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COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Most read Manuscripts accepted
Game of “crowning” season 8: RAS and reproductive hormones in COVID-19 – can we end this viral series?
Andrei Cosmin Cismaru, Laurentiu Gabriel Cismaru, Seyed Nabavi, Ioana Berindan-Neagoe, Emilio Clementi, Maciej Banach, Seyed Nabavi
 
“Celebrating old age”: an obsolete expression during the COVID-19 pandemic? Medical, social, psychological, and religious consequences of home isolation and loneliness among the elderly
Alexandru Burlacu, Ionut Mavrichi, Radu Crisan-Dabija, Daniel Jugrin, Smaranda Buju, Bogdan Artene, Adrian Covic
 
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
 
It is time to consider an anti-inflammatory therapy based on the pathophysiology of COVID-19 infection during the right time window?
Mostafa Ghanei
 
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
 
Current issue
2/2021 vol. 17
 
 
COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2
STATE OF THE ART PAPER

Game of “crowning” season 8: RAS and reproductive hormones in COVID-19 – can we end this viral series?
Andrei Cosmin Cismaru, Laurentiu Gabriel Cismaru, Seyed Fazel Nabavi, Ioana Berindan-Neagoe, Emilio Clementi, Maciej Banach, Seyed Mohammad Nabavi
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):275–284
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2020.96604
 
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“Celebrating old age”: an obsolete expression during the COVID-19 pandemic? Medical, social, psychological, and religious consequences of home isolation and loneliness among the elderly
Alexandru Burlacu, Ionut Mavrichi, Radu Crisan-Dabija, Daniel Jugrin, Smaranda Buju, Bogdan Artene, Adrian Covic
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):285–295
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2020.95955
 
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Cardiology
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Levosimendan in the modern treatment of patients with acute heart failure of various aetiologies
Lidia Glinka, Ewa Mayzner-Zawadzka, Dariusz Onichimowski, Rakesh Jalali, Maciej Glinka
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):296–303
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2018.77055
 
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Hepatology
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Hepatic glycogen storage diseases: pathogenesis, clinical symptoms and therapeutic management
Edyta Szymańska, Dominika A. Jóźwiak-Dzięcielewska, Joanna Gronek, Marta Niewczas, Wojciech Czarny, Dariusz Rokicki, Piotr Gronek
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):304–313
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2019.83063
 
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Obstetrics and gynaecology
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How to balance the treatment of stress urinary incontinence among female athletes?
Paweł Rzymski, Bartłomiej Burzyński, Michalina Knapik, Jacek Kociszewski, Maciej Wilczak
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):314–322
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2020.100139
 
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Metabolic disorders
CLINICAL RESEARCH

Adipokine signatures of subcutaneous and visceral abdominal fat in normal-weight and obese women with different metabolic profiles
Aleksandra Korac, Biljana Srdic-Galic, Ana Stancic, Vesna Otasevic, Bato Korac, Aleksandra Jankovic
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):323–336
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/92118
 
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Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
CLINICAL RESEARCH

Unprovoked pulmonary embolism in older adults: incidence and prognosis
Mor Aharoni, Nir Horesh, Ori Rogowski, Anjelika Kremer, Haim Mayan, Dan Justo
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):337–342
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/90673
 
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Obstetrics and gynaecology
CLINICAL RESEARCH

National and regional trends in the prevalence of polycystic ovary syndrome since 1990 within Europe: the modeled estimates from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
Tomasz Miazgowski, Ira Martopullo, Justyna Widecka, Bartosz Miazgowski, Agnieszka Brodowska
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):343–351
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2019.87112
 
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CLINICAL RESEARCH

The effect of active and passive maternal smoking before and during pregnancy on neonatal weight at birth
Cezary Wojtyła, Paulina Wojtyła-Buciora, Michał Ciebiera, Stanisław Orzechowski, Andrzej Wojtyła
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):352–360
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2018.79629
 
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Gastroenterology
CLINICAL RESEARCH

