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This year Annals of Translational Medicine (ATM), along with its sister journals and books published by AME Publishing Company, will be featured at this exciting academic event. We look forward to connecting with our authors, editorial board members, and readers on this exciting occasion. You are warmly invited to visit us at Booth 708. For your convenience, the official exhibition hall floor plan is available for reference.

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ATM Annual Report 2025

Greetings from the editorial office of ATM. We wish you a happy new year in 2026. In 2025, ATM has made great progress under the joint-efforts of experts worldwide.

We would like to sincerely thank you for your support and assistance in improving the journal as our editorial board members, authors, reviewers and readers. In this new phase, we would love to hear your thoughts on how we can improve our journal, and we hope that 2026 will bring greater things to ATM, and for the journal to reach new heights.

AME and Wolters Kluwer aim to expand access to global medical research through new collaboration

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Welcome Dr. Steven P. Rowe to be the New Co-Editor-in-Chief of ATM

The editorial office is pleased to announce that Dr. Steven P. Rowe is taking on the role of Co-Editor-in-Chief of Annals of Translational Medicine (ATM), effective from March 2025. Please join us in welcoming Dr. Rowe to take on his new role!

Interviews with Outstanding Authors (2026)

In 2026, many ATM authors make outstanding contributions to our journal. Their articles published with us have received very well feedback in the field and stimulate a lot of discussions and new insights among the peers.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding authors who have been making immense efforts in their research fields, with a brief interview of their unique perspective and insightful view as authors.

Reviewer of the Month (2025)

In 2025, ATM reviewers continue to make outstanding contributions to the peer review process. They demonstrated professional effort and enthusiasm in their reviews and provided comments that genuinely help the authors to enhance their work.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding reviewers, with a brief interview of their thoughts and insights as a reviewer. Allow us to express our heartfelt gratitude for their tremendous effort and valuable contributions to the scientific process.

Interviews with Editorial Board Members

ATM features a distinguished editorial board, the members of which continue to instill the power of their expertise for the journal’s development. By launching this column, we are glad to introduce to you some of them in the form of interviews, in which they will share their unique career experiences and perspectives. We believe their insights will shed light on the knowledge of related fields.

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Original Article | Clinical Studies

Association between rheumatoid arthritis, frailty status, mortality and anti-cancer therapy: a retrospective SEER-Medicare analysis in patients with non-metastatic renal cell carcinoma

Sherwin Novin, Sarah K. Holt, Maya Swaminathan, Jonathan Wright, John Gore, Kimme Hyrich, Sizheng Steven Zhao, Jeffrey Sparks, Una Makris, Maria Suarez-Almazor, Petros Grivas, Sarah Psutka, Namrata Singh

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The potential of large language models to address patients’ preoperative questions before anterior cervical discectomy and fusion surgery

Erika Yamazawa, Ziad Rifi, John K. Houten, James D. Lin, Konstantinos Margetis, Jeremy Steinberger

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Original Article | Drug and Biomaterials Screening and Development

A comprehensive longitudinal study quantifying the systemic effects associated with ovariectomy and high-dose corticosteroids in a sheep model of osteoporosis

Katie T. Bisazza, Brad B. Nelson, Russell V. Anthony, Laurie R. Goodrich, Kirk C. McGilvray, Jeremiah T. Easley

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Review Article | Biomarkers Sciences

Individualized pharmacotherapy: background and development

Jan Trøst Jørgensen, Niels Westergaard

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Ferritin as a diagnostic point-of-care marker in iron deficiency anemia: a narrative review and clinical implications

Janeva Nicole Dimen, Mohammad Sunoqrot, Catherine Hobbs, Emma Cherayil, Daven Sharma, Homa K. Ahmadzia

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Tumor microenvironment and signaling pathways in melanoma brain metastasis

Rafael Rosell, María González-Cao, Daniel Olmo-González, Emilia Hold, Miguel Ángel Molina-Vila

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Review Article | Data-Driven Clinical Practice and Policy Making

Literature review of pediatric Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) and mixed histiocytosis (Langerhans cell histiocytosis/ECD)

Shinsaku Imashuku

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Review Article | Basic and Mechanism Sciences

A developmentally informed narrative review of Toll-like receptors in adult and pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome

Clare Wei Tian Foo, Herng Lee Tan, Jing Yao Leong, Joo Guan Yeo, Salvatore Albani, Judith Ju Ming Wong

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Editorial Commentary | Emerging Therapeutics

Could chimeric antigen receptor-T cell treatment of atherosclerosis in mice translate to a human therapy?

