Hormones synthesized by the adrenal reticulum protect bone density in premenopausal women with Cushing syndrome.

Background: Differences in bone metabolism between patients with adrenal Cushing's syndrome (ACS) and Cushing's disease (CD) have been noted, but the impact of steroid hormones on bone metabolism remains underexplored. The purpose of this study is to explore the differences in bone metabolism between the two subtypes of Cushing's syndrome and the correlation between hormones synthesized by the adrenal reticulum and bone metabolism.

Method: This retrospective study included 75 premenopausal women, consisting of 33 patients with CD and 42 patients with ACS.

Genetic associations of birthweight, childhood, and adult BMI with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a Mendelian randomization.

Purpose: The causal relationship between life course adiposity with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is ambiguous. We aimed to investigate whether there is an independent genetic causal relationship between body size at various life course and MASLD.

Methods: We performed univariable and multivariable Mendelian randomization (MR) to estimate the causal effect of body size at different life stages on MASLD (i.

Sex-specific association of serum dehydroepiandrosterone and its sulfate levels with osteoporosis in type 2 diabetes.

Introduction: This study is to investigate the relation between serum dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and its sulfate (DHEAS) levels and the risk of osteoporosis in patients with T2DM.

Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional study involved 938 hospitalized patients with T2DM. Linear regression models were used to explore the relationship between DHEA and DHEAS and the BMD at different skeletal sites.

Enhanced NH Synthesis from Air in a Plasma Tandem-Electrocatalysis System Using Plasma-Engraved N-Doped Defective MoS.

We have developed a sustainable method to produce NH directly from air using a plasma tandem-electrocatalysis system that operates via the N-NO-NH pathway. To efficiently reduce NO to NH, we propose a novel electrocatalyst consisting of defective N-doped molybdenum sulfide nanosheets on vertical graphene arrays (N-MoS/VGs). We used a plasma engraving process to form the metallic 1T phase, N doping, and S vacancies in the electrocatalyst simultaneously.