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Research into europium complexes as magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents (Review)

Guocan Han, Yangwei Deng, Jihong Sun, Jun Ling, Zhiquan Shen
Pages: 1561-1566
Published online on: 17 February 2015

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Role of basophils in rheumatoid arthritis (Review)

Pei Tang, Qiuhua Chen, Qiaofen Lan, Yanwen Chen, Haijuan Yang, Ning An, Haiyan Xiao, Huafeng Liu, Ping Wu, Tong Xie, Qingjun Pan
Pages: 1567-1571
Published online on: 24 February 2015

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Association between preeclampsia and the CXC chemokine family (Review)

Xijing Liu, Li Dai, Rong Zhou
Pages: 1572-1576
Published online on: 09 March 2015

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Acupuncture: Emerging evidence for its use as an analgesic (Review)

Peng Gao, Xi Gao, Tairan Fu, Dan Xu, Qingping Wen
Pages: 1577-1581
Published online on: 12 March 2015

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Therapeutic potential of caffeic acid phenethyl ester and its anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects (Review)

Ferah Armutcu, Sumeyya Akyol, Seyfettin Ustunsoy, Fatime Filiz Turan
Pages: 1582-1588
Published online on: 11 March 2015

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Efficacy of different irrigation solutions on the early debridement of open fracture in rats

Qian Cheng, Xiao‑Fei Zhang, Dong‑Hua Di, Guo‑Yang Zhao, Xue‑Wen Cui
Pages: 1589-1592
Published online on: 02 March 2015

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Protective effect of probiotics in the treatment of infantile eczema

Rong‑Jun Lin, Li‑Hua Qiu, Ren-Zheng Guan, Su‑Juan Hu, Ying‑Ying Liu, Guang‑Jun Wang
Pages: 1593-1596
Published online on: 17 February 2015

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Increased glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase expression indicates higher survival rates in male patients with hepatitis B virus-accociated hepatocellular carcinoma and cirrhosis

Shuang Liu, Pengfei Zhu, Ling Zhang, Zhuo Li, Quanjun Lv, Sujun Zheng, Yang Wang, Fengmin Lu
Pages: 1597-1604
Published online on: 24 February 2015

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Potential role of recombinant adeno‑associated virus human thioredoxin‑PR39 in cell and vascular protection against hypoxia

Xi‑Yun Ruan, Ying‑Chun Liang, Bin Du, You‑Ting Lin, Yu‑Dong Guo, Jing Zhao, Shan Li, Ji‑Feng Li, Qin‑Jian Sun, Yi‑Feng Du
Pages: 1605-1610
Published online on: 17 February 2015

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Association between follicular fluid levels of HMGB1 protein and outcomes in patients undergoing in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycles

Saijiao Li, Tailang Yin, Wei Li, Jing Yang, Wangming Xu, Danni Zhou
Pages: 1611-1616
Published online on: 18 March 2015

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microRNA-425-5p is upregulated in human gastric cancer and contributes to invasion and metastasis in vitro and in vivo

Zhuoqi Zhang, Yong Li, Liqiao Fan, Qun Zhao, Bibo Tan, Zhong Li, Aimin Zang
Pages: 1617-1622
Published online on: 25 February 2015

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Therapeutic efficacy of umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells in patients with type 2 diabetes

Li‑Xue Guan, Hui Guan, Hai‑Bo Li, Cui‑Ai Ren, Lin Liu, Jin‑Jin Chu, Long‑Jun Dai
Pages: 1623-1630
Published online on: 09 March 2015

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Batroxobin protects against spinal cord injury in rats by promoting the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor to reduce apoptosis

Hui Yu, Bin Lin, Yongzhi He, Wenbin Zhang, Yang Xu
Pages: 1631-1638
Published online on: 17 March 2015

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Novel heterozygous mutation c.4282G>T in the SCN5A gene in a family with Brugada syndrome

Jian‑Fang Zhu, Li‑Li Du, Yuan Tian, Yi‑Mei Du, Ling Zhang, Tao Zhou, Li Tian
Pages: 1639-1645
Published online on: 16 March 2015

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Prediction of a sustained viral response in chronic hepatitis C patients who undergo induction therapy with double filtration plasmapheresis plus interferon-β/ribavirin

