Objective: This study aimed to measure the parameters of the proximal femur in the older people of Inner Mongolia, China and understand the influence of age and gender so as to provide guidance for the design and improvement of prosthesis for total hip arthroplasty.
Methods: A total of 236 patients who underwent CT angiography of lower limbs in the Department of Imaging, Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University of China were collected. They were divided into 4 groups according to age: < 60 (group A), 60-69 (group B), 70-79 (group C), and > 80 years (group D).
J Tradit Chin Med
December 2022
Objective: To investigate whether peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ-coactivator-1α/nuclear respiratory factor 1 (PGC-1α/NRF1) activity can protect mitochondrial function in the setting of cardiac hypertrophy and improve cardiomyocyte energy metabolism.
Methods: Cardiac hypertrophy was modeled in H9c2 cells treated with isoproterenol (ISO) to assess the effects of Shenge San (, SGS) on cell viability and mitochondrial membrane potential. We assessed mitochondrial complex mRNA levels and mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation factor mRNA and protein levels.
The Chinese Loess Plateau has been the cradle of Chinese civilization and the main human settlement in China for thousands of years, where anthropogenic activities are believed to have deeply eroded natural landscapes. After decades of minimal leopard sighting in forests of northern China, due to serious human interference, we recently discovered that the leopard population is recovering. This finding provides hope for successful biodiversity conservation in human-dominated ecosystems.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Currently, most researchers mainly analyzed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia visually or qualitatively, probably somewhat time-consuming and not precise enough.
Purpose: This study aimed to excavate more information, such as differences in distribution, density, and severity of pneumonia lesions between males and females in a specific age group using artificial intelligence (AI)-based computed tomography (CT) metrics. Besides, these metrics were incorporated into a clinical regression model to predict the short-term outcome.
Unlabelled: Free radical accumulation in the body will cause oxidative stress damages including the renal damage. (Schisandra), a traditional Chinese herbal medicine, has been used throughout the world. Anwulignan, a monomer extracted from Schisandra has been shown in our previous studies to possess antioxidant and protective effects on the liver, brain and spleen damages in the aging mice.
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