Steven Gieseg, Barry Hock, Martins Ogugofor, Sally McCormick

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Editorial Commentary | Emerging Medical Technology Innovation and Translation

Direct selective laser trabeculoplasty in glaucoma: insights from the GLAUrious study

Daniel Zhu, Charles Zhang, Paras Shah, Amanda Bicket

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Editorial Commentary | Clinical Studies

Beyond the numbers: hypotension, algorithms, and the elusive promise of renal protection

Rogerio da Hora Passos, Rafael Hortêncio Melo, Roberto Rabello Filho, Bruno Zawadzki, Olfa Hamzaoui

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Comments on Diversified segmental defocus optimization lenses with and without atropine for myopia prevention: a randomized clinical trial

Langis Michaud

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Screening for atrial fibrillation according to serum thyroid-stimulating hormone: an opportunity for refinement?

Akash Kamalakshan Mavilakandy, Gregory Y. H. Lip

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Letter to the Editor | Drug and Biomaterials Screening and Development

Morphine versus hydromorphone pharmacokinetic vs. pharmacodynamic variabilities

Konrad Meissner, Erik Olofsen, Albert Dahan, Evan D. Kharasch

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Erratum

Erratum: Mesenchymal stem cells alleviate aging in vitro and in vivo

Editorial Office

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Erratum: Krüppel-like factor 5 promotes the progression of oral squamous cell carcinoma via the baculoviral IAP repeat containing 5 gene

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Erratum: The effect of TLR-4 on the proliferation and differentiation of bone mesenchymal stem cells and its relationship with the Wnt signal transduction pathway during bone nonunion

Editorial Office

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Original Article

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): chest CT characteristics benefit to early disease recognition and patient classification—a single center experience

Hua Zhou, Kaijin Xu, Yihong Shen, Qiang Fang, Feng Chen, Jifang Sheng, Feng Zhao, Haiyan Lou

Published online: 15 June 2020

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Letter to the Editor

Serum lactate dehydrogenase level may predict acute respiratory distress syndrome of patients with fever infected by SARS-CoV-2

Yang Zhou, Ning Ding, Guifang Yang, Wen Peng, Fengning Tang, Cuirong Guo, Xiangping Chai

Published online: 15 September 2020

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Review Article

Lung abscess-etiology, diagnostic and treatment options

Ivan Kuhajda, Konstantinos Zarogoulidis, Katerina Tsirgogianni, Drosos Tsavlis, Ioannis Kioumis, Christoforos Kosmidis, Kosmas Tsakiridis, Andrew Mpakas, Paul Zarogoulidis, Athanasios Zissimopoulos, Dimitris Baloukas, Danijela Kuhajda

Published online: 15 August 2015

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Metformin use in women with polycystic ovary syndrome

Neil P. Johnson

Published online: 27 June 2014

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Meixi Liu, Huayu Yang, Yilei Mao

Published online: 31 October 2019

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Role of pro-inflammatory cytokines released from microglia in Alzheimer’s disease

Wen-Ying Wang, Meng-Shan Tan, Jin-Tai Yu, Lan Tan

Published online: 26 June 2015

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Case Report

The potential detrimental effects of calcium channel blockers’ overdose and current available management

Manyoo A. Agarwal, David Flatt, Rami N. Khouzam

Published online: 15 January 2018

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Epidemiology of coronary heart disease and acute coronary syndrome

Fabian Sanchis-Gomar, Carme Perez-Quilis, Roman Leischik, Alejandro Lucia

Published online: 15 July 2016

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Big-data Clinical Trial Column

