OBJECTIVE: Certain brain activation responses to psychological stress are associated with worse outcomes in CVD patients. We hypothesized that elevated acute psychological stress, manifesting as greater activity within neural centers for emotional re...
AIMS: Imatinib plasma trough levels (IM Cmin) have been reported to have a considerable clinical impact in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs). We therefore have investigated the factors affecting IM plasma concentration in Chinese ...
OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine histologic and gene expression features of clinical improvement in early diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc; scleroderma).
Diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) mainly relies on a manual assessment of the peripheral blood and bone marrow cell morphology. The WHO guidelines suggest a visual screening of 200 to 500 cells which inevitably turns the assessor blind to r...
Accurate and efficient classification and quantification of CD34+ cells are essential for the diagnosis and monitoring of leukemia. Current methods, such as flow cytometry, are complex, time-consuming, and require specialized expertise and equipment....
BACKGROUND: Cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) play a vital role in cell-cell interactions, immune response modulation, and tumor cell migration. However, the unique role of CAMs in gastric cancer (GC) remains largely unexplored.
Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) presents a potentially curative treatment for hematologic malignancies yet carries associated risks and complications. Continuous research focuses on predicting outcomes and identifying risk fa...
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OBJECTIVE: Mobilization and collection of peripheral blood stem cells (PBSCs) are time-intensive and costly. Excessive apheresis sessions can cause physical discomfort for donors and increase the costs associated with collection. Therefore, it is ess...