Toru Ishikawa, Satoshi Abe, Yuichi Kojima, Tomoe Sano, Akito Iwanaga, Kei‑Ichi Seki, Terasu Honma, Toshiaki Yoshida, Mihoko Yamazaki, Takehito Sakai, Kazuyuki Tasaki, Yasushi Suzuki
Pages: 1646-1650
Published online on: 10 March 2015

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Ulinastatin enhances the therapeutic effect of intraperitoneal lavage on severe acute pancreatitis in rats

Cong Feng, Xuan Su, Li Chen, Xuan Zhou, Bei Li, Li‑Li Wang, Fa‑Qin Lv, Tan‑Shi Li
Pages: 1651-1655
Published online on: 09 March 2015

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Percutaneous coronary intervention strategies and prognosis for graft lesions following coronary artery bypass grafting

Yin Liu, Xiujun Zhou, Hua Jiang, Mingdong Gao, Lin Wang, Yutian Shi, Jing Gao
Pages: 1656-1664
Published online on: 16 March 2015

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Effect of baicalein on the expression of SATB1 in human breast cancer cells

Xiao‑Yan Gao, Xing‑Huan Xue, Yi‑Nan Ma, Shu‑Qun Zhang
Pages: 1665-1669
Published online on: 03 March 2015

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Neuroprotective effects of Gymnema sylvestre on streptozotocin-induced diabetic neuropathy in rats

Amal Jamil Fatani, Salim Salih Al‑Rejaie, Hatem Mustafa Abuohashish, Abdullah Al‑Assaf, Mihir Yogeshkumar Parmar, Mohammad Shamsul Ola, Mohammed Mahboobuddin Ahmed
Pages: 1670-1678
Published online on: 20 February 2015

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Effects of anesthesia on conventional and speckle tracking echocardiographic parameters in a mouse model of pressure overload

Guan Wang, Le Zhang, Anne Manyande, Ming Cao, Wei He, Xiaofen Wu, Jinli Wang, Cuntai Zhang
Pages: 1679-1687
Published online on: 03 March 2015

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A preliminary investigation of EZSCAN™ screening for impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes in a patient population

Xiaolu Chen, Lizhu Chen, Rongjing Ding, Qiuting Shi, Yuanyuan Zhang, Dayi Hu
Pages: 1688-1694
Published online on: 16 March 2015

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Neuroprotective effect of interleukin-6 in a rat model of cerebral ischemia

Qilin Feng, Yi Wang, Yingda Yang
Pages: 1695-1701
Published online on: 16 March 2015

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Antihypertensive treatment improves left ventricular diastolic function in patients with chronic kidney disease

Ku‑Lin Li, Ru‑Xing Wang, Min Dai, Juan Lu, Jing Xue, Xiang‑Jun Yang
Pages: 1702-1708
Published online on: 02 March 2015

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Cidan inhibits liver cancer cell growth by reducing COX‑2 and VEGF expression and cell cycle arrest Corrigendum in /etm/10/4/1609

Nan Li, Donghai Zheng, Jie Xue, Weixing Guo, Jie Shi, Juxian Sun, Chongde Lu, Weida Zheng, Mengchao Wu, Shuqun Cheng
Pages: 1709-1718
Published online on: 13 March 2015

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Intra‑tumor heterogeneity of BRAF V600E mutation in lung adenocarcinomas

Tsutomu Tatematsu, Hidefumi Sasaki, Shigeki Shimizu, Yu Hikosaka, Katsuhiro Okuda, Hiroshi Haneda, Satoru Moriyama, Motoki Yano, Yoshitaka Fujii
Pages: 1719-1722
Published online on: 17 February 2015

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Complete recovery from paraneoplastic anti-NMDAR encephalitis associated with a small ovarian teratoma following a laparoscopic salpingo-oophorectomy: A case report

Kenji Imai, Takeshi Fukuda, Takuma Wada, Masaru Kawanishi, Makoto Yamauchi, Yasunori Hashiguchi, Tomoyuki Ichimura, Tomoyo Yasui, Toshiyuki Sumi
Pages: 1723-1726
Published online on: 11 March 2015

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Unregulated long non‑coding RNA‑AK058003 promotes the proliferation, invasion and metastasis of breast cancer by regulating the expression levels of the γ‑synuclein gene