Time-varying covariates and coefficients in Cox regression models

Zhongheng Zhang, Jaakko Reinikainen, Kazeem Adedayo Adeleke, Marcel E. Pieterse, Catharina G. M. Groothuis-Oudshoorn

Published online: 13 April 2018

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Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori using the rapid urease test

Takahiro Uotani, David Y. Graham

Published online: 12 January 2015

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Review Article

Metformin in cancer prevention and therapy

Jacek Kasznicki, Agnieszka Sliwinska, Józef Drzewoski

Published online: 27 June 2014

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The basics of respiratory mechanics: ventilator-derived parameters

Pedro Leme Silva, Patricia R. M. Rocco

Published online: 15 October 2018

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Original Article

Molecular mechanism of CD163⁺ tumor-associated macrophage (TAM)-derived exosome-induced cisplatin resistance in ovarian cancer ascites

Xiaohui Zhang, Jiapo Wang, Na Liu, Weimin Wu, Hong Li, Jinhong Chen, Xiaoqing Guo

Published online: 29 September 2022

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Review Article

A narrative review of acute pancreatitis and its diagnosis, pathogenetic mechanism, and management

Zhi Zheng, Yi-Xuan Ding, Yuan-Xu Qu, Feng Cao, Fei Li

Published online: 15 January 2021

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Review Article

Morbidity and mortality associated with obesity

Mahmoud Abdelaal, Carel W. le Roux, Neil G. Docherty

Published online: 14 April 2017

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Original Article

Endometrial cavity fluid is associated with deleterious pregnancy outcomes in patients undergoing in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection: a retrospective cohort study

Wen-Xiu Zhang, Lian-Bao Cao, Ying Zhao, Jing Li, Bo-Feng Li, Jia-Nan Lv, Lei Yan, Jin-Long Ma

Published online: 15 January 2021

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Original Article

Clinical characteristics of recovered COVID-19 patients with re-detectable positive RNA test

Jianghong An, Xuejiao Liao, Tongyang Xiao, Shen Qian, Jing Yuan, Haocheng Ye, Furong Qi, Chengguang Shen, Lifei Wang, Yang Liu, Xiaoya Cheng, Na Li, Qingxian Cai, Fang Wang, Jun Chen, Guojun Li, Qiu’e Cai, Yingxia Liu, Yunfang Wang, Feng Zhang, Yang Fu, Qing He, Xiaohua Tan, Lei Liu, Zheng Zhang

Published online: 15 September 2020

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Original Article

Efficacy and safety of palbociclib plus endocrine therapy for patients with HR⁺/HER2⁻ advanced breast cancer in real-world clinical practice

Bingqian Zhong, Jie Zhang, Jing Wu, Langshuang Sun, Shuhong Li, Xiaohua Zeng, Lu Gan

Published online: 31 March 2022

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Model building strategy for logistic regression: purposeful selection

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Published online: 25 March 2016

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Review Articles

The physiological roles of secretin and its receptor

Syeda Afroze, Fanyin Meng, Kendal Jensen, Kelly McDaniel, Kinan Rahal, Paolo Onori, Eugenio Gaudio, Gianfranco Alpini, Shannon S. Glaser

Published online: 06 October 2013

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Variations in mRNA and protein levels of Ikaros family members in pediatric T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

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Profiling changes in metabolism and the immune microenvironment in lung tumorigenesis

Di Zhang, Ana S. Leal, Fawzi Abu Rous, Karen T. Liby

Lessons learned by features of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and its tumor microenvironment

Alex B. Blair, Vincent P. Groot, Jin He

Nephron repair: powered by anaerobic energy metabolism

Brooke E. Chambers, Rebecca A. Wingert

Blocking the PD-1/PD-L1 axis in advanced prostate cancer: are we moving in the right direction?

