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Original Articles

• Fasting Glucose Level Modulates Cell Surface Expression of CD11b and CD66b in Granulocytes and Monocytes of Patients With Type 2 Diabetes (14 December, 2015)

  Peter Horvath, Stacy R. Oliver, Goutham Ganesan, Frank P. Zaldivar, Shlomit Radom-Aizik, Pietro R. Galassetti
• Gelatinases and Their Tissue Inhibitors in a Group of Subjects With Metabolic Syndrome (14 December, 2015)

  Eugenia Hopps, Rosalia Lo Presti, Maria Montana, Davide Noto, Maurizio R. Averna, Gregorio Caimi
• Elevated Leptin Levels in Nonobese Girls With Premature Thelarche (14 December, 2015)

  Bumin Dundar, Ozgur Pirgon, Ozlem Sangun, Duygu Kumbul Doguc
• Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Level Is Associated With Arterial Stiffness, Left Ventricle Hypertrophy, and Inflammation in Newly Diagnosed Hypertension (14 December, 2015)

  Osman Kuloğlu, Mustafa Gür, Taner Şeker, Gülhan Yüksel Kalkan, Durmuş Yıldıray Şahin, İbrahim Halil Tanboğa, Nermin Yıldız Koyunsever, Hazar Harbalıoğlu, Caner Türkoğlu, Selahattin Akyol, Zafer Elbasan, Armağan Acele, Murat Çaylı
• Carotid Proliferative Plaque Formation in a Canine Model of Chronic Hypertension (14 December, 2015)

  Zuojun Tian, Yuechun Shen, Haixing Liao, Tong Yang, Xiaoming Wang, Xiujing Han, Yaxian Dong, Tianhui You
• Long-Term Outcome of Patients With Aortic Aneurysms Taking Low-Dose Aspirin (14 December, 2015)

  Chung-Yu Chen, Jiann-Woei Huang, Charles Tzu-Chi Lee, Wen-Ter Lai, Yaw-Bin Huang
• Effects of Ivabradine on 6-Minute Walk Test and Quality of Life in Patients With Previously Implanted CRT-D (14 December, 2015)

  Ismail Ates, Asuman H. Yavuz, Mehmet Doğru, Ahmet Genç, Şeref Ulucan, Metin Sarıkaya, Ramazan Çetinkaya, Ahmet Keser, Mahmut Akpek, Mehmet G. Kaya
• Peripheral Monocytes Derived From Patients With Cystic Fibrosis and Healthy Donors Secrete NGAL in Response to Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection (14 December, 2015)

  Susu M. Zughaier, Vin Tangpricha, Traci Leong, Arlene A. Stecenko, Nael A. McCarty
• Inadequate Postgraduate Training of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in an Era of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (14 December, 2015)

  Chad S. Kessler, Khadidjatou Kane, Sharmistha Dev, Jeremy L. Smiley
• Maternal C677T MTHFR Polymorphism and Environmental Factors Are Associated With Cleft Lip and Palate in a Mexican Population (14 December, 2015)

  Jose Jesus Ibarra-Lopez, Patricia Duarte, Veronica Antonio-Vejar, Emma S. Calderon-Aranda, Gerardo Huerta-Beristain, Eugenia Flores-Alfaro, Ma. Elena Moreno-Godinez