Kai He, Peilin Wang
Pages: 1727-1732
Published online on: 02 March 2015

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Study of the association between CD28/CTLA-4 expression and disease activity in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Lei Zhang, Hui Liang, Hui Guan, Hualin Liu
Pages: 1733-1738
Published online on: 17 February 2015

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Anti‑inflammatory effect of 1,25‑dihydroxyvitamin D3 is associated with crosstalk between signal transducer and activator of transcription 5 and the vitamin D receptor in human monocytes

Mengxue Yang, Bo Yang, Hua Gan, Xianwen Li, Jie Xu, Jie Yu, Lin Gao, Fengping Li
Pages: 1739-1744
Published online on: 02 March 2015

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Cardioprotective effect of remote preconditioning of trauma and remote ischemia preconditioning in a rat model of myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury

Qing Chai, Jin Liu, Yang Hu
Pages: 1745-1750
Published online on: 02 March 2015

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Cloning, expression and identification of an isoform of human stromal cell derived factor-1α

Yin‑Ku Liang, Wei Ping, Liu‑Jiao Bian
Pages: 1751-1756
Published online on: 16 March 2015

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Ligustrazine reduces blood-brain barrier permeability in a rat model of focal cerebral ischemia and reperfusion

Feng Tan, Wenjun Fu, Nanfang Cheng, Di Meng, Yong Gu
Pages: 1757-1762
Published online on: 16 March 2015

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Case Report

Analysis of the clinical and molecular characteristics of a child with achondroplasia: A case report

Jingfang Liu, Xulei Tang, Jianguo Cheng, Liting Wang, Xiaomei Yang, Yan Wang
Pages: 1763-1767
Published online on: 02 March 2015

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Neuroprotective effect of paeoniflorin on H2O2-induced apoptosis in PC12 cells by modulation of reactive oxygen species and the inflammatory response

Peng Li, Zhaohui Li
Pages: 1768-1772
Published online on: 16 March 2015

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Fructus Corni extract-induced neuritogenesis in PC12 cells is associated with the suppression of stromal interaction molecule 1 expression and inhibition of Ca2+ influx

Xushi Wang, Jiaqi Liu, Na Jin, Dan Xu, Junyu Wang, Yongming Han, Nina Yin
Pages: 1773-1779
Published online on: 25 February 2015

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Effect of Polycalcium, a mixture of Polycan and calcium lactate‑gluconate in a 1:9 weight ratio, on rats with surgery‑induced osteoarthritis

Jae‑Suk Choi, Hyun‑Soo Shin, Ki Young Kim, Sae Kwang Ku, In Soon Choi, Joo Wan Kim
Pages: 1780-1790
Published online on: 04 March 2015

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Antiproliferative effect of the methanol extract from the roots of Petasites japonicus on Hep3B hepatocellular carcinoma cells in vitro and in vivo

Hyun Jung Kim, Song Yi Park, Hye Min Lee, Dong Ik Seo, Young‑Min Kim
Pages: 1791-1796
Published online on: 17 February 2015

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Article

Reductions in calcitonin gene-related peptide may be associated with the impairment of the contralateral testis in unilateral cryptorchidism

Baoping Zhu, Qing Liu, Li Lin, Xinmin Zheng
Pages: 1797-1800
Published online on: 11 March 2015

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Hypoxia‑inducible factor‑1α antagonizes the hypoxia‑mediated osteoblast cell viability reduction by inhibiting apoptosis

Guicun Xu, Mingming Xue, Haiyan Wang, Chun Xiang
Pages: 1801-1806
Published online on: 02 March 2015

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Article

Chest wall tumors: Diagnosis, treatment and reconstruction

Guo‑Qiang Lin, Ying‑Qiu Li, Ling‑Jin Huang, Fan‑Yan Luo, Hai‑He Jiang, Wan‑Jun Luo
Pages: 1807-1812
Published online on: 13 March 2015

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Article

Effect of the non-specific matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor Doxycycline on endometriotic implants in an experimental rat model

Umit Goktolga, Sabri Cavkaytar, Sadiman Kiykac Altinbas, Omer Lutfi Tapisiz, Anil Tapisiz, Ozlem Erdem
Pages: 1813-1818
Published online on: 19 February 2015

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Humulus japonicus extract exhibits antioxidative and anti‑aging effects via modulation of the AMPK‑SIRT1 pathway

