Background: The relationship between cardiovascular outcomes and niacin consumption levels remains unclear. This study aimed to examine the correlation between niacin intake and the incidence of cardiovascular disease, as well as the mortality rates associated with cardiovascular disease and other causes.
Methods: From 2003 to 2018, we continually investigated updated information from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
As an important second messenger, calcium (Ca) regulates a wide variety of physiological processes. Disturbance of intracellular calcium homeostasis implicated in the occurrence of multiple types of diseases. Orai1 is the major player in mediating store-operated calcium entry (SOCE) and regulates calcium homeostasis in non-excitable cells.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The present study aimed to explore the correlation between calcium-activated potassium channels, left atrial flow field mechanics, valvular atrial fibrillation (VAF), and thrombosis. The process of transforming mechanical signals into biological signals has been revealed, which offers new insights into the study of VAF. Methods: Computational fluid dynamics simulations use numeric analysis and algorithms to compute flow parameters, including turbulent shear stress (TSS) and wall pressure in the left atrium (LA).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGrowing evidences have demonstrated alternative splicing makes great contribution to tumor metastasis since multiple protein isoforms from a single gene that often display different functions in the cell. Human manganese superoxide dismutase (hMnSOD) was revealed dysregulation in progress of tumor metastasis, while the effect of hMnSOD isoforms on metastasis remained unclear. In this study, we showed a novel truncated hMnSOD isoform hMnSOD183, which lacked 39 amino acids compared with hMnSOD222.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMangroves are critical marine resources for their remarkable ability to tolerate seawater. Antioxidant enzymes play an especially significant role in eliminating reactive oxygen species and conferring abiotic stress tolerance. In this study, a cytosolic copper/zinc superoxide dismutase (SaCSD1) cDNA of Sonneratia alba, a mangrove species with high salt tolerance, was successfully cloned and then expressed in Escherichia coli Rosetta-gami (designated as SaCSD1).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHuman manganese superoxide dismutase (hMnSOD) is a new type of cancer suppressor. Nonamer of arginine (R9) is an efficient protein transduction domain (PTD). The aim of the study was to improve the transduction efficiency of hMnSOD and investigate its activity in vitro.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe propose the simple pulse source, in which the pulses generated by large-signal directly modulated laser diode are phase-modulated, and then compressed into short pulses by an optimized length of DCF. On the one hand, phase modulator is used to enhance the negative chirp of large-signal directly modulated pulses. On the other hand, the largesignal directly modulated pulses are used to suppress the pedestal produced by the phase modulator.
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