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Agronomy
Wael El-Deeb, Olimpia Iacob, Mahmoud Fayez, Ibrahim Elsohaby, Abdulrahman Alhaider, Hermine Mkrtchyan, Abdelazim Ibrahim, Naser Alhumam
Summary: This study assessed the role of blood biomarkers in calves infected with C. parvum and found that these biomarkers were useful for diagnosis and treatment efficacy.
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Enes Akyuz, Gurbuz Gokce
Summary: This study found that neopterin and procalcitonin concentrations decrease along with the treatment, confirming the presence of sepsis in calves and suggesting that sepsis could be a prognostic indicator. Therefore, both procalcitonin and neopterin can be prognostic and diagnostic in calves with sepsis.
TROPICAL ANIMAL HEALTH AND PRODUCTION
(2021)
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Pediatrics
Noha A. Hassuna, Ebtesam Elgezawy, Suzan O. Mousa, Reem A. AbdelAziz, Reham A. Ibrahem, Wafaa Yousif Abdel Wahed, Khalid A. Nasif, Enas M. Hefzy
Summary: The study found that soluble Mannose Receptor, Presepsin, and Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 can be used as markers to differentiate between sepsis and SIRS in critically ill children. In septic cases, soluble Mannose Receptor and Procalcitonin have positive correlations with factors such as disease severity.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Wael El-Deeb, Mahmoud Fayez, Naser Alhumam, Ibrahim Elsohaby, Sayed A. Quadri, Hermine Mkrtchyan
Summary: Staphylococcal mastitis is a common and costly disease in dairy cows. This study found elevated levels of multiple biomarkers in cows with SM, serving as effective diagnostic tools. There was no significant difference in biomarker levels between mastitis caused by different pathogens.
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Mushrin Malik, Archana Sreekantan Nair, Janan Illango, Nabeel Siddiqui, Rajvi Gor, Ransirini W. Fernando, Pousette Hamid
Summary: This systematic review evaluates the use of procalcitonin (PCT) for diagnosing and predicting severe outcomes in patients admitted to ICU, showing promising results with PCT having good predictive value in detecting and managing sepsis, severe sepsis, and mortality for a more favorable clinical outcome.
CUREUS JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
(2021)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ondrej Heneberk, Andrea Vernerova, Lenka Kujovska Krcmova, Eliska Wurfelova, Vladimira Radochova
Summary: This study evaluated the impact of periodontitis and nonsurgical periodontal therapy on neopterin concentrations. After periodontal treatment, neopterin concentrations significantly increased in gingival crevicular fluid and oral fluid compared to before treatment. The total amount of gingival crevicular fluid was significantly higher in the study group before treatment than in the control group. There was a significant correlation between neopterin concentrations in serum and oral fluid, suggesting that neopterin in oral fluid likely originates from serum.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Pinak Shah, Shobhit Keswani, Leo Yamaguchi, Kartika Shetty, Elizabeth Benge, Abdul Gader Gheriani, Maycky Tang, Nazanin Sheikhan, Napatkamon Ayutyanont, Andrew Kim, Cristian Valdez, Tony Alarcon
Summary: Procalcitonin improves the predictability of in-hospital sepsis-related mortality, ICU admission, and discharge home in the SIRS scoring system. However, it does not provide statistically significant benefit to the qSOFA scoring system in predicting sepsis-related in-hospital mortality, ICU admission, and discharge home.
CUREUS JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Junaid Hassan, Safeera Khan, Rukhe Zahra, Abdul Razaq, Ali Zain, Laiba Razaq, Mahrukh Razaq
Summary: Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and sepsis are inflammatory responses to infection or trauma, which can lead to adverse outcomes such as organ failure and death. Different scoring systems and biomarkers are valuable in diagnosing and predicting sepsis. Surgery, trauma, and burns are non-inflammatory causes of SIRS and sepsis. The roles of inflammatory and non-inflammatory immune responses in postoperative patients require further investigation and clarity.
