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Microbial Antigens Stimulate Metalloprotease-7 Secretion in Human B-Lymphocytes Using mTOR-Dependent and Independent Pathways

Scientific Reports, 2017
Metalloproteinases (MMPs) contribute to tissue remodeling and acute inflammation not only by degrading extracellular matrix proteins but also by controlling the influx of chemokines through the regulation and shedding of syndecans.
Mohamed F. Ali, Harika Dasari, Virginia P. Van Keulen, Divi Cornec, George Vasmatzis, Tobias Peikert, Eva M. Carmona   +6 more
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PHYSIOTHERAPY FOR THORACIC DISEASE

Australian Journal of Physiotherapy, 1968
Physiotherapists have become important members of the treatment team for thoracic disease.
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Local expression profiles of vitamin D-related genes in airways of COPD patients

Respiratory Research, 2020
Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is based on bronchodilation, with inhaled corticosteroids or azithromycin associated when frequent exacerbations occur.
Carolien Mathyssen, Celine Aelbrecht, Jef Serré, Stephanie Everaerts, Karen Maes, Ghislaine Gayan-Ramirez, Bart Vanaudenaerde, Wim Janssens   +7 more
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Prognostic Factors of Operated Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers: A Tertiary Center Long-Term Outcomes

Haseki Tıp Bülteni, 2021
Aim:This study aimed to evaluate prognostic factors influencing survival in patients who underwent surgical resection of stage I nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in our center.Methods:A total of 472 patients with stage I NSCLC who were operated between ...
Mustafa Vedat Dogru, Celal Bugra Sezen, Volkan Erdogu, Cemal Aker, Abdulsamed Alp, Semih Erduhan, Melek Erk, Aysun Olcmen, Muzaffer Metin   +8 more
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Thoracoscopic Diagnosis of Follicular Lymphoma Relapsing after 13 Years

The Surgery Journal, 2019
Relapse in lymphoproliferative malignancies is not an exceptional entity and generally occurs within the first 2 or 3 years following the primary treatment. Lymph node biopsy is essential for the diagnosis of relapse and treatment.
Serda Kanbur, Onur Derdiyok, Hakan Kiral, Hakan Yilmaz, Mine Demir, Cagatay Tezel, Volkan Baysungur, Serdar Evman   +7 more
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Hybrid ConvNeXtV2–ViT Architecture with Ontology-Driven Explainability and Out-of-Distribution Awareness for Transparent Chest X-Ray Diagnosis

Diagnostics
Background: Chest X-ray (CXR) is widely used for the assessment of thoracic diseases, yet automated multi-label interpretation remains challenging due to subtle visual patterns, overlapping anatomical structures, and frequent co-occurrence of ...
Naif Almughamisi, Gibrael Abosamra, Adnan Albar, Mostafa Saleh   +3 more
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The feasibility and efficacy of pedicle fixation by the Wiltse approach in the thoracic spine

Frontiers in Surgery
Study designRetrospective Cohort Study.ObjectivesTo explore the feasibility and assess the efficacy of pedicle fixation with the Wiltse approach in the thoracic spine.Summary of background dataThe current application of Wiltse approach is mainly ...
Lu Hao, Yufeng Xiang, Junhui Liu
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Differential Evolution-Based CNN-Transformer Fusion for Thoracic Disease Classification From Chest X-Rays

IEEE Access
The complementary strengths of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) and Transformer architectures have motivated the development of fusion strategies. However, existing fusion approaches mostly rely on heuristic methods, unified backbones, or globally ...
Soner Altun, Sema Candemir
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Ovarian Sex Cord Stromal Tumors in Children and Adolescents—The European Standard Clinical Practice Recommendations

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As part of the European Cooperative Study Group for Paediatric Rare Tumours initiative, we developed standard clinical practice guidelines for ovarian sex cord stromal tumors, based on comprehensive national and international cohort analyses, literature review, and a final expert consensus conference.
Dominik T. Schneider, Kris‐Ann Schultz, Nora Schnitzler, Michael Abele, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Ines B. Brecht, Maja Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Michaela Kuhlen, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Yves Reguerre, Calogero Virgone, Daniel Orbach   +15 more
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Evaluation of Anxiety Status and Reasons for Refusal of Surgical Treatment Among Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Southern Clinics of Istanbul Eurasia, 2019
INTRODUCTION[|]In this study, we evaluated reasons for treatment refusal and anxiety levels of patients who were diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer in our hospital and were recommended surgery by a multidisciplinary committee but refused surgical ...
Celal Buğra Sezen, Celalettin İbrahim Kocatürk, Cemal Aker, Kemal Karapınar, Salih Bilen, Onur Volkan Yaran, Seyyit İbrahim Dinçer, Mehmet Ali Bedirhan   +7 more
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