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Recent advances in functional nanostructures as cancer photothermal therapy.
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Dove Medical Press
, 2018 , Article Review)
Being a non-invasive and relatively safe technique, photothermal therapy has attracted a lot of interest in the cancer treatment field. Recently, nanostructure technology has entered the forefront of cancer therapy owing ...
The march of pluripotent stem cells in cardiovascular regenerative medicine.
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BMC
, 2018 , Article Review)
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) continues to be the leading cause of global morbidity and mortality. Heart failure remains a major contributor to this mortality. Despite major therapeutic advances over the past decades, a ...
Incidence and Prevalence of Pressure Injuries in Adult Intensive Care Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
, 2018 , Article Review)
To systematically assess the incidence and prevalence of pressure injuries in adult ICU patients and the most frequently occurring pressure injury sites. MEDLINE, Embase, the Cochrane Library, and Cumulative Index to Nursing ...
Retinopathy of Type 1 Diabetes in Arab Countries: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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Karger
, 2018 , Article Review)
To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of retinopathy prevalence in patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) in 22 Arab countries. We systematically searched 4 different literature databases (PubMed, Science Direct, ...
Novel CD44-downstream signaling pathways mediating breast tumor invasion
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Ivyspring International Publisher
, 2018 , Article Review)
CD44, also known as homing cell adhesion molecule is a multi-structural cell molecule involved in cell-cell
and cell-extracellular matrix communications. CD44 regulates a number of central signaling pathways,
including ...
Epidemic T2DM, early development and epigenetics: implications of the Chinese Famine.
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Nature Research
, 2018 , Article Review)
The gene-environment interactions resulting from famine and the subsequent increased intergenerational risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have contributed to the current epidemic of T2DM in China, which poses major ...
The Dual Specificity Role of Transcription Factor FOXO in Type 2-diabetes and Cancer
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Bentham Science Publishers
, 2018 , Article Review)
The FOXO (Forkhead box O) transcription factors are implicated in several signaling pathways and play a vital role in various cellular and physiological processes include for instance, ROS (reactive oxygen species) response, ...
Epstein-Barr virus-associated malignancies: Roles of viral oncoproteins in carcinogenesis
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Frontiers Media S.A.
, 2018 , Article Review)
The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is the first herpesvirus identified to be associated with human cancers known to infect the majority of the world population. EBV-associated malignancies are associated with a latent form of ...
Laboratory challenges in the diagnosis of hepatitis E virus.
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Microbiology Society
, 2018 , Article Review)
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an RNA virus that is an important cause of both acute and chronic hepatitis worldwide. To date, there are eight HEV genotypes that can infect mammals. HEV-1 and HEV-2 infect exclusively humans, ...
Estrogen in vascular smooth muscle cells: A friend or a foe?
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2018 , Article Review)
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) continues to be the leading cause of death worldwide. The effect of estrogen on these diseases has been assessed in in vitro and in vivo models, as well as in observational studies. Collectively, ...