Background Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is a
prevalent chronic liver disease worldwide, and can rapidly progress to metabolic dysfunction-…

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a severe multi-organ disease with interstitial lung disease (ILD)
being the major cause of death. While targeted therapies are emerging, biomarkers for sub-…

Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) screening is tedious and still performed by analysis of total
glycosaminoglycans (GAG) using 1,9‐dimethylmethylene blue (DMB) photometric assay, …

Introduction Non-targeted metabolic profiling using high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS)
is a standard approach for pathway identification despite technical limitations. Objectives …

Introduction: Measurements from frozen sample collections are important key indicators in
clinical studies. It is a prime concern of biobanks and laboratories to minimize preanalytical …

Infections after surgical interventions are assumed to be caused by contamination. We show
by analyzing multicentric data of 6561 patients that surgical infections as well as sepsis had …

Background: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune rheumatic disease characterized
by visceral and skin fibrosis, vascular dysfunction, and immune dysregulation. Regarding …

Background: Venom immunotherapy (VIT) protects most patients allergic to Hymenoptera
stings while booster injections are continued. Few data on long-term protection after …

Background: Successful venom immunotherapy (VIT) in Hymenoptera allergy is usually
associated with a strong increase in venom–specific serum IgG antibodies (sIgG). Methods: We …

Background/Aims Benzimidazoles are efficacious for treating non-resectable alveolar
echinococcosis (AE), but their long-term parasitocidal (curative) effect is disputed. In this study, we …