Clinical study of ligustrazine combined with radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy in stroke patients with upper limb spasticity.

Upper limb spasticity is a common and serious sequelae in patients with hemiplegia after stroke. Radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy (rESWT) can improve upper limb dysfunction and relieve pain in patients, However, its efficacy as a single treatment is limited. In traditional Chinese medicine, Tetramethylpyrazine (TMP) is the main pharmacological component of Ligusticum chuanxiong.

GDC: Integration of Multi-Omic and Phenotypic Resources to Unravel the Genetic Pathogenesis of Hearing Loss.

Effective research and clinical application in audiology and hearing loss (HL) require the integration of diverse data, yet the absence of a dedicated database impedes understanding and insight extraction in HL. To address this, the Genetic Deafness Commons (GDC) is developed by consolidating extensive genetic and genomic data from 51 public databases and the Chinese Deafness Genetics Consortium. This repository comprises 5 983 613 variants across 201 HL genes, revealing the genetic landscape of HL and identifying six novel mutational hotspots within the DNA-binding domains of transcription factors.

Flavonifractor Plautii or Its Metabolite Desaminotyrosine as Prophylactic Agents for Alleviating Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury.

Myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury is a major contributor to myocardial damage, leading to adverse cardiac remodeling and dysfunction. Recent studies have highlighted the potential of gut microbiota-derived metabolites in modulating cardiac outcomes. Here, the cardioprotective effects of a commensal bacterium Flavonifractor plautii (F.

Characteristics in patients with unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortion and the impact on immune, coagulation, and inflammatory profiles.

Objective: Unexplained Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion (RSA) impacts the physical and psychological well-being of women of reproductive age. This study aimed to reveal the potential mechanisms behind unexplained RSA from the perspective of glucose and lipid metabolic profiles before conception and their relationship with immune, coagulation, and inflammatory markers.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 100 patients with unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortion at our gynecology department from June 2022 to June 2023.

Long-read RNA sequencing enables full-length chimeric transcript annotation of transposable elements in lung adenocarcinoma.

Background: Transposable elements (TEs), which constitute nearly half of the human genome, have long been regarded as genomic "dark matter". However, their reactivation in tumor cells, resulting in the production of TE-chimeric transcripts (TCTs), has emerged as a potential driver of cancer progression. The complexity and full extent of these transcripts remain elusive, largely due to the limitations of short-read next-generation sequencing technologies.