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The effect of statins on the prevalence and mortality of influenza virus infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Amir Vahedian-Azimi, Massimo Mannarino, Sajad Shojaie, Farshid Rahimibashar, Hadi Esmaeili Gouvarchin Galeh, Maciej Banach, Vanessa Bianconi, Matteo Pirro, Amirhossein Sahebkar
 
2022: the year in cardiovascular disease – the year of upfront lipid lowering combination therapy
Maciej Banach, Zeljko Reiner, Arrigo Cicero, Pierre Sabouret, Margus Viigimaa, Amirhossein Sahebkar, Arman Postadzhiyan, Dan Gaita, Daniel Pella, Peter Penson, International Lipid Expert Panel (ILEP)
 
Trehalose-induced alterations in serum expression levels of microRNAs associated with vascular inflammation in patients with coronary artery disease - the pilot results from the randomized controlled trial.
Shiva Ganjali, Tannaz Jamialahmadi, Mitra Abbasifard, Seyed Ahmad Emami, Zahra Tayarani-Najaran, Alexandra E. Butler, Maciej Banach, Amirhossein Sahebkar
 
Metabolic syndrome – a new definition and management guidelines. A joint position paper by the Polish Society of Hypertension, Polish Society for the Treatment of Obesity, Polish Lipid Association, Polish Association for Study of Liver, Polish Society of Family Medicine, Polish Society of Lifestyle Medicine, Division of Prevention and Epidemiology Polish Cardiac Society, “Club 30” Polish Cardiac Society, and Division of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Society of Polish Surgeons
Piotr Dobrowolski, Aleksander Prejbisz, Alina Kuryłowicz, Alicja Baska, Paweł Burchardt, Krzysztof Chlebus, Grzegorz Dzida, Piotr Jankowski, Jerzy Jaroszewicz, Paweł Jaworski, Karol Kamiński, Agnieszka Kapłon-Cieślicka, Marek Klocek, Michał Kukla, Artur Mamcarz, Agnieszka Mastalerz-Migas, Krzysztof Narkiewicz, Lucyna Ostrowska, Daniel Śliż, Wiesław Tarnowski, Jacek Wolf, Mariusz Wyleżoł, Tomasz Zdrojewski, Maciej Banach, Andrzej Januszewicz, Paweł Bogdański
 
Post-discharge and long-term follow-up after an acute coronary syndrome: International Collaborative Group of CNCF position paper.
Pierre Sabouret, Gilles Lemesle, Anne Bellemain-Appaix, Pierre Aubry, Pier-Paolo Bocchino, Erik Rafflenbeul, Loïc Belle, Jim Nolan, Marco Bernardi, Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Michael Savage, Maciej Banach, Guillaume Cayla
 
Current issue
6/2022 vol. 18
 
 
Lipid disorders
Editor's Choice
INVITED EDITORIAL
 

2022: the year in cardiovascular disease – the year of upfront lipid lowering combination therapy
Maciej Banach, Zeljko Reiner, Arrigo F.G. Cicero, Pierre Sabouret, Margus Viigimaa, Amirhossein Sahebkar, Arman Postadzhiyan, Dan Gaita, Daniel Pella, Peter E. Penson, International Lipid Expert Panel (ILEP)
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1429–1434
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/156147
 
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Oncology
INVITED EDITORIAL
 

The greatest achievements in oncology in 2022 – melanoma and skin carcinomas
Piotr Rutkowski
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1435–1437
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/155247
 
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Diabetology
CLINICAL RESEARCH
 

APOA1 (-75 G>A and 83 C>T) and APOB (2488 C>T) polymorphisms and their association with myocardial infarction, lipids and apolipoproteins in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Fidel Antonio Casillas, Diana Emilia Martínez Fernández, Yeminia Valle, Maricela Aceves Ramírez, Brenda Parra-Reyna, Salvador Sarabia Pulido, Cesar Manuel Guzmán Sánchez, Héctor Enrique Flores Salinas, Francisco Muñoz Valle, Jorge Ramón Padilla Gutiérrez
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1438–1445
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/108674
 
