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Original Articles

• Evaluation of the Glutamine 27 Glutamic Acid Polymorphism in the Adrenoceptor β2 Surface Gene on Obesity and Metabolic Phenotypes in Taiwan (15 December, 2015)

  Tun-Jen Hsiao, Eugene Lin
• Tobacco Smoke–Induced Immunologic Changes May Contribute to Oral Carcinogenesis (15 December, 2015)

  Michael Schierl, Daxesh Patel, Wanhong Ding, Amit Kochhar, Katayun Adhami, Xi Kathy Zhou, Andrew J. Dannenberg, Richard D. Granstein
• Role of Genetic Variation in the Cannabinoid Receptor Gene (CNR1) (G1359A Polymorphism) on Weight Loss and Cardiovascular Risk Factors After Liraglutide Treatment in Obese Patients With Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 (15 December, 2015)

  Daniel Antonio de Luis, Hilda F. Ovalle, Gonzalo Diaz Soto, Olatz Izaola, Beatriz de la Fuente, Enrique Romero
• Importance of Biomarkers in Risk Stratification of Pulmonary Thromboembolism Patients (15 December, 2015)

  Elif Babaoglu, H. Canan Hasanoglu, Aysegul Senturk, Aysegul Karalezli, Hatice Kilic, Gokhan Aykun, Derya Oztuna
• Effect of Prostaglandin I2 Analogs on Macrophage Inflammatory Protein 1α in Human Monocytes Via I Prostanoid Receptor and Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate (15 December, 2015)

  Ming-Kai Tsai, Chong-Chao Hsieh, Hsuan-Fu Kuo, San-Nan Yang, Chang-Hung Kuo, Ming-Yii Huang, Ying-Ming Tsai, Min-Sheng Lee, Chih-Hsing Hung
• Triglyceride Glucose Index and Common Carotid Wall Shear Stress (15 December, 2015)

  Cesare Tripolino, Concetta Irace, Faustina B. Scavelli, Maria S. de Franceschi, Teresa Esposito, Claudio Carallo, Agostino Gnasso
• Triglyceride–to–High-Density-Lipoprotein-Cholesterol Ratio Is an Index of Heart Disease Mortality and of Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Men (15 December, 2015)

  Gloria Lena Vega, Carolyn E. Barlow, Scott M. Grundy, David Leonard, Laura F. DeFina