen, Saisai Li, Bo Sheng, Qi Shen, Lu-Zhe Sun, Haiyan Zhu, Xueqiong Zhu

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Study on the progression types of cancer in patients with breast cancer undergoing eribulin chemotherapy and tumor microenvironment

Shinichiro Kashiwagi, Gen Tsujio, Yuka Asano, Wataru Goto, Koji Takada, Katsuyuki Takahashi, Tamami Morisaki, Hisakazu Fujita, Tsutomu Takashima, Shuhei Tomita, Masahiko Ohsawa, Kosei Hirakawa, Masaichi Ohira

Open Access Research

Low dose Naltrexone for induction of remission in inflammatory bowel disease patients

Mitchell R. K. L. Lie, Janine van der Giessen, Gwenny M. Fuhler, Alison de Lima, Maikel P. Peppelenbosch, Cokkie van der Ent, C. Janneke van der Woude

Open Access Research

The selective cathepsin K inhibitor MIV-711 attenuates joint pathology in experimental animal models of osteoarthritis

Erik Lindström, Biljana Rizoska, Karin Tunblad, Charlotte Edenius, Alison M. Bendele, Don Maul, Michael Larson, Neha Shah, Valerie Yoder Otto, Chris Jerome, Urszula Grabowska

Open Access Research

Clinical feasibility of umbilical cord tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells in the treatment of multiple sclerosis

Neil H. Riordan, Isabela Morales, Giselle Fernández, Nicole Allen, Neal E. Fearnot, Michael E. Leckrone, Dedra Jones Markovich, Darla Mansfield, Dorita Avila, Amit N. Patel, Santosh Kesari, Jorge Paz Rodriguez

Open Access Research

Alloxan-induced diabetes exacerbates coronary atherosclerosis and calcification in Ossabaw miniature swine with metabolic syndrome

Jill K. Badin, Ayeeshik Kole, Benjamin Stivers, Victor Progar, Anisha Pareddy, Mouhamad Alloosh, Michael Sturek

Open Access Research

Effect of γ-secretase inhibitor on Th17 cell differentiation and function of mouse psoriasis-like skin inflammation

Lei Ma, Haibo Xue, Ruiqun Qi, Yanqin Wang, Libing Yuan

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Deregulated microRNA and mRNA expression profiles in the peripheral blood of patients with Marfan syndrome

Masood Abu-Halima, Mustafa Kahraman, Dominic Henn, Tanja Rädle-Hurst, Andreas Keller, Hashim Abdul-Khaliq, Eckart Meese

Open Access Research

T cell mediated immunity induced by the live-attenuated Shigella flexneri 2a vaccine candidate CVD 1208S in humans

Franklin R. Toapanta, Paula J. Bernal, Karen L. Kotloff, Myron M. Levine, Marcelo B. Sztein

Open Access Research

Identification of the cellular components involved in de novo immune hepatitis: a quantitative immunohistochemical analysis

Elena Aguado-Domínguez, Lourdes Gómez, José Manuel Sousa, Miguel Ángel Gómez-Bravo, Antonio Núñez-Roldán, Isabel Aguilera

Open Access Research

RPE phagocytic function declines in age-related macular degeneration and is rescued by human umbilical tissue derived cells

George Inana, Christopher Murat, Weijun An, Xiang Yao, Ian R. Harris, Jing Cao

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Neonatal Fc receptor is involved in the protection of fibrinogen after its intake in peripheral blood mononuclear cells

Tiziana Alberio, Greta Forlani, Marta Lualdi, Giovanna Tosi, Roberto S. Accolla, Mauro Fasano

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Comparison of human bone marrow stromal cells cultured in human platelet growth factors and fetal bovine serum

Jiaqiang Ren, Dawn Ward, Steven Chen, Katherine Tran, Ping Jin, Marianna Sabatino, Pamela G. Robey, David F. Stroncek

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Relationship between mismatch repair immunophenotype and long-term survival in patients with resected periampullary adenocarcinoma

Margareta Heby, Sebastian Lundgren, Björn Nodin, Jacob Elebro, Jakob Eberhard, Karin Jirström

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HNA-3a and HNA-3b antigens among 9 ethnic populations and the Han population in Southwest China

Guo-Jin Ou, Pin-Can Su, Hao Yu, Xin Ji, Fan Liu, Sheng-Lan Wang, Yu-Jie Kong, Ling Li, Jue Wang, Zhong Liu, Willy Albert Flegel

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MiR-362-5p as a novel prognostic predictor of cytogenetically normal acute myeloid leukemia

Qiu-Ling Ma, Jing-Han Wang, Min Yang, Huan-ping Wang, Jie Jin

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Defective formyl peptide receptor 2/3 and annexin A1 expressions associated with M2a polarization of blood immune cells in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Yung-Che Chen, Meng-Chih Lin, Chih-Hung Lee, Shih-Feng Liu, Chin-Chou Wang, Wen-Feng Fang, Tung-Ying Chao, Chao-Chien Wu, Yu-Feng Wei, Huang-Chih Chang, Chia-Cheng Tsen, Hung-Chen Chen

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Intermittent PTH administration improves alveolar bone formation in type 1 diabetic rats with periodontitis

Ji-Hye Kim, Ae Ri Kim, Yun Hui Choi, Aeryun Kim, Yongsung Sohn, Gye-Hyeong Woo, Jeong-Heon Cha, Eun-Jung Bak, Yun-Jung Yoo

Open Access Research

Oral Escherichia coli expressing IL-35 meliorates experimental colitis in mice

Baoren Zhang, Yi Liu, Xu Lan, Xiaoxi Xu, Xiaoning Zhang, Xiang Li, Yiming Zhao, Guang Li, Caigan Du, Shanzheng Lu, Hao Wang

Open Access Research

Bushenhuoxue formula attenuates cartilage degeneration in an osteoarthritic mouse model through TGF-β/MMP13 signaling

