Volume 66 (No.1), March 2021

  : : Table of contents : :

Pages 1-230

Editorial Board

Review Articles

1. Essential Roles of the Dystrophin-Glycoprotein Complex in Different Cardiac Pathologies.
Pages: 52-71
OPEN ACCESS
Authors: Isela C. Valera, Amanda L. Wacker, Hyun Seok Hwang, Christina Holmes, Andrew P. Landstrom, Michelle S. Parvatiyar

2. Intraductal papillary neoplasm of the bile duct - a comprehensive review.
Pages: 138-147
Authors: Marek Krawczyk, Bogna Ziarkiewicz-Wróblewska, Joanna Podgórska, Jakub Grzybowski, Beata Gierej, Piotr Krawczyk, Michał Grąt, Oskar Kornasiewicz, Michał Skalski, Tadeusz Wróblewski

3. Non-invasive markers in the management of pediatric neurogenic bladder over the last two decades - a review.
Pages: 162-169
Authors: Joanna Olga Bagińska, Agata Korzeniecka-Kozerska

4. Roles of nitric oxide and polyamines in brain tumor growth.
Pages: 199-205
Authors: Monika Szeliga, Jan Albrecht

5. Transnasal endoscopic skull base surgery in the COVID-19 era: recommendations for increasing the safety of the method.
Pages: 221-230
OPEN ACCESS
Authors: Tomasz Lyson, Joanna Kisluk, Marek Alifier, Barbara Politynska-Lewko, Andrzej Sieskiewicz, Jan Kochanowicz, Joanna Reszec, Jacek Niklinski, Marek Rogowski, Joanna Konopinska, Zenon Mariak, Ricardo L. Carrau

Original Research Articles

6. Borderline coronary lesion assessment with quantitative flow ratio and its relation to the instantaneous wave-free ratio.
Pages: 1-5
Authors: Pawel Kleczynski, Artur Dziewierz, Lukasz Rzeszutko, Dariusz Dudek, Jacek Legutko

7. Methoxy-stilbenes downregulate the transcription of Wnt/β-catenin-dependent genes and lead to cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in human T98G glioblastoma cells.
Pages: 6-20
OPEN ACCESS
Authors: Aleksandra Majchrzak-Celińska, Małgorzata Zielińska-Przyjemska, Marcin Wierzchowski, Robert Kleszcz, Elżbieta Studzińska-Sroka, Mariusz Kaczmarek, Jarosław Paluszczak, Judyta Cielecka-Piontek, Violetta Krajka-Kuźniak

8. High immunoproteasome concentration in the plasma of patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma treated with bortezomib is predictive of longer OS..
Pages: 21-27
Authors: Wioletta Breczko, Dorota Lemancewicz, Janusz Dzięcioł, Janusz Kłoczko, Łukasz Bołkun

9. Prognostic value of late gadolinium enhancement mass index in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Pages: 28-34
Authors: Remigiusz Kazimierczyk, Łukasz A. Małek, Piotr Szumowski, Piotr Błaszczak, Dorota Jurgilewicz, Marcin Hładuński, Bożena Sobkowicz, Janusz Myśliwiec, Ryszard Grzywna, Włodzimierz J. Musiał, Karol A Kamiński

10. Lack of change in serum sCD36 concentration in children with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease - a preliminary study.
Pages: 35-40
Authors: Anna Bobrus-Chociej, Natalia Wasilewska, Ewa Harasim- Symbor, Marta Flisiak-Jackiewicz, Małgorzata Wojtkowska, Adrian Chabowski, Dariusz Lebensztejn

11. Ultrasound guided lateral quadratus lumborum block enhanced recovery in patients undergoing laparoscopic colorectal surgery.
Pages: 41-45
Authors: Danfeng Wang, Ying He, Xiaohui Chen, Yanling Lin, Yanjie Liu, Zenggui Yu

12. Identification of novel diagnostic biomarkers in endometrial cancer using targeted metabolomic profiling.
Pages: 46-51
OPEN ACCESS
Authors: Nejc Kozar, Kristi Kruusmaa, Andraž Dovnik, Marko Bitenc, Rosa Argamasilla, Antonio Adsuar, Nandu Goswami, Iztok Takač, Darja Arko

13. Central nervous system, peripheral and hemodynamic effects of nanoformulated anandamide in hypertension.
Pages: 72-80
Authors: Virna M Martín Giménez, Feres J Mocayar Marón, Sebastián García, Luciana Mazzei, Manuel Guevara, Roberto Yunes, Walter Manucha

14. Multimodal longitudinal respiratory function assessment in very low birth weight 7-year-old children.
Pages: 81-88
Authors: Wojciech Durlak, Małgorzata Klimek, Michał Wroński, Angelica Trybulska, Przemko Kwinta

