Medicine - Table of Contents

April 28, 2020

Knockdown of CDCA8 inhibits the proliferation and enhances the apoptosis of bladder cancer cells

Xin Gao, Xiaohong Wen, Haowei He, Linlin Zheng, Yibo Yang, Jinlian Yang, Haifang Liu, Xiguo Zhou, Changshun Yang, Yinyi Chen, Mei Chen, Shufang Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9078 PubMed 32377458

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 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 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

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 10, 2020

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

Jiaojiao Song, Junmei Zhou