JOURNAL OF MEDICAL BIOCHEMISTRY / 2022 – 4

EDITORIAL BOARD

Volume: 41-4

Zhi Huang, Yan Cai, Yunfei Yang, Jin Shi, Xuya Zhao, Haise Mo, Qingfan Zeng
EFFECTS OF ULTRASOUND-GUIDED LUMBAR-SCIATIC NERVE BLOCK AND EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA ON THE LEVELS OF IL-6, IL-8, TNF-A AND COAGULATION FACTORS IN PERIPHERAL BLOOD OF ELDERLY PATIENTS AFTER HIP ARTHROPLASTY … 433

Anna M. Gusakova, Tatiana E. Suslova, Maria A. Kercheva, Irina V. Kologrivova, Tamara R. Ryabova, Vyacheslav V. Ryabov
ASSOCIATION OF INCREASED ONCOSTATIN M WITH ADVERSE LEFT VENTRICULAR REMODELING IN PATIENTS WITH MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION … 441

Murat Çağlayan, Cigdem Sonmez, Mehmet Senes, Ataman Gonel, Ozlem Gulbahar, Nurbanu Bursa, Derun Taner, Osman Celik, Ali Aykut Fidanci, Mustafa Mahir Ulgu, Abdulvahit Sozuer, Naim Ata, Suayip Birinci
25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D (25-OHD) LEVELS IN TURKISH GERIATRIC POPULATION: A NATIONWIDE STUDY … 450

Ming Zhang, Jun Huang, Yunfei Wang, Qingbin Nie, Xinye Zhang, Yufeng Yang, Gengsheng Mao
CATHEPSIN A UPREGULATION IN GLIOMA: A POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC TARGET ASSOCIATED WITH IMMUNE INFILTRATION … 459

Zlatina Tomova, Desislav Tomov, Angelina Vlahova, Veneta Chaova-Gizdakova, Lyubka Yoanidu, Dobrin Svinarov
DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF AN LC-MS/MS METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF 8-ISOPROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA IN HUMAN SALIVA … 466

Amneh I. Al-Bashiti, Khaled A. Ahmed, Khalid M. Alqaisi
RELATIONSHIP OF INFLAMMATORY MEDIATORS AND SEX-RELATED PARAMETERS IN JORDANIAN ADULT MEN PATIENTS WITH COVID-19 … 474

Jun Huang, Ming Zhang, Qingbin Nie, Xinye Zhang, Xin He, Yufeng Yang, Gengsheng Ma
EFFICACY OF INTRAVENOUS THROMBOLYSIS COMBINED WITH MECHANICAL STENT INTERVENTIONAL THROMBECTOMY ON ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE … 483

Deniz Gezer, Seval Müzeyyen Ecin
EFFECTS OF COVID-19 INFECTION ON THYROID FUNCTIONS … 491

Jin Yan Luo, Bin Lin Huang, Qi Yu Hu, Ru Jie Li, Jun Chen, Ling Mei Yuan, Yuan Peng
THE CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF PLASMA MIR-592 AND MIR-217-3P LEVELS IN RETINOBLASTOMA … 497

Mirjana B. Bećarević, Snežana Jovičić, Svetlana D. Ignjatović, Duško Mirković
ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES IN HEALTHY SERBIAN MIDDLE-AGED SUBJECTS: PRELIMINARY DATA … 506

Gian Luca Salvagno, Brandon M. Henry, Simone De Nitto, Laura Pighi, Giuseppe Lippi
ASSOCIATION BETWEEN VIRAL LOAD AND POSITIVIZATION TIME OF A SARS-COV-2 RAPID ANTIGEN TEST IN ROUTINE NASOPHARYNGEAL SPECIMENS … 513

Fatma Kalay, Muhammet Sait Toprak, Hakan Ekmekçi, Mine Kucur, Barış Ikitimur, Hüseyin Sönmez, Zeynep Güngör
ARTIFICIAL NEURONAL NETWORK ANALYSIS IN INVESTIGATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OXIDATIVE STRESS AND ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS TO ADDRESS BLOCKED VESSELS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE … 518

Ali Ozturk, Nihayet Bayraktar, Mustafa Bayraktar, Bashar Ibrahim, Taylan Bozok, Mehmet Resat Ceylan
EVALUATION OF AMINO ACID PROFILE IN SERUM OF PATIENTS WITH COVID-19 FOR PROVIDING A NEW TREATMENT STRATEGY … 526

Mustafa Çalık, Yildizhan Sengul, Zahide Mail Gurkan, Deniz Hintoglu, Naile Fevziye Mısırlıoglu, Hafize Uzun
ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SERUM IRISIN CONCENTRATION AND ISCHEMIC STROKE: FROM ETIOLOGY TO CLINIC … 534

PROFESIONAL PAPER

Giuseppe Lippi, Riccardo Nocini, Brandon M. Henry
CRITICAL LITERATURE REVIEW AND POOLED ANALYSIS OF DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY OF ORTHO VITROS SARS-COV-2 ANTIGEN TEST FOR DIAGNOSING ACUTE SARS-COV-2 INFECTIONS … 540

LeiYing Zhang, Chen Tang, ChenLian Ye, LuRen Huang, Yan Wu
INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS OF PREGNANCY CAN INCREASE THE RISK OF METABOLIC DISORDERS: A META-ANALYSIS … 549

PERSONAL VIEW

Sibtain Ahmed, Muhammad Abbas Abid, Farhat Jahan, Tomris Ozben
VIRTUAL ASSESSMENT, TRAINING, AND EVALUATION OF CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AMIDST PEAK COVID-19 PANDEMIC – AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY … 559

TECHNICAL REPORTS

PROGRAM NAUČNIH, STRUČNIH SKUPOVA I EDUKATIVNIH SEMINARA … 565
INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS … 569