15. The role of FKBP51 in the prognosis of ulcerative colitis-associated colorectal cancer.
Pages: 89-97
Authors: Zhixiu Xia, Guohua Zhang, Changliang Wang, Yong Feng

16. A brief very-low oxygen tension regimen is sufficient for the early chondrogenic commitment of human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells.
Pages: 98-104
Authors: Marco Govoni, Claudio Muscari, Francesca Bonafè, Paolo Giovanni Morselli, Marilisa Cortesi, Dante Dallari, Emanuele Giordano

17. Complex home assessment of long-term non-invasive ventilation efficacy with using transcutaneous monitoring of PCO2 and polygraphy - a feasibility study.
Pages: 105-112
Authors: Katarzyna Mycroft, Jacek Nasiłowski, Joanna Klimiuk, Tadeusz Przybyłowski

18. Assessment of tick-borne pathogens presence in Dermacentor reticulatus ticks in north-eastern Poland.
Pages: 113-118
Authors: Justyna Dunaj, Adam Trzeszczkowski, Anna Moniuszko-Malinowska, Krzysztof Rutkowski, Sławomir Pancewicz

19. Metabolic mediators determine the association of antinuclear antibody subtypes with specific clinical symptoms in systemic sclerosis.
Pages: 119-127
Authors: Anna Stochmal, Joanna Czuwara, Michał Zaremba, Lidia Rudnicka

20. Retrospective analysis of clinical and pathomorphological features of lupus nephritis in children.
Pages: 128-137
Authors: Hanna Szymanik-Grzelak, Małgorzata Barabasz, Irena Wikiera-Magott, Beata Banaszak, Anna Wieczorkiewicz-Płaza, Beata Bieniaś, Magdalena Drożynska-Duklas, Marcin Tkaczyk, Małgorzata Pańczyk-Tomaszewska

21. Blood reelin in the progression of chronic liver disease.
Pages: 148-154
Authors: Lukas Sturm, Lisa Roth, Katharina Zoldan, Michael Schultheiss, Tobias Boettler, Jan Patrick Huber, Rafael Kaeser, Robert Thimme, Dominik Bettinger

22. Meteorin-like protein (METRNL) improves LPS-induced atherogenic responses via AMPK or PPARδ-mediated modulation of inflammation.
Pages: 155-161
Authors: Tae Woo Jung, Do Hyeon Pyun, Tae Jin Kim, Hyun Jung Lee, Eon Sub Park, A. M. Abd El‐Aty, Eui Jin Hwang, Yong Kyoo Shin, Ji Hoon Jeong

23. Influence of narrow-band imaging (NBI) and enhanced operator's attention during esophagus inspection on cervical inlet patches detection.
Pages: 170-175
Authors: Marcin Romańczyk, Tomasz Romańczyk, Magdalena Lesińska, Agnieszka Romańczyk, Marek Hartleb, Marek Waluga

24. Caspase-3-related apoptosis prevents pathological regeneration in a living liver donor rat model.
Pages: 176-184
Authors: Abril Alondra Barrientos-Bonilla, Rasajna Nadella, Paola Belem Pensado-Guevara, Aurora del Carmen Sánchez-García, Laura Mireya Zavala-Flores, Abraham Puga-Olguín, Arnulfo Villanueva-Olivo, Daniel Hernandez-Baltazar

25. Profile of new vascular damage biomarkers in middle-aged men with arterial hypertension.
Pages: 185-191
Authors: Angelika Edyta Charkiewicz, Marzena Garley, Wioletta Ratajczak-Wrona, Karolina Nowak, Ewa Jabłońska, Dominik Maślach, Wioleta Justyna Omeljaniuk

26. Variants in FLRT3 and SLC35E2B identified using exome sequencing in seven high myopia families from Central Europe.
Pages: 192-198
Authors: Joanna Swierkowska, Justyna A Karolak, Tomasz Gambin, Malgorzata Rydzanicz, Agata Frajdenberg, Malgorzata Mrugacz, Monika Podfigurna-Musielak, Pawel Stankiewicz, James R Lupski, Marzena Gajecka

27. The downstream RAF-1 signaling of fibroblast growth factor-23 participates in the osteogenetic effect caused by C-type natriuretic peptide in vitro.
Pages: 206-214
Authors: Rui Xue Li, Wei Xia Chen, Hui Hui Liu, Guo Zhen Fan, Zhen Qiu, Qi Jiang, Yang Fang Wu, Dong Dong Zhang, Huang Huang Luo, Peng Hu

28. Three-year clinical and optical coherence tomography follow-up after stereotactic radiotherapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration.
Pages: 215-220
Authors: Michelle Prasuhn, Maximilian Kurz, Salvatore Grisanti, Annekatrin Holzhey, Mahdy Ranjbar