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Original research

• Sex differences in the induction of angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE-2) in mouse lungs after e-cigarette vapor exposure and its relevance to COVID-19 (29 April, 2021)

  Vegi Naidu, Amir A Zeki, Pawan Sharma
• Hemogram as marker of in-hospital mortality in COVID-19 (13 April, 2021)

  Alejandro López-Escobar, Rodrigo Madurga, José María Castellano, Santiago Ruiz de Aguiar, Sara Velázquez, Marina Bucar, Sara Jimeno, Paula Sol Ventura
• UBR5 inhibits the radiosensitivity of non-small cell lung cancer cells via the activation of the PI3K/AKT pathway (2 April, 2021)

  Yong-Fei Gu, Xing-Ping Ge
• Impact of coexisting pneumonia in the patients admitted with Clostridium difficile infection: a retrospective study from a national inpatient database

  (30 March, 2021)

  Asim Kichloo, Zain El-Amir, Dushyant Singh Dahiya, Jagmeet Singh, Dhanshree Solanki, Farah Wani, Hafeez Shaka
• Insulin doses requirements in patients with type 1 diabetes using glargine U300 or degludec in routine clinical practice (26 March, 2021)

  Florentino Carral San Laureano, Mariana Tomé Fernández-Ladreda, Ana Isabel Jiménez Millán, Concepción García Calzado, María del Carmen Ayala Ortega
• Behavioral health clinicians endorse stellate ganglion block as a valuable intervention in the treatment of trauma-related disorders (16 March, 2021)

  James H Lynch, Peter D Muench, John C Okiishi, Gary E Means, Sean W Mulvaney
• Psoriasis does not worsen outcomes in patients admitted for ischemic stroke: an analysis of the National Inpatient Sample (15 March, 2021)

  Ehizogie Edigin, Subuhi Kaul, Precious Obehi Eseaton, Pius Ehiremen Ojemolon, Axi Patel, Augustine Manadan
• Association between the use of antidepressants and the risk of preterm birth among pregnant women with depression: a retrospective cohort study in Taiwan (1 March, 2021)

  Li-Fen Chen, Ching-En Lin, Chi-Hsiang Chung, Ching-Huang Lai, Wu-Chien Chien
• Systemic arterial blood pressure and intracerebral hemorrhage after mechanical thrombectomy in anterior cerebral circulation (2 March, 2021)

  Jiaqi An, Yonglan Tang, Xiangqi Cao, Huijie Yuan, Meng Wei, Xingyun Yuan, Aifeng Zhang, Yongxin Li, Ardan Saguner, Guoliang Li, Guogang Luo
• Contribution of hsa-miR-146a and hsa-miR-223 gene variations in patients with multiple sclerosis reveals association of rs2910164 and rs1044165 with risk of multiple sclerosis susceptibility (21 January, 2021)

  Salar Shareef, Seyed Omar Ebrahimi, Somayeh Reiisi
• Lung involvement in systemic sclerosis is associated with adverse hospital outcomes: insights from the National Inpatient Sample (15 February, 2021) Free

  Jesse Osemudiamen Odion, Armaan Guraya, Chukwudi Charles Muojieje, Osahon Nekpen Idolor, Eseosa Jennifer Sanwo, Osaigbokan Paul Aihie
• Assessing bronchodilator response by changes in per cent predicted forced expiratory volume in one second (11 February, 2021)

  Octavian C Ioachimescu, Jose A Ramos, Michael Hoffman, Kevin McCarthy, James K Stoller
• Effect of intensive blood pressure on the progression of non-diabetic chronic kidney disease at varying degrees of proteinuria (4 February, 2021)

  Paul J Der Mesropian, Gulvahid Shaikh, Kelly H Beers, Swati Mehta, Mauricio R Monrroy Prado, Krishnakumar Hongalgi, Roy O Mathew, Paul J Feustel, Loay H Salman, Annalisa Perna, Elvira O Gosmanova
• Postchallenge glucose increment was associated with hemoglobin glycation index in subjects with no history of diabetes (1 February, 2021)

  Jun-Sing Wang, I-Te Lee, Wen-Jane Lee, Shih-Yi Lin, Wen-Lieng Lee, Kae-Woei Liang, Wayne Huey-Herng Sheu