Medicine - Table of Contents

January 15, 2021

Overexpressed PLAU and its potential prognostic value in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Zhexuan Li, Changhan Chen, Juncheng Wang, Ming Wei, Guancheng Liu, Yuexiang Qin, Li She, Yong Liu, Donghai Huang, Yongquan Tian, Gangcai Zhu, Xin Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10746 PubMed 33520474

January 29, 2021

ATR-FTIR, EDS and SEM evaluations of enamel structure after treatment with hydrogen peroxide bleaching agents loaded with nano-hydroxyapatite particles

Giulia Orilisi, Vincenzo Tosco, Riccardo Monterubbianesi, Valentina Notarstefano, Mutlu Özcan, Angelo Putignano, Giovanna Orsini

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10606 PubMed 33575125

January 21, 2021

COVID-19 mortality in cancer patients: a report from a tertiary cancer centre in India

Anurag Mehta, Smreti Vasudevan, Anuj Parkash, Anurag Sharma, Tanu Vashist, Vidya Krishna

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10599 PubMed 33552716

January 13, 2021

The association between serum uric acid and diabetic complications in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by gender: a cross-sectional study

Yimeng Hu, Qinge Li, Rui Min, Yingfeng Deng, Yancheng Xu, Ling Gao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10691 PubMed 33520463

January 15, 2021

Prediction of state anxiety by machine learning applied to photoplethysmography data

David Perpetuini, Antonio Maria Chiarelli, Daniela Cardone, Chiara Filippini, Sergio Rinella, Simona Massimino, Francesco Bianco, Valentina Bucciarelli, Vincenzo Vinciguerra, Piero Fallica, Vincenzo Perciavalle, Sabina Gallina, Sabrina Conoci, Arcangelo Merla

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10448 PubMed 33520434

January 8, 2021

Silk derived formulations for accelerated wound healing in diabetic mice

Muniba Tariq, Hafiz Muhammad Tahir, Samima Asad Butt, Shaukat Ali, Asma Bashir Ahmad, Chand Raza, Muhammad Summer, Ali Hassan, Junaid Nadeem

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10232 PubMed 33510964

January 21, 2021

Evaluation of two fluorescence immunoassays for the rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 antigen—new tool to detect infective COVID-19 patients

Lorena Porte, Paulette Legarraga, Mirentxu Iruretagoyena, Valeska Vollrath, Gabriel Pizarro, Jose Munita, Rafael Araos, Thomas Weitzel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10801 PubMed 33552746

January 19, 2021

Trends in the incidence, prevalence and years lived with disability of facial fracture at global, regional and national levels from 1990 to 2017

Jin Wu, Anjie Min, Weiming Wang, Tong Su

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10693 PubMed 33552726

January 7, 2021

Differential relieving effects of shikonin and its derivatives on inflammation and mucosal barrier damage caused by ulcerative colitis

Hongwei Han, Wenxue Sun, Lu Feng, Zhongling Wen, Minkai Yang, Yingying Ma, Jiangyan Fu, Xiaopeng Ma, Xinhong Xu, Zhaoyue Wang, Tongming Yin, Xiao-Ming Wang, Gui-Hua Lu, Jin-Liang Qi, Hongyan Lin, Yonghua Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10675 PubMed 33505807

January 12, 2021

Effects of subjective and objective autoregulation methods for intensity and volume on enhancing maximal strength during resistance-training interventions: a systematic review

Stian Larsen, Eirik Kristiansen, Roland van den Tillaar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10663 PubMed 33520457

January 19, 2021

Knowledge and attitudes towards stem cells and the significance of their medical application among healthcare sciences students of Jouf University

Abdulrahman Almaeen, Farooq Ahmed Wani, Ashokkumar Thirunavukkarasu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10661 PubMed 33552720

January 11, 2021

Associations between self-reported and objective face recognition abilities are only evident in above- and below-average recognisers

Alejandro J. Estudillo, Hoo Keat Wong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10629 PubMed 33510971

January 26, 2021

A novel IMU-based clinical assessment protocol for Axial Spondyloarthritis: a protocol validation study

