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Adhesion

MedGen UID:
7891
•Concept ID:
C0001511
•
Pathologic Function
Synonyms: Adhesion, Tissue; Adhesions, Tissue; Tissue Adhesion; Tissue Adhesions
SNOMED CT: Adhesion (42685002)

Definition

A fibrous band of tissue that connects normally separate body regions. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVAdhesion

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Diagnosis of neonatal sepsis: the past, present and future.
Celik IH, Hanna M, Canpolat FE, Mohan Pammi
Pediatr Res 2022 Jan;91(2):337-350. Epub 2021 Nov 2 doi: 10.1038/s41390-021-01696-z. PMID: 34728808Free PMC Article
Endometrial polyps. An evidence-based diagnosis and management guide.
Vitale SG, Haimovich S, Laganà AS, Alonso L, Di Spiezio Sardo A, Carugno J; From the Global Community of Hysteroscopy Guidelines Committee
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2021 May;260:70-77. Epub 2021 Mar 13 doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2021.03.017. PMID: 33756339
The vaso-occlusive pain crisis in sickle cell disease: Definition, pathophysiology, and management.
Darbari DS, Sheehan VA, Ballas SK
Eur J Haematol 2020 Sep;105(3):237-246. Epub 2020 May 19 doi: 10.1111/ejh.13430. PMID: 32301178

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

The Role of Adhesion in Helicobacter pylori Persistent Colonization.
Yang H, Wang L, Zhang M, Hu B
Curr Microbiol 2023 Apr 18;80(5):185. doi: 10.1007/s00284-023-03264-6. PMID: 37071212
The Emerging Role of Cell Adhesion Molecules on Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia.
Liu J, Zhang J, Fu X, Yang S, Li Y, Liu J, DiSanto ME, Chen P, Zhang X
Int J Mol Sci 2023 Feb 2;24(3) doi: 10.3390/ijms24032870. PMID: 36769190Free PMC Article
Genetic and Epidemiological Similarities, and Differences Between Postoperative Intraperitoneal Adhesion Development and Other Benign Fibro-proliferative Disorders.
Awonuga AO, Chatzicharalampous C, Thakur M, Rambhatla A, Qadri F, Awonuga M, Saed G, Diamond MP
Reprod Sci 2022 Nov;29(11):3055-3077. Epub 2021 Sep 13 doi: 10.1007/s43032-021-00726-9. PMID: 34515982
Cell adhesion in cancer: Beyond the migration of single cells.
Janiszewska M, Primi MC, Izard T
J Biol Chem 2020 Feb 21;295(8):2495-2505. Epub 2020 Jan 14 doi: 10.1074/jbc.REV119.007759. PMID: 31937589Free PMC Article
Cell adhesion molecules--update.
Elangbam CS, Qualls CW Jr, Dahlgren RR
Vet Pathol 1997 Jan;34(1):61-73. doi: 10.1177/030098589703400113. PMID: 9150551

Diagnosis

Extracellular vesicle-cell adhesion molecules in tumours: biofunctions and clinical applications.
Lin W, Fang J, Wei S, He G, Liu J, Li X, Peng X, Li D, Yang S, Li X, Yang L, Li H
Cell Commun Signal 2023 Sep 21;21(1):246. doi: 10.1186/s12964-023-01236-8. PMID: 37735659Free PMC Article
Anti-IgLON5 Disease - The Current State of Knowledge and Further Perspectives.
Madetko N, Marzec W, Kowalska A, Przewodowska D, Alster P, Koziorowski D
Front Immunol 2022;13:852215. Epub 2022 Mar 1 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.852215. PMID: 35300333Free PMC Article
Mechanisms of Disease: Pemphigus and Bullous Pemphigoid.
Hammers CM, Stanley JR
Annu Rev Pathol 2016 May 23;11:175-97. Epub 2016 Feb 22 doi: 10.1146/annurev-pathol-012615-044313. PMID: 26907530Free PMC Article
Leukocyte adhesion deficiencies.
van de Vijver E, van den Berg TK, Kuijpers TW
Hematol Oncol Clin North Am 2013 Feb;27(1):101-16, viii. Epub 2012 Nov 13 doi: 10.1016/j.hoc.2012.10.001. PMID: 23351991
Single-cell force spectroscopy.
Helenius J, Heisenberg CP, Gaub HE, Muller DJ
J Cell Sci 2008 Jun 1;121(11):1785-91. doi: 10.1242/jcs.030999. PMID: 18492792

Therapy

Postsurgical barrier strategies to avoid the recurrence of intrauterine adhesion formation after hysteroscopic adhesiolysis: a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Vitale SG, Riemma G, Carugno J, Perez-Medina T, Alonso Pacheco L, Haimovich S, Parry JP, Di Spiezio Sardo A, De Franciscis P
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2022 Apr;226(4):487-498.e8. Epub 2021 Sep 30 doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2021.09.015. PMID: 34555319
Rehabilitation following surgery for flexor tendon injuries of the hand.
Peters SE, Jha B, Ross M
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2021 Jan 13;1(1):CD012479. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012479.pub2. PMID: 33434949Free PMC Article
Novel Antiatherosclerotic Therapies.
Libby P, Everett BM
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2019 Apr;39(4):538-545. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.118.310958. PMID: 30816799Free PMC Article
Integrins in cancer: biological implications and therapeutic opportunities.
Desgrosellier JS, Cheresh DA
Nat Rev Cancer 2010 Jan;10(1):9-22. doi: 10.1038/nrc2748. PMID: 20029421Free PMC Article
Red cell storage.
Hess JR
J Proteomics 2010 Jan 3;73(3):368-73. Epub 2009 Nov 13 doi: 10.1016/j.jprot.2009.11.005. PMID: 19914410

