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Roles of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) in the pathogenesis of diabetic kidney disease (DKD)

Zhi Zheng, Yunkuo Li, Yujie Pan • Cell Death Discovery (2026)

Abstract Diabetic kidney disease (DKD), a prevalent microvascular complication of diabetes, is a leading cause of chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease. Moreover, it plays a crucial role in the morbidity and mortality of diabet...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41420-026-03117-8

New hydroperoxylated and 20,24-epoxylated dammarane triterpenes from the rot roots of Panax notoginseng

Jia-Huan Shang, Wen-Jie Sun, Hong-Tao Zhu, Dong Wang et al. • Journal of Ginseng Research (2020)

Background: Root rot is a serious destructive disease of Panax notoginseng, a famous cultivated araliaceous herb called Sanqi or Tianqi in Southwest China. Methods: The chemical substances of Sanqi rot roots were explored by chromatographic...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.jgr.2019.01.008

Metabolites extracted from browntop millet (Urochloa ramosa (L.) T.Q. Nguyen) mitigated the proliferation of breast- and colorectal carcinoma cells in vitro and retarded the EAC tumors in vivo by binding to oncogenic proteins

Mahadevaswamy G. Kuruburu, Venugopal R. Bovilla, Rimshia Naaz, Zonunsiami Leihang et al. • Frontiers in Pharmacology (2026)

Epidemiological studies have demonstrated an inverse correlation between millet-based diets and incidence of cancers of colon and rectum. These findings highlight the potential of millets as functional foods for effective management of canc...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2026.1805287

CBLL1 is highly expressed in non‐small cell lung cancer and promotes cell proliferation and invasion

Linping Hui, Siyang Zhang, Muli Wudu, Hongjiu Ren et al. • Thoracic Cancer (2019)

Background Studies have shown that E3 ubiquitin ligase CBLL1 plays multiple roles in development and tumorigenesis. CBLL1 is over‐expressed in colon cancer and associated with cancer cell proliferation. While, the overexpression of CBLL1 in...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1111/1759-7714.13097

Association of inflammation and cognition in the elderly: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Sofia Leonardo, Felipe Fregni • Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience (2023)

BackgroundThe development of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) may be associated with an inflammatory process. Inflammatory cytokines may be a surrogate for systemic inflammation leading to worsening neurological ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2023.1069439

The molecular crosstalk between RECQ helicases and associated proteins in human genetic disorders

Yashaswini Reddy, Gargi Joshi, Swechha Mahapatra, Ipshita Das et al. • Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (2026)

RECQ helicases involve a family of DNA unwinding enzymes, namely, RECQ1, Bloom syndrome protein, Werner syndrome protein, RECQL4, and RECQ5. These proteins interact with various proteins to form complexes and carry out a range of physiologi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.jgeb.2026.100824

Wilms Tumor 1b defines a wound-specific sheath cell subpopulation associated with notochord repair

Juan Carlos Lopez-Baez, Daniel J Simpson, Laura LLeras Forero, Zhiqiang Zeng et al. • eLife (2018)

Regenerative therapy for degenerative spine disorders requires the identification of cells that can slow down and possibly reverse degenerative processes. Here, we identify an unanticipated wound-specific notochord sheath cell subpopulation...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.7554/eLife.30657

Doublecortin-like kinase 1 compromises DNA repair and induces chromosomal instability

Yuxiong Lu, Junichi Maruyama, Keiko Kuwata, Hiroyuki Fukuda et al. • Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports (2018)

Doublecortin-like kinase 1 (DCLK1) is a serine/threonine-kinase with two doublecortin (DCX) domains. DCLK1 is associated with microtubules via DCX domains and regulates microtubule polymerization. DCLK1 is known to be expressed in cancer st...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2018.10.014

Roles of Rap1 signaling in tumor cell migration and invasion

Yi-Lei Zhang, Ruo-Chen Wang, Ken Cheng, Brian Z. Ring et al. • Cancer Biology & Medicine (2017)

Ras-associated protein-1 (Rap1), a small GTPase in the Ras-related protein family, is an important regulator of basic cellular functions (e.g., formation and control of cell adhesions and junctions), cellular migration, and polarization. Th...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.20892/j.issn.2095-3941.2016.0086

Structural Design, Synthesis and Antioxidant, Antileishmania, Anti-Inflammatory and Anticancer Activities of a Novel Quercetin Acetylated Derivative

Saul Vislei Simões da Silva, Orlando Maia Barboza, Jéssica Teles Souza, Érica Novaes Soares et al. • Molecules (2021)

Quercetin (Q) is a bioflavonoid with biological potential; however, poor solubility in water, extensive enzymatic metabolism and a reduced bioavailability limit its biopharmacological use. The aim of this study was to perform structural mod...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/molecules26226923

