Potential roles of IL-38, among other inflammation-related biomarkers, in predicting post-percutaneous coronary intervention cardiovascular events.

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), as a relatively rapid and effective minimally invasive treatment for coronary heart disease (CHD), can effectively relieve coronary artery stenosis and restore myocardial perfusion. However, the occurrence of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) is a significant challenge for post PCI care. To better understand risk/benefit indicators and provide post PCI MACE prediction, 408 patients with CHD who had undergone PCI treatment from 2018 to 2021 in Tianjin Chest hospital were retrospectively studied for their clinical characteristics in relation with the MACE occurrence during a 12-month follow-up.

Correlation between platelet-derived growth factor-B gene polymorphism and coronary heart disease.

Object: The aim of the present work was to investigate the correlation of plasma platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-BB level and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP, rs1800817 and rs2285094) of PDGF-B gene with the onset and stability condition of coronary heart disease (CHD).

Methods: Totally, 335 subjects were included in and divided into CHD (n = 247) and control group (n = 88) according to coronary angiography. Besides, the patients in the CHD group were divided into acute coronary syndrome (ACS) group (n = 165) and stable angina pectoria (SAP) group (n = 82), based on CHD stability condition.

The complete mitochondrial genome of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus): using nanopore long reads to investigate gene transfer from chloroplast genomes and rearrangements of mitochondrial DNA molecules.

Background: Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L. Moench) is an economically important crop and is known for its slimy juice, which has significant scientific research value. The A.

Circular RNA testis-expressed 14 overexpression induces apoptosis and suppresses migration of ox-LDL-stimulated vascular smooth muscle cells via regulating the microRNA 6509-3p/thanatos-associated domain-containing apoptosis-associated protein 1 axis.

Atherosclerosis is a severe vascular disorder causing myocardial infarction, stroke, and gangrene. Circular RNA Testis-expressed 14 (hsa_circ_0107197, CircTEX14) is a newly discovered circRNA that may have a critical role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Here, we aimed to further explore the exact role of circRNA TEX14 in the cardiovascular system.

Apolipoprotein J Attenuates Vascular Restenosis by Promoting Autophagy and Inhibiting the Proliferation and Migration of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells.

This research investigated the mechanism of CLU in vascular restenosis by regulating vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation and migration. Firstly, rat models of balloon injury (BI) were established, followed by the assessment of the injury to the common carotid artery. The effect of CLU on the intimal hyperplasia of BI rats was measured after the intervention in CLU, in addition to the evaluation of proliferation, migration, and autophagy of VSMCs.

Downregulation of miR-637 promotes vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and migration via regulation of insulin-like growth factor-2.

Background: Dysregulation of the proliferation and migration of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) is a crucial cause of atherosclerosis. MiR-637 exerts an antiproliferative effect on multiple human cells. Its impact on atherosclerosis remains largely unexplored.

Serum D-dimer as a potential new biomarker for prognosis in patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a life-threatening disease, and its mortality rate is 10% to 20%. However, there are currently only a few markers to predict the prognosis in patients with TTP. We aimed to identify several clinical indices and laboratory parameters for predicting the prognosis of TTP at admission.

MicroRNA-122 promotes endothelial cell apoptosis by targeting XIAP: Therapeutic implication for atherosclerosis.

Endothelial cell (EC) apoptosis is fundamental for the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis, in which microRNAs (miRNAs) emerge as critical regulators. miR-122 has been shown to regulate the apoptosis of various cell types, however, whether miR-122 is associated with atherosclerosis and EC apoptosis remains unknown. In this study, we found that miR-122 expression was increased in the aortic ECs of ApoE mice fed with a high-fat diet (HFD), as compared to normal-diet (ND), implying a potential association between miR-122 elevation and atherogenesis.

Norepinephrine-Fe(III)-ATP Ternary Complex and Its Relevance to Parkinson's Disease.

The aberrant autoxidation of norepinephrine (NE) in the presence of oxygen, which is accelerated by Fe(III), has been linked to the pathogenesis of the Parkinson's disease (PD). Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), as a neurotransmitter whose release can be stimulated by tissue damage and oxidative stress, is co-stored and often co-released with NE in presynaptic terminals. We have shown previously that ATP inhibits the iron-catalyzed dopamine oxidation, thereby decreasing the production of certain neurotoxins such as 6-hydroxydopamine.

Effects of Rosuvastatin on Apolipoprotein J in Balloon-Injured Carotid Artery in Rats.

Background: Restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention in coronary heart disease remains an unsolved problem. Clusterin (CLU) (or Apolipoprotein [Apo] J) levels have been reported to be elevated during the progression of postangioplasty restenosis and atherosclerosis. However, its role in neointimal hyperplasia is still controversial.

Elevated Interleukin-38 Level Associates with Clinical Response to Atorvastatin in Patients with Hyperlipidemia.

Background/aims: Hyperlipidemia is a risk factor for various cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. And it is tightly related to chronic inflammation. Interleukin-38 (IL-38) represents a new member of anti-inflammatory cytokines.

