Volume 69 (No.1), March 2024

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1 A new tidal breathing measurement device detects bronchial obstruction during methacholine challenge test.
Pages: 1-7
Authors: Zachariades Andreas, Bachar Nadav, Danino Noy, Shafran Inbal, Ronit Shtrichman, Shuster Gregory, Voigt Wieland

2 Liver fibrosis assessment in pediatric population - can ultrasound elastography be an alternative method to liver biopsy? A systematic review..
Pages: 8-20
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Authors: Aleksandra Medyńska-Przęczek, Anna Stochel-Gaudyn, Andrzej Wędrychowicz

3 Progesterone signaling in uterine leiomyoma biology: implications for potential targeted therapy.
Pages: 21-28
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Authors: Weronika Szucio, Piotr Bernaczyk, Donata Ponikwicka-Tyszko, Gabriela Milewska, Adam Pawelczyk, Sławomir Wołczyński, Nafis A Rahman

4 Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for the treatment of primary breast cancer in patients not undergoing surgery.
Pages: 29-35
Authors: Ewa Zabrocka, John D. Roberson, Collin Noldner, Jinkoo Kim, Rushil Patel, Samuel Ryu, Alexander Stessin

5 Effect of advanced glycation end-products in a wide range of medical problems including COVID-19.
Pages: 36-50
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Authors: Agnieszka Bronowicka-Szydełko, Kinga Gostomska-Pampuch, Aleksandra Kuzan, Jadwiga Pietkiewicz, Małgorzata Krzystek-Korpacka, Andrzej Gamian

6 Critical roles of PAI-1 in lipopolysaccharide-induced acute lung injury.
Pages: 90-102
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Authors: Miao Li, Juan Song, Xinjun Tang, Jing Bi, Yufan Li, Cuicui Chen, Nana Feng, Yuanlin Song, Linlin Wang

7 Changes in arterial pH do not explain the reductions in ionised calcium observed during COVID-19 infection.
Pages: 51-55
Authors: John Scott Frazer, Robin Lucas-Evans, Asghar Dayala, Dennis A Mlangeni

8 Transcriptome profiling as a biological marker for bipolar disorder sub-phenotypes.
Pages: 61-69
Authors: Joanna Pawlak, Aleksandra Szczepankiewicz, Maria Skibińska, Beata Narożna, Paweł Kapelski, Przemysław Zakowicz, Karolina Gattner, Dominik Spałek, Łukasz Mech, Monika Dmitrzak-Węglarz

9 The Association Between Growth Differentiation Factor 15 and Presence and Severity of Coronary Atherosclerosis.
Pages: 56-60
Authors: Emrah Ozdemir, Berna Stavileci, Bahar Ozdemir, Faik Alper Aksoy, Serkan Kahraman , Ceyla Zeynep Colakoglu Gevher, Murat Ziyrek, Ali Dogan

10 Metformin improves D-Galactose induced Premature Ovarian Insufficiency through PIK3-AKT-FOXO3a Pathway.
Pages: 70-80
Authors: Fatima Ellibishy, Maha Tarek, Marwa M. Abdelsalam, Nesreen Elgayar, Wesam El Bakly

11 Can non-invasive cardiac hemodynamics and fluid content system (NICaS) parameters predict Acute Heart Failure outcomes in Caucasian and Asian patients in the emergency department?.
Pages: 81-89
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Authors: Muhammad Anshory, Win Sen Kuan, M. Saifur Rochman, Yoga Waranugraha, Putri Annisa Kamila, Agustin Iskandar, Hani Susianti, Ying Wei Yau, Crystal Harn Wei Soh, Khalid Mohammed Ali, Mui Teng Chua, Salvatore Di Somma

12 Potential of the postoperative lymphocyte-to-monocyte and monocyte-to-red blood cell ratio in the predicting locoregional and distant metastases after breast cancer resection - retrospective study.
Pages: 103-112
Authors: Joanna Grupińska, Magdalena Budzyń, Jakub Janowski, Jacek Brzeziński, Bogna Gryszczyńska, Ewa Leporowska, Dorota Formanowicz, Witold Kycler

13 The impact of wound-healing assay, phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) stimulation and siRNA-mediated FURIN gene silencing on endogenous retroviral ERVW-1 expression level in U87-MG astrocytoma cells.
Pages: 113-124
Authors: Grzegorz Machnik, Łukasz Bułdak, Karolina Zapletal-Pudełko, Beniamin Oskar Grabarek, Rafał Staszkiewicz, Dawid Sobański, Bogusław Okopień

