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Journal of Clinical Medicine, Volume 10, Issue 7

April-1 2021 - 211 articles

Cover Story: Thyroid cancer (TC) is the most common endocrine malignancy. Recent progress in thyroid cancer biology revealed a certain degree of intratumoral heterogeneity, highlighting the coexistence of cellular subpopulations with distinct proliferative capacities and differentiation abilities. Among those subpopulations, cancer stem-like cells (CSCs) are hypothesized to drive TC heterogeneity, contributing to its metastatic potential and therapy resistance. CSCs principally exist in tumor areas with specific microenvironmental conditions, the so-called stem cell niches. In particular, in thyroid cancer, CSCs’ survival is enhanced in the hypoxic niche, the immune niche, and some areas with specific extracellular matrix composition. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge about thyroid CSCs, the tumoral niches that allow their survival, and the implications for TC therapy. View this paper.
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Articles (211)

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,409 Views
12 Pages

Diagnostic Splenectomy: Characteristics, Pre-Operative Investigations, and Identified Pathologies for 20 Patients

  • Jean Maillot,
  • Jean-Valère Malfuson,
  • Thierry Lazure,
  • Stéphane Benoist,
  • Anne Cremades,
  • Emmanuel Hornez,
  • Florent L. Besson,
  • Nicolas Noël and
  • Olivier Lambotte

6 April 2021

Splenectomy is indicated in cases of trauma to the spleen or hematological and immunological diseases (hereditary spherocytosis, autoimmune cytopenia). Less frequently, splenectomy is performed for diagnostic purposes to complement unsuccessful prior...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,151 Views
16 Pages

Molecular Landscape of the Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition in Endometrioid Endometrial Cancer

  • Marcin Opławski,
  • Robert Nowakowski,
  • Agata Średnicka,
  • Dominika Ochnik,
  • Beniamin Oskar Grabarek and
  • Dariusz Boroń

6 April 2021

Modern diagnostics are based on molecular analysis and have been focused on searching for new molecular markers to use in diagnostics. Included in this has been the search for the correlation between gene expression in tissue samples and liquid biolo...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,725 Views
8 Pages

6 April 2021

This study addressed the following question: “Is it possible to highlight the link between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) through common biopsychosocial pathogenetic pathways?”. The study was conducted throug...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,462 Views
10 Pages

Effect of Earlier Door-to-CT and Door-to-Bleeding Control in Severe Blunt Trauma: A Retrospective Cohort Study

  • Shuhei Murao,
  • Kazuma Yamakawa,
  • Daijiro Kabata,
  • Takahiro Kinoshita,
  • Yutaka Umemura,
  • Ayumi Shintani and
  • Satoshi Fujimi

6 April 2021

Blunt trauma is a potentially life-threatening injury that requires prompt diagnostic examination and therapeutic intervention. Nevertheless, how impactful a rapid response time is on mortality or functional outcomes has not been well-investigated. T...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,131 Views
12 Pages

Cognitive and Adaptive Characterization of Children and Adolescents with KBG Syndrome: An Explorative Study

  • Paolo Alfieri,
  • Cristina Caciolo,
  • Giulia Lazzaro,
  • Deny Menghini,
  • Francesca Cumbo,
  • Maria Lisa Dentici,
  • Maria Cristina Digilio,
  • Maria Gnazzo,
  • Francesco Demaria and
  • Virginia Pironi
  • + 4 authors

6 April 2021

KBG syndrome (KBGS) is a rare Mendelian condition caused by heterozygous mutations in ANKRD11 or microdeletions in chromosome 16q24.3 encompassing the gene. KBGS is clinically variable, which makes its diagnosis difficult in a significant proportion...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,758 Views
13 Pages

6 April 2021

The aim was to analyze the variations in macular vascularization on optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) according to the presence of intraretinal fluid (IRF) induced by exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD). We included exudati...

  • Review
  • Open Access
41 Citations
7,954 Views
30 Pages

Real-World Outcomes of Ivacaftor Treatment in People with Cystic Fibrosis: A Systematic Review

  • Jamie Duckers,
  • Beth Lesher,
  • Teja Thorat,
  • Eleanor Lucas,
  • Lisa J. McGarry,
  • Keval Chandarana and
  • Fosca De Iorio

6 April 2021

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a rare, progressive, multi-organ genetic disease. Ivacaftor, a small-molecule CF transmembrane conductance regulator modulator, was the first medication to treat the underlying cause of CF. Since its approval, real-world clini...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,098 Views
10 Pages

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Fulminant Myocarditis: Increase of Cardiac Enzyme and SOFA Score Is Associated with High Mortality

  • Yun Im Lee,
  • Suryeun Chung,
  • Ji-Hyuk Yang,
  • Kiick Sung,
  • Darae Kim,
  • Jin-Oh Choi,
  • Eun-Seok Jeon,
  • Jeong Hoon Yang and
  • Yang Hyun Cho

6 April 2021

We aimed to evaluate the outcomes of patients with fulminant myocarditis and investigate the factors associated with mortality. This is a retrospective single-center cohort study that included adult and pediatric patients with fulminant myocarditis t...

  • Review
  • Open Access
29 Citations
4,853 Views
13 Pages

Nailfold Capillaroscopy in Systemic Sclerosis Patients with and without Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

  • Ioanna Minopoulou,
  • Marieta Theodorakopoulou,
  • Afroditi Boutou,
  • Alexandra Arvanitaki,
  • Georgia Pitsiou,
  • Michael Doumas,
  • Pantelis Sarafidis and
  • Theodoros Dimitroulas

6 April 2021

Systemic sclerosis (SSc)-related pulmonary arterial hypertension (SSc-PAH) is a leading cause of mortality in SSc. The extent of peripheral microvasculopathy assessed through nailfold capillaroscopy might correlate with the presence of PAH in SSc pat...

  • Review
  • Open Access
54 Citations
14,218 Views
17 Pages

6 April 2021

Thrombocytopenia, defined as a platelet count <150,000/μL, is the most common complication of advanced liver disease or cirrhosis with an incidence of up to 75%. A decrease in platelet count can be the first presenting sign and tends to be proport...

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