Research Background Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are one of the leading causes of death worldwide, with vascular remodeling and stiffness being critical indicators that significantly affect disease progression and prognosis. Recent studies have increasingly focused on the role of vascular fibroblasts in vascular stiffness and remodeling. In parti...
Clinical, Histopathological, and Genetic Characterization: Insights from Myofibrillar and Distal Myopathies Patients in the Italian Network Background and Research Motivation Myofibrillar Myopathies (MFM) and Distal Myopathies (DM) are a group of rare diseases with complex pathological presentations. The diagnosis process is extremely complicated d...
Pamrevlumab Treatment for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: The ZEPHYRUS-1 Randomized Clinical Trial Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is a rare interstitial lung disease that typically occurs in adults over 60 years old. It is characterized by cough, breathlessness, and fatigue. This disease leads to progressive loss of lung function, decreased exe...
Changes in Cerebral Cortical Information Interaction During Obstructive Sleep Apnea Hypopnea Syndrome in Children Background Introduction: Obstructive Sleep Apnea Hypopnea Syndrome (OSAHS) in children is a common sleep-disordered breathing condition characterized by repetitive partial or complete obstruction of the upper airway during sleep, often ...
Endothelin-1 Mediated Brainstem Glial Activation Produces Asthmatic Airway Vagal Hypertonia via Enhanced ATP-P2X4 Receptor Signaling Academic Background Asthma is one of the major non-communicable diseases globally, causing a heavy social and economic burden. Its main clinical symptoms include airflow obstruction, chronic airway inflammation, incre...
Over the past few decades, the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has been on the rise, becoming a global public health issue. T2DM not only affects patients’ metabolic levels but also has profound impacts on cognitive function and mental health. Studies have shown that patients with T2DM exhibit brain structural abnormalities, a decline ...
Prognostic Model of Pulmonary High-grade Neuroendocrine Carcinoma: Integrating Genomic Analysis and Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase-1 Expression Research Background High-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma (HGNEC) of the lung is a highly aggressive cancer with significant biological complexity. Despite its association with Notch pathway activation and inact...
Study on the Association Between the Timeliness of Comprehensive Genomic Profiling in Precision Oncology and Treatment Choices and Outcomes for Patients with Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Introduction Advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (ANSCLC) is a highly lethal malignancy, and treatment choices directly affect the overall survival rate of ...
Tumor Cell-Intrinsic PD-L1 Signaling Induces Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) Predicting Poor Response to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in PD-L1 High-Expressing Lung Cancer Research Background and Motivation In cancer immunotherapy, Programmed Death Ligand-1 (PD-L1) inhibits immune responses by binding to Programmed Death-1 (PD-1) receptors o...
Application of Lifileucel in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Resistant to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors This article, authored by Adam J. Schoenfeld and numerous other top scholars, was published in the 2024 edition of Cancer Discovery. The study is based on a multi-center phase II clinical trial aiming to evaluate the efficacy and safe...