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Cardiology
CLINICAL RESEARCH
 

Prognostic value of a comprehensive geriatric assessment for predicting one-year mortality in presumably frail patients with symptomatic aortic stenosis
Camarzana Audrey, Cédric Annweiler, Frédéric Pinaud, Wissam Abi-Khalil, Frédéric Rouleau, Guillaume Duval, Fabrice Prunier, Alain Furber, Loïc Biere
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1446–1452
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/109391
 
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Oncology
CLINICAL RESEARCH
 

Comparison of two minimally invasive biopsy techniques – Breast Lesion Excision System and vacuum-assisted biopsy – for diagnosing and treating breast lesions
Karolina Brzuszkiewicz, Diana Hodorowicz-Zaniewska, Jan Miękisz, Andrzej Matyja
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1453–1459
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2019.85656
 
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Hepatology
Editor's Choice
CLINICAL RESEARCH
 

Efficacy of 8- versus 12-week treatment with ledipasvir/sofosbuvir in chronic hepatitis C patients eligible for 8 week regimen in a real-world setting
Dorota Zarębska-Michaluk, Anna Piekarska, Jerzy Jaroszewicz, Jakub Klapaczyński, Marek Sitko, Magdalena Tudrujek-Zdunek, Krzysztof Tomasiewicz, Teresa Belica-Wdowik, Paweł Pabjan, Beata Lorenc, Agnieszka Czauż-Andrzejuk, Olga Tronina, Rafał Krygier, Witold Dobracki, Iwona Buczyńska, Krzysztof A. Simon, Dorota Dybowska, Waldemar Halota, Małgorzata Pawłowska, Jolanta Citko, Łukasz Laurans, Włodzimierz Mazur, Ewa Janczewska, Łukasz Socha, Zbigniew Deroń, Hanna Berak, Robert Flisiak
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1460–1466
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2019.86569
 
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Diffuse Diseases of Connective Tissue
CLINICAL RESEARCH
 

MiR-146a and miR-155 polymorphisms in Egyptian patients with Behcet’s disease
Olfat G. Shaker, Omayma O. Abdelaleem, Nermeen A. Fouad, Naglaa A. Ahmed, Hoda A. Hussein, Enas G. Ibrahem, Abdelrahmaan A. Mohamed, Othman M. Ahmed, Doaa Y. Ali
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1467–1474
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/105349
 
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Allergology and Immunology
Editor's Choice
CLINICAL RESEARCH
 

Prevention of perennial allergic rhinitis in the conception of coordinated healthcare in Poland
Edyta Krzych-Fałta, Mira Lisiecka-Biełanowicz, Konrad Furmańczyk, Diana Dziewa-Dawidczyk, Joanna Stróżek, Oksana Wojas, Filip Raciborski, Aneta Tomaszewska, Bolesław Samoliński
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1475–1487
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/110155
 
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Infectious diseases
CLINICAL RESEARCH
 

Longitudinal investigation of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in older patients in the province of Palermo (Southern Italy) during the early wave of the pandemic
Domenica Matranga, Laura Maniscalco, Marco Enea, Dario De Luca, Davide Brancato, Emanuele La Spada, Alessandro Scorsone, Paola Di Carlo
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1488–1497
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/134024
 
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Geriatrics
Editor's Choice
CLINICAL RESEARCH
 

The impact on health-related quality of life of mixed mental and physical multimorbidity in adults aged 60 years and older: secondary analysis of primary care data
Filipe Prazeres, Luiz M. Santiago, José A. Simões
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1498–1504
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2020.92914
 
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Palliative medicine
CLINICAL RESEARCH
 

Personal fear of their own death and determination of philosophy of life affects the breaking of bad news by internal medicine and palliative care clinicians
Tomasz Dzierżanowski, Michael Kozlowski
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1505–1512
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2019.85944
 
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Infectious diseases
Editor's Choice
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW/META-ANALYSIS
 