Bokyung Sung, Ji Won Chung, Ha Ram Bae, Jae Sue Choi, Cheol Min Kim, Nam Deuk Kim
Pages: 1819-1826
Published online on: 17 February 2015

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Article

Metabolic regulation of magnolol on the nuclear receptor, liver X receptor

Na Xie, Chunyang Hu, Anran Guo, Hao Liang, Pengcheng Du, Guotian Yin
Pages: 1827-1830
Published online on: 17 February 2015

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Association of BDNF and BCHE with Alzheimer's disease: Meta‑analysis based on 56 genetic case‑control studies of 12,563 cases and 12,622 controls

Huihui Ji, Dongjun Dai, Yunliang Wang, Danjie Jiang, Xingyu Zhou, Peipei Lin, Xiaosui Ji, Jinfeng Li, Yuzheng Zhang, Honglei Yin, Rongrong Chen, Lina Zhang, Mingqing Xu, Shiwei Duan, Qinwen Wang
Pages: 1831-1840
Published online on: 03 March 2015

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Article

Association between coffee consumption and serum lipid profile

Efsun Karabudak, Duygu Türközü, Eda Köksal
Pages: 1841-1846
Published online on: 11 March 2015

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Article

Effects of recombinant human thyroid stimulating hormone on 131I therapy for the treatment of differentiated thyroid cancer

Yiling Guo, Yingnan Zhang, Zuowei Chen, Zhenfu Xin
Pages: 1847-1850
Published online on: 03 March 2015

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Article

Afatinib inhibits proliferation and invasion and promotes apoptosis of the T24 bladder cancer cell line

Yunhua Tang, Xiangyang Zhang, Fan Qi, Mingfeng Chen, Yuan Li, Longfei Liu, Wei He, Zhuo Li, Xiongbing Zu
Pages: 1851-1856
Published online on: 25 February 2015

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Article

Limitations of Gram staining for the diagnosis of infections following total hip or knee arthroplasty

Zhengxiao Ouyang, Zanjing Zhai, An Qin, Haowei Li, Xuqiang Liu, Xinhua Qu, Kerong Dai
Pages: 1857-1864
Published online on: 25 February 2015

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Article

Protocatechuic acid benefits proliferation and phenotypic maintenance of rabbit articular chondrocytes: An in vitro study

Like Luo, Qingjun Wei, Lei Liu, Xiao Lin, Cuiwu Lin, Li Zheng, Jinmin Zhao
Pages: 1865-1870
Published online on: 02 March 2015

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Article

Clinical analysis of a patient with a benign lesion of the pharynx misdiagnosed as functional thyroid cancer metastasis

Renfei Wang, Jian Tan, Guizhi Zhang, Qiang Jia
Pages: 1871-1874
Published online on: 09 March 2015

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Clinical potential of resistin as a novel prognostic biomarker for cellulitis

Ayse Erturk, Medine Cumhur Cure, Erkan Cure, Aysel Kurt, Aysegul Copur Cicek, Suleyman Yuce
Pages: 1875-1880
Published online on: 24 February 2015

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Small interfering RNA-induced inhibition of epithelial cell transforming sequence 2 suppresses the proliferation, migration and invasion of osteosarcoma cells Retraction in /10.3892/etm.2021.10408

Jie Xie, Pengfei Lei, Yihe Hu
Pages: 1881-1886
Published online on: 20 February 2015

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Therapeutic efficacy of chlorogenic acid on cadmium-induced oxidative neuropathy in a murine model

Mao‑Lin Hao, Ning Pan, Qing‑Hua Zhang, Xiao‑Hong Wang
Pages: 1887-1894
Published online on: 17 March 2015

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Clinical characteristics of a group of patients with multiple myeloma who had two different λ light chains by immunofixation electrophoresis: A retrospective study from a single center

Guangzhong Yang, Chuanying Geng, Wenming Chen
Pages: 1895-1900
Published online on: 13 March 2015

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Plasma concentrations of adrenomedullin and natriuretic peptides in patients with essential hypertension

Wei Hu, Pang‑Hu Zhou, Xiao‑Bin Zhang, Chang‑Geng Xu, Wei Wang
Pages: 1901-1908
Published online on: 11 March 2015

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Correlation of ghrelin and growth hormone secretagogue receptor expression with clinical features in human pituitary adenomas

