Volume 68 (No.1), March 2023

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Pages 1-168

Editorial Board

Review Articles

1. Venous thromboembolism: Why is it still a significant health problem?.
Pages: 10-20
Authors: Monika Oleksiuk-Bójko, Anna Lisowska

2. Genotype 4 hepatitis C virus- a review of a diverse genotype.
Pages: 54-59
Authors: Michał Brzdęk, Krystyna Dobrowolska, Robert Flisiak, Dorota Zarębska-Michaluk

3. The role of selected non-coding RNAs in the biology of non-small-cell lung carcinoma.
Pages: 111-120
OPEN ACCESS
Authors: Michał Dębczyński, Damian Mojsak, Łukasz Minarowski, Monika Maciejewska, Paweł Lisowski, Robert Marek Mróz

4. Genome-engineering technologies for modeling and treatment of Cystic Fibrosis.
Pages: 121-137
Authors: Kajetan Kiełbowski, Konrad Ptaszyński, Janusz Wójcik, Malgorzata Edyta Wojtyś

5. DNA Methylation regulates Sirtuin 1 expression in osteoarthritic chondrocytes.
Pages: 138-146
Authors: Kamil Nurczyk, Norbert Nowak, Rebecca Carlson, Tomasz Skoczylas, Grzegorz Wallner

Original Research Articles

6. The efficacy of Paxlovid against COVID-19 is the result of the tight molecular docking between Mpro and antiviral drugs (nirmatrelvir and ritonavir).

Pages: 1-9
COVID-19 ACCESS
Authors: Ali Adel Dawood

7. Evaluation of IGFBP5 expression and plasma osteopontin level in COVID-19 patients.
Pages: 31-37
COVID-19 ACCESS
Authors: Sevgi Karabulut Uzunçakmak, Alperen Aksakal, Ferhan Kerget, Pelin Aydın, Zekai Halıcı

8. EZH2 deregulates BMP, Hedgehog, and Hippo cell signaling pathways in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
Pages: 21-30
Authors: Sepideh Ardalan Khales, Mohammad Mahdi Forghanifard, Mohammad Reza Abbaszadegan, Seyed Ebrahim Hosseini

9. Effect and mechanism of pirfenidone combined with 2-methoxy-estradiol perfusion through portal vein on hepatic artery hypoxia-induced hepatic fibrosis.
Pages: 46-53
Authors: Hui Zheng, Ning Huang, Jun-qing Lin, Le-ye Yan, Qing-gui Jiang, Wei-zhu Yang

10. Monoisotopic silver nanoparticles-based mass spectrometry imaging of human bladder cancer tissue: biomarker discovery.
Pages: 38-45
Authors: Krzysztof Ossoliński, Tomasz Ruman, Tadeusz Ossoliński, Anna Ossolińska, Adrian Arendowski, Artur Kołodziej, Aneta Płaza-Altamer, Joanna Nizioł

11. Corrigendum to“Diagnostic delay of endometriosis in adults and adolescence-current stage of knowledge” [Adv. Med. Sci. (2022 Mar) 67 (1) 148-153].
Pages: 60
Authors: Monika Wróbel, Mirosław Wielgoś, Piotr Laudański

12. Comparison of truncated human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (hACE2) expression in pET28a(+) versus pET-SUMO vector and two Escherichia coli strains.
Pages: 61-70
Authors: Dora Domnica Baciu, Sorin Dinu, Bianca Palade, Adrian Onu, Adriana Costache

13. Elevated levels of soluble glycoprotein V - the plasma marker of platelet activation by thrombin in patients with early stage primary biliary cholangitis (PBC).
Pages: 71-78
Authors: Pawel Rogalski, Dagmara Bogdanowska – Charkiewicz, Magdalena Rogalska – Plonska, Marta Lukaszewicz-Zajac, Ines Kostecka – Roslen, Barbara Mroczko, Milena Dabrowska, Justyna Wasielica – Berger, Elzbieta Aleksiejuk, Stefania Antonowicz, Andrzej Dabrowski, Jaroslaw Daniluk, Jacek Janica

14. The predictive value of plasma exosomal lncRNAs/mRNAs in NSCLC patients receiving immunotherapy.
Pages: 86-93
Authors: Yue Wang, Shuhui Cao, Jingwen Li, Yao Zhang, Xuxinyi Ling, Lincheng Zhang, Yan Zhou, Hua Zhong

15. Urinary levels of Kidney Injury Molecule-1 (KIM-1) and Interleukin-18 (IL-18) in children and adolescents with hyperuricemia.
Pages: 79-85
Authors: Monika Kamianowska, Aleksandra Kamianowska, Anna Wasilewska

16. The caspase-8 and procaspase-3 expression in gastric cancer and non-cancer mucosa in relation to clinico-morphological factors and some apoptosis-associated proteins.
Pages: 94-100
Authors: Mariusz Gryko, Marta Łukaszewicz-Zając, Katarzyna Guzinska-Ustymowicz, Mariola Kucharewicz, Barbara Mroczko, Utkus Algirdas

17. Pre-therapeutic Molecular Biomarkers of Pathological Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Gastric and Esophago-gastric Junction Adenocarcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Pages: 101-110
Authors: Aliki-Alexandra Papageorgiou, Malamo Litsaki, Evanthia Mourmoura, Ioanna Papathanasiou, Aspasia Tsezou

18. Study on the effect of 5-aminolevulinic acid-mediated photodynamic therapy combined with cisplatin on human ovarian cancer OVCAR-3 cells.
Pages: 147-156
Authors: Haoxuan Lv, Jingjing Fan, Qian Sun, Qian Wang, Yuping Suo

19. Vaccination with celecoxib-treated dendritic cells improved cellular immune responses in an animal breast cancer model.
Pages: 157-168
Authors: Raziyeh Zandvakili, Pedram Basirjafar, Javad Masoumi, Nahid Zeinodini, Zahra Taghipour, Hossein Khorramdelazad, Soheila Yosefi, Tayyebeh Tavakoli, Sepehr Safdel, Mahsa Gheitasi, Fatemeh Ayoobi, Abdollah Jafarzadeh