CUREUS JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Virology
Hasan Selcuk Ozger, Murat Dizbay, Seref Kerem Corbacioglu, Pinar Aysert, Zehra Demirbas, Ozlem Guzel Tunccan, Kenan Hizel, Gulendam Bozdayi, Kayhan Caglar
Summary: Neopterin levels can be used as an early prognostic biomarker for COVID-19 on admission. Severe cases of COVID-19 have significantly higher levels of serum neopterin compared to mild cases, with an AUC value of 0.914 and high sensitivity and specificity for identifying severe cases at a cut-off value of 90 nmol/L.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY
(2021)
Article
Immunology
Yajie Yu, Min Li, Shufang Fu, Xiaoyan He, Xinqian Hu, Guofeng Zhu, Jia Wang, Xiaoling You, Yan Mou, Zhi Ye, Jun Wei, Yunhong Zha
Summary: A high-throughput drug screen of FDA-approved compounds revealed that crizotinib can be used as an inhibitor of RIPK1-dependent cell death. Crizotinib directly inhibits RIPK1 kinase activity and rescues TNF-alpha-induced death in mice with systemic inflammatory response syndrome. These findings are expected to accelerate drug development for RIPK1-spectrum disorders.
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOLOGY
(2023)
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Florence Wong, K. Rajender Reddy, Puneeta Tandon, Jacqueline G. O'Leary, Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao, Hugo E. Vargas, Jennifer C. Lai, Scott W. Biggins, Benedict Maliakkal, Michael Fallon, Ram Subramanian, Paul Thuluvath, Patrick S. Kamath, Leroy Thacker, Jasmohan S. Bajaj
Summary: The study showed that in patients with cirrhosis, the development of stages 2 or 3 AKI may be associated with advanced liver disease and second infection, leading to decreased 30-day transplant-free survival. Preventing AKI progression in these patients could potentially improve their outcomes.
CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ji Li, Yin Wang, Jinhong Luo, Zhikun Yin, Weifeng Huang, Jinyan Zhang
Summary: This study aimed to develop and validate a prognostic nomogram for predicting sepsis in pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) patients. Independent risk factors for sepsis were identified, and a nomogram was developed based on these factors. The nomogram showed excellent calibration and discrimination, indicating its potential clinical utility.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Harman Sharma, Sandhli Sharma, Anirudh Krishnan, Daniel Yuan, Venkat N. Vangaveti, Usman H. Malabu, Nagaraja Haleagrahara
Summary: The diagnostic test accuracy of inflammatory markers, including CRP and PCT, in identifying and differentiating the severity of DFU has been explored in this systematic review. CRP was found to be the best marker for diagnosing grade 2 DFU, while PCT was the best marker for diagnosing grade 3 DFU. Further research is needed to establish standardized cutoff values for these markers in diagnosing diabetic foot ulcers.
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Clinical Neurology
Arvid Eden, Nelly Kanberg, Johanna Gostner, Dietmar Fuchs, Lars Hagberg, Lars-Magnus Andersson, Magnus Lindh, Richard W. Price, Henrik Zetterberg, Magnus Gisslen
Summary: The study found evidence of inflammation in the central nervous system of patients with COVID-19 and neurological symptoms, but the typical features of CNS viral infections were absent. There were marked differences in the cerebrospinal fluid of COVID-19 patients compared to other viral CNS infections, raising questions about the pathobiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the CNS.
Article
Automation & Control Systems
Qianqian Sun, Dejun Tan, Shuwen Zhang
Summary: In this study, the impacts of Gaussian white noise and semi-Markovian switching on the propagation dynamics of COVID-19 were investigated using a stochastic SIQR model. It was found that the fate of COVID-19 is determined by the basic reproduction number R0, and the effect of quarantine rate on R0 is more significant than transmission rate. The presence of Gaussian white noise reduces R0 but poses challenges for prediction and control, and the conditional holding time distribution significantly affects the kinetics of COVID-19. Semi-Markov switching and Gaussian white noise support irregular recurrence of COVID-19 outbreaks.
JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE-ENGINEERING AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS
(2023)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Shahla Afsharpaiman, Mohammad Saeid Rezaee Zavareh, Mohammad Torkaman
IRANIAN RED CRESCENT MEDICAL JOURNAL
(2015)
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Pediatrics
Mohammad Torkaman, Fatemeh Mottaghizadeh, Mohammad Hossein Khosravi, Bita Najafian, Susan Amirsalari, Shahla Afsharpaiman
IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
(2017)
Review
Pediatrics
S. Afsharpaiman, A. Saburi, Karen A. Waters
PAEDIATRIC RESPIRATORY REVIEWS
(2013)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Shahla Afsharpaiman, David O. Sillence, Mehrdad Sheikhvatan, Jenny E. Ault, Karen Waters
SLEEP AND BREATHING
(2011)
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Clinical Neurology
Ensieh Vahedi, Ali Reza Fazeli Varzaneh, Mostafa Ghanei, Shahla Afsharpaiman, Zohre Poursaleh
SLEEP AND BREATHING
(2014)
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Clinical Neurology
Shahla Afsharpaiman, Mohammad Hossein Khosravi, Mojtaba Mahmoodinejad, Shahnaz Shirbazoo, Susan Amirsalari, Mohammad Torkaman, Shokoofeh Radfar
IRANIAN JOURNAL OF CHILD NEUROLOGY
(2017)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Mohsen Andisheh, Susan Amirsalari, Mohammad Torkaman, Marzieh Sabzechian, Shahla Afsharpaiman
IRANIAN JOURNAL OF CHILD NEUROLOGY
(2017)
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Shahla Afsharpaiman, Mohammad Hossein Khosravi, Mahdi Faridchehr, Mojtaba Komijani, Shokoofeh Radfar, Susan Amirsalari, Mohammad Torkaman, Shahnaz Shirbazoo
GALEN MEDICAL JOURNAL
(2016)
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Mohammad Torkaman, Hassan Abolghasemi, Susan Amirsalari, Fatemeh Beiraghdar, Shahla Afsharpaiman, Zohreh Kavehmanesh, Mohammad Hossein Khosravi
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM
(2016)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Alireza Fahimzad, Zahra Eydian, Abdollah Karimi, Farideh Shiva, Shirin Sayyahfar, Manijeh Kahbazi, Aliakbar Rahbarimanesh, Iraj Sedighi, Reza Arjmand, Gholamreza Soleimani, Anahita Sanaei Dashti, Babak Abdinia, Nasser Mostafavi, Roya Nikfar, Masomeh Abedini, Mohammad Sadegh Rezaei, Ali Mohammadpour, Houman Hashemian, Hossein Hidari, Keyghobad Ghadiri, Reza Entezari Heravi
ARCHIVES OF IRANIAN MEDICINE
(2016)
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Pediatrics
Alireza Fahimzad, Abdollah Karimi, Sedigheh Rafiei Tabatabaei, Shahnaz Armin, Roxana Mansour Ghanaei, Fatemeh Fallah, Farideh Shiva, Fatholla Roshanzamir, Nasser Mostafavi, Shirin Sayyahfar, Iraj Sedighi, Gholamreza Soleimani, Manijeh Kahbazi, Roya Nikfar, Masomeh Abedini, Reza Arjmand, Fatemeh Abdollah Gorji, Nava Safaei, Shokofeh Noroozi, Azadeh Gharooei
ARCHIVES OF PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2015)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Shahla Afsharpaiman, Susan Amirsalari, Mohammad Ajalloueyan, Amin Saburi
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2014)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Mohammad Torkaman, Fariba Ghasemi, Susan Amirsalari, Mohammad Abyazi, Shahla Afsharpaiman, Zohreh Kavehmanesh, Fatemeh Beiraghdar, Amin Saburi
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2013)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Mohammad Ajalloueyan, Susan Amirsalari, Shahla Afsharpeyman
IRANIAN RED CRESCENT MEDICAL JOURNAL
(2012)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Mohammad Torkaman, Susan Amirsalari, Amin Saburi, Shahla Afsharpaiman, Zohreh Kavehmanesh, Fatemeh Beiraghdar, Mohsen Alghasi, Hasan Kiani
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH
(2012)