Medicine - Table of Contents

June 3, 2020

Real-time reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification for rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2

Yee Ling Lau, Ilyiana Ismail, Nur Izati Mustapa, Meng Yee Lai, Tuan Suhaila Tuan Soh, Afifah Hassan, Kalaiarasu M. Peariasamy, Yee Leng Lee, Yoong Min Chong, I-Ching Sam, Pik Pin Goh

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9278 PubMed 32547882

June 8, 2020

Muscle activation varies between high-bar and low-bar back squat

Michal Murawa, Anna Fryzowicz, Jaroslaw Kabacinski, Jakub Jurga, Joanna Gorwa, Manuela Galli, Matteo Zago

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9256 PubMed 32551198

June 5, 2020

Computational analysis of microRNA-mediated interactions in SARS-CoV-2 infection

Müşerref Duygu Saçar Demirci, Aysun Adan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9369 PubMed 32547891

June 3, 2020

Air transportation, population density and temperature predict the spread of COVID-19 in Brazil

Pedro Pequeno, Bruna Mendel, Clarissa Rosa, Mariane Bosholn, Jorge Luiz Souza, Fabricio Baccaro, Reinaldo Barbosa, William Magnusson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9322 PubMed 32547889

June 3, 2020

Culicidae-centric metabarcoding through targeted use of D2 ribosomal DNA primers

Pedro M. Pedro, Jandui Amorim, Martha V.R. Rojas, Ivy Luizi Sá, Allan Kardec Ribeiro Galardo, Noel Fernandes Santos Neto, Dario Pires de Carvalho, Kaio Augusto Nabas Ribeiro, Maria Tereza Pepe Razzolini, Maria Anice Mureb Sallum

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9057 PubMed 32607275

June 4, 2020

Contributions of Latin American researchers in the understanding of the novel coronavirus outbreak: a literature review

Karen Y. Fiesco-Sepúlveda, Luis Miguel Serrano-Bermúdez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9332 PubMed 32547890

June 4, 2020

Comparative study of gut microbiota in Tibetan wild asses (Equus kiang) and domestic donkeys (Equus asinus) on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau

Hongjin Liu, Xinquan Zhao, Xueping Han, Shixiao Xu, Liang Zhao, Linyong Hu, Tianwei Xu, Na Zhao, Xiaoling Zhang, Dongdong Chen, Fuquan He, Xin Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9032 PubMed 32547852

June 1, 2020

The severity of mobile phone addiction and its relationship with quality of life in Chinese university students

Lu Li, Grace K.I. Lok, Song Li Mei, Xi Ling Cui, Lin Li, Chee H. Ng, Gabor S. Ungvari, Juan Zhang, Feng Rong An, Yu Tao Xiang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8859 PubMed 32547849

June 23, 2020

Modelling fatality curves of COVID-19 and the effectiveness of intervention strategies

Giovani L. Vasconcelos, Antônio M.S. Macêdo, Raydonal Ospina, Francisco A.G. Almeida, Gerson C. Duarte-Filho, Arthur A. Brum, Inês C.L. Souza

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9421 PubMed 32612894

June 23, 2020

Marsupial and monotreme milk—a review of its nutrient and immune properties

Hayley J. Stannard, Robert D. Miller, Julie M. Old

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9335 PubMed 32612884

June 1, 2020

The prediction of swim start performance based on squat jump force-time characteristics

Shiqi Thng, Simon Pearson, Evelyne Rathbone, Justin W.L. Keogh

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9208 PubMed 32547864

June 9, 2020

COVID-19: Taiwan’s epidemiological characteristics and public and hospital responses

Chih-Ming Chang, Ting-Wan Tan, Tai-Cheng Ho, Chung-Chu Chen, Tsung-Hsien Su, Chien-Yu Lin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9360 PubMed 32551205

June 29, 2020

Hemogram data as a tool for decision-making in COVID-19 management: applications to resource scarcity scenarios

