[Efficacy and safety of fonturacetam in asthenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis].

Objective: To determine the efficacy and safety of Actitropil (fonturacetam) in asthenia.

Material And Methods: This meta-analysis includes the studies results on fonturacetam efficacy in asthenia. After checking for the risk of bias and the risk of systematic errors, the meta-analysis included 11 articles.

[Zebrafish Xenographs in Oncology and Personalized Medicine].

The bony fish Danio rerio (zebrafish) has become one of the important vertebrate model organisms in biomedical cancer research and is used, among other things, for the development of anticancer drugs using xenotransplantation approaches. The ex utero development of zebrafish, optically transparent tissues in the first month of growth, and the immature adaptive immune system during this period greatly facilitate the manipulation of embryos. For highly aggressive cancers where patient survival may be expected to be only a few months, a zebrafish xenograft assay may be the only appropriate method as it requires only four to seven days.

[The prevalence of mutations underlying development of Helicobacter pylori resistance to antibiotics in Kazan].

Background: One of the reasons for the decrease of eradication effectiveness is its resistance to antibiotics.

Aim: To examine the prevalence of point mutations responsible for clarithromycin and levofloxacin resistance among the patients with upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract disorders in Kazan.

Materials And Methods: The study included 203 patients with symptoms of dyspepsia who underwent upper GI endoscopy at the University Hospital of Kazan Federal University (Kazan, Russia) in 2019-2021.

Expression and Purification of His-Tagged Variants of Human Hepatitis A Virus 3C Protease.

Background: Protease 3C (3Cpro) is the only protease encoded in the human hepatitis A virus genome and is considered as a potential target for antiviral drugs due to its critical role in the viral life cycle. Additionally, 3Cpro has been identified as a potent inducer of ferroptosis, a newly described type of cell death. Therefore, studying the molecular mechanism of 3Cpro functioning can provide new insights into viral-host interaction and the biological role of ferroptosis.

Butyric Acid Supplementation Reduces Changes in the Taxonomic and Functional Composition of Gut Microbiota Caused by Eradication Therapy.

Unlabelled: eradication therapy leads to significant changes in the gut microbiome, including influence on the gut microbiome's functional potential. Probiotics are one of the most studied potential methods for reducing the microbiota-related consequences of antibiotics. However, the beneficial effects of probiotics are still under discussion.