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Original research

• Pregnancy-associated plasma protein-a is associated with subclinical atherosclerosis in men with HIV infection (28 November, 2018)

  Suleyman Sezai Yildiz, Sukru Cetin, Kudret Keskin, Alper Gunduz, Gokhan Cetinkal, Goncagul Bulbun, Serhat Sigirci, Saadet Pilten, Kadriye Orta Kilickesmez
• Increased risk of arterial thromboembolic events in transfusion-naïve thalassemia: a nationwide population-based study (24 May, 2019)

  Xuan Liu, Jianyun Wen, Yiqi Xu, Yongsheng Ruan, Tiantian Yi, Jung-Chien Chen, Xuedong Wu
• Serum heart-type fatty acid-binding protein decreases and soluble isoform of suppression of tumorigenicity 2 increases significantly by long-term physical activity (27 December, 2018)

  Michael Sponder, Michael Lichtenauer, Bernhard Wernly, Vera Paar, Uta Hoppe, Michael Emich, Monika Fritzer-Szekeres, Brigitte Litschauer, Jeanette Strametz-Juranek
• Effects of different types and frequencies of physical activity on the homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance (18 January, 2019)

  Junhyun Kwon, Woorim Kim, Sang Ah Lee, Dongwoo Choi, Eun-Cheol Park
• Role of CT-guided transthoracic biopsy in the diagnosis of mycobacterial infection (11 January, 2019)

  Kyongmin Sarah Beck, Dae Hee Han, Kyo Young Lee, Seung Joon Kim
• Original research: Depletion of death-associated protein-3 induces chemoresistance in gastric cancer cells through the β-catenin/LGR5/Bcl-2 axis (20 February, 2019)

  Yongning Jia, Ziyu Li, Xiaojing Cheng, Xiaojiang Wu, Fei Pang, Jinyao Shi, Shen Li, Xiaolong Li, Ying Hu, Lianhai Zhang, Jiafu Ji