Ping-er Wang, Lei Zhang, Jun Ying, Xing Jin, Cheng Luo, Shibing Xu, Rui Dong, Luwei Xiao, Peijian Tong, Hongting Jin

Open Access Research

OX40L induces helper T cell differentiation during cell immunity of asthma through PI3K/AKT and P38 MAPK signaling pathway

Li Huang, Meijuan Wang, Yongdong Yan, Wenjing Gu, Xinxing Zhang, Jiahong Tan, Huiming Sun, Wei Ji, Zhengrong Chen

Open Access Review

The influence of diet on anti-cancer immune responsiveness

Laura Soldati, Laura Di Renzo, Emilio Jirillo, Paolo A. Ascierto, Francesco M. Marincola, Antonino De Lorenzo

Open Access Research

Association of adiponectin gene variants with idiopathic recurrent miscarriage according to obesity status: a case–control study

Maryam Dendana, Wael Bahia, Ramzi R. Finan, Mariam Al-Mutawa, Wassim Y. Almawi

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Telomerase promoter mutations in human immunodeficiency virus-related conjunctiva neoplasia

Noemy Starita, Luigi Buonaguro, Franco M. Buonaguro, Maria Lina Tornesello

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Dexmedetomidine attenuates lung apoptosis induced by renal ischemia–reperfusion injury through α2AR/PI3K/Akt pathway

Juanjuan Li, Qian Chen, Xinhai He, Azeem Alam, Jiaolin Ning, Bin Yi, Kaizhi Lu, Jianteng Gu

Open Access Research

YM155 decreases radiation-induced invasion and reverses epithelial–mesenchymal transition by targeting STAT3 in glioblastoma

Xin Zhang, Xuehai Wang, Ran Xu, Jianxiong Ji, Yangyang Xu, Mingzhi Han, Yuzhen Wei, Bin Huang, Anjing Chen, Qing Zhang, Wenjie Li, Jian Wang, Xingang Li, Chen Qiu

Open Access Research

HLA alleles modulate EBV viral load in multiple sclerosis

Simone Agostini, Roberta Mancuso, Franca R. Guerini, Sandra D’Alfonso, Cristina Agliardi, Ambra Hernis, Milena Zanzottera, Nadia Barizzone, Maurizio A. Leone, Domenico Caputo, Marco Rovaris, Mario Clerici

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Distinctive features of immunostaining and mutational load in primary pulmonary enteric adenocarcinoma: implications for differential diagnosis and immunotherapy

Ming Chen, Pu Liu, Feifei Yan, Suzhen Xu, Qi Jiang, Jingying Pan, Mengye He, Peng Shen

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Baseline antibody profiles predict toxicity in melanoma patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors

Michael F. Gowen, Keith M. Giles, Danny Simpson, Jeremy Tchack, Hua Zhou, Una Moran, Zarmeena Dawood, Anna C. Pavlick, Shaohui Hu, Melissa A. Wilson, Hua Zhong, Michelle Krogsgaard, Tomas Kirchhoff, Iman Osman

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Association between serum S100A9 levels and liver necroinflammation in chronic hepatitis B

Rui Wu, Yuhong Zhang, Yu Xiang, Yishu Tang, Fang Cui, Ju Cao, Lan Zhou, Yan You, Liang Duan

Open Access Research

Adolescent mental health education InSciEd Out: a case study of an alternative middle school population

Joanna Yang, Roberto Lopez Cervera, Susannah J. Tye, Stephen C. Ekker, Chris Pierret

Open Access Research

Use of the tumor-infiltrating CD8 to FOXP3 lymphocyte ratio in predicting treatment responses to combination therapy with pertuzumab, trastuzumab, and docetaxel for advanced HER2-positive breast cancer

Koji Takada, Shinichiro Kashiwagi, Wataru Goto, Yuka Asano, Katsuyuki Takahashi, Tsutomu Takashima, Shuhei Tomita, Masahiko Ohsawa, Kosei Hirakawa, Masaichi Ohira

Open Access Research

Prediction of treatment responses to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer by analysis of immune checkpoint protein expression

Yuka Asano, Shinichiro Kashiwagi, Wataru Goto, Koji Takada, Katsuyuki Takahashi, Tamami Morisaki, Hisakazu Fujita, Tsutomu Takashima, Shuhei Tomita, Masahiko Ohsawa, Kosei Hirakawa, Masaichi Ohira

Open Access Review

CD109 and squamous cell carcinoma

Ruixia Qi, Fengyun Dong, Qiang Liu, Yoshiki Murakumo, Ju Liu

Open Access Research

Stromal TRIM28-associated signaling pathway modulation within the colorectal cancer microenvironment

Seán Fitzgerald, Virginia Espina, Lance Liotta, Katherine M. Sheehan, Anthony O’Grady, Robert Cummins, Richard O’Kennedy, Elaine W. Kay, Gregor S. Kijanka

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Association of genetic polymorphisms in genes involved in Ara-C and dNTP metabolism pathway with chemosensitivity and prognosis of adult acute myeloid leukemia (AML)

Ke-Wei Zhu, Peng Chen, Dao-Yu Zhang, Han Yan, Han Liu, Li-Na Cen, Yan-Ling Liu, Shan Cao, Gan Zhou, Hui Zeng, Shu-Ping Chen, Xie-Lan Zhao, Xiao-Ping Chen

Open Access Research

Urinary miR-196a predicts disease progression in patients with chronic kidney disease

Changming Zhang, Shaoshan Liang, Shuiqin Cheng, Wei Li, Xia Wang, Chunxia Zheng, Caihong Zeng, Shaolin Shi, Lu Xie, Ke Zen, Zhihong Liu

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Clinical implementation of rapid CYP2C19 genotyping to guide antiplatelet therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention

Larisa H. Cavallari, Francesco Franchi, Fabiana Rollini, Latonya Been, Andrea Rivas, Malhar Agarwal, D. Max Smith, Kimberly Newsom, Yan Gong, Amanda R. Elsey, Petr Starostik, Julie A. Johnson, Dominick J. Angiolillo

