Vol 8, No 14 (July 23, 2020): Annals of Translational Medicine

Editorial

New insights in addressing endometrial dysfunction: the potential role of growth hormone
Sokratis Grigoriadis, Evangelos Maziotis, Nikolaos Vlahos, Mara Simopoulou
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2020;
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Mechanical ventilation during thoracic surgery: towards individualized medicine
Mauro Roberto Tucci, Sérgio Martins Pereira, Eduardo Leite Vieira Costa, Joaquim Edson Vieira
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:842
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Cutting down on lung cancer: Ecliptasaponin A is a novel therapeutic agent
Mirja Rotinen, Ignacio Encío
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:843
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Effects of primary hypertension treatment in the oncological outcomes of hepatocellular carcinoma
Victor Lopez-Lopez, Alvaro Gomez Ruiz, Asunción Lopez-Conesa, Roberto Brusadin, Valentin Cayuela, Albert Caballero-Illanes, Máximo Torres, Ricardo Robles Campos
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:844
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Cunning maneuver regulating chemotherapy resistance in triple-negative breast cancer by eEF2K and autophagy
In Kyoung Lim
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:845
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Point of care ultrasound: the next evolution of medical education
Ellen A. Gilbertson, Nathan D. Hatton, John J. Ryan
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:846
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Use of 3D ultrasound in the hysteroscopic management of Asherman syndrome
Jose Carugno, Antonio Simone Laganà, Salvatore Giovanni Vitale
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:847
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Hitting the brakes on autophagy for overcoming acquired resistance in triple negative breast cancer
Chiara Bellio, Josep Villanueva
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2020;
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:848
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Original Article