Interaction between SELP genetic polymorphisms with inflammatory cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) gene variants on cardiovascular disease in Chinese Han population.

The aim of the study is to investigate the impact of SELP and IL-6 genetic single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and its gene-gene interaction on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk based on Chinese population. A total of 1082 subjects (519 males, 563 females), with a mean age of 53.9 ± 13.

Feasibility of Atrial AutoCapture™ to Detect Atrial Evoked Response: Experience from 102 Patients Implanted with Dual-chamber Pacemakers.

Background: Atrial AutoCapture™ (ACap™) was a new technological development that confirmed atrial capture by analyzing evoked response (ER) with a new method - paced depolarization integral ER detection - and optimized energy output to changes in the stimulation threshold. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical performance of ACap™ function.

Methods: This was a prospective, observational, nonrandomized two-center study.

A Novel Medical E-Nose Signal Analysis System.

It has been proven that certain biomarkers in people's breath have a relationship with diseases and blood glucose levels (BGLs). As a result, it is possible to detect diseases and predict BGLs by analysis of breath samples captured by e-noses. In this paper, a novel optimized medical e-nose system specified for disease diagnosis and BGL prediction is proposed.

Learning Domain-Invariant Subspace Using Domain Features and Independence Maximization.

Domain adaptation algorithms are useful when the distributions of the training and the test data are different. In this paper, we focus on the problem of instrumental variation and time-varying drift in the field of sensors and measurement, which can be viewed as discrete and continuous distributional change in the feature space. We propose maximum independence domain adaptation (MIDA) and semi-supervised MIDA to address this problem.

Complicated function of dopamine in Aβ-related neurotoxicity: Dual interactions with Tyr and SNK(26-28) of Aβ.

With the capability to inhibit the formation of amyloid β peptides (Aβ) fibril, dopamine (DA) and other catechol derivatives have been considered for the potential treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Such treatment, however, remains debatable because of the diverse functions of Aβ and DA in AD pathology. Moreover, the complicated oxidation accompanying DA has caused the majority of the previous research to focus on the binding of DA oxides onto Aβ.

High uric acid level predicts left atrial thrombus or spontaneous echo contrast detected by transesophageal echocardiography: Meta-analysis and systematic review.

Background: Recent observational studies have suggested that the patients with hyperuricemia have a higher risk of having left atrial thrombus (LATH) or left atrial spontaneous echo contrast (LASEC) by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), while the ultimate predictive value of a high uric acid (UA) level on LATH/LASEC remained obscure.

Methods: We searched the PubMed and Cochrane clinical trials databases up to July 2015. Following screening the 369 initially identified studies, we analyzed six observational studies with 2381 patients.

Metal-organic frameworks of zeolitic imidazolate framework-7 and zeolitic imidazolate framework-60 for fast mercury and methylmercury speciation analysis.

A fluorescence sensing platform based on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) nanoparticles (NPs) of both zeolitic imidazolate framework-7 (ZIF-7) and zeolitic imidazolate framework-60 (ZIF-60) was developed for speciation analysis of inorganic Hg [Hg(II)] and methylmercury (MeHg(+)). Microwave-ultrasound assisted synthesis was employed for the preparation of ZIF-7 and ZIF-60 NPs, with short reaction time, easy procedure, and small particle size obtained. Based on strict cavity confinement of the ZIF-7 and ZIF-60 structures, the proposed method exhibited excellent selectivity for both Hg(II) and MeHg(+), even in the presence of the other Hg species or various cations or anions with the concentration of 50 times high.

[Association between plasma adiponectin and small, dense low density lipoprotein in patients with coronary artery disease].

Objective: To observe the association between adiponectin and small dense low-density lipoprotein (sLDL-c) in coronary artery disease (CAD) patients. Furthermore, we sought to determine the association between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) rs1501299 (+276G/T), rs266729 (-11365C/G) and the incidence of CAD.

Methods: Consecutive subjects with chest discomfort were examined by coronary angiography and divided into non-CAD [n = 250, 147 male, mean age (60.

[Association between plasma adiponectin level and in-stent restenosis after coronary stenting].

Objective: The purpose of the present study was to identify the relationship between the plasma level of adiponectin and in-stent restenosis of patients with coronary heart disease after coronary stenting.

Method: The study population comprised 119 individuals (92 men) who underwent stent implantation, including 65 subjects without in-stent restenosis (group A) and 54 patients with in-stent restenosis (group B). The level of plasma adiponectin was measured using ELISA.

[Association of matrix metalloproteinase-9 and platelet membrane glycoprotein VI polymorphisms with acute coronary syndrome].

Objective: To investigate serum level and gene polymorphisms of matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9), and platelet glycoprotein VI (GPVI) in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS).

Methods: In a prospective study of 179 patients with documented ACS and 164 controls, we measured baseline serum MMP-9 levels using ELISA and determined the MMP-9/C-1562T and MMP-9/G5564A genotypes using PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism. Fib serum level was measured by Clauss assay.