FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.KLK7, a tissue kallikrein‐related peptidase, is elevated in advanced colorectal cancer and associated with shorter survival. High KLK7 levels in ascites correlate with peritoneal metastasis. In mice, KLK7 overexpression increases metastasis. In vitro, KLK7 enhances cancer cell proliferation, migration, adhesion, and spheroid formation, driving ...
Yosr Z. Haffani +6 more
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Patient perspectives: explaining low rates of compliance to compression therapy
Wound Practice and Research, 2019 Background Although varied interventions are used to prevent venous leg ulcers (VLUs), compression therapy remains the gold standard for VLU prevention and treatment1–3. However, non-compliance remains an issue.
Francisca Chitambira
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Alcohol‐induced altered glycans in human tracheal epithelial cells promote bacterial adhesion
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Alcohol induces altered glycans to promote bacteria adhesion. Heavy alcohol drinking is known to increase the risk of bacterial pneumonia. However, the link between alcohol levels and risk of infection remains underexplored. Recently, we found that alcohol induced α2‐6sialo mucin O‐glycans in human tracheobronchial epithelial cells, which mediated the ...
Pi‐Wan Cheng +2 more
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Recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic venous disease
Zdravniški Vestnik, 2017 Clinical manifestations of chronic superficial venous insufficiency are described, followed by recommendations for diagnostic evaluation and various treatment possibilities.
Nada Kecelj Leskovec +8 more
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A Case Report on Theruptor Novo: An Antimicrobial Dressing in the Management of Venous Leg Ulcer [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic ResearchVenous Leg Ulcer (VLU) is defined as any break in the skin that has either been present for longer than six weeks or occurs in a person with a history of VLU.
Subhash M Kale
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Creating innovation in lymphoedema nursing through collaboration [PDF]
, 2009 Against a background of fiscal and regulatory pressure to rationalize and justify health-care interventions, there is an underlying political message that greater cooperation and collaboration would improve health-care for all.
Davies, R., Jones, J.
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Cutaneous Melanoma Drives Metabolic Changes in the Aged Bone Marrow Immune Microenvironment
Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.Melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, increasingly affects older adults. Our study reveals that melanoma induces changes in iron and lipid levels in the bone marrow, impacting immune cell populations and increasing susceptibility to ferroptosis.
Alexis E. Carey +12 more
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Ask the expert: How to prevent leg ulcer recurrence when moving into compression hosiery. Leg ulceration [PDF]
, 2015 Once patients’ leg ulcers are healed, it is recommended that you move them from compression bandaging into leg ulcer hosiery kits or maintenance hosiery.
Atkin, Leanne
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Case study: obesity, genital oedema and lower limb compression bandaging [PDF]
, 2017 The purpose of this article is to present an evidenced based rationale for lymphoedema compression bandaging one aspect of treatment for a patient with complex lower limb lymphoedema.
Lister, Lindsey, Noble-Jones, Rhian
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Compression therapy in venous diseases: current forms of compression materials and techniques
Advances in Dermatology and Allergology, 2019 Compression therapy (CT) is an established treatment method in chronic venous disease (CVD). The paper presents information on different CT forms with indications and contraindications based on expert consensuses from recent years.
Andrzej Berszakiewicz +4 more
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