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Journal of Clinical Medicine, Volume 6, Issue 9

September 2017 - 10 articles

Cover Story: In acute myeloid leukemia, it has been widely established that persistent residual leukemic burden, often referred to as measurable or minimal residual disease (MRD), after induction therapy or at the time of hematopoietic stem cell transplant is highly predictive for adverse clinical outcomes and can be used to identify patients likely to experience clinically evident relapse. In this review, we outline emerging modalities positioned to enhance MRD detection (including modern technologies enabling the digital quantification and tracking of individual DNA or RNA molecules, next-generation sequencing platforms, and high-resolution imaging capabilities) and discuss factors surrounding their integration into clinical practice. View Paper here
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Articles (10)

  • Article
  • Open Access
178 Citations
12,668 Views
13 Pages

Gut Microbiota-Dependent Trimethylamine-N-oxide and Serum Biomarkers in Patients with T2DM and Advanced CKD

  • Mohammed A. I. Al-Obaide,
  • Ruchi Singh,
  • Palika Datta,
  • Kathy A. Rewers-Felkins,
  • Maria V. Salguero,
  • Ibtisam Al-Obaidi,
  • Kameswara Rao Kottapalli and
  • Tetyana L. Vasylyeva

19 September 2017

Trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) is a product of dietary, gut microbiome, and tissues metabolism. Elevated blood TMAO levels are associated with heart attack, stroke and chronic kidney disease (CKD). The purpose of our study was to investigate the gut m...

  • Feature Paper
  • Case Report
  • Open Access
4 Citations
7,613 Views
5 Pages

19 September 2017

Subjects diagnosed with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) or hepatic steatosis are usually obese or overweight. NAFLD has also been reported in many non-obese healthy subjects as an incidental finding during imaging. Subjects with early-stage...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
30 Citations
8,008 Views
12 Pages

Technical Advances in the Measurement of Residual Disease in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

  • Gregory W. Roloff,
  • Catherine Lai,
  • Christopher S. Hourigan and
  • Laura W. Dillon

19 September 2017

Outcomes for those diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) remain poor. It has been widely established that persistent residual leukemic burden, often referred to as measurable or minimal residual disease (MRD), after induction therapy or at the...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
48 Citations
8,348 Views
13 Pages

Process and Pitfalls of Sperm Cryopreservation

  • Hamoun Rozati,
  • Thomas Handley and
  • Channa Jayasena

19 September 2017

Sperm cryopreservation has been utilized routinely for over 40 years to preserve fertility in men undergoing cancer therapy and allow conception for infertile couples. This article provides a concise and up-to-date review of the literature and covers...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,221 Views
6 Pages

Measurement of Respiratory Chain Enzyme Activity in Human Renal Biopsy Specimens

  • Arun Ghose,
  • Christopher M. Taylor,
  • Alexander J. Howie,
  • Anapurna Chalasani,
  • Iain Hargreaves and
  • David V. Milford

19 September 2017

Background: Mitochondrial disorders can present as kidney disease in children and be difficult to diagnose. Measurement of mitochondrial function in kidney tissue may help diagnosis. This study was to assess the feasibility of obtaining renal samples...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,208 Views
4 Pages

Efficacy of Octocog Alfa (Advate) in a Child with Type 3 von Willebrand Disease and Alloantibodies

  • Gianluca Sottilotta,
  • Francesca Luise,
  • Elisabetta Massara,
  • Vincenzo Oriana and
  • Angela Piromalli

18 September 2017

Von Willebrand disease (VWD) is the most frequent inherited bleeding disorder and is caused by either a quantitative and/or qualitative defect of the multimeric glycoprotein vonWillebrand factor (VWF).[...]

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,056 Views
8 Pages

Feasibility of Serial 6-min Walk Tests in Patients with Acute Heart Failure

  • Sean P. Collins,
  • Michael Thorn,
  • Richard M. Nowak,
  • Phillip D. Levy,
  • Gregory J. Fermann,
  • Brian C. Hiestand,
  • Tillman Douglas Cowart,
  • Robert P. Venuti,
  • William R. Hiatt and
  • ShiYin Foo
  • + 1 author

11 September 2017

Background: Functional status assessment is common in many cardiovascular diseases but it has undergone limited study in the setting of acute heart failure (AHF). Accordingly, we performed a pilot study of the feasibility of the six-minute walk test...

  • Feature Paper
  • Case Report
  • Open Access
2 Citations
7,979 Views
6 Pages

4 September 2017

Clinically, in young immunocompetent adults, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) usually manifests as infectious mononucleosis (IM). Typical clinical findings of EBV IM include fever, profound fatigue, pharyngitis, bilateral posterior cervical adenopathy, and s...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
54 Citations
10,551 Views
9 Pages

IL-23 and Th17 Disease in Inflammatory Arthritis

  • Toru Yago,
  • Yuki Nanke,
  • Manabu Kawamoto,
  • Tsuyoshi Kobashigawa,
  • Hisashi Yamanaka and
  • Shigeru Kotake

29 August 2017

IL-23, which is composed of p19 and p40 subunits, is a proinflammatory cytokine that contributes to the formation and maintenance of Th17 cells in inflammatory autoimmune diseases. IL-23 is a human osteoclastogenic cytokine and anti-IL-23 antibody at...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,868 Views
17 Pages

29 August 2017

There is mounting evidence that forward heart failure as manifested by low cardiac output alone does not define the degree of renal dysfunction in cardiorenal syndrome. As a result, the term “congestive renal failure” was coined in 2012 by Ross to de...

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