Osteoporosis (OP) is a common disease in the elderly, characterized by decreased bone strength, reduced bone density, and increased fracture risk. There are two clinical types of osteoporosis: primary osteoporosis and secondary osteoporosis. The most common form is postmenopausal osteoporosis, which is caused by decreased estrogen production after menopause.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGastric cancer (GC) is a common malignant tumor and the third most common cancer in China in terms of mortality. Stomach microorganisms play complex roles in the development of GC. The carcinogenic mechanism of Helicobacter pylori has been elucidated, and there is much evidence that other microorganisms in the gastric mucosa are also heavily involved in the disease progression of this cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi
September 2024
As research into the mechanisms of orthopedic diseases continues to deepen, the shortcomings of traditional single-target the-rapies are becoming increasingly apparent. Consequently, the search for multi-target drugs has become the mainstream research direction for orthopedics-related diseases. Artemisinin, a sesquiterpene lactone compound extracted from Artemisia annua, has led to the gradual synthesis of various derivatives such as dihydroartemisinin, artesunate, artemether, and arteether.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAntibiotic abuse has led to an increasingly serious risk of antimicrobial resistance, developing alternative antimicrobials to combat this alarming issue is urgently needed. Rhesus theta defensin-1 (RTD-1) is a theta-defensin contributing to broad-spectrum bactericidal activity via the mechanisms of membrane perturbation. Intriguingly, human defensin-6 (HD6), an enteric defensin secreted by Paneth cells without direct bactericidal effect, could self-assembled into fibrous networks to trap enteric pathogens for assistance of innate immunity.
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December 2024
Metastasis is responsible for approximately 90% of lethality from solid tumors. Metabolic abnormalities are one of the key characteristics of tumor cells, closely associated with tumorigenesis and progression. The de novo synthesis pathway of serine is a key metabolic bypass in glycolysis, which could provide material and energy basis for the rapid proliferation of tumor cells by mediating one-carbon metabolism.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIEEE J Biomed Health Inform
October 2024
In the field of diagnosing lung diseases, the application of neural networks (NNs) in image classification exhibits significant potential. However, NNs are considered "black boxes," making it difficult to discern their decision-making processes, thereby leading to skepticism and concern regarding NNs. This compromises model reliability and hampers intelligent medicine's development.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFT-tubes and airway stents are commonly used but have limited effectiveness and frequent complications. A 50-year-old male patient presented with severe tracheal stenosis, affecting an 8.7 cm length of the airway.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHormonal necrosis of the femoral head is caused by long-term use of glucocorticoids and other causes of abnormal bone metabolism, lipid metabolism imbalance and blood microcirculation disorders in the femoral head, resulting in bone trabecular fracture, bone tissue necrosis collapse, and hip dysfunction. It is the most common type of non-traumatic necrosis of the femoral head, and its pathogenesis is complex, while impaired blood circulation is considered to be the key to its occurrence. There are a large number of microvessels in the femoral head, among which H-type vessels play a decisive role in the "angiogenesis and osteogenesis coupling", and thus have an important impact on the occurrence and development of femoral head necrosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCurrent treatments for orthopaedic illnesses frequently result in poor prognosis, treatment failure, numerous relapses, and other unpleasant outcomes that have a significant impact on patients' quality of life. Cell-free therapy has emerged as one of the most promising options in recent decades for improving the status quo. As a result, using exosomes produced from various cells to modulate ferroptosis has been proposed as a therapeutic method for the condition.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWith the rapid progression of agricultural informatization technology, the methodologies of crop monitoring based on spectral technology are constantly upgraded. In order to carry out the efficient, precise and nondestructive detection of relative chlorophyll (SPAD) during the booting stage, we acquired hyperspectral reflectance data about spring wheat vertical distribution and adopted the fractional-order differential to transform the raw spectral data. After that, based on correlation analysis, fractional differential spectra and fractional differential spectral indices with strong correlation with SPAD were screened and fused.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAllogeneic tumors are eradicated by host immunity; however, it is unknown how it is initiated until the report in Nature by Yaron Carmi et al. in 2015. Currently, we know that allogeneic tumors are eradicated by allogeneic IgG via dendritic cells.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEthnopharmacological Relevance: In China, Xanthoceras sorbifolium Bunge was first documented as "Wen Guan Hua" in the "Jiu Huang Ben Cao" in 1406 A.D. According to the "National Compilation of Chinese Herbal Medicine," X.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLung cancer is currently the second most common type of cancer with the second incidence rate and the first mortality rate worldwide. Non‑small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for ~85% of the total number of cases of lung cancers. Concerning the treatment of NSCLC, targeted therapy has become a research hotspot in recent years because of its favorable efficacy, high selectivity and minimal adverse reactions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo better understand the palatable properties of Xuanwei ham, the aqueous extract was isolated, analyzed and combin with sensory evaluation. Of umami-tasting activity and umami-enhancing impact, four new peptides (MDAIKKMQ, RKYEEVAR, YVGDEAQSKRG, and VNVDEVGGEALGR) were extracted and identified by ultrafiltration, gel separation, reverse performance liquid chromatography, and nano-LC-MS / MS. Sensory evaluation results showed that all of them had umami activity and enhanced umami taste, among which VNVDEVGGEALGR had the best effect.