The relationship between a fish-rich diet and poststroke cognitive impairment: A cross-sectional study with a follow-up in China.

Whether a fish-rich diet is positively associated with cognitive function after stroke remains unclear; thus, the present study investigated the relationship between them.The present study was part of a prospective multicenter study, in which 920 individuals (609 males, mean age, 62.78 ± 11.

Betulinic acid exerts potent antitumor effects on paclitaxel-resistant human lung carcinoma cells (H460) via G2/M phase cell cycle arrest and induction of mitochondrial apoptosis.

Betulinic acid is a pentacyclic plant compound obtained from the bark of white birch trees and has been demonstrated to exhibit notable pharmacological properties. In the present study, the anticancer potential of betulinic acid on paclitaxel-resistant lung cancer cell line (H460) was evaluated. Cell viability was evaluated by an MTT assay, and a clonogenic assay was performed to assess the effects on cancer cell colony formation.

Inhibition of YAP/TAZ Activity in Spinal Cord Suppresses Neuropathic Pain.

Unlabelled: Neuropathic pain, often caused by nerve injury, is a major clinical challenge. Mechanisms that underlie neuropathic pain remain elusive and effective medications are limited. Numerous investigations of pain mechanisms have focused on alterations and phenotypic switches of the nociceptive transmitters and modulators, as well as on their receptors and downstream signaling pathways that have already exerted roles in the pain processes of mature nervous systems.

Automated quantification of mitral valve anatomy using anatomical intelligence in three-dimensional echocardiography.

Background: Quantitative analysis of mitral valve morphology with three-dimensional (3D) transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) provides anatomic information that can assist clinical decision-making. However, routine use of mitral valve quantification has been hindered by tedious workflow and high operator-dependence. The purpose of this paper was to evaluate the feasibility, accuracy and efficiency of a novel computer-learning algorithm using anatomical intelligence in ultrasound (AIUS) to automatically detect and quantitatively assess the mitral valve anatomy.

Blood flow of the acral finger arterioles in patients with type 2 diabetes by quality Doppler profiles.

Patients with diabetes mellitus exhibit peripheral arterioles lesions that is associated with reduced blood flow. Here, we intended to assess the acral arterioles lesion in patients with type 2 diabetes based on the rate of blood flow by multigate spectral Doppler ultrasonography. Fifty-two patients with type 2 DM were divided into two groups.

Erratum: An ionic organic-inorganic hybrid: tetra-kis[bis-(1,10-phenanthroline)copper(I)] dodeca-tungstophosphate(V). Corrigendum.

The chemical name in the title of the paper by Meng, Liu & Chen [Acta Cryst. (2008), E64, m106] is corrected.[This corrects the article DOI: 10.

An ionic organic-inorganic hybrid: tetra-kis[bis-(1,10-phenanthroline)copper(I)] dodeca-tungstophosphate(V).

Single crystals of the title polyoxometallate-based organic-inorganic hybrid, [Cu(C(12)H(8)N(2))(2)](4)[SiW(12)O(40)], were grown under hydro-thermal conditions. The discrete [SiW(12)O(40)](4-) anions are of the Keggin type and are packed in a slightly distorted ortho-rhom-bic F-centred mode, with the complex [Cu(I)(phen)(2)](+) cations (phen is 1,10-phenanthroline) located in the voids of this arrangement. The four independent Cu(I) cations are situated in the centres of more or less distorted tetra-hedra made up of N atoms from the phen ligands.