Volume 65 (No.2), September 2020

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Pages 235-456

Editorial Board

Review Articles

1. Neurotoxicity of antineoplastic drugs: mechanisms, susceptibility, and neuroprotective strategies.
Pages: 265-285
Authors: Claudia Pellacani, Georgios Eleftheriou

2. Characteristics of platelet indices and their prognostic significance in selected medical condition - review.
Pages: 310-315
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Authors: Karolina Pogorzelska, Anna Kretowska, Maryna Krawczuk-Rybak, Malgorzata Sawicka-Zukowska

3. Iron, ferroptosis, and new insights for prevention in acute kidney injury.
Pages: 361-370
Authors: Bartlomiej Borawski, Jolanta Malyszko

4. Lung ultrasound in the diagnosis of COVID-19 infection - a case series and review of the literature.
Pages: 378-385
Authors: Natalia Buda, Elena Segura-Grau, Jolanta Cylwik, Marcin Wełnicki

5. Circadian Disruption, Melatonin Rhythm Perturbations and Their Contributions to Chaotic Physiology.
Pages: 394-402
Authors: Russel J. Reiter, Sergio Rosales-Corral, Ramaswamy Sharma

6. Autoimmune pancreatitis - an ongoing challenge.
Pages: 403-408
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Authors: Martin Blaho, Petr Dítě, Lumír Kunovský, Bohuslav Kianička

7. Review of beneficial effects of resveratrol in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's Disease.
Pages: 415-423
Authors: Justyna Komorowska,Mateusz Wątroba, Dariusz Szukiewicz

Original Research Articles

8. Clarithromycin effectively enhances Doxorubicin-induced cytotoxicity and apoptosis in MCF7 cells through dysregulation of autophagy.
Pages: 235-243
Authors: Nahid Amani, Mohammad Shokrzadeh, Fatemeh Shaki

9. The beneficial role of FENO in association with GINA guidelines for titration of inhaled corticosteroids in adult asthma: a randomized study.
Pages: 244-251
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Authors: Tung Truong-Thanh, Anh Vo-Thi-Kim, Thuc Vu-Minh, Dung Truong-Viet, Huong Tran-Van, Sy Duong-Quy

10. miR-141-3p Promotes Proliferation and Metastasis of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma by targeting NME1.
Pages: 252-258
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Authors: Manyi Li, Haiping Huang, Fuwei Cheng, Xiaoqing Hu, Jisheng Liu

11. Correlation between biomarkers (calprotectin, seromucoid and metalloproteinase-3) and clinical and endoscopic activity of ulcerative colitis in children.
Pages: 259-264
Authors: Barbara Iwańczak, Małgorzata Ruczka, Małgorzata Matusiewicz, Tomasz Pytrus, Krzysztof Matusiewicz, Elżbieta Krzesiek

12. Brain tissue oxygenation during transnasal endoscopic skull base procedures.
Pages: 286-290
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Authors: Tomasz Łysoń, Andrzej Sieśkiewicz, Robert Rutkowski, Magdalena Rybaczek, Andrzej Sobolewski, Krzysztof Gorbacz, Jacek Krajewski, Jan Kochanowicz, Marek Rogowski, Zenon Mariak

13. Analysis of the tumor necrosis factor superfamily member 11 gene polymorphism with bone mineral density and bone fracture frequency in patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis.
Pages: 291-297
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Authors: Anna Wawrzyniak, Marzena Skrzypczak-Zielinska, Iwona Krela-Kazmierczak, Michal Michalak, Daria Marszalek, Michalina Marcinkowska, Oliwia Zakerska-Banaszak, Ryszard Slomski

14. Pulmonary vascular resistance as a potential marker of reactive pulmonary hypertension reduction following sildenafil therapy in patients disqualified from orthotopic heart transplantation.
Pages: 298-303
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Authors: Agata Duszańska, Jaroslaw Wasilewski, Marek Gierlotka, Michal Zakliczyński

15. Sensitization to major Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus allergens in house dust mite allergic patients from North Eastern Poland developing rhinitis or asthma.
Pages: 304-309
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Authors: Krzysztof Kowal, Agnieszka Pampuch, Grzegorz Siergiejko, Zenon Siergiejko, Ewa Swiebocka, Caleb R Schlachter, Maksymilian Chruszcz, Alain Jacquet

16. Efficacy of ipilimumab after anti-PD-1 therapy in sequential treatment of metastatic melanoma patients—real-world evidence.
Pages: 316-323
Authors: Bożena Cybulska-Stopa, Paweł Rogala, Anna M. Czarnecka, Iwona Ługowska, Paweł Teterycz, Łukasz Galus, Marcin Rajczykowski, Anna Dawidowska, Karolina Piejko, Rafał Suwiński, Jacek Mackiewicz, Piotr Rutkowski

