Following the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak (COVID-19), it became a worrisome health burden worldwide. COVID-19-associated mucormycosis emergence, characterized by dysregulated inflammation and iron metabolism, exacerbated ...

Smoking is a risk factor for many rheumatic diseases and a determining factor for poor prognosis in a number of rheumatic diseases. Previous studies have shown that the intensity and activity of Behcet's disease is higher ...

In viral infections, mitochondria act as one of the main hubs of the pathogenesis. Recent findings present new insights into the potential role of circulating cell-free mitochondrial DNA (ccf-mtDNA) in COVID-19 pathogenesis ...

This study was designed to characterize the CRISPR-Cas systems in carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) isolates and to evaluate the potential association of these systems with antibiotic resistant, biofilm ...

Standard modifiable cardiovascular risk factors, including diabetes, smoking, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension, which are abbreviated as SMuRF, play a role in the development and progression of coronary diseases. The ...

findings of the first months of 2020 show that most people with covid-19 have comorbidities, the most common of which are diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and high blood pressure. There is no complete information about ...

The etiology of palindromic rheumatism is still not fully understood, but genetic risk factors involved in the development of this disease have been identified. The aim of this study is the molecular analysis of IRF5 ...

Pregnancy-associated plasma protein (PAPP-A), a newly discovered member of the axis of insulin-like growth factors (IGFs), is an important biomarker in heart diseases, especially non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the most common causes of dementia in old age, which is due to extracellular deposition of amyloid beta (β-Amyloid) plaques and intracellular accumulation of neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs), ...

All people face inevitable painful events during their life that can threaten their personality structure. These painful events can be adverse childhood experiences such as childhood abuse or neglect or the child growing ...