The effect of statins on the prevalence and mortality of influenza virus infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Amir Vahedian-Azimi, Massimo R. Mannarino, Sajad Shojaie, Farshid Rahimibashar, Hadi Esmaeili Gouvarchin Galeh, Maciej Banach, Vanessa Bianconi, Matteo Pirro, Amirhossein Sahebkar
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1513–1524
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/149633
 
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Obstetrics and gynaecology
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW/META-ANALYSIS
 

Efficacy and safety of low-dose aspirin combined with low-molecular-weight heparin in treatment of preeclampsia: a meta-analysis and systematic review
Chunfeng Wu, Liling Li, Jiarong Zhang, Yang Song
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1525–1534
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/136518
 
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Otolaryngology
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW/META-ANALYSIS
 

Effect of N-acetyl-cysteine in prevention of noise-induced hearing loss: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Po-Hsiung Chang, Chia-Wei Liu, Shih-Han Hung, Yi-No Kang
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1535–1541
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/109126
 
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Orthopedics and traumatology
BASIC RESEARCH
 

miR-23b-3p regulates differentiation of osteoclasts by targeting PTEN via the PI3k/AKT pathway
Jiwei Chai, Liang Xu, Niansheng Liu
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1542–1557
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2019.87520
 
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Oncology
BASIC RESEARCH
 

Hsa_circ_0017728 as an oncogene in gastric cancer by sponging miR-149 and modulating the IL-6/STAT3 pathway
Chun Yang, Shaoping Deng
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1558–1571
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2019.87274
 
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BASIC RESEARCH
 

Bergamottin exerts anticancer effects on human colon cancer cells via induction of apoptosis, G2/M cell cycle arrest and deactivation of the Ras/Raf/ERK signalling pathway
Hao Zhang, ShuTao Yang, Tao Lin
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1572–1581
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2019.86226
 
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BASIC RESEARCH
 

The identification and preliminary study of lncRNA TUG1 and its related genes in hepatocellular carcinoma
Lei Li, Shuiping Liu, Li Peng, Yapen Zhang, Yaqin Zhang, Haiyan Zeng, Guanchen Li, Chaoyang Zhang
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1582–1595
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2019.89707
 
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Otolaryngology
BASIC RESEARCH
 

Low expression of microRNA-125b enhances the expression of STAT3 and contributes to cholesteatoma growth
Jian Zang, Bo Yang, Shuai Feng, Xuejun Jiang
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1596–1606
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2019.89704
 
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Cardiac surgery
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
 

The effects of botulinum toxin A and papaverine on human saphenous vein and internal mammary artery grafts: an in vitro study
Ipek Duman, Ömer Tanyeli, Yuksel Dereli, Pembe Oltulu, Hatice Toy, Ayse Saide Sahin
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1607–1616
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/110157
 
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Gastroenterology
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
 

Favourable effects of whey protein on acetic acid-induced ulcerative colitis in a rat model
Nurettin Tunc, Abdurahman Sahin, Ulvi Demirel, Gokhan Artas, Kazım Sahin, İbrahim Halil Bahcecioglu, Mehmet Yalniz
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1617–1625
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/105839
 
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Hepatology
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
 

C6orf120 gene deficiency may be vulnerable to carbon tetrachloride induced acute hepatic injury in rats
Jian Zhang, Man-ka Zhang, Hui-min Ma, Xin-cheng Song, Yuan-ni Wu, Rui Zhang, Ling-ling He, Xiao-hui Ye, Mei-xin Gao, Xin Li
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1626–1637
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2020.93214
 
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Osteoporosis
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
 

MALAT1/miR-320a in bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells function may shed light on mechanisms underlying osteoporosis
Chengli Su, Hongning Wang, Luchen Xu, Yue Zhang, Yunfeng Li
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1638–1649
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/105838
 
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EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
 