Open Access Research

Simultaneous VENTANA IHC and RT-PCR testing of ALK status in Chinese non-small cell lung cancer patients and response to crizotinib

Chun-wei Xu, Wen-xian Wang, Yan-ping Chen, Yu Chen, Wei Liu, Li-hua Zhong, Fang-fang Chen, Wu Zhuang, Zheng-bo Song, Xiao-hui Chen, Yun-jian Huang, Yan-fang Guan, Xin Yi, Tang-feng Lv, Wei-feng Zhu, Jian-ping Lu, Xiao-jiang Wang, Yi Shi, Xian-dong Lin, Gang Chen, Yong Song

Open Access Research

Sex and interleukin-6 are prognostic factors for autoimmune toxicity following treatment with anti-CTLA4 blockade

Sara Valpione, Sandro Pasquali, Luca Giovanni Campana, Luisa Piccin, Simone Mocellin, Jacopo Pigozzo, Vanna Chiarion-Sileni

Open Access Research

Preoperative metabolic tumor volume of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma measured by 18F-FDG-PET is associated with the KRAS mutation status and prognosis

Yoshinobu Ikeno, Satoru Seo, Keiko Iwaisako, Tomoaki Yoh, Yuji Nakamoto, Hiroaki Fuji, Kojiro Taura, Hideaki Okajima, Toshimi Kaido, Shimon Sakaguchi, Shinji Uemoto

Open Access Review

Cisplatin based therapy: the role of the mitogen activated protein kinase signaling pathway

Iman W. Achkar, Nabeel Abdulrahman, Hend Al-Sulaiti, Jensa Mariam Joseph, Shahab Uddin, Fatima Mraiche

Open Access Research

Weighting of orthostatic intolerance time measurements with standing difficulty score stratifies ME/CFS symptom severity and analyte detection

Alice M. Richardson, Don P. Lewis, Badia Kita, Helen Ludlow, Nigel P. Groome, Mark P. Hedger, David M. de Kretser, Brett A. Lidbury

Open Access Review

The physiological role of Motin family and its dysregulation in tumorigenesis

Tingting Huang, Yuhang Zhou, Jinglin Zhang, Alfred S. L. Cheng, Jun Yu, Ka Fai To, Wei Kang

Open Access Research

Harnessing Qatar Biobank to understand type 2 diabetes and obesity in adult Qataris from the First Qatar Biobank Project

Ehsan Ullah, Raghvendra Mall, Reda Rawi, Naima Moustaid-Moussa, Adeel A. Butt, Halima Bensmail

Open Access Research

The positive role of vitronectin in radiation induced lung toxicity: the in vitro and in vivo mechanism study

Tian-Le Shen, Mi-Na Liu, Qin Zhang, Wen Feng, Wen Yu, Xiao-Long Fu, Xu-Wei Cai

Open Access Meeting report

The Great Debate at “Melanoma Bridge”, Napoli, December 2nd, 2017

Paolo A. Ascierto, Corrado Caracò, Jeffrey E. Gershenwald, Omid Hamid, Merrick Ross, Ryan J. Sullivan, Igor Puzanov

Open Access Research

Recurrent pregnancy loss is associated to leaky gut: a novel pathogenic model of endometrium inflammation?

C. Tersigni, S. D’Ippolito, F. Di Nicuolo, R. Marana, V. Valenza, V. Masciullo, F. Scaldaferri, F. Malatacca, C. de Waure, A. Gasbarrini, G. Scambia, N. Di Simone

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Recombinant mouse periostin ameliorates coronal sutures fusion in Twist1+/− mice

Shanshan Bai, Dong Li, Liang Xu, Huichuan Duan, Jie Yuan, Min Wei

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Plasma proteomic analysis reveals altered protein abundances in cardiovascular disease

Vasiliki Lygirou, Agnieszka Latosinska, Manousos Makridakis, William Mullen, Christian Delles, Joost P. Schanstra, Jerome Zoidakis, Burkert Pieske, Harald Mischak, Antonia Vlahou

Open Access Research

Endoplasmic reticulum stress in perivascular adipose tissue promotes destabilization of atherosclerotic plaque by regulating GM-CSF paracrine

Ru Ying, Sheng-Wei Li, Jia-Yuan Chen, Hai-Feng Zhang, Ying Yang, Zhen-Jie Gu, Yang-Xin Chen, Jing-Feng Wang

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Contribution of TLR4 signaling in intermittent hypoxia-mediated atherosclerosis progression

Xianqin Zeng, Rong Guo, Mei Dong, Julia Zheng, Huili Lin, Huixia Lu

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Patient-derived xenograft models in musculoskeletal malignancies

Wan Lu, Tu Chao, Chen Ruiqi, Su Juan, Li Zhihong

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CCL20 is up-regulated in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease fibrosis and is produced by hepatic stellate cells in response to fatty acid loading

Xin Chu, Qunyan Jin, Hui Chen, G. Craig Wood, Anthony Petrick, William Strodel, Jon Gabrielsen, Peter Benotti, Tooraj Mirshahi, David J. Carey, Christopher D. Still, Johanna K. DiStefano, Glenn S. Gerhard

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MicroRNA expression profiling for the prediction of resistance to neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy in squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus

Julia Slotta-Huspenina, Enken Drecoll, Marcus Feith, Daniel Habermehl, Stephanie Combs, Wilko Weichert, Marcus Bettstetter, Karen Becker, Rupert Langer

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Novel oncolytic chimeric orthopoxvirus causes regression of pancreatic cancer xenografts and exhibits abscopal effect at a single low dose

Michael P. O’Leary, Audrey H. Choi, Sang-In Kim, Shyambabu Chaurasiya, Jianming Lu, Anthony K. Park, Yanghee Woo, Susanne G. Warner, Yuman Fong, Nanhai G. Chen

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Cardiopulmonary bypass reduces myocardial oxidative stress, inflammation and increases c-kit+CD45− cell population in newborns

