Background: Trace elements (TEs) are essential nutrients for the human body and have a significant impact on fertility and hormone levels in women of reproductive age, underscoring the importance of understanding sociodemographic variations in their concentrations within this population.
Objective: To investigate the socio-demographic factors influencing blood concentrations of four essential TEs, including iron, zinc, copper, and selenium among women of reproductive age.
Methods: A cross-sectional analysis of women aged 20-44 years was performed using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2018.
Background: Fluoroquinolones (FQs) are widely used for their excellent antimicrobial properties, yet their release into aquatic environments pose risks to ecosystems and public health. The accurate monitoring and analysis of FQs present challenges due to their low concentrations and the complex matrices found in actual environmental samples. To address the need for auto-pretreatment and on-line instrumental analysis, developing new microextraction materials and protocols is crucial.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: To study the effects of various courses of dexamethasone (DEX) combined with 5-HT3 receptor antagonists (RA) and NK-1 RA in suppressing high-grade nausea and vomiting (CINV) caused by anthracycline and cyclophosphamide chemotherapy regimens (AC or EC) in breast cancer (BC) patients.
Patients And Methods: A prospective study was performed with 252 BC patients who received AC between January, 2019 and June, 2022 in our hospital. Patients were randomly separated into control Group (N = 130) who received DEX 12 mg on day 1 and 8 mg per dose on day 2-4 and observation group (N = 122) treated with DEX 5 mg per dose on days 1-4.
Background: The association of sleep onset time and duration with cardiometabolic health is not well characterized.
Methods And Results: This study included 6696 adults aged 20 to 80 years from the NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Study) 2015 to 2018. Participants were categorized into 9 groups according to the cross-tabulation of sleep onset time (<22:00 [early], 22:00-23:59 [optimal], and ≥24:00 [late]) and duration (<7 hours [insufficient], 7-8 hours [sufficient], and ≥9 hours [excessive]), with optimal sleep onset time and sufficient duration as the reference.
Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide-based memtransistors provide simulation, sensing, and storage capabilities for applications in a remotely operated aerospace environment. Swift heavy ion (SHI) irradiation technology is a common method to simulate the influences of radiation ions on electronic devices in space environments. Here, SHI irradiation technology under different conditions was utilized to produce complex defects in WSe-based memtransistors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The coaxial radiography-guided puncture technique (CR-PT) is a novel technique for endoscopic lumbar discectomy. As the X-ray beam and the puncturing needle are maintained in a parallel and coaxial direction, the X-ray beam can be used to guide the trajectory angle, facilitating the choice of the puncture site and providing real-time guidance. This puncture technique offers numerous advantages over the conventional anterior-posterior and lateral radiography-guided puncture technique (AP-PT), especially in cases of herniated lumbar discs with a hypertrophied transverse process or articular process, high iliac crest, and narrowed intervertebral foramen.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Human beings are widespread exposed to organophosphate esters (OPEs), but little is known about their effects on respiratory health.
Objectives: To investigate the associations of exposure to OPEs with lung function and airway inflammation among U.S.
Prolonged high-intensity endurance exercise has been reported to have adverse effects on the heart, which are further correlated with exercise dose. However, its effect on the right ventricle (RV) of amateur runners is unknown. This study aimed was to evaluate the early right ventricular structure and systolic function of amateur marathon runners by three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (3D-STE), and to further analyze the correlation between relevant parameters and the amount of training.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExtending the fabrication methodology of solid-state nanopores in a wide range of materials is significant in the fields of single molecule detection, nanofluidic devices, and nanofiltration membranes. Here, we demonstrate a new method to directly fabricate size- and density-controllable sub-10 nm nanopores in WO nanosheets using single swift heavy ions (SHIs) without any chemical etching process. By selecting ions of different electronic energy losses (S), nanopores with sizes from 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnviron Sci Pollut Res Int
April 2023
Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) constitute an environmentally persistent and widespread class of anthropogenic chemicals that have been used in industrial and commercial applications in the USA and around the world. Animal studies suggested its toxic impact on lung development, but the adverse effect of PFAS exposure on childhood pulmonary function has not been clearly determined. We investigated the potential cross-sectional association of environmental PFAS exposures with pulmonary function in 765 adolescents aged 12-19 years from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2007-2012.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF: T cell exhaustion (TEX) is an important immune escape mechanism, and an in-depth understanding of it can help improve cancer immunotherapy. However, the prognostic role of TEX in malignant lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) remains unclear. : Through TCGA and GEO datasets, we enrolled a total of 498 LUAD patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Although social isolation is associated with premature death and somatic and mental diseases, evidence of its long-term effect on sarcopenia is scarce. This study aimed to examine the longitudinal association between social isolation and possible sarcopenia.