Junwen Wang, Songbo Guo, Lin Han, Mingbo Fang, Lei Wang, Jörg W. Bartsch, Jun Li
Pages: 1909-1914
Published online on: 11 March 2015

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Methylene blue treatment for cytokine release syndrome-associated vasoplegia following a renal transplant with rATG infusion: A case report and literature review

John T. Denny, Andrew T. Burr, Fred Balzer, James T. Tse, Julia E. Denny, Darrick Chyu
Pages: 1915-1920
Published online on: 12 March 2015

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Molecular and immunohistochemical effects of metformin in a rat model of type 2 diabetes mellitus

Tamer Ahmed Ismail, Mohamed Mohamed Soliman, Mohamed Abdo Nassan
Pages: 1921-1930
Published online on: 13 March 2015

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Fahr's disease in two siblings in a family: A case report

Hong Wang, Bei Shao, Liuqing Wang, Qiang Ye
Pages: 1931-1933
Published online on: 16 March 2015

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Treatment with incomplete Freund's adjuvant and Listeria monocytogenes delays diabetes via an interleukin‑17‑secretion‑independent pathway

Hai‑Ping Wang, Zhi‑Gao He
Pages: 1934-1938
Published online on: 03 March 2015

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Detection of MMP-9 and TIMP-3 mRNA expression in the villi of patients undergoing early spontaneous abortion: A report of 30 cases

Guangli Jiang, Yuxia Qi
Pages: 1939-1943
Published online on: 09 March 2015

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Severe airflow obstruction in a patient with ulcerative colitis and toxic epidermal necrolysis: A case report

Shijima Taguchi, Junichi Furuta, Gen Ohara, Katsunori Kagohashi, Hiroaki Satoh
Pages: 1944-1946
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Recurrent pulmonary synovial sarcoma effectively treated with amrubicin: A case report

Hiroaki Satoh, Norio Takayashiki, Toshihiro Shiozawa, Kunihiko Miyazaki, Gen Ohara, Katsunori Kagohashi, Koichi Kurishima, Shintaro Sugita, Tomoyuki Aoyama, Tadashi Hasegawa, Nobuyuki Hizawa
Pages: 1947-1949
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A novel method of combining Periodic Acid Schiff staining with Wright-Giemsa staining to identify the pathogens Penicillium marneffei, Histoplasma capsulatum, Mucor and Leishmania donovani in bone marrow smears

Lingyan Qin, Ligang Zhao, Chunyan Tan, Xu Chen, Zheng Yang, Wuning Mo
Pages: 1950-1954
Published online on: 16 March 2015

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Effects of cyclic tension stress on the apoptosis of osteoclasts in vitro

Fengbo Li, Xiaolei Sun, Bin Zhao, Jianxiong Ma, Yang  Zhang, Shuang Li, Yanjun Li, Xinlong Ma
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Glioma localization and excision using direct electrical stimulation for language mapping during awake surgery

Tiandong Li, Hongmin Bai, Guoliang Wang, Weimin Wang, Jian Lin, Han Gao, Limin Wang, Lihui Xia, Xuemin Xie
Pages: 1962-1966
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Long-term effects of ovariectomy on the properties of bone in goats

Zhifeng Yu, Gang Wang, Tingting Tang, Lingjie Fu, Xiaowei Yu, Zhenan Zhu, Kerong Dai
Pages: 1967-1973
Published online on: 19 February 2015

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Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and musculoskeletal injuries in professional football players

Myosotis Massidda, Laura Corrias, Valeria Bachis, Paolo Cugia, Francesco Piras, Marco Scorcu, Carla M. Calò
Pages: 1974-1978
Published online on: 16 March 2015

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Effect of osteopontin on the mRNA expression of ADAMTS4 and ADAMTS5 in chondrocytes from patients with knee osteoarthritis

Shu‑Guang Gao, Chao Zeng, Yang Song, Jian Tian, Chao Cheng, Tuo Yang, Hui Li, Fang‑Jie Zhang, Guang‑Hua Lei
Pages: 1979-1983
Published online on: 24 February 2015

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B7 homolog 3 aggravates brain injury in a murine model of Streptococcus pneumoniae‑induced meningitis

