Correlation of Plasma Adiponectin Levels and Adiponectin Gene Polymorphisms with Idiopathic Atrial Fibrillation.

Introduction: Adiponectin is a cellular protein secreted by adipocytes, which is closely related to a variety of diseases, including atrial fibrillation (AF). Idiopathic atrial fibrillation (IAF) is defined as AF without hypertension, diabetes, and other underlying diseases. Genetic polymorphism of adiponectin affects serum adiponectin concentration.

Metabolomic Profiling in Patients with Heart Failure and Exercise Intolerance: Kynurenine as a Potential Biomarker.

Aims: Metabolic and structural perturbations in skeletal muscle have been found in patients with heart failure (HF) both with preserved (HFpEF) and reduced (HFrEF) ejection fraction in association with reduced muscle endurance (RME). We aimed in the current study to create phenotypes for patients with RME and HFpEF compared to RME HFrEF according to their metabolomic profiles and to test the potential of Kynurenine (Kyn) as a marker for RME. Methods: Altogether, 18 HFrEF, 17 HFpEF, and 20 healthy controls (HC) were prospectively included in the current study.

3-(2,2-Dioxo-3,4-di-hydro-benzo[][1,2,3]oxa-thiazin-4-yl)-3-fluoro-1-phenyl-indolin-2-one.

The title compound, CHFNOS, contains two chiral carbon centres, but crystal symmetry generates a racemic mixture. The crystal structure features N-H⋯O hydrogen bonding. The sulfonate group is disordered with an occupancy ratio of 0.

Antioxidant effect of peony seed oil on aging mice.

d-galactose was injected into mice of ages 4-5 months, and peony seed oil was administered using an oral gavage to assess its possible anti-aging functions. The content of malondialdehyde (MDA) and the activities of monoamine oxidase (MAO), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), and superoxide dismutase (SOD) in the brain and liver of these mice were determined using biochemical kits. The significance of the differences in the content of the components associated with aging and anti-aging among each group was analyzed statistically.

Antioxidant activity and anticancer effect of ethanolic and aqueous extracts of the roots of Ficus beecheyana and their phenolic components.

This study aimed to investigate the antioxidant and anticancer effects of ethanolic and aqueous extracts of the roots of Ficus beecheyana (EERFB and AERFB) and their phenolic components. In this study, total phenolic content and antioxidant activity of EERFB were higher than those of AERFB. Major phenolic compounds in the extracts were gallic acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid, p-coumaric acid, and rutin; which were identified by high-performance liquid chromatography.

Antiobesity Efficacy of Quercetin-Rich Supplement on Diet-Induced Obese Rats: Effects on Body Composition, Serum Lipid Profile, and Gene Expression.

The antiobesity effects of quercetin-rich supplement (QRS), which contain quercetin, lycopene, taurine, and litchi flower extract, on a high-fat diet (HFD)-induced obese rats were investigated. The rats that consume HFD with QRS (185 mg/kg rat) have significantly modulated the final body weights [490 ± 11 (HFD) → 441 ± 11 (HFD+QRS) g], total body fat [112.9 ± 4.

Deep Sea Water Improves Abnormalities in Lipid Metabolism through Lipolysis and Fatty Acid Oxidation in High-Fat Diet-Induced Obese Rats.

Deep sea water (DSW) is a natural marine resource that has been utilized for food, agriculture, cosmetics, and medicine. The aim of this study was to investigate whether DSW has beneficial lipid metabolic effects in an animal model. Our previous in vitro study indicated that DSW significantly decreased the intracellular triglyceride and glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase activity in 3T3-L1 adipocytes.

The evaluation of trustworthiness to identify health insurance fraud in dentistry.

Objective: According to the investigations of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), health insurance fraud has caused an enormous pecuniary loss in the U.

On intra-supply chain system with an improved distribution plan, multiple sales locations and quality assurance.

Transnational companies, operating in extremely competitive global markets, always seek to lower different operating costs, such as inventory holding costs in their intra- supply chain system. This paper incorporates a cost reducing product distribution policy into an intra-supply chain system with multiple sales locations and quality assurance studied by [Chiu et al., Expert Syst Appl, 40:2669-2676, (2013)].

A randomized clinical study on optimum proposal of integration of disease and syndrome to treat viral myocarditis.

Objective: To determine the optimum treatment for viral myocarditis (VMC).

Methods: A total of 126 VMC patients were randomly divided into the control group (42 cases) that was treated with conventional Western medicine, and the intervention group (84 cases) that was treated with a combination of Chinese medicine (CM) and Western medicine intervention termed optimum proposal of integration of disease and syndrome (OPIDS). Before and after 4 weeks of treatment, the integral of CM syndrome, self-rating depression and anxiety scales (SDS and SAS, respectively), echocardiograms (ECGs), heart rate variability and left ventricular systolic function were observed.

Clinical features and prognosis of adult-onset still's disease: 61 cases from China.

Objective: To describe the onset, clinical features, prognostic factors, and treatment of adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD) in cases from China.

Methods: Sixty-one Chinese patients with AOSD were analyzed retrospectively.

Results: Common clinical features were fever (100.

Adult clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis with rapid progressive interstitial lung disease: a retrospective cohort study.

The aim of the study was to investigate the characteristics of adult clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis (CADM) with rapid progressive interstitial lung disease (ILD). Hospitalized patients with dermatomyositis (DM) and polymyositis (PM) between 1998 and 2005 in the Shanghai Renji Hospital were retrospectively studied. One hundred and forty-five patients were classified into CADM, classic DM or PM according to the modified Sontheimer's definition or Bohan-Peter's classification criteria.

Carboxyester hydrolysis catalyzed by a novel dicopper(II) complex with an alcohol-pendant macrocycle.

A novel hexaaza macrocycle bearing two hydroxyethyl pendants (L), 3,6,9,16,19,22-hexaaza-6,19-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)tricyclo[22,2,2,2(11,14)]triaconta-1,11,13,24,27,29-hexaene, was synthesized as a potential binucleating ligand. The corresponding Cu(II) complex [Cu(2)LCl(2)]Cl(2) small middle dot5.5H(2)O was isolated as a blue crystal, triclinic, space group P with a= 9.