Study Design: Qualitative studies.
Objectives: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is one of the most devastating injuries to the central nervous system that places a major burden on society. Neuromodulation technology involving spinal cord stimulation (SCS) and sacral nerve modulation (SNM) is a promising technique for patients with SCI.
Chemotherapy-induced cognitive impairment (CICI) is a subject that requires critical solutions in neuroscience and oncology. However, its potential mechanism of action remains ambiguous. The aim of this study was to investigate the vital role of HuR in the neuroprotection of cyclosporin A (CsA) during methotrexate (MTX)-induced cognitive impairment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Perineal pain is a painful neuropathic condition, which does not have a standard diagnostic or treatment approach. As such, we sought to evaluate the global scientific output of research into perineal pain and explore trends from 1981 to 2021 using bibliometric methods.
Methods: Articles on perineal pain were retrieved from the Web of Science (WoS) database.
Diagnostics (Basel)
November 2022
(1) Background: As the most common malignant tumor type worldwide, it is necessary to identify novel potential prognostic biomarkers to improve the poor prognosis of lung cancer. The Timeless gene, a circadian rhythm-related gene, is associated with several types of cancer. However, studies analyzing the clinical significance of the Timeless gene in patients with lung cancer are currently limited.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe adenosine A receptor antagonist SCH58261 has been reported to have anti-inflammatory effects. However, its role in chronic periodontitis (CP)-induced cognitive impairment, which is associated with lipopolysaccharide ( LPS), remains unclear. This study investigated the role of SCH58261 in mice with CP-induced cognitive impairment.
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November 2021
In the past 16 years, research on mitophagy has increasingly expanded to a wider range of subjects. Therefore, comprehensively analyzing the relevant progress and development trends on mitophagy research requires specific methods. To assess the hotspots, directions, and quality of results in this field worldwide, we used multiple tools to examine research progress and growing trends in research on the matter during the last 16 years (from 2005 to 2020).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe incidence of chemotherapy-induced cognitive impairment (CICI) has attracted massive attention. Some studies have demonstrated the neuroprotective effects of dexmedetomidine (DEX). Here, alterations in nuclear receptor coactivator 4 (NCOA4)-mediated ferritinophagy were investigated as the possible causes of DEX's neuroprotection of HT22 cells against methotrexate (MTX)-induced neurotoxicity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Since the first reports of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, the virus has spread to other parts of China and across the world. Although a few studies have assessed the clinical course of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the changes in clinical characteristics during disease progression remain unclear.
Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the clinical characteristics of 62 patients who died from COVID-19 at the Central Hospital of Wuhan between January 26 and February 17, 2020.
Postoperative delirium (POD) is a common complication following surgery and anesthesia (Surgery/Anesthesia). Mitochondrial dysfunction, which is demonstrated by energy deficits and excessively activated oxidative stress, has been reported to contribute to POD. The dynamic balance between mitochondrial fusion and fission processes is critical in regulating mitochondrial function.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe human genome encodes far more long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) genes than protein coding genes. However, the function of majority of the lncRNAs is poorly understood. Numerous lncRNAs were aberrantly expressed in various cancers and found to be associated with development and progression of cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Oxycodone is a widely used opioid analgesic, which is involved in cancer pain and non-cancer pain. This study is intended to understand the publication characteristics of oxycodone research field and assess the quality of pertinent articles from 1998 to 2017.
Methods: Oxycodone-related publications from 1998 to 2017 were retrieved from the Web of Science (WOS) and PubMed database.
Background: The potential mechanism of postoperative cognitive impairment is still largely unclear. The activation of NLRP3 inflammasome had been reported to be involved in neurodegenerative diseases, including postoperative cognitive change, and is closely related to mitochondrial ROS and mitophagy. Honokiol (HNK) owns multiple organic protective effects.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The neurobiological mechanisms underlying the chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain are only partially understood. Among them, microglia activation was identified as the key component of neuropathic pain. The aim of this study was to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and pathways associated with vincristine-induced neuropathic pain by using bioinformatics analysis and observe the effects of oxycodone on these DEG expressions in a vincristine-induced microglia activation model.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: There has been tremendous change on neuropathic pain research in the past 20 years in China and around the world. We analyzed the global trend of neuropathic pain research and compared China's quantity and quality of neuropathic pain-related publications with other developed countries.
Methods: Using terms "neuropathic pain", we retrieved related publications from the Web of Science (WOS) database and PubMed database.
Aims: Increasing evidence indicates that neuroinflammatory and oxidative stress play two pivotal roles in cognitive impairment after surgery. Honokiol (HNK), as an activator of Sirtuin3 (SIRT3), has potential multiple biological functions. The aim of these experiments is to evaluate the effects of HNK on surgery/anesthesia-induced cognitive decline in mice.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Activation of microglia participates in a wide range of pathophysiological processes in the central nervous system. Some studies reported that oxycodone (6-deoxy-7,8-dehydro-14-hydroxy-3-O-methyl-6oxomorphine) could inhibit the overactivation of glial cells in rats' spinal cords. In the present study, we observed the effect of oxycodone on inflammatory molecules and pathway in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated primary microglia in rats.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlthough accumulating evidence has suggested that microRNAs (miRNAs) have a serious impact on cognitive function and are associated with the etiology of several neuropsychiatric disorders, their expression in sevoflurane-induced neurotoxicity in the developing brain has not been characterized. In the present study, the miRNAs expression pattern in neonatal hippocampus samples (24 h after sevoflurane exposure) was investigated and 9 miRNAs were selected, which were associated with brain development and cognition in order to perform a bioinformatic analysis. Previous microfluidic chip assay had detected 29 upregulated and 24 downregulated miRNAs in the neonatal rat hippocampus, of which 7 selected deregulated miRNAs were identified by the quantitative polymerase chain reaction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Activation of microglia is involved in a broad range of neuroinflammatory diseases. Suppression of microglial activation may, therefore, contribute to alleviate the progression of neuroinflammatory diseases. It has been reported that propofol has a potent anti-inflammatory property.
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