Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) causes a variety of symptoms such as low back pain, disc herniation, and spinal stenosis, which can lead to high social and economic costs. Alpinetin has an anti-inflammatory potential, but its effect on IDD is unclear. Herein, we investigated the effect of alpinetin on IDD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Although inflammation has been linked to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), most studies have focused only on a single indicator, leading to inconsistent results. Therefore, a large prospective study that includes a variety of well-documented single and composite indicators of inflammation is needed. This study aimed to thoroughly investigate the potential associations between different systemic inflammatory indicators and NAFLD in the UK Biobank cohort.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTendon cysts of the iliopsoas muscle cause pain and snapping of the hip. These cysts are close to the femoral nerve and blood vessels, and the risk of open surgery is high, with cyst recurrence occurring frequently. We describe a method of hip arthroscopy for the orderly excision of iliopsoas cysts.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHydrogel composites in an aqueous media with viscoelastic properties and elastic modulus that can be precisely tailored are desirable to mimic many biological tissues ranging from mucus, vitreous humor, and nucleus pulposus as well as build up biosensors. Without altering the chemistry, tuning the physical interactions and structures to govern the viscoelastic properties of the hydrogels is indispensable for their applications but quite limited. Here we design a complexation gel composite and utilize the physical principle of topologically frustrated dynamical state to tune the correlated structures between the guest polycation chains and negatively charged host gels.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPolymer semiconductors hold tremendous potential for applications in flexible devices, which is however hindered by the fact that they are usually processed by halogenated solvents rather than environmentally more friendly solvents. An effective strategy to boost the solubility of high-performance polymer semiconductors in nonhalogenated solvents such as tetrahydrofuran (THF) by appending hydroxyl groups in the side chains is herein presented. The results show that hydroxyl groups, which can be easily incorporated into the side chains, can significantly improve the solubility of typical p- and n-types as well as ambipolar polymer semiconductors in THF.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To explore independent influencing factors for clinical efficacy of roxadustat in hemodialysis patients.
Methods: Hemodialysis patients treated with roxadustat were enrolled. The plasma trough concentrations of roxadustat were measured using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS).
Solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries have shown prospects as safe, high-energy electrochemical storage technology for powering regional electrified transportation. Owing to limited ion mobility in crystalline polymer electrolytes, the battery is incapable of operating at subzero temperature. Addition of liquid plasticizer into the polymer electrolyte improves the Li-ion conductivity yet sacrifices the mechanical strength and interfacial stability with both electrodes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are a popular cell source for repairing the liver. Improving the survival rate and colonization time of MSCs may significantly improve the therapeutic outcomes of MSCs. Studies showed that 78-kDa glucose-regulated protein (GRP78) expression improves cell viability and migration.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe emergence and application of conjugate materials provide a broader space for the performance of sound and presentation effects on the modern music stage. This article compared and analyzed the application of conjugated materials and traditional methods in modern dance sound effects and stage presentation effects through experiments, found that the application of conjugated materials on modern stages had the effect of enhancing visual effects. Its overall reflectivity, color saturation, brightness, transparency, etc.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPeritoneal dialysis (PD) requires high patient conscientiousness. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the relationship between conscientiousness score and prognosis in PD patients. The ten-item Big Five Personality Inventory's Chinese version was used to assess the conscientiousness score.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Ferroptosis and dysregulation of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) have been described to be strictly relevant to the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis (OA). However, the connection between ferroptosis and lncRNA in OA is poorly appreciated. Herein, we investigated the functional contribution of lncRNA markers correlated with the progression of human OA by comprehensive bioinformatics analysis of a panoramic network of competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) based on ferroptosis-related genes (FRGs).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Chronic systemic inflammation was proposed as a critical factor in the development of osteoporosis. We aim to investigate the effect of the DII on bone mineral density (BMD) in CKD patients.
Methods: 2276 participants from NHANES were enrolled.
Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Res
January 2024
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have favourable outcomes in the treatment of kidney diseases. Pre-B-cell leukaemia transcription factor 1 (PBX1) has been reported to be a regulator of self-renewal of stem cells. Whether PBX1 is beneficial to MSCs in the treatment of haemorrhagic shock (HS)-induced kidney damage is unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAsian Biomed (Res Rev News)
August 2022
Background: Gene regulatory network analysis has found that long noncoding ribonucleic acids (lncRNAs) are strongly associated with the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis.
Objectives: To determine the differential expression of lncRNAs and microRNAs (miRNAs) in normal chondrocytes and those from a model of articular chondrocyte degeneration.
Methods: Chondrocytes were cultured from cartilage obtained from patients diagnosed with osteoarthritis of the knee.
Severe hemorrhagic shock (HS) leads to lung injury, resulting in respiratory insufficiency. Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)-derived exosomes have therapeutic effects on the organ injury. HSF1 has been reported to protect the lung against injury.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFolia Histochem Cytobiol
July 2023
Introduction: Hemorrhagic shock (HS) is an important cause of high mortality in traumatized patients. Cryptotanshinone (CTS) is a bioactive compound extracted from Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (Danshen). The current study aimed to explore the effect and underlying mechanism of CTS on the liver injury induced by HS.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt Urol Nephrol
January 2024
Objectives: Multiple observational studies have shown that low serum level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have been associated with a faster progression of kidney disease and a higher risk of all-cause mortality. We aim to assess the association between dietary inflammatory index (DII) with Vitamin D in adults with CKD.
Method: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey appropriated participants from 2009 to 2018 were enrolled.
Microresonators coupled with integrated waveguides operate stably but usually lack tunability for an optimal coupling state. In this Letter, we demonstrate a racetrack resonator with an electrically modulated coupling on an X-cut lithium niobate (LN) platform by introducing a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) with two balanced directional couplers (DCs) to realize light exchange. This device provides a wide-range coupling regulation, from under-coupling and critical coupling to deep over-coupling.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFToxicol Appl Pharmacol
July 2023
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is an obligate microaerobion and does not survive in low oxygen. Sodium sulfite (SS) reacts and consume oxygen in solutions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: This study aimed to develop and validate a machine learning algorithm-based model for predicting invasive Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess syndrome(IKPLAS) in diabetes mellitus and compare the performance of different models.
Methods: The clinical signs and data on the admission of 213 diabetic patients with Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscesses were collected as variables. The optimal feature variables were screened out, and then Artificial Neural Network, Support Vector Machine, Logistic Regression, Random Forest, K-Nearest Neighbor, Decision Tree, and XGBoost models were established.
Front Cell Infect Microbiol
April 2023
Background: Thyroid nodules (TNs) are very common in the adults of Northwest China. The role of () infection in TNs is poorly investigated and even with controversial conclusions. Our study aimed at highlighting the relationship between infection and the risk of TNs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFolia Histochem Cytobiol
March 2023
Introduction: Acute pulmonary embolism (APE) is a clinical syndrome of pulmonary circulation disorder caused by obstruction of the pulmonary artery or its branches. Histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) has been reported to play an important role in lung-related diseases. However, the functional role of HDAC6 in APE remains unclear.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn increasing number of studies have suggested that oxidative stress and inflammation play momentous roles in acute pulmonary embolism (APE). Honokiol, a bioactive biphenolic phytochemical substance, is known for its strong anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory effects, and it served as an activator of sirtuin3 (SIRT3) in the present study. The purposes of the study were to explore the effects of honokiol on APE rats and investigate whether the function of honokiol is mediated by SIRT3 activation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFrequent outbreaks of cyanobacterial blooms have seriously threatened aquatic ecological environments and human health. Electrolysis by low-amperage electric current is effective for algae inactivation; however, it has no selectivity. Hydrogen peroxide (HO) is considered to be an efficient and selective suppressor of algae.
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