Factors associated with hysterectomy among older women from Latin America and the Caribbean.

To identify factors associated with hysterectomy, data collected from 1999-2000 were assessed from seven cities of the Health, Well-Being and Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean Study on 6,549 women, aged 60 years and older. Hysterectomy prevalence ranged from 12.8% in Buenos Aires (Argentina) to 30.

Adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase activation protects against sepsis-induced organ injury and inflammation.

Background: Mortality in sepsis is most often attributed to the development of multiple organ failure. In sepsis, inflammation-mediated endothelial activation, defined as a proinflammatory and procoagulant state of the endothelial cells, has been associated with severity of disease. Thus, the objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activation limits inflammation and endothelium activation to protect against organ injury in sepsis.

Augmenting autophagy to treat acute kidney injury during endotoxemia in mice.

Objective: To determine that 1) an age-dependent loss of inducible autophagy underlies the failure to recover from AKI in older, adult animals during endotoxemia, and 2) pharmacologic induction of autophagy, even after established endotoxemia, is of therapeutic utility in facilitating renal recovery in aged mice.

Design: Murine model of endotoxemia and cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) induced acute kidney injury (AKI).

Setting: Academic research laboratory.