Dear Colleagues,
As the editors-in-chief of JCM, we are pleased to announce the winners of the JCM 2019 Best Paper Awards.
The awards have been granted to:
Two Reviews:
Periodontitis: A Multifaceted Disease of Tooth-Supporting Tissues
Eija Könönen, Mervi Gursoy and Ulvi Kahraman Gursoy
J. Clin. Med. 2019, 8(8), 1135; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm8081135
The Immunomodulatory Functions of Mesenchymal Stromal/Stem Cells Mediated via Paracrine Activity
Yueyuan Zhou, Yusuke Yamamoto, Zhongdang Xiao and Takahiro Ochiya
J. Clin. Med. 2019, 8(7), 1025; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm8071025
One research article:
Optimizing Detection of Kidney Transplant Injury by Assessment of Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA via Massively Multiplex PCR
Tara K. Sigdel, Felipe Acosta Archila, Tudor Constantin, Sarah A. Prins, Juliane Liberto, Izabella Damm, Parhom Towfighi, Samantha Navarro, Eser Kirkizlar, Zachary P. Demko, Allison Ryan, Styrmir Sigurjonsson, Reuben D. Sarwal, Szu- Chuan Hseish, Chitranon Chan-On, Bernhard Zimmermann, Paul R. Billings, Solomon Moshkevich and Minnie M. Sarwal
J. Clin. Med. 2019, 8(1), 19; https://doi.org/10.3390/8010019
Each winner (corresponding author) will receive 1000 CHF and a chance to publish a paper in JCM in 2022.
We would like to congratulate the winners on their accomplishments. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups of the above exceptional papers for their contributions to JCM, and thank the Award Committee for voting and helping with these awards.
Editors-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Andrès, Prof. Dr. Michael G. Hennerici, JCM
Eligibility and Requirements
The human physiological response “to stress” includes all metabolic and hormonal changes produced by a traumatic event at the micro or macro cellular levels. The main goal of the body’s first response to trauma is to keep physiologi...
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a slowly progressive condition characterized by decreased kidney function, tubular injury, oxidative stress, and inflammation. CKD is a leading global health burden that is asymptomatic in early stages but can ultimate...
(1) Background: The systemic inflammatory response index (SIRI; neutrophil count × monocyte/lymphocyte count), and the systemic immune-inflammation index (SII; platelet count × neutrophil count/lymphocyte count) are recently proposed biom...
Background: The concomitant occurrence of obesity and metabolic syndrome (MetS) causes a significant worsening of a patient’s clinical condition. Indexes that employ anthropometric measurements alone or associated with blood parameters have bee...
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a condition characterized by the gradual loss of kidney function over time and it is a worldwide health issue. The estimated frequency of CKD is 10% of the world’s population, but it varies greatly on a global sc...
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