Medicine - Table of Contents

April 23, 2020

“Candidatus Trichorickettsia mobilis”, a Rickettsiales bacterium, can be transiently transferred from the unicellular eukaryote Paramecium to the planarian Dugesia japonica

Letizia Modeo, Alessandra Salvetti, Leonardo Rossi, Michele Castelli, Franziska Szokoli, Sascha Krenek, Valentina Serra, Elena Sabaneyeva, Graziano Di Giuseppe, Sergei I. Fokin, Franco Verni, Giulio Petroni

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8977 PubMed 32351785

April 10, 2020

A 7-lncRNA signature associated with the prognosis of colon adenocarcinoma

Xiaorui Fu, Jinzhong Duanmu, Taiyuan Li, Qunguang Jiang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8877 PubMed 32309045

April 28, 2020

Size matters: micro-evolution in Polynesian rats highlights body size changes as initial stage in evolution

Alexandra A.E. van der Geer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9076 PubMed 32377457

April 14, 2020

Assessment of locomotive syndrome among older individuals: a confirmatory factor analysis of the 25-question Geriatric Locomotive Function Scale

Chaochen Wang, Tatsunori Ikemoto, Atsuhiko Hirasawa, Young-Chang Arai, Shogo Kikuchi, Masataka Deie

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9026 PubMed 32328357

April 24, 2020

Ursolic acid improves the bacterial community mapping of the intestinal tract in liver fibrosis mice

Sizhe Wan, Chenkai Huang, Anjiang Wang, Xuan Zhu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9050 PubMed 32355580

April 13, 2020

Association of weaning preparedness with extubation outcome of mechanically ventilated patients in medical intensive care units: a retrospective analysis

Feng-Ching Lin, Yao-Wen Kuo, Jih-Shuin Jerng, Huey-Dong Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8973 PubMed 32322446

April 3, 2020

Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at high altitude: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Huaiyu Xiong, Qiangru Huang, Chengying He, Tiankui Shuai, Peijing Yan, Lei Zhu, Kehu Yang, Jian Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8586 PubMed 32280564

April 3, 2020

Prevalence and risk factors of Helicobacter pylori infection among children in Kuichong Subdistrict of Shenzhen City, China

Jingjing Hu, Xiangyu Wang, Eng Guan Chua, Yongsheng He, Qing Shu, Li Zeng, Shiyang Luo, Barry J. Marshall, Aijun Liu, Chin Yen Tay

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8878 PubMed 32280567

April 14, 2020

Identification of hub genes and small-molecule compounds in medulloblastoma by integrated bioinformatic analyses

Zhendong Liu, Ruotian Zhang, Zhenying Sun, Jiawei Yao, Penglei Yao, Xin Chen, Xinzhuang Wang, Ming Gao, Jinzhao Wan, Yiming Du, Shiguang Zhao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8670 PubMed 32328342

April 15, 2020

Disturbed neurovascular coupling in hemodialysis patients

Mei Jin, Liyan Wang, Hao Wang, Xue Han, Zongli Diao, Wang Guo, Zhenghan Yang, Heyu Ding, Zheng Wang, Peng Zhang, Pengfei Zhao, Han Lv, Wenhu Liu, Zhenchang Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8989 PubMed 32328355

April 20, 2020

Icariin protects against sodium azide—induced neurotoxicity by activating the PI3K/Akt/GSK-3β signaling pathway

Ying Zhang, Nanqu Huang, Hao Lu, Juan Huang, Hai Jin, Jingshan Shi, Feng Jin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8955 PubMed 32341897

April 14, 2020

Nomograms for predicting overall survival and cancer-specific survival in young patients with pancreatic cancer in the US based on the SEER database

Min Shi, Biao Zhou, Shu-Ping Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8958 PubMed 32322444

April 16, 2020

The preclinical pharmacological study on HX0969W, a novel water-soluble pro-drug of propofol, in rats

