Update on long-term cardiovascular risk after pre-eclampsia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Background/introduction: There is a need for further studies on the cardiovascular risk of women experiencing pre-eclampsia (PE). Purpose: To update the literature regarding the association between a history of PE and subsequent cardiovascular diseases, including cardiovascular death, coronary heart diseases, heart failure, and stroke, focusing on the trend in the effect size estimates over time. Methods: Following PRISMA guidelines, from inception to May 2023, we performed a systematic rev...

Tangential Retinal Displacement Increases After Macular Pucker Surgery: An Apparent Nonsense

Purpose: To measure the tangential retinal displacement and vision before and after macular pucker surgery and study if Pars Plana Vitrectomy (PPV) with EpiRetinal Membrane (ERM) peeling allows the reconstitution of previous anatomy or else it results in a different configuration. Methods: Retrospective series of patients undergoing PPV for ERM, with greater than 6-month follow-up before and after surgery, complete with best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), ...

Integrated Imaging and Spectroscopic Analysis of Painted Fresco Surfaces Using Terahertz Time-Domain Technique

AKAP2-anchored protein phosphatase 1 controls prostatic neuroendocrine carcinoma cell migration and invasion

: Prostate cancer (PC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related death in men. The growth of primary prostate cancer cells relies on circulating androgens and thus the standard therapy for the treatment of localized and advanced PC is the androgen deprivation therapy. Prostatic neuroendocrine carcinoma (PNEC) is an aggressive and highly metastatic subtype of prostate cancer, which displays poor prognosis and high lethality. Most of PNECs develop from prostate adenocarcinoma in response to...