Children with SARS-CoV-2 infection during an epidemic in China (outside of Hubei province)
Feifan Xiao, Bin Chen, Tiantian Xiao, Shoo K. Lee, Kai Yan, Liyuan Hu
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2020;
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:849
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Profiles of intraocular higher-order aberrations in healthy phakic eyes: prospective cross-sectional study
Jiaqing Zhang, Guangming Jin, Ling Jin, Xiaoting Ruan, Xiaoxun Gu, Wei Wang, Xiaoyun Chen, Lanhua Wang, Ye Dai, Zhenzhen Liu, Lixia Luo, Yizhi Liu
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:850
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RNF213 gene polymorphism rs9916351 and rs8074015 significantly associated with moyamoya disease in Chinese population
Bin Zhu, Xingju Liu, Xueke Zhen, Xixi Li, Mingfen Wu, Yan Zhang, Zhigang Zhao, Dong Zhang, Jizong Zhao
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
8
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:851
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High-dose vitamin C alleviates pancreatic injury via the NRF2/NQO1/HO-1 pathway in a rat model of severe acute pancreatitis
Li-Li Xu, Bing Zhao, Si-Lei Sun, Si-Fei Yu, Yu-Ming Wang, Ran Ji, Zhi-Tao Yang, Li Ma, Yi Yao, Ying Chen, Hui-Qiu Sheng, Er-Zhen Chen, En-Qiang Mao
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
8
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:852
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Adverse events associated with prophylactic corticosteroid use before extubation: a cohort study
Akira Kuriyama, Satoshi Egawa, Jun Kataoka, Masaaki Sakuraya, Masami Matsumura
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:853
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DNA methylation status of imprinted H19 and KvDMR1 genes in human placentas after conception using assisted reproductive technology
Fengli Chi, Mei Zhao, Kunming Li, An-Qi Lin, Yingya Li, Xiaoming Teng
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
8
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:854
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European Biological Variation Study (EuBIVAS): within- and between-subject biological variation estimates for serum biointact parathyroid hormone based on weekly samplings from 91 healthy participants
Michela Bottani, Giuseppe Banfi, Elena Guerra, Massimo Locatelli, Aasne K. Aarsand, Abdurrahman Coşkun, Jorge Díaz-Garzón, Pilar Fernandez-Calle, Sverre Sandberg, Ferruccio Ceriotti, Elisabet González-Lao, Margarita Simon, Anna Carobene, on behalf of the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine Working Group on Biological Variation
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
8
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:855
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Cancer-associated fibroblasts enhance the chemoresistance of CD73+ hepatocellular carcinoma cancer cells via HGF-Met-ERK1/2 pathway
Hao Peng, Rong Xue, Zheng Ju, Jiannan Qiu, Jiawei Wang, Wei Yan, Xiaojie Gan, Yizhu Tian, Hongbin Shen, Xiaoming Wang, Xuehao Wang, Xuhao Ni, Yue Yu, Ling Lu
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:856
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Comparison of a new anterior segment optical coherence tomography and Oculus Pentacam for measurement of anterior chamber depth and corneal thickness
Xuepei Li, Yijing Zhou, Charlotte Aimee Young, Aiming Chen, Guangming Jin, Danying Zheng
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:857
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Artesunate exerts anti-prolactinoma activity by inhibiting mitochondrial metabolism and inducing apoptosis
Weiyu Zhang, Qiu Du, Piaopiao Bian, Zheng Xiao, Xin Wang, Yajuan Feng, Hou Feng, Ziyan Zhu, Nailin Gao, Diming Zhu, Xiang Fan, Yonghong Zhu
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
8
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:858
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Machine learning-based CT radiomics method for predicting hospital stay in patients with pneumonia associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection: a multicenter study
Hongmei Yue, Qian Yu, Chuan Liu, Yifei Huang, Zicheng Jiang, Chuxiao Shao, Hongguang Zhang, Baoyi Ma, Yuancheng Wang, Guanghang Xie, Haijun Zhang, Xiaoguo Li, Ning Kang, Xiangpan Meng, Shan Huang, Dan Xu, Junqiang Lei, Huihong Huang, Jie Yang, Jiansong Ji, Hongqiu Pan, Shengqiang Zou, Shenghong Ju, Xiaolong Qi
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
8
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:859
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Tumor mutation burden in Chinese cancer patients and the underlying driving pathways of high tumor mutation burden across different cancer types
Xiao-Dong Jiao, Xiao-Chun Zhang, Bao-Dong Qin, Dong Liu, Liang Liu, Jian-Jiao Ni, Zhou-Yu Ning, Ling-Xiang Chen, Liang-Jun Zhu, Song-Bing Qin, Shen-Peng Ying, Xue-Qin Chen, Ai-Jun Li, Ting Hou, Han Han-Zhang, Junyi Ye, Jingjing Zheng, Shannon Chuai, Yuan-Sheng Zang
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:860
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Minimum local anesthetic dose of ropivacaine in real-time ultrasound-guided intraspinal anesthesia for lower extremity surgery: a randomized controlled trial
Ting Zheng, Peng Ye, Weilan Wu, Bin Hu, Lifei Chen, Xiaochun Zheng, Mingxue Lin
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:861
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Lung parenchymal and airway changes on CT imaging following allergen challenge and bronchoalveolar lavage in atopic and asthmatic subjects
Dexter P. Mendoza, Puja Kohli, John W. Nance, Ramandeep Singh, Josalyn Cho, Jason Griffith, R. Scott Harris, Vanessa J. Kelly, Andrew D. Luster, Benjamin Medoff, Subba R. Digumarthy
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:862
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The study of microtubule dynamics and stability at the postsynaptic density in a rat pilocarpine model of temporal lobe epilepsy
Xiaomei Wu, Ying Zhou, Zhiling Huang, Mingfei Cai, Yi Shu, Chang Zeng, Li Feng, Bo Xiao, Qiong Zhan
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:863
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Methylation of the MAOA promoter is associated with schizophrenia
Hao Yang, Jiajue Li, Aicen Ji, Liping Hu, Xiufeng Zhang, Linlin Liu, Lili Qing, Ming Yan, Shengjie Nie
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:864
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GLA missense and promoter variants co-segregating in a Chinese family with Fabry disease
Zhe-Yi Dong, Qian Wang, Shu-Peng Lin, Pu Chen, Jiao-Na Liu, Shu-Wen Liu, Guang-Yan Cai, Xiang-Mei Chen, Quan Hong
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:865
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Immune-related genes play an important role in the prognosis of patients with testicular germ cell tumor
Chengjian Ji, Yichun Wang, Yi Wang, Jiaochen Luan, Liangyu Yao, Yamin Wang, Ninghong Song
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:866
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Ex-vivo treatment of allografts using adipose-derived stem cells induced prolonged rejection-free survival in an allogenic hind-limb transplantation model
Yinmin Wang, Shoubao Wang, Chuan Gu, Yao Xiong, Hua Shen, Fei Liu, Jun Yang
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:867
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Methylation-driven genes and their prognostic value in cervical squamous cell carcinoma
Jinhui Liu, Sipei Nie, Siyue Li, Huangyang Meng, Rui Sun, Jing Yang, Wenjun Cheng
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:868
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Aging aggravated liver ischemia and reperfusion injury by promoting hepatocyte necroptosis in an endoplasmic reticulum stress-dependent manner
Weizhe Zhong, Xiaowei Wang, Zhuqing Rao, Xiongxiong Pan, Yu Sun, Tao Jiang, Ping Wang, Haoming Zhou, Xuehao Wang
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:869
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Gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI radiomics signature: prediction of clinical outcome in hepatocellular carcinoma after surgical resection
Zhen Zhang, Jie Chen, Hanyu Jiang, Yi Wei, Xin Zhang, Likun Cao, Ting Duan, Zheng Ye, Shan Yao, Xuelin Pan, Bin Song
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:870
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Comparison of the accuracy of intraocular lens power calculation formulas for eyes after corneal refractive surgery
Xiao-Zhen Wang, Rui Cui, Xu-Dong Song, Bo Yun, Jin Qian, Ning Ding
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:871
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Optical coherence tomography-based deep learning algorithm for quantification of the location of the intraocular lens
Chen Xin, Gui-Bin Bian, Haojie Zhang, Weipeng Liu, Zhe Dong
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:872
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Efficacy and safety of transcatheter aortic valve implantation in patients with severe bicuspid aortic stenosis
Bo Fu, Qingliang Chen, Feng Zhao, Zhigang Guo, Nan Jiang, Xu Wang, Wei Wang, Jiange Han, Li Yang, Yanbo Zhu, Yanhe Ma
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:873
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Using a deep recurrent neural network with EEG signal to detect Parkinson’s disease
Shixiao Xu, Zhihua Wang, Jutao Sun, Zhiqiang Zhang, Zhaoyun Wu, Tiezhao Yang, Gang Xue, Chuance Cheng
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:874
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Helicobacter pylori infection increases the risk of metabolic syndrome in pregnancy: a cohort study
Beilei Xia, Wenyuan Wang, Yufeng Lu, Chen Chen
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:875
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LncRNA MACC1-AS1 attenuates microvascular endothelial cell injury and promotes angiogenesis under hypoxic conditions via modulating miR-6867-5p/TWIST1 in human brain microvascular endothelial cells
Guangjun Yan, Haomin Zhao, Xin Hong
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:876
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Cancer-associated fibroblasts promote the migration and invasion of gastric cancer cells via activating IL-17a/JAK2/STAT3 signaling
Junli Zhang, Sen Li, Yuzhou Zhao, Pengfei Ma, Yanghui Cao, Chenyu Liu, Xijie Zhang, Wenpeng Wang, Li Chen, Yin Li
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:877
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Pulmonary vascular enlargement on thoracic CT for diagnosis and differential diagnosis of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Haiying Lv, Tongtong Chen, Yaling Pan, Hanqi Wang, Liuping Chen, Yong Lu
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:878
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Siderophores induce mitophagy-dependent apoptosis in platelets
Wenyuan Wang, Yufeng Lu, Yulin Wang, Yan Zhang, Beilei Xia, Juan Cao
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:879
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Preparation of doxorubicin-loaded collagen-PAPBA nanoparticles and their anticancer efficacy in ovarian cancer
Haiyan Jiang, Guiwen Liang, Min Dai, Yansong Dong, Yao Wu, Luzhong Zhang, Qinghua Xi, Lei Qi
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:880
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Tocilizumab exerts anti-inflammatory activity in six critically ill COVID-19 patients: a retrospective analysis
Shen Qian, Jianghong An, Furong Qi, Ling Ye, Qiong Chen, Xunqi Liu, Lixin Xie, Guobao Li
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:881
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Quantitative CT measurement of left colonic and pelvic mesenteric adipose volume in radiation proctitis
Yonghua Cai, Tenghui Ma, Qinghua Zhong, Qiyuan Qin, Wuteng Cao, Zhanzhen Liu, Jia Ke, Hui Wang
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:882
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The protective effect and mechanism of lentinan on acute kidney injury in septic rats
Xiaoping Li, Wanfen Zhang, Ping Li, Guoyuan Lu
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:883
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Identification of critical genes in gastric cancer to predict prognosis using bioinformatics analysis methods
Jing Liu, Liang Ma, Zhiming Chen, Yao Song, Tinging Gu, Xianchen Liu, Hongyu Zhao, Ninghua Yao
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:884
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Practice of prescription review mode based on data mining in hospital
Fan Xu, Jiayi Yin, Su Zeng
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:885
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Medulloblastoma malignant biological behaviors are associated with HOTAIR/miR-483-3p/CDK4 axis
Long Zhao, Tao Chen, Xiaoping Tang, Shun Li, Ruofei Liang, Yuanchuan Wang
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
8
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:886
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Case Report