FAM83A as a Potential Biological Marker Is Regulated by miR-206 to Promote Cervical Cancer Progression Through PI3K/AKT/mTOR Pathway

Li Rong, Haiyu Li, Zhaodong Li, Jing Ouyang et al. • Frontiers in Medicine (2020)

Background and Objective: Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are effective treatment options for cervical cancer (CC), but their efficacy is limited by short survival rate of about 5 years particularly for advance stage CC. Bioinformatics analys...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2020.608441

CD56-Negative Extranodal Natural Killer/T-Cell Lymphoma: A Retrospective Study in 443 Patients Treated by Chemotherapy With or Without Asparaginase

Jing Yang, Pengfei Li, Pengfei Li, Pengfei Li et al. • Frontiers in Immunology (2022)

ObjectiveExtranodal natural killer/T cell lymphoma (NKTCL) is an aggressive EBV-related lymphoma, originating from NK cells or T cells. Previous study demonstrated that CD56 negative NKTCL should be recognized as a distinct subtype. In this...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.829366

Sequential Portal Vein Embolization and Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation for Future Liver Remnant Growth: A Minimally Invasive Alternative to ALPPS Stage-1 in Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Qiang Wang, Qiang Wang, Yujun Ji, Torkel B. Brismar et al. • Frontiers in Surgery (2021)

Background: To evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of sequential portal vein embolization (PVE) and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) (PVE+RFA) as a minimally invasive variant for associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for stage...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2021.741352

Impact of Myocardial Ischemia and Revascularization by Percutaneous Coronary Intervention on Circulating Level of Soluble ST2

Alkhateeb A, Mahmoud HEM, AK M, Hassan MH et al. • Vascular Health and Risk Management (2023)

Areej Alkhateeb,1 Hossam Eldin M Mahmoud,1 Mohammed AK,1 Mohammed H Hassan,2 Abdel Rahim Mahmoud Muddathir,3 Ahmed G Bakry1 1Cardiology Division of Internal Medicine Department, South Valley University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, South V...

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Evaluating key predictors of breast cancer through survival: a comparison of AFT frailty models with LASSO, ridge, and elastic net regularization

Senyefia Bosson-Amedenu, Emmanuel Ayitey, Francis Ayiah-Mensah, Luyton Asare • BMC Cancer (2025)

Abstract Background Frailty models are extensively utilized in survival analysis to address unobserved heterogeneity among individuals. However, selecting the most robust model for survival prediction, especially in the context of high-dime...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12885-025-14040-z

Comprehensive analyses of m6A regulators and interactive coding and non-coding RNAs across 32 cancer types

Sipeng Shen, Ruyang Zhang, Yue Jiang, Yi Li et al. • Molecular Cancer (2021)

Abstract N6-Methyladenosine (m6A) is an RNA modification that interacts with numerous coding and non-coding RNAs and plays important roles in the development of cancers. Nonetheless, the clinical impacts of m6A interactive genes on these ca...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12943-021-01362-2

Program-Based Lung Cancer Care: A Prospective Observational Tumor Registry Linkage Study

Wei Liao, PhD, Meredith Ray, PhD, Carrie Fehnel, BBA, Jordan Goss, MA et al. • JTO Clinical and Research Reports (2024)

Introduction: Low-dose computed tomography screening (LDCT) and lung nodule programs (LNP) promote early lung cancer detection, improve survival; Multidisciplinary Care Programs (MDC) promote guideline-concordant care. The impact of such pr...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtocrr.2023.100629

Study of mutations in IDH1 and IDH2 genes in a sample of gliomas from Colombian population

Orlando Ricaurte, Karina Neita, Danyela Valero, Jenny Ortega-Rojas et al. • Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud (2018)

Introduction: Gliomas are the most common primary tumors of the central nervous system and, according to their malignancy, they are graded from I to IV. Recent studies have found that there is an association between gliomas and mutations in...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.7705/biomedica.v38i0.3708

Circulating tumour cell enumeration, biomarker analyses, and kinetics in patients with colorectal cancer and other GI malignancies

Walla Malkawi, Areeb Lutfi, Maaz Khan Afghan, Lamisha Mashiyat Shah et al. • Frontiers in Oncology (2023)

ObjectiveMost of the work in terms of liquid biopsies in patients with solid tumors is focused on circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA). Our aim was to evaluate the feasibility of using circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in peripheral blood samples fro...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1305181

Immunological and Viral Profiles of Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Transplant and Non‐Transplant Patients in Singapore

Choon Chiat Oh, Boon Yee Lim, Elizabeth Chun Yong Lee, Bavani Kannan et al. • JEADV Clinical Practice (2025)

ABSTRACT Background Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) remains poorly understood at the molecular level, both in the immunocompetent and immunosuppressed population with skin of colour. Data on the diversity of viruses found in cSCC i...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/jvc2.70142