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Journal of Clinical Medicine, Volume 8, Issue 4

April 2019 - 150 articles

Cover Story: Cardiomyopathy is a group of heterogeneous cardiac diseases that impair systolic and diastolic function. Genetic mutations associated with cardiomyopathy play a key role in disease formation, especially the mutation of sarcomere encoding genes and ATP kinase genes. Pathogenesis of cardiomyopathy occurs by multiple complex steps involving several pathways, including the Ras-Raf-mitogen-activated protein kinase-extracellular signal-activated kinase pathway, G-protein signaling, mechanotransduction pathway, and protein kinase B/phosphoinositide 3-kinase signaling. Excess biomechanical stress induces apoptosis signaling in cardiomyocytes, leading to cell loss, which can induce myocardial fibrosis and remodeling. View this paper
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Articles (150)

  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,218 Views
17 Pages

25 April 2019

Right ventricular failure (RVF) is a major risk factor for end organ morbidity and mortality following cardiac surgery. Perioperative RVF is difficult to predict and detect, and to date, no convenient, accurate, or reproducible measure of right ventr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
5,902 Views
17 Pages

UNR/CSDE1 Expression Is Critical to Maintain Invasive Phenotype of Colorectal Cancer through Regulation of c-MYC and Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition

  • Javier Martinez-Useros,
  • Nuria Garcia-Carbonero,
  • Weiyao Li,
  • Maria J. Fernandez-Aceñero,
  • Ion Cristobal,
  • Raul Rincon,
  • Maria Rodriguez-Remirez,
  • Aurea Borrero-Palacios and
  • Jesus Garcia-Foncillas

25 April 2019

CSDE1 (cold shock domain containing E1) gene is located upstream of the N-RAS locus, and codes for an RNA-binding protein named Upstream of N-Ras (UNR). In cancer, CSDE1 has been shown to regulate c-Fos, c-Myc, Pten, Rac1, or Vimentin. UNR/CSDE1 has...

  • Article
  • Open Access
53 Citations
5,342 Views
10 Pages

Environment and Male Fertility: Effects of Benzo-α-Pyrene and Resveratrol on Human Sperm Function In Vitro

  • Angela Alamo,
  • Rosita A. Condorelli,
  • Laura M. Mongioì,
  • Rossella Cannarella,
  • Filippo Giacone,
  • Vittorio Calabrese,
  • Sandro La Vignera and
  • Aldo E. Calogero

25 April 2019

Lifestyle, cigarette smoking and environmental pollution have a negative impact on male fertility. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the in-vitro effects of benzo-α-pyrene (BaP) and aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) agonists on mot...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,642 Views
15 Pages

Maintenance Negative Pressure Ventilation Improves Survival in COPD Patients with Exercise Desaturation

  • Hung-Yu Huang,
  • Chun-Yu Lo,
  • Lan-Yan Yang,
  • Fu-Tsai Chung,
  • Te-Fang Sheng,
  • Horng-Chyuan Lin,
  • Chang-Wei Lin,
  • Yu-Chen Huang,
  • Chee-Jen Chang and
  • Kian Fan Chung
  • + 1 author

25 April 2019

Negative pressure ventilation (NPV), when used as an adjuvant to pulmonary rehabilitation, improves lung function, increases exercise capacity, and reduces exacerbations. The aim of this study was to determine whether maintenance NPV improves long-te...

  • Review
  • Open Access
27 Citations
22,336 Views
11 Pages

Acid-Base Disturbances in Patients with Asthma: A Literature Review and Comments on Their Pathophysiology

  • Ioannis Vasileiadis,
  • Emmanouil Alevrakis,
  • Sevasti Ampelioti,
  • Dimitrios Vagionas,
  • Nikoletta Rovina and
  • Antonia Koutsoukou

25 April 2019

Asthma is a common illness throughout the world that affects the respiratory system function, i.e., a system whose operational adequacy determines the respiratory gases exchange. It is therefore expected that acute severe asthma will be associated wi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
7,319 Views
16 Pages

25 April 2019

Background: This meta-analysis aimed to estimate the shape of the dose-response association between objectively-assessed daily sedentary time (ST) and all-cause mortality, and to explore whether there is a threshold of ST above which there is an incr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,444 Views
9 Pages

Renal Failure Impact on the Outcomes of ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients Due to a Left Main Coronary Culprit Lesion Treated Using a Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

  • Cãlin Homorodean,
  • Adrian Corneliu Iancu,
  • Ioana Mihaela Dregoesc,
  • Mihai Spînu,
  • Mihai Claudiu Ober,
  • Dan Tãtaru,
  • Daniel Leucuţa,
  • Maria Olinic and
  • Dan Mircea Olinic

25 April 2019

Background: Patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) on a left main culprit lesion have very high mortality rates. The interaction of chronic kidney disease (CKD) with such...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
3,842 Views
12 Pages

Impact of Oxidative Stress and Protein S-Glutathionylation in Aortic Valve Sclerosis Patients with Overt Atherosclerosis

  • Vincenza Valerio,
  • Veronika A. Myasoedova,
  • Donato Moschetta,
  • Benedetta Porro,
  • Gianluca L. Perrucci,
  • Viviana Cavalca,
  • Laura Cavallotti,
  • Paola Songia and
  • Paolo Poggio

24 April 2019

Aortic valve sclerosis (AVSc) is characterized by non-uniform thickening of the leaflets without hemodynamic changes. Endothelial dysfunction, also caused by dysregulation of glutathione homeostasis expressed as ratio between its reduced (GSH) and it...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,557 Views
13 Pages

Analgesic Effect of Low Dose Nefopam Hydrochloride after Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: A Randomized Controlled Trial

  • Hyun Jung Koh,
  • Jin Joo,
  • Yang-Soo Kim,
  • Yu Jung Lee,
  • Woojoo Yoo,
  • Min Soo Lee and
  • Hue Jung Park

24 April 2019

Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair causes acute postoperative hyperalgesia. Multimodal analgesia is preferable to opioid-based intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IV-PCA) due to postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). We evaluated the effect of...

  • Review
  • Open Access
48 Citations
6,913 Views
21 Pages

24 April 2019

Older people, are underrepresented in randomised controlled trials of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation (AF). The aim of this study was to combine data from observational studies to provide evidence for t...

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