Cystatin C-Based Equations Detect Hidden Kidney Disease and Poor Prognosis in Newly Diagnosed Patients with Multiple Myeloma by Francisco-Javier Cepeda-Piorno, Esther González-García, Alba Méndez-Gallego, Juan Torres-Varona, Vanesa García-Moreira, Christian Sordo-Bahamonde, Cristina AlberdiGarcía-del-Castillo, Elene Astobieta-Madariaga, Maria-Victoria Mateos-Manteca, Segundo González-Rodríguez

“…The aim of this study was to compare the creatinine equations with cystatin C (CysC) equations to define renal impairment (RI) in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (MM) patients and to analyse the equation that allows for identifying patients with more and worse prognostic factors. …”
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Clustering analysis of Yue opera character tone trends based on quantum particle swarm optimization for fuzzy C-means. by Yuhang Zhang, Xiaofeng Wu, Jiawei Xu, Zihao Ning, Xiao Han

“…The second-order difference method extracts tonal trend features. We introduce a fuzzy C-means clustering method enhanced by quantum particle swarm optimization (QPSO) to manage data uncertainties, improving classification accuracy and convergence speed. …”
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Resistance-Associated Substitutions (RAS) and Clinical Factors as Determinants of Sofosbuvir-Daclatasvir Treatment Outcomes in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients by Juferdy Kurniawan, Anugrah Dwi Handayu, Gita Aprilicia, Darlene Raudhatul Bahri, Irsan Hasan

Subjects: “…hepatitis c…”
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The relationship between vitamin E and C intake with total activity of erythrocytes and breast milk superoxide dismutase in lactating mothers by Ninik Mudjihartini, Diyah Eka Andayani, Sheira Taflah Putri Handana

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Indoxyl Sulfate-Induced Oxidative Stress, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, and Impaired Biogenesis Are Partly Protected by Vitamin C and N-Acetylcysteine by Wen-Chin Lee, Lung-Chih Li, Jin-Bor Chen, Hsueh-Wei Chang

“…However, these effects could be reversed by the addition of antioxidants, namely, vitamin C and N-acetylcysteine. Thus, our results suggest that IS-induced oxidative stress and antiproliferative effect can be attributed to mitochondrial dysfunction and impaired biogenesis and that these processes can be protected by treatment with antioxidants.…”
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The Burden of Hepatitis C Virus Infection Is Growing: A Canadian Population-Based Study of Hospitalizations from 1994 to 2004 by Robert P Myers, MingFu Liu, Abdel Aziz M Shaheen

“…BACKGROUND: Nearly 1% of Canadians are infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Simulation analyses have suggested that HCV will place an increasing burden on the health care system as the infected population ages, but supportive clinical data are limited.…”
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Bufalin targets the SRC-3/c-Myc pathway in chemoresistant cells to regulate metastasis induced by chemoresistance in colorectal cancer by Jinbao Chen, Chenqi Wu, Kun Yu, Jinpei Liu, Jiahua Yang, Wei Li, Xiaoxia Tang, Yihai Shi, Ke Xu, Yi Chen, Xiaoyu Qin

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IL-6–174 G/C transversion might decrease male infertility risk: A case-control study by Tayyebeh Zamani-Badi, Mohammad Karimian, Javad Amini Mahabadi, Atieh Rafatmanesh, Hossein Nikzad

“…Objective: This investigation explores the correlation between the IL-6–174 G/C transversion and male infertility. Materials and Methods: In a case-control study, a total of 314 men who referred to the Kashan Infertility Center, Shahid Beheshti hospital, Kashan, Iran, were enrolled for IL-6–174 G/C polymorphism analysis. …”
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Five-Year Prospective Follow-Up of Patients with Hepatitis C Virus Infection Treated with Direct-Acting Antiviral Agents by Zhang Y, Xia H, Fan L, Jiang L, Yang B, Wang F

Subjects: “…chronic hepatitis c…”
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Association between C-reactive protein to albumin ratio and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cross-sectional study by Ting Ao, Yingxiu Huang, Peng Zhen, Ming Hu

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Targeting protein kinase C-α prolongs survival and restores liver function in sepsis: Evidence from preclinical models by Ling Xiong, Dustin Beyer, Na Liu, Tina Lehmann, Sophie Neugebauer, Sascha Schaeuble, Oliver Sommerfeld, Philipp Ernst, Carl-Magnus Svensson, Sandor Nietzsche, Sebastian Scholl, Tony Bruns, Nikolaus Gaßler, Markus H. Gräler, Marc Thilo Figge, Gianni Panagiotou, Michael Bauer, Adrian T. Press

