abstract：:The development of new therapies based on tumor biology is one of the main topics in cancer treatment. In this regard, investigating the microenvironment and cellular composition of the tumor is of particular interest. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are a major group of cells in the tumor tissue and play a critical rol...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Arab S,Alizadeh A,Asgharzade S

更新日期：2021-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to reveal the clinical diagnostic and prognostic value of miR-768-3p in HBV-related HCC and to investigate its effect on the biological function of HCC. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction was used to detect the expression level of miR-768-3p in subjects' serum. The receiver ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Cao C,Wang C

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Longitudinal studies have improved current diagnostics and management of metabolic associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) patients by liver biopsy and therapeutic intervention, yet the deficiency of biomarker spectrum for dissecting subtypes largely hinders the symptomatic treatment. We originally enriched serum from ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Yang H,Li Q,Zhang L,Zhu M,Niu J,Xue F,Yang L,Qu Q,Lao Y,Ding Z,Xiao C,Wang K

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal (GIT) cancers represent the third common cancers worldwide, characterized by rapid progression and higher mortality rate. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) play an important role in cancer metastases. The present study was conducted to estimate and evaluate the role of MMP-7, -9, -10 and -12 and TGF β1...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： El-Ashmawy NE,Khedr NF,Mansour MG,Al-Ashmawy GM

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Slit2 glycoprotein has been described to regulate the inflammatory response and be involved in autoimmune diseases. Here, we investigated the expression of Slit2 and its potential significance in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). A total of 103 patients with SLE participated in our study. The levels of serum Slit2 w...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Zhang Y,Hu L,Li X,Chen L,Yang X

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Takayasu arteritis (TAK) is a rare granulomatous vasculitis of unknown etiology that mainly affects the aorta and its major branches. The aim is to describe the clinical features, diagnostic procedures, pathogenesis, and management of TAK in a longitudinal cohort of patients recruited within a single region of souther...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Dammacco F,Cirulli A,Simeone A,Leone P,Pulli R,Angiletta D,Rubini G,Di Palo A,Vacca A,Dammacco R

更新日期：2020-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are thought to be a major player in tumor initiation, progression, and metastasis. Targeting CSCs for elimination presents a promising therapeutic strategy; however, this approach will require a stronger understanding of CSC biology and identification of CSC-specific markers. The present study...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Razi S,Sadeghi A,Asadi-Lari Z,Tam KJ,Kalantari E,Madjd Z

更新日期：2020-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of sepsis-associated acute kidney injury (AKI) is on the rise. Recent studies have found a correlation between antithrombin III and AKI. We established a predictive model for sepsis-associated AKI based on plasma ATIII levels. A prospective study (March 2018-January 2020) was conducted in sepsis patients...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Xie Y,Zhang Y,Tian R,Jin W,Du J,Zhou Z,Wang R

更新日期：2020-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate lncRNAs acting as competing endogenous RNAs (ceRNAs) involved in oncogenesis and progression of HCC. Different expressed lncRNAs, microRNAs, and mRNAs (DElncRNAs, DEmiRNAs, DEmRNAs), downloaded from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database, were identified by edgeR package. CeRNA network was constructed ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Qu L,Cai X,Xu J,Wei X,Qu X,Sun L,Gong L,Su C,Zhu Y

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Exosome-derived long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) as novel biomarkers are widely investigated in various cancers, yet results remain controversial. The aim of this meta-analysis was to clarify the diagnostic and prognostic value of exosome-derived lncRNAs in cancer. METHODS:PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE, CNKI, a...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Mu H,Zhang S,Yao Z,Liu Y,Lin K,Zhao Z,Zhu Y

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is a useful procedure for differential diagnosis of interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) and for identification of granulomatous lung diseases. We investigated a panel of biomarkers from BAL fluid of ILD patients to evaluate their utility in differentiating ILDs. Bronchoscopy with BAL was per...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： d'Alessandro M,Carleo A,Cameli P,Bergantini L,Perrone A,Vietri L,Lanzarone N,Vagaggini C,Sestini P,Bargagli E

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased expression of progranulin (PGRN) has been reported in some hematological cancers, but limited information regarding its significance in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is available. This study involved 60 subjects (40 de novo adult ALL patients and 20 controls). Serum PGRN level was measured by enzyme-lin...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： El-Ghammaz AMS,Azzazi MO,Mostafa N,Hegab HM,Mahmoud AA

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The predominance of the effector mechanisms by CD4 + T cells is a characteristic of inflammatory autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The CD40/CD40L costimulatory pathway contributes to these pathogenic mechanisms by promoting autoantibody production and inflammation. Aberrant expression of CD40 and ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Román-Fernández IV,García-Chagollán M,Cerpa-Cruz S,Jave-Suárez LF,Palafox-Sánchez CA,García-Arellano S,Sánchez-Zuno GA,Muñoz-Valle JF

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS) is a rare disorder, characterized by the development of multiple vascular thrombosis over a short period of time, in patients with persistently detectable antiphospholipid antibodies (aPLs). The vascular occlusions predominantly affect small vessels. The overall mortality ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Tinti MG,Carnevale V,Inglese M,Molinaro F,Bernal M,Migliore A,De Cata A