Johannes Petersen, Andrey Kazakov, Michael Böhm, Hans-Joachim Schäfers, Ulrich Laufs, Hashim Abdul-Khaliq

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The release of cardioprotective humoral factors after remote ischemic preconditioning in humans is age- and sex-dependent

André Heinen, Friederike Behmenburg, Aykut Aytulun, Maximilian Dierkes, Lea Zerbin, Wolfgang Kaisers, Maximilian Schaefer, Tanja Meyer-Treschan, Susanne Feit, Inge Bauer, Markus W. Hollmann, Ragnar Huhn

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Effects of mesenchymal stem cells on solid tumor metastasis in experimental cancer models: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Jing-Huan Li, Wen-Shuai Fan, Mi-Mi Wang, Yan-Hong Wang, Zheng-Gang Ren

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Postprandial increase in serum CA125 as a surrogate biomarker for early diagnosis of ovarian cancer

Zhuowei Gu, Yifeng He, Yue Zhang, Mo Chen, Keqi Song, Yuting Huang, Qing Li, Wen Di

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A validation study of crescents in predicting ESRD in patients with IgA nephropathy

Xiaoyan Zhang, Sufang Shi, Yan Ouyang, Meng Yang, Manman Shi, Xiaoxia Pan, Jicheng Lv, Zhaohui Wang, Hong Ren, Pingyan Shen, Weiming Wang, Hong Zhang, Jingyuan Xie, Nan Chen

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Establishment and validation of a predictive nomogram model for non-small cell lung cancer patients with chronic hepatitis B viral infection

Shulin Chen, Yanzhen Lai, Zhengqiang He, Jianpei Li, Xia He, Rui Shen, Qiuying Ding, Hao Chen, Songguo Peng, Wanli Liu

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Connexin32 plays a crucial role in ROS-mediated endoplasmic reticulum stress apoptosis signaling pathway in ischemia reperfusion-induced acute kidney injury

Yu Gu, Fei Huang, Yanling Wang, Chaojin Chen, Shan Wu, Shaoli Zhou, Ziqing Hei, Dongdong Yuan

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Limited utility of tissue micro-arrays in detecting intra-tumoral heterogeneity in stem cell characteristics and tumor progression markers in breast cancer

Pascale Kündig, Charlotte Giesen, Hartland Jackson, Bernd Bodenmiller, Bärbel Papassotirolopus, Sandra Nicole Freiberger, Catharine Aquino, Lennart Opitz, Zsuzsanna Varga

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Open innovation and external sources of innovation. An opportunity to fuel the R&D pipeline and enhance decision making?

Alexander Schuhmacher, Oliver Gassmann, Nigel McCracken, Markus Hinder

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Gastric cancer vaccines synthesized using a TLR7 agonist and their synergistic antitumor effects with 5-fluorouracil

Xiaodong Wang, Yu Liu, Yuwen Diao, Ningning Gao, Yanyan Wan, Jingjing Zhong, Huali Zheng, Zhulin Wang, Guangyi Jin

Open Access Review

The role of HIV Tat protein in HIV-related cardiovascular diseases

Yanan Jiang, Lu Chai, Moyondafoluwa Blessing Fasae, Yunlong Bai

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Correction to: Gamma-delta (γδ) T cells: friend or foe in cancer development?

Yijing Zhao, Chao Niu, Jiuwei Cui

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Repair of articular cartilage defects with intra-articular injection of autologous rabbit synovial fluid-derived mesenchymal stem cells

Zhaofeng Jia, Qisong Liu, Yujie Liang, Xingfu Li, Xiao Xu, Kan Ouyang, Jianyi Xiong, Daping Wang, Li Duan

Open Access Methodology

Clinical-grade generation of peptide-stimulated CMV/EBV-specific T cells from G-CSF mobilized stem cell grafts

Regina Gary, Michael Aigner, Stephanie Moi, Stefanie Schaffer, Anja Gottmann, Stefanie Maas, Robert Zimmermann, Jürgen Zingsem, Julian Strobel, Andreas Mackensen, Josef Mautner, Andreas Moosmann, Armin Gerbitz

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Nonclinical and clinical pharmacological characterization of the potent and selective cathepsin K inhibitor MIV-711

Erik Lindström, Biljana Rizoska, Ian Henderson, Ylva Terelius, Markus Jerling, Charlotte Edenius, Urszula Grabowska

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Clinical performance of stem cell therapy in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ran Xue, Qinghua Meng, Jinling Dong, Juan Li, Qinwei Yao, Yueke Zhu, Hongwei Yu

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Comprehensive and integrative analysis identifies microRNA-106 as a novel non-invasive biomarker for detection of gastric cancer

Qiliang Peng, Yi Shen, Kaisu Lin, Li Zou, Yuntian Shen, Yaqun Zhu

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Correction to: MicroRNA expression profiling for the prediction of resistance to neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy in squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus

Julia Slotta-Huspenina, Enken Drecoll, Marcus Feith, Daniel Habermehl, Stephanie E. Combs, Wilko Weichert, Marcus Bettstetter, Karen Becker, Rupert Langer

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Observational study of coagulation activation in early breast cancer: development of a prognostic model based on data from the real world setting

Chiara Mandoj, Laura Pizzuti, Domenico Sergi, Isabella Sperduti, Marco Mazzotta, Luigi Di Lauro, Antonella Amodio, Silvia Carpano, Anna Di Benedetto, Claudio Botti, Francesca Ferranti, Anna Antenucci, Maria Gabriella D’Alessandro, Paolo Marchetti, Silverio Tomao, Giuseppe Sanguineti, Antonio Giordano, Marcello Maugeri-Saccà, Gennaro Ciliberto, Laura Conti, Patrizia Vici, Maddalena Barba

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Evidence for a hyper-reductive redox in a sub-set of heart failure patients

Thiagarajan Sairam, Amit N. Patel, Meenu Subrahmanian, Rajendiran Gopalan, Steven M. Pogwizd, Sudha Ramalingam, Ramalingam Sankaran, Namakkal Soorapan Rajasekaran