Xuqin Chen, Yanping Wang, Zhedong Wang, Ruhong Yan, Jie Liu, Xiangying Meng, Yan Li, Jianghuai Wang, Jian Wang
Pages: 1984-1990
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Exploration of orbital and orbital soft-tissue volume changes with gender and body parameters using magnetic resonance imaging

Mustafa Fatih Erkoç, Bilge Öztoprak, Cesur Gümüş, Aylin Okur
Pages: 1991-1997
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Adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase activation mediates the leptin-induced attenuation of cognitive impairment in a streptozotocin-induced rat model

Bin Zhu, Ri‑Yue Jiang, Chun Yang, Ning Liu
Pages: 1998-2002
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Prognostic evaluation of preoperative serum C-reactive protein concentration in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer

Yaping Lu, Sen Huang, Ping Li, Bingyu Chen, Weiling Liu, Zhiqing Chen, Fubo Yin
Pages: 2003-2007
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Effects of angiotensin II on transient receptor potential melastatin 7 channel function in cardiac fibroblasts

Yanli Zhou, Xin Yi, Teng Wang, Mingjiang Li
Pages: 2008-2012
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Application of substrate utilization patterns and terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis to characterize the oral bacterial community of healthy subjects and patients with periodontitis

Yi‑Jian Ding, Chao‑Rong Ge, Huai‑Ying Yao
Pages: 2013-2017
Published online on: 11 March 2015

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Development and internal validation of explainable machine learning models for predicting failure of first ambulation within 12 h after cesarean delivery: A retrospective cohort study

Lin Xiong, Youming Jin, Wei Li, Junjun Xiong, Hongmei Ding
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Published online on: 02 October 2026

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Cilostazol ameliorates high glucose‑induced osteoblast dysfunction by modulating mitogen‑activated protein kinase signaling and the OPG/RANKL axis

Ji-Eun Kim, Ho Park
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[Expression of Concern] Fisetin ameliorates atherosclerosis by regulating PCSK9 and LOX‑1 in apoE‑/‑ mice

Li Yan, Qingling Jia, Hui Cao, Chuan Chen, Sanli Xing, Yan Huang, Dingzhu Shen
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Advances in drug prevention and treatment of radiation‑induced lung injury (Review)

Shuo Liu, Minting Ma, Chanjun Zhen, Yang Zhao, Yuzhi Song, Qiuying An, Zhiguo Zhou, Wenwen Bai
Article Number: 323
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Effects of PD‑1/PD‑L1 on the malignant behavior of thyroid cancer cells through the TGF‑β/Smad signaling pathway

Xueji Wang, Jing Wang, Wei Cui, Jingxia Wang, Xueyan Zhang, Bingliang Zhang
Article Number: 322
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Assessment of muscularis propria invasion in urothelial bladder carcinoma using continuous‑time random walk and stretched‑exponential models: Comparison with VI‑RADS and apparent diffusion coefficient

Yangying Wu, Xiaofang Zhu, Xiaolong Zhou, Canli Liu, Li Guo, Jingang Hao, Yunyun Shang
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[Expression of Concern] Luteolin suppresses TNF‑α‑induced inflammatory injury and senescence of nucleus pulposus cells via the Sirt6/NF‑κB pathway

Tian Xie, Jun Yuan, Ling Mei, Ping Li, Ruijie Pan
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Tislelizumab‑induced psoriasis in a patient with hepatocellular carcinoma: A case report

Zhaochen Sun, Yuqi Zhou, Yeliang Mei, Yitian Chen
Article Number: 319
Published online on: 23 September 2026

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Functional heterogeneity of exosomes in hepatocellular carcinoma (Review)

Shiyan He, Xia Wu, Zhihao Wang, Xiong Zeng, Jing Lin, Jie Wang
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Transforming growth factor β‑activated kinase 1 as a central integrator of immune‑microbiota crosstalk in colitis (Review)

Haoyu Dong, Sirui Wang, Ridong Lai, Guofeng Li
Article Number: 317
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Integrated bioinformatics and clinical validation of oxidative stress‑associated genes in atrial fibrillation and chronic kidney disease

Jiyi Liu, Zezhou Xie, Huimin Yu, Fengzhi Sun, Ruifeng Wang, Yunbo Ba, Hao Huang, Xiaomeng Yin, Yu Wang
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Pulmonary tuberculosis occurring during the diagnosis and treatment of sarcoidosis complicated by chylothorax: A case report 