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of chromosome 1 translocations and deletions is a rare and poorly investigated event in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Nevertheless, the identification of novel additional molecular alterations is of great interest, opening to new prognostic and therapeutic strategies for such heterogeneous hem...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Daniele G,L'Abbate A,Turchiano A,Palumbo O,Carella M,Lo Cunsolo C,Iuzzolino P,Lonoce A,Hernández-Sánchez M,Minoia C,Leone P,Hernandez-Rivas JM,Storlazzi CT

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate prediction of the outcome of molecular target-based treatment in advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is an important clinical problem. Positron emission tomography/computed tomography using [18F]-2-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose (FDG PET/CT) is a noninvasive tool for the assessment of glucose accumulation which can be...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Pankowska V,Malkowski B,Wedrowski M,Wedrowska E,Roszkowski K

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mixed-phenotype acute leukemia (MPAL) is the infrequent type of acute leukemia characterized by immunophenotypic and/or cytochemical features of both lineages, but the diagnosis of this disease still is a challenge. In this study, we analyzed immunophenotyping, cytochemistry and frequency of MPAL patients to better di...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Poopak B,Khosravi A,Bahoush-Mehdiabadi G,Madani T,Khodadi E,Farahani Z,Vahedi AA,Khosravipour G,Poopak P,Poopak AH

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate potency and safety of 14-day bismuth-furazolidone quadruple regimens and to compare efficacies of five proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) for the initial eradication of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), 175 eligible patients were enrolled and randomly assigned to 14-day quadruple regimens consisting of bismuth (...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Chen L,He J,Wang L,Ge Q,Chu H,Chen Y,Chen X,Long Y,Deng Y,He H,Li A,Chen S

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common malignancy in central nervous system. A small subpopulation of GBM cells known as GBM stem-like cells (GSLCs) were supposed to be the most malignant cells among GBM cells as they are resistant to multiple therapies including radiotherapy. In this study, we set up two GS...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Liu J,Gao Q,Xie T,Liu Y,Luo L,Xu C,Shen L,Wan F,Lei T,Ye F

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twist1 is a key transcription factor, which confers tumor cells with cancer stem cell (CSC)-like characteristics and enhances epithelial-mesenchymal transition in pathological conditions including tumor malignancy and metastasis. This study aimed to evaluate the expression patterns and clinical significance of Twist1 ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Rasti A,Madjd Z,Abolhasani M,Mehrazma M,Janani L,Saeednejad Zanjani L,Asgari M

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T helper (Th) 17 cells have a critical role in the pathogenesis of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, and basic leucine zipper transcription factor, ATF-like (BATF) is a newly identified transcriptional factor regulating the differentiation of Th17 cells. However, its precise role in patients with chronic hepa...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Wang LY,Fan YC,Zhao J,Ji XF,Wang K

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SOCS3 as an important negative regulator of IL6/JAK/STAT3 signaling pathway may be early critical determinants of carcinogenesis. This study aimed to explore the aberrant promoter methylation of SOCS3 gene in circulating DNA as a noninvasive biomarker for screening hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) high-risk individuals ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Wei L,Huang Y,Zhao R,Zhang J,Liu Q,Liang W,Ding X,Gao B,Li B,Sun C,He J,Yu X,Liu Z,Sun A,Qin Y

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cross-sectional study was conducted to examine hepatic function via liver enzymes/proteins assessments, along with the estimation of an inflammatory response from C-reactive protein (CRP)-which is a liver-synthesized protein. The liver function tests with aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Shahid S,Masood K

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rho-associated coiled-coil-containing protein kinase 2 (ROCK2) has been known as an effector for the small GTPase Rho and plays an important role in tumor progression and metastasis. However, the effect of ROCK2 in gastric cancer (GC) has not been identified. This study showed that ROCK2 expression significantly incre...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Li M,Ke J,Wang Q,Qian H,Yang L,Zhang X,Xiao J,Ding H,Shan X,Liu Q,Xiao Y,Bao B,Huang H

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is the most common cause of malignancy and mortality in women worldwide. This study aimed at localising homologous recombination repair (HR) genes and their chromosomal loci and correlating their nucleotide variants with susceptibility to breast cancer. In this study, authors analysed the association bet...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Romanowicz H,Strapagiel D,Słomka M,Sobalska-Kwapis M,Kępka E,Siewierska-Górska A,Zadrożny M,Bieńkiewicz J,Smolarz B

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) has been reported to associate with increased cancer risk in several cancers. However, the role of MIF in breast cancer (BC) susceptibility remains unknown. For the first time, we conducted a case-control study to assess the potential association of three common MIF gene va...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Lin S,Wang M,Liu X,Zhu W,Guo Y,Dai Z,Yang P,Tian T,Dai C,Zheng Y,Hu C,Wei L,Dai Z