Andre P. Fay, Emmanuel S. Antonarakis

Strengthening the foundation of kidney cancer treatment and research: revising the AJCC staging system

Hiren V. Patel, Arnav Srivastava, Brian Shinder, Evita Sadimin, Eric A. Singer

Revisiting AJCC TNM staging for renal cell carcinoma: quest for improvement

Umang Swami, Roberto H. Nussenzveig, Benjamin Haaland, Neeraj Agarwal

Letter to the Editor

Challenges to interpreting patient reported outcomes in clinical trials: author rejoinder

Melanie L. Bell

Low levels of interleukin-10 in patients with transfusion-related acute lung injury

Rick Kapur, Michael Kim, Johan Rebetz, Matthew T. Rondina, Leendert Porcelijn, John W. Semple

Circulating CD40 autoantibody and suPAR synergy drives glomerular injury

Changli Wei, Tara K. Sigdel, Minnie M. Sarwal, Jochen Reiser

Gene replacement rescues severe muscle pathology and prolongs survival in myotubularin-deficient mice and dogs

Martin K. Childers, Alan H. Beggs, Ana Buj-Bello

Column in Changemakers in Patient-Oriented Translational Clinical Investigation

James Neil Gilliam, MD—the career arc of a patient-oriented translational clinical investigation changemaker in rheumatologic skin disease

Richard D. Sontheimer

Technical Note

Laparoscopic suture training curricula and techniques

Xin Wang, Yongbin Li, Yunqiang Cai, Lingwei Meng, He Cai, Xubao Liu, Bing Peng

Commentary

Vinculin at the heart of aging

William H. Bradford, Jeffrey H. Omens, Farah Sheikh

MET signaling promotes DNA repair and radiation resistance in glioblastoma stem-like cells

Pavlina Krasimirova Todorova, Bipasha Mukherjee, Sandeep Burma

Uncovering the influence of the FGFR1 pathway on glioblastoma radiosensitivity

Karen K. Sayal, Geoffrey S. Higgins, Ester M. Hammond

Epigenetic therapy in a new era of medicine: creating and integrating molecular profiles of patients

Ebrahim Afshinnekoo, Christopher E. Mason

Patellar resurfacing after endoprosthetic replacement for primary or secondary bone tumors

Alexander D. Liddle

A sensible approach to targeting STAT3-mediated transcription

Neil E. Bhola, Daniel E. Johnson, Jennifer R. Grandis

Circulating fibrocytes serve as a marker for clinical diagnosis

Thuy Cao, Sheeja Rajasingh, Johnson Rajasingh

Collagen and fibronectin: threads linking obesity and breast cancer

Lesley G. Ellies

Abrupt versus gradual smoking cessation with pre-cessation nicotine replacement therapy for cigarette smokers motivated to quit

Elias M. Klemperer, Karl O. Fagerstrom, John R. Hughes

Quantification of lung recruitment by respiratory mechanics and CT imaging: what are the clinical implications?

Andrew C. McKown, Lorraine B. Ware

TGFβ signaling: a friend or a foe to hepatic fibrosis and tumorigenesis

Dragana Kopanja, Pradip Raychaudhuri

Applications of iPSC-derived models of Gaucher disease

Daniel K. Borger, Elma Aflaki, Ellen Sidransky

Significance of microRNA-based biomarkers for pancreatic cancer

Sukhwinder Kaur, Shiv Ram Krishn, Satyanarayana Rachagani, Surinder K. Batra

Perspective

The search for gene-gene interactions in genome-wide association studies: challenges in abundance of methods, practical considerations, and biological interpretation

Marylyn D. Ritchie, Kristel Van Steen

Gut microbiota and oxalate homeostasis

Marguerite Hatch

Aldehyde dehydrogenases in cancer stem cells: potential as therapeutic targets

David W. Clark, Komaraiah Palle

RNAs that make a heart beat

Mithun Mitra, Hilary A. Coller

Is a short anesthetic exposure in children safe? Time will tell: a focused commentary of the GAS and PANDA trials

Gregory A. Chinn, Jennifer M. Sasaki Russell, Jeffrey W. Sall

Glucose management in the intensive care unit: are we looking for the right sweet spot?