Huai-Jie Wang, Xue Li, Wen-Ge Han, Yuan-Yuan Tang, Yan-Yan Zhang, Yu-Bing Wang, Yong Zhang, Xiao-Qi Zhang, Mei-Hua Qu
Article Number: 315
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[Retracted] Knockdown of lncRNA CCEPR suppresses colorectal cancer progression

Yuxia Duan, Zhixue Fang, Zeya Shi, Ling Zhang
Article Number: 314
Published online on: 22 September 2026

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Prognostic significance of the blood urea nitrogen‑to‑serum albumin ratio in patients with septic shock

Jianhua Liu, Zhengxiang Wei, Sheng Ye, Min Shao
Article Number: 313
Published online on: 21 September 2026

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Endometrial thickness and cancer risk in asymptomatic postmenopausal women: Defining evidence‑based cut‑offs by systematic review and diagnostic meta‑analysis

Yan Song, Hongying Wu, Ting Qin, Nana Li, Meng Wang
Article Number: 312
Published online on: 21 September 2026

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Neurosyphilis presenting as status epilepticus and hemiplegia diagnosed by metagenomic next-generation sequencing: A case report

Hongshan Chu, Shibo Dong, Yuan Zhang, Ruisheng Duan, Ling Li
Article Number: 311
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BBS10‑related Bardet‑Biedl syndrome with an atypical presentation of diabetes mellitus: A case report

Lei Zhang, Guoliang Li, Hong Chang, Yanhui Dong, Nana Sun, Rina Wu, Likun Han
Article Number: 310
Published online on: 16 September 2026

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Development of a recombinase‑aided amplification assay for rapid and sensitive detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii infection: A single‑center molecular study

Hanhan Zhu, Ben Yang, Ke Chen, Fang Xu, Meihua Qu, Yuanyuan Tang
Article Number: 309
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Severe steroid‑refractory immune checkpoint inhibitor‑associated pneumonitis and exploration of potential biomarkers: A case report

Yan-Jun Xue, Ai-Zhen Xu, Xin-Da Yin, Lei Wei
Article Number: 308
Published online on: 16 September 2026

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Effects of ketamine and dexmedetomidine on ischemia‑ reperfusion injury in an experimental renal ischemia model

Muhammet Hanifi Erdoğan, Hakan Kardaş, Tülay Zenginkinet, Tuğba Bingöl Tanriverdi, Melek Güra Çelik
Article Number: 307
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[Corrigendum] Ginsenoside Rg1 ameliorates apoptosis, senescence and oxidative stress in ox‑LDL‑induced vascular endothelial cells via the AMPK/SIRT3/p53 signaling pathway 

Tian-Jiao Lyu, Zi-Xiu Zhang, Jun Chen, Zong-Jun Liu
Article Number: 306
Published online on: 16 September 2026

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Carrageenan‑induced immunothrombotic models in rodents (Review)

Xiaomu Ma, Daihan Wu, Simin Lv
Article Number: 305
Published online on: 16 September 2026

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[Retracted] Role of peptidylarginine deiminase type 4 in gastric cancer 

Jiang Xin, Xiuqi Song
Article Number: 304
Published online on: 15 September 2026

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Immune checkpoint inhibitor‑induced myocarditis with myositis and/or myasthenia gravis overlap syndrome: A case series

Qing Sun, Qing Liu, Jiabin Zheng, Yanni Lou, Huijuan Cui, Junyu Ma, Yu Wang, Dantao Peng, Weihe Zhang, Renbin Wang
Article Number: 303
Published online on: 14 September 2026

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Cardiovascular health metrics and the risk of metabolic dysfunction‑associated steatosis liver disease: A meta‑analysis

Gang Fan, Hong Zuo, Bo Liu
Article Number: 302
Published online on: 14 September 2026

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Multiple relapses of cryptogenic organizing pneumonia: A case report

Sheng Xu, Beibei Li, Yanmin Li, Jian Sun, Qiang Wang
Article Number: 301
Published online on: 11 September 2026

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A diagnostic and classification model integrating cTnI, CK‑MB, MYO and NT‑proBNP for cardiovascular diseases

Huaxin Zhang, Jianan Wang, Qi Li, Tong Zhi, Xiandong Chang
Article Number: 300
Published online on: 11 September 2026