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Identification of micro-RNA expression profile related to recurrence in women with ESMO low-risk endometrial cancer

Tiphaine de Foucher, Maria Sbeih, Jenifer Uzan, Sofiane Bendifallah, Marine Lefevre, Nathalie Chabbert-Buffet, Selim Aractingi, Catherine Uzan, Issam Abd Alsalam, Rana Mitri, Romain H. Fontaine, Emile Daraï, Bassam Haddad, Céline Méhats, Marcos Ballester, Geoffroy Canlorbe, Cyril Touboul

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CD8+ T cells mediate the antitumor activity of frankincense and myrrh in hepatocellular carcinoma

Chun Xu, Xian Lu, Wei Liu, Anxian Chen, Gang Meng, Hailin Zhang, Binghua Li, Yonghui Zhang, Junhua Wu, Jiwu Wei

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The homing of bone marrow stem cells is differentially activated in ischemic and valvular heart diseases and influenced by beta-blockers

Melissa Kristocheck, Lucinara D. Dias, Carine Ghem, Bruna Eibel, Renato A. K. Kalil, Melissa M. Markoski

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Biomarker microRNAs for prostate cancer metastasis: screened with a network vulnerability analysis model

Yuxin Lin, Feifei Chen, Li Shen, Xiaoyu Tang, Cui Du, Zhandong Sun, Huijie Ding, Jiajia Chen, Bairong Shen

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Dysregulation of miR-200s clusters as potential prognostic biomarkers in acute myeloid leukemia

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Endothelial progenitor cells improve the therapeutic effect of mesenchymal stem cell sheets on irradiated bone defect repair in a rat model

Huan Liu, Yang Jiao, Wei Zhou, Shizhu Bai, Zhihong Feng, Yan Dong, Qian Liu, Xiaoke Feng, Yimin Zhao

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Establishment of lung cancer patient-derived xenograft models and primary cell lines for lung cancer study

Yanan Jiang, Jimin Zhao, Yi Zhang, Ke Li, Tiepeng Li, Xinhuan Chen, Simin Zhao, Song Zhao, Kangdong Liu, Ziming Dong

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Wedge-shaped microfluidic chip for circulating tumor cells isolation and its clinical significance in gastric cancer

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Nanoparticle delivery of grape seed-derived proanthocyanidins to airway epithelial cells dampens oxidative stress and inflammation

S. Castellani, A. Trapani, A. Spagnoletta, L. di Toma, T. Magrone, S. Di Gioia, D. Mandracchia, G. Trapani, E. Jirillo, M. Conese

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Abnormalities of hair structure and skin histology derived from CRISPR/Cas9-based knockout of phospholipase C-delta 1 in mice

Yu-Min Liu, Wei Liu, Jun-Shuang Jia, Bang-Zhu Chen, Heng-Wei Chen, Yu Liu, Ya-Nan Bie, Peng Gu, Yan Sun, Dong Xiao, Wei-Wang Gu

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First results on survival from a large Phase 3 clinical trial of an autologous dendritic cell vaccine in newly diagnosed glioblastoma

Linda M. Liau, Keyoumars Ashkan, David D. Tran, Jian L. Campian, John E. Trusheim, Charles S. Cobbs, Jason A. Heth, Michael Salacz, Sarah Taylor, Stacy D. D’Andre, Fabio M. Iwamoto, Edward J. Dropcho, Yaron A. Moshel, Kevin A. Walter, Clement P. Pillainayagam, Robert Aiken, Rekha Chaudhary, Samuel A. Goldlust, Daniela A. Bota, Paul Duic, Jai Grewal, Heinrich Elinzano, Steven A. Toms, Kevin O. Lillehei, Tom Mikkelsen, Tobias Walbert, Steven R. Abram, Andrew J. Brenner, Steven Brem, Matthew G. Ewend, Simon Khagi, Jana Portnow, Lyndon J. Kim, William G. Loudon, Reid C. Thompson, David E. Avigan, Karen L. Fink, Francois J. Geoffroy, Scott Lindhorst, Jose Lutzky, Andrew E. Sloan, Gabriele Schackert, Dietmar Krex, Hans-Jorg Meisel, Julian Wu, Raphael P. Davis, Christopher Duma, Arnold B. Etame, David Mathieu, Santosh Kesari, David Piccioni, Manfred Westphal, David S. Baskin, Pamela Z. New, Michel Lacroix, Sven-Axel May, Timothy J. Pluard, Victor Tse, Richard M. Green, John L. Villano, Michael Pearlman, Kevin Petrecca, Michael Schulder, Lynne P. Taylor, Anthony E. Maida, Robert M. Prins, Timothy F. Cloughesy, Paul Mulholland, Marnix L. Bosch

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Acquired immunological imbalance after surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass due to epigenetic over-activation of PU.1/M-CSF

Krzysztof Laudanski, Mateusz Zawadka, Jacek Polosak, Jaymin Modi, Matthew DiMeglio, Jacob Gutsche, Wilson Y. Szeto, Monika Puzianowska-Kuznicka

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Regulatory γδ T cells induced by G-CSF participate in acute graft-versus-host disease regulation in G-CSF-mobilized allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation

Li Xuan, Xiuli Wu, Dan Qiu, Li Gao, Hui Liu, Zhiping Fan, Fen Huang, Zhenyi Jin, Jing Sun, Yangqiu Li, Qifa Liu

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Distinct mutations with different inheritance mode caused similar retinal dystrophies in one family: a demonstration of the importance of genetic annotations in complicated pedigrees

Xue Chen, Xunlun Sheng, Yani Liu, Zili Li, Xiantao Sun, Chao Jiang, Rui Qi, Shiqin Yuan, Xuhui Wang, Ge Zhou, Yanyan Zhen, Ping Xie, Qinghuai Liu, Biao Yan, Chen Zhao

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Role of p53/miR-155-5p/sirt1 loop in renal tubular injury of diabetic kidney disease