Sarah J. Beesley, Eliotte L. Hirshberg, Michael J. Lanspa

Emerging role of lncRNA in cancer: a potential avenue in molecular medicine

Nidhi Jariwala, Devanand Sarkar

Sarco“MiR” friend or foe: a perspective on the mechanisms of doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy

Louis A. Saddic, Jochen D. Muehlschlegel

Improving our understanding of papillary renal cell carcinoma with integrative genomic analysis

Parth K. Modi, Eric A. Singer

Photon, light ion, and heavy ion cancer radiotherapy: paths from physics and biology to clinical practice

Jac A. Nickoloff

Why we need a new definition of sepsis

Sarah J. Beesley, Michael J. Lanspa

Health Service and Policy Research

Health Services & Policy Research in translational medicine

Nengliang (Aaron) Yao

Editorials

Circulating free DNA in the management of breast cancer

Jacqueline A. Shaw, Justin Stebbing

Review Articles

The physiological roles of secretin and its receptor

Syeda Afroze, Fanyin Meng, Kendal Jensen, Kelly McDaniel, Kinan Rahal, Paolo Onori, Eugenio Gaudio, Gianfranco Alpini, Shannon S. Glaser

Effect of high fat-diet and obesity on gastrointestinal motility

Mazen Al Mushref, Shanthi Srinivasan

Functional role of microvesicles in gastrointestinal malignancies

Kelly McDaniel, Robert Correa, Tianhao Zhou, Christopher Johnson, Heather Francis, Shannon Glaser, Julie Venter, Gianfranco Alpini, Fanyin Meng

Highlighted Reports in Galectins

Role of galectins in re-epithelialization of wounds

Noorjahan Panjwani

Editorial: Diabetes Mellitus

A look at the trend in diabetes-related complications in the U.S. over the past two decades: looking ahead

Chee W. Chia, Luigi Ferrucci

Helicobacter Pylori

Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori using the rapid urease test

Takahiro Uotani, David Y. Graham

Health Service and Policy Research Column

Diabetes management before and after cancer diagnosis: missed opportunity

Nengliang Yao, Fabian T. Camacho, Askar S. Chukmaitov, Steven T. Fleming, Roger T. Anderson

The real difficulty in improving concordance of clinical practice with guidelines

Nengliang Yao, Abram Recht

Review Article on MicroRNAs, Signalling Pathways and Diseases

MicroRNAs in congenital heart disease

Tanya Smith, Cha Rajakaruna, Massimo Caputo, Costanza Emanueli

Review Article on Toward Precision Medicine in Neurological Diseases

Precision medicine in spinocerebellar ataxias: treatment based on common mechanisms of disease

David D. Bushart, Geoffrey G. Murphy, Vikram G. Shakkottai

Focus on Toward Precision Medicine in Neurological Diseases

Toward precision medicine in Alzheimer’s disease

Christiane Reitz

Review Article on Innovations and Technology in Surgery

Surgical applications of three-dimensional printing: a review of the current literature & how to get started

Don Hoang, David Perrault, Milan Stevanovic, Alidad Ghiassi

Review Article on MET as Actionable Target in Cancer Therapy

MET: roles in epithelial-mesenchymal transition and cancer stemness

Hye-Min Jeon, Jeongwu Lee

Effective implementation of novel MET pharmacodynamic assays in translational studies

Apurva K. Srivastava, Tony Navas, William G. Herrick, Melinda G. Hollingshead, Donald P. Bottaro, James H. Doroshow, Ralph E. Parchment

Perspective on Mesothelioma

Novel immunotherapy clinical trials in malignant pleural mesothelioma

Zachary E. Tano, Navin K. Chintala, Xiaoyu Li, Prasad S. Adusumilli

Review Article on Mesothelioma

Mesothelioma: recent highlights

Michele Carbone, Haining Yang

Environmental asbestos exposure and risk of mesothelioma

Curtis W. Noonan

Original Article on Translational Neurodegeneration

The impact of GAB2 genetic variations on cerebrospinal fluid markers in Alzheimer’s disease

