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Journal of Personalized Medicine, Volume 11, Issue 2

February 2021 - 98 articles

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Articles (98)

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,704 Views
17 Pages

Malignant Arrhythmogenic Role Associated with RBM20: A Comprehensive Interpretation Focused on a Personalized Approach

  • Paloma Jordà,
  • Rocío Toro,
  • Carles Diez,
  • Joel Salazar-Mendiguchía,
  • Anna Fernandez-Falgueras,
  • Alexandra Perez-Serra,
  • Monica Coll,
  • Marta Puigmulé,
  • Elena Arbelo and
  • Ana García-Álvarez
  • + 7 authors

15 February 2021

The RBM20 gene encodes the muscle-specific splicing factor RNA-binding motif 20, a regulator of heart-specific alternative splicing. Nearly 40 potentially deleterious variants in RBM20 have been reported in the last ten years, being found to be assoc...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,418 Views
27 Pages

ETS-Domain Transcription Factor Elk-1 Regulates Stemness Genes in Brain Tumors and CD133+ BrainTumor-Initiating Cells

  • Melis Savasan Sogut,
  • Chitra Venugopal,
  • Basak Kandemir,
  • Ugur Dag,
  • Sujeivan Mahendram,
  • Sheila Singh,
  • Gizem Gulfidan,
  • Kazim Yalcin Arga,
  • Bayram Yilmaz and
  • Isil Aksan Kurnaz

14 February 2021

Elk-1, a member of the ternary complex factors (TCFs) within the ETS (E26 transformation-specific) domain superfamily, is a transcription factor implicated in neuroprotection, neurodegeneration, and brain tumor proliferation. Except for known targets...

  • Review
  • Open Access
116 Citations
8,304 Views
26 Pages

14 February 2021

The use of nanomedicine for antitumor therapy has been extensively investigated for a long time. Enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect-mediated drug delivery is currently regarded as an effective way to bring drugs to tumors, especially ma...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,804 Views
22 Pages

Increased Expression of VANGL1 is Predictive of Lymph Node Metastasis in Colorectal Cancer: Results from a 20-Gene Expression Signature

  • Noshad Peyravian,
  • Stefania Nobili,
  • Zahra Pezeshkian,
  • Meysam Olfatifar,
  • Afshin Moradi,
  • Kaveh Baghaei,
  • Fakhrosadat Anaraki,
  • Kimia Nazari,
  • Hamid Asadzadeh Aghdaei and
  • Mohammad Reza Zali
  • + 2 authors

14 February 2021

This study aimed at building a prognostic signature based on a candidate gene panel whose expression may be associated with lymph node metastasis (LNM), thus potentially able to predict colorectal cancer (CRC) progression and patient survival. The mR...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
40 Citations
8,242 Views
24 Pages

Current State of “Omics” Biomarkers in Pancreatic Cancer

  • Beste Turanli,
  • Esra Yildirim,
  • Gizem Gulfidan,
  • Kazim Yalcin Arga and
  • Raghu Sinha

14 February 2021

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most fatal malignancies and the seventh leading cause of cancer-related deaths related to late diagnosis, poor survival rates, and high incidence of metastasis. Unfortunately, pancreatic cancer is predicted to become t...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
8,776 Views
14 Pages

Lower Hippocampal Volume in Patients with Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder: A Quantitative MRI Study

  • Jinya Sato,
  • Yoji Hirano,
  • Noriaki Hirakawa,
  • Junichi Takahashi,
  • Naoya Oribe,
  • Hironori Kuga,
  • Itta Nakamura,
  • Shogo Hirano,
  • Takefumi Ueno and
  • Osamu Togao
  • + 3 authors

13 February 2021

Since patients with schizophrenia (SZ) and bipolar disorder (BD) share many biological features, detecting biomarkers that differentiate SZ and BD patients is crucial for optimized treatments. High-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is suita...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,780 Views
14 Pages

Low Expression of IL-15 and NKT in Tumor Microenvironment Predicts Poor Outcome of MYCN-Non-Amplified Neuroblastoma

  • Yu-Mei Liao,
  • Tsai-Hsien Hung,
  • John K. Tung,
  • John Yu,
  • Ya-Ling Hsu,
  • Jung-Tung Hung and
  • Alice L. Yu

13 February 2021

Immune tumor microenvironment (TME) in neuroblastoma (NBL) contributes to tumor behavior and treatment response. T cells and natural killer (NK) cells have been shown to play important roles in the neuroblastoma TME. However, few reports address the...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,160 Views
10 Pages

18F-FDG PET/CT Cannot Substitute Endoscopy in the Staging of Gastrointestinal Involvement in Mantle Cell Lymphoma. A Retrospective Multi-Center Cohort Analysis

  • Tetiana Skrypets,
  • Cristina Ferrari,
  • Luca Nassi,
  • Gloria Margiotta Casaluci,
  • Benedetta Puccini,
  • Lara Mannelli,
  • Kateryna Filonenko,
  • Irina Kryachok,
  • Felice Clemente and
  • Maria Carmela Vegliante
  • + 4 authors

13 February 2021

The detection of gastrointestinal (GI) involvement in Mantle Cell Lymphoma is often underestimated and may have an impact on outcome and clinical management. We aimed to evaluate whether baseline 18F-FDG PET/CT presents comparable results to endoscop...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,738 Views
12 Pages

12 February 2021

No specific recommendations are available for the surveillance of young patients aged <50 years undergoing polypectomy. We aimed to compare the risk of metachronous advanced colorectal neoplasia (ACRN) between patients aged ≥50 years and those age...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,897 Views
14 Pages

11 February 2021

Despite research into the epidemiological link between exposure to particulate matter (PM) and renal disorder, there is limited information available on the etiological complexity and molecular mechanisms. Among the early responsive tissues to PM exp...

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