Medicine - Table of Contents

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 15, 2020

REG γ knockdown suppresses proliferation by inducing apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in osteosarcoma

Zhiqiang Yin, Hao Jin, Shibo Huang, Guofan Qu, Qinggang Meng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8954 PubMed 32328351

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 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 14, 2020

Agility-based exercise training compared to traditional strength and balance training in older adults: a pilot randomized trial

Eric Lichtenstein, Mareike Morat, Ralf Roth, Lars Donath, Oliver Faude

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8781 PubMed 32328344

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 14, 2020

Serum microRNAs as potential new biomarkers for cisplatin resistance in gastric cancer patients

Lei Jin, Nan Zhang, Qian Zhang, Guoqian Ding, Zhenghan Yang, Zhongtao Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8943 PubMed 32328349

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 14, 2020

Clinical applicability of the Feline Grimace Scale: real-time versus image scoring and the influence of sedation and surgery

Marina C. Evangelista, Javier Benito, Beatriz P. Monteiro, Ryota Watanabe, Graeme M. Doodnaught, Daniel S.J. Pang, Paulo V. Steagall

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8967 PubMed 32322445

April 14, 2020

Accumulation of sequence variants in genes of Wnt signaling and focal adhesion pathways in human corneas further explains their involvement in keratoconus

Justyna A. Karolak, Tomasz Gambin, Malgorzata Rydzanicz, Piotr Polakowski, Rafal Ploski, Jacek P. Szaflik, Marzena Gajecka

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8982 PubMed 32328353

April 14, 2020

Proteomic profiling analysis of postmenopausal osteoporosis and osteopenia identifies potential proteins associated with low bone mineral density

Dageng Huang, Yangyang Wang, Jing Lv, Yuzhu Yan, Ya Hu, Cuicui Liu, Feng Zhang, Jihan Wang, Dingjun Hao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9009 PubMed 32328356

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 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 13, 2020

Interthalamic adhesion size in aging dogs with presumptive spontaneous brain microhemorrhages: a comparative retrospective MRI study of dogs with and without evidence of canine cognitive dysfunction

Curtis W. Dewey, Mark Rishniw, Philippa J. Johnson, Emma S. Davies, Joseph J. Sackman, Marissa O’Donnell, Simon Platt, Kelsey Robinson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9012 PubMed 32322448

April 10, 2020

Association between self-rated health and physical performance in middle-aged and older women from Northeast Brazil

Sabrina Gabrielle Gomes Fernandes, Catherine M. Pirkle, Tetine Sentell, José Vilton Costa, Alvaro Campos Cavalcanti Maciel, Saionara Maria Aires da Câmara

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8876 PubMed 32309044

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 10, 2020

Validation of a handheld β-hydroxybutyrate acid meter to identify hyperketonaemia in ewes

Carolina Akiko Sato Cabral Araújo, Antonio Humberto Hamad Minervino, Rejane Santos Sousa, Francisco Leonardo Costa Oliveira, Frederico Augusto Mazzocca Lopes Rodrigues, Clara Satsuki Mori, Enrico Lippi Ortolani

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8933 PubMed 32309049

April 10, 2020

Effects of preservation duration at 4 °C on the quality of RNA in rabbit blood specimens

Jiaojiao Song, Junmei Zhou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8940 PubMed 32309050

April 10, 2020

A rapid and accurate method for the detection of four aminoglycoside modifying enzyme drug resistance gene in clinical strains of Escherichia coli by a multiplex polymerase chain reaction

Yaoqiang Shi, Chao Li, Guangying Yang, Xueshan Xia, Xiaoqin Mao, Yue Fang, A-Mei Zhang, Yuzhu Song

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8944 PubMed 32309051

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