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Genes and Pathways Regulating Decline in Lung Function and Airway Remodeling in Asthma. [PDF]

, 2019
Asthma is a common disorder of the airways characterized by airway inflammation and by decline in lung function and airway remodeling in a subset of asthmatics.
Broide, David H, Hur, Gyu Young
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Mycophenolate Mofetil Treatment Reduces the Risk of Treatment Escalation Due to Vascular Complications in Limited Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis: Emulation of a Target Trial From the Italian Rheumatology Society SPRING Registry

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) use in limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis (lcSSc) is relatively uncommon because of the lower fibrotic burden and the predominance of vascular complications. In vitro observations and clinical data from transplanted patients suggest a protective effect of MMF on endothelial function.
Enrico De Lorenzis, Gerlando Natalello, Rossella De Angelis, Lucrezia Verardi, Dilia Giuggioli, Gianluigi Bajocchi, Lorenzo Dagna, Silvia Bellando‐Randone, Giovanni Zanframundo, Rosario Foti, Fabio Cacciapaglia, Giovanna Cuomo, Alarico Ariani, Edoardo Rosato, Gemma Lepri, Francesco Girelli, Valeria Riccieri, Elisabetta Zanatta, Ilaria Cavazzana, Francesca Ingegnoli, Maria De Santis, Giuseppe Murdaca, Giuseppina Abignano, Giorgio Pettiti, Alessandra Della Rossa, Maurizio Caminiti, Annamaria Iuliano, Giovanni Ciano, Lorenzo Beretta, Gianluca Bagnato, Ennio Lubrano, Maria Ilenia De Andres, Alessandro Giollo, Cosimo Bruni, Martina Orlandi, Marco Fornaro, Marta Saracco, Cecilia Agnes, Pier Giacomo Cerasuolo, Gabriella Alonzi, Edoardo Cipolletta, Federica Lumetti, Amelia Spinella, Luca Magnani, Corrado Campochiaro, Giacomo De Luca, Veronica Codullo, Elisa Visalli, Carlo Iandoli, Antonietta Gigante, Greta Pellegrino, Erika Pigatto, Maria‐Grazia Lazzaroni, Franco Franceschini, Elena Generali, Gianna Mennillo, Simone Barsotti, Giuseppa Pagano Mariano, Federica Furini, Licia Vultaggio, Simone Parisi, Clara Lisa Peroni, Gerolamo Bianchi, Enrico Fusaro, Gian Domenico Sebastiani, Marcello Govoni, Salvatore D'Angelo, Franco Cozzi, Fabrizio Conti, Serena Guiducci, Andrea Doria, Carlo Salvarani, Florenzo Iannone, Maria Antonietta D'Agostino, Clodoveo Ferri, Marco Matucci Cerinic, Silvia Laura Bosello, on behalf of the SPRING Italian Registry Collaborators   +77 more
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Retractions in Rheumatology: Trends, Causes, and Implications for Research Integrity

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We aimed to describe the trends and main reasons for study retraction in rheumatology literature. Methods We reviewed the Retraction Watch database to identify retracted articles in rheumatology. We recorded the main study characteristics, authors’ countries, reasons for retraction, time from publication to retraction, and trends over time ...
Anna Maria Vettori, Michele Iudici
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XIS-humidity: a daily spatiotemporal machine-learning model for dew point in the contiguous United States

Environmental Research Communications
Health effects of humidity are theoretically important but have appeared inconsistently in epidemiological studies. Better measures of humidity may help. We construct a machine-learning model of dew point covering the US from 2003 through 2024, using the
Kodi B Arfer, Allan C Just
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Gender differences in responses to an altruistic message regarding rubella vaccination

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundThe supplementary immunization activity (SIA) for the rubella vaccination of adult men born between 1962 and 1978 began in 2019 in Japan because of a vaccine gap in the cohort, as vaccination was not mandatory for those born in that period ...
Hideo Okuno, Hideo Okuno, Hiroshi Satoh, Satoru Arai, Motoi Suzuki, Toshiko Kikkawa   +5 more
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Evaluating a Pragmatic Strength Alternative for Frailty Measurement and Assessing Its Predictive Capacity Against Established Frailty Instruments in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Frailty occurs prematurely in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and is associated with poor health outcomes. We compared the performance of four frailty instruments, including a pragmatic alternative measure using chair sit‐to‐stand (STS), and evaluated their abilities to predict poor health outcomes.
Kylie E. Riggles, Hannah F. Brubeck, Adrienne D. Tanus, Courtney N. Loecker, Punyasha Roul, Bryant R. England, Elizabeth R. Wahl, James S. Andrews, Namrata Singh, Joshua F. Baker, Patricia P. Katz, Dolores M. Shoback, Jose M. Garcia, Ariela R. Orkaby, Katherine D. Wysham   +14 more
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The Role of Wild Boar as Host of Japanese Encephalitis Virus in the Absence of Domestic Pigs

Viruses
Pigs are the most common amplifying hosts of the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). In 2016, four residents on Tsushima Island who did not own pig farms were diagnosed with JE. Therefore, a serosurvey was conducted to estimate the risk and seroprevalence
Fuka Kikuchi, Ai Hayashi, Karen Yamada, Yusuke Matsui, Reiko Shimbashi, Yuji Noguchi, Kazunori Tachibana, Tetsuya Mizutani, Akihiko Tokaji, Akira Yoshikawa, Motoki Ihara, Kazunori Oishi, Hajime Kamiya, Satoru Arai, Motoi Suzuki   +14 more
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Struggling with comorbid sleep disturbances: insights from the ELSA-Brasil study [PDF]

Sleep Science, 2020
Luciano F. Drager, Ronaldo B. Santos
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The suitability of mesenchymal stem cells for treating immune-mediated inflammatory skin diseases: a systematic review

Dermatology Reports
Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapy holds promise for treating immune-mediated inflammatory skin diseases (IMIDs), particularly when conventional therapies are ineffective.
Elena Pezzolo, Sara Di Leo, Paola Miceli, Alvise Sernicola, Luigi Naldi   +4 more
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International students' loneliness, depression and stress levels in COVID-19 crisis. The role of social media and the host university

, 2020
The move to university life is characterized by strong emotions, some of them negative, such as loneliness, anxiety, and depression. These negative emotions are strengthened due to the obligatory lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Misirlis, Nikolaos, Weber, David, Zwaan, Miriam H.   +2 more
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