Luca Franco, Raj Sengupta, Logan Wade, Dario Cazzola

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10623 PubMed 33569248

January 19, 2021

Identification of hub genes and biological pathways in hepatocellular carcinoma by integrated bioinformatics analysis

Qian Zhao, Yan Zhang, Shichun Shao, Yeqing Sun, Zhengkui Lin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10594 PubMed 33552715

January 8, 2021

Perfluorooctane sulfonate exerts inflammatory bowel disease-like intestinal injury in rats

Hai Liang, Miao Yang, Cheng Zeng, Wei Wu, Liying Zhao, Yu Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10644 PubMed 33510972

January 29, 2021

A systematic review and realist synthesis on toilet paper hoarding: COVID or not COVID, that is the question

Javier Labad, Alexandre González-Rodríguez, Jesus Cobo, Joaquim Puntí, Josep Maria Farré

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10771 PubMed 33575133

January 13, 2021

Effectiveness of iron polymaltose complex in treatment and prevention of iron deficiency anemia in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ritzzaleena Rosli Mohd Rosli, Mohd Noor Norhayati, Shaiful Bahari Ismail

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10527 PubMed 33520436

January 15, 2021

Hyperglycemia in severe traumatic brain injury patients and its association with thirty-day mortality: a prospective observational cohort study in Uganda

Paul Matovu, Musa Kirya, Moses Galukande, Joel Kiryabwire, John Mukisa, William Ocen, Michael Lowery Wilson, Anne Abio, Herman Lule

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10589 PubMed 33520442

January 13, 2021

Consistency of dark skeletal muscles in Thai native black-bone chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus)

Wannapimol Kriangwanich, Promporn Piboon, Wirakorn Sakorn, Kittisak Buddhachat, Varankpicha Kochagul, Kidsadagon Pringproa, Supamit Mekchay, Korakot Nganvongpanit

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10728 PubMed 33520473

January 15, 2021

High expression of MAPK-14 promoting the death of chondrocytes is an important signal of osteoarthritis process

Zhiqin Deng, Xiaotian Hu, Murad Alahdal, Jianquan Liu, Zhe Zhao, Xiaoqiang Chen, Junxiong Xie, Li Duan, Daping Wang, Wencui Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10656 PubMed 33520453

January 5, 2021

miR-875-5p exerts tumor-promoting function via down-regulation of CAPZA1 in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Nan Kang, Yunwei Ou, Guangchao Wang, Jie Chen, Dan Li, Qimin Zhan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10020 PubMed 33505778

January 27, 2021

Clinical relevance assessment of animal preclinical research (RAA) tool: development and explanation

Kurinchi S. Gurusamy, David Moher, Marilena Loizidou, Irfan Ahmed, Marc T. Avey, Carly C. Barron, Brian Davidson, Miriam Dwek, Christian Gluud, Gavin Jell, Kiran Katakam, Joshua Montroy, Timothy D. McHugh, Nicola J. Osborne, Merel Ritskes-Hoitinga, Kees van Laarhoven, Jan Vollert, Manoj Lalu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10673 PubMed 33569250

January 14, 2021

Identification of a novel association for the WWOX/HIF1A axis with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)

Izabela Baryla, Elzbieta Pluciennik, Katarzyna Kośla, Marzena Wojcik, Andrzej Zieleniak, Monika Zurawska-Klis, Katarzyna Cypryk, Lucyna Alicja Wozniak, Andrzej K Bednarek

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10604 PubMed 33520443

January 13, 2021

Antibiotic prescription practices and attitudes towards the use of antimicrobials among veterinarians in the City of Tshwane, South Africa

Ronita Samuels, Daniel Nenene Qekwana, James W. Oguttu, Agricola Odoi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10144 PubMed 33520429

January 27, 2021

Arithmetic processing in children with dyscalculia: an event-related potential study

Sonia Y. Cárdenas, Juan Silva-Pereyra, Belén Prieto-Corona, Susana A. Castro-Chavira, Thalía Fernández

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10489 PubMed 33569247