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOvarian cancer (OC) is a common and highly prevalent malignant tumor in women, associated with a high mortality rate, easy recurrence and easy metastasis, which is predominantly at an advanced stage when detected in patients. This renders the cancer more difficult to treat, and consequently it is also associated with a low survival rate, being the malignancy with the highest mortality rate among the various gynecological tumors. As an important factor affecting the development and metastasis of OC, understanding the underlying mechanism(s) through which it is formed and developed is crucial in terms of its treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAs a protector of human health, the gut microbiota plays an important role in the development of the immune system during childhood, and the regulation of dietary habits, metabolism and immune system during adulthood. Dysregulated gut flora is not pathogenic, but it can weaken the protective effect of the immune system and cause various diseases. The tumor microenvironment is a physiological environment formed during tumor growth, which provides nutrients and growth factors necessary for tumor growth.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAs one of the most common malignant tumors, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has a rising incidence rate and also seriously endangers human life and health. According to research reports, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, intake of aflatoxin in the diet, and the effects of alcohol and other chemicals can induce an increase in the incidence of liver cancer. However, in the current clinical treatment of HCC, most of the drugs are chemical drugs, which have relatively large side effects and are prone to drug resistance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSubtilisin-like proteases (subtilases) are found in almost all plant species and are involved in regulating various biotic and abiotic stresses. Although the literature on subtilases in different plant species is vast, the gene function of the serine peptidase S8 family and its maize subfamily is still unknown. Here, a bioinformatics analysis of this gene family was conducted by describing gene structure, conserved motifs, phylogenetic relationships, chromosomal distributions, gene duplications, and promoter cis-elements.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Although the prognosis of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is usually favourable and most patients wholly recover, the disorder can result in death in some patients. To date, the data on clinical features and risk factors for death are still lacking; therefore, we aim to investigate the clinical features and long-term prognostic risk factors of PRES in the present study.
Methods: The patients with PRES were identified from the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from June 2011 to June 2020.
Background: Hypertension (HTN) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are often coincident, and each condition is considered a risk factor for the other. Both occur frequently in the Inner Mongolia region of China. The reasons for differences in risk between Han and Mongolian ethnic groups are not known.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: N-methyladenosine (m6A), a predominant RNA modification, has been recently linked to messenger RNA splicing, stability and expression, and its dysregulation may be important in the initiation as well as development of human cancers. The current study was proposed to investigate the clinico-pathological value and multiomic characteristics of m6A-linked genes in the diagnosis and prognosis of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD).
Methods: The expression levels and mutation types of 21 previously identified m6A regulators were analyzed using the TCGA (The Cancer Genome Atlas) database.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
July 2022
Under the restriction of the national "double carbon" goal, how to realize the coordination between urbanization and low-carbon development in the Yellow River Basin is a problem worthy of attention. In this paper, a new urbanization and ecological carrying capacity evaluation index system is established to evaluate the new urbanization level and ecological carrying capacity of the Yellow River Basin. On this basis, the uncoordinated coupling level of new urbanization and ecological carrying capacity in the Yellow River Basin is measured by using the improved uncoordinated coupling model, and its temporal and spatial characteristics and internal impact mechanism are analyzed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is an acute lung injury associated with high morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to establish an accurate prediction model for mortality risk in ARDS. 70% of patients from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care Database (MIMIC-III) were selected as the training group, and the remaining 30% as the testing group.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRenal cell carcinoma (RCC), one of the most frequent cancers, is a "classical" malignancy characterized by metabolic reprogramming. Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is its most common histopathological subtype. Long-stranded non-coding ribonucleic acids (LncRNAs) are regulatory RNA molecules with limited protein-coding capacity and evolutionary conservation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBioceramic calcium phosphorus (CaP) coatings were prepared on self-designed Mg-xZn-0.6Ca (x = 3.0, 4.
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