Successful treatment of secondary macrophage activation syndrome with emapalumab in a patient with newly diagnosed adult-onset Still’s disease: case report and review of the literature
Jihad Ben Gabr, Eric Liu, Sundus Mian, Julie Pillittere, Eduardo Bonilla, Katalin Banki, Andras Perl
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
8
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:887
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Double lung transplantation for Sjögren’s syndrome-related interstitial lung disease: a case report and review of literature
Yuqin Cao, Hailei Du, Jialin Liu, Hongping Qu, Yongjie Ding, Guochao Shi, Qing Xie, Xin Sun, Jingyu Chen, Shugao Ye, Junbiao Hang, Xiang Zhou, Yajie Zhang, Jules Lin, Jieming Qu, Hecheng Li
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:888
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Hypoproteinemia being a manifestation of immunotherapy-related liver dysfunction
Juan Deng, Xiaoxia Chen, Hui Sun, Yu Liu, Wei Li, Bin Chen, Sha Zhao, Keyi Jia, Hao Wang, Haoyue Guo, Minlin Jiang, Yi Xu, Yayi He, Caicun Zhou
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
8
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:889
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Rapidly growing solitary fibrous tumors of the pleura: a case report and review of the literature
Zhitong Zuo, Haiyue Zhou, Yan Sun, Qing Mao, Yong Zhang, Xiaowei Gao
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
8
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:890
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Editorial Commentary