Sarcopenia is associated with increased severe postoperative complications after colon cancer surgery
Tolga Olmez, Erdal Karakose, Hilmi Bozkurt, Halime Hanim Pence, Selcuk Gulmez, Emre Aray, Can Ibrahim Bulut, Ozlem Zeliha Sert, Erdal Polat, Mustafa Duman
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):361–367
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2019.88621
 
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Hepatology
CLINICAL RESEARCH

Oxidative stress, immunological and cellular hypoxia biomarkers in hepatitis C treatment-naïve and cirrhotic patients
Abdulrahman Hamdan Almaeen, Abdulrahman Abdulwahab Alduraywish, Maysa Ahmed Mobasher, Omar I. M. Almadhi, Hanan M. Nafeh, Tarek Hassan El-Metwally
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):368–375
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2019.91451
 
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Psychiatry
CLINICAL RESEARCH

Vaspin (but not neuropeptide B or neuropeptide W) as a possible predictor of body weight normalization in anorexia nervosa
Teresa Grzelak, Marta Tyszkiewicz-Nwafor, Agata Dutkiewicz, Aniceta Ada Mikulska, Monika Dmitrzak-Weglarz, Agnieszka Slopien, Krystyna Czyzewska, Elzbieta Paszynska
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):376–381
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2018.74969
 
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Orthopedics and traumatology
CLINICAL RESEARCH

Comparison of clinical characteristics and 10-year survival rates of revision hip arthroplasties among revision time groups
Serda Duman, İsmet Yalkın Çamurcu, Hanifi Uçpunar, Ahmet Sevencan, Şuayip Akıncı, Vedat Şahin
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):382–389
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2019.88563
 
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CLINICAL RESEARCH

The effect of pain severity on balance, postural stability and fall risk in patients with shoulder pathologies
Yonca Eker, Beliz Belgen Kaygısız
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):390–396
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2020.94491
 
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CLINICAL RESEARCH

Total knee arthroplasty using modified measured resection: a five-year retrospective review of midterm outcomes
Tran T. Dung, Vo S. Q. Nang, Dinh N. Son, Hoang G. Du, Nguyen H. Long, Le M. Son, Duong D. Toan, Do V. Minh, Nguyen H. Phuong, Ma N. Thanh
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):397–405
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2019.87689
 
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Endocrinology
BASIC RESEARCH

Protective mechanism of kaempferol against Aβ25-35-mediated apoptosis of pheochromocytoma (PC-12) cells through the ER/ERK/MAPK signalling pathway
Ning Zhang, Hongdan Xu, Yueying Wang, Yuan Yao, Guoliang Liu, Xia Lei, Huifeng Sun, Xiuhong Wu, Jianmin Li
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):406–416
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2020.98199
 
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Gastroenterology
BASIC RESEARCH

NGS study of glucocorticoids response genes in inflammatory bowel disease patients
Marzena Skrzypczak-Zielinska, Marcin Gabryel, Daria Marszalek, Agnieszka Dobrowolska, Ryszard Slomski
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):417–433
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2019.84470
 
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Obstetrics and gynaecology
BASIC RESEARCH

The role of HOTAIR/miR-152-3p/LIN28B in regulating the progression of endometrial squamous carcinoma
Hao Li, Dan Liu, Liping Liu, Sanxiu Huang, Aiping Ma, Xiaohong Zhang
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):434–448
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2019.89632
 
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Oncology
BASIC RESEARCH

Zinc finger of the cerebellum 5 promotes colorectal cancer cell proliferation and cell cycle progression through enhanced CDK1/CDC25c signaling
Abuduzhayier Maimaiti, Abulaiti Aizezi, Jianati Anniwaer, Ayitula Ayitula, Buhajar Ali, Mukadas Dilixiati
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):449–461
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2019.89677
 
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BASIC RESEARCH

MiR-338-3p improved lung adenocarcinoma by AKAP12 suppression
Jin Chang, Shuo Liu, Baowei Li, Zhongchao Huo, Xiaomin Wang, Hui Zhang
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):462–473
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2019.90913
 
