Literature reviews are an important part of research as they precede a doctoral dissertation, a master’s thesis, a policy paper with recommendations, a single scientific publication, a white paper, a ...

Vitamin C (vitC) plays critical roles in numerous biological processes. Its potential therapeutic applications encompass metabolism, age-related diseases, and other associated biological processes [2, ...

FGF-23 expression is elevated in patients with AF and reduced left atrial appendage emptying velocity (LAAev). In these patients, FGF-23 might promote cardiogenic stroke by reducing LAAev. We ...

Northeastern China has a high incidence of tick-borne diseases. Emerging and re-emerging tick-borne viral diseases pose a considerable threat to public health. To date, ten tick-borne viruses have ...

Phosphodiesterase-4 (PDE4), a member of the phosphodiesterase superfamily, has highly important roles in cyclic nucleotide signaling pathways and a variety of skin disorders. Blocking PDE4 activity ...

186Antineoplastic effects of icaritin: molecular mechanisms and applications 200Exploring food and medicine homology: potential implications for cancer treatment innovations 207EGCG inhibits ...

Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) remains a global health challenge with significant morbidity and mortality. High-risk PE, characterized by hemodynamic instability, and intermediate-risk PE, with ...

Many studies have reported that obesity causes heart failure (HF) pathogenesis. The elevated circulating levels of angiopoietin-like protein 2 (ANGPTL2) observed in patients with HF suggest potential ...

Background: With distal transradial access (dTRA), the postoperative compression time remains significantly longer than the recommended range via in practice. This study investigated whether ...

Introduction The Edwards PASCAL Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair System Study (CLASP) I [1 – 3] and CLASP IID [4 – 6] trials assessed the PASCAL system from Edwards Lifesciences for mitral valve ...

The threat of infectious diseases caused by pathogenic microorganisms to both human health and the economy is enormous. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) remains a global pandemic. In contrast to ...

This issue is about labour organisation, working class struggles and popular protests. 1 It is about the ambivalent role that trade unions play in the organisation of workers and labour struggles as ...