Xiao-Xiao Chen, Run-Rong Guo, Xi-Peng Cao, Lin Tan, Lan Tan, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

Review Article on Molecular Hepatology

Fibroblast growth factors 19 and 21 in acute liver damage

Zhao Shan, Gloria Alvarez-Sola, Iker Uriarte, María Arechederra, Maite G. Fernández-Barrena, Carmen Berasain, Cynthia Ju, Matías A. Avila

Editorial on Cardiovascular Disease and Cardiometabolic Risk: Advances in Understanding Pathophysiology, Public Health Burden and Clinical Care

Advances in resistant hypertension

David A. Calhoun

Review Article on Cardiopulmonary Interactions

Heart-lung interactions during mechanical ventilation: the basics

Syed S. Mahmood, Michael R. Pinsky

Review Article on Inborn Errors of Metabolism

Congenital disorders of glycosylation

Irene J. Chang, Miao He, Christina T. Lam

Review Article on Health and Medicine: a new era

Inflammation, immunosuppressive microenvironment and breast cancer: opportunities for cancer prevention and therapy

Sachin Kumar Deshmukh, Sanjeev Kumar Srivastava, Teja Poosarla, Donna Lynn Dyess, Nicolette Paolaungthong Holliday, Ajay Pratap Singh, Seema Singh

Editorial Commentary | Clinical Studies

Stent, or not to stent: that is the question in acute carotid artery occlusive dissections

Irem Yesiloglu, Zafer Keser

Published online: 03 September 2026

Editorial Commentary | Emerging Therapeutics

Leber hereditary optic neuropathy: answers that lead to questions

Amr K. Hassan

Published online: 03 September 2026

Editorial Commentary | Emerging Therapeutics

From bench to bedside: the journey of suzetrigine and the future of non-opioid pain management

Ratan K. Banik, Dilan Bhakta

Published online: 03 September 2026

Editorial Commentary | Clinical Studies

Early vasopressor use in major abdominal surgery: rethinking hemodynamic strategy

Mitri K. Khoury

Published online: 03 September 2026

Editorial Commentary | Basic and Mechanism Sciences

Mast cells and intestinal barrier dysfunction: dietary triggers, food intolerance/malabsorption, and Helicobacter pylori

Wolfgang J. Schnedl

Published online: 03 September 2026

Editorial Commentary | Drug and Biomaterials Screening and Development

Radiation-amplified antibody-drug conjugates at the crossroads of innovation and translation

Jostein Dahle

Published online: 03 September 2026

Editorial Commentary | Emerging Therapeutics

Early anatomic disease control with faricimab in neovascular age-related macular degeneration: implications for treat-and-extend care

Victor Bellanda, Sumit Sharma

Published online: 03 September 2026

Editorial Commentary | Emerging Medical Technology Innovation and Translation

Social media-based interventions on improving follow-up attendance and parental education in congenital ectopia lentis

Anne Chu, Courtney L. Kraus

Published online: 02 September 2026

Editorial Commentary | Drug and Biomaterials Screening and Development

Engineering delivery: the rise of transferrin receptor-targeted therapeutics in myotonic dystrophy type 1 and beyond

Marion Pierre, Mohamed Chahine

Published online: 02 September 2026

Editorial Commentary | Clinical Studies

Can ctDNA-guided treatment strategies improve clinical outcomes in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma?

Kensuke Takebe, Yosuke Morimoto, Satoru Matsuda, Kazuaki Matsui, Masashi Takeuchi, Kazumasa Fukuda, Hirofumi Kawakubo, Yuko Kitagawa

Published online: 13 August 2026

Editorial Commentary | Emerging Therapeutics

Mitapivat in sickle cell disease: a therapeutic setback or a shift in perspective?