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotyping techniques are often highly technical, costly, or need improvements in sensitivity and specificity. These limitations indicate the need of novel methods for HCV genotyping. The present study aimed to develop a novel genotyping method combining high-resolution melting (HRM) an...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Wu D,Fu X,Wen Y,Liu B,Deng Z,Dai L,Tan D

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thrombin generation potential is an in vitro measure for the capacity of an individual to generate thrombin and recognized as a reflection of a hypo- or hypercoagulable status. Measurement of the in vivo thrombin activity, however, may be of clinical significance. We evaluated a new assay for in vivo thrombin acti...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Königsbrügge O,Koder S,Riedl J,Panzer S,Pabinger I,Ay C

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously found that ex vivo expanded human CD4+CD25+Treg cells suppress proliferation of lymphoma B-cell lines. Here we demonstrate that the immunomodulatory drug lenalidomide potentiates suppression of lymphoma B-cell proliferation by freshly isolated CD4+CD25+Tregs, as well as suppression by Tregs expanded...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Grygorowicz MA,Borycka IS,Nowak E,Paszkiewicz-Kozik E,Rymkiewicz G,Błachnio K,Biernacka M,Bujko M,Walewski J,Markowicz S

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) has been linked with tumor invasion and metastasis. However, the role of VEGF expression in osteosarcoma remains controversial. By searching the PubMed, Embase, and Google Scholar databases, we conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate the pathological and prognostic significance ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Han G,Wang Y,Bi W,Jia J,Wang W,Xu M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent findings suggest that cell and gene transplantation in the infarcted myocardium may improve heart function. The aim of the study was to investigate the mechanism involved in improving heart function following the co-injection of adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) in a r...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Wang B,Ma X,Zhao L,Zhou X,Ma Y,Sun H,Yang Y,Chen B

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a progressive autoimmune liver disease in which monocytes/macrophages infiltration and skewed T helper type (Th) 1 and Th17 cell responses participate in the development of the disease. Human peripheral blood monocytes are heterogeneous and can be divided into classical CD14highCD16-...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Peng A,Ke P,Zhao R,Lu X,Zhang C,Huang X,Tian G,Huang J,Wang J,Invernizzi P,Chen Q,Zhuang J

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a leading cause of cancer death worldwide, especially in Western societies. Its aggressive nature and poor prognosis increase the need for identifying new and more accurate diagnostic and prognostic tools. We studied 41 patients who had undergone radical surgical resection for PC, investigate...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Tsiaousidou A,Tsaroucha AK,Lambropoulou M,Pitiakoudis M,Polychronidis A,Chatzitheoklitos E,Romanidis K,Simopoulos C

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:β-Thalassemia is a significant public health problem in Egypt. Infectious complications represent the second most common cause of mortality and the major cause of morbidity in β-thalassemia major (BTM). The increased susceptibility of these patients to infectious diseases has been attributed to the abnormalities of th...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Elsayh KI,Mohammed WS,Zahran AM,Saad K

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-inflammatory cytokine and its serological detection may have an important role in the process of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. We investigated whether serum interleukin-10 (IL-10) is associated with cerebral infarction or not in the general population. Identified comprehensive searching was perform...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Diao ZY,Wang CL,Qi HS,Jia GY,Yan CZ

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many tumor cells express chemokines and chemokine receptors, and these molecules can affect both tumor progression and anti-tumor immune response. Genetic polymorphisms of some chemokine receptors were found to be closely related to malignant tumors, especially in metastasis process, including breast cancer (BC). Cons...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Banin-Hirata BK,Losi-Guembarovski R,Oda JM,de Oliveira CE,Campos CZ,Mazzuco TL,Borelli SD,Ceribelli JR,Watanabe MA

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively analyzed the medical history of 19 elderly myeloma patients treated with the "novel subcutaneous formulation of bortezomib." In our experience, two patients (10 %) discontinued treatment for paralytic ileus. The exact pathogenetic mechanisms of toxic megacolon and paralytic ileus due to "novel subcu...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Mele G,Coppi MR,Melpignano A,Quarta G

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is the prototype autoimmune rheumatic disease. The etiology of this disease is incompletely understood; however, environmental factors and genetic predisposition are involved. Cytokine-mediated immunity plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of SLE. We investigate the association o...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Palafox-Sánchez CA,Oregon-Romero E,Salazar-Camarena DC,Valle YM,Machado-Contreras JR,Cruz A,Orozco-López M,Orozco-Barocio G,Vázquez-Del Mercado M,Muñoz-Valle JF

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic islet transplantation has remained an effective therapy for type 1 diabetes since 2000. Its widespread use has been prohibited by the shortage of suitable donors. It is critical to explore an applicable alternative for β-cell replacement. This study was performed to generate insulin-producing cells (IPCs) f...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Guo XR,Wang XL,Li MC,Yuan YH,Chen Y,Zou DD,Bian LJ,Li DS

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TNF-α plays a key role in the inflammatory cytokine cascade involved in the pathogenesis of chronic arthritis, including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis. Systemic inflammation and the increased production of pro-inflammatory cytokines in these patients may favor the onset of metab...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Maruotti N,d'Onofrio F,Cantatore FP

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00