Metastatic niche shaped by host factors influences disseminated cancer cell fate
Metastasis is shaped not only by cancer cells but also by the environments they encounter. This review explores how factors such as aging, diet, the microbiome, lifestyle, and environmental exposures remodel organ‐specific niches in the lung, liver, bone, and brain, influencing where metastatic cells survive, remain dormant, or grow, and ultimately ...
Gwennan Delyth Ward +2 more
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The Leverage of International Institutions on Democratizing States: Eastern Europe and the European Union [PDF]
democratization; EU-East-Central Europe; Europeanization; globalization ...
Milada Anna Vachudova
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Motives and strategies for foreign direct investment in central and eastern Europe
The countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) are undergoing a process of transformation from centrally planned command economies towards a market orientation.
Marinov, Marin Alexandrov, +1 more
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Conservation easements – project selection criteria for quarries in Europe
Carolina Halevy +2 more
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The Extraordinary Efforts of Ordinary People in Ukraine
Kristalena Herman, a Peace Corps volunteer in Ukraine from 2019 to 2020, considers the experience of men and women who continue to live in Ukraine, some very close to the frontlines. She features interviews with a CEO of a medical facility in Mykolayiv,
Kristalena Herman
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Lysyl oxidase (LOX)‐mediated remodeling of the extracellular matrix
The lysyl oxidase (LOX) family of enzymes drives extracellular matrix remodeling by oxidizing collagen, elastin, and fibronectin, promoting covalent cross‐link formation. This activity regulates tissue architecture and mechanical properties, while its dysregulation contributes to fibrosis, cardiovascular disease, glaucoma, connective tissue disorders ...
Fernando Rodríguez‐Pascual +3 more
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Whither growth in central and eastern Europe? Policy lessons for an integrated Europe [PDF]
In this Blueprint, Bruegel Resident Fellows Zsolt Darvas, Jean Pisani-Ferry, André Sapir and their co-authors Torbjörn Becker, Daniel Daianu, Vladimir Gligorov, Michael A Landesmann, Pavle Petrovic, Dariusz K.
Beatrice Weder di Mauro +8 more
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Review of antibiotics in National Medicines Selection Lists in eastern Europe and central Asia
vi, 23 p.This report presents results of a review of antibiotics contained in national medicines selection lists of 18 non-European Union Member States in the WHO European Region. The review compared antibiotics in national medicines selection lists used
World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
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Power, the State, and Belonging in Central Europe
This introduction provides a brief overview of the key features and themes of the 2020 volume.
Elizabeth Dillenburg
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Tumour–host interactions in Drosophila: mechanisms in the tumour micro‐ and macroenvironment
This review examines how tumour–host crosstalk takes place at multiple levels of biological organisation, from local cell competition and immune crosstalk to organism‐wide metabolic and physiological collapse. Here, we integrate findings from Drosophila melanogaster studies that reveal conserved mechanisms through which tumours hijack host systems to ...
José Teles‐Reis, Tor Erik Rusten
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