Decrease in Escherichia-Shigella in the gut microbiota of ESKD patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis.

Background: Gut dysbiosis is thought to be involved in the pathogenesis and progression of chronic kidney disease and end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). However, differences in the composition and function of gut microbiota in hemodialysis patients are not consistently concluded.

Methods: A total of 20 patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) treatment at the Blood Purification Center of Bethune International Peace Hospital from March 2021 to December 2022 were included based on the inclusion criteria.

Effects of cilostazol on cognitive function and dementia risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Cilostazol is an antiplatelet drug and is used for stroke prevention and symptomatic peripheral vascular disease. Studies have reported the effects of cilostazol on cognitive function, but the results are inconsistent and have not been systematically assessed.

Methods: We systematically searched the PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane databases for relevant clinical studies.

Association of dietary niacin intake with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality of adult patients with chronic kidney disease in the United States: results from NHANES 1999-2018.

Objective: The relationship between dietary niacin intake (DNI) and mortality rates among patients afflicted with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a subject of debate. Utilizing data derived from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), this study adopts a retrospective cohort design with an aim to investigate the association in the American adult patients with CKD.

Methods: A cohort study was conducted in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) between 2009 and 2018 that enrolled 6,191 CKD patients aged 20 years and above.

Hypertension/prehypertension and its determinants in pediatric IgA nephropathy.

Immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) is a major cause of secondary hypertension (HT) of renal origin - a significant prognostic factor of IgAN. In children, similar to HT, prehypertension (pre-HT) is becoming a significant health issue. However, the role of secondary HT and pre-HT (HT/pre-HT) in the progression of pediatric IgAN remains unclear.

Topological Nodal States in Circuit Lattice.

The search for artificial structure with tunable topological properties is an interesting research direction of today's topological physics. Here, we introduce a scheme to realize topological nodal states with a three-dimensional periodic inductor-capacitor (LC) circuit lattice, where the topological nodal line state and Weyl state can be achieved by tuning the parameters of inductors and capacitors. A tight-binding-like model is derived to analyze the topological properties of the LC circuit lattice.