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Germs
September 2024
MD, PhD, Infectious Diseases Department, University Hospital of Split, HR-21000 Split, Croatia, and University of Split School of Medicine, HR-21000 Split, Croatia, and University Department of Health Studies of the University of Split, HR-21000 Split, Croatia.
Introduction: Alveolar echinococcosis is one of the most pathogenic zoonoses caused by the larval forms of . It is endemic in central Europe, but from 2001 to 2018, eight European countries reported their first cases of alveolar echinococcosis. These numbers testify to unprecedented spread of the infection.
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January 2025
Hepatic Surgery Center, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is involved in cancer initiation and progression. With advances in the TME field, numerous therapeutic approaches, such as antiangiogenic treatment and immune checkpoint inhibitors, have been inspired and developed. Nevertheless, the sophisticated regulatory effects on the biological balance of the TME remain unclear.
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January 2025
Medicinal Materials Research Center, Biomedical Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea.
Acute liver failure (ALF) is characterized by rapid hepatic dysfunction, primarily caused by drug-induced hepatotoxicity. Due to the lack of satisfactory treatment options, ALF remains a fatal clinical disease, representing a grand challenge in global health. For the drug repositioning to ALF of mesalamine, which is clinically approved for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), we propose a supramolecular prodrug nanoassembly (SPNs).
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January 2025
Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Arq Gastroenterol
December 2024
Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Background: Liver biopsy (LB) is still the gold standard method for assessing hepatic fibrosis (HF), associated diseases, and liver inflammation. Nowadays, noninvasive techniques such as Acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) elastography have been introduced instead of liver biopsy. However, there are controversies about the time it should be performed after treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV).
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