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A rare suprasellar lesion with multifocal central nervous system involvement in clinically diagnosed von Hippel‑Lindau disease: A case report

Zekai Wu, Lei Zhang, Meng Tan, Laian Zhang
Article Number: 299
Published online on: 11 September 2026

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Reversible osimertinib‑associated heart failure mimicking cancer recurrence in EGFR‑mutated non‑small cell lung cancer after pneumonectomy: A case report

Hirona Yokoyama, Nobuhito Hara, Rika Sasaki, Yumi Yoshii, Masahide Ota, Shunsuke Okazaki, Hitoshi Nakagawa, Takeshi Kawaguchi, Masatsugu Hamaji, Yuji Nitta, Maiko Takeda, Masayuki Takeda
Article Number: 298
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Regenerative endodontic treatment for premolars with apical root segment separation and extensive periapical lesions secondary to severe inflammatory root resorption: A report of two cases

Qian Wu, Daniel J. Yen
Article Number: 297
Published online on: 11 September 2026

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[Retracted] Hsp70 inducer, 17‑allylamino‑demethoxygeldanamycin, provides neuroprotection via anti‑inflammatory effects in a rat model of traumatic brain injury

Youquan Gu, Jun Chen, Tianhong Wang, Chaoning Zhou, Zhaodong Liu, Lanhua Ma
Article Number: 296
Published online on: 10 September 2026

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Relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma with extramedullary plasmacytomas successfully rechallenged with humanized B‑cell maturation antigen‑directed chimeric antigen receptor T‑cell immunotherapy in an advanced disease stage: A case report

Runfeng Zhang, Lili Cheng, Jinghua Liu, Lu Zhang, Junling Zhuang
Article Number: 295
Published online on: 08 September 2026

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[Expression of Concern] JWA regulates human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and human esophageal cells through different mitogen‑activated protein kinase signaling pathways

Jie Lin, Tieliang Ma, Xiaodong Jiang, Zhijun Ge, Weiliang Ding, Yuanyuan Wu, Guojun Jiang, Jiake Feng, Guoxing Cui, Yongfei Tan
Article Number: 294
Published online on: 07 September 2026

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Protopanaxadiol‑type ginsenosides ameliorate PTSD‑like memory impairment and neuroinflammation in rats via suppression of TLR4/NF‑κB signaling

Bombi Lee
Article Number: 334
Published online on: 06 October 2026

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Analysis of risk factors and construction of a prediction model for postoperative deep vein thrombosis in patients with periarticular knee fractures

Jie Liang, Shuangli Lan, Shunjie Dang, Guiwen Luo, Yunkang Yang
Article Number: 333
Published online on: 06 October 2026

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Serum vitamin D and fracture risk in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta‑analysis highlighting age and altitude as key moderators

Jinhua Ma, Bo Tang, Zhenjie Zhai, Zhancui Dang
Article Number: 332
Published online on: 06 October 2026

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[Expression of Concern] Wnt/β‑catenin signaling may induce senescence of chondrocytes in osteoarthritis

Weijun Li, Yan Xiong, Weiping Chen, Lidong Wu
Article Number: 331
Published online on: 06 October 2026

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Emerging therapeutic strategies for medication‑related osteonecrosis of the jaw: From microenvironmental modulation to precision medicine (Review)

Xiao-Lu Zheng, Xiao-Zhen Zhan, Jin-Jin Liu, Chang-Yun Leng, Lo Wing Ling, Qin Huang, Tai-Ying Chen, Jun-Yuan Li, Qing-Tong Zhao
Article Number: 330
Published online on: 05 October 2026

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Rehabilitation of paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity secondary to severe brain injury: A case report

Shouchang Xiang, Zhenzhen Gao, Zhiwen Zhu
Article Number: 329
Published online on: 05 October 2026

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Postoperative polymyalgia rheumatica after lung cancer resection in the absence of immune checkpoint inhibitors: A case report and literature review

Yan Wen, Yi Zhang, Man Wu, Peipei Zhang, Xuelian Jin
Article Number: 328
Published online on: 02 October 2026

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Imaging evolution of pancreatic intraductal oncocytic papillary neoplasm presenting with recurrent pancreatitis: A case report and literature review

Ying Liu, Hao Yu, Lianjun Zhou, Lin Wang
Article Number: 327
Published online on: 02 October 2026

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