Beneficial effect of pristimerin against the development of osteoporosis in ovariectomy-induced osteoporosis rats by the RANKL/TRAF6/NF-κB pathway
Wei Xu, Xiaodong Zhu, Chao Chen, Ruixi Hu, Yifan Li, Ruijun Xu, Zhikun Li
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1650–1658
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2019.86816
 
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Urology
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
 

Protective effect of vitamin D on imidacloprid-induced testicular injury in rats
Hikmet Keles, Alper Yalcin, Hasan Aydin
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1659–1665
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2019.86776
 
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Hypertension
RESEARCH LETTER
 

The diagnostic potential of novel biomarkers of hypertension in men
Angelika E. Charkiewicz, Marzena Garley, Wioletta Ratajczak-Wrona, Ewa Jabłońska, Wojciech Miltyk, Joanna Motyka, Wioleta J. Omeljaniuk
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1666–1671
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/153500
 
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Cardiomyopathy
RESEARCH LETTER
 

MiRNA-21 promotes differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells into cardiomyocyte-like cells by regulating the Ajuba/Isl1 axis pathway
Wengang Yang, Lei Zhao, Song Xue, Jidong Liu, Jianggui Shan
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1672–1677
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/154956
 
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Infectious diseases
RESEARCH LETTER
 

A comparison of the protective effect of vaccination and clinical features between the SARS-CoV-2 wild-type strain and Delta (B.1.617.2) variant
Yanzi Li, Zhi Wang, Junhui Liu, Jianfeng Han, Lin Yang
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1678–1682
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/155114
 
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Immunology
RESEARCH LETTER
 

Assessment of patient-to-patient and intra-individual human abdominal skin immune cell variability
Margaret Veitch, Craig Layt, Emma Raymond, Andrew J. Croaker, James W. Wells
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1683–1688
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/155183
 
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Cardiology
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
 

Which future for aspirin in acute coronary syndromes treated with percutaneous coronary intervention? An overview on aspirin-free strategies
Luigi Spadafora, Marco Bernardi, Mattia Galli, Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Pierre Sabouret
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1689–1692
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/155411
 
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Nephrology
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
 

Relapsed focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and severe acute kidney injury after Oxford-AstraZeneca (AZ) COVID-19 vaccine
Yu-Ting Huang, Fu-Pang Chang, Szu-Chun Hung, Yi-chun Wang
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1693–1695
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/153477
 
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
 

Case report of systemic lupus erythematosus in a middle-aged male with facial palsy at onset
Xiaodong Li, Jundong Lu, Shaojun Zhang
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1696–1699
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/155115
 
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Gastroenterology
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
 

A novel compound-heterozygous EPCAM mutation in congenital tufting enteropathy
Ruiqin Zhao, Fan Yang, Xinggu Chen, Haiyan Fu, Guigui Li, Lijuan Cheng, Xiaolei Li
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1700–1704
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/155185
 
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Neurology
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
 

The Polish Headache Society and the Headache Section of the Polish Neurological Society Consensus Statement: update on new pharmacological therapies for migraine in clinical practice and public medication reimbursement program for chronic migraine
Izabela Domitrz, Wojciech Kozubski, Jacek J. Rożniecki, Adam Stępień, Magdalena Boczarska-Jedynak
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1705–1707
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/153955
 
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Thyroid disease
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
 

Changes of mRNA expression underlying orbital adipogenesis in thyroid-associated orbitopathy
Xiao Jing Bai, Xiao Jing Chu, Tao Yang, Bo Ding Tong, Xin Qi, Yang Yang Peng, Yuan Li, Lu Jue Wang, Yun Ping Li
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1708–1715
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/153478
 
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Rheumatology
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
 

Raynaud’s phenomenon in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematous
Qi Jiang, Rui Xue Li, Peng Hu
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1716–1717
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/153469
 
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Surgery and Transplantology
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
 

A novel method of chin augmentation with improved intraoral horizontal middle incision
Xing Han, Xiaofang Chen, Dongshuo Ji, Shouduo Hu
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1718–1722
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/155184
 
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