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    SIRT2 inhibition protects against cardiac hypertrophy and ischemic injury

    Xiaoyan Yang, Hsiang-Chun Chang ... Hossein Ardehali
    1. Medicine

    An unexpected role of neutrophils in clearing apoptotic hepatocytes in vivo

    Luyang Cao, Lixiang Ma ... Jingsong Xu
    Neutrophils are the predominant phagocytes that clear dead liver cells under normal physiological conditions.
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health
    2. Medicine
    3. Cancer Biology

    Special Issue: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer prevention, control, care and survivorship

    Edited by Eduardo Franco et al.
    Our latest Special Issue brings together research covering many different aspects of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer outcomes across the globe.
    1. Medicine

    Loss of Ptpmt1 limits mitochondrial utilization of carbohydrates and leads to muscle atrophy and heart failure in tissue-specific knockout mice

    Hong Zheng, Qianjin Li ... Cheng-Kui Qu
    The balanced utilization of energy sources, namely carbohydrates and fats, by mitochondria, is critically important for the long-term maintenance of both skeletal muscle and heart health.
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health
    2. Medicine

    Development and validation of COEWS (COVID-19 Early Warning Score) for hospitalized COVID-19 with laboratory features: A multicontinental retrospective study

    Riku Klén, Ivan A Huespe ... David Gómez-Varela
    The new early warning system, COEWS, will improve the early identification and management of high-risk COVID-19 patients compared to the widely used NEWS2 by using easy-to-obtain clinical parameters that have been externally validated in a diverse multicontinental cohort of patients.

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