Archive: Clinical medicine
Clinical medicine 2009 Research Highlights
Public health: When swine flu first hit China this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 23 December 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.242
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et al. Clinical features of the initial cases of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus infection in China. N. Engl. J. Med. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa0906612 (2009).
Top of pageMedical genetics: The mutation responsible for osteoporosis this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 23 December 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.243
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et al. A novel microRNA targeting HDAC5 regulates osteoblast differentiation in mice and contributes to primary osteoporosis in humans. J. Clin. Invest. 119, 3666–3677 (2009).
Top of pageOncology: Prepare for an invasion this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 09 December 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.233
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et al. The polycomb group protein Bmi-1 represses the tumor suppressor PTEN and induces epithelial-mesenchymal transition in human nasopharyngeal epithelial cells. J. Clin. Invest. doi:10.1172/JCI39374 (2009).
Top of pagePublic health: Wear a mask and wash your hands this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 02 December 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.230
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et al. Facemasks and hand hygiene to prevent influenza transmission in households. Ann. Intern. Med. 151, 437–446 (2009).
Top of pagePlasma physics: Bacteria zapper
Felix Cheung
Published online: 25 November 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.227
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et al. A simple atmospheric pressure room-temperature air plasma needle device for biomedical applications. Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 181501 (2009).
Top of pagePublic health: Flu protection for all ages this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 18 November 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.221
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et al. A novel influenza A (H1N1) vaccine in various age groups. N. Eng. J. Med. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa0908535 (2009).
Top of pagePublic health: Swine flu or your piggy bank? this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 18 November 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.222
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et al. Acceptability of A/H1N1 vaccination during pandemic phase of influenza A/H1N1 in Hong Kong: population based cross sectional survey. Br. Med. J. 339, b4164 (2009).
Top of pageCancer: Liver, sex and survival this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 21 October 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.206
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et al. MicroRNA expression, survival, and response to interferon in liver cancer. N. Engl. J. Med. 361, 1437–1447 (2009).
Top of pageObesity: The fat and the short of it this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 07 October 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.198
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, , , & The Great Chinese Famine leads to shorter and overweight females in Chongqing Chinese population after 50 years. Obesity doi:10.1038/oby.2009.296 (2009).
Top of pageStem cells: Skin treatment for your liver
Felix Cheung
Published online: 30 September 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.188
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et al. Efficient generation of hepatocyte-like cells from human induced pluripotent stem cells. Cell Res. doi:10.1038/cr.2009.107 (2009)
Top of pageCardiology: Heart therapy this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 02 September 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.174
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et al. Increased expression of integrin-linked kinase attenuates left ventricular remodeling and improves cardiac function after myocardial infarction. Circulation doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.870725 (2009).
Top of pageMedical genetics: Key to longevity this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 19 August 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.166
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et al. Association of mitochondrial DNA haplogroups with exceptional longevity in a Chinese population. PLoS ONE 4, e6423 (2009).
Top of pageHypertension: Earthquake puts blood pressure at stake this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 29 July 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.152
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. et al. Acute cardiovascular effects of the Wenchuan earthquake: ambulatory blood pressure monitoring of hypertensive patients. Hypertens. Res. doi:10.1038/hr.2009.98 (2009).
Top of pageGenomics: Parasitic flatworms deciphered
Felix Cheung
Published online: 29 July 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.154
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et al. The Schistosoma japonicum genome reveals features of host–parasite interplay. Nature doi:10.1038/nature08140 (2009).
Top of pagePsychiatry: Mental disorders in China
Felix Cheung
Published online: 01 July 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.135
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et al. Prevalence, treatment, and associated disability of mental disorders in four provinces in China during 2001–05: an epidemiological survey. Lancet 373, 2041–2053 (2009).
Top of pageInfectious diseases: Swine flu origin unwrapped this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 24 June 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.133
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et al. Origins and evolutionary genomics of the 2009 swine-origin H1N1 influenza A epidemic. Nature doi:10.1038/nature08182 (2009).
Top of pageDiabetes: Towards a better glycaemic control
Felix Cheung
Published online: 13 May 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.94
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et al. Effect of interactions between C peptide levels and insulin treatment on clinical outcomes among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Can. Med. Assoc. J. 180, 919–926 (2009).
Top of pageParasitic diseases: Snail invasion
Felix Cheung
Published online: 15 April 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.74
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et al. Invasive snails and an emerging infectious disease: results from the first national survey on Angiostrongylus cantonensis in China. PLoS Negl. Trop. Dis. 3, e368 (2009).
Top of pageCancer biology: Path of resistance
Jane Qiu
Published online: 11 March 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.43
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, & Apoptosis repressor with caspase recruitment domain contributes to chemotherapy resistance by abolishing mitochondrial fission mediated by dynamin-related protein-1. Cancer Res. 69, 492–500 (2009).
Top of pageColorectal cancer: Early warning this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 11 March 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.46
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et al. Differential expression of microRNAs in plasma of colorectal cancer patients: A potential marker for colorectal cancer screening. Gut doi:10.1136/gut.2008.167817 (2009).
Top of pageUrology: Melamine hunt
Felix Cheung
Published online: 04 March 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.37
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et al. Melamine-contaminated powdered formula and urolithiasis in young children. N. Engl. J. Med. doi:10.1056/nejmoa0809550 (2009).
Top of pagePublic health: Smoking statistics
Felix Cheung
Published online: 18 February 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.28
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et al. Mortality attributable to smoking in China. N. Engl. J. Med. 360, 150–159 (2009).
Top of pageUrology: Melamine matters this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 18 February 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.29
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et al. Diagnosis and spectrum of melamine-related renal disease: Plausible mechanism of stone formation in humans. Clin. Chim. Acta doi:10.1016/j.cca.2008.12.035 (2009).
Top of pageParasitic diseases: Irrigation, sanitation, education this content is Open !
Jasmine Farsarakis
Published online: 11 February 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.20
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et al. A strategy to control transmission of Schistosoma japonicum in China. N. Engl. J. Med. 360, 121–128 (2009).
Top of pageCervical cancer: Screening alternatives
Jasmine Farsarakis
Published online: 21 January 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.8
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et al. Different cervical cancer screening approaches in a Chinese multicentre study. Br. J. Cancer doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604840 (2009).
Top of pageUrology: Melamine panic? this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 21 January 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.9
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et al. Renal screening in children after exposure to low dose melamine in Hong Kong: Cross sectional study. Br. Med. J. 337, a2991 (2008).
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