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Potential Novel Therapy Targets in Neuroendocrine Carcinomas of the Breast.
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Elsevier
, 2018 , Article)
Neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC) of the breast is a rare, special type of breast cancer, reportedly constituting 2% to 5% of all breast cancers. Although breast NEC does not have a specific targeted therapy, several new ...
Gene expression and miRNAs profiling: Function and regulation in human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) - positive breast cancer
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MDPI AG
, 2019 , Article)
Breast cancer is the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths among women worldwide. It is a heterogeneous disease with four major molecular subtypes. One of the subtypes, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 ...
Oligomeric and phosphorylated alpha-synuclein as potential CSF biomarkers for Parkinson’s disease
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BioMed Central
, 2016 , Article)
Background
Despite decades of intensive research, to date, there is no accepted diagnosis for Parkinson’s disease (PD) based on biochemical analysis of blood or CSF. However, neurodegeneration in the brains of PD patients ...
Inflammasomes as biomarkers and therapeutic targets in traumatic brain injury and related-neurodegenerative diseases: A comprehensive overview
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Article)
Given the ambiguity surrounding traumatic brain injury (TBI) pathophysiology and the lack of any Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved neurotherapeutic drugs, there is an increasing need to better understand the ...
Exploring serum glycome patterns after moderate to severe traumatic brain injury: A prospective pilot study
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article)
BackgroundGlycans play essential functional roles in the nervous system and their pathobiological relevance has become increasingly recognized in numerous brain disorders, but not fully explored in traumatic brain injury ...
Cerebrospinal fluid α-synuclein species in cognitive and movements disorders
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
, 2021 , Article)
Total CSF α-synuclein (t-α-syn), phosphorylated α-syn (pS129-α-syn) and α-syn oligomers (o-α-syn) have been studied as candidate biomarkers for synucleinopathies, with suboptimal specificity and sensitivity in the ...
Methodological considerations for identifying multiple plasma proteins associated with all-cause mortality in a population-based prospective cohort
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Nature Research
, 2021 , Article)
Novel methods to characterize the plasma proteome has made it possible to examine a wide range of proteins in large longitudinal cohort studies, but the complexity of the human proteome makes it difficult to identify robust ...
Accuracy of procalcitonin for diagnosing sepsis in adult patients admitted to the emergency department: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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BioMed Central Ltd
, 2024 , Article Review)
Background
Differentiating sepsis from non-infectious systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) is challenging. Biomarkers like procalcitonin (PCT) aid early risk assessment and guide antibiotic use. This study aims ...