Medicine - Table of Contents

November 12, 2020

The rs78378222 prevalence and the copy loss of the protective allele A in the tumor tissue of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

Elena N. Voropaeva, Yuriy L. Orlov, Tatiana I. Pospelova, Anna A. Gurageva, Mikhail I. Voevoda, Vladimir N. Maksimov, Olga B. Seregina, Maria I. Churkina

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10335 PubMed 33240649

November 3, 2020

Gut microbiota in hospitalized children with acute infective gastroenteritis caused by virus or bacteria in a regional Peruvian hospital

Andre Alonso Taco-Masias, Augusto R. Fernandez-Aristi, Angela Cornejo-Tapia, Miguel Angel Aguilar-Luis, Luis J. del Valle, Wilmer Silva-Caso, Victor Zavaleta-Gavidia, Pablo Weilg, Hernán Cornejo-Pacherres, Jorge Bazán-Mayra, Zully M. Puyen, Juana del Valle-Mendoza

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9964 PubMed 33194370

November 10, 2020

Differential effects of cotreatment of the antibiotic rifampin with host-directed therapeutics in reducing intracellular Staphylococcus aureus infection

Melissa D. Evans, Robert Sammelson, Susan McDowell

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10330 PubMed 33240647

November 3, 2020

A 22-amino-acid peptide regulates tight junctions through occludin and cell apoptosis

Maoying Zhu, Juan Lu, Jianyun Shen, Lumin Fei, Deyu Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10147 PubMed 33194394

November 17, 2020

Increased copy number of syncytin-1 in the trophectoderm is associated with implantation of the blastocyst

Luyan Guo, Fang Gu, Yan Xu, Canquan Zhou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10368 PubMed 33240670

November 18, 2020

Indomethacin augments lipopolysaccharide-induced expression of inflammatory molecules in the mouse brain

Mona Yasin Mohamed, Willias Masocha

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10391 PubMed 33240677

November 4, 2020

Identification of the miRNA-mRNA regulatory pathways and a miR-21-5p based nomogram model in clear cell renal cell carcinoma

Yiqiao Zhao, Zijia Tao, Xiaonan Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10292 PubMed 33194441

November 27, 2020

Cumulative oxygen deficit is a novel predictor for the timing of invasive mechanical ventilation in COVID-19 patients with respiratory distress

Huiqing Ge, Jian-cang Zhou, FangFang Lv, Junli Zhang, Jun Yi, Changming Yang, Lingwei Zhang, Yuhan Zhou, Binbin Ren, Qing Pan, Zhongheng Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10497 PubMed 33312774

November 30, 2020

Addition of L-cysteine to the N- or C-terminus of the all-D-enantiomer [_D(KLAKLAK)₂] increases antimicrobial activities against multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumannii and Escherichia coli

Maki K. Ohno, Teruo Kirikae, Eisaku Yoshihara, Fumiko Kirikae, Isao Ishida

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10176 PubMed 33335804

November 12, 2020

A combination of two ELISA tests for nasopharyngeal carcinoma screening in endemic areas based on a case-control study

Dongping Rao, Meiqin Fu, Yingjie Chen, Qing Liu, Lin Xiao, Xin Zhang, Zhongxiao Li, Haitao Li, Yongyi He, Yongxing Chen, Jieying Chen, Jin Hu, Yanming Huang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10254 PubMed 33240616

November 18, 2020

Processing moving visual scenes during upright stance in elderly patients with mild cognitive impairment

Martin Kucharik, Zuzana Kosutzka, Jozef Pucik, Michal Hajduk, Marian Saling

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10363 PubMed 33240666

November 6, 2020

Transmissibility of coronavirus disease 2019 in Chinese cities with different dynamics of imported cases

Ka Chun Chong, Wei Cheng, Shi Zhao, Feng Ling, Kirran N. Mohammad, Maggie Wang, Benny CY Zee, Lai Wei, Xi Xiong, Hengyan Liu, Jingxuan Wang, Enfu Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10350 PubMed 33194456

November 13, 2020

Regional infectious risk prediction of COVID-19 based on geo-spatial data

Xuewei Cheng, Zhaozhou Han, Badamasi Abba, Hong Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10139 PubMed 33240596

November 4, 2020

Tnni1b-ECR183-d2, an 87 bp cardiac enhancer of zebrafish

Yawen Zhang, Feng Wang, Fang Wu, Youhua Wang, Xu Wang, Yonghao Gui, Qiang Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10289 PubMed 33194440

November 26, 2020

Evolutionary dynamics and geographic dispersal of beta coronaviruses in African bats

Babatunde O. Motayo, Olukunle Oluwapamilerin Oluwasemowo, Paul A. Akinduti

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10434 PubMed 33304657

November 23, 2020

Effects of whole-body vibrations on neuromuscular fatigue: a study with sets of different durations

Miloš Kalc, Ramona Ritzmann, Vojko Strojnik

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10388 PubMed 33282559

November 11, 2020

Maternal sitagliptin treatment attenuates offspring glucose metabolism and intestinal proinflammatory cytokines IL-6 and TNF-α expression in male rats

Qian Zhang, Xinhua Xiao, Jia Zheng, Ming Li, Miao Yu, Fan Ping, Tong Wang, Xiaojing Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10310 PubMed 33240638

November 27, 2020

The mRNA landscape profiling reveals potential biomarkers associated with acute kidney injury AKI after kidney transplantation

Hui Bi, Min Zhang, Jialin Wang, Gang Long

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10441 PubMed 33312771

November 3, 2020

A model of population dynamics with complex household structure and mobility: implications for transmission and control of communicable diseases

Rebecca H. Chisholm, Bradley Crammond, Yue Wu, Asha C. Bowen, Patricia T. Campbell, Steven Y.C. Tong, Jodie McVernon, Nicholas Geard

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10203 PubMed 33194407

November 4, 2020

Identifying myocardial injuries in “normal-appearing” myocardium in pediatric patients with clinically suspected myocarditis using mapping techniques

Haipeng Wang, Bin Zhao, Huan Yang, Tianyi Qian, Bo Han, Haipeng Jia, Jing An, Junyu Zhao, Ximing Wang, Cuiyan Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10252 PubMed 33194425

November 26, 2020

Early abolition of cough reflex predicts mortality in deeply sedated brain-injured patients

Stanislas Kandelman, Jérémy Allary, Raphael Porcher, Cássia Righy, Clarissa Francisca Valdez, Frank Rasulo, Nicholas Heming, Guy Moneger, Eric Azabou, Guillaume Savary, Djillali Annane, Fabrice Chretien, Nicola Latronico, Fernando Augusto Bozza, Benjamin Rohaut, Tarek Sharshar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10326 PubMed 33304651

November 17, 2020

A valid and reliable measure of nothing: disentangling the “Gavagai effect” in survey data

Victor B. Arias, Fernando P. Ponce, Martin Bruggeman, Noelia Flores, Cristina Jenaro

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10209 PubMed 33240604

November 24, 2020

HIV-1 promoter is gradually silenced when integrated into BACH2 in Jurkat T-cells

Anne Inderbitzin, Yik Lim Kok, Lisa Jörimann, Audrey Kelley, Kathrin Neumann, Daniel Heinzer, Toni Cathomen, Karin J. Metzner

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10321 PubMed 33282555

November 11, 2020

Development and validation of Egyptian developmental screening chart for children from birth up to 30 months

Ali M. El Shafie, Zein A.L. Omar, Mai M. Bashir, Sorour F. Mahmoud, Elsayedamr M. Basma, Ahmed E. Hussein, Alaa Mosad Mostafa, Wael A. Bahbah