17. Effect of ytterbium amount on LaNbO4:Tm3+,Yb3+ nanoparticles for bio-labelling applications..
Pages: 324-331
Authors: Nathalia Marques, Eduardo Nassar, Robert Mauricot, Marc Verelst, Helena Brunckova, Lucas Alonso Rocha

18. Comparison of the offspring ultrasound thyroid volume in hypothyroid mothers treated with different levothyroxine doses: a cohort study.
Pages: 332-337
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Authors: Aleksandra Mikołajczak, Maria Katarzyna Borszewska-Kornacka, Ewa Romejko-Wolniewicz, Renata Bokiniec

19. Anti-Fibrotic Effect of Iguratimod on Pulmonary Fibrosis by Inhibiting the Fibroblast-to-Myofibroblast Transition.
Pages: 338-347
Authors: Haobo Lin, Chaochen Wu, Fu Zhu, Guangfeng Zhang, Yuesheng Xie, Yang Cui, Guangfu Dong, Xiao Zhang

20. Quantitative changes in selected bacteria in the stool during the treatment of Crohn's disease.
Pages: 348–353
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Authors: Dominika Salamon, Tomasz Gosiewski, Agnieszka Krawczyk, Agnieszka Sroka-Oleksiak, Mariusz Duplaga, Krzysztof Fyderek, Kinga Kowalska-Duplaga

21. Gene expression analysis of activating and inhibitory receptors of natural killer cells in patients with acute myeloblastic leukemia.
Pages: 354-360
Authors: Narges Ghasemimehr, Vahid Moazed, Ahmad Fatemi

22. Efficacy of high-dose corticosteroid-based treatment for chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients with p53 abnormalities in the era of B-cell receptor inhibitors.
Pages: 371-377
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Authors: Bartosz Michał Pula, Monika Długosz-Danecka, Aleksander Salomon-Perzyński; Agnieszka Szymczyk; Edyta Subocz; Bożena K Budziszewska; Justyna Rybka; Lidia Gil; Anna Waszczuk-Gajda; Elżbieta Iskierka-Jażdżewska; Jan M Zaucha; Michał Osowiecki; Weronika Piszczek; Paweł Steckiewicz; Łukasz Szukalski; Marek Hus; Ewa Lech-Marańda; Wojciech Jurczak; Krzysztof Jamroziak

23. The effect of interleukin 6 deficiency on myocardial signal transduction pathways activation induced by bacterial lipopolysaccharide in young and old mice.
Pages: 386-393
Authors: Ewa Tarasiuk, Tomasz A. Bonda, Magdalena Dziemidowicz, Maria M. Winnicka, Piotr Bernaczyk, Karol A. Kamiński

24. Clinical presentation and outcomes of cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis in patients with diabetes - a matched pair analysis. A pilot study..
Pages: 409-414
Authors: Monika Lacka, Paweł Obłój, Piotr Spychalski, Dariusz Łaski, Olga Rostkowska, Paulina Wieszczy, Jarosław Kobiela

25. Assessing the Predictive Response Of A Simple And Sensitive Blood-Based Biomarker Between Estrogen-Negative Solid Tumors.
Pages: 424-428
Authors: Srinidi Mohan, Seema Patel, David Barlow, Augusto Cardenas Rojas

26. Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation for multiple myeloma: a retrospective analysis of the Polish Myeloma Group.
Pages: 429-436
Authors: Aleksandra Gołos, Lidia Gil, Bartosz Puła, Piotr Boguradzki, Kazimierz Hałaburda, Waldemar Sawicki, Małgorzata Sobczyk-Kruszelnicka, Grzegorz Helbig, Jarosław Dybko, Artur Jurczyszyn, Sonia Dębek, Krzysztof Warzocha, Krzysztof Jamroziak

27. E-cigarette use among young adults in Poland: prevalence and characteristics of e-cigarette users.
Pages: 437-441
Authors: Łukasz Minarowski, Mateusz Jankowski, Robert M. Mróz, Katarzyna Guziejko, Damian Mojsak, Michał Poznański3, Tadeusz Maria Zielonka, Marta Rachel, Kamil Kornicki, Paulina Pepłowska, Krzysztof Bielewicz, Dorota Kaleta, Jaroslaw Pinkas, Joachim Zborowski, Adam Ziobroń, Andrei Shpakou, Szymon Skoczyński, Joshua Lawson, Jan Eugeniusz Zejda, Grzegorz Marek Brożek

28. Clinical significance of CCNE2 protein and mRNA expression in thyroid cancer tissues.
Pages: 442-456
Authors: Cui-Zhen Liu; Wan-Ping Guo; Jin-Bo Peng; Gang Chen; Peng Lin; Xiao-Fan Liu; Xiao-Li Huang; Hong Yang; Yun He; Wei Ma; Yu-Yan Pang