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  • Case Report
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,047 Views
5 Pages

Chronic Appendicitis—From Ambiguous Clinical Image to Inconclusive Imaging Studies

  • Agnieszka Brodzisz,
  • Maryla Kuczyńska,
  • Monika Zbroja,
  • Weronika Cyranka,
  • Czesław Cielecki and
  • Magdalena Maria Woźniak

A six-year-old boy visits a general practitioner due to diarrhea and abdominal pain with a moderate fever of up to 39 °C for 2 days. Treatment is initiated; however, the recurrence of abdominal pain is observed. Physical examination of the child...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,620 Views
10 Pages

Pelvic Health Assessment in Adult Females Following Pediatric Appendicitis: A Monocentric Retrospective Case—Control Study

  • Giovanni Parente,
  • Marco Di Mitri,
  • Simone D’Antonio,
  • Sara Cravano,
  • Eduje Thomas,
  • Marzia Vastano,
  • Robert Lunca,
  • Tommaso Gargano,
  • Michele Libri and
  • Mario Lima

Background: The anatomical location of the appendix in females determines its close contact with the internal genitalia, involving the latter in case of acute appendicitis (AA). The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of pelvic health imp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,014 Views
17 Pages

Folic Acid-Appended Hydroxypropyl-β-Cyclodextrin Exhibits Potent Antitumor Activity in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Cells via Autophagic Cell Death

  • Toshimi Hoshiko,
  • Yasushi Kubota,
  • Risako Onodera,
  • Taishi Higashi,
  • Masako Yokoo,
  • Keiichi Motoyama and
  • Shinya Kimura

28 October 2021

2-Hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HP-β-CyD) is widely used as an enabling excipient in pharmaceutical formulations. We previously demonstrated that HP-β-CyD disrupted cholesterol homeostasis, and inhibited the proliferation of leukemia cells by inducin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,057 Views
8 Pages

Associating Appendicitis with Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD): A Novel Insight into an Unexpected Connection

  • Christoph Roderburg,
  • Dirk Waldschmidt,
  • Catherine Leyh,
  • Sarah Krieg,
  • Andreas Krieg,
  • Tom Luedde,
  • Sven H. Loosen and
  • Karel Kostev

26 February 2024

Background: The gut microbiome modulates the liver immune microenvironment and is deeply integrated into the pathophysiology of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). Appendectomies, which are performed in almost all patien...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,014 Views
10 Pages

Acute Appendicitis in the Elderly: A Nationwide Retrospective Analysis

  • Malkiely Gal,
  • Paran Maya,
  • Kobo Ofer,
  • Khan Mansoor,
  • Abbou Benyamine and
  • Kessel Boris

8 April 2024

Background: Acute appendicitis (AA) in older individuals remains understudied. We aimed to assess AA characteristics in patients older than 60 years and evaluate the impact of comorbidities. Methods: This retrospective study analyzed data from the Am...

  • Review
  • Open Access
33 Citations
10,092 Views
23 Pages

Effectiveness of Magnolol, a Lignan from Magnolia Bark, in Diabetes, Its Complications and Comorbidities—A Review

  • Katarzyna Szałabska-Rąpała,
  • Weronika Borymska and
  • Ilona Kaczmarczyk-Sedlak

17 September 2021

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disease characterized by disturbances in carbohydrate, protein, and lipid metabolism, often accompanied by oxidative stress. Diabetes treatment is a complicated process in which, in addition to the standard ph...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
9,744 Views
15 Pages

Sequestration of harmful proteases as human neutrophil elastase (HNE) from the chronic wound environment is an important goal of wound dressing design and function. Monosaccharides attached to cellulose conjugates as ester-appended aldohexoses and ke...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,699 Views
19 Pages

Connecting the Dots: Telomere Shortening and Rheumatic Diseases

  • Fang Han,
  • Farooq Riaz,
  • Jincheng Pu,
  • Ronglin Gao,
  • Lufei Yang,
  • Yanqing Wang,
  • Jiamin Song,
  • Yuanyuan Liang,
  • Zhenzhen Wu and
  • Xuan Wang
  • + 2 authors

6 October 2024

Telomeres, repetitive sequences located at the extremities of chromosomes, play a pivotal role in sustaining chromosomal stability. Telomerase is a complex enzyme that can elongate telomeres by appending telomeric repeats to chromosome ends and acts...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,634 Views
29 Pages

Yersinia bacteria (Yersinia enterocolitica, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis) are commonly found in nature in all climatic zones and are isolated from food (mainly raw pork, unpasteurized milk, or contaminated water), soil, and surface water, ra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,053 Views
16 Pages

Selective Appendectomy in Patients Undergoing Minimally Invasive Surgery for Endometriosis: A Retrospective Cohort Study

  • Camran Nezhat,
  • Zahra Najmi,
  • Maryam Mirzaie,
  • Quincy Harding,
  • Zoë Pennington,
  • Nikki Amirlatifi,
  • Rana Khaloghli,
  • Dahnia Zarroug and
  • Eric R. Sokol

15 October 2025

Background/Objectives: Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory systemic disease that commonly affects bowel structures, including the appendix, where it may mimic or coexist with chronic appendicitis. Visual inspection alone often fails to detect app...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
8,251 Views
20 Pages

Microscopic Colitis: An Underestimated Disease of Growing Importance

  • Kamil Rutkowski,
  • Karina Udrycka,
  • Barbara Włodarczyk and
  • Ewa Małecka-Wojciesko

24 September 2024

The aim of this paper is to raise awareness of MC as a clinically significant condition and to highlight its under-recognition, risk factors, diagnosis, management, and complications. This paper underlines the diagnostic and therapeutic challenges as...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,969 Views
22 Pages

The Pivotal Role of Adipocyte-Na K peptide in Reversing Systemic Inflammation in Obesity and COVID-19 in the Development of Heart Failure

  • Zi-jian Xie,
  • Joel Novograd,
  • Yaakov Itzkowitz,
  • Ariel Sher,
  • Yosef D. Buchen,
  • Komal Sodhi,
  • Nader G. Abraham and
  • Joseph I. Shapiro

14 November 2020

This review summarizes data from several laboratories that have demonstrated a role of the Na/K-ATPase, specifically its α1 subunit, in the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) via the negative regulator of Src. Together with Src and oth...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,556 Views
10 Pages

Spontaneous Endometrioma Rupture: A Retrospective Pilot Study and Literature Review of a Rare and Challenging Condition

  • Georgios Kolovos,
  • Ioannis Dedes,
  • Saranda Dragusha,
  • Cloé Vaineau and
  • Michael Mueller

13 May 2025

Background/Objectives: Endometriosis can present as ovarian endometriosis in 15–25% of the cases. While chronic pelvic pain and dysmenorrhea dominate its clinical presentation, acute complications, such as spontaneous OMA rupture, are rare (<...