Correlation between gastritis cystica profunda and the risk of lymph node metastasis in early gastric cancer.

In early gastric cancer (EGC) patients, lymph node metastasis (LNM) risk assessment is particularly important for the selection of surgical methods. In this study, we investigated the correlation between gastritis cystica profunda (GCP) and the risk of LNM in EGC. From January 2014 to December 2019, EGC patients who underwent curative radical gastrectomy were enrolled in this study.

Using quantitative imaging to determine the correlation between hypothalamic inflammation and anxiety and depression in young patients with obesity.

Background: To investigate the incidence of anxiety and depressive disorders in young adults with obesity and the correlation between the severity of these disorders and hypothalamic inflammation.

Methods: The severity of anxiety and depressive disorders was assessed using the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS), respectively. Hypothalamic inflammation was evaluated by measuring the hypothalamus/amygdala (H/A) signal intensity (SI) ratio in T2-weighted phase quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Ankaflavin ameliorates steatotic liver ischemia-reperfusion injury in mice.

Background: It is well-known that steatotic liver is more susceptible to ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury during liver transplantation, liver resection and other liver surgeries. The increasing incidence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) decreases the availability of liver donors. Although steatotic liver is now accepted as a source of liver for transplantation, NAFLD exacerbates the liver injury after liver surgery.