Significant Increase of Sexual Dysfunction in Patients With Renal Failure Receiving Renal Replacement Therapy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Background: It has been shown that sexual dysfunction (SD) is highly prevalent among patients with chronic renal failure (CRF), and starting renal replacement therapy may even increase it. However, SD is an infrequently reported problem in these treated patients.

Aim: To investigate the prevalence of SD among patients with CRF undergoing renal replacement therapy, by a meta-analysis method.

Alteration of the gut microbiota by vinegar is associated with amelioration of hyperoxaluria-induced kidney injury.

Hyperoxaluria is well known to cause renal injury and end-stage kidney disease. Previous studies suggested that the renal function of rats with hyperoxaluria was improved after dietary vinegar intake. However, its underlying mechanisms remain largely unknown.

Responses of growth performance and proinflammatory cytokines expression to fish oil supplementation in lactation sows' and/or weaned piglets' diets.

The study was conducted to investigate whether dietary fish oil could influence growth of piglets via regulating the expression of proinflammatory cytokines. A split-plot experimental design was used with sow diet effect in the main plots and differing piglet diet effect in the subplot. The results showed that suckling piglets from fish oil fed dams grew rapidly (P < 0.

Identification of a novel frameshift mutation at codon 53 (-T) in the beta-globin gene causing dominantly inherited beta-thalassemia in a Chinese Miao family.

beta-thalassemia, one of the most common inherited disorders of hemoglobin synthesis in the world, is genetically heterogeneous with over 200 different beta-globin mutations worldwide. In this study, we describe a novel frameshift beta-thalassemia mutation at codon (cd) 53 (-T) in exon 2 of the beta-globin gene in a Chinese Miao family. In this family, all seven heterozygotes with this mutation presented with moderate anemia, jaundice, splenomegaly and elevated hemoglobin A2 levels.