Yue Wang, Zong-ji Zheng, Yi-jie Jia, Yan-lin Yang, Yao-ming Xue

Open Access Review

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Zehuan Li, Yiran Qiu, Weiqi Lu, Ying Jiang, Jin Wang

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Selective pharmacological inhibition of DDR1 prevents experimentally-induced glomerulonephritis in prevention and therapeutic regime

Solange Moll, Yukari Yasui, Ahmed Abed, Takeshi Murata, Hideaki Shimada, Akira Maeda, Naoshi Fukushima, Masakazu Kanamori, Sabine Uhles, Laura Badi, Thomas Cagarelli, Ivan Formentini, Faye Drawnel, Guy Georges, Tobias Bergauer, Rodolfo Gasser, R. Daniel Bonfil, Rafael Fridman, Hans Richter, Juergen Funk, Marcus J. Moeller, Christos Chatziantoniou, Marco Prunotto

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Granulin epithelin precursor promotes colorectal carcinogenesis by activating MARK/ERK pathway

Yi Pan, Siu Tim Cheung, Joanna Hung Man Tong, Ka Yee Tin, Wei Kang, Raymond Wai Ming Lung, Feng Wu, Hui Li, Simon Siu Man Ng, Tony Wing Chung Mak, Ka Fai To, Anthony Wing Hung Chan

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Multimodal characterization of the semantic N400 response within a rapid evaluation brain vital sign framework

Sujoy Ghosh Hajra, Careesa C. Liu, Xiaowei Song, Shaun D. Fickling, Teresa P. L. Cheung, Ryan C. N. D’Arcy

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Decrease of the DNA methylation levels of the ADRB3 gene in leukocytes is related with serum folate in eutrophic adults

Yohanna de Oliveira, Raquel Patrícia Ataíde Lima, Rafaella Cristhine Pordeus Luna, Mussara Gomes Cavalcanti Alves Monteiro, Cássia Surama Oliveira da Silva, Rayner Anderson Ferreira do Nascimento, Keylha Querino de Farias Lima, Ana Hermínia Andrade e Silva, Flávia Emília Leite de Lima Ferreira, Rodrigo Pinheiro de Toledo Vianna, Ronei Marcos de Moraes, Naila Francis Paulo de Oliveira, Aléssio Tony Cavalcanti de Almeida, Alexandre Sérgio Silva, Alcides da Silva Diniz, Maria José de Carvalho Costa, Maria da Conceição Rodrigues Gonçalves

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Baseline immune profile by CyTOF can predict response to an investigational adjuvanted vaccine in elderly adults

Christine M. D. Lingblom, Sangeeta Kowli, Nithya Swaminathan, Holden T. Maecker, Stacie L. Lambert

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In silico identification of drug target pathways in breast cancer subtypes using pathway cross-talk inhibition

Claudia Cava, Gloria Bertoli, Isabella Castiglioni

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Protein markers of dysfunctional HDL in scavenger receptor class B type I deficient mice

Jia Cao, Yanyong Xu, Feifei Li, Liang Shang, Daping Fan, Hong Yu

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Discriminating phenotypic signatures identified for tocilizumab, adalimumab, and tofacitinib monotherapy and their combinations with methotrexate

Alison O’Mahony, Markus R. John, Hannah Cho, Misato Hashizume, Ernest H. Choy

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A strategy for designing voriconazole dosage regimens to prevent invasive pulmonary aspergillosis based on a cellular pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics model

Taotao Wang, Tao Zhang, Ti Meng, Ying Li, Lu Chen, Qianting Yang, Haiyan Dong, Jin’e Lei, Limei Chen, Yalin Dong

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Family specific genetic predisposition to breast cancer: results from Tunisian whole exome sequenced breast cancer cases

Yosr Hamdi, Maroua Boujemaa, Mariem Ben Rekaya, Cherif Ben Hamda, Najah Mighri, Houda El Benna, Nesrine Mejri, Soumaya Labidi, Nouha Daoud, Chokri Naouali, Olfa Messaoud, Mariem Chargui, Kais Ghedira, Mohamed Samir Boubaker, Ridha Mrad, Hamouda Boussen, Sonia Abdelhak

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Microfibrillar-associated protein 4 variation in symptomatic peripheral artery disease

Line Ea Hemstra, Anders Schlosser, Jes Sanddal Lindholt, Grith L. Sorensen

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Exhaustion of mitochondrial and autophagic reserve may contribute to the development of LRRK2 G2019S -Parkinson’s disease

Diana Luz Juárez-Flores, Ingrid González-Casacuberta, Mario Ezquerra, María Bañó, Francesc Carmona-Pontaque, Marc Catalán-García, Mariona Guitart-Mampel, Juan José Rivero, Ester Tobias, Jose Cesar Milisenda, Eduard Tolosa, Maria Jose Marti, Ruben Fernández-Santiago, Francesc Cardellach, Constanza Morén, Glòria Garrabou

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MiR-1-3p that correlates with left ventricular function of HCM can serve as a potential target and differentiate HCM from DCM

Mengmeng Li, Xiao Chen, Liang Chen, Kai Chen, Jianye Zhou, Jiangping Song

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Clinicopathologic implication of microRNA-197 in diffuse large B cell lymphoma

Jeong Mi Yang, Ji-Young Jang, Yoon Kyung Jeon, Jin Ho Paik

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Identification of a low risk population for parametrial invasion in patients with early-stage cervical cancer

Yohann Dabi, Claire Willecocq, Marcos Ballester, Xavier Carcopino, Sofiane Bendifallah, Lobna Ouldamer, Vincent Lavoue, Geoffroy Canlorbe, Emilie Raimond, Charles Coutant, Olivier Graesslin, Pierre Collinet, Alexandre Bricou, Cyrille Huchon, Emile Daraï, Bassam Haddad, Cyril Touboul

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Serum IFN-γ levels predict the therapeutic effect of mesenchymal stem cell transplantation in active rheumatoid arthritis

