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Alterations in Hip and Knee Joint Contact Force Waveforms and Orientation Induced by Gait Modifications: A Case Study

Laura Rathmair, Willi Koller, Clara Egner, Kevin Kitir et al. • Current Issues in Sport Science (2026)

Introduction & Purpose Idiopathic torsional deformities of lower limb bones can affect a patient’s gait pattern and joint health, while their cause remains unidentified (Koller et al., 2026). Abnormal joint loadings and the progression of ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.36950/2026.5ciss011

Progressive suppression of regulated cell death defines terminal macrophage states in liver cirrhosis

Kepu Zheng, Leiyang Dai, Yanghui Wen, Haitao Jiang et al. • Annals of Medicine (2026)

Background Macrophages are central regulators of liver immunity and fibrosis; Recent single-cell studies have characterized macrophage heterogeneity in cirrhosis; however, how regulated cell death programs shape their functional transitions...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1080/07853890.2026.2690717

Genetic analysis of suicide: a sample study in Tuscany (Central Italy)

Martina Focardi, Barbara Gualco, Vilma Pinchi, Norelli Gian-Aristide et al. • Forensic Sciences Research (2022)

Many studies have examined the genetic contribution to suicide. However, data on suicide in the Italian population are scarce. We therefore aimed to address this gap by investigating a cohort of 111 Italians for whom a verdict of suicide ha...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1080/20961790.2020.1835156

Monogenic obesity due to MC4R deficiency: lessons from a multigenerational case

Eleni Z. Giannopoulou, Stefanie Zorn, Melanie Schirmer, Stephanie Brandt-Heunemann et al. • Molecular and Cellular Pediatrics (2026)

Abstract Background Melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) deficiency is the most common monogenic cause of obesity, yet remains underdiagnosed. Patients with monogenic obesity often undergo a frustrating diagnostic and therapeutic odyssey of years...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s40348-025-00214-z