• Osteoprotegerin genetic polymorphisms and their influence on therapeutic response to ibandronate in postmenopausal osteoporotic females 

  Tariq, Saba; Tariq, Sundus; Abualhamael, Shahad Abduljalil; Baig, Mukhtiar; Malik, Ahmad Azam; Shahzad, Muhammad (Public Library of Science, 2023)

  ObjectivesThe present study investigated osteoprotegerin (OPG) genetic polymorphisms and their influence on the therapeutic response to ibandronate in postmenopausal osteoporotic females.MethodsThis case-control study ...

• Analysis of post-migration traumatic events influence on immigrants and their personality traits 

  Aydın Avcı, İlknur; Korkmaz, Mehmet; Öz Yıldırım, Özge; Çal, Ayşe; Gülerce, Hakan; Atayoğlu, Ali Timuçin; Kökrek, Zekeriya; Ok, Gökçe; Acarkan, İsmail (Prague : Czech Medical Association, 2023)

  OBJECTIVES: This study aims to analyse the way immigrants and their personality traits get affected by traumatic events in the post-migration process. METHODS: This descriptive study was conducted through Google Forms with ...

• Does varicocele repair improve conventional semen parameters? A meta-analytic study of before-after data 

  Cannarella, Rossella; Shah, Rupin; Abo-Almagd Abdel-Meguid Hamoda, Taha; Boitrelle, Florence; Saleh, Ramadan; Gül, Murat; Rambhatla, Amarnath; Kavoussi, Parviz; Sofikitis, Nikolaos (Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology, 2023)

  Purpose: The purpose of this meta-analysis is to study the impact of varicocele repair in the largest cohort of infertile males with clinical varicocele by including all available studies, with no language restrictions, ...

• Evaluation of pathologically confirmed benign inflammatory breast diseases using artificial intelligence on ultrasound images 

  Durur Subaşı, Irmak; Eren, Abdulkadir; Güngören, Fatma Zeynep; Basım, Pelin; Gezen, Fazlı Cem; Çakır, Aslı; Erol, Cengiz; Koska, İlker Özgür (Spanish Society of Senology and Breast Pathology, 2024)

  Objectives: It was aimed to use AI retrospectively to evaluate US images of pathologically confirmed benign inflammatory lesions, to compare the results of AI with our US reports, and to test the reliability of AI in itself. ...

• Patient-reported outcome measures using modified urethral stricture surgery: Patient-reported outcome measure for direct visual internal urethrotomy and nontransecting urethroplasty for short nontraumatic bulbar urethral stricture - A prospective comparative observational study from a university teaching hospital 

  Sitaram, Mummalaneni; Reddy, Suraj Jayadeva; Chawla, Arun; de la Rosette, Jean J. M. C. H.; del Pilar Laguna Pes, Maria; Bhaskara, Sunil Pillai; Reddy, Bathi Sourabh; Pandit, Shruti; Choudhary, Anupam (Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2023)

  Purpose: To evaluate the patient-reported outcomes of primary direct visual internal urethrotomy (DVIU) and nontransecting bulbar urethroplasty techniques (NTBU) for the short segment (<2 cm) nontraumatic bulbar urethral ...

• Preoperative risk factors of airway complications in adult lung transplant recipients: A systematic review and meta-analysis 

  Subaşı, Mahmut; Düger, Mustafa (Baycinar Medical Publishing, 2023)

  Background: In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we aimed to identify recipient-related preoperative risk factors for airway complications following lung transplantation in adults. Methods: Articles published between ...

• Relationship between default mode network and resting-state electroencephalographic alpha rhythms in cognitively unimpaired seniors and patients with dementia due to alzheimer’s disease 

  Babiloni, Claudio; Lopez, Susanna; Noce, Giuseppe; Ferri, Raffaele; Panerai, Simonetta; Catania, Valentina; Carducci, Filippo (Oxford University Press, 2023)

  Here we tested the hypothesis of a relationship between the cortical default mode network (DMN) structural integrity and the resting-state electroencephalographic (rsEEG) rhythms in patients with Alzheimer’s disease with ...