“…This study identified protein kinase C-α (PKCα) as a novel target for managing excretory liver function during sepsis. …”
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Case report: Relapse of intrathyroidal parathyroid carcinoma in a patient with novel variants in MET and CDKN1C genes by Ekaterina Kim, Anastasiia Lavreniuk, Olga Spasskaya, Anna Eremkina, Rustam Salimkhanov, Liliya Urusova, Natalia Tarbaeva, Sergey Popov, Victoria Zakharova, Natalia Mokrysheva

“…We present a clinical case of a 70-year-old female patient with recurrent intrathyroidal PC and distant lung metastases, with novel variants in the MET and CDKN1C genes.…”
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Spatiotemporal Expression and Molecular Characterization of miR-344b and miR-344c in the Developing Mouse Brain by Jia-Wen Leong, Syahril Abdullah, King-Hwa Ling, Pike-See Cheah

“…The expression of two novel miRNAs, namely, miR-344b and miR-344c, was characterized during mouse brain developmental stages in this study. …”
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Correlation of serum C - reactive protein with clinical parameters in diabetic patients having chronic periodontitis before and after treatment by Arkhawan Ali Abdulhaq, Ziwar Ahmed Salih, Solaf Abdulqadir Mustafa

“… Background and Objectives: Chronic periodontitis is an infectious disease characterized by inflammation within the supporting tissues of the teeth, progressive attachment loss, and bone loss. C-reactive protein, are acute phase proteins monitored as a marker of inflammatory status. …”
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Enhanced Photocatalytic Degradation of Rhodamine B Using C/Fe Co-Doped Titanium Dioxide Coated on Activated Carbon by Thuy Le Thi Thanh, Lan Nguyen Thi, Trinh Tran Dinh, Noi Nguyen Van

“…Carbon and iron co-doped titanium dioxide catalyst coated on activated carbon (Fe-C-TiO2/AC) was successfully synthesized using the sol-gel method, followed by hydrothermal treatment. …”
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Interleukin-15 (IL-15) and Anti-C1q Antibodies as Serum Biomarkers for Ectopic Pregnancy and Missed Abortion by Alexandros Daponte, Efthimios Deligeoroglou, Spyros Pournaras, Christos Hadjichristodoulou, Antonios Garas, Foteini Anastasiadou, Ioannis E. Messinis

“…Our assumption was that C1q/anti-C1q antibody complexes and serum levels of interleukin-15 (IL-15) may play a role in differentiating abortions (MAs) and EPs and normal pregnancies. …”
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A Highly Isolated Tapered Triangular Dual-Polarized Multiband MIMO Antenna for WLAN, C, X and Ku Bands by Sonali Kumari, Yogendra Kumar Awasthi, Dipali Bansal, Rohit Anand, Praveen Kumar Malik, Rajesh Singh

“…The experimental results are found to be in agreement with the simulated results, so the proposed antenna can be useful for WLAN, C-band, X band and Ku band applications.…”
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Methylprednisolone substituted lipid nanoparticles deliver C3 transferase mRNA for combined treatment of spinal cord injury by Haoru Dong, Zongxing He, Shiyi Cai, Haiqiang Ma, Lili Su, Jianfeng Li, Huiying Yang, Rong Xie

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YBX1 alleviates ferroptosis in osteoporosis via the ATF4/FSP1 axis in an m5C manner by Lei Tong, Yanbo Chen, Yan Gao, Xiaoming Gao, Yanming Hao

“…In addition, YBX1 increased ATF4 mRNA stability through m5C RNA modification and inhibited ferroptosis in MC3T3-E1 cells via the ATF4/FSP1 axis. …”
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Reliability and Validity of the Greek QLQ-C30 and QLQ-MY20 for Measuring Quality of Life in Patients with Multiple Myeloma by Nick Kontodimopoulos, Alexandros Samartzis, Angelos A. Papadopoulos, Dimitris Niakas

“…The aim of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of the Greek EORTC QLQ-C30 and QLQ-MY20 instruments. Method. A sample of myeloma patients (N=89) from two tertiary hospitals were surveyed with the QLQ-C30, QLQ-MY20 and various demographic and disease related questions. …”
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