Prognosis

Epidermolysis bullosa.
Bardhan A, Bruckner-Tuderman L, Chapple ILC, Fine JD, Harper N, Has C, Magin TM, Marinkovich MP, Marshall JF, McGrath JA, Mellerio JE, Polson R, Heagerty AH
Nat Rev Dis Primers 2020 Sep 24;6(1):78. doi: 10.1038/s41572-020-0210-0. PMID: 32973163
Up to 12 years clinical evaluation of 197 partial indirect restorations with deep margin elevation in the posterior region.
Bresser RA, Gerdolle D, van den Heijkant IA, Sluiter-Pouwels LMA, Cune MS, Gresnigt MMM
J Dent 2019 Dec;91:103227. Epub 2019 Nov 4 doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2019.103227. PMID: 31697971
How do we approach thrombocytopenia in critically ill patients?
Thachil J, Warkentin TE
Br J Haematol 2017 Apr;177(1):27-38. Epub 2016 Dec 16 doi: 10.1111/bjh.14482. PMID: 27982413
Prognostic markers in osteosarcoma.
Bakhshi S, Radhakrishnan V
Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 2010 Feb;10(2):271-87. doi: 10.1586/era.09.186. PMID: 20132002
Neurofibromatosis type 2.
Evans DG, Sainio M, Baser ME
J Med Genet 2000 Dec;37(12):897-904. doi: 10.1136/jmg.37.12.897. PMID: 11106352Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Biomarkers of hand osteoarthritis.
Lennerová T, Pavelka K, Šenolt L
Rheumatol Int 2018 May;38(5):725-735. Epub 2017 Nov 2 doi: 10.1007/s00296-017-3864-5. PMID: 29098370
Platelet function tests: a comparative review.
Paniccia R, Priora R, Liotta AA, Abbate R
Vasc Health Risk Manag 2015;11:133-48. Epub 2015 Feb 18 doi: 10.2147/VHRM.S44469. PMID: 25733843Free PMC Article
Mesenteric panniculitis: an update.
Hussein MR, Abdelwahed SR
Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2015 Jan;9(1):67-78. Epub 2014 Sep 14 doi: 10.1586/17474124.2014.939632. PMID: 25220299
Circulating biomarkers.
Badimon L, Romero JC, Cubedo J, Borrell-Pagès M
Thromb Res 2012 Oct;130 Suppl 1:S12-5. doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2012.08.262. PMID: 23026650
Molecular classification of cancer: class discovery and class prediction by gene expression monitoring.
Golub TR, Slonim DK, Tamayo P, Huard C, Gaasenbeek M, Mesirov JP, Coller H, Loh ML, Downing JR, Caligiuri MA, Bloomfield CD, Lander ES
Science 1999 Oct 15;286(5439):531-7. doi: 10.1126/science.286.5439.531. PMID: 10521349

Recent systematic reviews

D-mannose for preventing and treating urinary tract infections.
Cooper TE, Teng C, Howell M, Teixeira-Pinto A, Jaure A, Wong G
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022 Aug 30;8(8):CD013608. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013608.pub2. PMID: 36041061Free PMC Article
ARDS clinical practice guideline 2021.
Tasaka S, Ohshimo S, Takeuchi M, Yasuda H, Ichikado K, Tsushima K, Egi M, Hashimoto S, Shime N, Saito O, Matsumoto S, Nango E, Okada Y, Hayashi K, Sakuraya M, Nakajima M, Okamori S, Miura S, Fukuda T, Ishihara T, Kamo T, Yatabe T, Norisue Y, Aoki Y, Iizuka Y, Kondo Y, Narita C, Kawakami D, Okano H, Takeshita J, Anan K, Okazaki SR, Taito S, Hayashi T, Mayumi T, Terayama T, Kubota Y, Abe Y, Iwasaki Y, Kishihara Y, Kataoka J, Nishimura T, Yonekura H, Ando K, Yoshida T, Masuyama T, Sanui M; ARDS Clinical Practice Guideline Committee 2021 from the Japanese Respiratory Society, the Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine, and the Japanese Society of Respiratory Care Medicine
Respir Investig 2022 Jul;60(4):446-495. Epub 2022 Jun 24 doi: 10.1016/j.resinv.2022.05.003. PMID: 35753956
Endocrowns: A systematic review.
Govare N, Contrepois M
J Prosthet Dent 2020 Mar;123(3):411-418.e9. Epub 2019 Jul 26 doi: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2019.04.009. PMID: 31353111
Milk and Dairy Product Consumption and Inflammatory Biomarkers: An Updated Systematic Review of Randomized Clinical Trials.
Ulven SM, Holven KB, Gil A, Rangel-Huerta OD
Adv Nutr 2019 May 1;10(suppl_2):S239-S250. doi: 10.1093/advances/nmy072. PMID: 31089732Free PMC Article
Tomato and lycopene supplementation and cardiovascular risk factors: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Cheng HM, Koutsidis G, Lodge JK, Ashor A, Siervo M, Lara J
Atherosclerosis 2017 Feb;257:100-108. Epub 2017 Jan 13 doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2017.01.009. PMID: 28129549

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