• Development of light and pH-dual responsive self-quenching theranostic SPION to make EGFR overexpressing micro tumors glow and destroy 

  Verimli, Nihan; Goralı, Selen İrem; Abişoğlu, Beyza; Altan, Cem Levent; Sucu, Bilgesu Onur; Karataş, Ersin; Tülek, Ahmet; Bayraktaroğlu, Çiğdem; Beker, Mustafa Çağlar; Erdem, Sultan Sibel (Elsevier B.V., 2023)

  Drug resistant and undetectable tumors easily escape treatment leading metastases and/or recurrence of the lethal disease. Therefore, it is vital to diagnose and destroy micro tumors using simple yet novel approaches. Here, ...

• Diffusion-based hierarchical multi-label object detection to analyze panoramic dental X-rays 

  Hamamcı, İbrahim Ethem; Er, Sezgin; Simsar, Enis; Sekuboyina, Anjany; Gündoğar, Mustafa; Stadlinger, Bernd; Mehl, Albert; Menze, Bjoern (Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023)

  Due to the necessity for precise treatment planning, the use of panoramic X-rays to identify different dental diseases has tremendously increased. Although numerous ML models have been developed for the interpretation of ...

• Impact of adjuvant gemcitabine containing chemotherapy following radical nephroureterectomy for patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma: Results from a propensity-score matched cohort study 

  Hongda, Zhao; Kang, Liu; Ng, Chi-Fai; de la Rosette, Jean J. M. C. H.; del Pilar Laguna Pes, Maria; Gontero, Paolo; Baard, Joyce; Yıldız, Özcan; Teoh, Jeremy Yuen-Chun (IOS Press BV, 2023)

  BACKGROUND: The evidence regarding perioperative adjuvant chemotherapy and personalized surveillance strategies for upper tract urothelial carcinoma is limited. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether adjuvant gemcitabine ...

• The impact of chiral switch on drug labeling in Turkey: Indication, posology, and adverse effects 

  Kırmızı Sönmez, Neriman İpek; Vızdıklar, Caner; Aydın, Volkan; Gültekin, Onur; Bahar, Ayfer; Akıcı, Ahmet (Marmara University, 2023)

  Objective: Chiral switch, which involves replacing racemic drugs to market them as pure enantiomers, is presumed to improve efficacy and safety. Data on how chiral switch-related changes are represented in summary of product ...

• A multicenter, randomized, single-blind, 2-arm intervention study evaluating the adverse events and quality of life after irreversible electroporation for the ablation of localized low-intermediate risk prostate cancer 

  de la Rosette, Jean J. M. C. H.; Dominguez-Escrig, Jose; Zhang, Kai; Teoh, Jeremy; Barret, Eric; Ramon-Borja, Juan Casanova; Muir, Gordon; Bohr, Julia; de Reijke, Theo; Ng, Chi-Fai; Leung, Chi-Ho; Sanchez-Salas, Rafael; del Pilar Laguna Pes, Maria (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2023)

  Purpose: Our goal was to evaluate the effect of focal vs extended irreversible electroporation on side effects, patient-reported quality of life, and early oncologic control for localized low- intermediate risk prostate ...

• Technical aspects and clinical limitations of sperm DNA fragmentation testing in male infertility: A global survey, current guidelines, and expert recommendations 

  Agarwal, Ashok; Farkouh, Ala’a; Saleh, Ramadan; Hamoda, Taha Abo-Almagd Abdel-Meguid; Salvio, Gianmaria; Boitrelle, Florence; Lin, Haocheng; Shah, Rupin (Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology, 2023)

  Purpose: Sperm DNA fragmentation (SDF) is a functional sperm abnormality that can impact reproductive potential, for which four assays have been described in the recently published sixth edition of the WHO laboratory manual ...

