Light and classical music therapies attenuate chronic unpredictable mild stress-induced depression via BDNF signaling pathway in mice.

Depression, a pervasive mental health issue, often necessitates innovative therapeutic interventions. This study explores the efficacy of music therapy, a non-pharmacological approach, in ameliorating depression symptoms in a murine model. Employing a chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) model to induce depressionlike behaviors in mice, we investigated the therapeutic potential of four distinct music genres: light, classical, atonal composition, and rock music.

Exploring the Diagnostic Value of High-Frequency Ultrasound Technology for Subcutaneous Lipohypertrophy in Diabetes Patients Receiving Insulin Injections.

Objective: This study aims to investigate the clinical application value of high-frequency ultrasound technology in diagnosing subcutaneous lipohypertrophy at insulin injection sites in diabetes patients.

Methods: All diabetes patients treated in our hospital from January 2022 to January 2023 were selected as the study subjects. The incidence of subcutaneous lipohypertrophy was calculated at the end of the study period.

Therapeutic Potential of Danyankang Capsule in High-Fat Diet-Induced Cholelithiasis and Its Impact on Liver FXR Signaling and Gut Microbiota.

Cholelithiasis, commonly known as gallstones, represents a prevalent hepatobiliary disorder. This study aimed to elucidate the therapeutic role and mechanism of Danyankang capsulein treating cholelithiasis induced by a high-fat diet in C57BL/6 mice. The therapeutical potential of Danyankang was assessed through biochemical analyses, histopathological examinations, protein detection, and 16S rDNA sequencing.

Evaluation of the anti-inflammatory material basis of Lagotis brachystachya in HepG2 and THP-1 cells.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance Lagotis Brachystachya: Maxim is a traditional ethnic medicine commonly used in Tibet. In Tibetan medicine theory, Lagotis brachystachya is mainly used for the treatment of inflammatory related diseases. However, the active components and mechanism of the anti-inflammatory activity of Lagotis brachystachya are not clear.

Silencing of UCA1 attenuates the ox-LDL-induced injury of human umbilical vein endothelial cells via miR-873-5p/MAPK8 axis.

LncRNA UCA1 plays a vital role in cardiovascular diseases. Endothelial cell dysfunction is a prerequisite for atherosclerosis (AS) development. However, the pathophysiological role of UCA1 in endothelial cell dysfunction induced by ox-LDL remains obscure.

maxim attenuates chronic alcoholic liver injury combined with gouty arthritis in rats its anti-inflammatory activity.

Maxim, a common herb in Tibetan medicine, is mainly used to treat pneumonia, hepatitis, yellow water disease (gouty arthritis). Since long-term heavy drinking is also a risk factor for gouty arthritis, the present study aimed to evaluate the underlying protective role and mechanism of extracts of (ELB) in chronic alcoholic liver injury combined with gouty arthritis. The rat chronic alcoholic liver injury combined with gouty arthritis model was established by long-term alcohol consumption and monosodium urate (MSU) injection.

Active components from Lagotis brachystachya maintain uric acid homeostasis by inhibiting renal TLR4-NLRP3 signaling in hyperuricemic mice.

Lagotis brachystachya Maxim is a herb widely used in traditional Tibetan medicine. Our previous study indicated that total extracts from Lagotis brachystachya could lower uric acid levels. This study aimed to further elucidate the active components (luteolin, luteoloside and apigenin) isolated from Lagotis brachystachya and the underlying mechanism in vitro and in vivo.

Panaxatriol saponins promotes angiogenesis and enhances cerebral perfusion after ischemic stroke in rats.

Background: Panaxatriol saponins (PTS), an extract from the traditional Chinese herb Panax notoginseng, which has been used to treat ischemic stroke for many years in China. However, the mechanism underlying the effects of PTS remains unclear. This study aimed to determine whether PTS can protect against ischemic brain injury by promoting angiogenesis and to explore the possible mechanism by which it promotes angiogenesis.

Habitual coffee consumption and risk of cognitive decline/dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.

Objective: Findings from epidemiologic studies of coffee consumption and risk for cognitive decline or dementia are inconclusive. The aim of this study was to conduct a meta-analysis of prospective studies to assess the association between coffee consumption and the risk for cognitive decline and dementia.

Methods: Relevant studies were identified by searching PubMed and Embase databases between 1966 and December 2014.

Correlation of the SNPs of FGFR1, FGF10, FGF18 with nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without palate in Chinese population.

Objective: To explore the relationship between the polymorphisms in gene FGFR1, FGF10, FGF18 and the nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate (NS CLP) in Chinese population.

Methods: Genomic DNA was isolated from peripheral lymphocytes of 75 patients with NS CLP and their parents and 75 unimpaired healthy children. The polymorphisms in FGFR1 gene rs13317, p.