YuJun Zhang, YingYing Jiang, HaiYan Wang, Bin Wang, Jun Yang, Yi Kang, Jun Chen, Jin Liu, Wen-sheng Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8922 PubMed 32337104

April 29, 2020

The predictive value of PRDM2 in solid tumor: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Caroline Tanadi, Alfredo Bambang, Indra Putra Wendi, Veronika M. Sidharta, Linawati Hananta, Anton Sumarpo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8826 PubMed 32391195

April 2, 2020

Development of vocal emotion recognition in school-age children: The EmoHI test for hearing-impaired populations

Leanne Nagels, Etienne Gaudrain, Deborah Vickers, Marta Matos Lopes, Petra Hendriks, Deniz Başkent

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8773 PubMed 32274264

April 15, 2020

Predicting the risk of sarcopenia in elderly patients with patellar fracture: development and assessment of a new predictive nomogram

Yi-sheng Chen, Yan-xian Cai, Xue-ran Kang, Zi-hui Zhou, Xin Qi, Chen-ting Ying, Yun-peng Zhang, Jie Tao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8793 PubMed 32328345

April 24, 2020

Identification of exosomal miRNAs associated with the anthracycline-induced liver injury in postoperative breast cancer patients by small RNA sequencing

Yue Zhang, Di Wang, Di Shen, Yang Luo, Yi-Qun Che

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9021 PubMed 32355577

April 21, 2020

Awareness and experiences of cosmetic treatment providers with body dysmorphic disorder in Saudi Arabia

Abdullah E. Kattan, Nujaim H. Alnujaim, Omar Barasain, Theo K. Bouman, Reema AlHammad, Berend Van der Lei

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8959 PubMed 32341899

April 9, 2020

Inhibition of excessive mitophagy by N-acetyl-L-tryptophan confers hepatoprotection against Ischemia-Reperfusion injury in rats

Huiting Li, Yitong Pan, Hongjuan Wu, Shuna Yu, Jianxin Wang, Jie Zheng, Can Wang, Jianguo Li, Jiying Jiang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8665 PubMed 32296597

April 14, 2020

The prognostic value of preoperative serum CA724 for CEA-normal colorectal cancer patients

Jiaan Kuang, Yizhen Gong, Hailun Xie, Ling Yan, Shizhen Huang, Feng Gao, Shuangyi Tang, Jialiang Gan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8936 PubMed 32328348

April 6, 2020

ELMO2 association with Gαi2 regulates pancreatic cancer cell chemotaxis and metastasis

Yecheng Wang, Hongyan Li, Fei Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8910 PubMed 32292657

April 24, 2020

Predictive value of three Inflammation-based Glasgow Prognostic Scores for major cardiovascular adverse events in patients with acute myocardial infarction during hospitalization: a retrospective study

Houyong Zhu, Zhaodong Li, Xiaoqun Xu, Xiaojiang Fang, Tielong Chen, Jinyu Huang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9068 PubMed 32355581

April 20, 2020

Immune response of human cultured cells towards macrocyclic Fe₂PO and Fe₂PC bioactive cyclophane complexes

Alex J. Salazar-Medina, Enrique F. Velazquez-Contreras, Rocio Sugich-Miranda, Hisila Santacruz, Rosa E. Navarro, Fernando Rocha-Alonzo, Maria A. Islas-Osuna, Patricia L. Chen, Sarah G.B. Christian, Amelia A. Romoser, Scott V. Dindot, Christie M. Sayes, Rogerio R. Sotelo-Mundo, Michael F. Criscitiello

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8956 PubMed 32341898

April 9, 2020

Temporal features of individual and collective self-referential processing: an event-related potential study

Cuihong Liu, Wenjie Li, Rong Wang, Yaohan Cai, Jie Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8917 PubMed 32296609

April 2, 2020

An investigation of perceptual biases in complex regional pain syndrome

Annick L. De Paepe, Valéry Legrain, Lien Van der Biest, Nadine Hollevoet, Alexander Van Tongel, Lieven De Wilde, Herlinde Jacobs, Geert Crombez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8819 PubMed 32274265