• Shared pathogenicity features and sequences between EBV, SARS-CoV-2, and HLA class I molecule-binding motifs with a potential role in autoimmunity 

  Adıgüzel, Yekbun; Mahroum, Naim; Muller, Sylviane; Blank, Miri; Halpert, Gilad; Shoenfeld, Yehuda (Springer, 2023)

  Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are extraordinary in their ability to activate autoimmunity as well as to induce diverse autoimmune diseases. Here we reviewed the ...

• The IL-25/ILC2 axis promotes lung cancer with a concomitant accumulation of immune-suppressive cells in tumors in humans and mice 

  Bahhar, İlham; Eş, Zeynep; Köse, Oğuzhan; Turna, Akif; Günlüoğlu, Mehmet Zeki; Çakır, Aslı; Duralı, Deniz; Magnusson, Fay C. (Frontiers Media SA, 2023)

  Background: Group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2) can be activated by interleukin (IL)-33 or IL-25. IL-25-activated ILC2 cells help protect the host against helminth infection while exacerbating allergic-like inflammation ...

• Effect of Ramadan fasting on breast milk 

  Başıbüyük, Mine; Aktaç, Şule; Kundakçı, Simay; Büke, Övgü; Karabayır, Nalan (Mary Ann Liebert Inc., 2023)

  Introduction: Breast milk is an excellent biofluid that ensures optimal growth, development, and strong immunity of the baby. Breast milk content may alter depending on duration and time of breastfeeding, the infant's age, ...

• An economical and practical procedure of favipiravir synthesis for the treatment of Covid-19 

  Karataş, Hacer; Hanashalshahaby, Essam Hamied Ahmed; Çatal, Ünal; Bütün, Yaşar Enes; Kurt, Elif; Gürsel, Şahin; Kaya, Adil; Güzel, Mustafa (Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023)

  Favipiravir is a wide-spectrum antiviral generic drug that has received large attention during the recent COVID-19 pandemic. While there are synthetic strategies for favipiravir synthesis, economical procedures could ...

• High-resolution mapping of sensory fibers at the healthy and post-myocardial infarct whole transgenic hearts 

  Göktaş Şahoğlu, Sevilay; Kazcı, Yusuf Enes; Karadoğan, Behnaz; Aydın, Mehmet Şerif; Nebol, Aylin; Turhan, Mehmet Uğurcan; Öztürk, Gürkan; Çağavi, Esra (Wiley, 2023)

  The sensory nervous system is critical to maintain cardiac function. As opposed to efferent innervation, less is known about cardiac afferents. For this, we mapped the VGLUT2-expressing cardiac afferent fibers of spinal ...

• Abnormal cross frequency coupling of brain electroencephalographic oscillations related to visual oddball task in parkinson's disease with mild cognitive impairment 

  Bayraktaroğlu, Zübeyir; Aktürk, Tuba; Yener, Görsev; de Graaf, Tom A.; Hanoğlu, Lütfü; Yıldırım, Ebru; Hünerli Gündüz, Duygu; Kıyı, İlayda; Sack, Alexander T.; Babiloni, Claudio; Güntekin, Bahar (SAGE Publications Inc., 2023)

  Parkinson's disease (PD) is a movement disorder caused by degeneration in dopaminergic neurons. During the disease course, most of PD patients develop mild cognitive impairment (PDMCI) and dementia, especially affecting ...

• A structural and resting-state functional connectivity investigation of the pulvinar in elderly individuals and Alzheimer's disease patients 

  Velioğlu, Halil Aziz; Ayyıldız, Behçet; Ayyıldız, Sevilay; Sütçübaşı, Bernis; Hanoğlu, Lütfü; Bayraktaroğlu, Zübeyir; Yuluğ, Burak (John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2023)

  In Alzheimer's disease (AD), structural and functional changes in the brain may give rise to disruption of specific cognitive functions. The aim of this study is to investigate the functional connectivity alterations in ...

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