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Original research

• Gender‐based disparities in COVID-19 patient outcomes (12 March, 2021) Free

  Paul Ellis Marik, Sarah E DePerrior, Qamar Ahmad, Sunita Dodani
• Factors associated with COVID-19 severity and mortality among Hispanic patients living on the USA–Mexico border (29 January, 2021) Free

  Jorge Cervantes, Amit Sureen, Gian Galura, Christopher Dodoo, Alok Kumar Dwivedi, Mohammad Bashashati, Marc Zuckerman, Armando Meza
• Mechanism of miR-218-5p in autophagy, apoptosis and oxidative stress in rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblasts is mediated by KLF9 and JAK/STAT3 pathways (8 February, 2021)

  Ming Chen, Minghui Li, Na Zhang, Wenwen Sun, Hui Wang, Wei Wei
• Effects of vasoactive drugs on hepatic and intestinal circulation and intestinal barrier in patients with septic shock (13 January, 2021)

  Jie Liu, Min Zheng, Xu Zhao, Yong-Jiu Zha, Hu-Nian Li, Guang-Qing Huang
• Outcomes of atrial fibrillation hospitalizations in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a report from the national inpatient sample (13 January, 2021)

  Mavi Maureen Rivera Pavon, Anoj Shahi, Emmanuel Akuna, Iriagbonse Rotimi Asemota, Abdul Wahab Arif, Andrea Torres, Mahmoud Elbermawy, Genaro Velazquez, Muhammad Usman Almani, Muhammad Usman, Karol Quelal, Mohammad Waqas Bashir, Pius Ehiremen Ojemolon, Precious Obehi Eseaton
• Association of vitamin D with incident glaucoma: findings from the Women’s Health Initiative (11 January, 2021)

  Laura D Carbone, Karen Johnson, Joseph C Larson, Fridtjof Thomas, Jean Wactawski-Wende, Kathryn Bollinger, Zhao Chen, Mitchell Watsky
• Single-cell transcriptomics analysis showing functional heterogeneity in decidual stromal cells during labor (28 December, 2020)

  Jingrui Huang, Yingming Xie, Qiaozhen Peng, Weinan Wang, Chenlin Pei, Yanhua Zhao, Rong Liu, Lihui Huang, Tieping Li, Jia Nie, Lijuan Liu, Xiaowen Zhang, Xianggui Luo, Jiefeng Luo, Weishe Zhang
• Coexisting psoriasis is associated with an increased risk of hospitalization for patients with inflammatory bowel disease: an analysis of the National Inpatient Sample database (23 December, 2020)

  Ehizogie Edigin, Jennifer Asotibe, Precious Obehi Eseaton, Olukayode Ahmed Busari, Ikechukwu Achebe, Asim Kichloo, Shakeel Jamal, Axi Patel
• Renal lipid accumulation, oxidative stress and uric acid handling in a rodent model of obesity and metabolic syndrome (15 December, 2020)

  Tara R Rosenthal, Sun K Park, Subash Kairamkonda, Sabiha Khatoon, Laurentiu M Pop, Ion Alexandru Bobulescu
• Investigation of oral, gastric, and duodenal microbiota in patients with upper gastrointestinal symptoms (17 December, 2020) Free

  Jorge Cervantes, Majd Michael, Bo-Young Hong, Aden Springer, Hua Guo, Burgandy Mendoza, Mingtao Zeng, Olof Sundin, Richard McCallum
• Knockdown of BAG3 synergizes with olaparib to kill ovarian cancer cells via repressing autophagy (24 December, 2020)

  Kexin Wang, Jianhua Zheng