Background: Whether there is a longitudinal association between long-term blood pressure variability (BPV) and subsequent depression among Chinese adults remains inconclusive.
Methods: This study utilized data from a nationwide cohort of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, which included participants aged > 45 years without prevalent psychiatric or memory-related diseases. The intra-individual coefficient of variation (CV) and standard deviation (SD) across 3 visits from 2011 to 2015 were used to examine the long-term variability in systolic BP (SBP) and diastolic BP (DBP).
Background: Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is one of the most common subtypes of thyroid carcinoma. Exosomal miR-181a plays an important role in the development of PTC. This study examined the regulatory mechanism of miR-181a under conditions of hypoxia and its impact on angiogenesis.
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Background: In response to the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic, a convenient, rapid, and sensitive diagnostic method for detecting COVID-19 is crucial for patient control and timely treatment.
Objective: This study aimed to validate the detection of SARS-CoV-2 with the Pluslife SARS-CoV-2 rapid test kit developed based on a novel thermostatic amplification technique called RNase hybridization-assisted amplification.
Methods: From November 25 to December 8, 2022, patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19, close contacts, and health care workers at high risk of exposure were recruited from 3 hospitals and 1 university.
Since the global broadcast of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria is accelerating, the use of Polymyxin B is sharply increasing, especially in critically ill patients. Unsatisfactory therapeutic effects were obtained because of the abnormal physiological function in critically ill patients. Therefore, the determination of optimal polymyxin B dosage becomes highly urgent.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChronic kidney disease (CKD) has significant effects on renal clearance of drugs. The application of antibiotics in CKD patients to achieve the desired therapeutic effect is challenging. This study aims to determine meropenem plasma exposure in the CKD population and further investigate optimal dosing regimens.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMetal oxide pseudocapacitors are limited by low electrical and ionic conductivities. The present work integrates defect engineering and architectural design to exhibit, for the first time, intercalation pseudocapacitance in CeO. An engineered chronoamperometric electrochemical deposition is used to synthesize 2D CeO nanoflakes as thin as ∼12 nm.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Purpose: Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is an endocrine malignancy. Increasing evidence highlights microRNAs (miRNAs) as important participants in PTC. Here, we investigated the role of miR-181a in PTC.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPapillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is the most common type of thyroid cancer, and angiogenesis plays critical roles in its recurrence and metastasis. In this study, we investigated the effects of hypoxia-induced exosomal microRNA-181 (miR-181a) from PTC on tumor growth and angiogenesis. Thyroid-cancer-related differentially expressed miR-181a was identified by microarray-based analysis in the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database.
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