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BASIC RESEARCH

Effect of TOP2A and ERCC1 gene polymorphisms on the efficacy and toxicity of cisplatin and etoposide-based chemotherapy in small cell lung cancer patients
Marcin Nicoś, Anna Rolska-Kopińska, Paweł Krawczyk, Anna Grenda, Aleksandra Bożyk, Michał Szczyrek, Janusz Milanowski
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):474–480
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2020.92572
 
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BASIC RESEARCH

MiR-520b inhibits proliferation, migration and invasion in gallbladder carcinoma by targeting RAB22A
Jianpeng Zhou, Feng Gao, Hua Zhang, Mingxuan Xing, Zining Xu, Ruoyan Zhang
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):481–491
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2019.89650
 
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BASIC RESEARCH

Long non-coding RNA PTCSC3 inhibits human oral cancer cell proliferation by inducing apoptosis and autophagy
Hongmei Zhang, Jiang Wang, Wenxing Xun, Jia Wang, Wei Song, Xiaoxia Wang
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):492–499
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2020.96409
 
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Orthopedics and traumatology
BASIC RESEARCH

MicroRNA-16 inhibits the lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammatory response in nucleus pulposus cells of the intervertebral disc by targeting TAB3
Ketao Du, Xuguang He, Jiaqin Deng
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):500–513
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2018.74950
 
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Neurology
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH

Edaravone attenuates neuronal apoptosis in hippocampus of rat traumatic brain injury model via activation of BDNF/TrkB signaling pathway
Yuexia Ding, Wei Zhu, Wei Kong, Tuo Li, Peng Zou, Hongguang Chen
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):514–522
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2019.89849
 
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Neurosurgery
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH

Salidroside regulates imbalance of Th17/Treg and promotes ischemic tolerance by targeting STAT-3 in cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury
Lele Yin, Dongyun Ouyang, Lihong Lin, Xiufeng Xin, Yuhua Ji
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):523–534
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2019.85349
 
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Otolaryngology
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH

Up-regulation of autophagy and apoptosis of cochlear hair cells in mouse models for deafness
Fei-long Xu, Yanjie Cheng, Wenya Yan
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):535–641
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2018.75348
 
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Lipid disorders
LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Drucebo effect – the challenge we should all definitely face!
Maciej Banach, Peter E. Penson
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):542–543
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/132304
 
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Response to “Drucebo effect – the challenge we should all definitely face!”
James Philip Howard, Darrel Parthipan Francis
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):544–545
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/132884
 
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COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2
LETTER TO THE EDITOR

It is time to consider an anti-inflammatory therapy based on the pathophysiology of COVID-19 infection during the right time window?
Mostafa Ghanei
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):546–550
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/130647
 
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Cardiology
LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Effect of dynamic atrioventricular and interventricular delay optimization for cardiac resynchronization therapy on cardiac function and neuroendocrine factors in patients with congestive heart failure
Haoyu Wu, Yiwei Cao, Lei Liang
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):551–556
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/131564
 
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Rheumatology
LETTER TO THE EDITOR

A comparison of disease impact according to the cardiometabolic risk profile in psoriatic arthritis
Rubén Queiro, Lilyan Charca, Marina Pino
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):557–560
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/132315
 
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Pediatrics
LETTER TO THE EDITOR

CD8+ gamma-delta T cells correlate with favorable prognostic factors in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Dorota Pawlik-Gwozdecka, Maciej Zieliński, Justyna Sakowska, Elżbieta Adamkiewicz-Drożyńska, Piotr Trzonkowski, Maciej Niedźwiecki
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):561–563
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/132316
 
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Scabies, incomplete lupus erythematosus and Henoch-Schonlein purpura
Yang Fang Wu, Jing Jing Wang, Hui Hui Liu, Wei Xia Chen, Peng Hu
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):564–568
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/131542
 
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Neurology
LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Neuro-Behcet disease
Lin Zhang, Xiaopeng Wang, Fan Liu, Zhuo Zhang
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):569–573
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/132471
 
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Bioinformatics analysis of the gene expression profile of retinal pigmental epithelial cells based in single-cell RNA sequencing in myopic mice
Ya Mo, Mu-Lin He, Jia-Zhen Yu, Xue-Jun Xie
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):574–577
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/131835
 
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