Publications by authors named "Kimia Ghafouri"

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  • Hailey-Hailey disease (HHD) is a rare inherited skin condition that leads to blisters and significantly impacts quality of life, but it isn't life-threatening and lacks a standard treatment.
  • In a study of 32 patients with HHD over 14 years at Razi Hospital, most patients were around 50 years old and half reported a family history of similar skin issues; the inguinal area was commonly affected.
  • Treatment primarily involved topical steroids and antibiotics, with systemic steroids being used during flare-ups; the disease’s chronic nature presents ongoing challenges for effective management and correct diagnosis.
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Radiotherapy (RT) is a frequently used treatment for cervical cancer, effectively decreasing the likelihood of the disease returning in the same area and extending the lifespan of individuals with cervical cancer. Nevertheless, the primary reason for treatment failure in cancer patients is the cancer cells' resistance to radiation therapy (RT). Long non-coding RNAs (LncRNAs) are a subset of RNA molecules that do not code for proteins and are longer than 200 nucleotides.

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  • A modified MR scoring system was developed to assess adnexal masses using early phase postcontrast MRI and diffusion-weighted imaging, providing an alternative where dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI is unavailable.
  • In a study of 245 patients with 340 adnexal masses, the modified system showed 87.3% sensitivity and 94.6% specificity, and an overall accuracy of 92.1%.
  • Although the modified scoring system is less sensitive than the ADNEX MR scoring system, both have comparable accuracy, indicating potential effectiveness in imaging centers lacking DCE capabilities.
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Lysosomal-driven autophagy is a tightly controlled cellular catabolic process that breaks down and recycles broken or superfluous cell parts. It is involved in several illnesses, including cancer, and is essential in preserving cellular homeostasis. Autophagy prevents DNA mutation and cancer development by actively eliminating pro-oxidative mitochondria and protein aggregates from healthy cells.

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Proliferative myositis (PM) is a benign intramuscular tumor that might mimic a malignant one due to its unusual pseudosarcomatous inflammatory nature. In this report, we describe a patient who developed PM after vaccination with Sinopharm coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine. A 73 years old man was admitted due to rapidly-growing painful mass in his left thigh from a few days ago, curtailing his walking.

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The study of diseases, specifically their aetiologies, their step-by-step progressions (pathogenesis), and their impact on normal structure and function, is the focus of pathology, a branch of science and medicine. In therapeutic fields, it is critical to decrease significantly elevated levels of proinflammatory cytokines. The immunomodulatory drugs such as dexamethasone have been used in several of inflammatory diseases such as Covid-19.

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Pancreatic cancer is the fourth most common malignant tumor in the world, which has a high mortality rate due to high invasiveness, early metastases, lack of specific symptoms, and high invasiveness. Recent studies have shown that exosomes can be essential sources of biomarkers in pancreatic cancer. Over the past ten years, exosomes have been implicated in multiple trials to prevent the growth and metastasis of many cancers, including pancreatic cancer.

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