
Archives of Medical Science (AMS) publishes high quality original papers and short communications prepared especially by young scientists from all over the world. It is a peer-reviewed journal with international Editorial Board. The second aim of AMS is to present best educational manuscripts written by experienced scientists (reviews, letters to Editor, editorials and research papers) to make this Journal even more interesting for young doctors.
Editor-in-chief: Prof. Maciej Banach, MD, PhD, dr. h.c. multi, FAHA, FESC, FNLA, FASA, FRSPH
Improved COVID-19 ICU admission and mortality outcomes following treatment with statins: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Amir Vahedian-Azimi, Seyede Mohammadi, Farshad Beni, Maciej Banach, Paul Guest, Tannaz Jamialahmadi, Amirhossein Sahebkar
Particulate matter pollution and the COVID-19 outbreak: results from Italian regions and provinces
Vanessa Bianconi, Paola Bronzo, Maciej Banach, Amirhossein Sahebkar, Massimo Mannarino, Matteo Pirro
Lipid-lowering therapy and renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic
Niki Katsiki, Maciej Banach, Dimitri Mikhailidis
Statins and the COVID-19 main protease: in silico evidence on direct interaction
Željko Reiner, Mahdi Hatamipour, Maciej Banach, Matteo Pirro, Khalid Al-Rasadi, Tannaz Jamialahmadi, Dina Radenkovic, Fabrizio Montecucco, Amirhossein Sahebkar
State-of-the-art tools to identify druggable protein ligand of SARS-CoV-2
Sayed Azeez, Zahra Ghalib Alhashim, Waad Mohammed Al Otaibi, Hind Saleh Alsuwat, Abdallah M. Ibrahim, Noor B. Almandil, J. Francis Borgio
Current issue
1/2021 vol. 17
Diabetology
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Outcomes of transition from premixed and intensive insulin therapies to insulin aspart/degludec co-formulation in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a real-world experience
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):1–8
Cardiology
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Plasma renin activity, serum aldosterone concentration and selected organ damage indices in essential arterial hypertension
Tomasz Pizoń, Marek Rajzer, Wiktoria Wojciechowska, Tomasz Drożdż, Dorota Drożdż, Marta Rojek, Krystian Gruszka, Danuta Czarnecka
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):9–18
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Atrial fibrillation risk factors in patients with ischemic stroke
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):19–24
Vascular Surgery
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Systolic stretching of the ascending aorta
Tomasz Plonek, Bartosz Rylski, Pawel Nawrocki, Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Marek Jasinski, Wiktor Kuliczkowski
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):25–30
Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Effect of interactions between APOE and ESR1 polymorphisms on cognitive functions in postmenopausal women
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):31–39
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Relationship between age and in-hospital mortality during 15,345,025 non-surgical hospitalizations
Magdalena Walicka, Monika Puzianowska-Kuznicka, Marcin Chlebus, Andrzej Śliwczyński, Melania Brzozowska, Daniel Rutkowski, Lidia Kania, Marcin Czech, Andrzej Jacyna, Edward Franek
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):40–46
Neonatology
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Urinary netrin-1 concentration in healthy full-term newborns
Monika Kamianowska, Marek Szczepański, Elżbieta Ewa Kulikowska, Barbara Bebko, Alicja Koput, Anna Wasilewska
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):47–52
Obstetrics and gynaecology
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Blood bioactive sphingolipids in patients with advanced serous epithelial ovarian cancer – mass spectrometry analysis
Paweł Knapp, Lubomir Bodnar, Agnieszka Błachnio-Zabielska, Joanna Reszeć, Magdalena Świderska, Adrian Chabowski
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):53–61
Pediatrics
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Risk factors, types and outcomes of arterial ischemic stroke in Polish pediatric patients: a retrospective single-center study
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):62–70
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Usefulness of three-dimensional echocardiography for assessment of left and right ventricular volumes in children, verified by cardiac magnetic resonance. Can we overcome the discrepancy?