Yi Yang, Xiao He, Rongseng Zhao, Wei Guo, Ming Zhu, Wei Xing, Dongpo Jiang, Chongyang Liu, Xiang Xu

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Prediction of hepatic necroinflammatory activity in patients with chronic hepatitis B by a simple noninvasive model

Fei-Fei Shen, Yan Wang, Yi-Fei Wang, Rui-Dan Zheng, Jian-Chun Xian, Jun-Ping Shi, Ying Qu, Yu-Wei Dong, Ming-Yi Xu, Lun-Gen Lu

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3D printing individualized heel cup for improving the self-reported pain of plantar fasciitis

Lan Li, Longfei Yang, Fei Yu, Jianping Shi, Liya Zhu, Xianfeng Yang, Huajian Teng, Xingsong Wang, Qing Jiang

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Polyethylene glycol-conjugated HER2-targeted peptides as a nuclear imaging probe for HER2-overexpressed gastric cancer detection in vivo

Siao-Syun Guan, Cheng-Tien Wu, Chen-Yuan Chiu, Tsai-Yueh Luo, Jeng-Yih Wu, Tse-Zung Liao, Shing-Hwa Liu

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CHIP functions as an oncogene by promoting colorectal cancer metastasis via activation of MAPK and AKT signaling and suppression of E-cadherin

Jingjing Xu, Jun Zhou, Hanjue Dai, Fei Liu, Wenjing Li, Wenjuan Wang, Feng Guo

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Upregulation of the EMT marker vimentin is associated with poor clinical outcome in acute myeloid leukemia

Sharon Wu, Yang Du, John Beckford, Houda Alachkar

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A prospective study on the changes and clinical significance of pre-operative and post-operative circulating tumor cells in resectable gastric cancer

Qiyue Zhang, Fei Shan, Ziyu Li, Jing Gao, Yilin Li, Lin Shen, Jiafu Ji, Ming Lu

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Immunosuppressive Treg cells acquire the phenotype of effector-T cells in chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients

Serena De Matteis, Chiara Molinari, Giulia Abbati, Tania Rossi, Roberta Napolitano, Martina Ghetti, Andrea Ghelli Luserna Di Rorà, Gerardo Musuraca, Alessandro Lucchesi, Gian Matteo Rigolin, Antonio Cuneo, Daniele Calistri, Pier Paolo Fattori, Massimiliano Bonafè, Giovanni Martinelli

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Association of viral hepatitis and bipolar disorder: a nationwide population-based study

Lee-Won Chong, Chih-Chao Hsu, Chang-Yin Lee, Ruey-Hwang Chou, Cheng-Li Lin, Kuang-Hsi Chang, Yi-Chao Hsu

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Lapine periodontal ligament stem cells for musculoskeletal research in preclinical animal trials

H. Chopra, C. Liao, C. F. Zhang, E. H. N. Pow

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Triglyceride profiling in adipose tissues from obese insulin sensitive, insulin resistant and type 2 diabetes mellitus individuals

Haya Al-Sulaiti, Ilhame Diboun, Sameem Banu, Mohamed Al-Emadi, Parvaneh Amani, Thomas M. Harvey, Alex S. Dömling, Aishah Latiff, Mohamed A. Elrayess

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Efficacy and safety of the artificial pancreas in the paediatric population with type 1 diabetes

Susanna Esposito, Elisa Santi, Giulia Mancini, Francesco Rogari, Giorgia Tascini, Giada Toni, Alberto Argentiero, Maria Giulia Berioli

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Identification of anti-SF3B1 autoantibody as a diagnostic marker in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Hai-Min Hwang, Chang-Kyu Heo, Hye Jung Lee, Sang-Seob Kwak, Won-Hee Lim, Jong-Shin Yoo, Dae-Yuel Yu, Kook Jin Lim, Jeong-Yoon Kim, Eun-Wie Cho

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Obstacles to successful treatment of hepatitis C in uninsured patients from a minority population

Alexandra DeBose-Scarlett, Raymond Balise, Deukwoo Kwon, Susan Vadaparampil, Steven Xi Chen, Eugene R. Schiff, Gladys Patricia Ayala, Emmanuel Thomas

Open Access Correction

Correction to: First results on survival from a large Phase 3 clinical trial of an autologous dendritic cell vaccine in newly diagnosed glioblastoma

Linda M. Liau, Keyoumars Ashkan, David D. Tran, Jian L. Campian, John E. Trusheim, Charles S. Cobbs, Jason A. Heth, Michael Salacz, Sarah Taylor, Stacy D. D’Andre, Fabio M. Iwamoto, Edward J. Dropcho, Yaron A. Moshel, Kevin A. Walter, Clement P. Pillainayagam, Robert Aiken, Rekha Chaudhary, Samuel A. Goldlust, Daniela A. Bota, Paul Duic, Jai Grewal, Heinrich Elinzano, Steven A. Toms, Kevin O. Lillehei, Tom Mikkelsen, Tobias Walbert, Steven R. Abram, Andrew J. Brenner, Steven Brem, Matthew G. Ewend, Simon Khagi, Jana Portnow, Lyndon J. Kim, William G. Loudon, Reid C. Thompson, David E. Avigan, Karen L. Fink, Francois J. Geoffroy, Scott Lindhorst, Jose Lutzky, Andrew E. Sloan, Gabriele Schackert, Dietmar Krex, Hans-Jorg Meisel, Julian Wu, Raphael P. Davis, Christopher Duma, Arnold B. Etame, David Mathieu, Santosh Kesari, David Piccioni, Manfred Westphal, David S. Baskin, Pamela Z. New, Michel Lacroix, Sven-Axel May, Timothy J. Pluard, Victor Tse, Richard M. Green, John L. Villano, Michael Pearlman, Kevin Petrecca, Michael Schulder, Lynne P. Taylor, Anthony E. Maida, Robert M. Prins, Timothy F. Cloughesy, Paul Mulholland, Marnix L. Bosch

