Background Oxidative damage results in protein modification, and is observed in numerous
diseases. Human serum albumin (HSA), the most abundant circulating protein in the plasma…

This review focuses on the in vitro and in vivo antioxidant activities of various chitosan
preparations, including those with different molecular weights and degrees of acetylation and the …

Background More than 80% of donor lungs are potentially injured and therefore not considered
suitable for transplantation. With the use of normothermic ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP), …

The prognosis of patients with connective tissue disease (CTD) has improved significantly
in recent years, but interstitial lung disease (ILD) associated with connective tissue disease (…

BACKGROUND: The inhibition of cellular metabolism induced by hypothermia obviates the
possibility of substantial reparative processes occurring during organ preservation. The aim …

More than 80% of potential donor lungs are injured during brain death of the donor and
from complications experienced in the intensive care unit, and therefore cannot be used for …

Purpose Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) remains associated with poor outcome. We
examined the results of trimodality therapy with cisplatin-based chemotherapy followed by …

Background Although segmentectomy is a widely used surgical procedure, lobectomy is the
standard procedure for resectable non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This study aimed to …

Objective: In patients with clinical T1 N0 M0 lung adenocarcinoma, we investigated whether
the proportion of ground-glass opacity area measured on high-resolution computed …

Proteolytic cleavage of the hemagglutinin (HA) protein is essential for influenza A virus (IAV)
to acquire infectivity. This process is mediated by a host cell protease(s) in vivo. The type II …