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):71–83
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Health-related quality of life in children with immunoglobulin A nephropathy – results of a multicentre national study
Małgorzata Mizerska-Wasiak, Dominika Adamczuk, Karolina Cichoń-Kawa, Monika Miklaszewska, Hanna Szymanik-Grzelak, Jacek A. Pietrzyk, Agnieszka Pukajło-Marczyk, Danuta Zwolińska, Agnieszka Rybi-Szumińska, Anna Wasilewska, Beata Bieniaś, Przemysław Sikora, Agnieszka Firszt-Adamczyk, Roman Stankiewicz, Maria Szczepańska, Małgorzata Pańczyk-Tomaszewska
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):84–91
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Tumor necrosis factor α, protein gene product 9.5, matrix metalloproteinase-2 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-2 presence in congenital intra-abdominal adhesions in children under one year of age
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):92–99
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Urate crystal deposition in hyperuricemic children: a dual energy computed tomography study
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):100–105
Orthopedics and traumatology
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Time efficiency of direct anterior hip arthroplasty compared to postero-lateral approach in elderly patients
Paweł Skowronek, Artur Wojciechowski, Krzysztof Wypniewski, Marcin Sibiński, Michał Polguj, Agnieszka Maksymiuk-Kłos, Paweł Piątkiewicz
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):106–112
Neurosurgery
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Use of O-arm with neuronavigation in percutaneous vertebroplasty reduces the surgeon’s exposure to intraoperative radiation
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):113–119
Rheumatology
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Serum interleukin-23 protects, whereas methotrexate treatment stimulates selected components of the metabolic syndrome in patients with SAPHO syndrome
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):120–126
Obstetrics and gynaecology
BASIC RESEARCH
MicroRNA-101 inhibits growth and metastasis of human ovarian cancer cells by targeting PI3K/AKT
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):127–134
Gastroenterology
BASIC RESEARCH
DEK overexpression is predictive of poor prognosis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):135–141
Hepatology
BASIC RESEARCH
Comprehensive analysis of key lncRNAs in HCV-positive hepatocellular carcinoma
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):142–151
Urology
BASIC RESEARCH
CNTN-1 promotes docetaxel resistance and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition via the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway in prostate cancer
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):152–165
Orthopedics and traumatology
BASIC RESEARCH
Resveratrol is cytotoxic and acts synergistically with NF-κB inhibition in osteosarcoma MG-63 cells
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):166–176
Infectious diseases
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW/META-ANALYSIS
IFN-γ +874 A>T (rs2430561) gene polymorphism and risk of pulmonary tuberculosis: a meta-analysis
Mohammed Y. Areeshi, Raju K. Mandal, Sajad A. Dar, Arshad Jawed, Mohd Wahid, Mohtashim Lohani, Aditya K. Panda, B. N. Mishra, Naseem Akhter, Shafiul Haque
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):177–188
Endocrinology
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
Molecular economy of nature with two thyrotropins from different parts of the pituitary: pars tuberalis thyroid-stimulating hormone and pars distalis thyroid-stimulating hormone
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):189–195
Immunology
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
The role of innate lymphoid cells in selected disease states – cancer formation, metabolic disorder and inflammation
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):196–206
Otolaryngology
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
Prognostic value of the PIK3CA, AKT, and PTEN mutations in oral squamous cell carcinoma: literature review
Anna Starzyńska, Aleksandra Sejda, Paulina Adamska, Giulia Marvaso, Monika Sakowicz-Burkiewicz, Łukasz Adamski, Barbara Alicja Jereczek-Fossa
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):207–217
Hepatology
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
Effects of free and nanoparticulate curcumin on chemically induced liver carcinoma in an animal model
Eman Shawky Mohammed, Nadia M. El-Beih, Enas Ali El-Hussieny, Eman El-Ahwany, Marwa Hassan, Mona Zoheiry
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):218–227
Obstetrics and gynaecology
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
The decrease in hippocampal transient receptor potential M2 (TRPM2) channel and muscarinic acetylcholine receptor 1 (CHRM1) is associated with memory loss in a surgical menopause rat model
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):228–235
General surgery
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
The value of potassium, pH and D-dimer levels in early diagnosis of acute mesenteric ischemia: an experimental study on rats
Semih Hot, Seracettin Egin, Mehmet Ilhan, Suleyman Bademler, Okan Dikker, Kurtulus Aciksari, Gulcin Kamali, Ismail Seckin, Gamze Tanriverdi, Sedat Kamali, Recep Guloglu
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):236–240
Lipid disorders
RESEARCH LETTER
PCSK9 genetic variants and cognitive abilities: a large-scale Mendelian randomization study
Donald M. Lyall, Joey Ward, Maciej Banach, George Davey Smith, Jason G. Gill, Jill P. Pell, Michael V. Holmes, Naveed Sattar
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):241–244
Thrombosis and Hemostasis
RESEARCH LETTER
Safety, efficacy, length of stay and patient satisfaction with outpatient management of low-risk pulmonary embolism patients – a meta-analysis
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):245–251
Gastroenterology
RESEARCH LETTER
Serum inflammatory markers in the diagnosis and assessment of Crohn’s disease activity
Krystyna Słowińska-Solnica, Dorota Pawlica-Gosiewska, Katarzyna Gawlik, Danuta Owczarek, Dorota Cibor, Halina Pocztar, Tomasz Mach, Bogdan Solnica
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):252–257
Diabetology
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Decreased interleukin-35 levels and CD4+EBI3+ T cells in patients with type 1 diabetes and the effects of the antibody against CD20 (rituximab)
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):258–261
Cardiology
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Role of the interleukin-17 pathway in the pathogenesis of atrial fibrillation associated with inflammation
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):262–265
Hematology
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Mesenchymal soluble factors confer imatinib drug resistance in chronic myelogenous leukemia cells
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):266–274