Eduardo Avila, Alessandro Kahmann, Clarice Alho, Marcio Dorn

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9482 PubMed 32656001

June 26, 2020

Whole genome sequencing analysis identifies recurrent structural alterations in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Munmee Dutta, Hidewaki Nakagawa, Hiroaki Kato, Kazuhiro Maejima, Shota Sasagawa, Kaoru Nakano, Aya Sasaki-Oku, Akihiro Fujimoto, Raúl Nicolás Mateos, Ashwini Patil, Hiroko Tanaka, Satoru Miyano, Takushi Yasuda, Kenta Nakai, Masashi Fujita

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9294 PubMed 32617189

June 25, 2020

Searching for a signature involving 10 genes to predict the survival of patients with acute myelocytic leukemia through a combined multi-omics analysis

Haifeng Zhuang, Yu Chen, Xianfu Sheng, Lili Hong, Ruilan Gao, Xiaofen Zhuang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9437 PubMed 32617195

June 1, 2020

Prognostic significance of PI3K/AKT/ mTOR signaling pathway members in clear cell renal cell carcinoma

Demin Fan, Qiang Liu, Fei Wu, Na Liu, Hongyi Qu, Yijiao Yuan, Yong Li, Huayu Gao, Juntao Ge, Yue Xu, Hao Wang, Qingyong Liu, Zuohui Zhao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9261 PubMed 32547875

June 22, 2020

A game-theoretic model of Monkeypox to assess vaccination strategies

Sri Vibhaav Bankuru, Samuel Kossol, William Hou, Parsa Mahmoudi, Jan Rychtář, Dewey Taylor

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9272 PubMed 32607280

June 8, 2020

Development of a novel in vitro insulin resistance model in primary human tenocytes for diabetic tendinopathy research

Hui Yee Tan, Sik Loo Tan, Seow Hui Teo, Margaret M. Roebuck, Simon P. Frostick, Tunku Kamarul

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8740 PubMed 32587790

June 9, 2020

Validation of a general subjective well-being factor using Classical Test Theory

Ali Al Nima, Kevin M. Cloninger, Franco Lucchese, Sverker Sikström, Danilo Garcia

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9193 PubMed 32551193

June 19, 2020

LCZ696 mitigates diabetic-induced nephropathy through inhibiting oxidative stress, NF-κB mediated inflammation and glomerulosclerosis in rats

Mohamed Mohany, Ahmed Z. Alanazi, Faleh Alqahtani, Osamah M. Belali, Mohammed M. Ahmed, Salim S. Al-Rejaie

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9196 PubMed 32596035

June 15, 2020

Identification of prognostic risk factors for pancreatic cancer using bioinformatics analysis

Dandan Jin, Yujie Jiao, Jie Ji, Wei Jiang, Wenkai Ni, Yingcheng Wu, Runzhou Ni, Cuihua Lu, Lishuai Qu, Hongbing Ni, Jinxia Liu, Weisong Xu, MingBing Xiao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9301 PubMed 32587798

June 8, 2020

Lycopene alleviates oxidative stress via the PI3K/Akt/Nrf2pathway in a cell model of Alzheimer’s disease

Yinchao Fang, Shanshan Ou, Tong Wu, Lingqi Zhou, Hai Tang, Mei Jiang, Jie Xu, Kaihua Guo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9308 PubMed 32551202

June 10, 2020

Consumer perceptions and reported wild and domestic meat and fish consumption behavior during the Ebola epidemic in Guinea, West Africa

Lucie Duonamou, Alexandre Konate, Sylvie Djègo Djossou, Guy Apollinaire Mensah, Jiliang Xu, Tatyana Humle

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9229 PubMed 32566394

June 22, 2020

Whole-genome sequence analyses of Glaesserella parasuis isolates reveals extensive genomic variation and diverse antibiotic resistance determinants

Xiulin Wan, Xinhui Li, Todd Osmundson, Chunling Li, He Yan