Salvador Payán-Pernía, Isabel Ojeda-Pérez, Jose-Carlos Segovia

Published online: 13 August 2026

Editorial Commentary | Drug and Biomaterials Screening and Development

Beyond metabolic simplicity: lessons from the remimazolam-remifentanil interaction

Tom Giedsing Hansen, Thomas Engelhardt

Published online: 07 August 2026

Editorial Commentary | Clinical Studies

Doravirine/islatravir for maintenance therapy: interpreting emerging evidence and its generalizability

Eisuke Adachi

Published online: 03 August 2026

Editorial Commentary | Data-Driven Clinical Practice and Policy Making

Length of storage of packed red blood cell units and risk of acute kidney injury in transfused severely ill patients

Marisa Tucci, Jacques Lacroix

Published online: 20 July 2026

Editorial Commentary | Drug and Biomaterials Screening and Development

Morphine versus hydromorphone: when pharmacokinetic variability cannot decide

Joao P. De Aquino, Thomas R. Hickey, Katrina R. Hamilton, Claudia M. Campbell

Published online: 13 July 2026

Editorial Commentary | Emerging Therapeutics

Gene therapy for Bietti crystalline dystrophy: early clinical experience and future directions

Hyunmin Na, Eun Kyoung Lee

Published online: 08 July 2026

Editorial Commentary | Clinical Studies

Continuous versus bolus norepinephrine administration during induction of general anesthesia and blood pressure stability

Koichi Yoshinaga

Published online: 06 July 2026

Editorial Commentary | Emerging Medical Technology Innovation and Translation

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in fibromyalgia: insights from a multicentre randomised controlled trial

Hoa Ngan Doan, Min Cheol Chang

Published online: 19 May 2026

Erratum

Erratum: MiR-93-5p regulates tumorigenesis and tumor immunity by targeting PD-L1/CCND1 in breast cancer

Editorial Office

Published online: 31 December 2025

Erratum

Erratum: H3K27ac-activated lncRNA KTN1-AS1 aggravates tumor progression by miR-505-3p/ZNF326 axis in ovarian cancer

Editorial Office

Published online: 16 September 2025

Erratum

Erratum: LncRNA TCONS_00004099-derived microRNA regulates oncogenesis through PTPRF in gliomas

Editorial Office

Published online: 15 July 2025

Erratum

Erratum: In vitro and in vivo study on prevention of myocardial ischemic injury by taurine

Editorial Office

Published online: 15 July 2025

Erratum

Erratum: Bupivacaine inhibits the malignant biological behavior of oral squamous cell carcinoma cells by inhibiting the activation of ERK1/2 and STAT3

Editorial Office

Published online: 15 July 2025

Erratum

Erratum: Salvianolic acid B alleviates neurological injury by upregulating stanniocalcin 1 expression

Editorial Office

Published online: 15 January 2025

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Erratum: Inhibition of bone morphogenetic protein receptor 2 suppresses pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma growth by regulating GRB2/PI3K/AKT axis

Editorial Office

Published online: 15 January 2025

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Erratum: Investigating the protective effect of tanshinone IIA against chondrocyte dedifferentiation: a combined molecular biology and network pharmacology approach

Editorial Office

Published online: 18 December 2024

Erratum

Erratum: Improvement of surgical techniques for orthotopic single lung transplantation in rats

Editorial Office

Published online: 10 December 2024

Erratum

Erratum: MyD88 deficiency aggravates the severity of acute pancreatitis by promoting MyD88-independent TRIF pathway-mediated necrosis

Editorial Office

Published online: 10 December 2024

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Erratum: Levosimendan protects from sepsis-inducing cardiac dysfunction by suppressing inflammation, oxidative stress and regulating cardiac mitophagy via the PINK-1-Parkin pathway in mice

Editorial Office

Published online: 20 November 2024

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Annals of Translational Medicine is an international, peer-reviewed Open Access journal featuring original and observational investigations in the broad fields of laboratory, clinical, and public health research including but are not limited to, oncology, thoracic disease, cardiology, hepatology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, neurology, dermatology, biomedical engineering, biochemical science/genomics, pathology, medical informatics, emergency medicine/critical care, epidemiology, hematology, immunology, drug, and other interdisciplinary approaches to medicine.