Radiotherapy target volume for limited-disease small cell lung cancer: good news from the dark side of the moon
Branislav Jeremic, Ivane Kiladze, Marta Jeremic, Nenad Filipovic
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:891
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Opicinumab: is it a potential treatment for multiple sclerosis?
Zubair Ahmed, Daniel Fulton, Michael R. Douglas
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
8
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:892
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Looking for a better measure of the benefit in clinical trials: a never-ending journey
Gennaro Daniele, Diana Giannarelli, Emilio Bria
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
8
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:893
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Biomarkers of response to immune checkpoint inhibitors for metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer: looking for the needle in the haystack
Husam A. Alqaisi, Esmail Al-ezzi, Aaron R. Hansen
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
8
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:894
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Cancer treatment at the end of life in older patients
Stuart M. Lichtman
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
8
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:895
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Malignant pleural mesothelioma: between pragmatism and hope
Marcello Migliore
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
8
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:896
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Understanding sex differences in progression and prognosis of chronic kidney disease
Andrea G. Kattah, Vesna D. Garovic
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
8
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:897
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Is AJCC 8th Edition useful in qualifying melanoma patients to adjuvant therapy?
Jacek Mackiewicz, Andrzej Mackiewicz
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:898
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Editorial on Cancer Metastasis: Molecular Signaling and Therapeutic Options1

Perspectives on molecular signaling in cancer and update on therapeutic options for the treatment of metastatic cancer
Khalid Sossey-Alaoui
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:899
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Review Article on Cancer Metastasis: Molecular Signaling and Therapeutic Options1

Elucidating the molecular signaling pathways of WAVE3
Urna Kansakar, Wei Wang, Vesna Markovic, Khalid Sossey-Alaoui
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:900
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Role of Kindlin-2 in cancer progression and metastasis
Wei Wang, Urna Kansakar, Vesna Markovic, Khalid Sossey-Alaoui
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:901
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Invadopodia: clearing the way for cancer cell invasion
Katarzyna Augoff, Anita Hryniewicz-Jankowska, Renata Tabola
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:902
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Epigenetic plasticity in metastatic dormancy: mechanisms and therapeutic implications
Nathaniel J. Robinson, Kimberly A. Parker, William P. Schiemann
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:903
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Mitochondrial metabolism and cancer metastasis
Dandan Yu, Chang Liu, Ling Guo
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:904
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Signaling within the epithelial ovarian cancer tumor microenvironment: the challenge of tumor heterogeneity
Max Horowitz, Emily Esakov, Peter Rose, Ofer Reizes
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:905
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Understanding breast cancer disparities—a multi-scale challenge
Hannah E. Hill, William P. Schiemann, Vinay Varadan
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:906
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Novel targeted therapies for metastatic breast cancer
Khalid Jazieh, Ruth Bell, Nayan Agarwal, Jame Abraham
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:907
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Erratum

Erratum to renal progenitor cells modulated by angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) medication and differentiation towards podocytes in anti-thy1.1 nephritis
Di Wu, Jiuxu Bai, Shaoyuan Cui, Bo Fu, Zhiwei Yin, Guangyan Cai, Xiangmei Chen
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2020;
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:908
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Disclosure:

1. The series “Cancer Metastasis: Molecular Signaling and Therapeutic Options” was commissioned by the editorial office, Annals of Translational Medicine without any sponsorship or funding. Khalid Sossey-Alaoui served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series.