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Correction to: Limited utility of tissue micro-arrays in detecting intra-tumoral heterogeneity in stem cell characteristics and tumor progression markers in breast cancer

Pascale Kündig, Charlotte Giesen, Hartland Jackson, Bernd Bodenmiller, Bärbel Papassotirolopus, Sandra Nicole Freiberger, Catharine Aquino, Lennart Opitz, Zsuzsanna Varga

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Computer-aided prediction of antigen presenting cell modulators for designing peptide-based vaccine adjuvants

Gandharva Nagpal, Kumardeep Chaudhary, Piyush Agrawal, Gajendra P. S. Raghava

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Epstein–Barr virus- and cytomegalovirus-specific immune response in patients with brain cancer

Zhenjiang Liu, Thomas Poiret, Qingda Meng, Martin Rao, Anna von Landenberg, Esther Schoutrop, Davide Valentini, Ernest Dodoo, Inti Peredo-Harvey, Markus Maeurer

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Nuclear Klf4 accumulation is associated with cetuximab drug-resistance and predicts poor prognosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Xiqing Li, Zunlan Zhao, Shijiang Yi, Lei Ma, Ming Li, Mingyue Liu, Yaping Zhang, Guangzhi Liu

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Janet Retseck, Alexis Nasr, Yan Lin, Huang Lin, Prateek Mendiratta, Lisa H. Butterfield, Ahmad A. Tarhini

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Genetic characterisation of molecular targets in carcinoma of unknown primary

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Association of the peripheral blood levels of circulating microRNAs with both recurrent miscarriage and the outcomes of embryo transfer in an in vitro fertilization process

Qian Yang, Wen-Wen Gu, Yan Gu, Na-Na Yan, Yan-Yan Mao, Xing-Xing Zhen, Jian-Mei Wang, Jing Yang, Hui-Juan Shi, Xuan Zhang, Jian Wang

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A novel gene-expression-signature-based model for prediction of response to Tripterysium glycosides tablet for rheumatoid arthritis patients

Yanqiong Zhang, Hailong Wang, Xia Mao, Qiuyan Guo, Weijie Li, Xiaoyue Wang, Guangyao Li, Na Lin

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Serum and thyroid tissue level of let-7b and their correlation with TRAb in Graves’ disease

Xinxin Chen, Fengjiao Huang, Yicheng Qi, Mengxi Zhou, Qinglei Yin, Ying Peng, Yulin Zhou, Guang Ning, Shu Wang

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Gene expression pattern of TCR repertoire and alteration expression of IL-17A gene of γδ T cells in patients with acute myocardial infarction

Xiao-ming Chen, Tao Zhang, Dan Qiu, Jian-yi Feng, Zhen-yi Jin, Qiang Luo, Xin-yu Wang, Xiu-li Wu

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Inhibition of endoplasmic-reticulum-stress-mediated autophagy enhances the effectiveness of chemotherapeutics on pancreatic cancer

Prakash C. Thakur, Jennifer L. Miller-Ocuin, Khanh Nguyen, Rina Matsuda, Aatur D. Singhi, Herbert J. Zeh, Nathan Bahary

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Andrew J. Pellatt, Lila E. Mullany, Jennifer S. Herrick, Lori C. Sakoda, Roger K. Wolff, Wade S. Samowitz, Martha L. Slattery

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Tanshinone IIA promotes the differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells into neuronal-like cells in a spinal cord injury model

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Comparison of immunological characteristics between paired mismatch repair-proficient and -deficient colorectal cancer patients

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A Phase 1 trial of autologous monocytes stimulated ex vivo with Sylatron® (Peginterferon alfa-2b) and Actimmune® (Interferon gamma-1b) for intra-peritoneal administration in recurrent ovarian cancer

Daniel S. Green, Ana T. Nunes, Virginia David-Ocampo, Irene B. Ekwede, Nicole D. Houston, Steven L. Highfill, Hanh Khuu, David F. Stroncek, Seth M. Steinberg, Kathryn C. Zoon, Christina M. Annunziata

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PBMC fixation and processing for Chromium single-cell RNA sequencing

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Seah H. Lim, Barbara A. Methé, Bettina M. Knoll, Alison Morris, Stephen K. Obaro

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Arthur F. Vale, Juliana A. Carneiro, Paulo C. V. Jardim, Thiago V. Jardim, James Steele, James P. Fisher, Paulo Gentil

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Chaoxia Lu, Wei Wu, Fang Liu, Kunqi Yang, Jiacheng Li, Yaping Liu, Rongrong Wang, Nuo Si, Peng Gao, Yongtai Liu, Shuyang Zhang, Xue Zhang

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José O. Alemán, Nicholas A. Bokulich, Jonathan R. Swann, Jeanne M. Walker, Joel Correa De Rosa, Thomas Battaglia, Adele Costabile, Alexandros Pechlivanis, Yupu Liang, Jan L. Breslow, Martin J. Blaser, Peter R. Holt

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Christopher Centeno, Jason Markle, Ehren Dodson, Ian Stemper, Christopher Williams, Matthew Hyzy, Thomas Ichim, Michael Freeman

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Coexisting YAP expression and TP53 missense mutations delineates a molecular scenario unexpectedly associated with better survival outcomes in advanced gastric cancer

Matteo Pallocca, Frauke Goeman, Francesca De Nicola, Elisa Melucci, Francesca Sperati, Irene Terrenato, Laura Pizzuti, Beatrice Casini, Enzo Gallo, Carla Azzurra Amoreo, Patrizia Vici, Luigi Di Lauro, Simonetta Buglioni, Maria Grazia Diodoro, Edoardo Pescarmona, Marco Mazzotta, Maddalena Barba, Maurizio Fanciulli, Ruggero De Maria, Gennaro Ciliberto, Marcello Maugeri-Saccà

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Dirk Lassner, Christine S. Siegismund, Uwe Kühl, Maria Rohde, Andrea Stroux, Felicitas Escher, Heinz-Peter Schultheiss

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Keynote webinar | Spotlight on medication adherence

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