Methods: We extracted baseline and 4-year follow-up data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study and included participants aged 45 years or above.
Papain-like protease (PLpro) is important for the replication and transcription of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This study aimed to reveal the PLpro mutations associated with the clinical outcomes of patients. Due to the importance of the S protein in the pathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2, the mutation of the S protein was also analyzed in this study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Hyg Environ Health
August 2022
Background: Previous epidemiological evidence mainly focused on the adverse effects of prenatal exposure to pyrethroid insecticides (PYRs) on respiratory health during childhood. It remains unclear whether the PYR exposures can also impact on children's lung function.
Objectives: To explore the potential effects of prenatal PYR exposures on lung function in a population of Chinese children.
Background And Aim: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become the most common chronic liver disease in children. With the continuous emergence of various non-invasive diagnostic methods, imaging techniques have always been considered as potential alternative methods to liver biopsy. This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic performance of imaging techniques so as to search for the most promising technology.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGelsemium elegans Benth. (G. elegans) showed significant biological activities, but it has the side effects of neurotoxicity, predominantly in the form of respiratory depression.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Few studies have examined the adverse birth sizes of preconception exposure to organophosphate pesticides (OPs) in women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF).
Objectives: We investigated the relationship of preconception OP exposure with birth sizes among Chinese women undergoing IVF.
Methods: This study included 302 couples seeking infertility treatment in the China National Birth Cohort Study, from Shanghai, China, who gave birth to singleton infants between 2018 and 2021.
Background: Humans are typically exposed to mixtures of environmental endocrine-disrupting chemicals simultaneously, but most studies have considered only a single chemical or a class of similar chemicals.
Objectives: We examined the association of exposure to mixtures of 7 chemicals, including 2 phenols [bisphenol A (BPA) and bisphenol S (BPS)], 2 parabens [methylparaben (MeP) and propyl paraben (PrP)], and 3 phthalate metabolites [Mono-benzyl phthalate (MBzP), mono-isobutyl phthalate (MiBP), mono (carboxyoctyl) phthalate (MCOP)] with sex steroid hormones.
Methods: A total of 1179 children aged 6-19 years who had complete data on both 7 chemicals and sex steroid hormones of estradiol (E), total testosterone (TT), and sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) were analyzed from the U.
Insulin-dependent or type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a polygenic autoimmune disease. In humans, more than 60 loci carrying common variants that confer disease susceptibility have been identified by genome-wide association studies, with a low individual risk contribution for most variants excepting those of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) region (40 to 50% of risk); hence the importance of missing heritability due in part to rare variants. Nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice recapitulate major features of the human disease including genetic aspects with a key role for the MHC haplotype and a series of loci.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Circular RNAs (circRNAs) have recently been verified to have multiple biological functions and participate in diverse biological processes in different malignant tumors, including esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). Nonetheless, the function of circular RNA 0014715 (hsa_circ_0014715, circ_0014715) in ESCC has not been described.
Materials And Methods: We investigated clinical data from sixty-seven patients undergoing surgery for esophageal cancer.
The basic leucine zipper (bZIP) family is one of the largest families of transcription factors (TFs) in plants and is responsible for various functions, including regulating development and responses to abiotic/biotic stresses. However, the roles of bZIPs in the regulation of responses to drought stress and salinity stress remain poorly understood in Jatropha curcas L., a biodiesel crop.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Although several measures have been taken to control hand foot and mouth disease (HFMD) and herpangina (HA), these two diseases have been prevalent in China for 10 years with high incidence. We suspected that adults' inapparent infection might be the cause of the continued prevalence of HFMD/HA infection in mainland China.
Methods: To explore the role of adults (especially caregivers) in the transmission process of HFMD/HA among children, 330 HFMD/HA cases and 330 healthy children (controls) were selected for a case-control study.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
February 2021
Vaccination is a key strategy to prevent the pandemic caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This study aims to investigate the willingness of Chinese adults to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and further explore the factors that may affect their willingness. We used a self-design anonymous questionnaire to conduct an online survey via the Sojump.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMetastatic bone pain is characterized by insufferable bone pain and abnormal bone structure. A major goal of bone cancer treatment is to ameliorate osteolytic lesion induced by tumor cells. Bunting total alkaloids (CSBTA), the alkaloid compounds extracted from the root of Bunting, have been shown to possess anticancer and analgesic properties In this study, we aimed to verify whether CSBTA could relieve cancer induced bone pain and inhibit osteoclastogenesis.
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