Publications by authors named "E Demidenko"

Despite adjuvant treatment with endocrine therapies, estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancers recur in a significant proportion of patients. Recurrences are attributable to clinically undetectable endocrine-tolerant persister cancer cells that retain tumor-forming potential. Therefore, strategies targeting such persister cells may prevent recurrent disease.

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  • Estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancers often recur due to undetectable persister cancer cells that survive endocrine treatments, necessitating new strategies to target these cells and prevent recurrence.
  • Researchers used CRISPR-Cas9 screening to discover that these persister cells rely on mitochondrial respiration instead of glycolysis for energy, indicating a unique metabolic mechanism.
  • A clinical trial revealed that tumors with residual cells after endocrine therapy showed increased mitochondrial content, suggesting that targeting mitochondrial metabolism could enhance treatment effectiveness against these resilient cancer cells.
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The on-going anthropogenic degradation of freshwater habitats has drastically altered the environmental supply of both nutrients and common pollutants. Most organisms living in these altered habitats experience interactive effects of various stressors that can initiate adjustments at multiple levels impacting their fitness. Hence, studies measuring response to a single environmental parameter fail to capture the complexities of the status quo.

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Introduction: The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, with urgent implementation of safety protocols limiting the number of on-site personnel, essentially terminated the use of rapid on-site evaluation (ROSE) for computed tomography (CT)--guided lung biopsies at our institution. The diminished use of ROSE during the pandemic prompted us to reevaluate the potential value of ROSE for CT-guided lung biopsies.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively identified all CT-guided lung biopsies from 2017 to 2022.

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Introduction: High-level prenatal and childhood arsenic (As) exposure characteristic of several regions in Asia (e.g., Bangladesh), may impact motor function.

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