14 Effectiveness of high-fat and high-carbohydrate diets on body composition and maximal strength after 15 weeks of resistance training..
Pages: 139-146
Authors: Marek Kruszewski, Artur Kruszewski, Rafał Tabęcki, Stanisław Kuźmicki, Krzysztof Stec, Tadeusz Ambroży, Maksim Olegovich Aksenov, Maciej Merchelski, Tomasz Danielik

15 Clinical characteristics and long-term outcomes of patients with heart failure with improved ejection fraction. First Polish experience from LECRA-HF registry.
Pages: 132-138
Authors: Konrad Stępień, Karol Nowak, Natalia Kachnic, Aleksandra Karcińska, Alicia del Carmen Yika, Jakub Furczyński, Michael Platschek, Maria Skorupa, Zuzanna Wyleciał, Jarosław Zalewski, Jadwiga Nessler

16 Effects of intensity-modulated radiotherapy combined with chemotherapy and prognostic factors in patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer.
Pages: 125-131
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Authors: Yao Ou, Hongbo Li, Dan Yang, Lijun Suo

17 New-Onset Diabetes after Kidney Transplantation: Assessing Urinary Wilm's Tumor-1 Protein to Predict Renal Allograft Dysfunction.
Pages: 153-159
Authors: César Endrigo Silva de Andrade, Karla Simone Costa de Souza, Ony Araújo Galdino, Mabelle Alves Ferreira de Lima, Paulo José de Medeiros, Marcela Abbott Galvão Ururahy, Maurício Galvão Pereira, José Bruno de Almeida, Adriana Augusto de Rezende

18 Platelet count and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio at the onset of a severe COPD exacerbation are unrelated to the time till the next moderate or severe relapse.
Pages: 160-166
Authors: Andreas Schønberg-Moe, Balázs Csoma, András Bikov, Veronika Müller, Zsófia Lázár

19 Anisocytosis as a possible predictor of low cardiac output syndrome in children undergoing mitral valve surgery.
Pages: 147-152
Authors: Michał Sobieraj, Tomasz Urbanowicz, Anna Olasińska – Wiśniewska, Marcin Gładki, Michał Michalak, Krzysztof J. Filipiak, Anita Węclewska, Alicja Bartkowska-Śniatkowska, Andrzej Tykarski, Waldemar Bobkowski, Marek Jemielity

20 Dendrobium officinale polysaccharide (DOP) inhibits cell hyperproliferation, inflammation and oxidative stress to improve keratinocyte psoriasis-like state.
Pages: 167-175
Authors: Bijun Zeng, Yining Yan, Yujin Zhang, Chang Wang, Wenting Huang, Xinyi Zhong, Zi Chen, Mengzhou Xie, Zhibo Yang

21 Lymphopenia associated with survivin and its downstream pathway in COVID-19 serving as a potential route in COVID-19 pathogenesis.
Pages: 190-197
Authors: Mohammad Saeed Kahrizi, Kamyar Nasiri, Farnoosh Ebrahimzadeh, Amirhossein Fakhre Yaseri, Soroush Ghodratizadeh, Mostafa Gholamrezaei, Alireza Rahat Dahmardeh, Ali Adili, Rosita Amjidifar, Maryam Hemmatzadeh, Mohsen Arabi, Mohammad Reza Maghsoudi, Hamed Mohammadi

22 Host genetic variants associated with COVID-19 reconsidered in a Slovak cohort.
Pages: 198-207
Authors: Maria Skerenova, Michal Cibulka, Zuzana Dankova, Veronika Holubekova, Zuzana Kolkova, Vincent Lucansky, Dana Dvorska, Andrea Kapinova, Michaela Krivosova, Martin Petras, Eva Baranovicova, Ivana Baranova, Elena Novakova, Peter Liptak, Peter Banovcin, Anna Bobcakova, Robert Rosolanka, Maria Janickova, Andrea Stanclova, Ludovit Gaspar, Martin Caprnda, Robert Prosecky,, Monika Labudova, Zufar Gabbasov, Luis Rodrigo, Peter Kruzliak, Zora Lasabova, Tatiana Matakova, Erika Halasova

23 Impact of NMDA Receptors Block Versus GABA-A Receptors Modulation on Synaptic Plasticity and Brain Electrical Activity in Metabolic Syndrome.
Pages: 176-189
Authors: Shaimaa Nasr Amin, Sherif Ahmed Shaltout, Walaa Bayoumie El Gazzar, Noha Samir Abdel Latif, Ghada Al- Jussani, Yasmeen Jamal Alabdallat, Khaled Anwer Albakri, Dalia Azmy Elberry

24 Obesity – standards, trends and advances.
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Authors: Jakub Gołacki, Beata Matyjaszek-Matuszek